PORTRAIT OF A LADY - BLOG 4

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The Portrait of a Lady

-         Khushwant Singh

Good morning dear students. Let us thank God for this wonderful day. Today we continue with our chapter “The Portrait of a Lady”. Before we go deep into the lesson let us look at the learning objectives of this chapter.

The students will be able to

·         know the expressions used in the lesson and their usage.

·         appreciate the bond between the author and his grandmother

·         gain insight into the various phases of author’s life with his grandmother.

·         realize the importance of grandparents in a family.

·         know the worth of any relationship.

·         sympathize with the grandmother and her situations.

·         admire and appreciate the biography of grandmother

admire the divine beauty of the grandmother.

Today in this period we are going to continue with the short answer questions and its answers.

Short Answer Type Questions(copy to your note book)

Q. 6 Give a brief account of the grandmother’s friendship with sparrows.

Ans: The old grandmother lost even the last link of friendship with the author so she made friends with the sparrow. In the Afternoon, she threw small bits of bread to the birds who even sat on her shoulders and her head. After her death, the sparrows, also grieved for her. Thousands of them made a circle round her. They refused to eat the crumbs offered to them. They flew away only after her dead body was taken away.

Q.7 ‘And at her age, one could never tell’. What was it that one could never tell? 

Ans: The author was going abroad for five years. He had a fear that the grandmother would be badly upset, and might not be able to bear the separation. At her age, she could die any day, any moment. Nobody could tell how long she would stay alive.

Q.8 Only once the grandmother did not pray. What was the reason and why?

Ans: The grandmother was a very punctual and regular in her prayers and counting of beards. She missed them only on the day of the return of the author from abroad. She collected some women, got an old drum, beat it and sang of the author’s homecoming. That was the only day in her life she broke the routine.

Q.9 Describe in brief how the old lady die in peace.

Ans: Because of over straining at such an old stage, the grandmother was taken ill. She knew for certain that her end was near. So she declined to talk to anybody. She wanted to spend the last moments of her life praying and telling the beads of her rosary. Then slowly her lips stopped and the rosary fell from her lifeless fingers. Thus, she died peacefully.

Q.10 How did the sparrows mourn over the death of grandmother?

Ans: The association or friendship of the old lady with the sparrows began in the city. Left alone, she sought the company of the sparrows. She fed them every day in the afternoon. The birds became very friendly and attached with her. So, they felt bereaved when she died. They gathered around her and sat quietly until the dead body was carried off.

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