SSC (English Medium) 9th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

How does the following character in the story live up to their name? Provide points from the story.

Taffimai Metallumai

How does the following character in the story live up to their name? Provide points from the story.

Teshumai Tewindrow

Read: ‘Just So Stories’ and ‘The Jungle Book’ by Rudyard Kipling.

There are many popular lines like:-

• ‘Life is a gameplay it well’.
• ‘Life is a journey- keep going ahead’.

Discuss and write down a few such metaphorical lines about ‘life’. You can make them up yourselves.

1. ____________________________
2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________
4. ____________________________
5. ____________________________

Prepare as many ‘acrostics’ using the word LIFE, as you can. Two examples are given below.

• Live
• In
• Freedom
• Ever
• Liberty
• Integrity
• Fraternity
• Equality

Pick out from the poem, two lines each that reflect an optimistic (positive) attitude and pessimistic (negative) attitude.

Optimism : 

1. ______
2. ______

Pessimism :

1. ______
2. ______

Pick out three examples of interrogation (rhetorical questions) from the poem.

Explain in your own words the point that each one makes.

‘And calls our Best away’ is a gentle way of expressing the unpleasant idea of a loved one dying. It is an example of euphemism. Think and write down 3 or 4 ways in which we can express the idea of ‘death’ in a tactful and gentle manner.

1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
4. _________________

Read: ‘The Psalm of Life’- a poem by H. W. Longfellow.

Form groups of 6-8. One person (leader) chooses one item - a picture, a paragraph, or a lesson from any one of the 9th standard textbooks and writes the reference on a slip of paper, and folds it. Others ask him/her questions and try to guess what it is, from his/her answers. Follow the rules given below.

• The maximum number of questions the rest of the group can ask is 20.
• You cannot ask a direct question like ‘What do you have in mind?’
• You can ask ‘Wh-’ questions or ‘Yes/no’ questions.
• The leader has to give truthful answers.

The poet uses a free, conversational style in his poem. It is also called Colloquial style.

Pick out and write down such lines or expressions that support the above statement.

1. ______ you have not done what I asked.
2. _______________________.
3. _______________________.
4. _______________________.
5. _______________________.
6. _______________________.

Put the following expressions in a table of Do’s and Don'ts as expressed by the poet.

1. Please listen
2. give me advice
3. tell me why
4. solve my problem
5. just hear me
6. accept as a simple fact 
7. contribute to my fear
8. wait a minute

Read aloud a couple of stanzas of the poem ‘Invictus’ and ‘Please Listen’. In what ways do they differ? Think and fill up the table with ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

Short stories are of many types. Match the type of story in column A with its description in column B.

Read the following pieces from the story and suggest a title for each as shown in the 1st one.

Write your opinion, in your own words:-

Do you think Bertha should have met such a glory end to her life? Justify your answer.

Write your opinion, in your own words:-

What is that one vice which nullifies all virtues that a person has?

Say whether you agree or disagree.

The children would have behaved well on the train if their aunt had scolded them harshly.

Say whether you agree or disagree.

The youngest child was most irritating.

Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.