The Portrait Of A Lady, Class 11 Hornbill, NCERT English Core | Additional Important Questions | CBSE Sample Questions

Class 11 NCERT (CBSE) English Core Course

Short Answer Sample Questions

Question.1: What does Khushwant Singh describe in ‘The Portrait Of A Lady’ ?

Question.2: How could the grandmother be ‘beautiful’ without being pretty ?

Question.3: What was the turning point of their friendship ?

Question.4: What opinion did the grandmother form of the English school in the city ?

Question.5: How were the grandmother and the narrator good and intimate friends in the village ?

Question.6: Why did the grandmother hate music ?

Question.7: How did the sparrows mourn the death of grandmother ?

Question.8: How did the grandmother celebrate the homecoming of her grandson ?

Question.9: Why did the grandmother stop talking before her death ?

Long Answer Questions

Question.1: Describe in brief the pen picture of the narrator’s grandmother highlighting her noble qualities.

Question.2: Describe the intimate relationship of grandmother with the sparrows. How did the sparrows mourn her death ?

Question.3: Describe the friendship between Khushwant Singh and his grandmother.
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Eccentric ThomasiteJuly 16, 2012 at 8:11 PM
Q.1: What does Khushwant Singh describe in ‘The Portrait Of A Lady’? (I just came up with two points for this answer- His relatinship with his grandmother. The changes that occur in their relationship.)
Q.2: How could the grandmother be ‘beautiful’ without being pretty ?

-I was unable to answer these 2 questions. Could you please publish the answers?

And the questions were a great help. Thankyou!
UnknownApril 10, 2014 at 8:15 PM
discuss the relevance of the title "the portrait of a lady'
AdminApril 13, 2014 at 11:47 PM
Mariyam, a good question. I guess this question will be added in either of our above two posts soon. Thanks for writing.