Online Test of Chapter 1 – How I Taught My Grandmother to Read Test 2 English (Literature Reader)| Class 9th
1. “Later, she could repeat the entire text by heart.”
In this line, speaker intends to:
(i) highlight memory of the girl
(ii) highlight memory of the grandmother
(iii) highlight the meaningfulness of novel
(iv) tell that grandmother was very much fascinated with the episodes of the novel
2. What would the grandmother regret at times?
(i) not playing cricket
(ii) marrying at a young age
(iii) not going to school
(iv) loosing mother
3. “I will work harder than anybody but I will do it.”
In this line, the speaker has decided to learn :
(i) to read Kannada alphabet
(ii) to speak Kannada alphabet
(iii) to read Hindi
(iv) to speak Hindi
4. Why didn’t grandmother ask someone else to read the story for her?
(i) She wanted to keep it a secret.
(ii) She felt embarrassed
(iii) She didn’t trust other people
(iv) Both (ii) and (iii)
5. Why did the grandmother touch her granddaughter’s feet?
(i) As a mark of respect to her teacher.
(ii) It was a custom in their family.
(iii) Girls should be respected.
(iv) She had read the story of ‘Kashi Yatre’ to her.
6. Why would people of the village wait eagerly for the bus?
(i) the bus is the only way to go to the city.
(ii) the bus used to come with the papers, weekly magazines and the post.
(iii) it was a tradition.
(iv) None of the Above
7. Why was the grandmother in a helpless situation?
(i) She missed her mother
(ii) She can’t attend the wedding
(iii) She could not read the magazine by herself.
(iv) None of the Above
8. What grandmother gifted to granddaughter when she learned to read the Kannada alphabet?
(i) a blackboard.
(ii) a frock material.
(iii) a notebook
(iv) None of the Above
9. How did narrator responded to the unusual thing?
(i) She felt happy
(ii) She felt sad
(iii) She was very surprised
(iv) She felt proud of yourself
10. What narrator gifted her grandmother?
(i) a saree
(ii) Kashi Yatre by Triveni
(iii) a notepad
(iv) a blackboard.
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
“Later, she could repeat the entire text by heart.”
In this line, speaker intends to:Correct
Para – 4
Page No. – 4
Every Wednesday, the magazine would come and I would read the next episode of this story to her. During that time, she would forget all her work and listen with the greatest concentration. Later, she could repeat the entire text by heart. My grandmother too never went to Kashi, and she identified herself with the novel’s protagonist. So more than anybody else she was the one most interested in knowing what happened next in the story and used to insist that I read the serial out to her.Incorrect
Para – 4
Page No. – 4
Every Wednesday, the magazine would come and I would read the next episode of this story to her. During that time, she would forget all her work and listen with the greatest concentration. Later, she could repeat the entire text by heart. My grandmother too never went to Kashi, and she identified herself with the novel’s protagonist. So more than anybody else she was the one most interested in knowing what happened next in the story and used to insist that I read the serial out to her. -
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
What would the grandmother regret at times?
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Para – 11
Page No. – 5
Later grandmother had grandchildren and always felt so much happiness in cooking and feeding all the family. At times she used to regret not going to school, so she made sure that my children and grandchildren studied well …’Incorrect
Para – 11
Page No. – 5
Later grandmother had grandchildren and always felt so much happiness in cooking and feeding all the family. At times she used to regret not going to school, so she made sure that my children and grandchildren studied well …’ -
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
“I will work harder than anybody but I will do it.”
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Para – 16, 20
Page No. – 5
Grandmother said she wanted to learn the Kannada alphabet from tomorrow onwards. She will work very hard. She kept Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara as the deadline. That day she should be able to read a novel on my own. She wanted to be independent.Incorrect
Para – 16, 20
Page No. – 5
Grandmother said she wanted to learn the Kannada alphabet from tomorrow onwards. She will work very hard. She kept Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara as the deadline. That day she should be able to read a novel on my own. She wanted to be independent. -
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
Why didn’t grandmother ask someone else to read the story for her?
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Para – 14
Page No. – 5
Grandmother could have asked somebody in this village but she was too embarrassed to do so. She felt so very dependent and helpless.Incorrect
Para – 14
Page No. – 5
Grandmother could have asked somebody in this village but she was too embarrassed to do so. She felt so very dependent and helpless. -
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
Why did the grandmother touch her granddaughter’s feet?
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Para – 23
Page No. – 6
She said, “I am touching the feet of a teacher, not my granddaughter; a teacher who taught me so well, with so much of affection that I can read any novel confidently in such a short period. Now I am independent. It is my duty to respect a teacher.Incorrect
Para – 23
Page No. – 6
She said, “I am touching the feet of a teacher, not my granddaughter; a teacher who taught me so well, with so much of affection that I can read any novel confidently in such a short period. Now I am independent. It is my duty to respect a teacher. -
Question 6 of 10
6. Question
Why would people of the village wait eagerly for the bus?
Correct
Para – 1
Page No. – 3
The weekly magazine used to come one day late. All of us would wait eagerly for the bus, which used to come with the papers, weekly magazines and the post.Incorrect
Para – 1
Page No. – 3
The weekly magazine used to come one day late. All of us would wait eagerly for the bus, which used to come with the papers, weekly magazines and the post. -
Question 7 of 10
7. Question
Why was the grandmother in a helpless situation?
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Para – 14
Page No. – 5
Grandmother opened the magazine however could not understand anything that was written. She felt so very dependent and helpless.Incorrect
Para – 14
Page No. – 5
Grandmother opened the magazine however could not understand anything that was written. She felt so very dependent and helpless. -
Question 8 of 10
8. Question
What grandmother gifted to granddaughter when she learned to read the Kannada alphabet?
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Para – 22
Page No. – 6
Grandmother gave granddaughter a gift of a frock material.Incorrect
Para – 22
Page No. – 6
Grandmother gave granddaughter a gift of a frock material. -
Question 9 of 10
9. Question
How did narrator responded to the unusual thing?
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Para – 22
Page No. – 6
Grandmother did something unusual. Grandmother bent down and touched my feet. She was surprised and taken aback. Elders never touch the feet of youngsters.Incorrect
Para – 22
Page No. – 6
Grandmother did something unusual. Grandmother bent down and touched my feet. She was surprised and taken aback. Elders never touch the feet of youngsters. -
Question 10 of 10
10. Question
What narrator gifted her grandmother?
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Para – 24
Page No. – 6
Narrator did return namaskara to her grandmother by touching her feet and gave her gift to her first student. She opened it and read immediately the title Kashi Yatre by Triveni and the publisher’s name.Incorrect
Para – 24
Page No. – 6
Narrator did return namaskara to her grandmother by touching her feet and gave her gift to her first student. She opened it and read immediately the title Kashi Yatre by Triveni and the publisher’s name.