The Portrait of a Lady MCQ 3

 1) Where did the narrator’s parents settle before sending for the family?

a) Village

b) City

c) Town

d) Countryside

Answer: b) City

2) What marked a turning point in the narrator’s friendship with their grandmother?

a) Moving to the village

b) Settling in the city

c) Starting university

d) Learning music

Answer: b) Settling in the city

3) How did the narrator travel to the English school in the city?

a) By foot

b) By bicycle

c) By motor bus

d) By rickshaw

Answer: c) By motor bus

4) What did the grandmother do instead of accompanying the narrator to school in the city?

a) Cooked meals

b) Fed sparrows

c) Read scriptures

d) Visited neighbors

Answer: b) Fed sparrows

5) What did the grandmother feed the sparrows in the courtyard?

a) Rice

b) Seeds

c) Bread

d) Fruits

Answer: c) Bread

6) How did the grandmother react to the narrator learning English words and western science?

a) She was excited

b) She was unhappy

c) She was indifferent

d) She was proud

Answer: b) She was unhappy

7) Which scientific concept did the narrator mention to the grandmother?

a) Theory of relativity

b) Law of gravity

c) Photosynthesis

d) Quantum mechanics

Answer: b) Law of gravity

8)What principle did the narrator tell the grandmother about?

a) Newton’s principle

b) Archimedes’ principle

c) Einstein’s principle

d) Galileo’s principle

Answer: b) Archimedes’ principle

9) What did the grandmother believe was missing from the English school’s curriculum?

a) Mathematics

b) Science

c) God and scriptures

d) History

Answer: c) God and scriptures

10) How did the grandmother feel about the narrator taking music lessons?

a) She was delighted

b) She was disturbed

c) She was curious

d) She was supportive

Answer: b) She was disturbed

11) Why did the grandmother disapprove of music lessons?

a) They were too expensive

b) They had lewd associations

c) They were too difficult

d) They were unnecessary

Answer: b) They had lewd associations

12) Who did the grandmother associate music with?

a) Teachers and scholars

b) Harlots and beggars

c) Priests and saints

d) Children and students

Answer: b) Harlots and beggars

13) How did the grandmother express her disapproval of music lessons?

a) She argued with the narrator

b) She remained silent

c) She wrote a letter

d) She left the house

Answer: b) She remained silent

14) What happened to the narrator’s living arrangements when they went to university?

a) They shared a room with their grandmother

b) They got a room of their own

c) They lived with their parents

d) They stayed in a hostel

Answer: b) They got a room of their own

15) What caused the common link of friendship between the narrator and grandmother to snap?

a) The narrator’s marriage

b) The narrator going to university

c) The grandmother’s illness

d) The narrator’s new friends

Answer: b) The narrator going to university

16) How did the grandmother accept her seclusion?

a) With anger

b) With resignation

c) With excitement

d) With confusion

Answer: b) With resignation  

17) What did the grandmother spend most of her time doing after the narrator went to university?

a) Reading books

b) Spinning and praying

c) Cooking meals

d) Visiting temples

Answer: b) Spinning and praying

18) What was the grandmother’s primary activity from sunrise to sunset?

a) Feeding sparrows

b) Spinning and reciting prayers

c) Talking to neighbors

d) Teaching the narrator

Answer: b) Spinning and reciting prayers

19) When did the grandmother relax during the day?

a) In the morning

b) In the afternoon

c) In the evening

d) At night

Answer: b) In the afternoon

20) What did the grandmother do during her relaxation time?

a) Read scriptures

b) Feed sparrows

c) Spin the wheel

d) Talk to the narrator

Answer: b) Feed sparrows

21) Where did the grandmother sit while feeding the sparrows?

a) In the courtyard

b) On the roof

c) In the verandah

d) In the kitchen

Answer: c) In the verandah

22) What did the grandmother break into little bits while feeding the sparrows?

a) Rice

b) Bread

c) Fruits

d) Nuts

Answer: b) Bread

23) How did the sparrows behave around the grandmother?

a) They flew away

b) They created a bedlam of chirrupings

c) They stayed silent

d) They ignored her

Answer: b) They created a bedlam of chirrupings

24) Where did some sparrows perch while the grandmother fed them?

a) On the roof

b) On her legs, shoulders, and head

c) On the spinning wheel

d) On the verandah railing

Answer: b) On her legs, shoulders, and head 

25) How did the grandmother react to the sparrows perching on her?

a) She shooed them away

b) She smiled and allowed them

c) She ignored them

d) She scolded them

Answer: b) She smiled and allowed them