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  Class 9  English Poem  Chapter 9 The Snake Trying Thinking about the poem (Page 125) I. Question 1. What is the snake trying to escape from? Answer: The snake is trying to escape from the pursuing stick. Human beings try their level best to kill the snake. They take it for granted that the snake is poisonous and harmful. Question 2. Is it a harmful snake? What is its colour? Answer: No, it is not harmful. It is a green snake. Question 3. The poet finds the snake beautiful. Find the words he uses to convey its beauty. Answer: The poet uses the following words: beautiful and graceful, glides, small and green. Question 4. What does the poet wish for the snake? Answer: The poet wishes that the snake should be allowed to go. It should not be killed by the man. Question 5. Where was the snake before anyone saw it and chased it away? Where does the snake disappear? Answer: The snake was away from its secure area. It was basking in the sun along the sand. Finally, it disappears...

  Class 9  English Moments  Chapter 10 The Beggar Think about it (Page 67) Question 1. Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice? Answer: Lushkoff was a middle-aged man and belonged to the Russian choir. He was not a bom beggar. He was sacked from the choir because of his drinking habits. He became a beggar by choice as he did not like to work hard at that stage. Question 2. What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies? Answer: Lushkoff told the truth and accepted that he was a liar. Formerly he used to be a singer. He told lies to seek the favour of others. If he had spoken the truth none would have helped him. So, he decided to tell lies. Question 3. Is Lushkoff a willing worker? Why, then, does he agree to chop wood for Sergei? Answer: No, he was not a willing worker. He was too weak to work. He had lost his strength and stamina due to his habit of drinking and secondly he was a middle aged man. He agreed to chop wood because of pride and sh...

  Class 9  English Moments  Chapter 8 A House is Not a Home Think about it  (Pages 54 & 55) Question 1. What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do? Answer: The author, while doing his homework noticed the smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling. The room was filled with the smoke very quickly. The author and his mother ran outside to save their life. His mother ran out of the house with a small metal box full of important documents. She became so crazy that she rushed back to the house just after dropping the box. Question 2. Why does he break down in tears after the fire? Answer: The author’s house was completely burned down. Five hours later when the fire was finally put out, he realised at once that his cat was nowhere. He had to face the loss of old school, his house and cat. In such a state, he cried and broke down in tears. Question 3. Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in schoo...

 

  9 The Bond of Love NCERT Textbook Questions Thinking about the text (Page 119) Question 1. Given in the box are some headings. Find the relevant paragraphs in the text to match the headings. An Orphaned Cub; Bruno’s Food-chart; An Accidental Case of Poisoning; Playful Baba; Pain of Separation; Joy of Reunion; A Request to the Zoo; An Island in the Courtyard. Answer: II. Answer the following questions. Question 1. “I got him for her by accident.” Who says this? Who do ‘him’ and ‘her’ refer to? What is the incident referred to here? Answer: The author says this. ‘Him’ refers to the baby bear and ‘her’ refers to the author’s wife. The incident refers to the catching of the baby bear. Question 2. “He stood on his head in delight.” Who does ‘he’ refer to? Why was he delighted? Answer: ‘He’ refers to the baby bear. ‘He’ was delighted to see the author’s wife after a long time. Question 3. “We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we were relieved.” Who does ‘we all’ stand for? Who did...

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