MCQ Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 1 The Portrait of a Lady Advertisement MCQ’s For All Chapters – Hornbill Class 11th 1. What did the grandmother do when the sparrows sat on her?She smiled and never shooed them awayShe chased them awayShe closed the doorsShe stopped feeding themQuestion 1 of 202. For how long did the narrator plan to be away when he went abroad?Two yearsThree yearsFour yearsFive yearsQuestion 2 of 203. What did the grandmother do when the narrator left for abroad?She cried loudlyShe gave him a long speechShe silently kissed his foreheadShe refused to see himQuestion 3 of 204. What did the narrator cherish after leaving his grandmother?Her photographThe moist imprint of her kissHer rosaryHer spinning-wheelQuestion 4 of 205. How did the grandmother greet the narrator when he returned after five years?She cried with happinessShe gave him a giftShe remained indoorsShe met him at the stationQuestion 5 of 206. What did the grandmother continue doing even while embracing the narrator?Singing songsReciting prayersFeeding dogsTelling storiesQuestion 6 of 207. What did the grandmother do unusually on the evening of the narrator’s return?She stopped praying and sang with the neighbourhood womenShe went to schoolShe travelled to the cityShe started teaching the childrenQuestion 7 of 208. Why did the family persuade the grandmother to stop singing?She was disturbing the neighboursIt was getting darkThey feared she was overstraining herselfShe had forgotten the songQuestion 8 of 209. What happened to the grandmother the next morning?She went to the templeShe became seriously injuredShe travelled to the cityShe was taken illQuestion 9 of 2010. Why did the grandmother believe her end was near?She had stopped feeding the sparrowsShe had omitted to pray before the close of her lifeShe had lost her rosaryShe had stopped spinningQuestion 10 of 2011. What happened to the grandmother’s rosary when she died?It fell from her lifeless fingersIt was placed on the tableIt was given to the narratorIt was lost in the courtyardQuestion 11 of 2012. What was the grandmother covered with after her death?A white blanketA yellow clothA red shroudA woollen shawlQuestion 12 of 2013. What filled the grandmother’s room and verandah after her death?Hundreds of dogsThousands of sparrowsNeighboursChildrenQuestion 13 of 2014. How did the sparrows react to the bread offered to them after the grandmother’s death?They ate it immediatelyThey carried it awayThey ignored itThey fought over itQuestion 14 of 2015. What did the sparrows do when the grandmother’s body was carried away?They flew away quietlyThey began chirping loudlyThey followed the familyThey gathered around the breadQuestion 15 of 2016. In the poem “A Photograph,” what does the cardboard refer to?The beachThe cameraThe photographThe seaQuestion 16 of 2017. Who were paddling in the sea in the photograph?The poet and her cousinsThe poet’s mother and two girl cousinsThe poet’s mother and her sistersThree school friendsQuestion 17 of 2018. How old was the poet’s mother approximately when the photograph was taken?Six years oldTen years oldTwelve years oldTwenty years oldQuestion 18 of 2019. What appears to have changed less over the years in “A Photograph”?The girlsThe cameraThe cardboardThe seaQuestion 19 of 2020. What does the final line “Its silence silences” convey?The poet has nothing more to say about the lossThe photograph has been destroyedThe sea has become silentThe mother has returnedQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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