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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 8 Reach for the Top are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 8 Reach for the Top.

Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Beehive
Chapter	Chapter 8
Chapter Name	Reach for the Top
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 8 Reach for the Top

TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
(Page 102 & 107)

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT
I. Answer these questions in one or two sentences each. (The paragraph numbers within brackets provide clues to the answers.)
1. Why was the ‘holy man’ who gave Santosh’s mother his blessings surprised ? (1)
2. Give an example to show that even as a young girl Santosh was not ready to accept anything unreasonable. (2)
3. Why was Santosh sent to the local school ? (3)
4. When did she leave home for Delhi, and why ? (4)
5. Why did Santosh’s parents agree to pay for her schooling in Delhi ? What mental qualities of Santosh are brought into light by this incident ? (4)

Answers
1. Santosh’s grandmother sought blessings for a daughter, not for a son from the holy man. Most of the expecting women wish a son to be born to them. So this surprised the holy man.
2. She wore shorts and not the traditional Indian dress for girls.
3. She was sent to the local school. It was in line with the prevailing custom in her family.
4. She left home for Delhi when she got admission in a school. She did so as she wanted to get a,proper education.
5. They agreed to pay for her schooling in Delhi when Santosh got adament. She told them that she would work part time to get more education. The qualities of determination coupled with a strong desire are seen here.

II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words).
1. How did Santosh begin to climb mountains ?
2. What incidents during the Everest expedition show Santosh’s concern for her team mates ?
3. What shows her concern for the environment ? (CBSE)
Or
How does Santosh Yadav show her concern for the environment ? (CBSE)
4. How does she describe her feelings at the summit of the Everest ?
5. Santosh Yadav got into the record books both times she scaled Mt Everest. What were the reasons for this ?

Answers
1. She began to climb hills. She did so when she decided to check why the villagers climbing the hills vanished. Then she took admission in Uttarkashi’s Institute of Mountaineering. She went on an expedition every year.

2. One climber lay dying at the South Col. Another climber Mohan Singh would have died if Santosh had not shared her oxygen with him. She gave her oxygen to save him from a sure death.

3. Santosh returned from Mount Everest. While doing so, she collected garbage from the Himalayas. She then brought it down with her. It weighed 500 kilograms.

4. She describes her feelings in saying that that moment was simply great. It took sometime to sink in. She felt it was a spiritual moment. She felt proud as an Indian when she unfurled the Indian tricolour.

5. She set a record as the only woman to have conquered the Everest twice. Also she is the only Indian woman in the world to have set such a record.

III. Complete the following statements.

1. From her room in Kasturba Hostel, Santosh used to …….. .
2. When she finished college, Santosh had to write a letter of apology to her father because ……. .
3. During the Everest expedition, her seniors in the team admired her ……. while endeared her to fellow climbers.

Answers

1. … see the villagers going up the hill and suddenly vanishing after a while.
2. … she was going directly for training and not home which she should have done.
3. …… climbing skills, physical fitness and mental strength while working together endeared her to fellow climbers.

IV. Pick out words from the text that mean the same as the following words or expressions. (Look in the paragraphs indicated.)

1. took to be true without proof (1): …….
2. based on reason ; sensible ; reasonable (2): ……..
3. the usual way of doing things (3): …….
4. a strong desire arising from within (5): ………
5. the power to endure, without falling ill (7): ……..

Answers

1. blessing
2. rational
3. in her own quiet way
4. urge
5. resistance/endurance

BEFORE YOU READ
• Match the following.

something disarming	quickly, almost immediately
at odds with	more calm, confident and in control than people of her age usually are
glamorous attire	in contrast to ; not agreeing with
in almost no time	something that makes you feel friendly, taking away your suspiciousness
poised beyond her years	sent off
packed off	attractive and exciting clothes
launched	causing strong feelings of sadness
heart wrenching	started

Answers

something disarming	something that makes you feel friendly, taking away your suspiciousness
at odds with	in contrast to, not agreeing with
glamorous attire	attractive and exciting clothes
in almost no time	quickly, almost immediately
poised beyond her years	more calm, confident and in control than people of her age usually are
packed off	sent off
launched	started
heart wrenching	causing strong feelings of sadness

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT
Working in small groups of 4-5 students, go back over the two passages on Santosh Yadav and Maria Sharapova and complete the table given below with relevant phrases or sentences.

Points of Comparison / Contrast	Santosh Yadav	Maria Sharapova
1. Their humble beginning
2. Their parents’ approach
3. Their will power and strong desire to succeed
4. Evidence of their mental toughness
5. Their patriotism

Answers

Santosh Yadav	Maria Sharapova
1. Santosh’s parents were affluent landowners who could afford …	My father was working as much as he could to keep….
2. Wishing always to study ‘a bit more’, and with her father slowly getting used to her urge …	The latter (her mother) was compelled to stay back in Siberia …. [My father working as much ……. either.]
3. Equipped with an iron will, physical endurance and an amazing mental…	Instead of letting that depress me, I became more quietly determined and mentally tough.
4. The culmination of her hard work and sincerity came in 1942 …	And that something in her lifted her on Monday, 22 August 2005 to the world number one position in women’s tennis.
5. Then I unfurled the Indian tricolour and held it ……. indescribable …… I felt proud as an Indian …	My blood is totally Russian. I will play the Olympics for Russia if they want me.

THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE
Look at the following sentences. They each have two clauses, or two parts each with their own subject and verb or verb phrase. Often, one part (italicised) tells us when or why something happened.

• I reached the market when most of the shops had closed. (Tells us when I reached.)
• When Rahul Dravid walked hack towards the pavilion, everyone stood up. (Tells us when everyone stood up.)
• The telephone rang and Ganga picked it up. (Tells us what happened next.)
• Gunjan has been with us ever since the school began. (Tells us for how long he has been with us.)

I. Identify the two parts in the sentences below by underlining the part that gives us the information in brackets, as shown above.

1. Where other girls wore traditional Indian dresses, Santosh preferred shorts. (Contrasts her dress with that of others)
2. She left home and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi. (Tells us what happened after the first action.)
3. She decided to fight the system when the right moment arrived. (Tells us when she was going to fight the system.)
4. Little Maria had not yet celebrated her tenth birthday when she was packed off to train in the United States. (Tells us when Maria was sent to the U.S.)

Answers

1. Where other girls wore traditional Indian dresses Santosh preferred shorts.
2. She got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi when she left home.
3. When the right moment arrived, she decided to fight.
4. Little Maria had not vet celebrated her tenth birthday when she was packed off to train in the United States.

II. Now rewrite the pairs of sentences given below as one sentence.

1. Grandfather told me about the old days. All books were printed on paper then.
2. What do you do after you finish the book ? Perhaps you just throw it away.
3. He gave the little girl an apple. He took the computer apart.
4. You have nothing. That makes you very determined.
5. I never thought of quitting. I knew what I wanted.

Answers

1. Grandfather told me about the old days when all books were printed on paper.
2. I throw the book away after I read it.
3. After giving the little girl an apple, he took the computer apart.
4. You have nothing which makes you very determined.
5. I never thought of quitting as I knew what I wanted.

DICTATION
Read the passage once. Then close your books. Your teacher will dictate the story to you. Write it down with the correct punctuation and paragraphing.

The Raincoat

After four years of drought in a small town in the Northeast, the Vicar gathered everyone together for a pilgrimage to the mountain, where they would pray together and ask for the rain to return.

The priest noticed a boy in the group wearing a raincoat.

“Have you gone mad ?” he asked. “It hasn’t rained in this region for five years, the heat will kill you climbing the mountain.”

“I have a cold, father. If we are going to ask God for rain, can you imagine the way back from the mountain ? It’s going to be such a downpour that I need to be prepared.”

At that moment a great crash was heard in the sky and the first drops began to fall. A boy’s faith was enough to bring about a miracle that not even those most prepared truly believed in. (translated by James Mulholland)

Answer

The Raincoat

After four years of drought in a small town in the Northeast, the Vicar gathered everyone together for a pilgrimage to the mountain, where they would pray together and ask for the rain to return.

The priest noticed a boy in the group wearing a raincoat.

“Have you gone mad ?” he asked. “It hasn’t rained in this region for five years. The heat will kill you climbing the mountain.”

“I have a cold, father. If we are going to ask God for rain, can you imagine the way back from jhe mountain ? It’s going to be such a downpour that I need to be prepared.”

At that moment a great crash was heard in the sky and the first drops began to fall. A boy’s faith was enough to bring about a miracle that not even those most prepared truly believed in.

SPEAKING
Imagine that you are Santosh Yadav, or Maria Sharapova. You have been invited to speak at an All India Girls’ Athletic Meet, as chief guest. Prepare a short speech to motivate the girls to think and dream big and make an effort to fulfil their dreams, not allowing difficulties or defeat to discourage them. The following words and phrases may help you.

• self confident/confidence/sure of yourself
• self assured/assurance/belief in yourself
• morale/boost morale/raise morale
• giving somebody a boost/fillip/lift
• demoralising/unsure of yourself/insecure/lack confidence

Answer
Madam chairperson, delegates, dear athlete participants and young girls

Thank you very much for inviting me to speak at this All India Girls’ Athletic Meet, as chief guest. I feel extremely delighted to find India being represented in this Meet through you all. I feel honoured to speak to you a few words from this platform.

Well, I was once like you. What is important in life is self-confidence. You must be sure that you are on a correct path of life. It should be morally right also. You must set a goal also. In between lie your hard work, determination and faith in you. You must make a kind of chart of your activities. You must see the goal as the motivating factor. Without dreams you can’t reach anywhere. They motivate you to do unusual things. But dreams should be capable of being fulfilled.

Never allow difficulties to overpower you. You will face problems in life. But never let them discourage you. Keep these things in mind. Believe in your physical and mental capacities. I am sure success will be yours.

Thanks to you once again for inviting me. Bye.

WRITING
Working in pairs, go through the table below that gives you information about the top women tennis players since 1975. Write a short article for your school magazine comparing and contrasting the players in terms of their duration at the top. Mention some qualities that you think may be responsible for their brief or long stay at the top spot.

Top-Ranked Women Players

I. The roll of honour of women who enjoyed life at the summit since everybody’s favourite player, Chris Evert, took her place in 1975.

Name	Ranked on	Weeks as No. 1
Maria Sharapova (Russia)	22 August 2005	1
Lindsay Davenport (U.S.)	October 2004	82
Amelie Mauresmo (France)	13 September 2004	5
Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium)	20 October 2003	45
Kim Clijsters (Belgium)	11 August 2003	12
Serena Williams (U.S.)	8 July 2002	57
Venus Williams (U.S.)	25 February 2002	11
Jennifer Capriati (U.S.)	15 October 2001	17
Lindsay Davenport (U.S.)	12 October 1998	82
Martina Hingis (Switzerland)	31 March 1997	209
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain)	6 February 1995	12
Monica Seles (U.S.)	11 March 1991	178
Steffi Graf (Germany)	17 August 1987	377
Tracy Austin (U.S.)	7 April 1980	22
Martina Navratilova (U.S.)	10 July 1978	331
Chris Evert (U.S.)	3 November 1975	362

Answer

Top-ranked Women Players

It is good that women too have made it to the top in Women’s Tennis. The list is long. Different women enjoyed life being of the summit for different durations. For instance, Steffi Graf of Germany enjoyed the topmost rank for the longest duration of 377 weeks on August 17, 1987. She was followed by Chris Evert of the US who enjoyed this rank for 362 weeks on Nov 3, 1975. Martina Navratilova of the US enjoyed it for 331 weeks on July 10, 1978.

It was Martina Hingis of Switzerland who had it for 209 weeks on March 31, 1997. Monica Seles of the US also enjoyed it for 178 weeks on March 11, 1991. Following this, Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport of the US also remained world number one for 57 and 82 weeks respectively. The latest number one women player is Maria Sharapova of Russia. She enjoyed this rank for 1 week only on August 22, 2005.

All these women didn’t make it to the number one world position in Women’s Tennis in one day. They worked very hard day and night. They sharpened their playing skills through various hurdles. They had physical fitness and mental strength to get success. They had talent, mental toughness and readiness to sacrifice. These qualities played an important role in their world achievements.

They have proved a great point. It is : if any one has these qualities of head and heart, one can surely achieve this grand success. What one needs is to put one’s dream into practice. Dreams always motivate one. But those dreams should be worth putting into practice.

II. Which of these words would you use to describe Santosh Yadav ? Find reasons in the text to support your choices, and write a couple of paragraphs describing Santosh’s character.

1. contented
2. determined
3. resourceful
4. polite
5. adventurous
6. considerate
7. weak-willed
8. fearful
9. independent
10. pessimistic
11. patient
12. persevering

Answer
I would use the following words to describe Santosh : determined, adventurous, considerate, persevering.

Santosh is surely a girl of determination. While young, she determined to get more education. For that she made her father agree to that. She threatened her parents that she would never marry if she did not get a proper education. Then she was very much determined in her career. She joined the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering at Uttarkashi without their permission.

She is adventurous also. She used to see the villagers climb the Aravalli Hills in Jaipur and vanish after a while. She decided to check it out herself one day. She wasn’t afraid of anything.

She is considerate. She has a sacrificing nature also. She provided special care to a climber who lay dying at the South Col. She saved another climber, Mohan Singh. She gave her oxygen to save him. Without that he would have died.

She had enough perseverance in what she did. She went on an expedition every year. This sharpened her climbing skills. This also increased her physical fitness and mental strength. Because of this she climbed Mount Everest.

All these qualities have made Santosh the only woman in the world to conquer Mount Everest twice. No one has broken her record till date.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English

• The Fun They Had Question Answer
• The Sound of Music Question Answer
• The Little Girl Question Answer
• A Truly Beautiful Mind Question Answer
• The Snake and the Mirror Question Answer
• My Childhood Question Answer
• Packing Question Answer
• Reach for the Top Question Answer
• The Bond of Love Question Answer
• Kathmandu Question Answer
• If I Were You Question Answer

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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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English

• The Fun They Had Question Answer
• The Sound of Music Question Answer
• The Little Girl Question Answer
• A Truly Beautiful Mind Question Answer
• The Snake and the Mirror Question Answer
• My Childhood Question Answer
• Packing Question Answer
• Reach for the Top Question Answer
• The Bond of Love Question Answer
• Kathmandu Question Answer
• If I Were You Question Answer

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 6 My Childhood are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 6 My Childhood.

Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Beehive
Chapter	Chapter 6
Chapter Name	My Childhood
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 6 My Childhood

TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
(Page 74)

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT
Activity : Find Dhanuskodi and Rameswaram on the map. What language(s) do you think are spoken there ? What languages do you think the author, his family, his friends and his teachers spoke with one another ?

Answer
For self-attempt.
The language Tamil is spoken there.

I. Answer these questions in one or two sentences each.

1. Where was Abdul Kalam’s house ?
2. What do you think Dinamani is the name of ? Give a reason for your answer.
3. Who were Abdul Kalam’s school friends ? What did they later become ?
4. How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages ? (CBSE)
5. Had he earned any money before that ? In what way ?

Answers
1. Abdul Kalam’s house was situated in Rameswaram.
2. Dinamani is the name of the newspaper. Abdul Kalam used to trace the headlines of this newspaper for news about the War.
3. They were : Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan. Ramanadha Sastry became the priest of the Rameswaram temple. Aravindan took up the transport business. Sivaprakasan became a catering contractor for the Southern Railways.
4. He earned his first wages by becoming a helping hand to his cousin. He caught the newspapers bundles for him from the moving train.
5. Yes, by collecting tamarind seeds and selling them to a provision shop.

II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words).

1. How does the author describe : (i) his father, (ii) his mother, (iii) himself?
2. What characteristics does he say he inherited from his parents ?

Answers
1. (i) The author describes his father as a simple man. He had neither much formal education nor wealth. But he had great wisdom. He was very large-hearted. He was very considerate. He was also an austere man.
(ii) The author describes his mother as kind and large-hearted. She used to feed many people everyday. She had all the motherly qualities. The author went to Ramanathapuram for further studies. She became emotional then.
(iii) About himself the author says that he was one of many children. He was a short boy with rather undistinguished looks. Theirs was a middle-class Tamil family in Rameswaram.

2. The author inherited faith in kindness and deep kindness from his mother. He also inherited honesty and self-discipline from his father. His three brothers and sister also inherited these like him.

III. Discuss these questions in class with your teacher and then write down your answers in two or three paragraphs each.
1. “On the whole, the small society of Rameswaram was very rigid in terms of the segregation of different social groups,” says the author.
(i) Which social groups does he mention ? Were these groups easily identifiable (for example, by the way they dressed) ?
(ii) Were they aware only of their differences or did they also naturally share friendships and experiences ? (Think of the bedtime stories in Kalam’s house ; of who his friends were; and of what used to take place in the pond near his house.)
(iii) The author speaks both of people who were very aware of the differences among them and those who tried to bridge these differences. Can you identify such people in the text ?
(iv) Narrate two incidents that show how differences can he created, and also how they can be resolved. How can people change their attitudes ?

Answers
(i) The author mentions social groups created by caste or community. These were the Hindu Brahmins and the Muslims. These were easily identifiable from the dresses. The Hindu Brahmins used to wear the sacred thread. The Muslims used to wear a cap which marked them as Muslims.

(ii) They were aware only of their differences. They shared friendships and experiences. But in the author’s house it was different. As the author says his mother and grandmother used to tell the bedtime stories. These were of the Ramayana and from the life of the Prophet to them. His friends were the Hindu Brahmins. The author’s family used to arrange boats with a special platform for carrying idols of the Lord from the temple to the marriage site. It was situated in the middle of the pond called Rama Tirtha.

(iii) The persons who were very aware of the differences among them were : the new teacher at the Rameswaram Elementary School and the wife of Sivasubramania Iyer. T^re persons who tried to bridge their differences were : Lakshmana Sastry’ Sivasubramania Iyer.

(iv) The incident showing how differences can be created is : the new teacher couldn’t stomach that Abdul, a Muslim, sits by the side of a Hindu priest’s son in the class. The incident showing how it can be resolved is of Abdul’s science teacher Sivasubramania Iyer. He brought round his wife to resolve this difference by inviting Abdul again to dinner. He also sat by his side to eat to resolve this difference.

2. (i) Why did Abdul Kalam want to leave Rameswaram ?
(ii) What did his father say to this ?
(iii) What do you think his words mean ? Why do you think he spoke those words ?

Answers
(i) Abdul Kalam wanted to leave Rameswaram to study further at the district headquarters in Ramanathapuram.
(ii) His father said that he knew he had to go away to grow. A seagull flies across the sun alone and without a nest.
(iii) His words mean that sooner or later one has to leave one’s parents. This is for living alone in this world. He spoke these words because this is the harsh reality of life.

THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE
I. Find the sentences in the text where these words occur:
erupt, surge, trace, undistinguished, casualty

Answers
The sentences in the text where these words occur are the following :

1. …… a sudden demand for tamarind seeds erupted in the market.
2. …… I can still feel the surge of pride in earning my own money for the first time.
3. ……. I would later attempt to trace in the headlines in Dinamani.
4. ……. a short boy with rather undistinguished looks, bom to tall and handsome parents.
5. The first casualty came in the form of the suspension of the train halt at Rameswaram Station.

Look these words up in a dictionary which gives examples of how they are used. Now answer the following questions.
1. What are the things that can erupt ? Use examples to explain the various meanings of erupt. Now do the same for the word surge. What things can surge ?
2. What are the meanings of the word trace and which of the meanings is closest to the word in the text ?
3. Can you find the word undistinguished in your dictionary ? (If not, look up the word distinguished and say what undistinguished must mean.)

Answers
1. An earthquake can erupt. Emotions can erupt. Anger can erupt.
Example : An earthquake erupted in Sicily last night.
Surge means a sudden powerful forward or upward movement. A wave surges. A crowd surges. A storm surges.
Example : Birds search for fish when waves surge towards the shore.
2. ‘Trace’ means to find out, to copy, to draw an outline etc. ‘Finding out’ is the closest meaning to ‘trace’ in the text.
3. I can’t find the word ‘undistinguished’ in my dictionary because it is not the root word. However, it is there under the word ‘distinguished’ because ‘undistinguished’ is negative to ‘distinguished’. It means : not specific, not prominent, not distinct etc.

II. 1. Match the phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.

A	B
(i) broke out	(a) an attitude of kindness, a readiness to give freely
(ii) in accordance with	(b) was not able to tolerate
(iii) a helping hand	(c) began suddenly in a violent way
(iv) could not stomach	(d) assistance
(v) generosity of spirit	(e) persons with power to make decisions
(vi) figures of authority	(f) according to a particular rule, principle, or system

Answers

A	B
(i) broke out	(c) began suddenly in a violent way
(ii) in accordance with	(f) according to a particular rule, principle, or system
(iii) a helping hand	(d) assistance
(iv) could not stomach	(b) was not able to tolerate
(v) generosity of spirit	(a) an attitude of kindness, a readiness to give freely
(vi) figures of authority	(e) persons with power to make decisions

2. Study the words in italics in the sentences below. They are formed by prefixing un – or in to their antonyms (words opposite in meaning).

• I was a short boy with rather undistinguished looks. (un + distinguished)
• My austere father used to avoid all inessential comforts, (in + essential)
• The area was completely unaffected by the war. (un + affected)
• He should not spread the poison of social inequality and communal intolerance, (in + equality, in + tolerance)

Now form the opposites of the words below by prefixing un – or in – The prefix in- can also have the forms il -, ir -, or im – (For example : illiterate – il + literate, impractical – im + practical, irrational – ir + rational). You may consult a dictionary if you wish.

1. adequate
2. acceptable
3. regular
4. tolerant
5. demanding
6. active
7. true
8. permanent
9. patriotic
10. disputed
11. accessible
12. coherent
13. logical
14. legal
15. responsible
16. possible

Answers

1. inadequate
2. unacceptable
3. irregular
4. intolerant
5. undemanding
6. inactive
7. untrue
8. impermanent
9. unpatriotic
10. undisputed
11. inaccessible
12. in coherent
13. illogical
14. illegal
15. irresponsible
16. impossible

IV. Rewrite the sentences below, changing the verbs in brackets into the passive form.

1. In yesterday’s competition the prizes (give away) by the Principal.
2. In spite of financial difficulties, the labourers (pay) on time.
3. On Republic Day, vehicles (not allow) beyond this point.
4. Second-hand books (buy and sell) on the pavement every Saturday.
5. Elections to the Lok Sabha (hold) every five years.
6. Our National Anthem (compose) Rabindranath Tagore.

Answers

1. In yesterday’s competition the prizes were given away by the Principal.
2. In spite of finanèial difficulties, the labourers were paid on time.
3. On Republic Day, vehicles were not allowed beyond this point. ..
4. Second-hand books are bought and sold on the pavement every Saturday.
5. Elections to the Lok Sabha are held every five years.
6. Our National Anthem has been composed by Rabindranath Tagore.

V. Rewrite the paragraphs below, using the correct form of the verb given in brackets.

1. how helmets Came To Be Used in Cricket
Nari Contractor was the Captain and an opening batsman for India in the 1960s. The Indian cricket team went on a tour to the West Indies in 1962. In a match against Barbados in Bridgetown, Nan Contractor (seriously injure and collapse). In those days helmets (not wear). Contractor (hit) on the head by a bouncer from Charlie Griffith. Contractor’s skull (fracture). The entire team (deeply concern). The West Indies players (worry). Contractor (rush) to hospital. He (accompany) by Frank Worrell, the Captain of the West Indies Team. Blood (donate) by the West Indies players. Thanks to the timely help, Contractor (save). Nowadays helmets (routinely use) against bowlers.

2. Oil From Seeds
Vegetable oils (make) from seeds and fruits of many plants growing all over the world, from tiny sesame seeds to big, juicy coconuts. Oil (produce) from cotton seeds, groundnuts, soya beans and sunflower seeds. Olive oil (use) for cooking, salad dressing etc. Olives (shake) from the trees and (gather) up, usually by hand. The olives (ground) to a thick paste which is spread onto special mats. Then the mats (layer) up on the pressing machine which will gently squeeze them to produce olive oil.

Answers
1. How Helmets Came To Be Used in Cricket
Nari Contractor was the Captain and an opening batsman for India in the 1960s. The Indian cricket team went on a tour to the West Indies in 1962. In a match against Barbados in Bridgetown Nari Contractor was seriously injured and collapsed. In tho§e days helmets were not worn. Contractor was hit on the head by a bouncer from Charlie Griffith.

Contractor’s skull had been fractured. The entire team was deeply concerned. The West Indies players were worried. Contractor was rushed to hospital. He was accompanied by Frank Worrell, the Captain of the West Indies Team. Blood was donated by the West Indies players. Thanks to the timely help, Contractor was saved. Nowadays helmets are routinely used against fast bowlers.

2. Oil From Seeds
Vegetable oils are made from seeds and fruits of many plants growing all over the world from tiny sesame seeds to big, juicy coconuts. Oil is produced from cotton seeds, groundnuts, soya beans and sunflower seeds. Olive oil is used for cooking, salad dressing etc. Olives are shaken from the trees and gathered up, usually by hand. The olives sire grounded to a thick paste. It is then spread onto special mat? Then the mats are layered up on the pressing machine. It would gently squeeze them to produce olive oil.

DICTATION
Let the class divide itself into three groups. Let each group take down one passage that the teacher dictates. Then put the passages together in the right order.

To Sir, with Love

1. From Rameswaram to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, it’s been a long journey. Talking to Nona Walia on the eve of Teacher’s Day, President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalatn talks about life’s toughest lessons learnt and his mission—being a teacher to the Indian youth. “A proper education would’ help nurture a sense of dignity and self-respect among our youth”, says President Kalam.
There’s still a child in him though, and he’s still curious about learning new things. Life’s a mission for President Kalam.

2. Nonetheless, he remembers his first lesson in life and how it changed his destiny. “I was studying in Standard V, and must have been all of 10. My teacher, Sri Sivasubramania Iyer was telling us how birds fly. He drew a diagram of a bird on the blackboard, depicting the wings, tail and the body with the head and then explained how birds soar to the sky. At the end of the class, I said I didn’t understand. Then he asked the other students if they had understood, but nobody had understood how birds
fly,” he recalls.

3. “That evening, the entire class was taken to Rameswaram shore.” the President continues. “My teacher showed us sea birds. We saw marvellous formations of them flying and how their wings flapped. Then my teacher asked us, ‘- Where is the birds’ engine and how is it powered ?’ I knew then that birds are powered by their own life and motivation. I understood all about birds’ dynamics. This was reed teaching – a theoretical lesson coupled with a live practical example. Sri Sivasubramania Iyer was a great teacher.”
That day, my future was decided. My destiny was changed. I knew my future had to be about flight and flight systems.

Answer
For attempt at class level. Paragraphs are put together as given below :

To Sir, With Love

From Rameswaram to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. It has been a long journey. Talking ‘ to Nona Walia on the eve of Teacher’s Day, President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam talks about life’s toughest lessons learnt, and his mission-being a teacher to the Indian Youth. “A proper education would help nurture a sense of dignity and self-respect among our youth”, says President Kalam. There’s still a child in him though, he’s still curious about learning new things. Life’s a mission for President Kalam.

Nonetheless, he remembers his first lesson in life and how it changed his destiny. “I was studying in standard V, and must have been all of 10. My teacher, Sri Sivasubramania Iyer was telling us how birds fly. He drew a diagram of a bird on the blackboard, depicting the wings, tail and the body with the head and then explained how birds soar to the sky. At the end of the class, I said I did not understand. Then he asked the other students if they had understood, but nobody had understood how birds fly”, he recalls.

That evening, the entire class was taken to Rameswaram shore. The President continues, “My teacher showed us sea birds. We saw marvellous formations of them i flying and how their wings flapped. Then my teacher asked us, “- Where is the bird’s engine and how is it powered ?” I knew then that birds are powered by their own life and motivation. I understood all about birds’ dynamics. This was real teaching- a theoretical lesson coupled with a live practical example. Sri Siva Subramania Iyer was a great teacher. That day, my future was decided. My destiny was changed. I knew my future had to be about flight and flight systems.

Life is actually a mission for President Kalam. It has been a long trek from Rameswaram to Rashtrapati Bhavan. There’s still a child in him though, and he is still . curious about learning new things.

WRITING
Think and write a short account of what life in Rameswaram in the 1940s must have been like. (Were people rich or poor ? Hard working or lazy ? Hopeful of change, or resistant to it ?).

Answer
Life in Rameswaram in the 1940s must have been quite different from that today. The people were not very rich. Every single anna must have been very important for them. It would have been a hard-earned money. But its purchasing power must have been much more.

Life on the whole must have been very hard in the absence of many sources of livelihood. Education must not have been widespread. The main occupation of the people would have been to earn for livelihood. The people must have been very hardworking, honest and sincere. There must have been complete communal harmony and peace. There would have been no illwill according to caste or creed or religion.

The people on the whole must not have been very enthusiastic or hopeful of change. They would have taken everything in a normal way. They could not have been resistant. But they would have abided by the social norms or elders’ orders. Life, thus, must have been peaceful, tension-free and contented.

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Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 10
Subject	English First Flight
Chapter	Chapter 1
Chapter Name	A Letter to God
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 1 A Letter to God

TEXTUAL EXERCISES

ORAL COMPREHENSION CHECK
(Page 5)

Question 1.
What did Lencho hope for ?
Answer:
Lencho hoped for water in the form of rain.

Question 2.
Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’ ?
Answer:
He said this because his crop really needed rain for being a good harvest. So when it rained, he saw it in the form of ‘new coins’.

Question 3.
How did the rain change ? What happened to Lencho’s fields ?
Answer:
The rain changed into a hailstorm. Hails fell on the house, the garden, the hillside and the cornfield. They destroyed Lencho’s fields completely.

Question 4.
What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped ? (CBSE 2012)
Answer:
Lencho felt completely broken. The hail had left nothing. He felt that they would have no corn that year.

ORAL COMPREHENSION CHECK
(Page 6)

Question 1.
Who or what did Lencho have faith in ? What did he do ?
Answer:
Lencho had faith in God. He felt that God’s eyes saw everything. He wrote a letter to God.

Question 2.
Who read the letter ?
Answer:
The postman and the postmaster read Lencho’s letter (to God).

Question 3.
What did the postmaster do then ?
Answer:
The postmaster helped Lencho by sending money on behalf of God. Lencho had written a letter to God to help him with money. The postmaster didn’t want to shake Lencho’s faith in God. So he collected money and sent to Lencho.

ORAL COMPREHENSION CHECK
(Page 7)

Question 1.
Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it ?
Answer:
No, Lencho was not surprised to find a letter for him with money. It was because he had full faith in God. He knew that God saw everything even in one’s conscience.

Question 2.
What made him angry ?
Answer:
Lencho had requested God to send him 100 pesos. But God sent him only 70 pesos. It was not good on God’s part. This made him angry.

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT
(Page 7)

Question 1.
Who does Lencho have complete faith in ? Which sentences in the story tell you this ?
Answer:
Lencho has complete faith in God. The sentences are : “All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope : the help of God, whose eyes … see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience”.

Question 2.
Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho ? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’ ?
Answer:
The postmaster doesn’t want that Lencho’s faith in God should break. He, in fact, feels proud that Lencho has such a great faith in God. He signs the letter again to keep Lencho’s faith intact. If he doesn’t do so, Lencho might think differently. His faith in God may shake.

Question 3.
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him ? Why /Why not ?
Answer:
Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him. It was because he had complete faith in God. He, therefore, didn’t bother about the sender.

Question 4.
Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money ? What is the irony in the situation ? (Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected.)
Answer:
Lencho thinks that the rest of the money has been taken by the post office officials. The irony in the situation is that the post office officials contribute money for Lencho. Yet he looks at them as ‘crooks’.

Question 5.
Are there people like Lencho in the real world ? What kind of a person would you say he is ? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question. (Value Based Question)

Answer:
Yes, there are still people like Lencho in the world. He is such a person who can go to any extent in his faith in God. He is resolute, determined and firm. Lencho is also ‘naive’, ‘stupid’ and ‘comical’.

Question 6.
There are two kinds of conflicts in the story : between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated ?
Answer:
These conflicts are illustrated in the form of hailstorm destroying Lencho’s crop. So he thinks of God and writes a letter to Him for help. The other conflict is illustrated by Lencho. It is in his not believing in the post office officials’ honesty. He thinks them ‘crooks’ and dishonest persons.

THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE

I. Look at the following sentence from the story :

Suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones began to fall.

‘Hailstones’ are small balls of ice that fall like rain. A storm in which hailstones fall is a ‘hailstorm’. You know that a storm is bad weather with strong winds, rain, thunder and lightning.

There are different names in different parts of the world for storms, depending on their nature. Can you match the names in the box with their descriptions below, and fill in the blanks ? You may use a dictionary to help you.

Question 1.
A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle : _ _ c _ _ _ _
Answer:
cyclone

Question 2.
An extremely strong wind : _ a _ _
Answer:
gale

Question 3.
A violent tropical storm with very strong winds : _ _ p _ _ _ _
Answer:
typhoon

Question 4.
A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funnel: _ _ _ n _ _ _
Answer:
tornado

Question 5.
A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic Ocean : _ _ r _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer:
hurricane

Question 6.
A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage : _ _ _ _ l _ _ _ _
Answer:
whirlwind

II. Notice how the word ‘hope’ is used in these sentences from the story.
(a) I hope it (the hailstorm) passes quickly.
(b) There was a single hope : help from God.

In the first example, ‘hope’ is a verb which means you wish for something to happen. In the second example it is a noun meaning a chance for something to happen.

Match the sentences in column ‘A’ with the meanings of ‘hope’ in column ‘B’:

A	B
1. Will you get the subjects you want to study in college ? I hope so.	(i) a feeling that something good will probably happen.
2. ‘I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing.’	(ii) thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.)
3. This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers.	(iii) stopped believing that this good thing would happen.
4. We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes.	(iv) wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible).
5. I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school.	(v) showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person : a way of being polite.
6. Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone.	(vi) wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely.

Answer:

1. → (i)
2. → (ii)
3. → (v)
4. → (vi)
5. → (iv)
6. → (iii)

III. Relative Clauses
Look at these sentences

(а) All morning Lencho—who knew his fields intimately—looked at the sky.
(b) The woman, who was preparing supper, replied, “Yes, God willing.”

The italicised parts of the sentences give us more information about Lencho and the woman. We call them ‘relative clauses’. Notice that they begin with a ‘relative pronoun’ who. Other common relative pronouns are whom, whose, and which.

The relative clauses in (a) and (b) above are called ‘non-defining’, because we already know the identity of the person they describe. Lencho is a particular person, and there is a particular woman he speaks to. We don’t need the information in the relative clause to pick these people out from a larger set.

A non-defining relative clause usually has a comma in front of it and a comma after it (some writers use a ‘dash’ (—) instead, as in the story). If the relative clause comes at the end, we just put a full stop.

Join the sentences given below using who, whom, whose, which, as suggested.

Question 1.
I often go to Mumbai.
Mumbai is the commercial capital of India, (which)
Answer:
I often go to Mumbai which is the commercial capital of India.

Question 2.
My mother is going to host a TV show on cooking.
She cooks very well, (who)
Answer:
My mother who cooks very well is going to host a TV show on cooking.

Question 3.
These sportspersons are going to meet the President.
Their performance has been excellent, (whose)
Answer:
These sportspersons whose performance has been excellent are going to meet the President.

Question 4.
Lencho prayed to God.
His eyes see into our minds, (whose)
Answer:
Lencho prayed to God whose eyes see into our minds.

Question 5.
This man cheated me.
I trusted him. (whom)

Sometimes the relative pronoun in a relative clause remains ‘hidden’. For example, look at the first sentence of the story :

(a) The house—the only one in the entire valley—sat on the crest of a low hill.
We can rewrite this sentence as :

(b) The house—which was the onjly one in the entire valley—sat on the crest of a low hill.
In (a), the relative pronoun ‘which’ land the verb ‘was’ are not present.

Answer:
This man whom I trusted cheated me.

IV. Using Negatives for Emphasis
We know that sentences with words such as no, not or nothing show the absence of something, or contradict something. For example :

(а) This year we will have no com. (Com will be absent.)

(b) The hail has left nothing. (Absence of a crop.)

(c) These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins. (Contradicts the common idea of what the drops of water falling from the sky are.)

But sometimes negative words are used just to emphasise an idea. Look at these sentences from the story:

(d) Lencho…had done nothing else but see the sky towards the north-east. (He had done only this.)

(e) The man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body. (He had only this reason.)

(f) Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money. (He showed no surprise at all.)

Now look back at example (c). Notice that the contradiction in fact serves to emphasise the value or usefulness of the rain to the farmer.

Find sentences in the story with negative words, which express the following ideas emphatically.

Question 1.
The trees lost all their leaves.
Answer:
Not a leaf remained on the trees.

Question 2.
The letter was addressed to God himself.
Answer:
It was nothing less than a letter to God.

Question 3.
The postman saw this address for the first time in his career.
Answer:
Never in his career as a postman had he known that address.

V. Metaphors

The word ‘metaphor9 comes from a Greek word meaning ‘transfer’. Metaphors compare two things or ideas : a quality or feature of one thing is transferred to another thing. Some common metaphors are

• the teg of the table : The leg supports our body. So the object that supports a table is described as a leg.
• the heart of the city : The heart is an important organ in the centre of our body. So this word is used to describe the central area of a city.

In pairs, find metaphors from the story to complete the table below. Try to say what qualities are being compared. One has been done for you.

Object	Metaphor	Quality or Feature Compared
Cloud	Huge mountains of clouds	The mass or “hugeness’ of mountains
Raindrops
Hailstones
Locusts
		An epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead
	An ox of a man

Answer:

Object	Metaphor	Quality or Feature Compared
Cloud	Huge mountains of clouds	The mass or “hugeness’ of mountains
Raindrops	Coins, New silver coins	Crop and its being very good
Hailstones	frozen pearls	destruction of the crop

 

Locusts	A plague	An epidemic (a disease) that spreads
		An epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead
Lencho	An ox of a man	his robustness, strength and resoluteness

SPEAKING
Have you ever been in great difficulty, and felt that only a miracle could help you ? How was your problem solved ? Speak about this in class with your teacher.

Answer:

Yes, once I fell in a great difficulty. I had mild asthma. I couldn’t take the medicine in time. In fact, I forgot. The weather became cloudy and stuffy. There came the asthmatic attack on me. I had my inhaler with me. But it had only one puff. I puffed at it. There was no relief. I started gasping for breath. I saw my end was near as I gasped and gasped for Breath. Suddenly, my mother found another inhaler. She gave it to me to puff. I puffed and felt some relief. I was at once taken to hospital.

LISTENING
Listen to the letter (given below ‘In This Lesson’) read out by your teacher/on the audio tape. As you listen fill in the table given below.

The writer apologises (says sorry) because
The writer has sent this to the reader
The writer sent it in the month of
The reason for not writing earlier
Sarah goes to
Who is writing to whom ?
Where and when were they last together ?

Answer:
Mainly to be attempted at class level with the help of the teacher. The appropriate answers are given below :

(a) she did not write to Art) for a very long time.
(b) after sending a birthday card
(c) September, 2005
(d) was the writer’s shifting from Bangalore to Kanpur
(e) a primary school called ‘Little Feet’.
(f) Jaya is writing to Arti
(g) They were at Bangalore.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 5 The Snake and the Mirror are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 5 The Snake and the Mirror.

Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Beehive
Chapter	Chapter 5
Chapter Name	The Snake and the Mirror
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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 5 The Snake and the Mirror

TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
(Page 60)

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT

I. Discuss in pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30-40 words).
1. “The sound was a familiar one.” What sound did the doctor hear ? What did he think it was ? How many times did he hear it ? (Find the places in the text.) When and why did the sounds stop ?
Or
“The sound was a familiar one.” What sound did the doctor hear and when did it stop ? (CBSE)
2. What two “important” and “earth-shaking” decisions did the doctor take while he was looking into the mirror ?
Or
What were the two important decisions that the narrator took while looking into the mirror ? (CBSE)
3. “I looked into the mirror and smiled,” says the doctor. A little later he says, “I forgot my danger and smiled feebly at myself.” What is the doctor’s opinion about himself when (i) he first smiles, and (ii) he smiles again ? In what way do his thoughts change in between, and why ?

Answers
1. The doctor heard a chirping sound. It was the sound of the rats. The doctor heard the sound four times. The phrases are : ‘Again I heard that sound from above’. ‘Again came that noise from above’; ‘Suddenly there came a dull thud as if a rubber tube had fallen…’.
The sounds stopped after the rats saw a snake as they got afraid of him.

2. One, he would shave daily. Second, he would grow a thin moustache to look more handsome. Third, he would always keep that attractive smile on his face.

3. The doctor’s opinion about himself was good that he had an attractive smile when he first smiled. But when he smiled a little later, he pitied himself. It was because he saw his death quite near when the snake was so near his face. His feeble smile indicated his nervousness.
His thoughts changed in between. When he smiled first, there was no danger to his life. But when he saw the snake coiling his arm and very near his face, his thoughts changed. Both of joy and happiness changed into fear and death.

II. This story about a frightening incident is narrated in a humorous way. What makes it humorous ? (Think of the contrasts it presents between dreams and reality. Some of them are listed below).
1. (i) The kind of person the doctor is (money, possessions)
(ii) The kind of person he wants to be (appearance, ambition)
2. (i) The person he wants to marry (ii) The person he actually marries
3. (i) His thoughts when he looks into the mirror
(ii) His thoughts when the snake is coiled around his arm

Write short paragraphs on each of these to get your answer.
Answers
1. (i) The doctor is a poor person. He has hardly any money. He lives in an unelectrified
house. It is a small rented room with plenty of rats living in it. He has just started his medical practice. He had about sixty rupees in his suitcase. He had only one black coat. Besides, he had some shirts and dhotis. So he is not a man of possessions or money.
(ii) The doctor wants to be rich. He also would like to have a good appearance. That’s why he decides to grow a thin moustache.

2. (i) The doctor wants to marry a woman doctor. He wants that she should have a good medical practice and a lot of money. She should be fat as not to run after him and catch him.
(ii) He marries a thin reedy woman. She has the gift of a sprinter.

3. (i) His thoughts are full of joy and satisfaction. He decides to grow a thin moustache and keep smiling always. He finds his smile attractive.
(ii) He turned to stone. He sat like a stone image in the flesh. However, his mind was very active. He felt the great presence of the Creator. He decided to write the words ‘O God’ outside his little heart.

THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE
I. Here are some sentences from the text. Say which of them tell you, that the author :
(а) was afraid of the snake,
(b) was proud of his appearance,
(c) had a sense of humour,
(d) was no longer afraid of the snake.

1. I was turned to stone.
2. I was no mere image cut in granite.
3. The arm was beginning to be drained of strength.
4. I tried in my imagination to write in bright letters outside my little heart the words, ‘O God’.
5. I didn’t tremble. I didn’t cry out.
6. I looked into the mirror and smiled. It was an attractive smile.
7. I was suddenly a man of flesh and blood.
8. I was after all a bachelor, and a doctor too on top of it!
9. The fellow had such a sense of cleanliness … ! The rascal could have taken it and used it after washing it with soap and water.
10. Was it trying to make an important decision about growing a moustache or using eye shadow and mascara or wearing a vermilion spot on its forehead ?

Answers
The following sentences tell that the author (a) was afraid of the snake :
(1), (3), (4), (5)
The following sentences tell that he (b) was proud of his appearance :
(б), (8)
The following sentences tell that (c) he had a sense of humour :
(9), (10)
The following sentences tell that (d) he was no longer afraid of the snake :
(2), (7)

II. Expressions used to show fear
Can you find the expressions in the story that tell you that the author was frightened ? Read the story and complete the following sentences.

1. I was turned ……….. .
2. I sat there holding ……. .
3. In the light of the lamp I sat there like …….. .

Answers

1. I was turned to stone.
2. I sat there holding my breath.
3. In the light of the lamp I sat there like a stone image in the flesh.

III. In the sentences given below some words and expressions are italicised. They are variously mean that one

• is very frightened.
• is too scared to move.
• is frightened by something that happens suddenly.
• makes another feel frightened.

Match the meanings with the words/expressions in italics, and write the appropriate meaning next to the sentence. The first one has been done for you.

1. I knew a man was following me, I was scared out of my wits, (very frightened)
2. I got a fright when I realised how close I was to the cliff edge.
3. He nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw the bull coming towards him.
4. You really gave me a fright when you crept up behind me like that.
5. Wait until I tell his story – it will make your hair stand on end.
6. Paralysed with fear, the boy faced his abductors.
7. The boy hid behind the door, not moving a muscle.

Answers

1. I knew a man was following me, I was scared out of my wits, (very frightened)
2. I got a fright when I realized how close I was to the cliff edge, (too scared to move).
3. He nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw the bull coming towards him. (frightened by something that happens suddenly)
4. You really gave me a fright when you crept up behind me like that, (make another feel frightened)
5. Wait until I tell his story – it will make your hair stand on end. (too scared to move)
6. Paralysed with fear, the boy faced his abductors, (very frightened)
7. The boy hid behind the door, not moving a muscle, (too scared to moire)

IV. Reported questions
Report these questions, using if!whether or why/when/where!how/which/what. Remember the italicised verbs change into the past tense.

1. Meena asked her friend, “Do you think your teacher will come today ?”
2. David asked his colleague, “Where will you go this summer ?”
3. He asked the little boy, “Why are you studying English ?”
4. She asked me, “When are we going to leave ?”
5. Pran asked me, “Have you finished reading the newspaper ?”
6. Seema asked her, “How long have you lived here ?”
7. Sheila asked the children, “Are you ready to do the work ?”

Answers

1. Meena asked her friend if he (she) thought his (her) teacher would come that day.
2. David asked his colleague where he would go that summer.
3. He asked the little boy why he was studying English.
4. She asked me when they were going to leave.
5. Pran asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper.
6. Seema asked her how long she had lived there.
7. Sheila asked the children if they were ready to do the work.

DICTATION
The following paragraph is about the Indian cobra. Read it twice and close your book. Your teacher will then dictate the paragraph to you. Write it down with appropriate punctuation marks.
The Indian cobra is the common name for members of the family of venomous snakes, known for their intimidating looks and deadly bite. Cobras are recognized by the hoods that they flare when angry or disturbed ; the hoods are created by the extension of the ribs behind the cobras’ heads. Obviously the best prevention is to avoid getting bitten. This is facilitated by the fact that humans are not the natural prey of any venomous snake. We are a bit large for them to swallow whole and they have no means of chopping us up into bite-size pieces. Nearly all snakebites in humans are the result of a snake defending itself when it feels threatened. In general snakes are shy and will simply leave if you give them a chance.

Answer
The Indian Cobra is the common name for members of the family of venomous snakes, known for their intimidating looks and deadly bite. Cobras are recognized by the hoods that they flare when angry or disturbed ; the hoods are created by the extension of the ribs behind the cobra’s heads. Obviously the best prevention is to avoid getting bitten. This is facilitated by the fact that humans are not the natural prey of any venomous snake. We are a bit large for them to swallow whole and they have no means of chopping us up into bite-size pieces. Nearly all snakebites in humans are the result of a snake defending itself when it feels threatened. In general, snakes are shy and will simply leave if you give them a chance.

WRITING
1. Try to rewrite the story without its humour, merely as a frightening incident. What details or parts of the story would you leave out ?

Answer

The Most Frightening Incident

It was a hot summer night. I had been living in a shed made of straw. There was an old table. On it there was a mirror. I was looking in the mirror. Then a snake fell on my shoulder. Before I could do anything, the snake had coiled around my left arm. It was
above the elbow. Its hood was spread out. Its head was hardly three or four inches from my face.

I almost froze with fear. My breath stopped. I was like a stone. I knew if I moved even one centimetre, the snake would sting me. I couldn’t move even a centimetre. I started praying to God. By chance the snake’s eyes fell on its reflection in the mirror. It slowly fell down on my lap.

It then moved on to the table. It started looking at its own reflection in the mirror. I saw that I was breathing. I, at once, jumped off and ran like a mad man. I felt that I was safe. I thanked God greatly.

2. Read the description given alongside this sketch from a photograph in a newspaper (Times of India, 4 September 1999). Make up a story about what the monkey is thinking, or why it is looking into a mirror. Write a paragraph about it.

Answer

When a Monkey Got a Mirror

Last month I saw a strange incident about a monkey. Our colony has a lot of them. I saw once that a monkey had got a piece of looking mirror. He was looking into it. He was seeing his own face. But he never thought that it was his. He grinned, chuckled and showed teeth. His reflection also did the same. He thought that there was another monkey around. He searched for him all around. He turned his face around him. Or perhaps he was thinking how beautiful he looked ! He also saw the reflection of other things. He grew more and more interested in the mirror. We also were enjoying his actions of looking at the mirror.

After sometime, another big monkey came. There were two more monkeys. They started fighting. In that the monkey threw the mirror at one of them. It broke into pieces. Each monkey got one piece each. They started repeating the actions of the monkey with a mirror.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 4 A Truly Beautiful Mind are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive (Prose) Chapter 4 A Truly Beautiful Mind.

Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 9
Subject	English Beehive
Chapter	Chapter 4
Chapter Name	A Truly Beautiful Mind
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 4 A Truly Beautiful Mind

TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
(Page 50)

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT
Question 1.
Here are some headings for paragraphs in the text. Write the number(s) of the paragraph(s) for each title against the heading. The first one is done for you.

1. Einstein’s equation [9]
2. Einstein meets his future wife ……..
3. The making of a violinist …….
4. Mileva and Einstein’s mother …….
5. A letter that launched the arms race …….
6. A desk drawer full of ideas ……
7. Marriage and divorce …….

Answers

1. 9
2. 1
3. 3
4. 10
5. 14
6. 8
7. 11

Question 2.
Who had these opinions about Einstein ?

1. He was boring.
2. He was stupid and would never succeed in life.
3. He was a freak.

Answers

1. His playmates.
2. A headmaster.
3. His mother.

Question 3.
Explain what the reasons for the following are.

1. Einstein leaving the school in Munich for good.
2. Einstein wanting to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich.
3. Einstein seeing in Mileva an ally.
4. What do these tell you about Einstein ?

Answers

1. Einstein did not like the strict order and discipline of the school. He had clashed with the teachers also.
2. His parents moved to Milan. They left Einstein with their relatives. Einstein convinced his parents to continue his education in Switzerland.
3. He saw an ally in Mileva because he found her a ‘clever creature’. She was very intelligent also.
4. These tell that Einstein was not an ordinary boy. He had the qualities that would make him great in future. And this he did show in his discoveries.

Question 4.
What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office ? Why ? (CBSE)

Answer
Einstein called his desk drawer at the patent office as “bureau of theoretical physics’. It was because he was developing his own ideas. The drawer had proofs of his efforts. He had written them on paper and kept them there in it.

Question 5.
Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt ?

Answer
The Nazis had acquired the technique and knowledge of making an atom bomb. They could develop an atom bomb. It could destroy the whole part of the world if they exploded it. This concern for the world made him write that letter.

Question 6.
How did Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ? (CBSE)

Answer
The bomb had caused huge destruction. Einstein was deeply shocked at this. He wrote a public letter to the United Nations to contain the arms race. He had fears that world peace would be disturbed due to these developments.

Question 7.
Why does the world remember Einstein as a ‘world.citizen’ ?

Answer
The world remembers Einstein as a “world citizen’, because he was greatly concerned about the world’s safety. The World was after the arms race. He was worried that the atom bombs could destroy the world if the countries made and exploded them.

Question 8.
Here are some facts from Einstein’s life. Arrange them in chronological order.
[ ] Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity.
[ ] He is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
[ ] Einstein writes a letter to U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and warns against Germany’s building of an atomic bomb.
[ ] Einstein attends a high school in Munich.
[ ] Einstein’s family moves to Milan.
[ ] Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.
[ ] Einstein joins a university in Zurich, where he meets Mileva.
[ ] Einstein dies.
[ ] He provides a new interpretation of gravity.
[ ] Tired of the school’s regimentation, Einstein withdraws from school.
[ ] He works in a patent office as a technical expert.
[ ] When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United States.

Answers
[1] Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.
[2] Einstein attends a high school in Munich.
[3] Einstein’s family moves to Milan.
[4] Tired of the school’s regimentation, Einstein withdraws from school.
[5] Einstein joins a University in Zurich where he meets Mileva.
[6] He works in a patent office as a technical expert.
[7] Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity.
[8] He provides a new interpretation of the centre of gravitation.
[9] He is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
[10] When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United States.
[11] Einstein writes a letter to U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt and warns against Germany’s building of an atomic bomb.
[12] Einstein dies.

THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE
I. Here are some sentences from the story. Choose the word from the brackets which can be substituted for the italicised words in the sentences.
1. A few years later, the marriage faltered, (failed, broke, became weak)
2. Einstein was constantly at odds with people at the university, (on bad terms, in disagreement, unhappy)
3. The newspapers proclaimed his work as “a scientific revolution”, (declared, praised, showed)
4. Einstein got ever more involved in politics, agitating for an end to the arms buildup, (campaigning, fighting, supporting)
5. At the age of 15, Einstein felt so stifled that he left the school for good, (permanently, for his benefit, for a short time)
6. Five years later, the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin had American physicists in an uproar, (in a state of commotion, full of criticism, in a desperate state)
7. Science wasn’t the only thing that appealed to the dashing young man with the walrus moustache, (interested, challenged, worried)

Answers

1. failed
2. in disagreement
3. declared
4. campaigning
5. permanently
6. in a state of commotion
7. interested.

II. Study the following sentences :

• Einstein became a gifted amateur violinist, maintaining this skill throughout his life.
• Letters survive in which they put their affection into words, mixing science with tenderness.

The parts in italics in the above sentences begin with – ing verbs, and are called participial phrases. Participial phrases say something more about the person or thing talked about or the idea expressed by the sentence as a whole. For example :
– Einstein became a gifted amateur violinist. He maintained this skill throughout his life.

Complete the sentences below by filling in the blanks with suitable participial clauses. The information that has to be used in the phrases is provided as a sentence in brackets.

1. ……., the firefighters finally put out the fire. (They worked round the clock.)
2. She watched the sunset above the mountain,……….. (She noticed the colours blending softly into one another.)
3. The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly,…….. (While it neighed continually.)
4. …….., I found myself in Bangalore, instead of Benaras. (I had taken the wrong train.)
5. …….., I was desperate to get to the bathroom. (I had not bathed for two days)
6. The stone steps,……… needed to be replaced. (They were worn down).
7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans, …….. (They asked him to send them his photograph.)

Answers

1. Working round the clock the firefighters finally put out the fire.
2. Noticing the colours blending softly into one another she watched the sunset above the mountain.
3. Neighing continually the excited horse pawed the ground rapidly.
4. Having taken the wrong train I found myself in Bangalore instead of Benaras.
5. Having not bathed for two days I was desperate to get to the bathroom.
6. The stone steps being worn down needed to be replaced.
7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans asking him to send them his photograph.

WRITING NEWSPAPER REPORTS
Here are some notes which you could use to write a report.
21 August 2005 – original handwritten manuscript of Albert Einstein unearthed – by student Rowdy Boeynik in the University of the Netherlands – Boeynik researching papers – papers belonging to an old friend of Einstein – fingerprints of Einstein on these papers – 16- page document dated 1924 – Einstein’s work on this last theory – behaviour of atoms at low temperature – now known as the Bose – Einstein condensation – the manuscript to be kept at Leyden University where Einstein got the Nobel Prize.
Write a report which has four paragraphs, one each on :

• What was unearthed.
• Who unearthed it and when.
• What the document contained.
• Where it will be kept.

Your report could begin like this :
Student Unearths Einstein Manuscript
21 August 2005. An original handwritten Albert Einstein manuscript has been unearthed at a university in the Netherlands…

Answers
Student Unearths Einstein Manuscript
21 August 2005. An original handwritten Albert Einstein manuscript has been unearthed at a University in the Netherlands.

A student named Rowdy Boeynik was researching papers. These belonged to an old Mend of Einstein. He found the fingerprints of Einstein on these papers. This confirmed that these were of Einstein.

The document contains 16 pages and is dated 1924. It has Einstein’s work on his last theory. It was on the behaviour of atoms at low temperature. Now it is known as the Bose- Einstein Condensation.

The manuscript is to be kept at Leyden University where Einstein got the Nobel Prize.

DICTATION
Your teacher will dictate these paragraphs to you. Write down the paragraphs with correct punctuation marks.
In 1931 Charlie Chaplin invited Albert Einstein, who was visiting Hollywood, to a private screening of his new film, City Lights. As the two men drove into town together, passersby waved and cheered. Chaplin turned to his guest and explained : “The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me.

One of Einstein’s colleagues asked him for his telephone number one day. Einstein reached for a telephone directory and looked it up. “You don’t remember your own number ?” the man asked, startled.

“No,” Einstein answered. “Why should I memorise something I can so easily get from a book ?” (In fact, Einstein claimed never to memorise anything which could be looked up in less than two minutes.)

Answer
In 1931 Charlie Chaplin invited Albert Einstein, who was visiting Hollywood, to a private screening of his new film, “City Lights”. As the two men drove into town together, passers-by waved and cheered. Chaplin turned to his guest and explained : “The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me.”

One of Einstein’s colleagues asked him for his telephone number one day. Einstein reached for a telephone directory and looked it up. “You don’t remember your own number ?” the man asked, startled.

“No”, Einstein answered. “Why should I memorise something I can so easily get from a book ?” (In fact, Einstein claimed never to memorise anything which could be looked up in less than two minutes.)

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• The Fun They Had Question Answer
• The Sound of Music Question Answer
• The Little Girl Question Answer
• A Truly Beautiful Mind Question Answer
• The Snake and the Mirror Question Answer
• My Childhood Question Answer
• Packing Question Answer
• Reach for the Top Question Answer
• The Bond of Love Question Answer
• Kathmandu Question Answer
• If I Were You Question Answer