The Portrait of a Lady MCQ Questions Answers Class 11 Online Test 2 for Practice

16. How did the grandmother spend her afternoon every day?

1. by feeding hundreds of sparrows
2. by taking a nap
3. by talking to author’s mother
4. by going to temple

17. What happened when the author moved abroad to study for five years?

1. grandmother bid goodbye by silently kissing his forehead
2. No one came to see him
3. Grandmother moved back to village
4. Parents moved with him

18. What change came in the grandmother’s evening schedule?

1. She collected the women of the neighbourhood
2. She would go for a walk
3. She would sleep early
4. She would talk to his parents

19. What happened when the grandmother didn’t pray for the first time?

1. She fell ill the next day
2. She made this her routine
3. She took a break and went to the village
4. None of the above

20. How did the grandmother react to her illness?

1. She said her end was near
2. She ignored her health
3. She took care of her
4. She was admitted to the hospital

21. What did the grandmother do in her final hours?

1. Talked to everyone in the house
2. worried about everyone
3. Silently praying and telling her beads
4. Went to temple

22. How did the grandmother die?

1. during telling beads lying on the bed
2. In the hospital
3. While sleeping
4. None of the above

23. How did the sparrows express their sorrow at the death of their grandmother?

1. They didn’t come that day
2. they came and sat silently in the verandah
3. They ate the bread crumbs
4. they chirruped a lot

24. What happened when they took the grandmother’s corpse away?

1. Neighbours visited them to pay condolences
2. they mourned her death in her room
3. birds flew away quietly
4. Nothing happened

25. How do you feel about the character of the grandmother in the chapter?

1. Emotional
2. Strong
3. Selfless
4. Loving

26. Where was the author’s grandfather’s portrait placed?

1. on a shelf
2. hung above the mantelpiece
3. put on the mantelpiece
4. on a table

27. Did the author bother to learn the morning prayers that his grandmother recited?

1. yes
2. he listened but did not bother to learn
3. he could not learn
4. no

28. When was their common link of friendship snapped?

1. when he went to college
2. When he went to the university, they were given separate rooms
3. when he started working
4. When he went abroad

29. What was grandmother’s reaction when the author was going abroad?

1. Happy
2. sad
3. not even sentimental
4. Sentimental

30. What was her reaction when he came back after 5 years?

1. Overwhelmed
2. clasped the author in her arms and said prayers
3. happy
4. sentimental