This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The author's grandmother had always been ..... A) Long, fat and slightly bent. B) Short, thin and slightly bent. C) Long, thin and slightly bent. D) Short, fat and slightly bent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short, fat and slightly bent. 2. What did the author eat for breakfast? A) Thick and stale chapatis with a little butter and sugar spread in it. B) Thick bread with butter. C) Upma. D) Rice and curd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thick and stale chapatis with a little butter and sugar spread in it. 3. In order to establish, that the grandmother was a beautiful lady he goes to an extend to say, she was an expanse of pure white ..... A) Spotless. B) Serenity. C) Sherinity. D) Srenity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serenity. 4. What was the favourite memory of the poet? A) Her mother's memories. B) Her mother's laughter. C) Her own vacation memories. D) Her childhood memories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her mother's laughter. 5. "There is nothing to say at all" .Which of the following best explain the meaning of this line? A) The poet's sense of loss is too deep to express. B) Their is no one the poet can share her grief with. C) The poet does not want to talk about her sense of loss. D) It is futile to discuss one's grief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The poet's sense of loss is too deep to express. 6. "Both wryWith the laboured ease of loss."Are the losses of both the poet and her mother different? A) Yes. B) No. C) Probably. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 7. Author's Grandmother had been old and young for the last A) Thirty years. B) Twenty years. C) Ten years. D) Fifteen years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twenty years. 8. Grandmother didn't do the following A) Spinning wheel. B) Counting rosary. C) Weaving. D) Feeding sparrows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weaving. 9. Where does Isabel go after refusing Lord Warburton's proposal? A) Paris. B) Rome. C) Florence. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Florence. 10. How did Kushwant Singh's grandmother bid him farewell when he was departing 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. 11. Why does Isabel marry Mr. Osmond? A) She loves him deeply. B) She believes he needs her help. C) She wants to travel with him. D) She is pressured by her aunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She believes he needs her help. 12. The grandmother was against the teaching of music because she considered music to be A) Sublime. B) Good for him. C) A monopoly of harlots and beggars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A monopoly of harlots and beggars. 13. The portrait of a lady has been written in A) Scientific mode. B) Romantic mode. C) Biographical mode. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biographical mode. 14. How did the grandmother spend her afternoon everyday? A) By feeding hundred of sparrows. B) By taking a nap. C) By talking to author's mother. D) By going to temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By feeding hundred of sparrows. 15. Mark the false one. In the city, the grandmother spent her time * A) With the spinning wheel. B) Reciting prayers and feeding sparrows. C) Giving stale chapatis to stray dogs. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving stale chapatis to stray dogs. 16. In the beginning of the story, the writer and his grandmother lived in: A) A city. B) A hotel. C) A village. D) A gurudwara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A village. 17. In the village the grandmother used to feed the A) Sparrows. B) Dogs. C) Cows. D) Parrots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dogs. 18. The author's grandmother was beautiful. What does this mean? A) She was fair and beautiful. B) She was kind, gentle and caring person. C) She spoke about beautiful things. D) She was beauty conscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was kind, gentle and caring person. 19. The beginning and the ending of the poem depict A) Cycle of life and death. B) Flora and fauna. C) Silence and liveliness. D) Young and old stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silence and liveliness. 20. On his homecoming, what unusual happened, that too for the first time? A) She danced like anything. B) She did not pray. C) She sat continuously praying. D) She sang devotional songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She did not pray. 21. What happened to the grandmother after the author returned home? A) She was very happy and celebrated. B) She fell ill and passed away. C) She moved to another city. D) She forgot who he was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She fell ill and passed away. 22. Pick evidence from passage that suggests that the protagonist's grandmother was unhappy with the content of his school education. A) The grandmother complained that the subjects taught at school were useless. B) The grandmother praised the school for its excellent curriculum. C) The grandmother was excited about the new subjects being introduced at school. D) The grandmother encouraged the protagonist to study harder for his school exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The grandmother complained that the subjects taught at school were useless. 23. Why would grandmother accompany the author to his school? A) To keep an eye on him. B) To wait for him to take him back to home. C) Because of the temple attached to school. D) She wanted to meet villagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because of the temple attached to school. 24. What was a turning point in the grandmother's and author's friendship? A) The grandmother stopped telling stories. B) The author spent all his time playing music. C) Moving to the city and the author going to an English school. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moving to the city and the author going to an English school. 25. On the day before her death, the author's grandmother A) Sat in a comer and said her prayers. B) Beat an old drum and sang songs. C) Talked to the members of the family. D) Slept in her room soundly. 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