English Medium इयत्ता ९ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Pick out word from the text that mean the same as the following word or expression. (Look in the paragraph indicated.)

based on reason; sensible; reasonable : _________

Pick out word from the text that mean the same as the following word or expression. (Look in the paragraph indicated.)

 the usual way of doing things : _________

Pick out word from the text that mean the same as the following word or expression. (Look in the paragraph indicated.)

a strong desire arising from within : _________

Pick out word from the text that mean the same as the following word or expression. (Look in the paragraph indicated.)

the power to endure, without falling ill : _________

A Russian girl, Maria Sharapova, reached the summit of women’s tennis when she was barely eighteen. As you read about her, see if you can draw a comparison between her and Santosh Yadav.

Match the following.

A Russian girl, Maria Sharapova, reached the summit of women’s tennis when she was barely eighteen. As you read about her, see if you can draw a comparison between her and Santosh Yadav.

 As you read, look for the answers to these questions.

– Why was Maria sent to the United States?

– Why didn’t her mother go with her?

– What are her hobbies? What does she like?

– What motivates her to keep going?

Working in small groups of 4−5 students, go back over the two passages on Santosh Yadav and Maria Sharapova and complete the table given below with relevant phrases or sentences.

Look at the following sentences. They each have two clauses, or two parts each with their own subject and verb or verb phrase. Often, one part (italicised) tells us when or why something happened.

• I reached the market when most of the shops had closed. (Tells us when I reached.)

• When Rahul Dravid walked back towards the pavilion, everyone stood up. (Tells us when everyone stood up.)

• The telephone rang and Ganga picked it up. (Tells us what happened next.)

• Gunjan has been with us ever since the school began. (Tells us for how long he has been with us.)

I. Identify the two parts in the sentences below by underlining the part that gives us the information in brackets.

1. Where other girls wore traditional Indian dresses, Santosh preferred shorts.

(Contrasts her dress with that of others)

2. She left home and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi. (Tells us what happened after the first action.)

3. She decided to fight the system when the right moment arrived. (Tells us when she was going to fight the system.)

4. Little Maria had not yet celebrated her tenth birthday when she was packed off to train in the United States. (Tells us when Maria was sent to the U.S.)

Now rewrite the pair of sentences given below as one sentence.

Grandfather told me about the old days. All books were printed on paper then.

Now rewrite the pair of sentences given below as one sentence.

What do you do after you finish the book? Perhaps you just throw it away.

Now rewrite the pair of sentences given below as one sentence.

He gave the little girl an apple. He took the computer apart.

Now rewrite the pair of sentences given below as one sentence.

 You have nothing. That makes you very determined.

Now rewrite the pair of sentences given below as one sentence.

I never thought of quitting. I knew what I wanted.

1. What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about:

1. the three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there (stanza I);
2.  what he hears and sees there and its effect on him (stanza II);
3.  what he hears in his “heart’s core” even when he is far away from Innisfree (stanza III).

2. By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace. How does the poet contrast it with where he now stands? (Read stanza III).

3. Do you think Innisfree is only a place, or a state of mind? Does the poet actually miss the place of his boyhood days?

Answer the following question in one or two sentences.
 Where was Abdul Kalam’s house?

Answer the following question in one or two sentences.

What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.

Answer the following question in one or two sentences.

Who were Abdul Kalam’s school friends? What did they later become?

Answer the following question in one or two sentences.

How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?

Answer the following question in one or two sentences.

Had Abdul Kalam earned any money before that? In what way?

Look for information on how to find out whether a snake is harmful.