Ray and Martin Question Bank Solved,Govt Sponsored Multipurpose School (Boys'), Taki House ,Class IX
Ray & Martin Question Bank Solved
Govt Sponsored Multipurpose School (Boys'), Taki House
Class IX | English Reading Skill (Seen)
1. Reading Skill (Seen) - Prose
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
- (i) The person who was suffering from cough, is the —
Answer: (b) younger woman - (ii) Here 'it' refers to the conductor's —
Answer: (c) opportunity to punish the dog (Note: Contextually, he uses the dog as an excuse to exert his authority over the passengers).
B. Answer the following questions (within 15 words):
(i) What was the conductor's particular grievance against passengers?
Ans: The conductor resented passengers who sat comfortably inside while he shivered at the door.
(ii) How did the dog with the young woman look?
Ans: The young woman was carrying a little, beady-eyed Pekinese dog.
C. Answer the following question (within 25 words):
"I won't go on the top of the bus in such weather" - Who said this? Describe the weather.
Ans: The younger woman with the dog said this. The weather was a bitterly cold night with a sharp east wind that cut like a knife.
2. Reading Skill (Seen) - Poetry
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
- (i) The poet loves to see the shaking twig dance till the shut of —
Answer: (a) evening - (ii) Chirping of the sparrow reminded the poet of —
Answer: (c) spring and summer
B. Answer the following questions (within 15 words):
(i) Write the name of the poet of the poem 'Autumn'.
Ans: The poet of the poem 'Autumn' is John Clare.
(ii) What does the expression "the spring was just now flirting by" mean?
Ans: The expression "the spring was just now flirting by" means that spring has briefly appeared and quickly moved towards summer.
Reading Skill (Unseen)
Ray & Martin Question Bank Solved | Class IX
An owl is a bird. There are two basic types of owls — typical owls and barn owls. Owls live in almost every country of the world. Owls are mostly nocturnal. Owls are predators. Owls hunt for mice and other small mammals, insects and even fish. Owls are well adapted for hunting. Their soft fluffy feathers make their flight nearly silent. They have very good hearing which helps them to hunt well in the darkness. The short hooked beaks and claws of the owl make it very easy to tear apart their prey quickly, although owls also eat some prey whole.
Owls' eyes are unusual like most predators. Both the eyes of the owl face front. The owl cannot move its eyes. Owls are far-sighted. Fortunately the distant vision is what they use for hunting and they can see far away even in low light. Owls have facial disks around their eyes. Owls can turn their heads 180 degrees. This makes it look like they might be able to turn their heads all the way around, but 180 degrees is all an owl needs to see what is going on around it. Perhaps because of the owls' mysterious appearance, specially its round eyes and flexible neck, there are a lot of myths and superstitions about owls. Many cultures believe that owls are unusually wise, because owls are nocturnal, some cultures associate owls with bad omens. The screech of the barn owl is considered by many to sound eerily human. However owls probably do not interact with the fate of humans at all. In fact, some owl species may become extinct because of humans.
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
(i) An owl is a —
Answer: (d) all of these.
(ii) Owls are —
Answer: (b) distant-sighted.
(iii) Some owl species may become extinct because of —
Answer: (a) humans.
(iv) Some cultures associate owls with bad omens as they are —
Answer: (b) nocturnal.
B. Fill in the chart with information from the above passage:
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| (i) Owls have a mysterious appearance, specially round eyes and a flexible neck. | Many cultures believed that owls are unusually wise. |
| (ii) Owls can turn their heads 180 degrees. | It makes it look like they might be able to turn their heads all the way around. |
| (iii) Owls have very good distant vision. | They use it for hunting and can see far away even in low light. |
| (iv) Owls have soft, fluffy feathers. | This makes their flight nearly silent. |
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C. Answer the following question:
Q: Write the names of two types of owls and their food habits.
Ans: Two types of owls are the Barn Owl and the Screech Owl. Their food habits include preying on small mammals (like mice and rats), insects, and occasionally small birds.
4. Do as Directed
(i) The guard said, "Let me do my duty." (Change mode of narration)
Ans: The guard wished/proposed that he might be allowed to do his duty.
(ii) He went there twice. (Underline the adverb and state its kind)
Ans: He went there twice. — [Adverb of Number/Frequency]
(iii) Raghu said to the stranger, "What is this noise about?" (Turn into indirect speech)
Ans: Raghu asked the stranger what that noise was about.
(iv) I was flying kites in the sky. (Change the voice)
Ans: Kites were being flown by me in the sky.
(v) A male peahen is dancing, his burnished tail raised like a fountain in the sunlight. (Identify the sentence type)
Ans: Compound Sentence.
(vi) Life is what we make it. (Underline the dependent clause and state its kind)
Ans: Life is what we make it. — [Noun Clause]
5. Vocabulary (Meanings from Unseen)
| (i) Active at night: | Nocturnal |
| (ii) Enigmatic: | Mysterious |
| (iii) Myths: | Legends |
| (iv) Shriek: | Screech / Cry |
6. Writing Skill: Paragraph
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