R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | English CBES Board(Class 11-English)MCQ Questions with Answers Chapter 1 The Portrait of a Lady

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

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

✅ Correct Answer: 3

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

✅ Correct Answer: 2

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

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

✅ Correct Answer: 2

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

✅ Correct Answer: 2

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

✅ Correct Answer: 3

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

✅ Correct Answer: 1

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

✅ Correct Answer: 1

How did the grandmother spend her time in the city?

1. feedings dogs
2. reading scriptures
3. spinning the wheel
4. talking to neighbours

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What made the grandmother unhappy about the author’s new English School?

1. the fact that she could no longer help him with the lessons
2. Because they were in city
3. Because she didn’t understand English
4. Because she didn’t understand English and could no longer help him with the lessons

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What was the turning point of the friendship between grandmother and author?

1. When he became an adult
2. When his parents called them both to the city
3. When he left her to live in the city with his parents
4. When they stopped talking

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Where were the parents of the author?

1. Abroad
2. City
3. Other Village
4. Other state

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What did the author eat for breakfast?

1. thick and stale chapatis with a little butter and sugar spread in it
2. thick bread with butter
3. upma
4. rice and curd

✅ Correct Answer: 1