Updated
on 23/11/2021
9th Very Short Type Question-Answer (Supplementary)
1. The
Lost Child (Mulk Raj Anand)
1. Who is the writer of
the story ‘The Lost Child’?
Ans. Mulk Raj Anand
2. Where does a child go
with his parents?
Ans. To a fair
3. What was the child
first fascinated by?
Ans. By the toys
4. What did the mother ask
the boy to look?
Ans. To look at a mustard
field
5. What was the child’s
favourite sweet?
Ans. Burfi
6. How did his father
react when the boy insisted on having a toy?
Ans. He looked at him
red-eyed
7. What things did the
child come across on the way to the fair?
Ans. Sweets, flowers and
balloons
8. Where did the child
reach at last in search of his parents?
Ans. A shrine
9. What did the man ask
the child?
Ans. How did you get
there? Whose baby are you?
10. What reply did the
child make?
Ans. I want my mother. I
want my father
2.
The Adventures of Toto (Ruskin Bond)
1. Who is the writer of
the story ‘The Adventures of Toto’?
Ans. Ruskin Bond
2. Who was Toto?
Ans. A baby monkey
3. Who did Grandfather buy
Toto from?
Ans. From a tong driver
4. For what sum was Toto
bought?
Ans. Five rupees
5. What serves as a third
hand to a monkey?
Ans. His tail
6. Where did Grandfather
decide to add the little monkey?
Ans. In his private zoo
7. In which city did the
author and his Grandfather live?
Ans. In Dehradun
8. Where had Grandfather
to leave the next day?
Ans. Saharanpur
9. Who went along with
Grandfather?
Ans. Toto and the tortoise
10. What did the ticket
collector call Toto?
Ans. A dog
11. How much fare did he
charge for Toto?
Ans. Three rupees
12. Who was Toto’s
companion in the stable?
Ans. The family donkey,
Nana
13. Which animals were in
Grandfather’s private zoo?
Ans. A goat, a tortoise, a
squirrel
14. How did Toto prove to
other animals?
Ans. troublesome
15. To whom was Toto sold
back?
Ans. The tonga driver
16. For what sum was Toto
sold to the Tonga driver?
Ans. Only three rupees
3.
Iswaran the Story Teller (R.K. Laxman)
1. Who is the writer of
the story ‘ Iswaran the Story Teller?
Ans. R.K. Laxman
2. Whom does Mahendra
narrate the story of Iswaran?
Ans. Ganesh
3. Which kind of books did
Iswaran read?
Ans. Popular Tamil
Thrillers
4. What was the name of
the storyteller?
Ans. Iswaran
5. What was Mahendra in a
firm?
Ans. A junior supervisor
6. Which types of
construction site did the firm offer?
Ans. Factories, bridges
and dams
7. What had one asset to
Mahendra?
Ans. His cook
8. What task did Iswaran
perform for Mahendra?
Ans. Cooking, washing his
clothes and chatting
9. What type of story did
Iswaran tell Mahendra one day?
Ans. The story of a mad
tusker
10. How was the mad
elephant breaking the walls?
Ans. Like matchsticks
4.
In the Kingdom of Fools (A. K. Ramanujan)
1. Who is the writer of
this story?
Ans. A K Ramanujan
2. In the Kingdom of fools
how were the king and the minister?
Ans. They were idiot
3. What did the king and
the minister decide to do?
Ans. They decided to
change the day into night and night into day
4. In the Kingdom of fools
when did the men work?
Ans. During the night
5. In the Kingdom of fools
when did people sleep?
Ans. During the day
6. What was the name of
the currency in the kingdom of fools?
Ans. Duddu
7. Who became fat like a
street side sacred bull?
Ans. The diciple
8. What did a thief do on
one bright day?
Ans. Broke into a rich
merchant’s house
9. What happened to the
thief?
Ans. The wall collapsed on
him and he died on the spot
10. Who had actually built
the weak wall?
Ans. The rich merchant’s
father
11. Who did the bricklayer
put the blame on?
Ans. On a dancing girl
12. Who did the dancing
girl put the blame on?
Ans. On a dancing girl
13. Who did the goldsmith
put the blame on?
Ans. On a rich merchant
14. Who saved the
disciple’s life?
Ans. The guru
5.
The Happy Prince (Oscar Wilde)
1. Who is the writer of
this story?
Ans. Oscar Wilde
2. Where did the statue of
the Happy Prince stand?
Ans. On a tall column
3. What did the statue
have for eyes?
Ans. Two bright sapphires
4. What was there on the
statue’s sword hilt?
Ans. A large red ruby
5. What was his heart made
of?
Ans. lead
6. Where was the little
swallow going?
Ans. To Egypt
7. Where did the little
swallow decide to spend his night?
Ans. Under the statue of
the Happy Prince
8. How many drops of water
fell on the little swallow from the eyes of the Happy Prince?
Ans. Three drops
9. Why was the Happy
Prince weeping?
Ans. To see the sorrows
and sufferings of the people
10. What was the old
woman’s son suffering from?
Ans. From fever
11. What was the
seamstress’s ailing son asking for?
Ans. oranges
12. What was wrong with
the playwright?
Ans. He was faint with
hunger
13. Why was the match girl
crying?
Ans. Because her matches
had fallen into a gutter
14. What happened to the
little swallow ultimately?
Ans. It died at the feet
of the Happy Prince
6.
Weathering the Storm in Ersama (Harsh Mander)
1. Who is the writer of
this story?
Ans. Harsh Mander
2. When did Prashant go to
meet his friend?
Ans. On 27 October, 1999
3. Where did his friend
live?
Ans. In Ersama
4. When did the cyclone
hit Orissa?
Ans. On 27 October, 1999
5. What was the speed of
the wind?
Ans. 350 km per hour
6. What was the name of
Prashant’s village?
Ans. Kalikuda
7. Where did Prashant find
his family?
Ans. At Red cross shelter
8. How did Prashant arrive
in his village?
Ans. On foot and by
swimming
9. How many lives were
lost in Prashant’s village?
Ans. Eighty-six
7.
The Last Leaf (O. Henry)
1. Who is the writer of
the story ‘The Last Leaf’?
Ans. O. Henry
2. Who were two young
friends?
Ans. Sue and Johnsy
3. What were they?
Ans. Artists
4. Who fell seriously ill
in November?
Ans. Johnsy
5. From what was she
suffering?
Ans. From Pneumonia
6. What was Johnsy gazing
at out of the window?
Ans. An ivy creeper
7. How many leaves were
there on the creeper three days ago?
Ans. Hundred
8. Who was Behrman?
Ans. an old painter
9. What did Behrman do?
Ans. He painted a leaf on
the wall
10. What did Behrman die
of?
Ans. Of Pneumonia
11. What was Behrman’s
masterpiece?
Ans. Painting of a leaf
8.
A House Is Not A Home (Zan Gaudioso)
1. Who is the writer of
the chapter ‘A House is not a Home’?
Ans. Zan Gaudioso
2. How does the author feel
in his new house?
Ans. Isolated
3. What does the author
notice one Sunday afternoon?
Ans. Smoke pouring in
through the ceiling
4. When did the fire
accident take place?
Ans. On Sunday
5. Why did the author run
to the neighbours?
Ans. To call the fire
department
6. What did the author’s
mother bring from the burning house?
Ans. Some pictures
7. Why did the author
begin to cry?
Ans. Because his cat was
missing
8. Where did they spend
their night after the fire accident?
Ans. In the house of
grandparents
9. Who gifted the author
all the things that he needed?
Ans. His schoolmates
9.
The Accidental Tourist (Bill Bryson)
1. Who is the writer of
the lesson ‘The Accidental Tourist’s?
Ans. Bill Bryson
2. Who was Bill Bryson?
Ans. Airtraveller
3. Where was the author
going on a trip with his family?
Ans. To England
4. What happened to the
zip of the bag?
Ans. It got jammed
5. What type of man was
Bill Bryson?
Ans. Confused
6. Why did the author bend
forward?
Ans. To tie a shoelace
7. What did the author
drop onto the lap of a sweet little lady?
Ans. Soft drink
10.
The Beggar (Anton Chekhov)
1. Who is the writer of
the story ‘The Beggar’?
Ans. Anton Chekhov
2. Who was Sergei?
Ans. An advocate
3. Who came at Sergei’s
door?
Ans. A beggar
4. What was the name of
the beggar?
Ans. Lushkoff
5. Where did Sergei meet
the beggar earlier?
Ans. In Sadovya Street
6. What work did the
advocate offer to the beggar?
Ans. To chop wood
7. What was the name of
Sergei’s maid-servant?
Ans. Olga
8. Where did Sergei meet
the beggar after a long interval?
Ans. At the ticket window
of a theatre
9. How much did Lushkoff
earn a month working as a notary?
Ans. Thirty five roubles
10. Who used to chop the
wood for the beggar?
Ans. Olga