Answer of Class 9 Balurghat High School
Page 3 Ray Martin Question Bank 2026
Balurghat High School
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Reading Skill (Seen)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
I was on my way from Faizabad railway station to Lucknow. I had arrived at the station half an hour in advance of the time for the train's departure. I sat on a bench watching the monkeys frolicking on the trees and on the open platform. The monkeys descended now and then to collect half-sucked mango stones and the remainders of food from the platform. The younger monkeys sat on the boughs of 'neem' and tamarind trees, ready to jump after any food that may be visible.
Just then the train was announced by the ringing of the station bell. I concentrated on securing a seat for myself in the train. I got a window seat overlooking the platform. Some other passengers joined me in the compartment. We were all sweating from the rising heat of the summer. Several passengers were busy filling up their small earthen pitchers from a water pump. I was struck by the genius of a monkey in snatching away the loin cloth of a pious person who was taking a bath under the pump. A great deal of general amusement was caused by this incident. The bather then requested the monkey to return his loin cloth. The monkey was generous and threw it down from the 'neem' tree at the man's feet.
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×5=5
(i) The narrator was going from —
(a) Lucknow to Delhi, (b) Lucknow to Faizabad, (c) Faizabad to Lucknow, (d) Faizabad to Delhi.
Answer: (c) Faizabad to Lucknow
(ii) The narrator arrived at the station —
(a) one hour before, (b) thirty minutes before, (c) forty five minutes before, (d) on time of — the departure of the train.
Answer: (b) thirty minutes before
(iii) The monkeys were coming down to collect —
(a) bread, (b) half-sucked mango stones, (c) packets of fruit juice, (d) half-sucked mango stones and remainders of food.
Answer: (d) half-sucked mango stones and remainders of food
(iv) Several passengers were busy —
(a) talking to their relatives, (b) collecting foods, (c) filling up their earthen pitchers from a water pump, (d) managing their luggage.
Answer: (c) filling up their earthen pitchers from a water pump
(v) A monkey snatched away the ________ from a pious man.
(a) turban, (b) dhoti, (c) loin cloth, (d) bread
Answer: (c) loin cloth
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the above passage : 1×3=3
(i) The narrator sat on a bench watching __________________________________________________
Answer: the monkeys frolicking on the trees and on the open platform.
(ii) The monkey was generous ___________________________________________________________
Answer: and threw it down from the 'neem' tree at the man's feet.
(iii) The narrator was struck by _________________________________________________________
Answer: the genius of a monkey in snatching away the loin cloth of a pious person who was taking a bath under the pump.
C. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide supporting sentences : 2×2=4
(i) The monkey gave the loin cloth back to that pious man.
Answer: True [ T ]
Supporting Sentence: "The monkey was generous and threw it down from the 'neem' tree at the man's feet."
(ii) The monkeys descended now and then in order to disturb the passengers on the platform.
Answer: False [ F ]
Supporting Sentence: "The monkeys descended now and then to collect half-sucked mango stones and the remainders of food from the platform."
2. Read the following extract of the poem and answer the given questions :
Sun-warmed in the late season's grace
Head down, tongue flickering on the trail
Under the autumn's gentlest sky
He quested through the parting grass.
We walked and froze half-through a pace.
Sun glazed his curves of diamond scale
The great black snake went reeling by.
And we lost breath to see him pass.
A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences : 1×4=4
(i) The season described in the poem is — (a) summer, (b) late autumn, (c) winter, (d) early autumn.
Answer: (b) late autumn
(ii) The tongue of the snake was — (a) still, (b) dangling, (c) going in and out, (d) kept out.
Answer: (c) going in and out
(iii) The head of the snake was kept — (a) low, (b) up, (c) high, (d) raised.
Answer: (a) low
(iv) Here the word 'quested' means — (a) lingered, (b) answered, (c) searched, (d) killed.
Answer: (c) searched
B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4
(i) What did the poet tell about the autumn day in the poem ?
Answer: The poet describes the autumn day as sun-warmed with the grace of the late season under a gentle and serene sky.
(ii) Describe the appearance of the snake as given in the poem.
Answer: The snake is described as a great black creature whose scales resemble glazed curves of diamond glistening in the sunlight, moving with its head down and tongue flickering on the trail.
Reading Skill (Unseen)
3. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Greta Thunberg, born on 3 January 2003, is a Swedish environmental activist on climate change whose campaigning has gained international recognition.
Thunberg first became known for her activism in August 2018, when at the age of 15, she began spending her school days outside the Swedish Parliament to call for stronger action on global warming by holding up a sign saying 'School Strike for Climate'. Soon, other students got engaged in similar protests in their own communities. Together they organized a School Climate Strike Movement under the name 'Fridays for Future'. After Thunberg addressed the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, students' strike took place every week somewhere in the world. In 2019, there were at least two coordinated multi-city protests involving over million students each.
Thunberg says that she first heard about climate change in 2011, when she was 8 years old, and could not understand why so little was being done about it. Three years later, she became depressed and lethargic, stopped talking and eating and was eventually diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome and Obsessively Compulsive Disorder (OCD). While acknowledging that her diagnosis has limited her before, she does not view her Asperger's as an illness and has instead called it her 'superpower'.
For about two years, Thunberg challenged her parents to lower the family's carbon footprint by becoming vegan and giving up flying. She credits her parents' eventual response and lifestyle changes for giving her hope and belief that she could make a difference. Her father does not like her missing school, but said, "We respect that she wants to make a stand. She can either sit at home and be really unhappy or protest and be happy." Thunberg says her teachers are divided in their views about her missing class to make her point. She says, "As people, they think what I am doing is good, but as teachers they say I should stop."
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×6=6
(i) Greta Thunberg is —
(a) an Indian climate activist, (b) a Swedish environmental activist, (c) a Swedish leader, (d) a famous student.
Answer: (b) a Swedish environmental activist
(ii) Thunberg first became famous for her activity in August —
(a) 2011, (b) 2014, (c) 2018, (d) 2019.
Answer: (c) 2018
(iii) 'Fridays for Future' is the name of a/an —
(a) club, (b) movement, (c) school, (d) organisation.
Answer: (b) movement
(iv) Thunberg was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in —
(a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2011, (d) 2014.
Answer: (d) 2014 (She first heard about climate change in 2011 at age 8; three years later, in 2014, she was diagnosed)
(v) Thunberg has begun to avoid school —
(a) to call for stronger action against global warming, (b) to organise a students' movement, (c) to spend her days outside the Swedish Parliament, (d) to advocate against climate change.
Answer: (a) to call for stronger action against global warming
(vi) Thunberg challenged her parents —
(a) to give up flying, (b) for becoming a vegan, (c) to lower the family's carbon footprint, (d) for not supporting her.
Answer: (c) to lower the family's carbon footprint
B. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide supporting sentences : 2×3=6
(i) None of Thunberg's teachers support her activity.
Answer: False [ F ]
Supporting Sentence: "Thunberg says her teachers are divided in their views about her missing class to make her point. She says, 'As people, they think what I am doing is good, but as teachers they say I should stop.'"
(ii) Other students did not support her movement.
Answer: False [ F ]
Supporting Sentence: "Soon, other students got engaged in similar protests in their own communities. Together they organized a School Climate Strike Movement under the name 'Fridays for Future'."
(iii) Thunberg's father is angry at her for missing school.
Answer: False [ F ]
Supporting Sentence: "Her father does not like her missing school, but said, 'We respect that she wants to make a stand. She can either sit at home and be really unhappy or protest and be happy.'"
C. Answer the following questions : 2×4=8
(i) What was the impact of Thunberg's speech in the United Nations' Climate Change conference ?
Answer: After Thunberg addressed the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, students' strikes took place every week somewhere across the world, culminating in coordinated multi-city protests involving over a million students in 2019.
(ii) Why does Thunberg credit her parents ?
Answer: Thunberg credits her parents' eventual response and lifestyle changes—specifically becoming vegan and giving up flying—for giving her hope and belief that she could make a difference.
(iii) When did Thunberg first hear about climate change ?
Answer: Thunberg first heard about climate change in the year 2011, when she was eight years old.
(iv) How does Thunberg view her Asperger's Syndrome ?
Answer: She does not view her Asperger's Syndrome as an illness; instead, she considers it her 'superpower'.
Grammar and Vocabulary
4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks : 1×3=3
(i) Ram Babu ________ (lives/is living/has been living) here for the last ten years.
Answer: has been living
(ii) A number of packets ________ (has been/have been/had been) seized by the CRPF.
Answer: have been
(iii) We ________ (will/will be/shall be) organise a dance drama on the coming Sunday.
Answer: will
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions : 1×3=3
Discipline is indispensable ________ academic life. Students must obey their teachers, follow ________ rules of their institutions and sit ________ the examinations in compliance with the rules.
Answer: to (or for), the, for
Completed sentence: "Discipline is indispensable to academic life. Students must obey their teachers, follow the rules of their institutions and sit for the examinations in compliance with the rules."
6. Do as directed : 1×3=3
(i) The news will please you. [Change the voice]
Answer: You will be pleased with the news.
(ii) He tried every method. [Make it negative]
Answer: He left no method untried.
(iii) Ram is not the best boy in our class. [Rewrite using positive degree]
Answer: Some boys in our class are at least as good as Ram. (Alternatively: Ram is not as good as some other boys in our class.)
7. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the underlined words. Write the correct phrasal verbs changing the form where necessary : 1×3=3
[List : break up, fall out, break into, put up with]
(i) No one can tolerate such behaviour.
Answer: put up with
(ii) The burglars forcibly entered the house.
Answer: broke into
(iii) Two friends quarrelled for nothing.
Answer: fell out
8. Given below are the meanings of four words which you will find in the unseen passage in Question No 3. Find out the words and write them down in the provided spaces : 2×4=8
(i) a person who does not eat animal products :
Answer: vegan
(ii) an acknowledgement of the existence, validity or legality of something :
Answer: recognition
(iii) a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms :
Answer: syndrome
(iv) a formal meeting of people with a shared interest :
Answer: conference
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