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- 1. Multiple Choice
Whose portrait hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room?
Grandmother
Narrator
Grandfather
Author
- 2. Multiple Choice
Mention the first phase of the author's relationship with his grandmother.
Boyhood
Childhood
Early youth
Oldage
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did the author and the grandmother carry with them to school?
Biscuits
School bag
Stale chapattis
Bottle
- 4. Multiple Choice
What did the grandmother do during afternoon hours in the city?
Sat by her spinning wheel
Used to take rest
Had a bath
Used to feed the sparrows
- 5. Multiple Choice
After how many years the author returned from abroad?
Eight years
Five years
Four years
Seven years
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why did the grandmother accompany the author to school?
She loved him
School was attached to the temple
To take care of her grandson
To enjoy in the park
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of 'silver locks'?
Locks made of silver
A silver coloured utensil
White colour
Gray hair
- 8. Multiple Choice
What was the author taught in village school?
English subjects
Alphabets
Morning prayer
Both a and b
- 9. Multiple Choice
Where did the author go for higher studies?
Canada
England
America
London
- 10. Multiple Choice
How dis the grandmother look like?
old and wrinkled
Tall and healthy
robust
Strict and strong
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of mild fever?
High fever
Slight fever
No fever at all
Neither of these
- 12. Multiple Choice
How has the author portrayed his grandmother?
Strict lady
Disciplined lady
Hard lady
Tender and loving lady
- 13. Multiple Choice
How did the grandmother sing the morning prayer?
Happily
In high tone
In melodious voice
In monotonous sing-song
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the phrase 'sent for'?
To send a person
To call a person
To rebuke a person
None of these
- 15. Multiple Choice
What were her views about music?
Had lewd association
Monopoly of harlots and beggars
None of these
Both of these
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the portrait in the chapter?
A drawing
Impression of someone in language
A lovely photograh
Qualities
- 17. Multiple Choice
What were her views about music?
Had lewd association
Monopoly of harlots and beggars
None of these
Both of these
- 18. Multiple Choice
When was the common link of friendship between the narrator and the grandmother finally snapped?
When they shifted to the city
When the author went to an English school
When the author went to a university
When the author went to London
- 19. Multiple Choice
What was the last sign of physical contact between the author and the grandmother?
She touched his face
She kissed his forehead
She took his hand in her own hands
None of these
- 20. Poll
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