Examination Bank (Class 9)

LITERATURE-

Prose- 1 -The Fun They Had

Short Answer Type Question

1. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?

2. Why did Margie’s mother send for the country Inspector?

3. Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the country inspector do

to help her?

4. What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher?

5. How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?

6. Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?

7. How does Tommy describe the old kind of teachers?

Long Answer Type Question

1. Describe the old type of books and compare them with the books Margie and

Tommy had on their television screen.

2. How was Margie taught?

3. Why did Margie hate school?

4. What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the school rooms

that Margie and Tommy have in the story?

2. The Sound Of Music - Part-I

Short Answer type Questions

1. How did Ron Forbes ask Evelyn to hear music?

2. What was her performance in the audition for the Royal Academy of music?

3. What happens when she removes her shoes on a wooden platform?

4. ‘For quite a while’, says Isabel. What did she manage to conceal for quite a

while?

5. Why does Evelyn say that men with bushy beards give her trouble?

6. How did Evelyn sense the sounds and vibrations of the music?