NCERT English Class 11 | Chapter 1 | The Portrait of a Lady | MCQs |

1. How old did the author’s grandfather look in the painting?

A. 80 years old

B. 90 years old

C. 100 years old

D. 200 years old

Answer: (C) 100 years old


2. Which of the following adjective is not used to describe the author’s grandmother?

A. Short

B. Fat

C. Slightly bent

D. Reserved

Answer: (D) Reserved


3. What did the priest teach the author when he was a kid?

A. Morning Prayer

B. The Alphabet

C. Chorus

D. Both A and B

Answer: (D) Both A and B


4. What did the author’s grandmother do while he was being taught by the priest?

A. Read scriptures

B. Perform rituals

C. Sing bhajans

D. None of the above

Answer: (A) Read scriptures


5. Who followed the author and his grandmother back home?

A. Little kids

B. Dogs

C. Cats

D. Crows

Answer: (B) Dogs


6. Whom did the grandmother feed when they lived in the city?

A. Dogs

B. Parrots

C. Sparrows

D. Crow

Answer: (C) Sparrows


7. Why did the author’s grandmother accompany her to the village school?

A. Because she wanted to protect her grandchild

B. Because she wanted to complete her morning walk

C. Because the pool was attached to the school

D. Because the school was attached to the temple

Answer: (D) Because the school was attached to the temple.


8. Who is the author of the story ‘The Portrait of a Lady?

A. Kishwer Desai

B. Vikram Seth

C. V. S. Naipaul

D. Khushwant Singh

Answer: (D) Khushwant Singh


9. Why was the author’s grandmother unhappy?

A. Because she could visit the temple

B. Because she was unwell

C. Because she could not help the author with his lessons

D. Because she could not prepare breakfast for the author.

Answer: (C) Because she could not help the author with his lessons.


10. When was the turning point of the author and his grandmother’s friendship?

A. When they went to stay in the city

B. When they were in the village

C. When they were in the temple

D. None of the above

Answer: (A) When they went to stay in the city.


11. When did the author’s grandmother accept her seclusion?

A. When the author went to a new school

B. When the author went to the University

C. When the author went out of the country

D. When the author changed the city

Answer: (B) When the author went to the University.


12. Why did the author’s grandmother go to the railway station?

A. To see off the author

B. To move into another city

C. To welcome a guest arriving from another city

D. None of the above

Answer: (A) to see of the Author.


13. What is the antonym of the word ‘frivolous’?

A. Joke

B. Impractical

C. Important

D. Essential

Answer: (C) Important


14. What is the synonym of the word ‘rebuke’?

A. Lecture

B. Admonish

C. Praise

D. Seclude

Answer: (B) Admonish


15. What does the following phrase ‘spotless white’ mean in the following sentence?

“She hobbled about the house in spotless white…”

A. Without a dirt

B. Wearing white attire

C. Being clean

D. Wearing clean clothes

Answer: (B) Wearing white attire.


Read the following lines and answer the questions

“For several hours she thumped the sagging skin of the dilapidated drum…”

16. Who is ‘she’ in the above lines?

A. The author’s mother

B. The old lady

C. The author’s grandmother

D. The author’s old aunt

Answer: (B) The old lady


17. Why was she beating the drum?

A. Because a change came over her

B. Because she was not herself anymore

C. Because she wanted to enjoy her last day

D. All of the above

Answer: (A) Because a change came over her.


18. What happened to her the next morning?

A. She fell ill

B. She was dead

C. She was back to normal life

D. Both A and B

Answer: (D) Both A and B


Poem: A Photograph                       by Shirley Toulson

1. What does the cardboard show?

A. a picture

B. a box

C. a gift

D. All of the above

Answer: (A) a picture


2. How many people were in the photograph?

A. Three

B. Five

C. Two

D. One

Answer: (A) Three


3. Whom were they looking at?

A. The man with the camera

B. The uncle with the camera

C. The lady with the lantern

D. The boy playing in the sea

Answer: (B) The uncle with the camera.


4. Who is the poet of the poem ‘A Photograph’?

A. Shirley Hudson

B. Shirley Richardson

C. Shirley Toulson

D. Shirley Adamson

Answer: (C) Shirley Toulson

 

5. Whom did the poet show the ‘cardboard’ to?

A. Her aunt

B. Her daughter

C. Her sister

D. Her mother

Answer: (D) Her mother


6. How old was her mother when the photograph was taken?

A. Seven

B. Twelve

C. Ten

D. Eleven

Answer: (B) Twelve


7. What was the past for the poet?

A. Sea holiday

B. Winter vacations

C. Her mother’s laughter

D. Her aunt’s laughter

Answer: (C) Her mother’s laughter


8. What do you understand by the term ‘transient feet’?

A. Feet that will stay in a place for a short time

B. Feet that wish to stay in a palace for a short time

C. Impermanent feet

D. None of the above

Answer: (A) Feet that will stay in a place for a short time.

 

9. Who else was present in the photograph?

A. Kitty and Betty

B. Dolly and Kitty

C. Betty and Dolly

D. Kitty, Betty and Dolly

Answer: (C) Betty and Dolly


10. What incident makes the poet silent?

A. Her father’s death

B. Her mother’s death

C. Her aunt’s death

D. Both A and B

Answer: (B) Her mother’s death.


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