9th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Moments)(short answers) chapter-8 (A house is not a home)(Zan Gaudioso)

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) What happened one Sunday afternoon when author was at home?

Ans1) The author was doing his homework. It was Sunday and outside it was very cold. Suddenly the author smelt something strange. He saw that the fire was coming in through the ceiling. Soon he found that whole house was on fire.

Q2) What did author’s mother do when the house was on fire?

Ans2) When the house was on fire author’s mother ran to collect all important documents. She also tried to save her husband’s pictures and letters as they were very precious for her..

Q3)  What happened to the author’s cat?

Ans3) In the fierce fire almost every thing burnt. The cat was no where. It might have been injured in the fire or run away due to fear.

Q4) When did the author realize he was not alone?

Ans4) Authors house was ashed down in a fierce fire. He was deserted. Next day he reached school and found that his friends were also concerned. The feelings of insecurity vanished and he realized that he is not alone.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) What happened to the author’s mother? How did fireman tackle her?

Q2) How much damage had the fire caused to the house?

Q3) How did he author go to school the next day?

Q4)  How did the author get back his cat?

Q5) What was being missed terribly by the author?

Q6) When did the author feel like Christmas at school?

Q7) Why was the author unable to withdraw money from the bank?

9th class -cbse english(NCERT BOOK-Moments)(short answers) chapter-7 (The last leaf)(O. Henry)

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) Who were Sue and Johnsy and how were they living?

Ans1) Sue and Johnsy were young struggling artists. They lived together in a small flat. Their flat was situated on the third storey of an old house.

Q2) Why did Johnsy keep looking out of the window?

Ans2) Johnsy was suffering with pneumonia. She was advised bed rest. She looked outside window an ivy tree whose leaves were falling fast because it was autumn season. She had a strange feeling that she would die when the last leaf fell. So she kept looking out of the window and counting the remaining leaves.

Q3) How did Sue try to make Johnsy cheerful?

Ans3) Sue was more worried due to depression and silence of Jhonsy. She tried to involve her conversation. She talked about clothes and fashions. She brought her drawing board in Johnsy’s room to paint. She also whistled while painting.

Q4) What saved Johnsy’s life?

Ans4) Behrman saved the life of Johnsy. He painted the leaf that sustained the stro of the night. But Beherman got ill and lost his life. As the last leaf did not fall Johnsy got the willpower to live. It was the master piece of Behrman.

Q5) Who was Behrman and what was his dream?

Ans5) Behrman was an old bearded painter. He lived in the building where flat of Jhonsy and Sue was situated. He wanted to make a master piece of his life. But he could not succeed for the last forty five years. Finally he painted a leaf that saved a life. It was his master piece. He sacrificed his life for it.

Q6) What was Behrman’s master piece?

Ans6) The last leaf which Behrman painted to save life of Johnsy was his master piece. It was so perfect that even artists -Johnsy and Sue- thought it real. Behrman also scarified his life. Moreover the leaf instilled will to live in Jhonsy that is the real purpose of any master piece.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) What did the doctor tell sue?

Q2) What is the message of “The last leaf”?

9th class -cbse english(NCERT BOOK-Moments)(short answers) chapter-6 (Weathering the storm in Erasma)(Harsh Mander)

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) What happened in the evening when Prashant was at this friend’s house in Erasma?

Ans1) Once Prashant was at his friend’s house. In the evening a dark storm gathered. Soon strong winds started blowing with great speed and uprooted old trees. Heavy rains poured. The angry water rushed inside. They were neck deep in water.

Q2) How did Prashant pass his time during the first two days of the super cyclone?

Ans2) In the super cyclone house of Prashant’s friend immersed in the water. They were compelled to shift on the roof. They had to spend two days there. They had nothing to eat but the tender coconuts of those two trees which had fallen on the roof.

Q3) What were the two important tasks Prashant did after deciding to be the leader of the village?

  Ans3) Prashant was a bold and patient boy. He took the responsibility and became the leader of the village. He organized a group of youths and elders. They put pressure on merchants and compelled them to depart some rice for the poor. People got food in many days.

Q4) What did Prashant see when he reached his village?

Ans4) On reaching his village Prashant saw every thing was devastated. The trees were immersed and their branches appeared above water. His heart turned cold.  Houses had been ruined and only their roofs were lying on the ground. His whole family scattered.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) How did the villagers make the helicopters drop regular quantities of food?

Q2) How can you estimate that Prashant possessed a deep feeling for the needy?

Q3) How did Prashant prepare himself for his village?

9th class -cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Moments)(short answers) chapter-5 (The Happy prince)(Oscar Wilde)

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) Why did courtiers call the prince “The happy prince”? Is he really happy?

Ans1) The prince remained happy throughout his life. Therefore courtiers called the prince happy. After his death his statue was put on a platform. The statue of king saw all ugliness and hardship of the world. Then tears started rolling from his eyes. He was not happy anymore.

Q2) What does swallow see when it flies over the city?

Ans2) The swallow flew over the city saw the atrocities of the world. He saw that rich men enjoying life in their beautiful homes and beggars were sitting at the gates. Then he saw hungry children with white faces. In the dark lanes he saw watchman turnings two boys away.

Q3) Why was the statue of prince send sapphires? why?

Ans3) The statue of the prince was unhappy with the state of affairs of his subjects. He was a kind hearted person and wanted to help others. So, he send sapphires to help playwright and match girl.

Q4) Which stone was studded in the eye of Happy prince’s statue? To whom did swallow give those stones?

Ans4) Sapphires were studded in the eye of happy prince’s statue. He gave one of the sapphires to the playwright and other to the match girl who was crying below in the square.

Q5) How did the prince help the match girl?

Ans5) The prince saw that matches of the match girl had fallen in the gutter. She started crying as her father would beat her. The prince ordered the swallow to pick the sapphire from his eye and gave it to the match girl.

Q6) What did Mayor do with the statue of the happy prince?

Ans6) The Mayor thought that without sapphire studded eyes the statue of prince stood in the beggarly condition. He found the statue to be unfit for their happy prince. He ordered that the statue be pulled down as it remained no more beautiful.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1)  Where was the statue of the Happy prince?

Q2) What was the boy’s mother doing when swallow flew into the room?

Q3) Why did the swallow decide not to leave the prince?

Q4) Why does happy prince send ruby for the sentences?

9th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Moments)(short answers) chapter-4 (In the kingdom of fools)(Kannada Folktale (ed)A. K. Ramanuja)

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the kingdom of fools?

Ans1) The Guru and his discipline found that all people were asleep in the broad day light. Shops were closed and there was no one in the streets. Even he cattle trained to sleep by the day. Secondly there was everything very cheap and cost the same a single duddu.

Q2) Why does the disciple decide to stay in the kingdom of fools? Is it a good idea ?

Ans2) Everything was cheap and cost the same a single duddu in the kingdom of fools.

The Guru was a wise man and decided to eave the place immediately. But the disciple was tempted to stay to feed on delicious food that was available so cheaply.

Q3) Name the people who are tried in the king’s court and give the reasons for their trail?

Ans3) Many people were tried in the king’s court. The first was the owner of the house. He was tried for building weak wall. The second was the bricklayer. Then a dancing girl was blamed for distracting the mason. And the last one was the goldsmith who was accused of making the dancing girl walk by delaying her jewellery.

Q4) The thief died in the wall collapse. Who was finally blamed for his death? Why?

Ans4) Final blame for the crime came on the rich merchant. His wall had collapsed on the head of the thief and he died.

Q5) Why did the guru and the disciple want to die before anybody else?

Ans5) The guru and the disciple wanted to trick the king. They made the king believe that whoever was hanged first will reborn as the king of this country and the second man as his minister. This trick saved their life.

Q6) What are Guru’s words of wisdom? When does he discipline remember them?

Ans6) The guru was a insightful person who realized that there can be no justice in the kingdom of fools. He bewared his disciple that he could never tell what they might do to you. He suggested that they should leave the kingdom immediately. At that time disciple disagreed, but he remembered these words when king announced that disciple was fit to be put on stake.

Q7) What did the king and minister do at night?

Ans7) The king and his minister come to know about secrete of execution on the stake. At night they went the prison and released the Guru and his disciple. they went to the place of stake and got themselves executed so that they would become the king and the minister after rebirth.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) How was the bricklayer able to defend himself?

Q2) How was the dancing girl able to defend himself?

Q3) How was the goldsmith able to defend himself?

Q4) What did the people do after finding the dead bodies of the king and the minister?

9th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Moments)(long answers) chapter-4 (In the kingdom of fools)(Kannada Folktale (ed)A. K. Ramanuja)

Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) What did the guru and the disciple find in the city of fools?

Ans1) The guru and his disciple reached a peculiar city. Here every thing was opposite to normal. When they arrived in the city it was broad daylight but everyone was sleeping. Even the cattle had been taught to sleep by day. The whole town was deserted. The shops were closed. They could not see even a single person. But suddenly the whole town woke up in the evening and normal business started in the night. Guru and disciple were very hungry and they went to buy some eatables from a shop. They were surprised and happy to find that everything cost the same a single duddu, the local currency.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) How did the kingdom become normal again?

Q2) How did the guru help his disciple?

Q3) It is always unwise to live in fools company. Discuss.

9th class -cbse english(NCERT BOOK-Moments)(long answers) chapter-3 (Iswaran the storyteller)(R. K. Laxman)

Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) What two amazing qualities did Ishwaran have as a cook and storyteller?

Ans1) Ishwaran was cook of Mahendra. Mahendra always carried him on his supervising projects and considered him an valuable asset. Ishwaran could procure fresh vegetable even in desert. He could make very tasty dishes in no time. He had one another skill also. He was a wonderful narrator also. He could cook interesting stories out of simple incidents. He added horror, adventure and suspense to his stories to make them engaging. Many times he left   the story at a crucial point, and told about it only when asked. His narration style was influenced by Tamil thrillers.

Q2) Write the character–sketch of Mahendra?

Ans2) Mahendra worked for a construction firms. His work included supervising project sites. He had to travel place to place as company sent him to keep  an eye on the activities of the projects like dams, bridges, roads and buildings . He had an experienced cook, Ishwaran. Ishwaran was an asset for Mahendra. He was a man simple need. He was able to adjust in every difficult situation. He was an educated person and did not believe in ghosts and other supper natural powers. But He lacks courage. One day Iswaran told him a story of female ghost. It made Mahendra uneasy.  He could not sleep the whole night.

9th class-cbse english(NCERT BOOK-Moments)(long answers) chapter-2 (The Adventures of Toto)(Ruskin Bond)

Answer following questions in about 100 words.

     

Q1) ‘If there is a part of the brain especially devoted to mischief, that part was largely developed in ‘Toto’ Do you agree? Suggest your answer.

Ans1) Toto’s brain was specially developed for mischief. Firstly he was kept in a little closet opening of the bedroom wall. a closet His favorite past time was to make hole in the cloth. He had torn the curtains of the house in pieces. He removed the ornamental paper, wrenched the peg from its socket and torn the school blazer. His favorite pastime was to make holes in the clothes. He never let his fellow pets sleep at night. Once he ate up a full dish of pullao and when Grandmother shouted, he threw the plate, tore off curtains and clothes. One day when there was no one in the kitchen, he jumped into the kettle of water and later taken out by grandmother nearby half boiled. When he was placed in the stable, with Nana, the donkey, he held the donkey’s ears with his teeth.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) Write the character sketch of grandmother? Where was Toto kept to avoid grandmother‘s attention? What did Toto do during this period ?

Q2) Do you have a pet? Compare your pet with Toto?

9th class -cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Moments)(long answers) chapter-1 (the lost child)(Mulk Raj Anand)

Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) Why would the parents, as the boy thought, turn down his request?

Ans1) The boy was going to fair with his parents. Place was full of his favorite things. But he did not make a request to his parents for purchasing any of them. Because he knew that his parents’ reactions would be negative. They would have one or the other reason to refuse. If he ashed for ‘burfi’, they would have said that he was being greedy. For Gulmohur they would say it was cheap. They would refuse balloons also by saying that he was older to play with balloons. According to his parents the music of the snake-charmer’s flute was rough.

Q2) Compare the attitude of the child before and after his separation from the parents.

Ans2) In the beginning the child was with his parents. He was very happy and excited. He wanted to buy many things like Burfi, toys, garland, balloon etc. But he knew that his parents would refuse all his demands. Then he saw a snake charmer and liked the music of his flute. He wanted to enjoy the ride of roundabout. He was so absorbed in watching the roundabout that he got separated from his parents.

Now, his mood changed completely. He started crying. He rushed towards a crowed temple. He tried to enter the shrine but stuck at the gate. A kind hearted person picked him up. He offered him many things but the child had lost interest in them.

9th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Moments)(short answers) chapter-3 (Iswaran the storyteller)(R. K. Laxman)

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) In what way was Ishwaran an asset to Mahendra?

Ans1) Ishwaran could cook the delicious dishes, wash clothes and chat with his master at night. He could tell endless stories on variety of subjects. Therefore Mahendra considered him as an asset and took him with him always.

Q2) Why did Mahendra have to move from place to place?

Ans2) Mahendra had to observe the activities at construction sites like factories, bridges, dams etc. He had to move from place to place often as ordered by his head office.

Q3) How did Ishwaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway?

Ans3) The uprooted tree was looking as enormous bushy beast to the Ishwaran. It was lying sprawled across the road.

Q4) How did Ishwaran control the tusker?

Ans4) One day an elephant went mad and entered the compound of the school building. Ishwaran was in the junior class at that time. Out of fear students and teachers climbed the rooftop. But Ishwaran courageously took a rod hit the third toenail of the tusker. It shivered from head to foot and collapsed.

Q5) How did Ishwaran manage to make even the simplest Incidents interesting?

Ans5) Ishwarans was a good orator. He could narrate even a simple incident with great detail by adding suspense and humour in it. Actually all his descriptions were influenced by his Tamil readings. For instance if he wanted to describe the uprooted tree lying across the road he would say an enormous bushy beast on a deserted road.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1)  What was the auspicious day on which Ishwaran prepared special dinner?

Q2) What happened to Mahendra during the full moon night?

Q3) Wht was the routine of Mahendra?

Q4) Why did Ishwaran leave his story unfinished?

Q5) How can you estimate that Ishwarans was a religious person?

Q6) Why did Mahendra expect Ishwaran to be angry?