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 CBSE Class 9 - English Communicative 

How I Taught My Grandmother (MCQs)

MCQS

Q1. The grandmother could relate to the central character of the story 'Kashi Yatre' as __________.

(i) both were old and uneducated

(ii) both had granddaughters who read to them

(iii) both had a strong desire to visit Kashi

(iv) both were determined to learn to read

Q2. Why did the women at the temple discuss the latest episode of 'Kashi Yatre'?

(i) to pass their time

(ii) the writer, Triveni, was very popular

(iii) they could relate with the protagonist of the serial

(iv) women have a habit of discussing serials

Q3. The granddaughter found her grandmother in tears on her return as__________.

(i) the grandmother had been unable to read the story 'Kashi Yatre' on her own

(ii) the grandmother had felt lonely

(iii) the grandmother wanted to accompany her granddaughter

(iv) she was sad she could not visit Kashi

Q4. 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

Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate alternative from those given below: 

.., there was also a young orphan girl who falls in love but there was no money for the wedding.

In the end, the old lady gives away all her savings without going to Kashi.

Q5. Who is the young orphan girl mentioned in the extract?

(i) the narrator

(ii) the grandmother

(iii) a character in Triveni's novel

(iv) Triveni herself

Q6. ...,the old lady gives away all her savings without going to Kashi because

(i) she was reluctant to go to Kashi.

(ii) she had to pay for a charitable cause.

(iii) she was a broad-minded and large-hearted woman.

(iv) she realised that there was no use going to Kashi.

Q7. Choose a phrasal verb from the extract.

(i) falls 

(ii) was

(iii) gives 

(iv) gives away

Answers:

1. (iii) both had a strong desire to visit Kashi

2. (ii) the writer, Triveni, was very popular

3. (i) the grandmother had been unable to read the story 'Kashi Yatre' on her own

4. (i) As a mark of respect to her teacher

5. (iii) a character in Kashi Yatre,; authored by Triveni, a popular writer in the Kannada language

6. (iv) she realised that there was no use going to Kashi. She paid money for the wedding of an orphan girl.

7. (iv) gives away [Phrase means a group of more than one word and gives away is group of two words.]