Class 11 Chepter 1 The Portrait of a Lady. Long Questions

                     Class 11
                    Chepter 1 
           The Portrait of a Lady
Long Questions

Question 1
Describe the friendship between Khushwant Singh and his grandmother?
 Answer
Khushwant Singh's grandmother was closely involved in bringing him up when the author lived with her in the village during his early life. She used to wake him up early in the morning. While bathing and dressing him, she sang her prayers.She hoped that the author would learn it by heart. She then gave him breakfast stale chapati with butter and sugar. Then they would go together to the temple school.While the author learnt his lesson.The grandmother would read holy books.A turning point came in their friendship when his parents called them to the city.Although they shared a room, she could not help him much. She hated music, Science and Western education. The common link of their friendship was gradually snapped. 
Question 2.
Write a character shetch of Khushwant Singh's grandmother. 
Answer
The narrator's grandmother was a true picture of Love, affection and care. She had all those virtues which grandmother's generally have for their grandsons. 
She was highly religious but a conservative lady. The grandmother presented a picture of peace and contentment. The grandmother was not physically very attractive but she was spiritually beautiful. She had deep love and affection for her grandson. She got him ready for school. She accompanied him to his school and came back home with him.She had compassion even for animals and birds. She fed the uillage dogs. She took feeding the sparrows in the city. But the grandmother was a conservative lady. She didn't like the English language and Science. She hated music.She associated music with prostituted and beggars. 


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