This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The revolting thought for the author was that A) His grandmother was young ever. B) She ever had children. C) She had gone to study ever. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His grandmother was young ever. 2. What did the grandmother feed to the birds? A) Rice. B) Bread crumbs. C) Seeds. D) Fruits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bread crumbs. 3. How did the grandmother spend her time in the city? A) Feedings dogs. B) Reading scriptures. C) Spinning the wheel. D) Talking to neighbours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinning the wheel. 4. When the writer decided to go abroad, how long would he be away for? A) Four weeks. B) Two months. C) Five years. D) Ten years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five years. 5. What did the grandmother used to do from sunrise to sunset? A) She remained busy in household chores. B) She used to teach the narrator. C) She helped the narrator's mother. D) She sat by her spinning wheel, reciting prayers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She sat by her spinning wheel, reciting prayers. 6. The word serenity in the following sentence means ..... The beautiful garden filled him with a sense of serenity. A) Awe and wonderment. B) Love and a feeling of nostalgia. C) The state of calm, peaceful and untroubled. D) Surprise beyond words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The state of calm, peaceful and untroubled. 7. We know that the author's grandmother had a premonition of her death because A) The doctor said her fever would not go away. B) She dreamt about her death. C) She went on feeding the sparrows. D) She told them her end was near. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told them her end was near. 8. How did the grandmother's appearance change over the years? A) She became younger. B) She remained the same. C) She became more beautiful. D) She became more active. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She remained the same. 9. Who is the writer of the lesson'The Portrait of a lady'? A) Kulwant Singh. B) Khushwant Singh. C) Kulwinder Singh. D) Balwant Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khushwant Singh. 10. What did the grandmother do when the narrator went to university? A) She accepted her solitude and spun. B) She started a new hobby. C) She moved to the city. D) She traveled abroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She accepted her solitude and spun. 11. Who is the author of 'The Portrait of a Lady'? A) Ruskin Bond. B) Khushwant Singh. C) Naipaul. D) Vikram Bhatt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khushwant Singh. 12. What did the sparrows do when the grandmother died? A) Flew away quietly. B) Gathered around her body. C) Cried loudly. D) Sang a song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flew away quietly. 13. . What was grandmother's reaction when the author was going abroad? A) Happy. B) Sad. C) Not even sentimental. D) Sentimental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not even sentimental. 14. When was their common link of friendship snapped? A) When he went to college. B) When he went to the university, they were given seperate rooms. C) When he started working. D) When he went abroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When he went to the university, they were given seperate rooms. 15. The birds were unusual that evening because ..... A) They were not chirruping. B) They were noisy. C) They were hungry. D) They were perched on the fan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were not chirruping. 16. What makes the tree alive?the lizard A) He lizard. B) Its thick branches with the cluster of yellow flowers. C) The chirrup and twitter of the birds. D) The goldfinch sitting inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The chirrup and twitter of the birds. 17. How long had Khushwant known his grandmother? A) For the last ten years. B) For that last thirty years. C) For the last twenty years. D) For the last forty years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For the last twenty years. 18. The happiest hour of the day in grandmother's life was when A) She was surrounded by sparrows. B) She went to the temple. C) She went for a walk. D) She cooked meals for her family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was surrounded by sparrows. 19. What does Isabel discover about Madame Merle? A) She is secretly married to Ralph. B) She is Pansy's mother. C) She is in love with Lord Warburton. D) She is planning to move to America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is Pansy's mother. 20. How did the grandmother welcome her grandson? A) By singing 'homecoming of warriors'. B) By thumping the drums. C) By celebrating his return by singing with other women and skipping her prayers. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 21. What does the word pallor mean? A) Pale colour. B) Conflagration. C) Glow. D) Surprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pale colour. 22. "Each one holding one of my mother's hands" ..... who are the ones holding the big girl's hands on each side? A) Her mother and father. B) Her cousin sisters. C) Her two brothers. D) Her friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her cousin sisters. 23. Name the poetic device in 'She was like the winter landscape in the mountains, an expanse of pure white serenity' A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 24. Why did the grandmother accompany the author to school? A) She loved him. B) School was attached to the temple. C) To take care of her grandson. D) To enjoy in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) School was attached to the temple. 25. What was the favourite memory of her mother? A) Beach holidays. B) School memories. C) Vacations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beach holidays. ← 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 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 10Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books