Pick the option that shows the significance of the given lines. (1)
a) Author‟s grandmother started living in seclusion.
b) Author and his grandmother‟s relation grew very distant.
c) Author thought that it was the last time he was seeing his grandmother.
d) All of the above
Answers
Answer:
a. Give a description of Khushwant Singh’s grandmother according to his earliest memory of her.
Answer:
Khushwant Singh felt that his grandmother could never have been any different from what he had seen her to be. She must always have been old. She was short, fat and bent. Her face was covered with wrinkles. She walked with a stoop and always dressed in white.
b.Khushwant Singh said about his grandmother: ‘She could never have been pretty, but she was always beautiful.’ Explain.
Answer:
Khushwant Singh’s grandmother was not pretty in the conventional sense of having physical beauty, but she had great inner beauty. She had a calm and serene personality.
c.Why was it hard for the author to believe that his grandmother was once young and pretty?
Answer:
The author had seen his grandmother always as an old person. His earliest memory was that of an old lady. Therefore, as a child, he found it difficult to believe that she had been any different ever. He could not believe that once she was young and pretty.
d.Khushwant Singh’s grandmother was not pretty but was always beautiful. Explain the meaning of this statement.
Answer:
Khushwant Singh’s grandmother was not attractive and good-looking, but she had an extremely gracious personality. Her serenity and calmness gave her an inner beauty.