Class 9 English — Chapter 1: How I Taught My Grandmother to Read
60 practice questions · 20 Easy · 20 Medium · 20 Hard
Practise Class 9 English Chapter 1, "How I Taught My Grandmother to Read", with 60 NCERT-aligned multiple-choice questions. The set is split into 20 Easy, 20 Medium and 20 Hard questions, so you can warm up on the fundamentals and then push into the exam-level problems that separate top scorers in CBSE Board exams and the JEE & NEET foundation years.
"How I Taught My Grandmother to Read" is one of the chapters where comprehension, grammar and writing-skill questions really pays off. Each MCQ on this chapter is timed and uses exam-grade marking (+2 correct, −1 wrong, 0 skipped), training the same accuracy-under-pressure that real papers demand. Every question carries a short explanation, so a wrong answer becomes a quick lesson rather than a dead end — the fastest way to close gaps before a test.
Use this chapter as targeted revision: attempt the Easy set first to confirm your basics on How I Taught My Grandmother to Read, then move to Medium and Hard to test application and problem-solving. Your accuracy, streaks and XP save automatically, and the chapter feeds into your overall Class 9 English mastery score. A few sample questions are shown below; sign in free to practise all 60.
Sample questions
In which part of India does the narrator's village lie, where she stayed with her grandparents?
The narrator says, 'When I was a girl of about twelve, I used to stay in a village in north Karnataka with my grandparents.'
Why did the family receive the morning paper only in the afternoon and the weekly magazine a day late?
'Those days, the transport system was not very good, so we used to get the morning paper only in the afternoon.'
Which theme is LEAST supported by 'How I Taught My Grandmother to Read'?
The story argues the opposite of the first option — the grandmother is well-off yet feels helpless without literacy.
How I Taught My Grandmother to Read — FAQs
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