Ncert solution for class 11 The portrait of a lady By Chanchal sir.

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This post "The portrait of a lady question answer by Chanchal sir" is especially for class 11th. 

   

👉 Ncert solution of class 11 Chapter 1 The portrait of a lady by Chanchal sir.

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👉 Question (1) How did the narrator's grandfather appear in the portrait ? 

चित्र में कथाकार के दादा कैसे लगते थे ? 

✍️ Answer. In the portrait which was hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room, the grandfather of the author seemed wearing a turban and loose-fitting clothes. His long, white beard covered the best part of his chest and he looked at least a hundread years old. 

👉 Question (2) Describe 'the happiest half-hour of the day' for the grandmother.

दादी के 'दिन के आधे घंटे के सुखांत समय' का वर्णन करो |

✍️Answer. For the grandmother, 'the happiest half-hour of the day' was the time when she used to feed sparrows in the courtyard of their city house. Thousands of sparrows used to come there and with chirrupings picked the bread crumbs given by the grandmother and sat over her shoulder and head. 

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👉 Question (3) How did the narrator and the grandmother become good friends ?

कथाकार व दादी अच्छे मित्र कैसे बनें ?

✍️Answer. The narrator and the grandmother lived together in their village house. Since childhood, author's parents settled in the city so it was his grandmother who took care of him in all means. She loved the author most so the author was also deeply attached to his grandmother. In this way, the author and the grandmother become good friends, with perfect bonding. 

👉Question (4) Why could the grandmother not walk straight ? 

दादी सीधे क्यों नहीं चल सकती थी ? 

✍️ Answer. The grandmother in the chapter 'The portrait of a lady' was obviously an old lady. She had been a very hard working and planned routine for her days. Due to long time hard work, she got some trouble in her back and then due to less recovery in old age, her back started to bend and to balance her daily activities, she had to move like that keeping one hand over her bent waist. 

👉Question (5) How did the grandmother spend her time when the narrator went to the university ? 

जब कथाकार विश्वविद्यालय में गया, दादी का समय कैसे व्यतीत होता था ? 

✍️ Answer. When the narrator went to the university, the grandmother accepted her seclusion with resignation. After it, she rarely left her spinning-wheel to talk to anyone. Since morning to night, she recited her prayers all time. Only in the afternoon for half an hour, she relaxed but even at the time she fed the sparrows. In this way, she spent her time. 

   

👉 Long answer type questions. 

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👉 Question (1) Describe the friendship between Khushwant Singh and his grandmother. 

खुशवंत सिंह और दादी के बीच मित्रता का वर्णन करो |

✍️ Answer. Khushwant singh and his grandmother lived in the village together whereas the parents of Khushwant Singh lived in the city. In the village, the grandmother used to take care of the author Khushwant Singh when he was a small child. 

Since morning to night, all the responsibilities of the author were taken by his grandmother. She awoke him, bathed him, dressed him up, prepared food and dropped him to the school. Then, she brought him from the school and till night fulfilled her all duties to the author like the parents. Thus, it was a true friendship between them without any selfishness. 

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👉 Question (2) Write a character-sketch of Khushwant Singh's grandmother.

खुशवंत सिंह की दादी का चरित्र-चित्रण कीजिए |

✍️Answer. Khushwant Singh's grandmother was an old woman like everybody's grandmother. Since last twenty years, the author found her in the same old and wrinkled form. She had always been short and fat slightly bent. Her face was a criss-cross of wrinkles everywhere.

She hobbled about the house in spotless white with one hand resting on her waist to balance her stoop and the other telling the beads of her rosary. She used to go to temple regularly. She never missed her daily routine of worship and spirituality. In total, the author's grandmother was an exemplary lady for the society. 

   

👉 Summary of this chapter.

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✍️ The portrait of a lady summary is a real story of the writer's grandmother. The name of the writer is Khushwant Singh. His grandmother was an old lady. The writer tells us the story of the childhood that he had spent with his grandmother. The writer has explained his relationship with his grandmother over the years.

His thinks about her daily activities and how she grew as a character over time. The summary of this poem will brief you about the life of the writer with his grandmother. All the beautiful and emotional moments are present in this summary. The summary will tell you about the beautiful relationship that the writer had with his grandmother. 

The writer recalls his grandmother as short, healthy and slightly bent. Her hairs were silver in colour and were scattered messily on her wrinkled face. 

   

👉 Conclusion of this chapter.

Summary for class 11th

✍️ To sum up, in The portrait of a lady summary, the writer and his grandmother had a beautiful bound between them and loved each other a lot. The story tells us how beautiful relationship can become between grandson and his grandmother. 

👉 Multiple choice question (MCQ.)

*  Choose the most appropriate word or phrase that best completes the sentence from the given alternative. 

1. My grandfather's.......hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room. 

(a) Portrait (b) Picture (c) Shirt (d) Camera 

2. She had always been.....and fat and slightly bent. 

(a) Long (b) Short (c) Tiny (d) Big 

3. When I went up to university, I was given a.......of my own.

(a) Pen (b) Book (c) Dress (d) Room 

4. After........years I came back home.

(a) Three (b) Four (c) Five (d) Six 

👉 Answer.

(1) a (2) b (3) d (4) c 

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