NCERT 9 ENGLISH TEXTBOOK SOLUTION

Solution : 1 (i) Gerrard has said the given line. (ii) He said so because the intruder had finally stopped threatening him and ordering him about and asked him to speak about himself. (iii) He was being sarcastic. The audience, i.e., the intruder was in no ways sympathetic. In fact, he told Gerard, at gunpoint, to talk about himself so that he could use the information to further his own interests. (ii)  Solution : 2 The intruder chose Gerrard as the man whose identity he wanted to take on because he was of the same build as Gerrard and so his clothes too would fit him fine. Also as Vincent Charles Gerrard, he would be free to go places and do nothing. He could eat well and sleep without having to be ready to run away at the sight of a cop. He would only have to wear specs and he would look enough like Gerrard to get way with it. Solution : 3 (i)    Gerrard has said the given line. (ii)   It means that when things went wrong with him, he ...

Solution : 1 1. The two temples the author visited in Kathmandu were the Pashupatinath temple and the Baudhnath stupa. 2. 'All this' refers to the author buying a bar of marzipan, a corn-on-the-cob roasted in a charcoal stove on the pavement (rubbed with salt, chilli powder and lemon), a couple of love story comics, and a Reader's Digest. 3. Vikram Seth compares the fifty or sixty bansuris protruding in all directions from the pole with an attachment on top that is held by the flute seller to the quills of a porcupine. 4. The five kinds of flutes are the reed neh, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep bansuri of Hindustani classical music, the clear or breathy flutes of South America, and the high-pitched Chinese flutes. Solution : 2 1. The author notes that the flute seller selected a flute from time to time and played it for a few minutes. The sound rose clearly above the noise of the traffic and the hawkers' cries.  While the flute seller...

Solution : 1 The poet tells us that since his loved one's death, a slumber has numbed him and prevented him from facing the reality.  He does not feel bitter grief as his dreamlike state has kept him away from any human fears. Instead, he feels a sense of peace. He has realised that after being buried in the earth, she has now become a part of nature and the diurnal cycle of the earth. She is therefore free from all earthly trials. Solution : 2 The line which tell us that the passing of time will no longer affect her is  "She seems a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years." Solution : 3 The poet does not imagine her to be living in 'heaven' after her death. He is convinced that after being buried in the earth, she has become a part of nature. She no longer has any human qualities. She is unable to move on her own and has no force. She is neither able to hear nor able see like other humans. Instead, she has become a part ...

Solution : 1 (i)An Orphaned Cub - para 3 (ii) Bruno's Food-chart - para 6 (iii) An Accidental Case of Poisoning -para 8 (iv) Playful Baba - para 12 (v) Pain of Separation - para 14 (vi) Joy of Reunion - para 16 (vii) A Request to the Zoo - para 18 (viii) An Island in the Courtyard - para 21 Solution : 2 1. (i) The narrator said the given statement. (ii) Here, 'him' refers to the sloth bear and 'her' refers to the narrator's wife. (iii) About two years ago the narrator and his companions were passing through the sugarcane fields near Mysore. People were driving away the wild pigs from the fields by shooting at them. Suddenly, they saw a black sloth bear. One of the narrator's companions shot it on the spot. As they watched the fallen animal, they were surprised to see that the black fur on its back moved and left the prostrate body. Then they saw that it was a baby bear that had been riding on its mother's back when the sudd...

Solution : 1 The snake is trying to escape from the person who is pursuing it with a stick. Solution : 2 No, The snake is harmless even to children since it is small and is green in colour. Solution : 3 The words used by the poem to convey the beauty of the snake are 'beautiful' and 'graceful'. Solution : 4 The poet hopes that the snake is able to glide to the other side and hide among the reeds where it will not be hurt by its pursuer. Solution : 5 The snake was lying on the sand before anyone saw it. It disappears in the ripples of water and among the green slim reeds. Chapter 9 - The Snake Trying [Poem] Exercise 126 Solution : 1 This is a model answer just for reference. Students are recommended to answer this question based on their own research.   The first part of this question has to be attempted by students themselves. Here are some points  they can use in  their research: Describe snakes as reptiles. ...

Solution : 1 1. At the time when Santosh’s mother was expecting, society considered the birth of a son a blessing, and a daughter, though not considered a curse, was not generally welcome. The 'holy man' who gave Santosh’s mother his blessings was therefore surprised because he had assumed that Santosh's mother wanted a son. However, the unborn child's grandmother told him that they did not want a son. 2. Santosh began living life on her own terms from the start. Where other girls wore traditional Indian dresses, Santosh preferred shorts. From the very beginning she was quite determined that if she chose a correct and a rational path, the others around her and not herself had to change. 3. Even though Santosh's parents could afford to send their children to the best schools, she was sent to the local village school due to the prevailing custom in the family. 4.  At sixteen, most of the girls in her village used to get married. Santosh was also under pr...