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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who is the writer of the lesson`The Portrait of a lady`?
Kulwant Singh
Khushwant Singh
Kulwinder Singh
Balwant Singh
- 2. Multiple Choice
The chapter is about the writer's:
mother
sister
grand mother
aunt
- 3. Multiple Choice
The writer's grandmother was:
short and fat
tall and slim
dark and ugly
none of these
- 4. Multiple Choice
The clothes which the writer's grandmother wore,were:
black
red
white
blue
- 5. Multiple Choice
The grandmother's one hand was on her waist.What was in her other hand?
a rod
a pen
a book
a rosary
- 6. Multiple Choice
In the beginning of the story,the writer and his grandmother lived in:
a city
a hotel
a village
a gurudwara
- 7. Multiple Choice
What did the grandmother do when she bathed and dressed the writer:
she rebuked him
she said her morning prayer
she sang film song
she taught him to sing
- 8. Multiple Choice
The author's grandmother carried several stale chapattis with her for:
the writer
the monkeys
the village dogs
the priest of the temple
- 9. Multiple Choice
When the writer was at school,what did the grandmother do?
she saw a movie
she played
she gossiped with ladies
she sat in the temple and read scriptures
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the turning point in the relationship between the writer and his grandmother?
when they went to the city
when she died
when the writer became mature
when the writer was given a separate room
- 11. Multiple Choice
What made the grandmother unhappy?
she could not sleep properly
she could not help the writer with his homework
she could not say her prayers
she could not tell the beads
- 12. Multiple Choice
The writer was given a separate room when he:
went up to the university
went up to the city
went to the college
opened a shop
- 13. Multiple Choice
In the afternoon,the grandmother fed:
sparrows
cats
dogs
crows
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was the happiest half hour of grandmother's day?
when she said her prayers
when she took bath
when she fed the sparrows
when she sang songs
- 15. Multiple Choice
When the writer decided to go abroad,he would be away for:
two months
four weeks
five years
ten years
- 16. Multiple Choice
When the writer came back after his studies,the grandmother met him:
at the station
in the street
on the roof
in his house
- 17. Multiple Choice
The day the writer came back was the first time when the grandmother:
sang songs
did not pray
did not talk to him
did not feed the sparrows
- 18. Multiple Choice
What happened the next morning?
the grandmother went to the village
she was taken ill
she wrote a letter
she went to another city
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who were scattered on the floor of the room where the grandmother lay dead?
beads of rosary
the relatives
sparrows
cats
- 20. Multiple Choice
The dead body of the writer's grandmother was covered with a:
red shroud
white shroud
blue shroud
green shroud
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