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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Poem Chapter 5 A Legend of the Northland are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Poem Chapter 5 A Legend of the Northland.

Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Beehive (poem)
Chapter	Chapter 5
Chapter Name	A Legend of the Northland
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Poem Chapter 5 A Legend of the Northland

I. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow each :

1. Away, away in the Northland,
Where the hours of the day are few,
And the nights are so long in winter
That they cannot sleep them through; (Page 65)

Questions

(a) What is the scene of the story ? What kind of place is it ?
(b) Why are the hours of the day ‘few’ and the nights so long in the Northland ?
(c) Why can’t the people sleep through the long nights ?
(d) Explain : Away, away

Answers

(a) The scene of the legend is the Northland. It is a far off place in the north. In winter it is always snowing. Here days are short and nights are quite long.
(b) In the polar region, like the Northland, the nights are longer. The days are shorter. Therefore, they have ‘few’ hours of the day.
(c) In the Northland, the nights are very long. The people of Northland can’t sleep for such long hours during the wintry nights.
(d) Remote region in the north.

2. Where they harness the swift reindeer To the sledges, when it snows ;
And the children look like bear’s cubs
In their funny, furry clothes : (Page 65)

Questions

(a) Where do they harness the swift reindeer and why ?
(b) What is a sledge ? Where is it generally used ?
(c) How do the children of the Northland look like and why ?
(d) Explain the phrase : like bear’s cubs.

Answers

(a) The people of the Northland harness the swift reindeer to the sledges. In these areas, reindeer is used to pull the wheel-less carts. It also pulls the sledges on the snow.
(b) A sledge is a wheel-less cart. It is used in the polar region like the Northland. It is generally pulled by reindeers on the snow.
(c) The children of the Northland look like the bear’s cubs. They look so because they wear funny, furry dresses.
(d) in funny furry dresses children look like bear-cubs.

3. They tell them a curious story—
I don’t believe ’tis true ;
And yet you may learn a lesson
If I tell the tale to you. (Page 65)

Questions

(a) Why does the poet call it a ‘curious story’ ?
(b) Do you believe that the story is true ? Give one reason.
(c) What lesson does the tale give to you ?
(d) Find a word from the passage which mean the following: strange.

Answers

(a) The poet calls it a curious or a strange story. The poem is a legend of an old lady. She made St. Peter angry to curse her to be a bird. The story is a popular ballad. It may not be true. But the change of the lady to a bird is quite strange.
(b) The poem is a popular legend. No, it is not based on true facts. The line ‘I don’t believe ’tis true’ clears this point.
(c) The tale conveys an important lesson or message. Greed is a great vice. It kills human values in us. Greedy persons like the old lady are always punished in the end.
(d) curious.

4. Once, when the good Saint Peter
Lived in the world below,
And walked about it, preaching,
Just as he did, you know, (Page 65)

Questions

(a) Is St. Peter alive today ? Which lines answer the question ?
(b) Who was St. Peter and what did he use to do ?
(c) Explain or interpret in detail :
‘And walked about it, preaching’.
(d) Find a word from the passage which mean : sermonising.

Answers

(a) No, St. Peter is not alive today. He is in heaven. ‘Once, when the good St. Peter/ Lived in the world below’. The above mentioned lines clearly tell us that St. Peter is not ‘in the world below’ or alive today.
(b) St. Peter was an apostle of Christ. His mission was to preach the teachings of Christ among the people. For this purpose he travelled far and wide.
(c) St. Peter was a missionary. He walked about different places and preached the teachings of Christ.
(d) preaching.

5. He came to the door of a cottage,
In travelling round the earth,
Where a little woman was making cakes,
And baking them on the hearth ; (Page 65)

Questions

(a) Why did St. Peter travel round the earth ?
(b) Where did he come at the end of the day ?
(c) What did St. Peter see when he came to the door of a cottage ?
(d) Find a word from the passage which means ‘oven’.

Answers

(a) St. Peter was an apostle of Christ. His mission was to preach the teachings of Christ to the people. For this mission he had to ‘travel round the earth’.
(b) At the end of the day he came to the door of a cottage.
(c) He saw a little woman baking cakes.
(d) It is ‘hearth’.

6. And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
To give him a single one. (Page 65)

Questions

(a) What part of the day was it when St. Peter reached the door of the cottage ?
(b) Describe St. Peter’s condition when he arrived at the cottage.
(c) What did St. Peter ask for and why ?
(d) Explain the phrase : the day was almost done.

Answers

(a) It was almost the time for the sun-set. The day had almost ended.
(b) St. Peter was fasting. Travelling and fasting had made him weak, tired and hungry,
(c) St. Peter asked for a single cake from her store of cakes because he was hungry.
(d) the day was about to end.

7. So she made a very little cake,
But as it baking lay,
She looked at it, and thought it seemed
Too large to give away. (Page 66) (Imp.)

Questions

(a) Why did she make a very ‘little’ cake ? Why not a big one ?
(b) How did the ‘little’ cake appear to her ?
(c) Why didn’t the old lady give that ‘little’ cake to St. Peter ?
(d) Find a word from the passage which means : ‘appeared’.

Answers

(a) The little woman was very greedy. She didn’t make a big cake. Knowingly, to save some dough, she made a ‘small’ and not a “bigger’ cake.
(b) Even that small cake seemed very big to her. She didn’t want to give it away.
(c) The little lady was a greedy creature. Knowingly, she made a “very little’ cake for St. Peter. But even it appeared too big to her. She didn’t want to give it away.
(d) seemed’.

8. Therefore she kneaded another,
And still a smaller one ;
But it looked, when she turned it over,
As large as the first had done. (Page 66) (V. Imp.)

Questions

(a) Why did she knead another ?
(b) What was the size of the second cake ?
(c) Why didn’t she give the second cake to St. Peter ?
(d) Explain the following: kneaded another.

Answers

(a) The little old lady was very greedy. She couldn’t afford to give a big cake to St. Peter. She wanted to save some more flour. So she kneaded the flour again and again to make a smaller cake.
(b) The second cake was smaller in size than the first one.
(c) Even the second cake appeared to be too big to be given away. So she didn’t give it to St. Peter.
(d) The old lady kneaded the flour to make another cake.

9. Then she took a tiny scrap of dough,
And rolled and rolled it flat;
And baked it thin as a wafer —
But she couldn’t part with that. (Page 66) (M. Imp.)

Questions

(a) Why did the old lady take a tiny scrap of dough ?
(b) Why was the dough rolled flat ?
(c) Why did she bake the cake thin as a wafer ?
(d) Explain the following: thin as a wafer.

Answers

(a) The greedy lady wanted to make still a smaller cake for St. Peter. She wanted to save some flour.
(b) The dough was rolled flat to make a specially thin and small cake.
(c) She did so as she wanted to save some dough.
(d) made the cake thin like a wafer to save more dough.

10. For she said, “My cakes that seem too small
When I eat of them myself
Are yet too large to give away.”
So she put them on the shelf. (Page 66) (Imp.)

Questions

(a) Why did her cakes look too small when she ate them herself ?
(b) Why did they look too large to give them away ?
(c) Why did she put them on the shelf ?
(d) Find a word from the passage which means: ‘flat space made in the wall or cupboard’.

Answers

(a) The old lady was very greedy. Her greed made her think so. The cakes she ate looked too small to her.
(b) The cakes appeared too large to be given away. It reflects the greed of the lady. She couldn’t part with anything. She couldn’t sacrifice even a wafer-like cake for anyone.
(c) At last, she decided not to give away any cake to St. Peter. So she placed all her cakes on the shelf.
(d) ‘shelf’

11. Then good Saint Peter grew angry,
For he was hungry and faint;
And surely such a woman
Was enough to provoke a saint. (Page 66) (CBSE)

Questions

(a) Why did a good saint like St. Peter grow angry ?
(b) Was such a woman enough to provoke a saint ? How ?
(c) What do these lines show about : (i) the old lady (ii) St. Peter
(d) Find a word from the passage which means : ‘incite’.

Answers

(a) Even a ‘good’ saint like St. Peter lost his temper. He had become weak with travelling and fasting. He just asked for a single cake. The lady did not oblige him. It made St. Peter angry.
(b) The old lady lacked honesty and decency. She didn’t want to oblige even a saint. She couldn’t part even with a wafer-like cake. Surely her greed and her insulting behaviour provoked a noble saint like St. Peter.
(c) (i) her greedy nature, (ii) his human nature—he could also be provoked like other men.
(d) It is ‘provoke’.

12. And he said, “You are far too selfish
To dwell in a human form,
To have both food and shelter,
And fire to keep you warm. (Page 66) (M. Imp.)

Questions

(a) Why was St. Peter provoked ?
(b) What did he say to the ‘greedy woman’ ?
(c) Do you agree with the words of St. Peter ? If yes, why ?
(d) Explain : ‘dwell in human form’,

Answers

(a) St. Peter was provoked by the insulting behaviour and greed of the old lady.
(b) He told the lady that she was too selfish. She didn’t deserve to he a woman and a human being. She did not deserve food, shelter and other comforts of human life.
(c) Yes, I agree with the words of St. Peter. The old woman was a disgrace to womanhood.
(d) She didn’t deserve to be a human being. She was a disgrace to womanhood.

13. Now, you shall build as the birds do,
And shall get your scanty food
By boring, and boring, and boring,
All day in the hard, dry wood.” (Page 66) (V. Imp.)

Questions

(a) How does St. Peter curse the old woman ?
(b) What will the old lady build for her living ?
(c) What will the old lady have to do to get her scanty food ?
(d) Find a word from the passage which means : ‘making holes in hard wood’.

Answers

(a) St. Peter curses the woman to be a bird. She will have to build a nest as the birds do. She will get her scanty food by boring hard wood all the day.
(b) The old lady has been changed to a woodpecker. So she will have to build a nest for her dwelling like a woodpecker.
(c) The old lady will get scanty food even after boring the hard wood all day.
(d) ‘boring’.

14. Then up she went through the chimney,
Never speaking a word,
And opt of the top flew a woodpecker,
For she was changed to a bird. (Page 66)

Questions

(a) What was the effect of St. Peter’s curse on the little lady ?
(b) What did the old lady do after she had been changed to a bird ?
(c) What particular bird was she changed to ?
(d) Find a word from the passage which means: ‘space in the roof for the smoke to come out’.

Answers

(a) St. Peter’s curse had its immediate effect. She was changed to a bird.
(b) She went up through the chimney. She never uttered a word and flew away.
(c) She was changed to a woodpecker.
(d) It is ‘chimney’.

15. She had a scarlet cap on her head,
And that was left the same ;
But all the rest of her clothes were burned
Black as a coal in the flame. (Page 67)

Questions

(a) Which’part of her dress was left the same even when the old lady was changed to a woodpecker ?
(b) What happened to the clothes the old lady was wearing ?
(c) What light do these lines throw on St. Peter ?
(d) Find a word from the passage which means : Visible part of a fire’.

Answers

(a) The old lady’s scarlet cap was left untouched. She was changed to a woodpecker. But the colour of her cap (head) remained the same.
(b) All her clothes were burnt in the fire. They were changed to black. It means the wood-pecker’s body became black in colour.
(c) St. Peter was a noble saint. Generally, saints are not easily provoked. But St. Peter also suffered from this little human weakness. He became angry when the greedy lady didn’t oblige him by giving a cake.
(d) It is ‘flame’.

16. And every country schoolboy
Has seen her in the wood,
Where she fives in the trees till this very day,
Boring and boring for food. (Page 67) (Imp)

Questions

(a) The poem is a legend of an old and greedy lady. How ?
(b) How has her story become a part of the folklore of the Northland ?
(c) What does every country schoolboy see in the wood even today ?
(d) Give the rhyme scheme in this stanza.

Answers

(a) The poem is a legend of an old and greedy lady. She was cursed by St. Peter. It is an old story. The people of the Northland have been narrating it down the ages, since St. Peter’s times.
(b) The story of the greedy old woman has become a part of the folklore of the Northland. Every country school boy knows it. The story has been passed on orally from St. Peter’s times to the coming generations.
(c) Every country schoolboy claims that he has seen the old lady. She lives in the trees of the forest till this very day.
(d) It is ab ab.

II. TEXTUAL QUESTIONS
(Page 67)

Thinking About the Poem

I. 1. Which Country or countries do you think “the Northland” refers to ?
2. What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for ? What was the lady’s reaction ?
3. How did he punish her ?
4. How does the woodpecker get her food ?
5. Do you think that the old lady would have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was ? What would she have done then ?
6. 7s this a true story ? Which part of this poem do you feel is the most important ?
7. What is a legend ? Why is this poem called a legend ?
8. Write the story of‘A Legend of the Northland’ in about ten sentences.

Answers

1. It is a country in the extreme north. Days are short and nights are very long there.
2. St. Peter asked the old lady for a single cake. She made a very little cake. But it looked bigger. So she reduced its size again.
3. He punished her by changing her into a woodpecker.
4. The woodpecker goes on boring into the dry hard wood. Only then it gets little food.
5. It is very difficult to say with certainty. Perhaps she would have given him very very thin cake if she had known St. Peter.
6. The story is not true. It is a legend. Even the poet says, ‘I don’t believe ’tis true’. Stanza three is the most important. It describes what it is.
7. A legend is an old story handed down from the past. It is generally of doubtful nature. The title of the poem is a ‘legend’. It is an old story of the Northland. The poet himself says, “I don’t believe ’tis true’.
8. Story of ‘A Legend of the Northland’.
The poem is a legend of an old woman. She had angered St. Peter because of her greed. In the Northland lived an old lady. Once St. Peter came to the door of her cottage. He had become weak with fasting and travelling. The old lady was baking cakes on the hearth. St. Peter asked her for a single cake. The greedy lady made a very little cake. But even that looked too big to be given away. She went on reducing the size of the cake. At last, she baked a thin cake. It looked like a wafer. But still she thought it too big to be given away. She gave nothing to St. Peter. She put all the cakes on the shelf. St. Peter was provoked. He found her too selfish to be a woman. She didn’t deserve food, shelter and fire to keep her warm. So out of anger he changed her to a woodpecker. She went up through the chimney and flew away. She was often seen in the wood living in the trees. She continued boring into hard wood for her little food. It was the result of St. Peter’s curse.

II. 1. Let’s look at words at the end of the second and fourth lines, viz., ‘snows’ and ‘clothes’, ‘true’ and ‘you’, ‘below’ and ‘know’. We find that ‘snows’ rhymes with ‘clothes’, ‘true’ rhymes with ‘you’ and ‘below’ rhymes with ‘know’.

Find more such rhyming words.

2. Go to the local library or talk to older persons in your locality and find legends in your own language. Tell the class these legends.

Answers

1. Rhyming words are : (i) ‘earth’ and “hearth’; ‘done’ and ‘one’; ‘lay’ and ‘away’; ‘flat’ and ‘that’; ‘faint’ and ‘saint’; ‘food’ and “wood’; ‘same’ and ‘flame’.

2. Students may read many books about such legends. If they talk to the older persons they shay know more about these legends.

Our culture is full of such legends. Their grandmothers or grandfathers may tell them of the legends. There are the legends of Lord Shiva, Lord Krishna, Meerabai. In fact, our literature is full of these. Students may enjoy reading them in various books.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Social Science Economics Chapter 1 The Story of Village Palampur

These Solutions are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Social Science. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Social Science Economics Chapter 1 The Story of Village Palampur.

NCERT QUESTIONS

Exercises

Question 1.
Every village in India is surveyed once in ten years during the Census and some of details are presented in the following format. Fill up the following based on information on Palampur.
(a) Location:
(b) Total area of the village:
(c) Land use (in hectares):

Cultivated Land		Land not available for cultivation (Area covering dwellings, roads, ponds, grazing ground)
Irrigated	Unirrigated
		26 hectares

(d) Facilities:

Education
Medical
Market
Electricity Supply
Communication
Nearest Town

Answer:
(a) Location: 3 kms away from Raiganj (a big village) and further on to the nearest small town of Shahpur.
(b) Total area of the village: 226 hectares
(c)

Cultivated Land		Land not available for cultivation (Area covering dwellings, roads, ponds, grazing ground)
Irrigated	Unirrigated
200 hectares	NIL	26 hectares

(d) Facilities:

Education	Two primary schools and one high school
Medical	One government primary health centre and one private dispensary
Market	Some general stores and shops selling eatables
Electricity Supply	Most of the houses have electricity
Communication	Posts, telephone and television
Nearest Town	Shahpur

 

Question 2.
Modern farming methods require more inputs which are manufactured in industry. Do you agree?
Answer:
Yes, I agree that modern farming methods require more inputs than traditional farming. It requires inputs like chemical fertilizers, pesticides, pump sets, farm machinery, electricity, high yielding varieties of seeds, and water supply. Most of these outputs are manufactured in industries. Similarly, water supply is provided by canals and tanks.

Question 3.
How did the spread of electricity help farmers of Palampur?
Answer:
Electricity came early to Palampur. Its major impact was to transform the system of irrigation. In Palampur, electricity powers all the tube wells in the fields and is used in various types of small businesses. People say that the electric-run tubewells could irrigate much more than the ordinary ones.

Question 4.
Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why?
Answer:
Yes, it is important to increase the area under irrigation because if a country has to increase its production it has to increase the irrigational area.

Question 5.
Construct a table on the distribution of land among the 450 families of Palampur.
Answer:
Distribution of land among 450 families of Palampur is as follows:

Land (in hectares)	No. of families
0	150
Less than 2	240
More than 2	60
Total	450

Question 6.
Why are the wages for farm labourers in Palampur less than minimum wages?
Answer:
The wages for farm labourers in Palampur are less than the minimum wages because:

1. There is heavy competition for work among the farmers.
2. Employment is less and farmers are more and, therefore, farmers have to be content with what they are earning.
3. Land is owned by landlords who desire to earn more and more profit by giving minimum wages.
4. The farmers are illiterate and unaware of the amount of minimum wages set by the government.

Question 7.
In your region, talk to two labourers. Choose either farm labourers or labourers working at construction sites. What wages do they get? Are they paid in cash or kind? Do they get work regularly? Are they in debt?
Answer:
To be attempted by the students themselves.

Question 8.
What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to explain.
Answer:
The land area under cultivation is practically fixed so in order to increase the production from a same piece of land, we can use the following methods:

Multiple cropping. It is the most common way of increasing production on a given piece of land. It means when two or more crops are grown on the same piece of land during a year, i.e., Indian farmers should grow at least two main crops in a year. In India, some farmers are growing third crop also over the past 20 years such as in Palampur jowar and bajra are grown and potato is the third crop.

Modern farming methods. Production on the same piece of land can also be increased by adopting modern farming methods. The Green Revolution in India is a remarkable example of it. Under modern farming, more cultivable area should be brought under high yielding varieties of seeds and irrigation. The use of simple wooden plough must be replaced by tractors and with increased use of farm machinery such as tractors, threshers and harvesters, make cultivation faster and also help in increasing yield per hectare.

Question 9.
Describe the work of a farmer with 1 hectare of land.
Answer:
A farmer who works on 1 hectare of land is called a small farmer. He carries out the following activities:

1. Ploughs the field by bullocks or tractors
2. Sows the seeds by simply sprinkling by hands
3. Waters the field with the help of a Persian wheel
4. Sprays the insecticides by manual pumps
5. Cuts the crops by hand-operated tools

Question 10.
How do the medium and large farmers obtain capital for farming? How is it different from the small farmers?
Answer:
All farmers require capital during production. They require fixed as well as working capital. The medium and large farmers have their own savings from farming. They are able to arrange for their own capital. They sell their surplus in the market. A part of this is saved and the rest is used to buy machinery and other raw materials or lend it to the small farmers to make more profit.

Whereas small farmers have to borrow money to arrange for capital. They borrow from large farmers, moneylenders and traders who supply them various inputs for cultivation. They are charged very high rate of interest by these moneylenders and traders or even the large farmers.

Question 11.
On what terms did Savita get a loan from Tejpal Singh? Would Savita’s condition be different if she could get a loan from the bank at a low rate of interest?
Answer:
The terms of loan of Savita taken from Tejpal Singh are:

1.  She took loan of ₹ 3.000 at an interest rate of 24 percent.
2. She would have to repay the loan in four months.
3. She also has to work on Tejpal’s field as a farm labourer during the harvesting season at ₹ 35 per day.

The bank could have provided her loan at a low rate of interest. In addition, she would have devoted more time to her own field of 1 hectare, instead of working as a farm labourer for Tejpal Singh.

Question 12.
Talk to some old residents of your region and write a short report on the changes in irrigation and changes in production methods during the last 30 years.
Answer:
To be attempted by the students themselves.

Question 13.
What are the non-farm production activities taking place in your region? Make a shortlist.
Answer:
To be attempted by the students themselves.

Question 14.
What can be done so that more non-farm activities can be started in villages?
Answer:
At present, there are not so many farm activities in the villages. Out of every 100 workers in rural areas of India, only 24 workers are engaged in non-farm activities.
The steps that can be taken are:

1. Supply of electricity in villages needs to be improved. This will encourage the establishment of small-scale industries.
2. More villages should be connected to the towns and cities, through all-weather road transport
   and telephonic systems.
3. The villages should have markets where goods and services produced can be sold such as in Palampur, neighbouring towns and cities provide markets for milk, jaggery, and wheat.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Moments Chapter 10 The Beggar are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Moments Chapter 10 The Beggar.

Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Moments
Chapter	Chapter 10
Chapter Name	The Beggar
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Moments Chapter 10 The Beggar

TEXTUAL EXERCISES
(Page 67)

Think About It

Question 1.
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice ?
Answer:
Lushkoff has become a beggar not by circumstance but by choice. This is clear in his talk with Sergei. To him he pretends that he can’t get any work.

Question 2.
What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies ? (CBSE)
Answer:
Lushkoff gives out the reasons that he can’t get along without lying. No one will give him anything when he tells the truth. So he tells that he can’t do anything except telling lies.

Question 3.
Is Lushkoff a willing worker ? Why, then, does he agree to chop wood for Sergei?
Answer:
Lushkoff is not a willing worker. He agrees to chop wood for Sergei. It is because he fears that if he doesn’t, Sergei would report to the police.

Question 4.
Serggi says, “I am happy that my words have taken effect.” Why does he say so ? Is he right in saying this ?
Or
‘Sergei looked satisfied with the performance of the beggar. He was happy that his words had a positive effect on him.’ How effective were his words ? (CBSE 2016)
Answer:
Sergei says so because his words are morally good for Lushkoff. They change him into a good human being. Lushkoff becomes a worker from a beggar. So Sergei helps to change Lushkoff into a responsible human being.

Question 5.
Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?
Answer:
Earlier Sergei did not earn his livelihood honestly. He begs but he can work. So begging is morally wrong on his part. Now he earns his livelihood by hard work. He can raise his head in self-respect. This all is due to Sergei. So he feels obliged to Sergei for this.

Question 6.
During their conversation Lushkoff reveals that Sergei’s cook, Olga, is responsible for the positive change in him. How has Olga saved Lushkoff ?
Answer:
Olga knew that Lushkoff won’t work. So she felt pity for him like a sincere mother and worked for him. She sat down opposite to him. She rebuked him when he didn’t work. Very soon this changed his heart. And he started working. He stopped drinking and became a good man.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Moments Chapter 9 The Accidental Tourist are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Moments Chapter 9 The Accidental Tourist.

Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Moments
Chapter	Chapter 9
Chapter Name	The Accidental Tourist
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Moments Chapter 9 The Accidental Tourist

TEXTUAL EXERCISES
(Page 60)

Think About It

Question 1.
Bill Bryson says, 7 am, in short, easily confused’. What examples has he given to justify this ?
Answer:
Bill Bryson gives many examples to prove this. He can’t find out the lavatory in a cinema. He goes to look for it. But he ends standing in a small street. Then he forgets his room number in a hotel. He asks the reception about it. So he is confused.

Question 2.
What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way ?
Answer:
The contents of the bag came out. These were a tin of pipe tobacco, magazines, passport, English money, film etc. They spread over an area. It was about the size of a tennis court. Hundreds of documents came flying. The author was surprised.

Question 3.
Why is his finger bleeding ? What is his wife’s reaction ?
Answer:
His finger bled because he got it injured. He pulled the zip forcefully and got a deep wound. Blood came out in plenty. His wife looked at him in wonder and anger. She said that she couldn’t believe he did that for a living.

Question 4.
How does Bill Bryson end up in a ‘crash position’ in the aircraft ? (CBSE)
Answer:
Once on an aeroplane Bill Bryson leaned to tie his shoelace. But then someone threw his seat back. He was knocked and pinned in a crash position. He had to catch the leg of the man sitting next to him. Then he managed to free himself.

Question 5.
Why are his teeth and gums navy blue ?
Answer:
Once the author was flying. He was writing his thoughts. The end tip of his pen was in his mouth. He was sucking it. He started talking to a lady. She was sitting on the next seat. The pen leaked. It had covered his mouth, chin, tongue, teeth and gums with navy blue ink.

Question 6.
Bill Bryson ‘ached to be suave’. Is he successful in his mission ? List his ‘unsuave’ ways.
Answer:
Bill Bryson wanted to be suave. But he couldn’t. He would rise from a dinner table shaking greatly. He would get in a car leaving his coat hanging outside. He would sit on chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrup or motor oil.

Question 7.
Why do you think Bill Bryson’s wife says to the children, ‘Take the lids off the food for Daddy’ ?
Answer:
Bill Bryson’s wife would say this to the children because he won’t do things nicely. If he cut the meat, it would fly off onto the lap of somebody. He won’t open the lids of the food in the aeroplane. It would also fly off to trouble other passengers.

Question 8.
What is the significance of the title ?
Answer:
The title is significant. It has ‘Accidental’ in it. It means ‘full of accidents’ or ‘by chance’. The author causes many ‘accidents’ while flying in the aeroplanes. There are many ‘accidents’ given in the story. So the title is significant. It is because it is related to this subject matter.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 11 If I Were You are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 11 If I Were You.

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Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Beehive
Chapter	Chapter 11
Chapter Name	If I Were You
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 11 If I Were You

TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
(Pages 138, 144)

BEFORE YOU READ

• Gerrard lives alone in a lonely cottage. An intruder, who is a criminal, enters his cottage. He intends to murder Gerrard and take on his identity. Does he succeed ?

Answer
He doesn’t succeed. Gerrard understands his intention. Through a trick he puts him in a cupboard and locks it. Then he calls the police to get him arrested. Thus he outsmarts him and saves himself in the end.

• The following words and phrases occur in the play. Do you know their meanings ?
  Match them with the meanings given, to find out.
  

(i) cultured	an informal expression for a fashionable vehicle
(ii) count on	unnecessary and usually harmful
(iii) engaged	exaggerated
(iv) melodramatic	sophisticated; well-mannered
(v) to be smart	here, a tone of voice
(vi) inflection	avoid
(vii) wise guy	an unexpected opportunity for success
(viii) a dandy bus	trap
(ix) tradespeople	a Christian religious teacher who teaches on Sundays in Church
(x) gratuitous	(American English) a person who pretends to know a lot
(xi) dodge	depend on ; rely on
(xii) lucky break	(American English) an informal way of saying that one is being too clever
(xiii) Sunday-school teacher	occupied; busy
(xiv)frame	merchants

Answers

(i) cultured	sophisticated; well-mannered
(ii) count on	depend on ; rely on
(iii) engaged	occupied; busy
(iv) melodramatic	unnecessary and usually harmful
(v) to be smart	(American English) a person who pretends to know a lot
(vi) inflection	here, a tone of voice
(vii) wise guy	(American English) an informal way of saying that one is being too clever
(viii) a dandy bus	an informal expression for a fashionable vehicle
(ix) tradespeople	merchants
(x) gratuitous	exaggerated
(xi) dodge	avoid
(xii) lucky break	an unexpected opportunity for success
(xiii) Sunday-school teacher	a Christian religious teacher who teaches on Sundays in Church
(xiv)frame	trap

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT
I. Answer these questions.
1. “At last a sympathetic audience.”

1. Who says this ?
2. Why does he say it ?
3. Is he sarcastic or serious ?

2. Why does the intruder choose Gerrard as the man whose identity he wants to take on ?
3. “I said it with bullets.”

1. Who says this ?
2. What does it mean ?
3. Is it the truth ? What is the speaker’s reason for saying this ?

4. What is Gerrard’s profession ? Quote the parts of the play that support your answer.
5. “You’ll soon stop being smart.”

1. Who says this ?
2. Why does the speaker say it ?
3. What according to the speaker will stop Gerrard from being smart ?

6. “They can’t hang me twice.”

1. Who says this ?
2. Why does the speaker say it ?

7. “A mystery I propose to explain.” What is the mystery the speaker proposes to explain ?
8. “This is your big surprise.”

1. Where has this been said in the play ?
2. What is the surprise ?

Answers
1.

1. Gerrard says this.
2. He says it because the Intruder shows some sympathy towards him.
3. He is sarcastic.

2. The Intruder chooses Gerrard. It is because he finds him closely similar to him. If he wears clothes like Gerrard does, no one will know that they are two persons.
3.

1. Gerrard says this.
2. It means that he is a very dangerous person.
3. It is not the truth. He says so to make the Intruder change his mind.

4. Gerrard is a playwright by profession. The supporting words are : ‘Sorry I can’t let you have the props in time for rehearsal…
5.

1. The Intruder says this.
2. The speaker says it because Gerrard hasn’t felt any fear so far though he has a gun in his hand.
3. According to the Intruder, Gerrard would stop being smart after being hit by one of his bullets.

6.

1. The Intruder says this.
2. He says it because he has already committed a murder. The penalty of death can’t be given to him twice.

7. Gerrard says this. The mystery is about Gerrard’s calling his orders. Then he would be suddenly disappearing, but again coming back. The Intruder wants to do very things like Gerrard does.
8.

1. This has been said in the play when Gerrard tells the Intruder not to shoot him. If he shoots him he’d hang if not as himself, then as Vincent Charles Gerrard.
2. The big surprise is that the Intruder won’t kill him. Gerrard is right in saying this.

THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE
I. Consult your dictionary and choose the correct word from the pairs given in brackets.

1. The (site, cite) of the accident was (ghastly/ghostly).
2. Our college (principle/principal) is very strict.
3. I studied (continuously/continually) for eight hours.
4. The fog had an adverse (affect/effect) on the traffic.
5. Cezanne, the famous French painter, was a brilliant (artist/artiste).
6. The book that you gave me yesterday is an extraordinary (collage/college) of science fiction and mystery.
7. Our school will (host/hoist) an exhibition on cruelty to animals and wildlife conservation.
8. Screw the lid tightly onto the top of the bottle and (shake/shape) well before using the contents.

Answers

1. site, ghastly
2. principal
3. continuously
4. effect
5. artist
6. collage
7. host
8. shake

II. Irony is when we say one thing but mean another, usually the opposite of what we say. When someone makes a mistake and you say, “Oh ! that was clever !” that is irony. You’re saying ‘clever’ to mean ‘not clever’.
Expressions we often use in an ironic fashion are :

• Oh, wasn’t that clever ! /Oh that was clever !
• You have been a great help, I must say !
• You’ve got yourself into a lovely mess, haven’t you ?
• Oh, very funny ! /How funny !

We use a slightly different tone of voice when we use these words ironically.

Read the play carefully and find the words and expressions Gerrard uses in an ironic way. Then say what these expressions really mean. Two examples have been given below. Write down three more such expressions along with what they really mean.

What the author says	What he means
Why, this is a surprise, Mr – er –	He pretends that the intruder is a social visitor whom he is welcoming. In this way he hides his fear.
At last a sympathetic audience !	He pretends that the intruder wants to listen to him, whereas actually the intruder wants to find out information for his own use.

Answers

What the author says	What he means
1. At last a sympathetic audience !	Gerrard means that his company is not a sympathetic audience. It is because the Intruder has got a gun in his hand.
2. You have been so modest	Gerrard means that the Intruder has been immodest in not having told anything about himself.
3. With you figuring so largely in it, that is understandable	Gerrard means that it is not understandable how anything about him is ‘surprising’.

DICTIONARY USE
A word can mean different things in different contexts. Look at these three sentences :

1. The students are taught to respect different cultures.
2. The school is organising a cultural show.
3. His voice is cultured.

In the first sentence, ‘culture’ (noun) means way of life ; in the second, ‘cultural’ (adjective) means connected with art, literature and music ; and in the third, ‘cultured’ (verb) means sophisticated, well-mannered. Usually a dictionary helps you identify the right meaning by giving you signposts.

Look up the dictionary entries for the words sympathy, familiarity, comfort, care, and surprise. Use the information given in the dictionary and complete the table.

Noun	Adjective	Adverb	Verb	Meaning
sympathy
familiarity
comfort
care
surprise

 Answers

Noun	Adjective	Adverb	Verb	Meaning
sympathy	sympathetic	sympathetically	sympathize	feeling pity for others
familiarity	familiar	familiarly	familiarize	to know/to have knowledge about things
comfort	comfortable	comfortably	comfort	state being free from suffering etc
care	caring	carefully	care	concerned
surprise	surprising	surprisingly	surprise	amaze

WRITING
I. Which of the words below describe Gerrard and which describe the Intruder ?

1. smart
2. humorous
3. clever
4. beautiful
5. cool
6. confident
7. flashy
8. witty
9. nonchalant

Write a paragraph each about Gerrard and the Intruder to show what qualities they have. (You can use some of the words given above.)

II. Convert the play into a story (150-200 words). Your story should be as exciting and as witty as the play. Provide a suitable title to it.

Answers
I. The words that describe Gerrard are : cool, confident, witty, clever, nonchalant, humorous.
The words that describe the Intruder are : smart, beautiful, flashy, clever, confident.

How Gerrard Outwits the Intruder

Gerrard resides in his cottage all alone. It is situated in a lonely place. He is a young man of cool and confident nature. He is a playwright. He doesn’t meet many people. By nature he is a witty and humorous person. He takes things humorously. But he handles them with a cool mind. He is not easy to be outwitted. He doesn’t get nervous easily. He remains confident till the end. That’s why, he outsmarts the Intruder with success.

The Intruder is a smart and handsome young man. He wears flashy clothes. In his dress he looks like a detective. He is very clever and confident. He has the ability to pretend what he is not. He is greatly intelligent to create fear in Gerrard by his gun. He understands things. He tries to put them to his advantage. But he is helpless before Gerrard. Gerrard outsmarts him in his false story of being himself a murderer. Gerrard at last puts him in a cupboard. Then he gets him arrested.

II. Gerrard is a cultured playwright. He lives in a small cottage. He does meet many people. He is to go out soon. But before he does so, an Intruder enters his cottage. He has a gun in his hand. He bumps accidentally against the table. Gerrard welcomes him with confidence.

The Intruder opens up. He asks Gerrard many questions. These are about his life, his cottage, how many people come there etc. Gerrard is cool and confident. He under-stands the Intruder’s design. He answers his questions with humour, wit and irony. He says that the Intruder didn’t ‘require a great brain’ to break into his little cottage. He . even asked him about his ‘speciality’.

At last Gerrard understood. The Intruder wanted to murder him and live as Gerrard because he looked like him. Gerrard at once understood everything. He told the Intruder that he was also a murderer. Therefore, the police were after him.

Gerrard explained that unfortunately one of his men had been caught. He was expecting trouble that night because of that. He was to be off that night. He then made [ the Intruder understand that it was good for him if he went with him. He also told him that if it was a frame, he could shoot him in the car.
The Intruder agreed. But when he was about to cross the door, Gerrard pushed him into the nearby cupboard in a split second. He then slammed it. Thereafter, he telephoned the police for his arrest.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 7 Packing are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 7 Packing.

Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Beehive
Chapter	Chapter 7
Chapter Name	Packing
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 7 Packing

TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
(Page 89)

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT
I. Discuss in pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30-40 words).
1. How many characters are there in the narrative ? Name them. (Don’t forget the dog !).
2. Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the packing ?
Or
Why did the narrator offer that he would pack ? (CBSE)
3. How did George and Harris react to this ? Did Jerome like their reaction ?
4. What was Jerome’s real intention when he offered to pack ?
Or
What was the author’s intention when he offered that he would pack everything for them ? (CBSE)
5. What did Harris say after the hag was shut and strapped ? Why do you think he waited till then to ask ?
6. What “horrible idea” occurred to Jerome a little later ?
7. Where did Jerome finally find the toothbrush ?
8. Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag ? (CBSE)
9. What did George and Harris offer to pack and why ?
10. While packing the hamper, George and Harris do a number of foolish and funny things. Tick the statements that are true.
(i) They started with breaking a cup.
(ii) They also broke a plate.
(iii) They squashed a tomato.
(iv) They trod on,the butter.
(v) They stepped on a banana.
(vi) They put things behind them, and couldn’t find them.
(vii) They stepped on things.
(viii) They packed the pictures at the bottom and put heavy things on top.
(ix) They upset almost everything.
(x) They were very good at packing.

Answers
1. There are four characters in the narrative. They are one, Jerome, the narrator himself, two, George, three, Harris. The fourth is the dog named Montmorency.

2. The narrator thought that George and Harris would not let him do the packing out of formality. Therefore, he volunteered to do the packing as a formality. Then he would boss over the job. But it didn’t happen.

3. George and Harris at once agreed to the narrator’s suggestion to do the packing. Jerome did not like it.

4. His real intention was to boss the job while George and Harris did the packing. But their agreeing to his packing irritated him.

5. The bag was shut and strapped. Then Harris asked Jerome if he had put the boots in. It was Harris’s habit not to say a word until the job was finished.

6. Jerome opened the bag. As he was going to close it, a horrible idea came to him. It was if he had packed his toothbrush. He had had problems always with his tooth-brush.

7. Jerome found his toothbrush inside a boot. Then he repacked the things once more.

8. Jerome had packed his tobacco-pouch in the bag. So he had to reopen the packed bag. He reopened it to get the pouch. When he had finished packing, George had asked him if the soap was in. But he didn’t care for that.

9. George and Harris offered to pack because the hampers were yet not packed. They thought that they had better do the rest. But they started breaking the things.

10. The true statements are given below :
(i)
(iii)
(iv)
(vi)
(vii)
(ix)

II. What does Jerome say was Montmorency’s ambition in life ? What do you think of Montmorency and why ?

Answer
Jerome says that Montmorency’s ambition in life is to get in the way and be sworn at. He wants to be a perfect nuisance and make people mad. It is his habit to enjoy things being thrown at him. He then feels his day has not been wasted. He wants to get somebody to stumble over him and curse him for an hour. It is his highest aim and object in life.

Harris and George were packing. Montmorency came and sat on the things. He felt that George and Harris were going to touch his wet nose. He thought the lemons were rats and ‘killed’ three of them.

It is the natural, original sin that is born in him. It makes him do things like that.

III. Discuss in groups and answer the following questions in two or three paragraphs (100-150 words).
1. Of the three, Jerome, George and Harris, who do you think is the best or worst packer ? Support your answer with details from the text.
2. How did Montmorency ‘contribute’ to the packing ?
3. Do you find this story funny ? What are the humorous elements in it ? (Pick out at least three, think about what happens, as well as how it is described.)

Answers
1. Both George and Harris are worse packers than Jerome. The difference is of degrees only. As regards packing in a general way, the three of them create confusion and confusion only. First, take Jerome. He packs but forgets what he has packed, how and where. He packs his tobacco-pouch in the bag but forgets it. Then he remembers his toothbrush and opens the bag. He finds it in the boot.

Take the case of George and Harris, the author himself says that Harris is “the worst packer in this world”. Both start packing. There are piles of plates, cups, kettles, bottles, jars, pies, stoves, cakes, tomatoes etc. They break cups. Harris packs the strawberry jam on top of a tomato and squashes it. He packs the pies at the bottom. Then he puts heavy things on top and smashes the pies in. George treads on the butter. He gets it offhis slipper. He puts it in the kettle. But it doesn’t go in. It is put down on a chair. Harris sits on it. It sticks to him. Then they search for it.

It is disorder everywhere as things after things get broken.

2. Montmorency ‘contributed’ to the packing in a tunny way. It was his ‘ambition’ in life to get in the way and be sworn at. He would put himself in everybody’s way where he was not wanted. He wanted to be a perfect nuisance. He wanted people to go mad and have things thrown at his head. Then he would feel his day had not been wasted. He longed to get somebody to stumble over him and curse him for long.

Montmorency came and sat down on things which were to be packed. Harris and George reached out for things to pack. He felt that they touched his cold damp nose. He put his leg into the jam and worried the teaspoons. He pretended the lemons were rats. He got into the hamper and “killed’ three of them. But Harris landed him with the frying-pan.

3. The story is really funny. It is created by Jerome, Harris and George in creating ‘fun’ while packing. The dog Montmorency also contributes to this fun greatly.

Thefe are many humorous elements in it. The butter incident is one such element. George treads on it. It sticks to his slipper. Then it is put on the chair and forgotten. But Harris sits on it. It sticks to his bottom. The second element is that of the squashing of strawberry and tomatoes. Harris packs the strawberry jam on top of a tomato and squashes it. The third humorous element is caused by the dog Montmorency. Montmorency causes fun by his fixed belief. Harris or George reach for things to pack. They touch his cold damp nose everytime. Then he thinks the lemons as rats. He “kills’ three of them by getting into the hamper.

The description of all these elements is also humorous. We can visualise the fun in reading it. It creates lots of fun and laughter to see Harris’s bottom stuck with butter.

THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE
I. Match the words/phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.

A	B
1. slaving	(i) a quarrel or an argument
2. chaos	(ii) remove something from inside another thing using a sharp tool
3. rummage	(iii) strange, mysterious, difficult to explain
4. scrape out	(iv) finish successfully, achieve
5. stumble over, tumble into	(v) search for something by moving things around hurriedly or carelessly
6. accomplish	(vi) complete confusion and disorder
7. uncanny	(vii) fall, or step awkwardly while walking
8. (to have or get into) a row	(viii) working hard

Answer

A	B
1. slaving	(viii) working hard
2. chaos	(vi) complete confusion and disorder
3. rummage	(v) search for something by moving things around hurriedly or carelessly
4. scrape out	(ii) remove something from inside another thing using a sharp tool
5. stumble over, tumble into	(vii) fall, or step awkwardly while walking
6. accomplish	(iv) finish successfully, achieve
7. uncanny	(iii) strange, mysterious, difficult to explain
8. (to have or get into) a row	(i) a quarrel or an argument

II. Use suitable words or phrases from column A above to complete the paragraph given below.

A Traffic Jam

During power cuts, when traffic lights go off, there is utter ….. at crossroads. Drivers add to the confusion by …… over their right of way, and nearly come to blows. Sometimes passers-by, seeing a few policemen ……… at regulating traffic, step in to help. This gives them a feeling of having …… something.

Answer
chaos
getting into a row
slaving
accomplished.

1. Now work in pairs. Give
(i) two commands to your partner.
(ii) two do’s and don’ts to a new student in your class.
(iii) directions to get to each other’s houses.
(iv) instructions for moving the body in an exercise or a dance, or for cooking something.

Answers
(i) Don’t waste time. Don’t spit here.
(ii) Do’s
(a) Respect your teachers.
(b) Behave properly.
Don’ts
Don’t make a noise
Don’t come late to the class.
(iii) Go straight on M.G. Road. Walk for 10 minutes. Look to the left. There is a park nearby. Across the park, there is my house. It looks like a bungalow with a Holy Cross structure.
(iv) One instance. Sit cross-legged. Raise your palm. Put the thumb on one nostril. Breathe into the air. Then close the open nostril with the tip of the first finger. Remove the thumb from the first nostril. Breathe out the air through the first nostril. This is the yoga called ‘Lom Vilom’.

2. The table below has some proverbs telling you what to do and what not to do. Fill in the blanks and add a few more such proverbs to the table.

Positive	Negative
(i) Save for a rainy day.	(i) Don’t cry over spilt milk.
(ii) Make hay while the sun shines.	(ii) Don’t put the cart before the horse.
(iii) …….. before you leap.	(iii) ……… a mountain out of a mole hill.
(iv) ……. and let live	(iv) ……… all your eggs in one basket.

 Answers

(iii) Look before you leap	(iii) Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill.
(iv) Live and let live	(iv) Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
(v) Morning shows the day.	(v) Don’t believe in all and sundry.
(vi) Keep all things in apple-pie order.	(vi) Don’t count your eggs before they are hatched.
(vii) Tagore was a man of letters.	(vii) Don’t act before thinking.
(viii) Gandhi died in harness.	(viii) Don’t keep your father in the dark.

WRITING
You have seen how Jerome, George and Harris mess up their packing, especially of the hamper. From their mistakes you must have thought of some dos and don’ts for packing. Can you give some tips for packing by completing the paragraph below ?
First pack all the heavy items, especially the ones you don’t need right away. Then … Here are some words and phrases you can use to begin your sentences with :

• Then
• Remember
• Next
• Don’t forget
• Now
• At last/Finally

Answer
Then put less heavy things on them. Now pick out small things. Put them in one comer or the other. Remember to put those things in the outer pockets. You may need these while travelling. These are toothbrush, soap, comb etc. Don’t forget to put all the things that are necessary and will be needed. At last, zip the bag. Also lock it at appropriate places.

ACTIVITY
Collect some examples of instructions, directions, etc. from notice boards and pamphlets. Bring them to class and display them, or read them out. (You can collect examples in English as well as other languages, Indian or foreign.)

Answer
For Self-attempt.

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Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Main Course Book
Chapter	Unit 6 Chapter 5
Chapter Name	We are the World
Category	NCERT Solutions

CBSE Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 6 Children Chapter 5 We are the World

Question 1.
The following are the lyrics of a famous song. Complete it by filling in the missing letters (mostly vowels).
Answer :

Question 2.
Your teacher will now play the song ‘We Are the World’, sung by many famous singers of the West.Do you know why it is called ‘We Are the World’ ? Why was it recorded ? What were the singers trying to do ? Did they succeed ? Listen to the song and check whether you have guessed right in Question 1. Listen again until you are ready to sing along with it.
Play the song a number of times :
We are the world
There comes a time
When we heed a certain call
When the world comes together
As one
There are people dying
Oh, and it’s time
To lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can’t go on
Pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere
Will soon make a change
We are all a part of
God’s great big family
And the truth you know
Love is all we need

We are the world
We are the people
We are the ones
To make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
There’s a choice we are making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

We’ll send them your heart
So they know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger
‘And free
As God has shown us
By turning stone to bread
And so we all must
Lend a helping hand
We are the world.

We are down and out
And there seems no hope at all
But, if you just believe
There’s no way we can fall
Oh yes, let’s realise
That change can only come
When we stand together
As one

We are the world
we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So lets start giving
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
its true we’ll make a brighter day
Just you and me

Answer :
(i) The Song was sung by famous singers of the world. They are :

The song was sung in a live programme. It was the programme Live Aid organised in 1986 in the U.S.A. to collect funds for the drought – stricken people in Ethiopia.
(ii) The Song is called We are the World because, in a way, the entire humanity was represented and symbolised by the singers for a great purpose. It was to focus its attention to the drought-stricken people in Ethiopia. Also, it means indirectly that if the ‘World’ gets united in this way, it can meet any challenge to help those in crisis.

(iii) The song was recorded to be sung by these famous singers to collect funds for the Ethiopian people who were dying because of drought. The cassettes of this song were sold in millions. The funds thus raised were donated to the Ethiopian Relief Fund.

(iv ) The singers were focusing the attention of the people of the world to donate liberally to the Fund to help the Ethiopian people. They also emphasized that if all the peoples of the world get united for some noble cause of humanity, no catastrophe can be catastrophe.

(v) Yes, they succeeded. Billions of dollars etc, were collected. With this money many Ethiopian lives were saved from a sure death.

Question 3.
What do the following extracts mean ?

• We are the children
• There’s a choice we’re making.
  We’re saving our own lives …
• Well, send them your heart
  So they know that someone cares …
• Change can only come
  When we stand together
  As one …

Answer :

• These children are also part of our own world. We all make up this world. So these children are part of us.
• These children are a part of our own world. We are willingly making up a choice to help them. In doing so we are saving our own lives.
• Let us be generous.By being helpful, we will make them feel that they are not a neglected lot as we are here to take care of them. They will feel assured that there is someone in the world who cares for them in times of adversity.
• As individuals we are weak : we can change very little. United we are strong : we can achieve a great deal. We can even achieve the impossible if we stand united. Thus there will be a change if we stand together as one.

Question 4.
As children of the world, you have a role in helping to solve the problems prevalent in society. In groups of four prepare a short skit on any one problem and present it in front of the class.
Answer :
Students can discuss the problems in groups, as asked for. They can play an important role in helping to solve some of the problems of the world, especially concerning the children. These are child labour, rag-picking by children, sanitation, illiteracy eradication programme, health care, etc.

A skit may also be drawn/sketched by them concerning some of these problems.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 3 Environment Chapter 3 Save the Tiger are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 3 Environment Chapter 3 Save the Tiger.

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Chapter Name	Save the Tiger
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CBSE Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 3 Environment Chapter 3 Save the Tiger

TEXTUAL EXERCISES
(Page 63)

Question 1.
What is your opinion about ‘Animals behind bars’ ? Share your views with the class.
Answer :
My opinion about ‘Animals behind bars’ is rather sad. I see them as prisoners who have been snatched out of their natural habitat and their own families. They can’t move as they like. But they have to walk in the iron cages which are now their homes. This way they are virtual prisoners in them. So their ‘freedom’ has been snatched away from them and it is the most atrocious. That’s why, we can see their weak bodies and blank faces. They live but in a dying way.

Their pathetic condition can be felt by placing ourselves in a dying way. Thus these animals behind bars need to be released in the wild at once. But it seems a far-fetched wish.

Question 2.
Read through the poem and quickly make a note of any thoughts that come to you, while you are reading it.

Dispute :
A man and a tiger once had a dispute, Which was reckoned greater, the man or the brute. The tiger discoursed on his side at some length, And greatly enlarged on his courage and strength, Said the man, ‘Don’t be prating; look yonder, I pray, At that sculpture of marble: now what will you say? The tiger is vanquished; but as for the man, He is striding upon him: deny if you can.’ ‘But pray,’ said the tiger, ‘Who sculptured that stone? ‘One of us,’ said the man. ‘I must candidly own.’ ‘But when we are sculptors,’ the other replied, ‘You will then on the man see the tiger astride.’ Anonymous.
Answer :
No question asked.

Question 3.
Answer the following questions by ticking the correct options :
1. What was the cause of the dispute between the tiger and the man ?
(a) to establish who was superior.
(b) to prove beasts were inferior.
(c) to justify that beasts should be caged.
(d) to prove that man was more intelligent.

2. What did the man do to prove his point ?
(a) he caged the tiger.
(b) he carved a statue of a man riding a tiger.
(c) he put the tiger in a cage.
(d) he enslaved the tiger.

3. What was the tiger’s counter-argument ?
(а) he said that he was the king of the jungle.
(б) he claimed he ruled the world.
(c) he said the situation would be reversed if he was the sculptor.
(d) he threatened to devour the man in a moment.
Answer :
1. (a)
2. (b)
3. (c)

Question 4.
In pairs discuss the qualities and characteristics of the tiger and the man. Complete the web charts.


Answer :
To be discussed in pair. Some answers are given below :

Question 5.
Working in groups of four, write a dialogue between :

• A tiger behind bars and a man
• A man in a cage and a tiger

Answer :
For working in groups of four. One type of dialogue is given below :
Man to the tiger in the cage : Hai ! see how I have caged you !
Tiger : Yes, but one day I shall set you in my place.
Tiger to man in the cage : Hai ! how do you feel being caged like this ?
Man : I wonder how you have done this !
Tiger : Now tell who is stronger ?
Man : Time will tell.
Tiger : Now you see how I felt when I was forced to be in the cage. Loss of freedom is like a living death.
Man : We are the rulers and shall reverse this situation…

Question 6.
Listen to the extract on Tigers and as you listen, complete the summary given below.
Save Tigers :
The price of human greed is being paid by yet another animal species the Tiger. Today the tiger population is getting depleted at an alarming rate. According to a recent survey, one tiger is being poached everyday. If the present state of affairs is allowed to continue, the next generation will not get to see the majestic animal even in the zoo.

It is high time that action is taken to protect and conserve the tigers in order to maintain the ecological balance. Stringent laws against poachers must be enforced. It is over 40 yrs since the tigers became our national animal. As a result, the species was to be protected. Ironically, they are closer to the edge of extinction now than ever before. Children, scientists, conservationists, NGOs and institutions in India and world wide have put their heart and soul into trying to save the tiger. Yet there is little we all have been able to do. The responsibility and the power of protection lies with the government, specifically the forest department.

Let us not forget that if we destroy nature, ultimately we will be destroyed ourselves. Tiger, an apex predator is an indicator of our ecosystem’s health. Saving the tiger means we save the forest, since tiger cannot live in places where trees have vanished, and in turn secure food and water for all.

Tigers are now an endangered species. Today there are about 5000 to 7,400 left in the world. Three types of tigers – The Bali, Javan and Caspian tigers have become extinct. The two reasons why tigers are endangered are: Habitat loss and illegal killing.

Illegal Killing :
One of the most important aspects to recognise in threatening our national animal is poaching. Tigers are killed to make rugs and coats out of their skins. In many Asian cultures medicines made from tiger’s parts are believed to cure diseases.

Habitat Loss :
Forests where tigers live are cut by humans for farming, building houses and roads. This leads to tigers becoming homeless and foodless. Since other animals also die when forests are cut, it leads to tigers becoming weak and ultimately dying.

Project Tiger :
Project Tiger is a wildlife conservation project initiated in India in 1972 to protect the Bengal Tigers. It was launched on April 1, 1973 and has become one of the most successful wild life conservation ventures. The project aims at Tiger conservation in specially constituted Tiger reserves representative of various bio – geographical regions through out India. It strives to maintain a viable conservation reliant on tiger population in their natural environment.

Project Tiger was Indira Gandhi’s pet project. The main achievements of this project are excellent recovery of the habitat and consequent increase in the tiger population in the reserve areas, from a mere 268 in 7 reserves in 1972 to above one thousand in 28 reserves in 2006.

Tigers being at the apex of the food chain can be considered as the indicator of the integrity of the eco system. They can be found in a wide range of habitats, from the evergreen and monsoon forests of the Indo-Malayan realm to the mixed coniferous – deciduous woodlands of the Russian Far east and the mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans, shared by India and Bangladesh.

Tigers are mostly nocturnal but in the northern part of its range, the Siberian subspecies may also be active during the day at winter-time. All wild tigers live in Asia, others live in the humid jungles of Sumatra. The body length is 140 – 280 cm and the tail length is 60 to 95 cm. The upper part of the animal ranges from reddish orange to ochre and the under parts all whitish. The body has a series of black striations of black to dark grey colour.
Answer :
No question asked.

Question 7.
Fill in the blanks :

1.  The next generation is not likely to see the tiger because of.
2. laws against poachers must be enforced.
3. The responsibility of protection of the tiger lies with the
4. One of the reasons for the Tiger becoming extinct is
5. Destroying nature means
6. ….., ….., and are different types of tigers.
7. is a wild life conservation project.
8. Tigers are found in the evergreen and monsoon forests of the
9. Though tigers are mostly nocturnal, species may also be active during the day.
10. The body length of the tiger is cm.

Answer :

1. depletion of tiger population/extinction of tigers
2. Stringent
3. government, specifically the forest department
4. poaching/habitat loss
5. destroying ourselves
6. The Bali, Javan and Caspian tigers
7. ‘Project Tiger’
8. Indo-Malayan realm
9. Siberian sub
10. 140-280

Question 8.
Read the information given below. Do you know that tigers are the biggest cats in the world? There are five different kinds or sub-species of tiger alive in the world today. Tigers are called Panthera tigris in Latin, Bagh in Hindi & Bengali, Kaduva in Malayalam & Pedda Puli in Telugu.
Total Population of Tigers in the world :


Extinct Species :

1. P.t. virgata (Caspian Tiger)
2. P.t. sondaica (Javan Tiger
3. P.t. balica (Bali Tiger)

Tiger in Trouble :
Since some tiger parts are used in traditional medicine, the tiger is in danger. Apart from its head being used as a trophy to decorate walls, tigers are also hunted for the following.
Head : As a trophy on the wall.
Brain : To cure laziness and pimples.
Teeth : For rabies, asthma and sores.
Blood : For strengthening the constitution and will power.
Fat : For vomiting, dog bites, bleeding haemorrhoids and scalp ailments in children.
Skin : To treat mental illness and to make fur coats.
Whiskers : For toothache.

Question 9.
After reading the information given in C.8, complete the table given below by
filling in the blank spaces.

Answer :
(a) China
(b) 12
(c) 20
(d) 2500
(e) 3800
(f) 30
(g) Sumatra
(h) 500

Question 10.
‘Massive poaching in the past two years has wiped out the entire tiger population at one of the tiger reserves in India,’ says one of the investigation reports. Study the information in C.7 and C.8 and notice how the number of tigers are falling. Using the information, write a paragraph in about 150 words on Project Tiger.
Answer :
Project Tiger :
It is sad that the next generation may not see the tiger if poaching goes on as it is today. Govt, must check it, otherwise we shall see a threatening to our existence too. Three species of tiger—The Bali, Javan and Caspian—are already extinct. ‘Project Tiger’ is a good project to save this species.

A tiger covers ten metres in its horizontal leap. Most tigers have more than 100 stripes and no tigers have identical stripes. The roar of a tiger can be heard from more than a mile away. Tigers are largely muscular. They rely on stealth and power rather than on speed to kill their prey.

There are different species of tigers. China has Amur subspecies of tigers. Their number ranges from minimum 12 to maximum 20. It has another species called Indo-Chinese (N.E.) whose number varies from 415 to 476. Sumatran Tigers range from 400 to 500 in number.

‘Project Tiger’ aims at saving the tiger from extinction. Tigers are at the head of the food chain and very indispensable for the maintenance of the ecological balance of nature. This ensures life to all.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 5 Mystery Chapter 1 Bermuda Triangle are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 5 Mystery Chapter 1 Bermuda Triangle.

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Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Main Course Book
Chapter	Unit 5 Chapter 1
Chapter Name	Bermuda Triangle
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CBSE Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 5 Mystery Chapter 1 Bermuda Triangle

Question 1.
The following are the dictionary entries for some of the words that appear in ‘The Mystery of Bermuda Triangle’. Study the words and their meanings before you read the mystery for better comprehension.

• Halloween/haelaavi:n/ : the night of 31st October when it was believed in the past that dead people appeared from their graves. This is now celebrated in the US, Canada and Britain by children who dress as ghosts and witches.
• vector/vekt (r)/ : an insect or animal which carries a disease from one animal or plant to another; a course taken by an aircraft; a quantity, such as velocity, completely specified by a magnitude and direction.
• crackle/kraekl/ : to make short sharp sounds.
• ascent/a’sent/ : the act of climbing or moving up.
• roger/rodz(r)/  : in communication by radio to show that they have understood a message ; an expression of agreement.
• probe/pr∂ub/ : to ask questions in order to find out some secret or hidden information; an exploratory action; expedition, or device, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region.
• abduct/aeb’dukt/ : to take somebody away illegally, by using force.
• time warp/taimwarp/ : a situation in which it is possible for people or things from the past or the future to move to the present.
• phenomenon/finominan/ : a fact or an event in nature or society, especially one that is not fully understood.
• erratic/iraetik/ : not happening at regular times.
• engulf/ingulf/ : to surround or to cover somebody or something completely.

Answer :
Students to read. NO questins have been asked in it.

Question 2.
This is an account of Sir James’ flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Complete the following using words from Question 1.
Captain James was enjoying the (a) _______________ party hosted by his neighbour Mr. Samuel. Suddenly, he got a call from his boss who wanted him to fly across the Atlantic with a reputably renowned investigator to (b)______________ into the (c) __________ of an heiress. He immediately got ready for the assignment. While starting the flight he checked the radar controllers. He found that routine traffic was proceeding undisturbed, in their (d)__________. There was no difficulty in the (e) ___________ and he (f)_________. All of a sudden there was a (g) _______ and communication was abruptly cut off. He checked the radar screen and it was moving (h)______. He experienced a strange (i)_________. He stepped into a mist and claimed to arrive at a time period after the French- Revolution. However, his (j) __________ theory was not convincing. He claimed that he just remembered being (k) _________in a big cloud. Nevertheless, people were happy to see him return after
a month.
Answer :
(a) Halloween
(b) probe
(c) abduction
(d) vector
(e) ascent
(f ) ascended
(g) crackle
(h) erratically
(i) phenomenon
(j) time warp
(k) engulfed

Question 3.
Discuss in groups
(a) Have you heard of the Bermuda Triangle? If so, what have you heard about it?
(b) Have you ever heard of an airplane or a boat disappearing without a trace?
(c) Can you think of an explanation for an airplane or a boat that disappeared without a trace?
Answer :
(a) Yes, I have heard something of the Bermuda Triangle. I have heard that it is a part of land and sea near America. It draws down aeroplanes flying over it. I have also heard that many accidents have occurred here, like aeroplanes disappearing without any trace or ships sinking mysteriously. But I was never sure of these things.
(b) Yes, I have heard of it over here but not clearly.
(c) I can’t think of any explanation of the disappearing of an aeroplane or a boat without a trace. But I feel that some mysterious things do occur in nature. These surely may be the causes of such unbelievable mishaps

Question 4.
Work in pairs and complete the table of the supernatural theories and logical explanations as presented in ‘The Mystery of Bermuda Triangle.

Answer :
For working in pairs at class level.
Supernatural Theories :

1. death rays called rays from the magic crystals left from the time of Atlantis, deep down into the sea.
2. presence of sea monsters/time warp
3. getting sucked into another dimension
4. alien abductions

Scientific Explanations :
(i) loss of direction due to change in magnetic field
(ii) unpredictable weather
(iii)

• This area is one of the two in the world where a magnetic compass points to true north rather than magnetic north
• many islands have shallow water (which is) dangerous for ships
• trenches available at seabed below sea level.
• formation of methane in the sea (methane lowers the density of water, leading to the sinking of the ships. Methane can also cut out an aircraft (engine) causing aircrashes.)

Question 5.
Listen to an interview between a radio jockey and a pilot.
Pilot : Yes, I was on board the plane & I rogered my position to the control room. But later on all of a sudden something strange happened. There was a lot of distance.
Interviewer : Did you try to contact the control room.
Pilot : I was trying to send SOS to the control room but there was just a crackle. I was surrounded by mist and cloud and something strange happened. I felt I was engulfed in a time-warp. I entered the cloud and then I stepped into the period of French Revolution.
Interviewer : You mean you travelled back in time to the French Revolution period.
Pilot : Exactly! I was perplexed.
Pilot : When I returned I tried to share it with my friends and other people, but they hardly believed me. Not exactly! I perfectly understand them. If I was in their shoes I would do exactly the same.
Answer :
No Question asked.

Question 6.
(а) In groups of four prepare a questionnaire for a pilot who has survived the Bermuda Triangle. Use the hints given below.

• Radar normal
• No disturbances
• Sudden communication failure
• Strange occurrence (use any of the theories or myths you have just read about)

Answer :
Questionnaire :

1. Did the Radar work normal ?
2. Did radio communication function normal ?
3. Did anything abnormal occur, I mean, like mysterious mist, seeing a kind of tunnel, going into the past ?
4. What did you experience being involved in the time-warp ? What were your feelings then ?
5. Any new or uncommon or strange phenomenon that you experienced ?

(b) On the basis of the questionnaire, hold a conversation with your partner- one can be a radio jockey and the other could be the pilot.
Answer :
Students can hold a conversation with their partner at class level giving full shape to the above points of a questionnaire. One sample answer is given below :
Radio Jockey : Congratulations ! By the grace of God you survived the possible crash. Can you tell us what actually happened ?
Pilot : Yes, I am lucky. Thank you. Well, something mysterious occurred. Before this mysterious occurrence everything was normal. I was flying well in a clear sky. But suddenly the blip on my radar started followed by a crackling sound. I tried to contact the Control Tower but could not.
Radio Jockey : Can you tell what happened thereafter ?
Pilot : Yes ! I do not know exactly what had happened thereafter. However, I remember hearing mysterious cries of some fight, may be, between the police and the public. I thought that I had died, was suddenly reborn and was in my youth.
Radio Jockey : How did you survive ?
Pilot : Well, I remember, though faintly, that my aeroplane suddenly went into a tailspin and crash-landed at a small island. Luckily, I was able to contact the Control Tower and was rescued.
Radio Jockey : It is really a strange occurrence.
Pilot : Well it is, but I have no proof of it all.

Question 7.
In groups of six, work on one of the mysteries given below by surfing the net and through other sources. Make a power point presentation.

• Yeti, the abominable snowman
• Loch Ness Monster
• UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects)
• Lost city of Atlantis
• Crop circles
• Nazial lines

Answer :
Working in groups of six at class level. Students should surf the internet and collect enough material on the individual sources to make a convincing presentation. Some useful information relating to each of these items is given below :
1. Yeti, tha Abominable Snowman :
The ‘Abominable Snowman/Yeti’ like the ‘Big Foots’ of the North American Continent, has been in existence for 6000 years. Unlike ‘Big Foot’, the Yeti did not evolve from an animal species, they evolved from the ‘caveman’. They can be found in China, the Himalayas and on up into the former Soviet Union to Siberia. The total Yeti population is said to be around 227. Their average life span is between 120 and 130 years. They are ‘carnivorous’. In 1996, 2 hikers in Nepal mountains took an amazing video of an age like creature walking upright along the slopes.

They normally have 3 per family group and they live in caves. The male is around 7 feet tall and the female around 8 feet. The male weighs 300 and 350 pounds and the female.around 200 and 250 pounds. The male is a ‘loner’ and leaves the female after mating. The female is left to raise the off-springs.

Many expeditions have attempted to prove the Yeti’s existence but no scientific evidence has confirmed it. The abominable snowman, as it is commonly called, has been sighted in the Himalayan mountains over 100 years. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reported seeing large footprints while scaling Mount Everest in 1953.

The Yeti has become a cultural icon, appearing in movies, literature, music, and „ video games. Significant film appearances include The Snow Creature (1954), The Abominable Snowman (1957) etc.

2. Loch Ness ‘monster’ :
The Loch Ness ‘monster’ known as ‘Nessie’ is an alleged plesiosaur-like creature living in Loch Ness. It is a long, deep lake near Inverness, Scotland. Many sights of the monster have been recorded, going back to St. Columbia, the Irish monk who converted most of Scotland to Christianity in the 6th century.

Dr. Robert Kenneth Wilson, a London physician, photographed a plesiosaur-like beast. It had a long neck emerging out of the murky waters—modern legend of‘Nessie’ started then. Scientists examined the photo, said it could be an otter or a plesiosaur, or a tree ! trunk Now sightings have grown less. ‘Loch Ness Project’ believes it is due to people growing sceptical.

Story of Loch Ness ‘monster’ has been around for more than 1500 years. Monster may be a fish, a whale, or a wave. The BBC claims Nessie the plesiosaur doesn’t exist.

3. UFOs (Unidentified Flying Object) :
Unidentified Flying Object, commonly abbreviated as UFO or U.F.O. is the popular term for any apparent aerial phenomenon whose cause can’t be easily or immediately identified by the observer. Coined as such by the US Air Force in 1952, UFOs are those objects that remain unidentified after scrutiny by expert investigators.

UFO reports increased after the first widely publicized US sighting reported by private pilot Kenneth Arnold in 1947. The term UFO is popularly taken as a synonym for alien spacecraft. Such objects include meteors, disintegrating satellites, flocks of birds, aircraft, lights, weather balloons and just anything moving with the visible band of electromagnetism.

There are no confirmed scientific proofs of the existence of UFOs.

4. Lost City of Atlantis :
Atlantis, a legendary island first mentioned in Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias. Atlantis was a naval power lying in front of the ‘Pillars of Hercules’ that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank into the ocean ‘in a single day and night of misfortune’.

Atlantis inspires today’s literature from science fiction to comic books to films. Its name has become a byword for any and all supposed advanced prehistoric lost civilizations.

Atlantis, if it were a real place, could be found west of the strait of Gibraltar near the Azores Islands. Ignatius Donnelly, an American politician, published a book in 1882 titled Atlantis, the Antediluvian World believed that Plato’s story represented historical fact. He located it in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, suggesting the Azores Islands represented what remained of the highest mountain peaks. But Donnelly’s theory has been found to be faulty. Explorer Percy Fawcett thought it might be located in Brazil.

K.T. Frost of Queen’s University in Belfast suggested that instead of being west of the Pillars of Hercules, Atlantis was east. He also thought that the catastrophic end of the island had come not 9000 years before Plato’s time, but only 900. The land of Atlantic, in that case, could be a well-known place in Plato’s time : The island of Crete, now is a part of modern Greece lying south of Athens across part of the Mediterranean Sea. Before 1500 BC, it was the seat of the Minoan Empire. The Minoans dominated the eastern Mediterranean with a powerful navy. The Minoan Crete was probably one of the most sophisticated cultures of its time. It had splendid architecture and art. A code of laws gave women equal legal status to men. Agriculture was highly developed and an extensive irrigation system existed.

5. Crop Circles :
A crop circle is a sizable pattern created by the flattening of a crop such as wheat, barley, rye or maize. Pranksters Doug Bower and Dave Charley started a phenomenon in 1978 by making actual circles on crops with simple tools. But these assumed strange shapes resembling extraterrestrials.

Various investigators came out with strange theories behind these. Some offered scientific methods results including electromagnetic radiation as the cause of flattening generated even further controversy.

Crop circles have affected people differently. These have acted as catalyst to learning, understanding and spirituality as we strive to understand the meaning and purpose behind the genuine crop circles. The purpose is to spread love and understanding around the globe—to unite the humanity through love.

6. Nazial Lines :
Try yourself

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Moments Chapter 8 A House is not a Home are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Moments Chapter 8 A House is not a Home.

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Class	Class 9
Subject	English Moments
Chapter	Chapter 8
Chapter Name	A House is not a Home
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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Moments Chapter 8 A House is not a Home

TEXTUAL EXERCISES
(Page 54)

Think About It

Question 1.
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon ? What is his mother’s reaction ? What does she do ?
Answer:
One Sunday afternoon the author saw smoke coming in through the ceiling. His mother and he ran out into the front yard. His mother carried a small metal box. It had important documents. Then she ran into the house to get her husband’s pictures and letters.

Question 2.
Why does he break down in tears after the fire ? (CBSE)
Answer:
The author’s pet cat was nowhere to be found. He also cried. He was suffering loss in the absence of his cat. He loved her dearly. Therefore, he broke down in tears.

Question 3.
Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school ? Which words show his fear and insecurity ?
Or
Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in the school ? (A House is Not a Home) (CBSE)
Answer:
The author felt remorse the next day in school. His clothes looked strange. He had no books or homework. His backpack was gone. He felt that he was going to be an outcast and a geek. He was full of fear and insecurity. He wanted to die. The words are : “weird’, ‘outcast’, ‘geek’ etc.

Question 4.
The cat and the author are very fond of each other. How has this been shown in the story ? Where was the cat after the fire ? Who brings it back and how ?
Answer:
The cat and the author are very fond of each other. This is seen in the author’s weeping and crying. After the fire the cat had run away a mile away. A woman saw it. The author’s telephone number was on its collar. She telephoned the author and delivered the cat to him.

Question 5.
What actions of the schoolmates change the author’s understanding of life and people, and comfort him emotionally ? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating in life ?
Or
What gesture of his schoolmates touched the author’s heart in ‘A House is Not a Home ? (CBSE)
Answer:
The schoolmates collected notebooks, clothes, tops and sweatsuits for him. People met him and showed concern. These actions changed the author’s understanding of life and people. This all touched him emotionally. He made many friends that day.

Question 6.
What is the meaning of ‘My cat was back and so was I’ ? Had the author gone anywhere ? Why does he say that he is also back ?
Or
What did the author mean by “my cat was back and so was I” ? (CBSE)
Answer:
The meaning is that his cat came back. He felt that he came to the earlier phase of life. In it he had lots of friends and had no worry. He had not gone anywhere. But he felt lonely in the change at his new school. He says so because now he has many friends. Also he does not feel lonely.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 6 Children Chapter 2 Children of India are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 6 Children Chapter 2 Children of India.

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CBSE Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 6 Children Chapter 2 Children of India

Question 1.
Below are the pictures of two children – Shravan Kumar and Narendra Kumar – both 13 years of age. (They are not related.) Working with a partner, look at their pictures and predict how each child lives. Write your answer in points.

Shravan Kumar :
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________

Narendra Kumar :
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
Answer :
Shravan Kumar :

• illiterate and poor
• works in a dhaba
• doesn’t go to school
• has no comfortable life
• livelihood more important
• not much healthy

Narendra Kumar :

• not poor
• is a son of rich parents
• goes to school
• has comfortable life
• career, good life more important
• healthy and cheerful

Question 2.
Here are the stories of the two boys. One student reads the story of Shravan Kumar and the second student reads the story of Narendra Kumar. After reading the story, each student completes his or her half of the table in Question 3.
SHRAVAN KUMAR :
His day begins when most other people’s ends. Thirteen-year old Sharvan Kumar works in a tea shop on Delhi’s Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,where several newspaper offices are situated.His work begins around seven in the evening when he starts preparing samosas, coffee and tea. He carries these to several offices, does the dishes, and goes around collecting his money, well into the night. Around six in the morning, when all the newspapers are despatched for distribution and the press employees return home, he prepares his food, has a bath and goes to bed.

Shravan is an orphan who came to Delhi from his village in Bihar in search of work. His father kept a shop, but was tricked out of it by a deceitful uncle. Despair drove him to alcohol and gambling, and he died of a stroke soon after. Shravan worked in a tea shop in his village for a while. “When I first began washing other people’s cups and glasses”, he recalls, “I used to feel very bad, I would cry.” Shravan moved to the more lucrative environs of Delhi, where his elder brother Shatrughan had preceded him. A job in a shop selling ice was his first taste of big city life. His mother came to visit him in Delhi, but she fell ill and died soon after. “That was two or three years ago. I don’t remember exactly when,” the little boy says. Soon, Shravan lost his first job. His employer still owes him Rs 500. Following a brief spell of unemployment and a short spell as an assistant at a car park, he joined the tea shop where he is presently employed. The ruthlessness and loneliness of the world has left him shattered. “I think I am all alone in this world,” he says despondently.

Of the Rs 300 that he earns every month, he deposits Rs 200 in the bank. His bank balance stands at Rs 2000, he says proudly. Survival is his immediate aim but there is a larger objective towards which Shravan is working. He intends to retrieve the land that was mortgaged by his father. Already Shravan and Shatrughan have paid back the loan of Rs 8000 – only the interest remains to be paid.

Shravan was a dedicated lottery buyer at one time; until he realized that it was adding nothing to his income. The cinema remains a favourite form of entertainment – he even wakes up early to see the noon show. “I have no friends here. Who keeps awake late at night and sleeps during the day? I miss my village. There, I used to play gully danda and marbles and I had a lot of friends. When I went to the village last year, I met them. They are still studying and playing games. I want to join them, but it is a question of survival for me.” Sharvan’s mother wanted him to own a big shop – “like the one his father owned,” he says wistfully. He dreams of fulfilling her wish. He dreams of getting back their mortgaged land, and returning to the village for  good, “I like being in my village. I like the films and the glitter of Delhi, but I prefer the greenery, the trees, and the fields of my village.” Maybe the grit and intelligence he has shown, alone and friendless, in facing a hostile world, will also win for him his heart’s desire.

NARENDRA KUMAR :
Narendra Kumar, a thirteen year old Kendriya Vidyalaya student, was interviewed by The Illustrated Weekly of India. Read what he says about himself.
Interviewer : Hello, Narendra!
Narendra : Hello!
Interviewer : Congratulations! Narendra. I saw your photograph in the newspaper last week, when you won the Soviet Land Nehru Award for drawing and painting. Our readers are anxious to know more about you.
Narendra : Thank you, Sir. I think I was just lucky to get the award. The competition is held every year in my school and a large number of students take part in it.
Interviewer : That’s good, very good. It’s evident that your school encourages students to take part in various activities.
Narendra : Oh yes. Our teachers – especially my Art teacher, Mr. V. Sinha – give us a lot of encouragement. My parents have encouraged me a lot, too.
Interviewer : When did you start painting?
Narendra : When I was three. I was attending the Shishu Vihar Nursery School. My teacher gave me a picture of a big kite one day. The picture was beautiful and that very day I asked my father to buy me some crayons and drawing paper… Soon my room was full of crayons and paper! I kept drawing whenever I found time. I now have a mini art room of my own at home!
Interviewer : That’s great, really great! Do you want to become an artist when you grow up?
Narendra : No. Drawing and painting are just hobbies, which give me a great deal of pleasure. I want to become a police officer when I grow up. That’s the only thing I’ve ever wanted to be.
Interviewer : Is that because your father is a police officer?
Narendra : Yes, maybe. I’ve been watching my father and other policemen for a very long time. I suppose I want to be like him!
Interviewer : Do you feel you have the qualities that a good police officer needs?
Narendra : Yes, I think so. A good police officer needs to be physically fit and mentally alert. I’m trying my best to grow into a healthy young man. I’m a member of the local sports club. I play tennis in the evenings and I also swim regularly.
Interviewer : How do you find time for all these activities?
Narendra : Well, I suppose I’m busy the whole day. Immediately after school I like to paint or play. I study before dinner and usually get to bed at about 10 o’clock.
Interviewer : Thank you, Narendra. It’s been good talking to you. We wish you success.
Narendra : It’s been a pleasure.

Question 3.
Complete the table for the story you have read. By asking and answering questions, exchange information with your partner (for the story you have not read) and complete the other half of the table.

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Question 4.
There are many ways of expressing differences and similarities. Read the passage below, and study the expressions printed in italics.
Day School and Boarding School :
Both day school and boarding school are institutions where children go to study. While the former does not provide any residential accommodation, the latter expects children to live on the premises. A boarding school has an advantage over a day school as their classes are normally smaller. However, the two schools are similar in aiming for high standards of education for all students.
Answer :
No question asked.

Question 5.
Below is a list of other expressions. Decide what each expression means, by writing D for difference or S for similarity against each. Try to add more expressions to your list and make use of them in writing your article in Question 6.

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Question 6.
Write a magazine article about both the boys, in which you bring out the similarities and differences in their lives. Use the table you completed in Question 3. Give your article a suitable title. Remember ‘CODER’.
Organise your article like this :
Paragraph 1 : Give their names and ages. Compare their families, parents and backgrounds.
Paragraph 2 : Compare how each spends a typical day and their recreation/hobbies.
Paragraph 3 : Compare their hopes/dreams/ambitions and your assessment of their future.
Answer :

CHILDREN OF GOD

1. Both Shravan and Narendra are 13 years old. Shravan is an orphan while Narendra’s parents are alive. Shravan’s father had a shop. But he was tricked out of it. Narendra’s father is a police officer. Narendra’s mother is still living, while Shravan’s died of illness. Shravan comes of very poor family background. However, Narendra’s family is well off. Narendra has been brought up in a city, whereas Shravan grew up in a remote village in Bihar.

2. Both Shravan and Narendra spend their days differently. Shravan’s typical day starts at 7 pm, while Narendra’s starts with school routine in the morning. While Shravan serves samosas, tea or coffee to his customers,as he works in a tea stall, Narendra studies at home. Whereas Shravan works whole night, Narendra sleeps at 10 pm and enjoys sleeping whole night. Shravan goes to sleep at about 6 am. However, Narendra rises at this time from sleep. Narendra plays, draws, paints and swims regularly. As compared to him, Shravan has almost no such hobbies. He goes to cinema only. While in village, Shravan used to play gully danda. Narendra paints and draws pictures at this time.

3. As regards hopes, dreams and ambitions, both Shravan and Narendra are alike. However, their goals are different. Shravan dreams to own a shop like his father. He wants to get back their mortgaged land after repayment of loan and finally return to his village for good. Narendra aspires to become a police officer. Both are dedicated, hard working and goal-oriented. It is hoped that they would fulfil their ambitions. Shravan has, it seems, almost achieved his modest goal. Narendra shall, however, take time to achieve it. He, it seems, would definitely be a police officer if everything goes all right. Both seem to enjoy a good future. It is seen from their ambitions, devotion and hard work towards their individual goals.

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