The Portrait of a Lady Class 11 MCQ Questions with Answers English Chapter 1

1. 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

ANSWER= c. silently praying and telling her beads

 

2. 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

ANSWER= a. she said her end was near

 

3.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

ANSWER= a. she fell ill the next day

 

4. 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

ANSWER= a. she collected the women of the neighbourhood

 

5.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

ANSWER= a. grandmother bid goodbye by silently kissing his forehead

 

6. 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

ANSWER= a. by feeding hundred of sparrows

 

7. how did the grandmother spend her time in the city?

a. feedings dogs
b. reading scriptures
c. spinning the wheel
d. talking to neighbours

ANSWER= c. spinning the wheel

 

8. 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

ANSWER= c. because of the temple attached to school

 

9. 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

ANSWER= a. thick and stale chapatis with a little butter and sugar spread in it

 

10.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 prayers

ANSWER= b. read scriptures

 

11. where were the parents of the author?

a. abroad
b. city
c. other village
d. other state

ANSWER= b. city

 

12. 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

ANSWER= b. by walking down to nearby school

 

13. what was the turning point of the friendship between grandmother andauthor?

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

ANSWER= b. when his parents called them both to the city

 

14.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 englishd. because she didn’t understand english and could no longer help him with the lessons
d. no

ANSWER= d. no

 

15. what was grandmother’s reaction when the author was going abroad?

a. happy
b. sad
c. not even sentimental
d. sentimental

ANSWER= c. not even sentimental

 

16. 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

ANSWER= b. he listened but did not bother to learn

 

17. how do you feel about the character of the grandmother in the chapter?

a. emotional
b. strong
c. selfless
d. loving

ANSWER= b. strong

 

18. 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

ANSWER= b. they came and sat silently in the verandah

 

19. 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

ANSWER= c. silently praying and telling her beads

 

20.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

ANSWER= a. she fell ill the next day

 

21. how did the grandmother spend her time in the city?

a. feedings dogs
b. reading scriptures
c. spinning the wheel
d. talking to neighbours

ANSWER= c. spinning the wheel

 

22. 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

ANSWER= a. grandmother bid goodbye by silently kissing his forehead

 

23. 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 lesson.

ANSWER= d. because she didn’t understand english and could no longer help him with the lesson.

 

24. 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

ANSWER= b. when his parents called them both to the city

 

25.where were the parents of the author?

a. abroad
b. city
c. other village
d. other state

ANSWER= b. city

 

26.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

ANSWER= b.hung above the mantelpiece

 

27.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

ANSWER= b. thick bread with butter

 

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

a. emotional
b. strong
c. selfless
d. loving

ANSWER= b. strong

 

29. 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

ANSWER= b. when he went to the university, they were given seperate rooms

 

30.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

ANSWER= b. clasped the author in her arms and said prayers

 

31.what was grandmother’s reaction when the author was going abroad?

a. happy
b. sad
c. not even sentimental
d. sentimental

ANSWER= c. not even sentimental

 

32. 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

ANSWER= c. birds flew away quietly

 

33. 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

ANSWER= b. they came and sat silently in the verandah

 

34. 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

ANSWER= a. during telling beads laying on the bed

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