NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English
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.
b) Landscape of the Soul.
C. Discovering Tut
D. We are not afraid to die if we can all be
together
2. Provide the name of the author.
B A.R. Williams,
C. Marga Minco
D Kalki,
3. What literary device is used in "Like Everyone's
Grandmother"?
B. simile,
C. transferred epithet,
D. enjambment,
4. What is the synonym of 'Pretty' among the following?
B. Ugly
C Unappealing
D None of these
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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