List of top Questions asked in CBSE Class IX

“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?
Why does grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how? Why does the ticket collector insist on calling Toto a dog?
Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?
What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why are they precious?
The poet says “No” in the beginning of the third stanza. What does he mean by this?
What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
Do you think the feeling of depression Johnsy has is common among teenagers?
What is Behrman’s masterpiece? What makes Sue say so?
When does he realize that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?
What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?
Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.
Have you seen anybody winnow grain at home or in a paddy field? What is the word in your language for winnowing? What do people use for winnowing? (Give the words in your language, if you know them.)
What does the poet say the wind god winnows?
What should we do to make friends with the wind?
What do the last four lines of the poem mean to you?
How does the poet speak to the wind — in anger or with humour? You must also have seen or heard of the wind “crumbling lives”. What is your response to this? Is it like the poet’s?

Given below are some emotions that Kezia felt. Match the emotions in Column A with the items in Column B. 

AB
1. fear or terror(i) father comes into her room to give her a goodbye kiss 
2.  glad sense of relief (ii) noise of the carriage grows fainter 
3. a “funny” feeling, perhaps of understanding(iii) noise of the carriage grows fainter 
 (iv) speaking to father 
 (v) going to bed when alone at home 
 (vi) father comforts her and falls asleep 
 (vii) father stretched out on the sofa, snoring
Who had these opinions about Einstein?
(i) He was boring.
(ii) He was stupid and would never succeed in life.
(iii) He was a freak.
Explain what the reasons for the following are.
(i) Einstein leaving the school in Munich for good.
(ii) Einstein wanting to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich.
(iii) Einstein seeing in Mileva an ally.
(iv) What do these tell you about Einstein?
The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?
What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?
Name five kinds of flutes.