Sunday 27 August 2017

DAY SIX - SHORT ANSWERS AND SUMMARIES (ENGLISH GUESS PAPER FOR CLASS 9)

DAY SIX - SHORT ANSWERS AND SUMMARIES

Answer the following questions. 
(i) How do you define noise pollution?
Ans. Excessive noise that disrupts the normal functioning of life is called noise pollution. 
(ii) How is transport a source of noise pollution?
Ans. Horns of vehicles, fast running trains and flying planes produce unpleasant noise. 
(iii) How is construction work a cause of noise pollution?
Ans. Transport of heavy vehicles and the sounds of grilling and boring produce unpleasant noise. 
(iv) How is use of technology causing noise pollution?
Ans. Turbines, music players, TV, electricity generators and cell phones etc produce unpleasant noise. 
(v) Why is noise dangerous for human health?
Ans. Noise causes restlessness, stress, hearing loss and depression. 
(vi) Who was Helen Keller?
Ans. She was a deaf-blind author, political activist and lecturer. 
(vii) What makes you feel that the author is sad and depressed? 
Ans. Her deepest wish for sight and sound makes her sad and depressed. 
(viii) How do you get an impression that Helen Keller was a great admirer of Nature?
Ans. She touches leaves, flowers and cool water to get excitement. 
(ix) People who are deprived of sight not devoid of imagination. Discuss. 
Ans. There is plenty of imagery that goes on all the time in blind people. So they are more imaginative than those who can see. 
(x) Why has Helen Keller no time to waste in longings? 
Ans. It is because she has limited time and wants to see the scenery of the world. 
(xi) How do you compare the daffodils with the stars?
Ans. Both are the objects of nature and large in number. 
(xii) How does the poet feel in the company of daffodils?
Ans. He feels happy and relieved. 
(xiii) What do the daffodils represent in the poem? 
Ans. They represent nature and balmy effect on human mind and soul. 
(xiv) Why does the speaker stop in 'the darkest evening of the year'?
Ans. He is attracted to the light wind, soft snow, the trees and the silence. 
(xv) Why does the horse impatiently await the next move of his master?
Ans. It is because he fears that they might suffer something wrong. 

Q. Write summaries of the following poems. 
(i) Daffodils by William Wordsworth
(ii) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Daffodils
     "Daffodils" is a charming and wonderful poem written by William Wordsworth. One day the poet was wondering alone along the side of a lake. There he saw a large number of dancing daffodils. He was much delighted to see this scene. Whenever the poet is lonely and in a thoughtful mood, the sight of daffodils comes into his imagination and his heart is filled with pleasure. 

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
     "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is a charming and wonderful poem written by Robert Frost. On a dark winter evening, the poet stops his horse to watch the snow falling in the woods. His horse is confused at stopping far away from any farmhouse. He shakes his harness bell to ask if there is some mistake. Now the poet realizes the pull of obligations before he can rest for the night. 

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