These TS 9th Class English Important Questions Reading Comprehension Passages Question Number 11 to 15 will help the students to improve their time and approach.
TS 9th Class English Reading Comprehension Passages Question Number 11 to 15
Questions : 11 – 15, Marks : 5
Passage – 1:
Read the following passage.
Soon the drum made of tamarind wood was ready. The courtiers assembled outside the king’s door and the royal musician began to play. But instead of the thum thum that everyone expected, the Tamarind drum intoned, The raja has horns on his head. The raja has horns on his head.’ The court burst out laughing and the king cried with rage.
‘I won’t stay in the palace a moment longer,’ he shouted. ‘I’ll go to the forest and live by myself.’ He tore the night cap off his head and ran out of the palace, seizing the Tamarind drum on his way out.
The king lived for several years in the forest. He gradually learnt about the beauty of the world around him. He learnt to care for creatures smaller than himself. He grew strong and wise and selfless. His only companion was the Tamarind drum, and the drum, when he beat it, gave him all the advice and experience of the old tree. He learnt to play it so beautifully that even the spirits of the trees were charmed and they went to meet the god who had given him the horns.
‘Forgive him,’ they begged. ‘He has changed. Remove his horns and give him back his kingdom.’
The god waved his hands and the horns disappeared.
Next morning the king went down to a forest pool to drink water. While cupping his hands he saw his reflection, and his lean sun-tanned face looked back at him – without any horns ! And, as he sat up in surprise, several horse-riders burst into the clearing, and he saw his courtiers. They knelt before him. ‘Your majesty, forgive us and come back. The kingdom needs you.’
The king went back to his kingdom. He kept his Tamarind drum beside him always and he ruled wisely. And yes, the barber kept his head, but lost his job!
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write the options (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3 Marks)
Question 11.
‘The raja tore the night cap’shows him to be
A) restless
B) humble
C) angry
D) illiterate
Answer:
C) angry
Question 12.
When the courtiers met the raja, they said
A) We insulted you
B) You have deceived us
C) The kingdom needs you
D) Do not return
Answer:
Question 13.
In the phrase ‘ruled wisely’, wisely is used as
A) noun
B) adverb
C) pronoun
D) verb
Answer:
B) adverb
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences. (2 × 1 = 2 Marks)
Question 14.
What was the abnormal thing about the drum ?
Answer:
The abnormal thing about the drum was that it spoke in a singing tone.
Question 15.
What did the spirits of the trees plead to god ?
Answer:
The spirits of the trees pleaded to god to remove the raja’s horns.
Passage – 2:
Read the following passage.
The unique attempt was made on 28 July 1992. ‘My fight’, said Janaki in the course of the swim was against nature. The Channel waters were so cold that I needed much more energy than usual to keep my arms moving. Then I had the problem of my legs moving to the left or to the right, whichever way the waves were moving. So I really needed a lot of energy. The water was very salty, and when it entered my mouth I felt sick. And then there were the seaweeds and jelly fish. These fish kept sticking to my body and I felt very uncomfortable.’
However, despite these problems, Janaki successfully completed her share of the relay : She swam for about two hours and helped the relay team cross the 36 km Channel in 14 hours and 45 minutes.
Janaki’s parents, Mr Nagappa and Mrs Indiramma, had anxiously stood on the Dover beach, wondering how things would turn out. ‘We could not eat a morsel,’ said Mr Nagappa. ‘How could we when our daughter was doing something so dangerous ? For us old people it was really very agonizing.’ But their daughter did triumph, becoming the first handicapped swimmer to part-swim the English Channel.
After her success Janaki said, ‘Although I couldn’t swim solo, I’m nevertheless happy that I was part of a relay team that helped me fulfil my dream of swimming the English Channel. I would now like to start training for the Paraplegic Olympics.’
Janaki, who is a bank officer in Bangalore, has a simple philosophy: ‘I have always wanted to do something worthwhile in life. I strongly believe that the word “Impossible” is applied to something that has not been tried. I wanted to prove that to be handicapped is no bar to success. One can overcome all obstacles by hard work, determination, courage, and self-reliance. Self-reliance is very important. God helps those who help themselves. Lastly, there is one more thing I would like to say: there is really no short-cut to success !’
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write the options (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3 Marks)
Question 11.
Janaki felt sick due to
A) the bad weather.
B) salty water.
C) the cold water.
D) the jelly fish.
Answer:
B) salty water.
Question 12.
Janaki parents did not move from the beach as
A) they were anxious about their daughter.
B) they were waiting for somebody.
C) as their daughter had drowned.
D) they were cheering Janaki.
Answer:
A) they were anxious about their daughter.
Question 13.
She could not swim solo as she was
A) sick.
B) handicapped.
C) under age.
D) tired.
Answer:
B) handicapped.
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences. (2 × 1 = 2 Marks)
Question 14.
How did Janaki inspire people ?
Answer:
Janaki proved that to be handicapped is no bar to success. She became the first handicapped swimmer to part-swim the English Channel. With her hard work, determination, courage and self-reliance she could achieve what she wanted and thus inspired the people.
Question 15.
What was Janaki’s vision ?
Answer:
Janaki’s vision was to start training for the Paraplegic Olympics.
Passage – 3:
Read the following passage.
Mayuri’s success encouraged him to dub the film in Tamil and Malayalam and remake it in Hindi as Nache Mayuri, and Subha Chandran made her debut – as a film star. She has Since acted in many films in several languages, and has produced a Kannada film, Kalabhimani, based on the true life of Balanna, a deaf artiste who * went on to become a great character actor. (Balanna, 74, has 400 Kannada films to his credit.)
Sudha’s success was followed by invitations for shows from all over the world. She has danced in several European countries, Canada, and the Middle East. A few years ago she went to the United States on an eight-performance tour around the country. She remembers a young girl who, after the Washington concert, struggled through the crowds around the dancer, and with tears streaming down her face, silently handed her a card that read, ‘Congratulations. You have made it!’
Did the audience know her story everywhere ? ‘No, not everywhere. In fact, at some of the performances, people learned about it only {luring the interval and after that there would be a wonderful, heartwarming response. But then they have had their heroes too. Did any of them accept defeat ? Like them, I have also believed in asking, “What next ?” rather than “Why me ?” If Helen Keller could overcome her handicap, so can I. That is what I have always told myself.’
That, Sudha remarks, is what she replied to iler Indian fans, thousands of whom wrote to her after the release of her films. ‘People wrote to say that they were inspired by my story and that it had given them new hope. I do feel thrilled that my message has got across.’
And what is that message ?
‘The seed of achievement lies in the human mind. When this realization comes, there is no looking back. Once I decided that my handicap was not going to stop me from dancing, that was it.’
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write the options (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3 Marks)
Question 11.
Sudha Chaudran made her debut as
A) an orator
B) a film star
C) a politician
D) a beauty queen.
Answer:
B) a film star
Question 12.
Sudha received invitation to give
A) awards to the celebrities.
B) performance worldwide.
C) charity to the poor.
D) food to the hungry.
Answer:
Question 13.
The word ‘dub’ means
A) speak in loud tone
B) repÍace the video .
C) replace the sound track in a different Language
D) replace with a different language ‘
Answer:
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences. (2 × 1 = 2 Marks)
Question 14.
When would heartwarming response take place?
Answer:
A heartwarming response would take place when the people came to knòw about her story.
Question 15.
What is the message of Sudha Chandran?
Answer:
The sed of achievement lies in the human mind. When this realization comes, there is no looking back.
Passage – 4:
Read the following passage.
If the elephant was doing nothing when Karim’s wife had water to fetch or dinner to cook, either she or Karim would draw a circle in the dust in front of the tethered animal, and put the baby into it.
‘Keep him inside that, O Lord of Elephants,’ they would order the big tusker, who gently stopped the child if he tried to crawl away.
One afternoon when they were camped near the Rapti River, Karim’s wife took a big earthen jar and went off towards the river to fill it. After a while, when she failed to return, Karim shouted in the direction she had taken. But there was no reply.
Quite suddenly Karim, with his heel, marked a circle in front of the elephant and put the baby in it.
‘Look after him, Gajpati!’
He ran to see what had happened to his wife.
Under Gajapati’s trunk, next to his immense toenails, the baby lay and laughed up at the elephant. The infant could do as he liked. But each time he tried to crawl out of the circle he was picked up and put back in again. Gajpati scooped up some dust with his trunk and’ blew it over him. Sometimes he flicked a little dirt over the baby to discourage flies. And sometimes drops of green spit fell from Gajpati’s pointed underlip onto the baby’s tummy and tickled him. They were perfectly content together, these two.
Suddenly^the sun was gone, drawing over it a sky of velvet and diamonds. Immediately, the air was colder, and the baby began to cry. Jackals howled in the dusk, and there came the whoop of an eagle owl.
Not far away, in the rough grassland, a male hyena emerged from his burrow and stood silently sniffing the night air for news of food. He was a scavenger of dead flesh and an eater of skeletons. He would also pick up any small, helpless creature he might find. In India, hyenas carry away human children every year.
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write the options (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3 Marks)
Question 11.
The Lord of Elephants was ordered to
A) fetch water.
B) keep the baby inside the circle.
C) play with the ball.
D) play with the baby.
Answer:
B) keep the baby inside the circle.
Question 12.
When Karim’s wife did not return
A) Karim ran to find her out.
B) the elephant took no notice.
C) there was commotion.
D) the baby started crying.
Answer:
A) Karim ran to find her out.
Question 13.
One evening was dangerous as there were
A) a number of animals coming towards them.
B) traces of hyena’s approaching them.
C) dark clouds in the sky.
D) both A and B
Answer:
B) traces of hyena’s approaching them.
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences. (2 × 1 = 2 Marks)
Question 14.
What did Gajpati do in the absence of baby’s parents ?
Answer:
In the absence of parents Gajapathi took the full charge to protect the baby.
Question 15.
What are the sounds mentioned in the passage ?
Answer:
The sounds mentioned in the passage are ‘cry’, ‘howled’ and ‘whoop’.
Passage – 5:
Read the following passage.
About thirty years ago, while travelling and teaching in Turkey, Nepal and Iran, Bonnie Bergin noticed self-sufficient handicapped people going about their unremarkable daily business, often -using burros and donkeys to hold pots, pans and other wares to be sold. She later returned to the United States to begin work on a Master’s Degree in Special Education.
“I thought hard about what can be done to get people out of institutions and onto • the streets, getting jobs, and it came to me – dogs,” says Bergin, who today has a Doctorate in Education and is founder of the Assistance Dog Institute and originator of the service-dog concept.
She ran into fierce resistance from academics and professionals at first. Dogs spread disease. Dogs are stupid. The disabled can’t take care of dogs, how can dogs take care of them ? But the long list of negative reactions didn’t stop her. Her first trainee was Abdul, a golden retriever puppy someone had given her.
Her first dog-assistance client was Kerry Knaus, a soft-spoken 19-year-old woman who had a neuromuscular disorder that had left her unable to move her legs and much of her arms. Bergin and Knaus cbncentrated not on physical gestures but on verbal cues such as “sit” or “stay”, using variations in tone of voice and facial expressions to get Abdul to help Knaus.
By the end of the training the dog could push Knaus up from her in chair falls, open doors, turn on lights, retrieve food and push levers to help her operate the chair and also lift it to her van. Most importantly, Knaus had to develop a trusting emotional bond with Abdul simply by spending time with him, much in the way humans get to know one another and develop a relationship based on mutual understanding.
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write the options (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3 Marks)
Question 11.
The negative reactions were
A) the disabled cannot help themselves
B) the disabled cannot take care
C) dogs can take care of the handicapped
D) both A and B
Answer:
B) the disabled cannot take care
Question 12.
Knaus was Bergin’s
A) first client to seek financial help.
B) first client to seek physical help.
C) first client to seek dog-assistance services.
D) both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
Question 13.
The story between Knaus and Abdul was
A) of a trusting emotional bond.
B) of immense value to everyone,
c) immensely popular.
D) not liked by Bergin.
Answer:
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences. (2 × 1 = 2 Marks)
Question 14.
What was Bonnie Beigin’s life full of ?
Answer:
Bonnie Bergin’s life was full of struggles to reach her goal.
Question 15.
When did Abdul help Knaus ?
Answer:
Abdul would push Knaus up from her in chair falls, open doors, turn on lights, retrieve food and push levers to help her operate the chair and also lift it to her van.
Passage – 6:
Read the following passage.
“A scrubbing pail,” she said vexed. “A Mother’s Day gift of a scrubbing pail.” Her voice almost broke.
Tears sprang to Nick’s eyes. Without a word he picked up the scrubbing pail and mop and blindly trudged down the stairs. I put the comb in my pocket and ran after him. He was crying and I felt so bad I began to cry, too. On the way down we met Father. Nick could not talk, so I explained.
“I will take it back,” sobbed Nick.
“No,” said Father firmly, taking the pail. “It is a fine gift. A wonderful gift. I should have thought of it myself. Women sometimes don’t see how to escape their burdens. They escape in pretty baubles rather than lighter work.”
We all went upstairs again, Nick climbing very reluctantly. Inside the kitchen, Mother was still scrubbing, but not vigorously. Slowly, sadly.
Without a word Father soaked the puddle of dirty water up with the mop and using the foot wringer on the bucket, neatly squeezed it dry.
“You did not let Nick finish,” he said sternly.
“Part of his gift was that he was going to wash the floor from now on.” He looked at Nick. “Isn’t that so, Nick ?”
With a flush of shame Nick understood the lesson. “Yes, oh, yes,” he said in a low, eager tone.
Quickly, repentantly, Mother said, “It is too heavy work for a fourteen-year-old boy.”
It was then I realised how smart Father was. “Ah,” he said cunningly. “Not with this wonderful wringer and scrub pail. It’s much easier. Your hands stay clean, and your knees don’t hurt.” Again Father demonstrated quickly.
Mother said, looking sadly at Nick, “Ah, a woman can become so stupid.” She kissed Nick and he felt better. Then they turned to me.
“Where is your gift ?” asked Father. Nick looked at me and paled. I felt the comb in my pocket. It would make the scrubbing pail again a scrubbing pail compared with a comb with shining stones just like diamonds.
“Half the scrubbing pail,” I said mournfully, and Nick looked at me with love in his eyes.
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write the options (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3 Marks)
Question 11.
Mother did not like the gift
A) of a diamond comb.
B) presented by her husband.
C) of a scrubbing pail.
D) Both A and C
Answer:
C) of a scrubbing pail.
Question 12.
Father was wise to tell the Mother
A) that Nick was going to help her in washing.
B) that Nick was an obedient son.
C) that Nick was 14 years old now.
D) that not to discourage Nick.
Answer:
A) that Nick was going to help her in washing.
Question 13.
Father said ‘sternly’. The word ‘sternly’ means
A) in a harsh tone
B) roughly
C) cunningly
D) softly
Answer:
A) in a harsh tone
Answer the following questions In one or two sentences. (2 × 1 = 2 Marks)
Question 14.
Why couldn’t Nick talk?
Answer:
Nick could not talk as he was badly hurt by Mother’s refusal.
Question 15.
What He did the narrator tell?
Answer:
The narrator told a lie that half of the expense of the pall was paid by him.
Passage No. 7:
Read the following passage.
The grand fare was set before the friend and Moti Lal waited in agonising silence. Today surely, his friend would not say that it did not compare with the feasts of his village. With the great variety of food served, dinner took a long time.
At last the friend spoke, “Today, your food, dear Moti, was fit for the table of a king. But still, it cannot compare with the feasts I have at home.”
Moti Lal nearly dropped down in disappointment. What were the feasts of his friend’s village like ? How lavish were they that the rich fare of his valley could not even compare with them ?
At lunch the next day the food was so delicious that passers-by stopped and licked their lips at just the smell of it. Moti Lal bit his lips nervously. Yet once again Kisan Lal’s response was, “I would really have said that the food today was incomparable had I not tasted the feasts at home.”
Moti Lal silently acknowledged defeat and for the rest of Kisan Lal’s stay, though he always had the best of food served, he no longer tried to compete with the food Kisan ate in his village. Eventually, Kisan Lal went away.
The years rolled by. One winter, Moti Lal decided to leave his snow bound land for a while to enjoy the warmer climate of the plains. He decided to visit his friend. It would be a good opportunity, he felt, to taste the famous feasts of Kisan’s village and their feasts had never really left Moti Lal’s thoughts.
Kisan Lal was delighted to see his friend after so many years. “Do stay and rest ‘ here awhile,” he said &nd Moti Lal willingly accepted.
That evening Moti Lal spent the hours in great expectation. Dinner was served. A servant brought in two plates. Rotis, a bowl of curd, salad, dal and a plate of vegetables was all that had been served. Then the servant departed. Moti Lal waited expectantly. The servant did not reappear. His friend turned to him and said, “Please start your meal.” Moti Lal gulped down the food without a word. He told himself to be patient. Surely tomorrow the delicacies of the village would be served to him, he thought.
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write the options (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3 Marks)
Question 11.
Moti Lal invited his friend to
A) enjoy a ball.
B) attend the party.
C) a grand feast.
D) share his joy.
Answer:
C) a grand feast.
Question 12.
Kisan Lai never approved of valley food as
A) the nature was its best in the plains.
B) he believed in simple living.
C) it was very rich and nutritious.
D) delicacies.
Answer:
B) he believed in simple living.
Question 13.
The noun form of ‘agonising’ is
A) agonised
B) agony
C) agonises
D) will agonise
Answer:
B) agony
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences. (2 × 1 = 2 Marks)
Question 14.
Why did Moti Lal wonder ?
Answer:
Moti Lal wondered how the village feast was better than the valley feast.
Question 15.
Why was Kisan Lal happy ?
Answer:
Kisan Lal was very happy to see his friend after many years.
Passage – 8:
Read the following passage.
‘We continued on our way, when the tiger again came out into the nullah; and this time, as it stood and looked at us, it was growling and twitching its tail. We again stood quite still, and after a time the tiger quietened down and left the nullah. A little later a number of jungle fowl rose cackling out of the dense scrub, evidently disturbed by the tiger, and one of them came and sat on a tree right in front of us. As the bird flighted on a branch in full view of us, Har Singh said he would shoot it and so avoid going home empty-handed. He added that the shot would frighten away the tiger, and before I could stop him he had fired.’
‘Next second there was a terrifying roar as the tiger came towards us crashing through broken branches. At this spot there were some runi trees growing on the edge of the nullah, and l dashed towards one while Har Singh dashed towards another. My tree was nearer the tiger, but before it arrived I had climbed oilt of reach. Har Singh had not learnt to climb trees when he was a boy, as I had.
He was still standing on the ground; reaching up and trying to grasp a branch, when the tiger, after leaving me, sprang at him. Har Singh was screaming and the tiger was roaring. I had taken my gun into the tree with me, so now I fired the gun off into the air. On hearing the shot so close to it, the tiger bounded away, and Har Singh collapsed at the foot of the tree.’
‘When the tiger had been gone some time, I climbed down very silently, and went to Har Singh. I found that one of the tiger’s claws had entered his stomach and torn the lining from his navel to within a few fingers’ breadth of the backbone, and that all his insides had fallen out. I was in great trouble. I could not run away and leave Har Singh. I did not know what to do with his intestines, not having any experience in these matters.
Har Singh told me to put them back into his stomach. I stuffed them all back, including the dry leaves and grass and twigs that were sticking to them. After I had done that I wound my pugree round his stomach, knotting it tight to keep everything from falling out again. Then we set out on the seven-mile walk to our village, myself in front, carrying the two guns, while Har Singh walked behind.’
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write the options (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3 Marks)
Question 11.
The jungle fowl cackled at the sight
A) of horror.
B) of a tiger.
C) of impending danger.
D) of beauty.
Answer:
Question 12.
Har Singh was badly injured in the
A) eye.
B) chest.
C) stomach.
D) head
Answer:
Question 13.
The pugree had to be tied to the stomach
A) to avoid the intestines falling out again.
B) to keep it warm.
C) to flatten it.
D) to keep the stomach loose.
Answer:
A) to avoid the intestines falling out again.
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences.
Question 14.
Why was Har Singh unfortunate ?
Answer:
Har Singh was unfortunate as he did riot know how to climb a tree.
Question 15.
They both then set out on a seven-mile walk. What does this act show ?
Answer:
The act shows their grit and determination.