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WorksheetsThe Portrait of a Lady
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
How did the grandmother look?
old,fat,long
long,fat,slightly bent
old,short,slightly bent,fat
slightly bent,fat
How did the grandfather in the portrait hung on the wall look like?
old,long white beard,worn big turban
old,skinny,wrinkled
young,handsome,well built
old,well built
Which animals did grandmother used to feed in the village?
dogs
cows
sparrows
cats
What did the author eat for breakfast?
thick and stale chapatis with a little butter and sugar spread in it
thick bread with butter
upama
rice and curd
Where were the parents of the author?
abroad
city
other village
other state
What did the grandmother do in the temple on a daily basis?
meditation
sing religious prayers
read scriptures
teach the kids
Where did the author go to study in the city?
English School in Motor Bus
By walking down to nearby school
Hindi School
Nowhere
The Portrait of a Lady has been written in
scientific mode
romantic mode
biographical mode
none
How did the grandmother spend her time in the city?
feeding sparrows
reading
gossiping
spinning the wheel
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
How long had Khushwant known his grandmother?
for the last ten years
for that last thirty years
for the last twenty years
for the last forty years
The grandmother used to utter monotonous songs, while she___________ Khushwant.
cooked for
bathed
ate with
accompanied
Why was Khushwant's grandmother so disturbed when he started going to the city school?
She didn't believe in the things taught there
there was no teaching of God and the Scriptures
He was taught music
Only a & b
a,b & c
How did the sparrows express their sorrow when Khushwant's grandmother died?
by creating a veritable bedlam of chirrupings
by not taking notice of the bread crumbs and flying away without eating them
by not expressing their sorrow
by scattering around her and not chirupping
by not going to visit her in her last moments
How did Khushwant's grandmother behave just before her death?
by eating and drinking
by sleeping
by singing and dancing
by reciting prayers and telling the beads of her rosary
Grandmother used to wear
black saree
yellow saree
spotless white saree
Punjabi suit
Which was the happiest half-hour for the grandmother in the city?
While spinning the wheel
While reciting the prayers
Feeding the sparrows
taking the afternoon nap
rosary
prayer beads
necklace
The revolting thought for the author was that
His grandmother was young ever
She ever had children
She had gone to study ever
All the above
