English Medium Class 9 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English (Moments)

How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?

Why does grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how? Why does the ticket collector insist on calling Toto a dog?

Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long”?

In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?

How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?

How does he narrate the story of the tusker? Does it appear to be plausible?

Why does the author say that Iswaran seemed to more than make up for the absence of a TV in Mahendra’s living quarters?

Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?

Can you think of some other ending for the story?

Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?

Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress? What does the swallow do in the seamstress’ house?

For whom does the prince send the sapphires and why?

What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?

Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?

What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why are they precious?

What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?

How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?

How have the people of the community helped one another? What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days?