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ch- the potrait of a lady
A. ‘’She often told us of the games she used to play as a child. That seemed quite absurd and
undignified on her part and we treated it like the fables of the Prophets she used to tell us.’’
(i) Name the lesson and its author.
(ii) Who is ‘She’ in the above lines?
(iii) Why did the listeners find whatever ‘she’ said, unusual & improper?

Answer 1

Answer:

1 the portrait of a lady., kuch want Singh is author

2 grandmother of author

3 it is because she was old religious lady and did not like study of science but listeners are of modern age and they do not like her old thinking

Answer 2

Answer:

1). Author-Henry James

Lesson-the portrait of a lady

2).Answer: The expression 'that seemed quite absurd and undignified on her part' means the author would never believe his grandmother when she used to tell him about the games she used to play in her childhood. The narrator, Khushwant Singh believed so because he thought her grandmother had always been old.

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