EVENTS
CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL
13/08/2021 CLASS-11 SESSION2021-22(SLOT-1)
ENGLISH
Chapter-1(HORNBILL)
THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
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A.Answer the following Questions:-
Question 1:The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before lie left else country to study abroad.
Answer:The three phases of the author’s relationship with
his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad are:
childhood – when he went to the village school and the grandmother helped him to get ready and went to school with him.
boyhood – when he went to the city school in a bus. He shared a room with grandmother but she could no longer help him in his studies.
early youth – when he went to the university and was given a room of him own. The common link of friendship was snapped.
Question 2:Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was
disturbed when m started going to the city school.
Answer:The three reasons why the author’s grandmother was
disturbed when he started going to the city school are:
She hated western Science and learning.
She was pained to know that there was no teaching of God
and the scriptures there.
She was allergic to music. She thought it was not meant for
decent people and gentlefolk. It was the monopoly of prostitutes and beggars.
Question 3Three ways in which the author’s grandmother
spent her days after he grew up.
Answer:The three ways in which the author’s grandmother
spent her days after he grew up are:
She lived alone in her room as she had accepted her loneliness quietly.
She sat at her spinning wheel reciting prayers.
In the afternoon, she would feed the sparrows for half an
hour.
Question 4:The odd ways in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.
Answer:Just before her death, the author’s grandmother refused to talk to them.
Since she
had omitted to pray the previous night while she was
singing songs of homecoming and beating the drum, she was not going to waste
any more time. She ignored their protests. She lay peacefully in bed praying
and telling beads.
Question 5:The way in which the sparrows expressed their
sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.
Answer:Thousands of sparrows sat silently surrounding the
dead body of the author’s grandmother. There was no chirruping. The author’s
mother threw some crumbs of bread to them. They took no notice of them. As soon
as the grandmother’s corpse was carried off, they flew away quietly. Thus the
sparrows expressed their sorrow.
B.Answer the following:
Question 1:Which language do you think the author and his
grandmother used while talking to each other?
Answer:The author’s grandmother was not much educated. So,
I think the author and his grandmother used to talk in their mother tongue—in
this case Panjabi.
Question 2:Which language do you use to talk to elderly
relatives in your family?
Answer:My elderly relatives are well versed in English and
Hindi. I feel at home greeting
them in English but like to converse with them freely in
Hindi.
Question 3:What is the expression used in your language for
a ‘dilapidated drum’?
Answer:The expression used in our language for a
‘dilapidated drum’ is ‘phata-purana dhol.’
Question 4:Can you think of a song or poem in your language
that talks of homecoming?
Answer:There are many folk songs and poems singing of the
exploits of brave warriors. All these talk of their homecoming after winning a
battle.
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