How I Taught My Grandmother to Read: CBSE Class 9 English practice questions
Practise 50 questions on How I Taught My Grandmother to Read, free, with an explanation for each answer.
Sample questions
When the narrator came back from the wedding, she found Avva in tears. What had upset her?
- She had quarrelled with her friends at the temple courtyard
- The new episode of Kashi Yatre had come, but she could not read it and felt helpless
- She had lost her copy of the weekly magazine
- She was unwell and could not do her kitchen work
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B. The new episode of Kashi Yatre had come, but she could not read it and felt helpless
While the narrator was away, Karmaveera arrived as usual. Avva saw the picture with the story but could not understand anything written, and rubbed her hands over the pages, wishing she could. She felt dependent and helpless, which is why the narrator, who had never seen her cry, found her in tears.
The grandmother loved the serial Kashi Yatre. It is about an old lady who wants very much to go to Kashi. How does the novel end?
- She finally reaches Kashi and worships there with the orphan girl
- She spends her savings on a grand house in Kashi
- She gives away all her savings for an orphan girl's wedding and never goes to Kashi
- The orphan girl's family pays for her journey to Kashi
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C. She gives away all her savings for an orphan girl's wedding and never goes to Kashi
In Triveni's novel the old lady has an ardent (keen) desire to visit Kashi, but a young orphan girl has no money for her wedding. The old lady gives away all her savings and never makes the journey, saying the girl's happiness matters more than worship at Kashi. A and D are wrong because she never goes, and B is invented.
By now, Kashi Yatre had come out as a full novel. The narrator secretly bought it as her Dassara gift. Why was this gift so suitable?
- It was the cheapest book available in the village
- Avva had asked for a book with large print for her weak eyes
- The serial Avva once could not read had made her want to learn, so reading it alone proved her success
- The narrator wanted Avva to stop asking her to read aloud
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C. The serial Avva once could not read had made her want to learn, so reading it alone proved her success
Avva's journey began when she could not read the serial of Kashi Yatre on her own. Giving her the whole novel let her test her new skill on the very story that had inspired her, so reading its title at once completed the circle. Nothing in the text supports A, B or D.
Topics covered
- Characters
- The novel Kashi Yatre
- Reading for meaning
- Feelings and vocabulary
- Inference
- Character and values
- Character traits
- Theme
- Sequence of events
- Characters and culture
- Idioms
- Plot
- Reflect and respond
- Cause and effect
- Extract-based
- Check your understanding
- Vocabulary in context
- Binomials
- Prefixes
- Past perfect tense
- Letter to the editor
- Speaking: turncoat debate
- Learning beyond the text
- Poem: imagery
- Poem: meaning
- Poem: symbolism
- Poem: structure
- Poem: punctuation
- Poem: refrain
- Poem: hyperbole
- Poem: allusion
- Suffixes
- Poem: form
- Poem: metaphor
- Poem: vocabulary