English MCQ Quiz Hub

1. What was grandmother’s reaction when the author was going abroad?
Happy
sad
not even sentimental
Sentimental

2. Did the author bother to learn the morning prayers that his grandmother recited?
 yes
he listened but did not bother to learn
 he could not learn
 no

3. How do you feel about the character of the grandmother in the chapter?
Emotional
Strong
 Selfless
Loving

4. How did the sparrows express their sorrow at the death of their grandmother?
They didn’t come that day
they came and sat silently in the verandah
They ate the bread crumbs
they chirruped a lot

5. What did the grandmother do in her final hours?
Talked to everyone in the house
worried about everyone
Silently praying and telling her beads
Went to temple

6. What happened when the grandmother didn’t pray for the first time?
She fell ill the next day
She made this her routine
 She took a break and went to the village
None of the above

7. What happened when the author moved abroad to study for five years?
grandmother bid goodbye by silently kissing his forehead
No one came to see him
Grandmother moved back to village
Parents moved with him

8. How did the grandmother spend her time in the city?
feedings dogs
reading scriptures
spinning the wheel
talking to neighbours

9. What made the grandmother unhappy about the author’s new English School?
the fact that she could no longer help him with the lessons
Because they were in city
Because she didn’t understand English
Because she didn’t understand English and could no longer help him with the lessons

10. What was the turning point of the friendship between grandmother and author?
When he became an adult
When his parents called them both to the city
 When he left her to live in the city with his parents
When they stopped talking

11. Where were the parents of the author?
Abroad
City
 Other Village
Other state

12. What did the author eat for breakfast?
thick and stale chapatis with a little butter and sugar spread in it
thick bread with butter
 upma
rice and curd