Passages For Comprehension
I. READ THE PASSAGE GIVEN BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW:
We put it in one of the gunny-bags we had brought and when I got back to Bangalore I duly presented it to my wife. She was delighted! She at once put a coloured ribbon around its neck, and after discovering the cub was a ‘boy’ she christened it Bruno.
Questions:
1. What does ‘it’ stand for here?
2. What was put in a gunny bag and why?
3. Which word in the passage mean ‘named’?
II. READ THE PASSAGE GIVEN BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW:
She had changed his name from Bruno, to Baba, a Hindustani word signifying ‘small boy’. And he could do a few tricks, too. At the command, ‘Baba, wrestle’, or ‘Baba, box,’ he vigorously tackled anyone who came forward for a rough and tumble. Give him a stick and say ‘Baba, hold gun’, and he pointed the stick at you. Ask him, ‘Baba, where’s baby?’ and he immediately produced and cradled affectionately a stump of wood which he had carefully concealed in his straw bed.
Questions:
1. What does ‘she’ refer here?
2. Write two pranks of Bruno.
3. Find word from the passage which means ‘hidden’.
III. READ THE PASSAGE GIVEN BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW:
Once home, a squad of coolies were engaged for special work in our compound. An island was made for Baba. It was twenty feet long and fifteen feet wide, and was surrounded by a dry pit, or moat, six feet wide and seven feet deep. A wooden box that once housed fowls was brought and put on the island for Baba to sleep in at night. Straw was placed inside to keep him warm, and his ‘baby’, the gnarled stump, along with his ‘gun’, the piece of bamboo, both of which had been sentimentally preserved since he had been sent away to the zoo, were put back for him to play with.
Questions:
1. Specify the area of the moat.
2. Which things have been already preserved for Baba?
3. Find a word which means ‘twisted’.
Suggested Answers Of Passages
Answers for Passage I:
1. ‘It’ stands for the cub here.
2. The cub was put in a gunny bag so that the narrator could present this motherless baby to his wife.
3. Christened.
Answers for Passage II:
1. ‘She’ refers to narrator’s wife here.
2. Baba had grown very mischievous. At the command Baba wrestled and Baba held the stick like a baby.
3. Concealed.
Answers for Passage III:
1. The moat was six feet wide and seven feet deep.
2. There were ‘baby’, the gnarled stump, his ‘gun’ and the piece of bamboo.
3. Gnarled.
Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 9 – Important Questions
Once it so happened. My brother purchased a puppy from an animal store. We named him Lucky. He started living with us as a family member. For a day or so he did not like our house environment but later on he become familiar with us. When my brother came to home from school, Lucky became very happy and started waving his tale very fast. He also started licking his hand and feet also. One day we had to go out of station for two day. We had handed over him to my aunty who lived in the next street.
When we came back after two days, he rushed to us and jump on. He started moving to and fro near us. He was feeling very happy. Aunty told us Lucky had not taken food for two days. He was very sad in last two days.
Thus, the animals too feel the pleasure of love and pain of separation.