QUESTION-BANK SUBJECT-ENGLISH CLASS-IX TERM -1 (SECTION D) LITERETURE

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1 QUESTION-BANK SUBJECT-ENGLISH CLASS-IX TERM -1 (SECTION D) LITERETURE SECTION A : PROSE (20 MARKS) 1. How I Taught My Grandmother to Read 2. A Dog Named Duke SECTION B : POETRY 3. The Brook 4. The Road Not Taken 5. The Solitary Reaper 6. Lord Ullin`s Daughter SECTION C : PLAY 7. Villa For Sale SECTION C : MCB 8. People 9. Adventure 10. Environment Chapter One HOW I TAUGHT MY GRAND MOTHER TO READ Short answer questions (2 marks) Q1. Who was Triveni and why was she popular? Q2 What does her novel Kashi Yatre` describe? Q3. What is the story of the orphan girl in this novel kashi yatre`? Q4. Describe the childhood of the grandmother of the writer? Q5. Why was the grandmother sad and what did she say to the writer? Q6. Describe Karmaveera` as given in the lesson? Q7. Where had the writer gone and what did she see when she came back?

2 (2) Q8. Why did the grandmother feel so dependent and helpless? Q9. What was the determination of the grandmother? Q10. What did the writer do on dassara? Q11. What did the grandmother do on dassara and why? Q.12 What made Triveni a very popular writer in the Kannada language? Q.13 Why could Krishtakka not go to school and learn to read? Q.14What did the grandmother tell the narrator of her past? Q.15 What made the grandmother weep? Long answer question (6 marks) Q1. Write an article on the importance of Adult Education in our country? Q2. Suppose you are the grandmother. Write your dairy entry after you performed Saraswati Pooja on Dassara at your resident? Q.3 how did the grandmother make her grand daughter, the narrator, be her teacher? Q.4 Imagine the narrator s cousin asks her how she made her grandmother literate. Write a reply to It on her behalf. Q.5 How did the grandmother keep up the tradition of paying respect to a teacher? What does it show of her? Multiple choice questions (3marks) Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow. Select the most appropriate one. 1. All of us would wail eagerly for the bus, which used to come with the papers, weekly magazines and the post. (i) Who are us in the above lines? (a) The writer and her friends (c)the writer and her grandparents (b) Villagers and the writer (ii) Why did they wait for the bus? (a) To receive relatives (c) To receive papers and weekly magazines (b) For sweets

3 (iii) Who speaks the above lines? (a) The grandmother (c) The writer (b) neighbour of the writer 2. During that time, she would forget all her work and listen with the greatest concentration. Later, she could repeat the entire text by heart. (i) Who forget all her work and why. (a) Old lady to listen to Ramayana (b) Young lady to gossip (c) Grandmother to listen to the story of Kashi Yatra` (ii) What could she repeat? (3) (a) Story of the Geeta (c) Gossip of the neighbour (b)story of the novel Kashi Yatra` (iii) Who speaks these lines and about whom? (a) A cousin sister (c) The granddaughter about her grandmother (b) A neighbour about her friend 3. When I was a young girl I lost my mother. There was nobody to look after and guide me. My father was a busy man and he got married again. (i) Who is narrating these lines and to whom? (a)a girl to her neighbouring aunt (b) the grandmother to her to daughter ( the writer) (c) A daughter to her mother (ii) What happened to the speaker when she was a young girl? (a) She got admission in school (c) She got married (b) She lost her mother (iii) What did the father do? (a) A school teacher and started a business

4 (b) A businessman and got married again (c) A farmer and worked in his fields Chapter two A DOG NAMED DUKE Short answer question (2 marks) Q1. Who was Hooper in this lesson? Q2. What made him lie on bed all the time? Q3. What happened after six weeks of his accident? Q4. Who was Duke? Why was he put in kennel? Q5. What type of treatment was given to Hooper in the hospital? Q6. Was there any change in the behaviour of Duke, when it was brought home from the kennel? Q7 How was Hooper involved in an accident? How was he injured? Q8 One incident changed Hooper s life. What was the change? Q9 How did Hooper feel when he return home after the hospital? Q10 Hoe did Duke, Hooper s dog, behave when he was brought from the kennel? How did Hooper Want to receive him? Q11 Describe the first meeting between Hooper and Duke after Hooper is brought home from Hospital. Q12 How did Duke help Hooper to stand in the beginning and be on his own? Q13 Describe how Hooper could with Dukes help after the beginning had been made. Q14 How did Hooper neighbour s react to their walk when they have moved to their new house? Q15 How did Duke die and how did Hooper s company pay a kind of special tribute to him? Long answer question (6 marks) Q1. Who was Duke? Why was he loved by his master`s family so much? Q2.Suppose you are Marcy. After the duke you wrote a letter to your son, who is in hospital about the Duke. Q3 Describe the role of Duke in taking Hooper out office paralytic condition. Q4 What is your impression about Duke, the dog?

5 Q5 Write a character sketch of Hooper. Multiple choice questions (3 marks) Read the extract and answer the questions that follow. Select the most appropriate one. 1. Hooper was a favoured young man. A big genuine grin civilised his highly competitive nature. Standing six-foot-one, he`d played on the university football team. He was already a hard charging zone sales manager for a chemical company. Everything was going for him. (i) Who was chuck Hooper? (a) A school teacher (b) Sales manager in a chemical company (c) A businessman only (ii) What type of man was he in his life? (a) A young man (b) Six feet tall (C) Civilised and highly competitive in nature (iii) Everything was going for him means: (a) He was not enjoying his life (b) He was quite well-to-do in his life (c) He was struggling in his life 2. When two fellows stare at each other day in, day out, one can`t move and the other can`t talk, boredom sets in. Duke finally could take it. (i) Who are the two fellows mentioned here? (a) Two school going boys (B) Hooper and his dog Duke (c) Father and son (5) (ii) Why can`t one fellow in the above lines move

6 (a) He has a fractured leg (b) Left portion is paralysed due to accident (c) He is sleeping soundly (iii) Why can`t other the other talk in these lines? (a) Unable to speak due to illness (b) Unable to speak as it was a dog 3. They carried the big dog into the house. Marcy took one look at duke`s breathing, at his brown eyes with the stubbornness gone. Phone the vet, she said. Tell him I am bringing Duke. THE BROOK (i) Why was the big dog brought into the house? (a) To feed it as it was hungry. (b) For first aid as it was hit by a car (c) It was stray, they wanted to keep it as pet (ii) What did Marcy look at? (a) Her pet car (b) Her pet dog (c) Her neighbour dog (iii) Why was Duke being carried to the vet? (a) He was ill. (b) He was not eating food (c) He met with an accident (6) Chapter three Short answer questions (2 marks) Q1. What does the poem Brook` describe?

7 Q2.From where does the brook emerge and where does it go? Q3. How does the poet compare the life of a brook with that of a man? Q4. Which words in the poem describe the energetic movement of the brook? Q5. Which are the words to express slower movement at the end of its journey? Q6. What does a brook bring with it from the mountains and hills during its journey? Q7. It passes through different landforms. What are they? Q8. What type of path does it follow and why? Q9. How does the picture of brook come alive? Q10. What did the eternal nature of brook? Q11. What is the difference between man and brook? Q12. Mention 5-6 movement words used in the poem by the poet? Q13. How many hills and bridges does a brook pass during its journey? Q14. What are things that can be seen floating on the a brook? Q15. What is the refrain in the poem? What is its effect in a poem? Multiple choice questions (3 marks) Read the stanzas and answer the questions that follow. Select the most appropriate one. Stanza- 1 I come from haunts of coot and hern: I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. (i) Who is I` in the above lines? (7) (a) A river (c) A canal (b) A pond (d) A lake (ii) What does I` do in these lines? (a) Flows (c) Fills lake (b) Is stagnant (d) Goes to join a river

8 (iii) Name the words mentioned in the above lines. (a) Coot and hern (c) Bicker (b) Sally (d) Sparkle Stanza 2 Till last by Philip`s farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever, (i) Which figure of speech is used in the above lines? (a) Refrain (c) Metaphor (b) Similie (d) Alliteration (ii) What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza? (a) ab ab (c) cc dd (b) aa aa (d) a b c d (iii) Who join the brimming river and how? (a) Brook by mixing it (c) Lake filling it (b) Canal passing by (d) Another river Stanza 3 And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go forever. (i) The first lines means: (a) Brook seems to stand still (c) Its make a final dash (b) Its movement is very fast (d) Runs to the brimming river (ii) Who joins the brimming river? (a) A brook (c) A dirty canal (b) Another river (d) Overflowing river

9 (iii) Name the poet of the poem. (a) W. Wordsworth (c) A. L. Tennyson (b) John Keats (d) R. N. Tagore Chapter 4 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Short answer question (2 marks) Q1. What peculiar situation does the poet face in his life and how? Q1. What dilemma did he face in the forest? Q3. Which road does he chose and why? Q4. The grassy road is chosen by the poet because Q5. What does he wish later on in his life? Q6. What did he feel about the less travelled road? Q7. What is the basic problem described in the poem by the poet? Q8. What do the two roads symbolise in this poem? Q9. What will confirm it the decision was right or wrong? Q10. What does the poet regret in life and why? Q11. Why does the poet feel sad in the last stanza? Q12. What is the theme` of the poem? Q13 Where was the poet? What did he see before him? Q14 Why does Frost choose the road less travelled? Q15 What shall the poet be telling with a sigh`? Multiple choice questions (3 marks) Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow. Select the most appropriate one. Stanza- 1 Two road diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, (I) Why could the poet not travel both the roads at a time? (a) Because it is not possible for an individual

10 (b) Because he was without company (c) Because he had no vehicle (d) Because he had no time (ii) What does the speaker mean by yellow wood? (a) Leaves on tree are yellow (b) Sun is setting, yellow light (c) Leaves are not yellow (d) Leaves falling on yellow soil (iii) Why did the poet desire to travel both roads at the same time? (a) Because both were equally fair and promising (b) Because both were grassy and attractive (c) Because he wants to be the first traveller (d) Because he had no idea about them stanza 2 Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear: (i) Who is speaking here and to whom? (a) The poet to himself (b)the poet to another traveller (c) One traveller to a passer-by (d) Two boys of a school (ii) The other` in the first line means (a) The other person (b) The other car (c) The other place (d) The other road

11 (iii) What was grassy and wanted wear`? (a) Then lawn in the school (b) The garden in the city (c) The road in front of the poet (d) A deserted village road Stanza 3 And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black Oh, I kept the first for another day! (i) What is both` referred to the first line? (a) Both the boys (b) Both the roads (c) Both girls (d) Both trees (ii) What does the poet mean by leaves no step? (a) Nobody walked on the road (b) Un walked street (c) Tree leaves (d) Fallen leaves (iii) Who kept the first for another day` and what? (a) Poet, another road (b) Boy, school road (c) Boy, toffee for next day (d) Man, meeting another day Chapter 5 THE SOLITARY REAPER Short answer questions (2 marks) Q1. Why has the poet compared the solitary reaper`s song with a nightingale and a cuckoo bird?

12 Q2. How does the poet create an image of loneliness in the poem? Q3. What qualities in the solitary reaper are described in the poem? Which of the them do you like the most and why? Q4. What type of song did the solitary reaper sing? Give reasons for your answer. Q5. What is the effect of the solitary reaper`s song on the surroundings? Q6 Where was the poet when he saw a solitary reaper? What happened thereafter? Q7 How does the poet compare the song of the solitary reaper? What guess does poet have about the subject matter of the reaper s song? Q8 How did the reaper sing the song? Q9 What was the effect of reaper s song on the poet? Q10 Briefly mention the two things that capture the poet s attention in the poem, The Solitary Reaper. Q11 Where did the solitary reaper sing the song? Q12 How did the song of the solitary reaper affect the poet? Q13 Why has Wordsworth chosen the song of the nightingale and the cuckoo bird for comparison with the song of the solitary reaper? Q14 How did the poet try to analyse the song of the solitary reaper? Q15 What was so magical about the song of the solitary reaper? Multiple choice questions (3 marks) Read the stanzas and answer the questions that follow. Select the most appropriate one. Stanza 1 Behold her, single in the field, You solitary highland lass! Reaping and singing by herself: Step here, or gently pass! (i) Who is speaking here to whom? (a) The poet to a passer-by (b) The poet to himself (c) Traveller to another traveller

13 (d) None the above (ii) Whom does the poet say stop here` or gently pass`? (a) To a washer man (b) To a passer-by (c) To a rider (iii) Who is she` reaping here? (a) A school girl (b) A farmer`s daughter (c) A solitary reaper Stanza -2 Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! For the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound (i) Who cuts here and what? (a) Farmer`s daughter, crop (b) Tribes girl, crop (c) Solitary reaper, crop (ii) What type of song is she singing? (a) Folk song (b) Sad song (c) Sweet song (iii) The valley is overflowing with what and how? (a) Fire, smoke

14 (b) River, water (c) Song, echoing (d) Fog, filled Stanza 3 A voice so thrilling ne`er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird. Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. (i) When is the voice of the bird more thrilling and why? (a) Song of a bird, in spring (b) Song of a girl, in spring (c) Song of a pet bird, in winter (ii) Which voice of the poet talking about? (a) Voice of a bird (b) Solitary girl`s voice (c) Voice of a wild animal (iii) Mention the place where the songs are sung by the above mentioned singers. (a) Sea, Hebrides (b) Deserts (c) Cities (d) Forests Chapter 6 LORD ULLIN`S DAUGHTER Short answer questions 2 marks) Q1. Why did the chief of Ulva`s isle and his beloved want to go into the rough Sea? Q2. Who were chasing them and why?

15 Q3. What would happen, if they were caught by the horsemen? Q4. What crime had the chief of Ulva`s isle committed? Q5. Give two good characteristic of the chief of Ulva`s isle? Q6. Explain two good qualities of the boatman? Q7. How did the boatman help them? Q8 Who was the Chieftain and what does he say to the boatman? Q9 What does the Chieftain say to the boatman about Lord Ullin? Q10 How is Lord Ullin pursuing the Chieftain and his beloved? Q11 How did the weather become so dangerous? Q12 What amazing thing happened then? Q13 How did the Chieftain s beloved react then? Q14How did Lord Ullin see his daughter after he reached there? Q15 Describe how the Chieftain and his beloved died. Long answer questions (6 marks) Q1 You are one of the best friends of lord ullin`s daughter. Her death at Sea has shocked you. Write a dairy entry about her life and death. (125 words ) Q2 Write the summary of the poem in your own words. Do you sympathise with the lovers? If not, why? (100 words) Q3 Who are the lovers? Why are they trying to escape and what happens to them in the end? Q4 Describe the stormy sea which the boatman ferries with the lovers. Q5 What is a balled? How is Lord Ullin s daughter` a balled? Multiple choice questions (3 marks) Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow. Select the most appropriate word. Stanza 1 The water wraith was shrieking: And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking But still as wilder blew the wind

16 (i) Who are the person speaking in these lines? (a) The two lovers (b) Chieftain and Lord (c) Lord ullin`s daughter (ii) Name of the place of the above mentioned incident. (a) School building (b) King`s court (c) Seashore (d) Desert (iii) What happened to the weather when they were talking? (a) Grew from worse to worst (b) Became normal (c) Became very normal (d) Became still quite Stanza 2 His horsemen hard behind us riding Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride When they have slain her lover? (i) Who are his` and us` referred to in the first line of the stanza? (a) Lord ullin`s daughter and her lover (b) King and her soldier (c) Lord ullin`s and lovers (ii) Who is going to discover steps and how? (a) Horsemen and footmarks

17 (b) Hunters and the hunted (c) Father and daughter (iii) Who is going to be slain and by whom? (a) Chieftain by Lord Ullin (b) Tribesman by Lord (c) Courtier by king Stanza 3 Come back! Coma back! He cried in grief Across this stormy water; And I will forgive your highland chief Q1. Name the poem and the poet of the above lines. (a) Kamala das, Lord Ullin`s daughter (b) R. N. Tagore, Lord Ullin`s daughter (c) Thomas Campbell, Lord Ullin`s daughter (ii)who is calling back and to whom? (a) Lord Ullin`s to his daughter (b) Boatman children`s to him (c) Sailors to other sailors (iii) Who will forgive and to whom? (a) Lord Ullin will forgive his daughter and her lover (b) Father will forgive his son (c) Father will forgive his daughter Chapter 7

18 VILLA FOR SALE Short answer questions (2 marks) Q1. Why did Jeanne want to buy a villa? Q2. Why was Gaston not interested in buying the villa in the beginning? Q3. Mrs. Al Smith makes many statement about the French. Pick out any two and explain them. Q4. Juliette says,...now I have only one thought that is to get the wretched place off my hands. I would sacrifice it at any price. Does she stick to her words? Why/ why not? Q5. Who is batter in business---juliette or gaston? Why? Q6. Do you like/dislike Gaston? Give reason. Q7. How does Juliette react to the non-sale of her villa though she has put up a board of villa for sale` about a month before? Q8. What is the plus point of the villa for sale which can enable its sale at once, even though it has not been so. Q9. What does the maid suggest to Juliette to do to fight her being financially hard up even though she is not? Q10 How does Gaston react to Jeanne s saying that she is saying for a villa? Q11 How does Juliette describe the villa before Gaston and Jeanne like a good saleswoman? Q12 What does Mrs. Al Smith say about French people first to maid, then to Gaston? Q13 What is your impression about Gaston after reading the lesson? Q14 What is your impression about Juliette? Q15 Mention any two characteristics of Gaston s personality that make him a better businessman than Juliette. Long answer questions (5 marks) Q1. Suppose you are Gaston. Write a letter to your friend Rajat about how happy you are for buying a villa; also tell him how you manage it? Q2. As Juliette, write a dairy entry about selling villa at a good price. Q3. How does Juliette prove to be a good saleswoman before Gaston and Jeanne? Q4. Describe how the villa is finally sold? How does Juliette stand at a loss?

19 Q5. Write a character sketch of Gaston> Multiple choice questions (3 marks) Read the extract and answer the questions that follow. Select the most appropriate one. 1. I know! You see, I thought that as they could not read it in the dark, the house would belong to me for one night more. I was so sure that the next day the entire world be fighting... (i) Who is speaking these lines and to whom? (a) Juliette is speaking to her maid (b) The owner of the villa to a servant (c) The mistress to her personal servant (ii) What are they talking about? (a) They are talking about grain business (b) About the sell of villa (c) About household work (iii) Why would the entire world be fighting? (a) For the beautiful heroine (b) To buy the villa (c) Not to buy the villa 2. I tell you what I will do. I will be philanthropic let you have it for two hundred thousand. (i) What is the speaker going to do? (a) Sell her car (b) Sell her villa (c) Sell her village land (ii) Philanthropic means: (a) Not to help the rich

20 (b) Helping poor people by giving money (c) Not to help the poor (iii) What is two hundred thousand? (a) Number of student in a school (b) The price for the villa (c) The salary of her maid 3. You can fill in your name on the cheque yourself. I live at the Ritz hotel, place vendom, my lawyer is... (i) Who is the speaker and who listens? (a) speaker is maid, listener is mistress (b) Mrs. Al Smith speak to Gaston (c) Doctor speaks to a nurse (ii) Why is the speaker giving the cheque? (a) As the price of the car (b) As the price of the villa (c) As the salary of her maid (iii) Who lives at the Ritz hotel and why? (a) Gaston is looking for a house (b) Mrs. Al Smith as she was looking for a house to buy (c) Tourist as they missed the flight

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