10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-First Flight)(short answers) chapter-1 (A letter to God)(G. L. Fuentes)


Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) How did Lencho express his happiness when rains come and how did he explained the raindrops? Why did his happiness turned into sorrow?
A ns1) Lencho field were ready with corn crop. He was waiting for the rain. When the rain came he became very happy. He explained these rain drops as coins. But his happiness turned into sorrow, when the large hailstones started to fall. All of his crop destroyed.

Q2) How did hailstones affect Lencho‘s life?
Ans1) Lencho, a simple farmer, grew corn in his field and he wanted only a downpour. Rain came. He was very happy. But his happiness was short lived. Rain turned into hailstones. Not a leaf remained on the field. The crop was totally destroyed. There was nobody to help him. His life filled with sorrow.

Q3) What kind of a person was the postmaster? What did the postmaster do so as not to shake Lencho’s faith in god?
Ans3) The postmaster was a very kind and fun-loving man. He was impressed by the faith of Lench in God. He decided to help Lencho so that his faith in god did not shake. He collected 70 pesos from his employees and friends for Lencho.

Q4) Why did Lencho angry when he received the letter. How did he do then?
Ans4) When lencho received the letter he was not surprised but he was very angry because the envelope contained only seventy pesos and he had demanded 100 pesos. He knew that God could not deny his demand and he could not have made a mistake also. Immediately he wrote second letter to god and asked for remaining money.

Q5) What made Lencho call the post office employees a bunch of crooks?
Ans5) Lencho thought that god had sent him hundred pesos but post office employees gave him only seventy pesos. They had stolen thirty pesos. So he called the post office employees as a bunch of crooks

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) Why did Lencho write a letter to God?

Q2) What did Lencho write in his first letter to God?

Q3) Lencho had only one hope. What was it?

Q4) Why did the postmaster laugh at Lencho’s letter?

Index - 10th class


10th (Footprints without feet)

Chapter-1 (A Triumph of surgery) (James Herriot)

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Chapter-2 (The thief’s story) (Ruskin Bond)

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Chapter-3 (The midnight visitor) (Robert Arthur)

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Chapter-4 (A question of trust)

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Chapter-5 (Footprints without feet) (H. G. Wells)

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Chapter-6 (The making of scientist) (Robert W. Peterson)

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Chapter-7 (The Necklace) (Guy De Maupassant)

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Chapter-8 (The hack driver) (Sinclair Lewis)

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Chapter-9 (Bholi)(K. A. Abbas)

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Chapter-10(The Book That Saved the Earth) (Claire Boiko)

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10th (First Flight)

Chapter-1 (A letter to God)(G. L. Fuentes)

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Chapter-2 (NELSON Mandela: A LONG Walk To Freedom) (Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela)

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Chapter-3

Part-1(Two Stories about Flying-His first flight) (Liam of Flaherty)

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Chapter-3

Part-2(Two Stories about Flying- the black aero plane) (Fredrick Forsyth)

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Chapter-4 (From the diary of Anne frank) (Anne frank)

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Chapter-5 (The hundred dresses (part-1)) (El Bsor Estar)

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Chapter-6 (The hundred dresses (part-2)) (El Bsor Estar)

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Chapter-7

Part-1(Glimpses of India-A Baker from Goa) (Lucio Rodrigues)

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Chapter-7

Part-2(Glimpses of India-Coorg) (Lokrsh Abrol)

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Chapter-7

Part-3(Glimpses of India-Tea from Assam) (Arup Kumar Datto)

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Chapter-8 (Mijbil the otter) (Gavin Maxwell)

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Chapter-9 (Madam rides the bus) (Vallikkannan)

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Chapter-10 (The Sermon at Benares) (Betty Renstaw)

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Chapter-11 (The proposal) (Anton Chekov)

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10th (First Flight)(poem)



Index - 9th class


9th (Moments)

Chapter-1 (the lost child)(Mulk Raj Anand)

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Chapter-2 (The Adventures of Toto) (Ruskin Bond)

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Chapter-3 (Iswaran the storyteller) (R. K. Laxman)

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Chapter-4 (In the kingdom of fools) (Kannada Folktalt (ed)A. K. Ramanuja)

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Chapter-5 (The Happy prince) (Oscar Wilde)

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Chapter-6 (Weathering the storm in Erasma) (Harsh Mander)

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Chapter-7 (The last leaf) (O. Henry)

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Chapter-8 (A house is not a home) (Zan Gaudioso)

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Chapter-9 (The Accidental Tourist) (Bill Bryson)

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Chapter-10 (The beggar) (Anton Chekhov)

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9th class (Beehive)

Chapter-1 (The fun they had) (Issac Asimov)

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Chapter-2(The sound of music)(Deborah Cowley)

part-1 (Evelyn Glennie listen to sound without hearing it)

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part-2 (Bismillah Khan)

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Chapter-3(The little Girl) (Katherine Mansfield)

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Chapter-4(A Truly Beautiful Mind) (Albert Einstein)

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Chapter-5(The snake and the mirror) (Vaikom Muhammad Basheer)

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Chapter-6(My childhood) (A.P.J. Abdul Kalam)

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Chapter-7(Packing) (Jerome K. Jerome)

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Chapter-8(Reach for the top (part-1)) (Santosh Yadav)

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Chapter-8(Reach for the Top (part-2)) (Maria Sharapova)

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Chapter-9(The Bond of love) (Kenneth Anderson)

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Chapter-10(Katmandu) (Vikram Seth)

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Chapter-11(If I were you) (Douglas James)

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9th class (Beehive)(poem)

Index - 8th class


8th class (It is so happen)


8th class (honey dew)



8th class (honey dew) (Poem)



Index - 7th class


7th class (An alien hand)


7th class (honey comb)

*Chapter-3(Gopal and the Hilsa fish)

Index- 6th class


6th class (A pact with the sun)


6th class (Honeysuckle)


6th class (honeysuckle) Poem

9th class-cbse english(NCERT BOOK-Moments)(long answers) chapter-10 (The beggar)(Anton Chekhov)


Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) What inspired Lushkoff to be a real man?
Ans1) Lushkoff was a beggar. He did not have strength and will to work. He used to tell false stories to people to get their sympathy and money. Once he met with Sergei and tried his methods on him. Sergei caught his lie. But he gave him a work of chopping wood. Sergei’s cook Olga helped the beggar. Initially she scolded him. Soon she felt for him helped him by doing hard work and made him earn money. She changed him with her kind words and noble deeds. He left drinking. He realized that he was not a beggar always. He decided to mend his ways. He became a Notary. He always felt indebted to Olga.

9th class-cbse english(NCERT BOOK-Moments)(long answers) chapter-9 (The Accidental Tourist)(Bill Bryson)


Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) Why does the author never get his frequent flyer miles?
Ans1) The author had a dream. He always wanted to be the frequent flyer miles. But he could not succeed because of his forgetfulness and carelessness. He had issued a card indicating distance. But he never finds his card in time. This frustrated him many times. Once he locked his card in the bag and hen he tried to open the bag his finger stuck in it and it starting bleeding. All papers from the bag spread here and there. Other time when he planned to flight one lakh miles a year, he could accumulate only 212 air miles. When he was going to Australia he could not use his card as it has his name ‘W. Bryson’ and ticket was in the name of ‘B.Bryson’. Thus his dream remained unfulfilled.

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


Answer following questions in about 10 words.

Q1) Why did the author’s mother run back into the house twice?
Ans1) Author’s house caught fire. It spread so fast that it engulfed the whole house in no time. He and his mother rushed outside. Fire was out of control. His mother ran inside to bring the metal box that contained all the important documents. She knew the value of these documents. She left the box outside and rushed back into the house. She was looking for the photographs and letters of her husband. Actually author’s father had died and his photographs were very precious for them. In the process she also got injured, but she cared the least for her.

Q2) How did the author feel after he went to his new school after the fire tragedy in the house?
Ans2) One Sunday author’s house caught fire. He lost every thing. He was quite down and feeling insecure. Next day when he reached school, he was not properly dressed. Everyone gazed at him. He felt very embarrassed. But soon he realized that students had sympathy for him. Attitude of everyone had changed. His friends took him to the room where they had placed all necessary things like school items and clothes. They were much concern about the incident and wanted to help the author in every possible way. Now author was convinced that things were going to be okay. His friends helped him rebuild the house. He was feeling secure among them.

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


Answer following questions in about 100 words.
 
Q1) How did Behrman save Johnsy’s life?
Ans1)Behrman was an artist. He always wanted to make a master piece painting. On day he came to know about the illness of his neighbour Jhonsy. He visited her. Johnsy’s companion Sue told him the real problem. A thought had occupied the mind that she would die if the last leaf of the creeper outside her window fell. In the night when weather was very stormy and rainy Behrman went to the tree and painted an artificial leaf. It looked so natural that Jhonsy thought that it was real. The leaf bore sustained the rough weather. It reinstalled the faith in Jhonsy. She regained the hope to live. Thus   Behrman saved her life. But he fell ill and died.