A1 The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady is written by

• Raja Rao

• Kushwant Singh

• Naipaul

• Ruskin Bond

The Portrait of a Lady has been written in

• scientific mode

• romantic mode

• biographical mode

• none

The chief character in The Portrait of a Lady is Kushwant Singh's

• mother

• father

• brother

• grandmother

In the village the grandmother used to feed the

• sparrows

• dogs

• cows

• all the above

Grandmother used to wear

• black saree

• yellow saree

• spotless white saree

• Punjabi suit

How did the grandmother spend her time in the city?

• feeding sparrows

• reading

• gossiping

• spinning the wheel

While waking the author up in the village grandmother used to constantly mutter her prayers in the hope that he would imbibe some religious verses which he

• never did

• did

• imbibed partially

Which language do you think the author and his mother use while talking to each other?

• Hindi

• English

• Punjabi

• Mixed

In the sentence 'That was the turning point in our relationship' which was the turning point?

• Their moving to the village

• Their moving to the city

• Their moving abroad

• His joining the university

The grandmother was against the teaching of music because she considered music to be

• sublime

• good for him

• a monopoly of harlots and beggars