The Portrait of a Lady MCQs Mock Test of 11th Class Hornbill

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Question 1. What was the turning point of the friendship between grandmother and author?

(a) When he became an adult

(b) When his parents called them both to the city

(c) When he left her to live in the city with his parents

(d) When they stopped talking

2. Who is the author of ‘The Portrait of a Lady’?

A. Ruskin Bond

B. Kushwant Singh

C. Naipaul

D. Vikram Bhatt

Question 3. Where were the parents of the author?

(a) Abroad

(b) City

(c) Other Village

(d) Other state

4. Who is the main character of the chapter ‘The Portrait of a Lady’?

A. Mother

B. Sister

C. Grandmother

D. Daughter

Question 5. 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

6. How did the grandfather in the portrait hung on the wall look like?

A. Old, long white beard, worn big turban

B. Old, skinny, wrinkly

C. Young, Handsome, Well-Built

D. Old, Well-Built

7. How did the grandmother look?

A. Old, Fat, Long

B. Long, Fat, Slightly Bent

C. Old, Short, Slightly Bent, Fat

D. Slightly Bent, Fat

8. When did the author’s parents leave him with his grandmother?

A. When he was a kid

B. When he was an infant

C. When he became a teenager

D. When he failed and became a teenager

9. Which animal did the grandmother used to feed in the village?

A .Dogs

B. Cows

C. Sparrows

D. Cats

10. 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

11. 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

12. Where were the parents of the author?

A. Abroad

B. City

C. Other Village

D. Other state

13. What would the grandmother do in the temple on a daily basis?

A. Meditation

B. Read Scriptures

C. Sing religious prayers

D. teach other kids religious prayer

14. What was the turning point of the friendship between grandmother and author?

A. When he became an adult

B. When his parents called them both to the city

C. When he left her to live in the city with his parents

D. When they stopped talking

15. Where did the author go to study in the city?

A. English School in motor bus

B. by walking down to nearby school

C. Hindi School

D. Nowhere

16. What made the grandmother unhappy about the author’s new English School?

A. the fact that she could no longer help him with the lessons

B. Because they were in city

C. Because she didn’t understand English

D. Because she didn’t understand English and could no longer help him with the lessons

17. Why didn’t the grandmother like music?

A. It was the monopoly of harlots and beggars and not meant for gentlefolk

B. She liked only religious prayers

C. She liked the traditional folk music

D. She thought it would distract him from studies

18. How did the grandmother spend her time in the city?

A. feedings dogs

B. reading scriptures

C. spinning the wheel

D. talking to neighbours

19. 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

20. What happened when the author moved abroad to study for five years?

A. grandmother bid goodbye by silently kissing his forehead

B. No one came to see him

C. Grandmother moved back to village

D. Parents moved with him

21. What change came in the grandmother’s evening schedule?

A. She collected the women of the neighbourhood

B. She would go for a walk

C. She would sleep early

D. She would talk to his parents

22. What happened when the grandmother didn’t pray for the first time?

A. She fell ill the next day

B. She made this her routine

C. She took a break and went to the village

D. None of the above

23. 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 her

D. She was admitted to the hospital

24. What did the grandmother do in her final hours?

A. Talked to everyone in the house

B. worried about everyone

C. Silently praying and telling her beads

D. Went to temple

25. How did the grandmother die?

A. during telling beads laying on the bed

B. In the hospital

C. While sleeping

D. None of the above

26. How did the sparrows express their sorrow at the death of their grandmother?

A. They didn’t come that day

B. they came and sat silently in the veranda

C.They ate the bread crumbs

D. they chirruped a lot

27. 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

28. How do you feel about the character of the grandmother in the chapter?

A. Emotional

B. Strong

C. Selfless

D. Loving

29. Where was the author’s grandfather’s portrait placed?

A. on a shelf

B. hung above the mantelpiece

C. put on the mantelpiece

D. on a table

30. Did the author bother to learn the morning prayers that his grandmother recited?

A. yes

B. he listened but did not bother to learn

C. he could not learn

D. no

31. 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

32. What was grandmother’s reaction when the author was going abroad?

A. Happy

B. sad

C. not even sentimental

D. Sentimental

33. What was her reaction when he came back after 5 years?

A. Overwhelmed

B. clasped the author in her arms and said prayers

C. happy

D. sentimental

Question 34. What was grandmother’s reaction when the author was going abroad?

(a) Happy

(b) sad

(c) not even sentimental

(d) Sentimental

Question 35. Did the author bother to learn the morning prayers that his grandmother recited?

(a) yes

(b) he listened but did not bother to learn

(c) he could not learn

(d) no

Question 36. How do you feel about the character of the grandmother in the chapter?

(a) Emotional

(b) Strong

(c) Selfless

(d) Loving

Question 37. How did the sparrows express their sorrow at the death of their grandmother?

(a) They didn’t come that day

(b) they came and sat silently in the verandah

(c)They ate the bread crumbs

(d) they chirruped a lot

Question 38. What did the grandmother do in her final hours?

(a) Talked to everyone in the house

(b) worried about everyone

(c) Silently praying and telling her beads

(d) Went to temple

Question 39. What happened when the grandmother didn’t pray for the first time?

(a) She fell ill the next day

(b) She made this her routine

(c) She took a break and went to the village

(d) None of the above

Question 40. What happened when the author moved abroad to study for five years?

(a) grandmother bid goodbye by silently kissing his forehead

(b) No one came to see him

(c) Grandmother moved back to village

(d) Parents moved with him

Question 41. How did the grandmother spend her time in the city?

(a) feedings dogs

(b) reading scriptures

(c) spinning the wheel

(d) talking to neighbours

Question 42. What made the grandmother unhappy about the author’s new English School?

(a) the fact that she could no longer help him with the lessons

(b) Because they were in city

(c) Because she didn’t understand English

(d) Because she didn’t understand English and could no longer help him with the lessons

Question 43. What was the turning point of the friendship between grandmother and author?