9th class-cbse english-(NCERT BOOK-beehive)(poem) (No men are Foreign )(James Kirkup)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Write the central theme of the poem “No men are Foreign”.

Ans1) James kirkup spreads the message of brotherhood and unity all the people of the world. He tells  that none is strange. All feel the importance of the sun, air and water.

Q2)‘Are fed up peaceful harvest.’ What does it imply?

Ans3) The poet conveys that all men are equal. No men are foreign. People may belong to different country or regions but they love peace. Peace brings prosperity and humanity.

Q3) ‘Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence of air’ Explain?

Ans3)  The poet conveys that hatred ness pollutes the air that we live in. We create only hell if we fight among ourselves. All prosper in a peaceful environment.

9th class-cbse english-(NCERT BOOK-beehive)(poem) (A legend of the Northland)(Phoebe Cary)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Which country or countries do you think “The Neterland” refer to?

Ans1) The Neterland is a polar region. It is a cold region covered with snow. There the days are shorter and the nights are longer.

Q2) What did St. Peter ask the old lady for? What was the lady’s reaction?

Ans2) St. Peter while moving round the earth reached a little woman’s house. She was preparing cakes. St. Ppeter requested the lady for a single cake.  The lady was very selfish. She took tiny kneaded dough.

Q3) How did he punish her?

Ans3) The priest was very angry with the lady as she was not ready to give even a single leaf of bread. He cursed and changed her into wood –pecker to collect her food from the wood by boring deep into it.

Q4) What is a legend? Why this poem is called a legend?

Ans4)  A legend is an old traditional story. This poem is called a legend because it tells an old story of Northland. This is the story of an old greedy woman who angered St. Peter.

Q5) Describe the theme of the poem ‘A legend of the Northland ‘?

Ans5) Saint peter asks an old greedy lady for a cake. She was selfish and did not give any cake to the hungry saint. It made the saint angry. He turned the lady into the bird. The bird keeps on searching for her food the whole day. We should not be greedy and always help the needy person.

Some more questions for practice.

Q1) How does the woodpecker get her food?

Q2) What was the condition of St.peter after end of the hectic day?

Q3) What was the effect f St. peter’s curse on the old lady?

9th class-cbse english-(NCERT BOOK-beehive)(poem) (The lake isle of Innisfree)(William Butler Yeats)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Why does the poet want to go to Lake Isle of Innisfree?

Ans1) Poet is fed up with the chaotic life in the city. He wants to lead a peaceful life in the lap of nature. He wants to go to Innisfree because it is natural place full of beauty..

Q2) How shall the poet have peace in Innisfree?

Ans2) The poet shall have peace in Innisfree because he is the poet of nature. The song of cricket will bring solace to him. He shall enjoy the natural beauty..

Q3) Explain ‘lake water lapping with low sounds’?

 Ans3) It presents the beautiful picture of the lake the breeze causes ripples in the lake. This sound has a permanent impression on the heart of the poet.

Q4) ‘The Lake water as a deep bearing on the poet’. Explain?

Ans4) At Lake Isle of Innisfree nature is at its work. The poet desires to attain peace.   The sound of tapping water in the lake has a deep impact.

Q5) What is poet’s idea about peace?

Ans5) According to the poet peace is a heavenly bliss. It comes slowly in our life. We have to associate ourselves with the nature.

Some more questions for practice.

Q1) How can you justify that poet W.B yeats a truly a poet of Nature?

 Q2) What does the lake Isle of Innisfree represent to the poet W.B yeats ?

Q3) Why does the poet desire to spend his time alone in his cabin?

Q4) What does the poet feel while standing on the pavement?

9th class-cbse english-(NCERT BOOK-beehive)(poem) (Rain On the Roof)(Coates Kinney)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) What does the poet like to do when it rains?

Ans1) The poet likes to lie in a room with a pillow. It will give him the highest pleasure. There he will be in a state of highest bliss.

Q2) What is a ‘bliss’ for the poet in the poem in the poem ‘Rain on the Roof”?

Ans2) The poet loves rain because it carries him in old memories. He thinks it is bliss to hear the sound of the rain on the roof. He lies in his cozy bed and enjoys the music of nature. It’s bliss for him.

Q3)  What shows that the poet loved his mother?

Ans3) The poet loved his mother. He remembered her when he lied on his cozy bed to enjoy the sound of rain. It appears to him as if she was fondly looking at him.

Q4) When does the ‘thousand dream fancies’ began to weave in the poet’s mind?

Ans4) When the poet is in his cozy cottage and he lies in his bed listening to the soft music of rain on the roof his mind is flooded with memories of his mother. He recalls his childhood.

Q5) Write the central theme of the poem?

 Ans5) The poet exhibits that the rain brings him maximum happiness. He lost in dreaming. So many fancies go on revolving in his mind. He loves the pattering of soft rain. 

Some more questions for practice.

Q1) Do you like rain? What do you do when it rains steadily?

Q2) While on the bed during the rains, Where does the mind of the poet fancy?

9th class-cbse english(NCERT BOOK-beehive)(poem) (Wind )( Subramania Bharati)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?

Ans1) In the first stanza the wind breaks the shutters of the windows, it scatters the papers. It even throws down the books and tears the pages. Then it brings rain and disturbs everything.

Q2) What does the poet say the wind   god winnows?

Ans2) The poet says that the wind makes fun of the weak. It crumbles the doors, houses, rafters, wood, bodies, lives and heart. In a way the wind god separates the weak like the chaff from the strong like the grain.

Q3) What harm does wind do when it blows hard.

Ans3) When wind blows hard, it destroys everything. It breaks the shutters, scatters the papers, throws the books, and tears the pages of the books.

Q4) Why should we make strong houses and doors?

Ans4) We should make strong houses and doors because the wind does not like weak houses and weak doors..

Q5) What should we do to make friends with the winds?

Ans5) The wind makes fun of weak things. We should make ourselves physically and mentally stronger to make wind our friend.

Q6) Give the central idea of the poem ‘Wind’?

Ans6) Subramania Bharati has advised us to be strong in mind and body. The wind will be our friend when we are strong. Actually the wind represents the difficulties and challenges. We should encounter them boldly.

Some more questions for practice.

Q1) What should we to do make friends with the wind?

Q1) What does the wind symbolize?

Q3) How does wind make fun of weaklings?

Q4) How can the wind be made friendly?

Q5)  What does ‘crumbling’ suggests in the poem ‘Wind’?

9th class-cbse english-(NCERT BOOK-beehive)(poem) (The Road Not Taken )( Robert Frost)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Where does the traveler find himself? What problem does he face?

Ans1) The traveler finds himself on a point where two roads cross in different directions. It is difficulty for him to decide as to which road he should follow.

Q2) What had make a lot of difference in the poet’s life?

Ans2) The poet chose the second road rather than the first. This choice has made a lot of difference in his life.

Q3) Give the central idea of the poem “The Road Not Taken”.

Ans3)   The poem “The Road Not Taken” signifies that in our life we are often chose one of the two things. Later we ponder on our own choices and think of the differences that our choices have made to our life.

Some more questions for practice.

Q1) Robert Frost stands for a long time on a point where two roads diverged. Write valid reasons behind it?

Q2) Why does the poet feel a deep regret over his choice?

Q3) How did the poet make his choice about the roads?

8th class-cbse english (It so happen) Chapter-6 (The fight) (Ruskin Bond)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) In what way is the forest pool different from the one which Ranji knew in the Rajputana desert?

Ans1) In the Rajputana desert, Ranji had seen only sticky and muddy pools. But the forest pool had a gentle clean water. He could see the smooth round pebbles at its bottom.

Q2) Between Ranji and the other boy, who is trying to start a quarrel.  Give a reason for your answer?

Ans2) Ranji tries to be friendly. The other boy is trying to start a quarrel. He claims sole hold on the pool. He wants to swim alone in the pool. He is ready to beat Ranji.

Q3) What is it that Rajni finds difficult to explain at home?

Ans3) In the violent fight Ranji got cuts and bruises that showed on his face, legs and arms. He finds it difficult to explain at home.

Q4) Rajni is not at all eager for a second fight. Why does he go back to the pool, then?

Ans4) Rajni was not eager for a second fight because he felt weak and lazy. Even then he goes back to the pool he didn’t want to accept the defeat.

Q5) Who was the better swimmer? How do you know it?

Ans5) Rajni was the better swimmer. He could swim the length of the pool a dozens times without tiring. Unlike the Punjabi boy he could easily dive also.

Q6) What surprise the Punjabi boy?

Ans6) Rajni dives straight into the water, cuts through it and surfaces easily It surprises the Punjabi boy.

Q7) What , according to you , makes the two adversaries turn into good friends in a matter of minutes? Explain it as you have understood it?

Ans7) Rajni dived straight into the water and showed his superiority to the other boy. His talent makes the two adversaries turn into good friends in a matter of minutes.

8th class-cbse english (It so happen) Chapter-5 (Princess September) (Somerset Maugham)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) How many daughters did the royal couple has?

Ans1) The royal couple had nine daughters.

Q2) Why were they named after the months of the year?

Ans2) The queen had expressed her inability to remember so many names. Therefore girls were named after the months of the year.

Q3) The king had a peculiar habit. What was it? Why is it called peculiar?

Ans3) The king had a strange habit of giving gifts to the people who came on his birthday to congratulate him. This habit is called peculiar because usually people bring gifts on birthdays.

Q4) What was Princess September’s reaction to the loss of her parrot?

Ans4 ) Princess September was deeply shocked to find her parrot lying dead. She did not touch anything to eat.

Q5) What pulled the princess out of her gloom?

Ans5) She found a little bird flying about in her room and singing. On hearing its song her sadness disappeared. The little sweet bird pulled the Princess out of her gloom.

Q6) What is the king’s opinion about his councilors? Why did he form that opinion?

Ans6) The king had got tired of the same song “God save the king” because it remained him too much of his councilors. Moreover it smelt some danger for the king. He felt bored to hear of the councilors.

Q7) The eight princess made an offer to princes September. What was it?

Ans7) They offered that they would buy a red and yellow parrot with their own money collected among themselves. But Princess September rejected their offer.

Q8) What did the sisters advice the princess to do about her bird?

Ans8) The sisters advised the princess to put her new bird in the cage and not let it fly in freedom.

Q9) What did Princess September do to ensure the safety of her pet?

Ans9) Princess September put the bird in a golden cage. She told it that there was danger of cats to him at night..

Q10) How did the bird react to it?

Ans10) Bird opposed it. It did not want to be in prison. It wanted full freedom.

Q11) What persuades Princess September to give the bird his freedom again?

Ans11) The princess found the bird the nearly lifeless. The next morning, it had stopped singing at all. So she let it go out of the cage.

Q12) How did the bird react to it?

Ans12) The bird was filled with joy. It flew away to the far lands and promised that it would come back and sing for her whenever she wanted.

Q13) The eight sisters kept their windows shut. How did it affect them?

Ans13) The eight sisters kept their windows shut off. After some time, they grew ugly.

8th class-cbse english (It so happen) Chapter-4 (The treasure within)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) What did HC have nightmares about ?

Ans1) HC had nightmares about appearing for a maths examination.

Q2) What did the principal say to HC which influenced him deeply?

Ans2) The principal said to HC he been seeing him from day one. HC was a good student but he never studied. He only focuses on playing. His mother, a widow, worked hard to pay off his fees etc. Principal advised him now rise to the occasion and study. These words of the principal influenced HC deeply.

Q3) HC wanted to join the police force. Why didn’t he?

Ans3) HC wanted to join force but his mother advised him to do his graduation.

Q4) In the architect’s office, HC was advised to drop everything and join architecture. Why?

Ans4) In the architecture’s office he found that the architect’s drawing of window detail was wrong. The architect accepted it.  His cousin’s husband asked him to draw a few specific things. He did that immediately and satisfactory. Hence he was advised to drop everything and join architecture.

Q5) What was Mrs. Gupta’s advice to HC?

Ans5) Mrs. Gupta saw his sketches. She told him that he was useless in everything else but his sketches were good. He should become an architect on growing up.

Q6) How did HC help fellow students who had lost a button?

Ans6) Whenever some students lost a button, they came to HC who would cut a button for them from chalk, using a blade. Thus he helped his fellow students who could not afford to have a new button.

Q7) Who, in your view, is an ‘unusual’ learner?

As7) An ‘unusual’ learner is one who fails in academics but tops in extra activities. He has some special talent that is not counted in academic score. A different learner is a potential achiever. He can leave others behind if somebody sets him on the right path.

Q8) How was Hafeez Contractor an unhappy school day?

Ans8)  Hafeez Contractor lost interest in studies. He cheated in the tests. He performed badly at school. His teachers caned him every week. It made him an unhappy school day.

8th class -cbse english(It so happen) Chapter-3 (The selfish giant) (Oscar Wilde)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Why is the Giant called selfish?

Ans1) The giant is called selfish because he had built a wall around his garden so that no one could enter or play in his beautiful garden.

Q2) When Spring came; it was still winter in the garden. What does winter stand for or indicate here?

Ans2) It indicates that there were neither flowers nor birds could be seen in the garden.

Q3) Was the Giant happy or sad over the state of the garden?

Ans3) The Giant was sad over the state of the garden. Neither birds flew nor did flowers grow there.

Q4) The Giant saw a most wonderful sight. What did he see?

Ans4) The Giant saw that the children had made a hole in the wall and entered his garden. They were sitting on the tree branches. There was a little child in every tree. These were covered with flowers. The birds were also flying and chirping. This was a most wonderful sight.

Q5) What did  he realize on seeing it ?

Ans5) The Giant realized that the winter of his garden can end only if he allowed children to enter and play in the garden.

Q6) Why was it still winter in one corner of the garden ?

Ans6) There was still water in one corner of the Giant’s garden because in that corner was standing a little boy who could not climb upon the branches of the tree.

Q7) What change came in the Giant’s heart?

Ans7) The Giant’s heart melted. He decided to break down the wall of his garden. He really felt very sorry for his selfish act.