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The Portrait of a Lady

CBSE Board

Teacher Name : Rakesh
Total Questions : 20
Time Allowed : 60
Total Marks : 20

Q 1 :Who is the author of ‘The Portrait of a Lady’?
- A. Ruskin Bond
- B. Kushwant Singh
- C. Naipaul
- D. Vikram Bhatt
Q 2 :Who is the main character of the chapter ‘The Portrait of a Lady’?
- A. Mother
- B. Sister
- C. Grandmother
- D. Daughter
Q 3 :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
Q 4 :How did the grandmother look?
- A. Old, Fat, Long
- B. Long, Fat, Slightly Bent
- C. Old, Short, Slightly Bent, Fat
- D. Slightly Bent, Fat
Q 5 :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
Q 6 :Which animal did the grandmother used to feed in the village?
- A .Dogs
- B. Cows
- C. Sparrows
- D. Cats
Q 7 :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
Q 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
Q 9 :Where were the parents of the author?
- A. Abroad
- B. City
- C. Other Village
- D. Other state
Q 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
Q 11 :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
Q 12 :Where did the author go to study in the city?
- A. English School in motorbus
- B. by walking down to nearby school
- C. Hindi School
- D. Nowhere
Q 13 :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
Q 14 : 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
Q 15 :How did the grandmother spend her time in the city?
- A. feedings dogs
- B. reading scriptures
- C. spinning the wheel
- D. talking to neighbours
Q 16 :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
Q 17 :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
Q 18 :What change came in the grandmother’s evening schedule?
- A. She collected the women of the neighborhood
- B. She would go for a walk
- C. She would sleep early
- D. She would talk to his parents
Q 19 :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
Q 20 : 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

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