CBSE Class 9 English Main Course Book Unit 1 People Chapter 1 An Exemplary Leader A. An Exemplary Leader Question 1: Read the following conversation between two friends. (See Main Course Book, Page 5) Question 2: In pairs, discuss the problem Ravi is facing. Do you think Ravi’s boss is right? Give reasons for your answer.…
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CBSE class 9 English Three Men in a Boat Novel – Text – Based Important Questions Solved I. QUESTIONS ON CHARACTERS Question 1: Sketch the character of the narrator, Jerome K. Jerome. Answer: Jerome K. Jerome is the main character of his classical comic novel ‘Three Men in a Boat’. He is the narrator…
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CBSE class 9 English Three Men in a Boat – Chapter-wise Summary The novel Three Men in a Boat, a fictional story written by Jerome K. Jerome. Three Men in a Boat is a story about a boat trip that J. takes with Thames River and his friends George and William Samuel Harris. Three Men…
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CBSE class 9 English Three Men in a Boat – Summary of the Novel Three Hypochondriacs—Talk only of Diseases There were four of them—three men and a dog. Three longtime friends, George Wingrave (George), Carl Hentschel (Harris) and the narrator, Jerome K. Jerome, were sitting in a room, smoking and talking about how physically…
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CBSE class 9 English Three Men in a Boat – Introduction INTRODUCTION The humorous travelogue ‘Three Men In A Boat ’ was written by an English writer and humorist, Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859-14 June 1927). The novel was published in 1889. It is a humorous account ‘of a boating holiday’on the river Thames…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Text – Based Important Questions Solved I. QUESTIONS ON CHARACTERS Question 1: Describe Lemuel Gulliver as a narrator and an observer of new lands, people and their practices. Or Attempt a character sketch of Lemuel Gulliver. Answer: Lemuel Gulliver is the most important character in Swift’s…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Chapter-wise Summary PART-I A Voyage to Lilliput Chapter I: Lemuel Gulliver was the third of the five sons. His father was a small land-owner in Nottingham shire. He was educated at Emanuel College in Cambridge. Then he served as an apprentice to a well known surgeon…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Part IV – A Voyage to the Country of Houyhnhnms In the Country of the Yahoos’ and the Houyhnhnms Gulliver sailed from England on 7th September, 1710. In the course of his new voyage, he was attacked by the members of the crew. Many of whom had…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Part III – A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan Voyage to Laputa Gulliver hardly stayed with his family for 10 days when he got an offer to work as a surgeon on the ship “Hope-Well”. At Tonguin, the Captain gave Gulliver a sloop…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Part II – A Voyage to Brobdingnag In the Land of Giants, in Brobdingnag After staying with his family for some time, Gulliver commenced his voyage on a merchant ship “Adventure’ on 20th June, 1702. The ship was bound for Surat. After facing the rough sea and…
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