CBSE Class 9, English, If I were You, Extract Based MCQ

 

CBSE CLASS IX, ENGLISH, BEEHIVE, TERM - II

Chapter 11 "IF I WERE YOU", Extract based MCQ & Short Answers

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Read the extracts carefully and select the most suitable answers

1."At last a sympathetic audience. I will tell you the story of my life. How as a child I was stolen by the gypsies and why at the age of thirty two. I find myself in my lonely Essex cottage, how ....."

1. Who is the speaker?

(a) Gerrard

(b) The intruder

(c) Douglas James, the author

(d) None of the above

 

2. Why does he say it?

(a) He says it when the intruder asks him to talk about himself.

(b) He says it to divert the attention of the intruder

(c) He says it to make the intruder that he is smarter than the intruder

(d) He says it to push him into the cupboard.

 

3. What do you mean by "the gypsies"?

(a) The cruel people

(b) A kind of jeep

(c) Wondering tribe

(d) The freedom fighters

 

4. Where did the speaker live when he said so?

(a) In a cottage

(b) At Essex

(c) In the camber of the writers

(d) In a remote area of USA

 

Ans:  1(a),    2(a),     3(c),     4(b)

 

2. Intruder: I could tell you plenty. You think that you are smart, but I am top of the class

                      round   here. I've got brains and I use them. That's how I've got where I have.

Gerrard :    And where precisely have you got? It didn't require a great brain to break into

                    my little cottage

5. "I am top of the class round here" What does it mean?

(a) It means that he studied a lot in his class

(b) It means that he is smarter than Gerrard

(c) It means that he indulged in many crimes

(d) It means that he killed one cop.

 

6. "That's how I've got where I have" What does the intruder mean?

(a)  He means that he tries to achieve a great success in the art of intimidation

(b) He means that he will not fear a writer like Gerrard

(c) He means that he had even killed a policeman

(d) He means that he got great success and reached the top level of his life.

 

7. "It didn't require a great brain" Why?

(a) To break the lock of a poor man's cottage needs not to require great brain

(b) Even an unskilled man can break the lock and enter the cottage if there is none

(c) It is not a boastful matter to enter the house of a poor man like Gerrard.

(d) All the above

 

8. "I could tell you plenty" What can he tell?

(a) To tell about his whereabouts and great deeds of the past

(b) To boast about showing the smartness of oneself

(c) To tell about his bravery including the murder that he had committed

(d) The stories of notorious criminals and their unkind deeds

Ans: 5(b),    6(d),      7(d),     8(a)

 

3. Intruder: That's a lie. You are not dealing with a fool. I'm as smart as you, and smarter, and

                      I know you run a car. Better be careful, wise guy

Gerrard     : Are you American, or is that merely a clever imitation?

 

9."That's a lie" What is the lie mentioned here?

(a) Gerrard replied that he didn't run a car

(b) The Intruder was an American, said Gerrard

(c) Gerrard's Christian name was a lie

(d) Both (a) and (c)

 

10. "You are not dealing with a fool". Who is the mentioned fool?

(a) Intruder

(b) Gerrard

(c) The Cop, who was killed

(d) Both (a) and (b)

 

11. "Are you American?", Why did Gerrard ask such a question?

(a) His dress code was  in American style

(b)His hairstyle and  texture were exactly like Americans

(c) He imitated American accent  deliberately

(d) Both (a) and (b)

 

12. "I'am as smart as you" State its degree

(a) Complex (degree)

(b) Positive

(c) comparative

(d) Superlative                                                                    

Ans:  9(a),     10(a),     11(c),   12(b)

 

4. Intruder : I can retire here nicely for a little while.

    Gerrard   : You mean to live with me? A little trifle sudden isn't it; you've not been invited.

    Intruder  : You won't be here long: so I didn't trouble to ask.

    Gerrard   : What do mean?

    Intruder  : That's your big surprise.

13. "I can retire here nicely" What does it mean?

(a) I can go back from nicely

(b) My job of stealing will be stopped shortly

(c) I can stay here nicely

(d) I will retire from my service and live happily

 

14. Why didn't the intruder ask permission to take that decision?

(a) Generally thieves would not ask permission to enter a house

(b) Gerrard  will be no more, hence he doesn't ask permission

(c) If the intruder asks permission, Gerrard will not agree with him

(d) None of the above

 

15. "That is your big surprise" What is the big surprise?

(a) The Intruder is going to kill Gerrard

(b) The Intruder is going to take Gerrard's dandy bus

(c) The Intruder is going to disguise as Gerrard

(c) The Intruder is going to hide in the cupboard

 

16. "A little trifle sudden isn't it?" What does he mean?

(a) Suddenly decided

(b) After thinking carefully, the decision was taken

(c) The decision became a mirage

(d) Unwanted decision

Ans: 13(c),    14(b),    15(a),     16(a)

 

5.  "Now listen here. I've got this all planned. I did a job in town. Things went wrong and

        I killed a cop. Since then, I've done nothing, but dodge"

17. Who said this dialogue?

(a) Gerrard

(b) Gerrard's friend through telephone

(c) The author

(d) Intruder

 

18. "I've got 'this' all planned". What does 'this ' refer here?

(a) The melodramatic plot

(b) Live luxuriously

(c) Killing Gerrard and taking on his identity

(d) Both (a) and (b)

 

19. What happened when Gerrard was doing a job in the town?

(a) His job went wrong

(b) His business declined

(c) He killed a cop

(d) He planned to replenish his job

 

20. "I've done nothing but dodge" Why didn't he do anything?

(a) The police was chasing him.

(b) He lost his job

(c) He was trying to collect money for a new venture

(d) He was lazy, so he didn't do anything.

Ans: 17(d),    18(c),    19(c),     20(a)

 

6. Intruder : I am not taking it for fun. I've been hunted long enough. I am wanted for murder

                       already, and they can't hang me twice.

    Gerrard  : You are planning a gratuitous double, so to speak. Admitted you have nothing to

                       lose, but what have you to gain?

21. What do you mean by " I am wanted for murder"?

(a) He wants to kill Gerrard.

(b) He is the most wanted criminal

(c) The police will hang him up

(d) He wants to kill more cops

 

22. Why has he been hunted for a long time?

(a) He was an expert hunter once

(b) He was smarter than anyone else

(c) Police mistook and chased him

(d) He killed a cop and ran away from the police

 

23. What do you mean by 'gratuitous' ?

(a) A person who has no gratitude

(b) A person who pretends to know a lot

(c) American slang

(d) One who talks in informal way

 

24. "They can't hang me twice". What does it mean?

(a) If one man kills two persons, he will not be hung twice

(b) Killing twice a man is against law

(c) He doesn't fear any capital punishment

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Ans: 21(b),    22(d),    23(b),     24(a)

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CBSE Class 9 English, Chapter 2, Sound of Music, Evelyn Glennie Listens to Sound without Hearing It

CBSE Class 9, English, Chapter 2, 

SOUND OF MUSIC

EVELYN GLENNIE LISTENS TO SOUND WITHOUT HEARING IT 

Extract Based MCQ

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EVELYN GLENNIE LISTENS TO SOUND WITHOUT HEARING IT

By Deborah Cowley

The full name of Evelyn Glennie was Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie. She was born in Scotland in 1965. She was deaf but she felt sound far more deeply than any others.

Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option .

1. "Rush hour crowds jostle for position on the underground train platform. A slight girl, looking younger than seventeen years , was nervous yet excited as she felt the vibrations of the approaching train. It was her first day at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London and daunting enough for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm"

1. How old was Evelyn ?

(a) 16,          (b) 17,              (c) 18                   (d) 19

 

2. When the train approached the platform Evelyn was excited and nervous. Why?

(a) She feared to travel by the train as she was deaf

(b) Thinking about the Royal Academy of Music she became nervous

(c) The vibration of the approaching train was greater than what she expected

(d) Both (b) and (c)

 

3. Where was Evelyn from?

(a) England

(b) Spain

(c) Germany

(d) Scotland

 

4. What is the synonym of the word "daunting"?

(a) frightening

(b) quarreling

(c) threatening

(d) promising

Ans: 1(b),       2(d),      3(d),     4(a)

 

II. "They called her name and she didn't move. I suddenly realised she hadn't heard", says Isabel Glennie. For quite a while Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness from friends and teachers. But by the time she was eleven her marks had deteriorated and her headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist"

5. Why did they call her?

(a) to play piano

(b) to play tennis

(c) to have breakfast

(d) to do homework

 

6. 'I suddenly realised she hadn't heard" Who is "I" here?

(a) Her teacher

(b) Her mother

(c) Ron Forbes

(d) The author

 

7. What do mean by the word "deteriorate" ?

(a) to make worse

(b) to be happy

(c) to make high profit

(d) to reach greater position

 

8. What did the headmistress urge her parents?

(a) to take away TC of Evelyn from the school

(b) to arrange some additional music class for her

(c) to take her an expert ENT specialist 

(d) to give her nutritious food.

Ans: 5(a),      6(b),      7(a),        8(c),     

 

III. "One day she noticed a girl playing a xylophone and decided that she wanted to play it too. Most of the teachers discouraged her but percussionist Ron Forbes spotted her potential'

9. What do you mean by "xylophone"?

(a) Name of her teacher

(b) A musical Instrument

(c) A place in Scotland

(d) A kind of disease in the ear.

 

10. Who is a percussionist ?

(a) One who imitates others on a stage

(b) One who performs classical dance

(c) One who plays drum or tabala

(d) A reputed man from Royal blood

 

11. What was Ron Forbes ?

(a) ENT specialist

(b) A teacher

(c) Principal, Royal Academy of Music

(d) An expert in drum and tabla

 

12. "Potential" means................................

(a) ability that can be developed

(b) having weak mind

(c) weakling

(d) cunning and expert

Ans: 9(b),     10(c),      11(d),      12(a)

 

IV. "Forbes repeated the exercise, and soon Evelyn discovered that she could sense certain notes in different parts of her body. ' I had learnt to open my mind and body to sounds and vibrations' . The rest was sheer determination and hard work"

13. 'Forbes repeated the exercise' What was the exercise mentioned here?

(a) tuning two large drums to different notes

(b) practicing music in different pitches

(c) doing homework

(d) gymnastic exercises.

 

14. How did she hear sound?

(a) through ears

(b) using Braille

(c) understanding vibrations

(d) using microphone

 

15. What is the antonym of "sheer"?

(a) strange

(b) adulterate

(c) impure

(d) mixed

 

16. Who wrote the lesson "Evelyn Glinnie Listens to Sounds without Hearing It"?

(a) Deborah Cowley

(b)Bismillah Khan

(c)Evelyn Glinnie

(d) Isaac Asimov

Ans: 13(a),      14(c),      15(b),       16(a)

V. "In our two -hour discussion she never missed a word. 'Men with busy beards give me trouble', she laughed. 'It is not just watching the lips, it's the whole face, especially the eyes'. She speaks flawlessly with a Scottish lilt. 'My speech is clear because I could hear till I was eleven"

17. "In our two hour discussion", .... who were they?

(a) Evelyn and Isabel

(b) Evelyn and Ron Forbes

(c) Evelyn and Deborah Cowley

(d)Evelyn and President Roosevelt

 

18. "Men with busy beards give me trouble" Why did she say so?

(a) Busy bearded people were troublesome in nature

(b) She disliked bearded people as their character was bad

(c) She couldn't note down the expression while they speak.

(d) They were always busy with their routine.

 

19 "She speaks flawlessly", What do you mean by "flawlessly"?

(a) without flaw

(b) in a crawling manner

(c) with full of mistakes

(d) without any mistakes.

 

20. How could she speak well?

(a) because she could hear till she was eleven

(b) because she knew face-reading of the speaker

(c) because she was not mute, but deaf

(d) because she had a special caliber to speak.

Ans: 17 (c),         18(c),      19(d),      20(a)

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