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The Portrait of a Lady

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the writer of the lesson`The Portrait of a lady`?

a)

Kulwant Singh

b)

Khushwant Singh

c)

Kulwinder Singh

d)

Balwant Singh

2.

The chapter is about the writer's:

a)

mother

b)

sister

c)

grand mother

d)

aunt

3.

The writer's grandmother was:

a)

short and fat

b)

tall and slim

c)

dark and ugly

d)

none of these

4.

The clothes which the writer's grandmother wore,were:

a)

black

b)

red

c)

white

d)

blue

5.

The grandmother's one hand was on her waist.What was in her other hand?

a)

a rod

b)

a pen

c)

a book

d)

a rosary

6.

In the beginning of the story,the writer and his grandmother lived in:

a)

a city

b)

a hotel

c)

a village

d)

a gurudwara

7.

What did the grandmother do when she bathed and dressed the writer:

a)

she rebuked him

b)

she said her morning prayer

c)

she sang film song

d)

she taught him to sing

8.

The author's grandmother carried several stale chapattis with her for:

a)

the writer

b)

the monkeys

c)

the village dogs

d)

the priest of the temple

9.

When the writer was at school,what did the grandmother do?

a)

she saw a movie

b)

she played

c)

she gossiped with ladies

d)

she sat in the temple and read scriptures

10.

What was the turning point in the relationship between the writer and his grandmother?

a)

when they went to the city

b)

when she died

c)

when the writer became mature

d)

when the writer was given a separate room

11.

What made the grandmother unhappy?

a)

she could not sleep properly

b)

she could not help the writer with his homework

c)

she could not say her prayers

d)

she could not tell the beads

12.

The writer was given a separate room when he:

a)

went up to the university

b)

went up to the city

c)

went to the college

d)

opened a shop

13.

In the afternoon,the grandmother fed:

a)

sparrows

b)

cats

c)

dogs

d)

crows

14.

What was the happiest half hour of grandmother's day?

a)

when she said her prayers

b)

when she took bath

c)

when she fed the sparrows

d)

when she sang songs

15.

When the writer decided to go abroad,he would be away for:

a)

two months

b)

four weeks

c)

five years

d)

ten years

16.

When the writer came back after his studies,the grandmother met him:

a)

at the station

b)

in the street

c)

on the roof

d)

in his house

17.

The day the writer came back was the first time when the grandmother:

a)

sang songs

b)

did not pray

c)

did not talk to him

d)

did not feed the sparrows

18.

What happened the next morning?

a)

the grandmother went to the village

b)

she was taken ill

c)

she wrote a letter

d)

she went to another city

19.

Who were scattered on the floor of the room where the grandmother lay dead?

a)

beads of rosary

b)

the relatives

c)

sparrows

d)

cats

20.

The dead body of the writer's grandmother was covered with a:

a)

red shroud

b)

white shroud

c)

blue shroud

d)

green shroud