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The Portrait of a Lady के NCERT समाधान (अध्याय 1, NCERT कक्षा 11 अंग्रेज़ी) — हर प्रश्न और उत्तर सिर्फ़ अंतिम उत्तर नहीं, बल्कि पूरी तरह चरण-दर-चरण हल किया गया। आप The Portrait of a Lady की पाठ्यपुस्तक का अध्याय भी पढ़ सकते हैं।

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The Portrait of a Lady के सभी 17 प्रश्न PDF में हल किए गए हैं। नीचे देखें कि अभ्यास-दर-अभ्यास इसमें क्या-क्या है:

Understanding the Text

  1. Mention the three phases of the author's relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.
  2. Mention three reasons why the author's grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.
  3. Mention three ways in which the author's grandmother spent her days after he grew up.
  4. Mention the odd way in which the author's grandmother behaved just before she died.
  5. Mention the way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author's grandmother died.

Talking about the Text

  1. The author's grandmother was a religious person. What are the different ways in which we come to know this?
  2. Describe the changing relationship between the author and his grandmother. Did their feelings for each other change?
  3. Would you agree that the author's grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.
  4. Have you known someone like the author's grandmother? Do you feel the same sense of loss with regard to someone whom you have loved and lost?

Thinking about Language

  1. Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?
  2. Which language do you use to talk to elderly relatives in your family?
  3. How would you say 'a dilapidated drum' in your language?
  4. Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?

Working with Words

  1. Notice the following uses of the word 'tell' in the text and match each use to one of the four senses given:
    • (a) Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary.
    • (b) I would tell her English words and little things of Western science and learning.
    • (c) At her age one could never tell.
    • (d) She told us that her end was near. — Senses: 1. make something known to someone in spoken or written…
  2. Notice the different senses of the word 'take': (1) to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit. (2) to take ill: to suddenly become ill. Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used.
  3. The word 'hobble' means to walk with difficulty because the legs and feet are in bad condition. Tick the words in the box below that also refer to a manner of walking: haggle, shuffle, stride, ride, waddle, wriggle, paddle, swagger, trudge, slog.

Noticing Form

  1. Notice the form of the verbs italicised in the given sentences from the text. These are examples of the past perfect form of verbs. Explain how the past perfect is used in each sentence to recount the distant past: (1) She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. (2) When we both had finished we would walk back together. (3) When I came back she would ask me what the…
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The Portrait of a Lady की पाठ्यपुस्तक का अध्याय / PDF पढ़ें, या सभी NCERT कक्षा 11 अंग्रेज़ी समाधान देखें।

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