This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. On the way to school with the author, the grandmother carried ..... with her. * A) Bread crumbs. B) Stale chapatis. C) Vegetables. D) Coins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stale chapatis. 2. How did the sparrows react to the grandmother's death? A) They chirped loudly. B) They ignored the bread offered to them. C) They gathered around her and sang. D) They flew away immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They ignored the bread offered to them. 3. Which of the following is not mentioned in the Grandfather's portrait? A) Loose-fitting clothes. B) Glasses. C) Wearing a turban. D) Long white beard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glasses. 4. Hobbled A) Walked continuously and without effortlessly in the house. B) Walked unsteadily. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked unsteadily. 5. The title The Portrait of a Lady is appropriate because: A) The author creates a detailed psychological and emotional portrait of the central character, Isabel Archer. B) The story is about a literal painting of a lady. C) The author focuses only on the physical appearance of the lady. D) The title refers to a group of ladies, not just one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author creates a detailed psychological and emotional portrait of the central character, Isabel Archer. 6. "laboured ease of loss" ..... Which past did poet's mother miss? A) Mother was missing her childhood past. B) Mother missed her sea holiday. C) Mother missed her daughter. D) They missed each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mother missed her sea holiday. 7. While feeding, the birds casually sat on ..... A) Grandfather. B) Grandmother. C) The writer. D) His parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandmother. 8. The common link of friendship of the author and his grandmother was snapped when the author * A) Went to the school and started getting music lessons. B) Went to the University and got separate room. C) Went abroad for five years. D) Went to the village school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went to the University and got separate room. 9. The protagonist in the portrait of a Lady is Khushwant Singh's A) Mother. B) Father. C) Brother. D) Grandmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grandmother. 10. Which was the happiest half-hour for the grandmother in the city? A) While spinning the wheel. B) While reciting the prayers. C) Feeding the sparrows. D) Talking to the women in neighbourhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeding the sparrows. 11. What did the grandmother do in her final hours? A) Talked to everyone in the house. B) Worried about everyone. C) Went to temple. D) Silently praying and telling her beads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silently praying and telling her beads. 12. The author's parents left him with his grandmother when A) When they went to a foreign country. B) They went to live in the city. C) The author did not want to go with them. D) The grandmother told them to leave him there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They went to live in the city. 13. Bedlam means A) Content of the story. B) A scene of full of chaos and noise. C) A feeling of satisfaction. D) The state of having little contact with people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A scene of full of chaos and noise. 14. The meaning of eerie is A) Strange. B) Diminishing. C) Sudden strangeness. D) Gentle whisper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strange. 15. How did the grandmother react to her illness? A) She said her end was near. B) She ignored her health. C) She took care of herself. D) She was admitted to the hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said her end was near. 16. What did the sparrows do when the author's grandmother passed away? A) Attacked the family members. B) Brought more birds to the house. C) Started chirping loudly. D) Flew away quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flew away quietly. 17. What is the meaning of mild fever? A) High fever. B) Slight fever. C) No fever at all. D) Neither of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slight fever. 18. What was the last phase in the poem? A) After her mother died. B) After she grown up. C) After her mother grown up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After her mother died. 19. The author's grandmother always went to school with him because the school was attached to the ..... A) Theatre. B) Park. C) Temple. D) Mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temple. 20. Which poetic device is used in "Terribly transient feet" A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Transferred Epithet. D) Both ii and iii. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both ii and iii. 21. . The portrait of a Lady is written by A) Kulwant Singh. B) Khushwant Singh. C) Khushjant Singh. D) Khush Kumar Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khushwant Singh. 22. What happened when they took the grandmother's corpse away? A) Neighbours visited them to pay condolences. B) They mourned her death in her room. C) Birds flew away quietly. D) Nothing happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birds flew away quietly. 23. Grandmother was not even sentimental when her grandson left for abroad. This shows that A) She was a detached person. B) She was a lady with strong character. C) She did not care about her grandson. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was a lady with strong character. 24. What is the antonym of 'transient'? A) Momentary. B) Fleeting. C) Short-lived. D) Permanent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Permanent. 25. What do you think the author learnt in his village school? A) English. B) Sanskrit. C) Morning prayers and his native language. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morning prayers and his native language. ← 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 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