Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 1 – The Portrait of a Lady (Khushwant Singh) Extract/passage based question answers

 

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Hornbill

Chapter 1 – The Portrait of a Lady (Khushwant Singh)

Extract/passage based question answers

 

1) He looked as if he could only have lots and lots of grandchildren. As for my grandmother being young and pretty, the thought was almost revolting. She often told us of the games she used to play as a child.


1. Who does 'he' refer to in the extract? Where was he?

2. Why did the author find it difficult to imagine his grandma was once young and attractive?

3. What did she tell the narrator when he was younger?

4. Who wrote 'The Portrait of a Lady'?

Answers

1 ) The narrator's grandfather appeared very ancient, and the author assumed that he could have numerous grandkids but no wife or children.

2) The author never imagined that his grandmother would be that young and attractive. He couldn't relate to this idea. b) She was old and wrinkled.

3) She shared childhood recollections with him and his relatives, including activities she used to play as a child.

4) The author of this chapter is Khushwant Singh.

2) My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she had once been young and pretty and had even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. My grandfather’s portrait hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room. He wore a big turban and loose-fitting clothes. His long, white beard covered the best part of his chest and he looked at least a hundred years old.

 

1. name the chapter.

 A The Portrait of a Lady 

b) Landscape of the Soul.

C. Discovering Tut 

D. We are not afraid to die if we can all be together 

 Ans A, Portrait of a Lady).

 

2. Provide the name of the author.

 A. Khushwant Singh

B A.R. Williams, 

C. Marga Minco

D Kalki,

 Ans A Khushwant Singh.

 

3. What literary device is used in "Like Everyone's Grandmother"?

 A.   metaphor, 

B.   simile, 

C.   transferred epithet,

D.   enjambment,

  answer: simle.

 

4. What is the synonym of 'Pretty' among the following?

 A beautiful 

B. Ugly 

C Unappealing 

D None of these

  Ans A Beautiful.

 

3) She hobbled about the house in spotless white with one hand resting on her waist to balance her stoop and the other telling the beads of her rosary. Her silver locks were scattered untidily over her pale, puckered face, and her lips constantly moved in inaudible prayer. Yes, she was beautiful. She was like the winter landscape in the mountains, an expanse of pure white serenity breathing peace and contentment.


What is the narrator referring to with the term 'Silver locks'?

 

A. Lock and Key

 B. Grey Hair

C. Attire of Silver colour

 D. None of these

 

Answer: B. Grey Hair

 

What poetic device is utilized in the expression “Pale puckered face”?

 

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Alliteration

D. Zeugma

Answer: C. Alliteration

 

Identify the antonym of ‘Audible’ from the options below.

 

A. Unhearable

B. Unsounded

C. Imperceptible

D. All of these

 

 Answer: D. All of these

 

How would you define the term ‘Hobble’?

 

 A. Walk quickly

B. Limp

C. Rush

D. Hasten

 

Answer: B. Limp

 

4) She used to wake me up in the morning and get me ready for school. She said her morning prayer in a monotonous sing-song while she bathed and dressed me in the hope that I would listen and get to know it by heart; I listened because I loved her voice but never bothered to learn. it. Then she would fetch my wooden slate which she had already washed and plastered with yellow chalk.

 

Who was responsible for the narrator's care?

 

A. His Grandmother

B. His Mother

C. His Father

D. Both B and C

 

Answer: A. His Grandmother

 

Where was their residence located?

 

A. In a village

B. In a city

C. In a metropolitan city

D. None of these

 

Answer: A. In a village

 

Identify the antonym of ‘Monotonous’ from the given options:

 

A. Dull

B. Boring

C. Obsolete

D. Exciting

Answer: D. Exciting

 

What did the narrator's grandmother consistently hold in her hands?

 

A. Rosary

B. Wooden Slate

C. Food for the Narrator

D. All of these

 

Answer: A. Rosary

 

5) The priest taught us the alphabet and the morning prayer. While the children sat in rows on either side of the verandah singing the alphabet or the prayer in a chorus, my grandmother sat inside reading the scriptures. When we had both finished, we would walk back together. This time the village dogs would meet us at the temple door. They followed us to our home growling and fighting with each other for the chapattis we threw to them.

 

What was the grandmother engaged in at the temple?

A. Read scriptures

B. Play with the kids

C. Feed the dogs

D. All of these

Answer: A. Read scriptures

 

Who prepared chapatis specifically for the dogs?

A. Narrator

B. His Grandmother

C. Both of them

D. None of them

Answer: B. His Grandmother

 

Provide the meaning of the word ‘Chorus’.

A. Sing in a group

B. Sing alone

C. Sing in a group of two

D. Sing in a group of three

Answer: A. Sing in a group

 

What literary device is employed in the line ‘They followed us to our home growling’?

A. Onomatopoeia

B. Transferred epithet

C. Epithet

D. Repetition

Answer: A. Onomatopoeia

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