This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The author's grandfather wore ..... A) A big hat and tight fitting clothes. B) A big turban and tight fitting clothes. C) A big hat and loose fitting clothes. D) A big turban and loose fitting clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A big turban and loose fitting clothes. 2. Why did the grandmother collect the women of the neighbourhood? A) To recite religious hymns. B) To host a party. C) To welcome his grandson. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To welcome his grandson. 3. How did Kushwant Singh's grandmother bid him farewell when he was leaving for abroad? A) The grandmother cried a lot. B) The grandmother was in full control of her emotions. C) The grandmother did not come to see him off. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The grandmother was in full control of her emotions. 4. What happened the next morning? A) The grandmother went to the village. B) She was taken ill. C) She wrote a letter. D) She went to another city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was taken ill. 5. In her excitement, the grandmother had forgotten to ..... A) Pray. B) Eat. C) Bathe. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pray. 6. Which animals did grandmother used to feed in the village? A) Dogs. B) Cows. C) Sparrows. D) Cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dogs. 7. The turning point in the relationship between the author and the grandmother came when A) They went to live in the city. B) They were living in the village. C) The author went abroad. D) The author went to the university. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They went to live in the city. 8. TO THE AUTHORS GRANDMOTHER WHAT HAD LEWD ASSOCIATIONS? A) MUSIC. B) ENGLISH. C) ART. D) CRAFT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MUSIC. 9. When was Khushwant Singh born? A) 1918. B) 1914. C) 1913. D) 1915. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1915. 10. How did the author describe his grandmother's beauty? A) She was young like the sun. B) She was soft like the wind. C) She was like the white snow. D) She was like the winter landscape in the mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was like the winter landscape in the mountains. 11. The grandmother's silence at the end of the story symbolises:her acceptance and resignationher anger towards the familyher confusion about the eventsher joy and excitement A) Her acceptance and resignation. B) Her anger towards the family. C) Her confusion about the events. D) Her joy and excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her acceptance and resignation. 12. Which poetic device is employed in "Pale puckered face" ?A. SimileB. MetaphorC. AlliterationD. Zeugma A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Zeugma. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 13. The grandfather looked like a person A) Who cared for all. B) Who could have lots of grandchildren. C) Who was very strong. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who could have lots of grandchildren. 14. How does Isabel respond to Lord Warburton's proposal? A) She accepts immediately. B) She asks for time to think. C) She refuses him. D) She consults Ralph Touchett. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She refuses him. 15. Grandmother was brave because A) She could lift 50 kg. B) She could catch snakes and fry them in evening snacks. C) She couldn't speak. D) She hid her pain of separation from her grandson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She hid her pain of separation from her grandson. 16. What did the author's grandmother do when the author's parents left him with her? A) Sent him to boarding school. B) Got him ready for school. C) Ignored him. D) Took him to the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got him ready for school. 17. What were treated as fables? A) Lessons from religious books. B) Stories written by narrator. C) Stories from grandmother's life. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stories from grandmother's life. 18. How did the grandmother sing the morning prayer? A) Happily. B) In high tone. C) In melodious voice. D) In monotonous sing-song. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In monotonous sing-song. 19. Where did the author go for higher studies? A) Canada. B) England. C) America. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London. 20. What did the author's grandmother do in the evening after a transformation occurred within her? A) Watch TV. B) Sing and play the drum. C) Pray. D) Read a novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sing and play the drum. 21. How did the narrator's grandfather appear in the portrait? A) Young and handsome. B) Elderly with a long white beard. C) Wearing modern clothing. D) In a military uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elderly with a long white beard. 22. The day before the author's grandmother died, what unusual thing did she do? A) She sang and played drums. B) She did not feed the birds. C) She gave a painting to the author. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She sang and played drums. 23. In which story did you come across the valet A) Indigo. B) Should wizard hit mommy. C) The third level. D) He rattrap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He rattrap. 24. When the narrator came home from abroad, how did the grandmother look? A) Very old. B) Very weak. C) Very beautiful. D) Not a day older. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not a day older. 25. What was the turning point in author's and his grandmother's friendship A) When his parents called them to the city. B) When he announced that he was being given music lessons. C) When he decided to go abroad. D) When grandmother found out that there was no teaching about god and scriptures in his new school. E) When he was given a separate room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When his parents called them to the city. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 1Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 2Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 3Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 4Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 5Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 6Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 7Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 8Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 9Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books