10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK -First Flight)(short answers) chapter-3 (Two Stories about Flying- the black aero plane)(Fredrick Forsyth)


Part-2
Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) What did Frederick Forsyth think when he called Paris control?
Ans1) When Frederick Forsyth called Paris control; he was confident and happy to be in time for his breakfast. He thought to enjoy a good English breakfast.

Q2) Why did the writer decide to go back to Paris?
Ans2) As instructed b Paris control the writer turned his aero plane Dakota west towards England. Suddenly he saw the storm of cloud. They looked like black mountains. It was impossible to cross them. And he did not have enough fuel to fly around them. So he decided to go back to Paris.

Q3) Who rescued the first pilot in Dakota and how?
Ans3) When the writer’s aero plane Dakota was lost in the storm he saw another aero plane that came for his rescue. It had no light on its wings. Dakota followed the mysterious plane that guided him through the mountains of black clouds and took the writer safely across the clouds. 

Q4) What problem did the pilot Dakota face in the clouds?
Ans4) The Mountains of black clouds were dark and stormy. Dakota was jumping and twisting in the air. All its instruments became dead. Writer lost the connection with Paris control.  He was trapped into the storm

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) was the pilot of Dakota able to meet pilot of the black aero plane?

Q2) Where did Dakota plane reach at the end. ? How did the woman in the control surprise the pilot of Dakota plane?

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-First Flight)(short answers) chapter-3 (Two Stories about Flying-His first flight)(Liam of Flaherty)


Part-1
Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) How did the young seagull’s parents treat him initially when he did not fly?
Ans1) Initially when the young seagull afraid to fly his parents called to him shrilly. They scolding him and threatened to let him starve. The whole family taunted him coward.

Q2) What did young seagull do to attract his mother‘s attention?
Ans2) Young seagull was alone as his whole family had flown away. He was hungry and tried to attract the attention of his mother. He stood on the brink of the ledge, on one leg with other leg hidden under his wing. He closed one eye and pretended to be falling asleep.

Q3) What trick did the young seagull’s mother play to make him fly from his ledge?
Ans3) The young seagull’s mother was much worried about the young seagull who could not mustered courage to fly along with his broth and sister.  She played a trick to overcome this problem. She tore a piece of fish and fly towards young seagull. She reached close to him and halted just in front of him. The sight of food made him mad. He dived to catch the food and fell down. In the way he struggled and learnt to fly.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) Young seagull tried to fly but he could not. Why was he afraid to fly?

Q2) Some people are slow learner. How should we behave with them?

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)

      Short Answers

      Long Answers

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)

      Short Answers

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

      Short Answers

      Long Answers

Chapter-3

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

      Short Answers

      Long Answers

Chapter-3

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

      Short Answers

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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)

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

Chapter-10 (The beggar) (Anton Chekhov)

short answers

long answers

9th class (Beehive)

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

short answers

long answers

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

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

short answers

long answers

part-2 (Bismillah Khan)

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

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long answers

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

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers

Chapter-10(Katmandu) (Vikram Seth)

short answers

long answers

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

short answers

long answers


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.

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


Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) What are the immediate needs of the victims of a natural calamity? How did Prashant fulfill them?
Ans1) The super cyclone hit the coast of the Orissa and the whole region was devastated. Villages were almost razed. At that time immediate needs of people were housing, food, shelter and emotional support. Prashant fulfilled them with utter courage and sensitivity. He understood the need of the hour and came forward to lead. He organized a group of youth and put pressure on merchant to give rice for victims. He mobilized the women to work for food for work programs. He tries to resettle the orphans and widows. He organized cricket matches for children. Thus at the young age of nineteen he showed all qualities of head and heart.

Q2) How did Prashant contribute to improve the condition of the shelter?
Ans2) The shelter was in very pathetic condition. There was a fear of spreading epidemic. Moreover people were depressed, hungry and wounded. Prashant tackled all these problems wisely. First of all he owned the responsibility of a leader. He organized a group of youths and elders that compelled merchant to part some rice. They collected wood, cooked rice and fed the people. Then he arranged a team of youth to clean all the surrounding of the shelter. They looked after the wounded. He persuaded women to look after the orphans. To bring people out of their grief he organized games and matches for the young. For the same reason he convinced women to work for food. He became the burning example of courage and compassion.

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


Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) Give a brief character sketch of the happy prince?
Ans1) The prince always remain happy when he was alive; hence his courtiers called him ‘happy prince’. After his death a statue of him was erected at a central place. Statue was ornamented with gold and precious stones. His eyes were studded with sapphire. The statue could see the whole city and its misery. Rich people were enjoying lavish life. On the other hand poor people were suffering and starving. He was moved by seeing the pity condition of his subjects. With the help of a swallow he tried to help the people. He gave all his gold and precious stones to needy people. He sacrificed his eyes to help playwright and a match girl.  He was a kind hearted and loving prince.

Q2) Compare similarities between the swallow and the prince.
Ans2) The swallow and the prince both were kind hearted. They were moved deeply by the suffering of people. The prince wept to see the misery of the people. His tears fell on the swallow that was also moved to pity to see all this. He decided to help poor and part with his jewel, sapphires and gold. Swallow helped the prince by carrying all these things to needy people. Both found pleasure in helping others. Both did not hesitate in even sacrificing. Prince became blind in the effort of helping others. The swallow bears the cold and lives on crumbs.

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


Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) What did the beggar tell Sergei? Why did Sergei threaten to call the police?
Ans1) The beggar, Lushkoff, requested Sergei to have pity on him and give himsome money to feed himself. He told that had been a village school teacher for many years. Sergei had seen him earlier. When Lushkoff  found that his lie is caught, he had told that he was an expelled student. So Sergei became furious and threatened to call the police.

Q2) How did olga treat Lushkoff in the beginning? Why did she do this?
Ans2) Olga treated Lushkoff very harshly in the beginning. She rebuked him and called him drunkard. But finally she chopped the wood for him. She behaved like that only to set him on a right path.

Q3) Why was sergei a bit ashamed of treating Lushkoff harshly?
Ans3) Sergei felt a little ashamed because he had given physically hard work to a drunken sick man. Weather was also very cold. He thought that it was injustice.

Q4) How did Olga save Lushkoff?
Ans4) Olga knew that Lushkoff was too weak to do the work. She seemed harse and tough from the above, but she was kind inside. She chopped wood for him  This changed his  heart. He stopped drinking and became a nice man.

Q5) How did Lushkoff express his sense of gratitude to sergei?
Ans5) Lushkoff was very grateful to Sergei. Olga made him change his ways. If he hadn’t come to him, he would still lying to the people.

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


Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) What happened when the author was checking in the Logan Airport in Boston?
Ans1) At the Logan airport, in Boston the author remember that he had recently joined British Airways ‘frequent flyer program’. He had put the card in the carry-on-bag that was hanging around the neck. He tried to open the bag but its chain got jammed. His finger stuck in the zip. It started bleeding profusely. All papers from the bag spread. Scene was quite embarrassing.

Q2) When the food was delivered, how did the author’s wife conduct?
Ans2) Author’s wife knew her husband’s state of confusion. When the author was on a tour with his family, she was worried. She pointed to their children to take lids off the food. She also instructed to be alert so that her husband might not put them in a awkward situation.

Q3) What happens at the end of the day when bill Bears wears light coloured trousers?
Ans3) Bill Bryson was very confused clumsy person. Usually he sat on the chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrup. There stains were more visible on light coloured trousers. So it was advisable for him not to wear light coloured trousers to avoid embarrassing situation.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) Explain author’s views on ‘Ached to be Suave ‘

Q2) The author‘s wife re marked ‘I can’t believe you do this for a living’ Elucidae?

Q3) Describe the happenings which the accidental tourists face during his flight in aero planes?

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?

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


Answer following questions in about 40 words.
      
Q1) How does Toto come to grandfather’s private firm?
Ans1) Grandfather took Toto in his private zoo because he was a pretty baby monkey. His teeth were white like a pearl. He was naughty. His tail also added to his beauty. Grandfather liked him very much..

Q2) How did Toto almost boil himself alive while taking bath?
Ans2) Once there was a large kettle of water on fire to boil for tea. No one was present in the kitchen. Toto entered the kitchen.  He got into the kettle because it was too cold outside and he wanted to enjoy hot bath. Water was too hot that he kept on hopping up and down. Grandfather pulled him out almost half boiled.

Q3) What did Toto do to invite the wrath of ticket collector?
Ans3) In Saharanpur grandfather was carrying Toto in his bag. When he opened the bag before ticket collector he suddenly put his head out of the bag and gives the ticket collector a wide grin. The ticket collector was taken by surprise.

Q4)Why does  Grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how ? Why does the ticket collector insist on calling Toto a dog?
Ans4) Once the Grandfather was going to saharanpur. He took Toto with him because he disturbed other animals of private zoo. Grandfather prepared a big black canvas kit bag for carrying him. The ticket collector thought Toto was a dog. The monkey also has four legs like dog, so, he charged Rs. 3 as his ticket.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in about 40 words.

Q1) Describe the appearance of Toto?

Q2) Why did grandfather decide to include monkey in his private zoo?

Q3) How did Toto behave when he was put in the closet?

Q4) What happened when Toto was taken to Saharanpur?

Q5) “Toto was a pretty monkey”. In what sense is Toto pretty?

Q6) Toto and Nana never became friends. Why?

Q7) What did Toto do with the dish of pullao?

Q8) When could Toto’s feelings be hurt?