1. The Portrait of a Lady (Khushwant Singh)
1. Who is the
narrator of the lesson ‘The Portrait of a Lady’?
Ans. Khushwant Singh
2. How was the
physical appearance of Grandmother?
Ans. She was short and fat
3. How was her
face?
Ans. Her face was full of wrinkles.
4. The clothes
which the writer’ grandmother wore, were
Ans. White
5. The grandmother’s
one hand was on her waist. What was in her other hand?
Ans. A rosary
6. What did she
do when she bathed and dressed the writer?
Ans. She said her morning prayer
7. Why did the
grandmother accompany the author to the school?
Ans. Because the school was attached to a temple
8. When the
writer was at school, what did his grandmother do?
Ans. She sat in the temple and read scriptures
9. What did the
grandmother do on her way back to the home?
Ans. She threw stale chapattis to the village dogs.
10. How did she
relax?
Ans. By throwing bread crumbs to sparrows.
11. Why was she
not satisfied with English school education?
Ans. Because they didn’t give religious education.
12. What type
of education did she like to be given in a school?
Ans. Religious education
13. After how
many years, the writer came back from abroad?
Ans. After 5 years
14. When the
writer came back from abroad after 5 years, what did his grandmother do?
Ans. She collected neighbourhood women, beat old drum
and went on singing for long time.
15. What
happened the next morning?
Ans. She fell ill. After a few hours she was dead.
16. What did
the sparrows do when the writer’s mother threw the bread crumbs to them?
Ans. They did not eat the bread crumbs
17. The dead
body of the writer’s grandmother was covered with:
Ans. A red shroud