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Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Silver Important Question Answers from Kumarbharati Book (MCQs and Extract-based Questions)

 

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Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Kumarbharati Book Lesson Silver Textbook Questions

 

  1. Imagine that your class has to be divided into groups or houses. Each house will have their own colour, symbol/ emblem, motto, dress code, a common room with objects of their interest and suitable furniture. Think of sets of four names for the groups. Form groups and work out the (imaginary) details for each set. Some suggestions are : Neem – Colour, yellow; Symbol, the sun; Motto, ‘Health is wealth’; Dress code, yellow waist belt; etc. Cane furniture, green and yellow curtains and herbariums in the common room.

 

Category Names
Metals steel copper silver gold
Flowers
Stars or Galaxies
Trees Neem Banyan Gulmohur Ashoka
Seasons

 

Answer-

 

Category Names
Metals steel copper silver gold
Flowers Orchids Lotus Lily Marigold
Stars or Galaxies Polaris Sirius Milky Way Sun
Trees Neem Banyan Gulmohur Ashoka
Seasons Winter Spring Summer Monsoon

 

House 1: The Emeralds

  • Color: Green
  • Symbol: A growing oak tree
  • Motto: “Strength through Nature”
  • Dress Code: Green and brown uniforms
  • Common Room: Filled with plants, nature books, and comfortable wooden furniture

House 2: The Sapphires

  • Color: Blue
  • Symbol: A shooting star
  • Motto: “Reach for the Stars”
  • Dress Code: Blue and silver uniforms
  • Common Room: Decorated with space-themed posters, telescopes, and bean bags

House 3: The Rubies

  • Color: Red
  • Symbol: A fiery phoenix
  • Motto: “Rise from the Ashes”
  • Dress Code: Red and black uniforms
  • Common Room: Filled with musical instruments, art supplies, and comfortable couches

House 4: The Diamonds

  • Color: White
  • Symbol: A dove
  • Motto: “Peace and Harmony”
  • Dress Code: White and gold uniforms
  • Common Room: Decorated with calming colors, peaceful artwork, and meditation cushions
  1. Read the lines of the following poem. Guess and fill in suitable words to make the lines rhyme –

 

Golden Glow

 

Soon after dawn, rises the ……………… ;

It wakes and enlivens every ……………… .

It scares away the long, dark ……………… .

The shining stars go out of ……………… .

From tree to tree birds flit and ……………… ,

Searching for food, with a sharp………………  .

The buds that open now show their ……………… ,

As flowers they dance with beauty and ……………… .

The hill slope wears a grassy green ……………… ,

The curved sparkling river, it gold ……………… .

The cock then crows to give a loud ……………… ,

Come on! wake up, folks! One and ……………… .

I, then wake up, ‘Good Morning’ to ……………… ,

Let’s all look forward to a golden ……………… .

 

Ans-

Soon after dawn, rises the sun

It wakes and enlivens every one

It scares away the long, dark night

The shining stars go out of sight

From tree to tree birds flit and sing

Searching for food, with a sharp beak

The buds that open now show their hue

As flowers they dance with beauty and dew

The hill slope wears a grassy green coat

The curved sparkling river, it gold boat

The cock then crows to give a loud shout

Come on! wake up, folks! One and all

I, then wake up, ‘Good Morning’ to you

Let’s all look forward to a golden hue.

Which of the objects, animals, etc. in the poem are at rest without any motion?

Ans. The following objects and animals in the poem are at rest without any motion.

The silver fruit

The casements

The dog

The doves

The moveless fish

The silver reeds

 

  1. If you were asked to draw a detailed picture of the scene described in the poem, what object, animals, natural features etc. will you show in the picture? Make a list.

Ans.  

Objects-

The moon: A large, luminous moon shining brightly in the night sky.

Silver trees: Trees with silver leaves and fruit.

A house with casements: A house with windows that catch the moonlight.

 

Animals-

A dog: A sleeping dog curled up in a kennel.

Doves: Doves perched on a dovecote.

A mouse: A small mouse scampering across the ground.

Fish: Fish swimming in a stream.

 

Natural features-

The night sky: A clear, starry night sky with the moon shining brightly.

A stream: A flowing stream with reeds growing along its banks.

 

  1. Write the rhyming words and the rhyme scheme of the poem. (See the ‘Language Study’ pages given at the end.)

Ans. The rhyme scheme of the poem is AABB.  Rhyming words in the poem are-

  • moon – shoon
  • sees – trees
  • catch – thatch
  • log – dog
  • peep – sleep
  • by – eye
  • gleam – stream

 

  1. Underline the word silver/silvery in the poem. In which lines does it occur? What pattern does it show?

Ans. The word silver/silvery occurs in every second line. It shows a pattern of repetition, emphasizing the moon’s illuminating power and the silvery appearance of objects under its light.

 

Slowly, silently, now the moon

Walks the night in her silver shoon;

This way, and that, she peers, and sees

Silver fruit upon silver trees;

One by one the casements catch

Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;

Couched in his kennel, like a log,

With paws of silver sleeps the dog;

From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep

Of doves in silver feathered sleep

A harvest mouse goes scampering by,

With silver claws, and silver eye;

And moveless fish in the water gleam,

By silver reeds in a silver stream.

 

  1. Can you think of a parallel scene of dawn or evening when everything is steeped in golden light?

Ans. A Golden Sunset Scene-

  • Golden Sands: The fine, sandy beach is bathed in a golden hue, reflecting the sunlight.
  • Golden Waves: Gentle waves lap at the shore, their crests shimmering with gold.
  • Golden Palms: Tall palm trees sway gently in the breeze, their leaves casting long, golden shadows.
  • Golden Sky: The sky is a breathtaking canvas of golden colors, with streaks of pink and purple.
  • Golden Reflections: The calm water of the ocean reflects the golden sky, creating a mesmerizing mirror effect.
  • Golden Silhouette: A lone figure walks along the beach, their silhouette outlined against the golden sky.
  • Golden Seagulls: Seagulls soar overhead, their wings catching the golden light.
  1. The same landscape appears different at different times. What message can we draw from this? 

Ans. The message we can draw from the changing landscape is that perspective and time greatly influence our perception of the world.

Just as the same landscape looks different at dawn and dusk, our understanding of situations and events can shift depending on our vantage point and the passage of time.

  1. Read : ‘The Listeners’ and ‘Someone’ – poems by Walter de la Mare.

Ans. 

The Listeners

By Walter de La Mare

‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller,   

   Knocking on the moonlit door;

And his horse in the silence champed the grasses   

   Of the forest’s ferny floor:

And a bird flew up out of the turret,   

   Above the Traveller’s head:

And he smote upon the door again a second time;   

   ‘Is there anybody there?’ he said.

But no one descended to the Traveller;   

   No head from the leaf-fringed sill

Leaned over and looked into his grey eyes,   

   Where he stood perplexed and still.

But only a host of phantom listeners   

   That dwelt in the lone house then

Stood listening in the quiet of the moonlight   

   To that voice from the world of men:

Stood thronging the faint moonbeams on the dark stair,   

   That goes down to the empty hall,

Hearkening in an air stirred and shaken   

   By the lonely Traveller’s call.

And he felt in his heart their strangeness,   

   Their stillness answering his cry,

While his horse moved, cropping the dark turf,   

   ’Neath the starred and leafy sky;

For he suddenly smote on the door, even   

   Louder, and lifted his head:—

‘Tell them I came, and no one answered,   

   That I kept my word,’ he said.

Never the least stir made the listeners,   

   Though every word he spake

Fell echoing through the shadowiness of the still house   

   From the one man left awake:

Ay, they heard his foot upon the stirrup,   

   And the sound of iron on stone,

And how the silence surged softly backward,   

   When the plunging hoofs were gone.

 

Some One

Some one came knocking

At my wee, small door;

Someone came knocking;

I’m sure-sure-sure;

I listened, I opened,

I looked to left and right,

But nought there was a stirring

In the still dark night;

Only the busy beetle

Tap-tapping in the wall,

Only from the forest

The screech-owl’s call,

Only the cricket whistling

While the dewdrops fall,

So I know not who came knocking,

At all, at all, at all.

 

 

Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Kumarbharati Book Lesson Silver Extra Questions

 

 

Multiple Choice Questions

 

  1. What color is everything described in the poem?
  1. Gold
  2. Red
  3. Blue
  4. Silver

 

  1. Who is the main character of the poem?
  1. The moon
  2. A dog
  3. A harvest mouse
  4. A dove

 

  1. Where does the dog sleep?
  1. In a bed
  2. On a couch
  3. In a kennel
  4. In a tree

 

  1. What literary device is used in the line “Walks the night in her silver shoon”?
  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Personification
  4. Alliteration

 

  1. What literary device is used in the line “Slowly, silently, now the moon”?
  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Personification
  4. Alliteration

 

  1. What literary device is used in the line “By silver reeds in a silver stream”?
  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Personification
  4. Alliteration

 

  1. What literary device is used in the line “Couched in his kennel, like a log,”?
  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Personification
  4. Alliteration

 

  1. What are the fish doing in the silver stream?
  1. Swimming quickly
  2. Jumping
  3. Not moving
  4. Eating

 

  1. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
  1. No rhyme scheme
  2. AABB
  3. ABAB
  4. ABCD

 

  1. Who wrote the Poem “Silver”?
  1. Walter de la Mare
  2. Robert Frost
  3. William Wordsworth
  4. Jane Ayre

 

Answer-

  1. D. Silver
  2. A. The moon
  3. C. In a kennel
  4. C. Personification
  5. D. Alliteration
  6. D. Alliteration
  7. A. Simile
  8. C. Not moving
  9. B. AABB
  10. A. Walter de la Mare

 

 

 

Vocabulary based MCQs 

  1. What is another word for “stream” in the line “By silver reeds in a silver stream”?
  2. Lake
  3. River
  4. Pond
  5. Ocean

 

  1. What is another word for “reeds” in the line “By silver reeds in a silver stream”?
  2. Trees
  3. Flowers
  4. Grasses
  5. Stones

 

  1. What is another word for “gleam” in the line “And moveless fish in the water gleam”?
  2. Shine
  3. Dim
  4. Fade
  5. Dull

 

  1. What is another word for “moveless” in the line “And moveless fish in the water gleam”?
  2. Moving
  3. Still
  4. Active
  5. Lively

 

  1. What is another word for “scampering” in the line “A harvest mouse goes scampering by”?
  2. Walking
  3. Running
  4. Crawling
  5. Jumping

 

  1. What is another word for “shadowy” in the line “From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep”?
  2. Sunny
  3. Bright
  4. Dark
  5. Colorful

 

  1. What is another word for “couched” in the line “Couched in his kennel, like a log”?
  2. Standing
  3. Sitting
  4. Lying
  5. Walking

 

  1. What is another word for “casements” in the line “One by one the casements catch”?
  2. Windows
  3. Doors
  4. Walls
  5. Roofs

 

  1. What does the word “cote” mean in the line “From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep”?
  2. Small shelter for birds
  3. Kennel
  4. Barn
  5. Stable 

 

  1. What does the word “shoon” mean in the line “Walks the night in her silver shoon”?
  2. Shoes
  3. Socks
  4. Boots
  5. Sandals

Answer-

  1. B. River
  2. C. Grasses
  3. A. Shine
  4. B. Still
  5. B. Running
  6. C. Dark
  7. C. Lying
  8. D. Roofs
  9. A. Small shelter for birds
  10. A. Shoes

 

 

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