Hunting Snake Question Answers WBBSE Class 9 English Bliss Book

 

 

West Bengal Board Class 9 English Bliss Book Lesson 12 Hunting Snake Question Answers

 

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• Hunting Snake Textbook Exercise
• Hunting Snake Multiple Choice Questions
• Hunting Snake Extract Question Answers

 

WBBSE Class 9 English Lesson 12 Hunting Snake Question and Answers 

 

Textbook Exercise

 

Exercise 1

Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives :

(1) The poet was sun-warmed under the gentlest sky of

(a) summer

(b) winter

(c) autumn

(d) spring

 

(2) The color of the snake was

(a) black

(b) gray

(c) green

(d) yellow

 

(3) The tongue of the snake was

(a) still

(b) flickering

(c) dangling

(d) hanging

 

(4) The shape of the snake’s scale was like

(a) star

(b) kite

(c) diamond

(d) pyramid

 

(5) According to the poet, the intent of the snake was

(a) malicious

(b) greedy

(c) timid

(d) fierce

 

(6) The snake finally disappeared into the

(a) sand

(b) grass

(c) rock

(d) stream

Ans. 

1. (c) autumn
2. (a) black
3. (b) flickering
4. (c) diamond
5. (d) fierce
6. (b) grass

 

Exercise 2

Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:

(i) How did the snake appear as it was moving through the grass?

Ans. The snake appeared cold, dark, and splendid as it moved through the grass.

 

(ii) What did the poet and her companions do when the snake was gone?

Ans. The poet and her companions took a deeper breath and continued their walk when the snake was gone.

 

Grammar in use:

Exercise 3

Rewrite the following sentences as directed:

(a) How happy we are here! (change into an assertive sentence)

(b) Everybody knows the name of Tagore. (change into an interrogative sentence)

(c) The painting is very beautiful. (change into an exclamatory sentence)

(d) Can we ever forget our childhood days? (change into an assertive sentence)

 

Ans. 

(a) We are very happy here. 

(b) Does everybody know the name of Tagore? 

(c) How beautiful the painting is! 

(d) We can never forget our childhood days.

 

Exercise 4

Rewrite the following sentences as directed:

(a) We are proud of our heritage. (use the noun form of ‘proud’)

(b) We should have sympathy for the poor. (use the adjective form of ‘sympathy’)

(c) His success was due to his labor. (use the verb form of ‘labor’)

(d) The song of the nightingale is very sweet. (use the adverb form of ‘sweet’)

 

Ans. 

1. We have pride in our heritage.
2. We should be sympathetic towards the poor.
3. His success was due to his labor.
4. The nightingale sings very sweetly.

 

Compositions:

 

Exercise 5

Write a newspaper report within 100 words on a boat capsize. Use the following hints:

place –date –number of people in the boat –cause –casualties –rescue operations –steps taken by the Government.

 

Ans.

“Boat Capsized”

– by Anubhav Singh 

A boat capsized on the Ganges River near Varanasi on July 28, carrying 50 passengers. The accident occurred due to overcrowding and rough waters. Local fishermen and rescue teams promptly responded, saving 35 people. Tragically, 15 passengers lost their lives. The government has announced compensation for the victims’ families and launched an investigation into the incident. Enhanced safety measures and stricter regulations for boat operators are being implemented to prevent future tragedies.

Exercise 6

Write a summary of the following passage within 100 words:

Where and how should children learn values ? We know that they need to learn them because values form the beliefs and attitudes that will determine how they live their lives and function in society. To function effectively in society, children need to be taught how to be honest, kind, courteous and considerate. Any society that does not teach children these values would soon fall apart. Similarly, one would expect a nation to be made up of citizens who know how to respect other people and their property. These citizens should also understand the value of humility and self-control. They should appreciate courage and be willing to care for those weaker than themselves. Any nation whose citizens do not practice these values would soon become a nation not worth living in. Teaching these values to children cannot be delayed. This is because, unlike young animals, whose instincts are often highly developed at birth, human babies are totally dependent. Human beings have emotional needs, desires, thoughts and feelings which determine action. This is precisely why they must learn values, not just survival skills as do animals. These values will help control the natural responses that result from satisfying purely selfies needs and desires.

(202 words)

 

Ans. Children must learn values such as honesty, kindness, courtesy, and consideration to function effectively in society. Unlike animals, human beings have emotional needs that require guidance. Teaching values is essential for personal development and societal cohesion. These values include respect for others, humility, self-control, courage, and care for the vulnerable. Instilling these values early on ensures a stable and harmonious society. Neglecting to teach children values would result in a nation not worth living in, highlighting the urgency of value education.

READING COMPREHENSION – 1 

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Lucknow, May 26: At least 22 passengers were killed when a speeding express crashed into a waiting goods train from behind near Gorakhpur today, with preliminary accounts suggesting signaling error as the cause. The Hisar-Gorakhpur Express was running at 80 kmph when it rammed into the goods train barely 45 km from its destination, causing the engine and six coaches next to it to derail.

The two drivers of the superfast train were among the dead in the accident that occurred around 10.35am when the train was passing Chauri station in Uttar Pradesh. The station master of Chaurib, responsible for the signaling lapse, is absconding as is the driver of the stationary goods train. 

“My condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the Gorakhdham Express tragedy. Prayers with the injured,” the Prime Minister tweeted. At the accident site, officials said the casualties could go up as many of the 100 injured passengers are in critical condition. Most of those who died were in the three unreserved coaches—including one reduced to a mass of mangled metal, the official said. 

Bharat Lal, the Sant Kabirnagar District Magistrate who was at the spot and oversaw rescue operations, said at least 20 passengers had died. Most of the injured have been admitted to hospitals in Gorakhpur and Basti, over 30 km away.

Some of the passengers alleged delay in rescue and relief. Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar denied the allegations. The Railways announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for the families of the dead.

(adapted from The Telegraph, 27 May 2014) 

 

A. Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives: 

(i) The accident between a speeding express and a goods train occurred near

(a) Allahabad

(b) Bairelli

(c) Gorakhpur

(d) Kanpur

 

(ii) The Hisar-Gorakhpur Gorakhdham Express was running at

(a) 80km/hr

(b) 90km/hr

(c) 70km/hr

(d) 100km/hr

 

(iii) The train accident occurred around

(a) 10.35am

(b) 11.35 am

(c) 10.30am

(d) 10.25am

 

(iv) For the families of the dead, the railway authorities announced a compensation of rupees

(a) 2 lakhs

(b) 3 lakhs

(c) 4 lakhs

(d) 1 lakh

 

Ans. 

(i) (c) Gorakhpur 

(ii) (a) 80km/hr 

(iii) (a) 10.35am 

(iv) (d) 1 lakh

 

B. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False in the given boxes. Provide supporting statements for your answers.

(i) The express train was nearly 55 km away from its destination when the accident took place.

……………….

(ii) The person responsible for the signaling lapse was the station master.

……………….

(iii) Most of the people who died in the train accident were passengers of three reserved coaches.

………………..

Ans. 

(i) F (The express train was nearly 45 km away from its destination when the accident took place.) 

(ii) T (The person responsible for the signaling lapse was the station master.) 

(iii) F (Most of the people who died in the train accident were passengers of three unreserved coaches.)

 

C. Answer the following questions:

(i) How did the train accident occur?

Ans. The train accident occurred when a speeding express crashed into a waiting goods train due to a signaling error.

 

(ii) Suggest a suitable title for the report.

Ans. “Deadly Train Collision Near Gorakhpur”

 

(iii) Find words in the passage that mean the following:

(a) primary (b) save (c) declared

Ans. (a) preliminary (b) rescue (c) announced

 

Reading Comprehension – 2 

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: 

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were very happy. They lived in a little house near the town. They did not have much money, but they were not poor. They loved each other very much. There was only one thing about which they did not agree. Mr. Johnson liked to buy old books. Whenever he passed a shop which sold old books, he went in and bought some. He came home with one or two more books nearly every day. There were bookshelves on the walls of all the rooms in their little house. Now the shelves were full. There were books on the floor and on the tables and on the chairs. For a long time Mrs. Johnson said nothing. She loved her husband, and she knew he liked to buy these old books. But one day she was tired of dusting them, so she said, ‘Why don’t you sell some of these books? You will never read them all. “No, I don’t want to sell them,’ her husband said. ‘I like to see them on the shelves. The books look beautiful when the firelight shines on the old leather.’ Mrs. Johnson did not say any more. But everyday there were more and more books, until one day she became very angry. ‘Don’t bring another book into this house,’ she cried, ‘or I shall go away and leave you’ 

Mr. Johnson was very sorry about this, so for three or four days he walked quickly past every shop selling old books and did not look inside. Then one day he was walking down High Street, past the best bookshop in town, when it started to rain. He didn’t have an umbrella, so he went into the shop to get out of the rain and there on the counter was a small, brown, leather book with gold letters on the cover. It was just the kind of books he liked best. He picked it up and read the name, ‘The River Amazon’. 

‘How much?’ he asked the shopkeeper. 

‘Five shillings.’ 

So Mr. Johnson bought it, and as soon the rain stopped he returned home, forgetting about his wife’s threat. When Mrs. Johnson saw another book coming into the house she was very angry. 

‘I told you I won’t have another book in the house,’ she said. She took the leather book from his hand and threw it out of the window. Mr. Johnson looked out into the garden and saw the beautiful book lying on the wet grass. 

 

A. Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives: 

(i) Mr. and Mrs. Johnson lived in a little house near the 

(a) village 

(b) town 

(c) valley 

(d) hills 

 

(ii) Mr. Johnson liked to buy old 

(a) furniture 

(b) watches 

(c) stamps 

(d) books 

 

(iii) The price of the book ‘The River Amazon’ was 

(a) five shillings 

(b) two shillings 

(c) six shillings 

(d) eight shillings 

 

(iv) Mr. Johnson saw the beautiful book lying on the wet 

(a) pavement 

(b) lawn 

(c) grass 

(d) floor 

 

Ans. 

(i) (b) town 

(ii) (d) books 

(iii) (a) five shillings 

(iv) (c) grass

 

B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(i) Whenever Mr. Johnson passed a shop which sold books, he ………………………………………………………………………………………………  

1. ii) Old books look beautiful when …………………………………………………

iii) On the counter of the best book shop there was a small  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

1. iv) Mrs. Johnson took the leather book from her husband’s hand and ……………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Ans. 

(i) Whenever Mr. Johnson passed a shop which sold books, he went in and bought some. (ii) Old books look beautiful when the firelight shines on the old leather. 

(iii) On the counter of the best book shop there was a small, brown, leather book with gold letters on the cover. 

(iv) Mrs. Johnson took the leather book from her husband’s hand and threw it out of the window.

 

C. Fill in the chart with information from the text: 

cause	effect
The bookshelves in Mr. Johnson’s house were full.
	Mrs. Johnson wanted some books to be sold.
Mr. Johnson did not have an umbrella when it started raining.

Ans. 

 

cause	effect
The bookshelves in Mr. Johnson’s house were full.	There were books on the floor, tables, and chairs.
The bookshelves in Mr. Johnson’s house were full.	Mrs. Johnson wanted some books to be sold.
Mr. Johnson did not have an umbrella when it started raining.	He went into a bookshop to get out of the rain.

D. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the passage: 

(i) The majority of the members did not _____ to the proposal in the meeting. 

(ii) The moon _____ brightly in the cloudless sky. 

(iii) Pollution is a _______ to human civilization. 

 

Ans.

(i) The majority of the members did not agree to the proposal in the meeting.

(ii) The moon shone brightly in the cloudless sky.

(iii) Pollution is a threat to human civilization.

Reading Comprehension – 3 

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Swami Vivekananda, the great soul loved and revered in East and West was born on Monday, January 12, 1863. It was the day when special worship was offered to the Ganga by millions of devotees. His mother, Bhuvaneswari Devi, named him Vireswara. The family, however, gave him the name of Narendranath Datta, calling him, for short, Narendra, or more endearingly, Naren. The Datta family of Calcutta, into which Narendranath had been born, was well known for its affluence, philanthropy, scholarship, and independent spirit. The grandfather, Durgacharan, after the birth of his first son, had renounced the world in search of God. The father, Viswanath, an attorney-at-law of the High Court of Calcutta, was versed in English and Persian literature and often entertained himself and his friends by reciting from the Bible and the poetry of Hafiz, both of which, he believed, contained truths unmatched by human thinking elsewhere. He derived a large income from his law practice and, unlike his father, thoroughly enjoyed the worldly life. An expert in cookery, he prepared rare dishes and liked to share them with his friends. Travel was another of his hobbies. 

Narendra grew up to be a sweet, sunny-tempered, but very restless boy. Two nurses were necessary to keep his exuberant energy under control, and he was a great tease to his sisters. Naren felt a child’s love for birds and animals, and this characteristic reappeared during the last days of his life. Among his boyhood pets were a family cow, a monkey, a goat, a peacock, and several pigeons and guinea-pigs. The coachman of the family, with his turban, whip, and bright-coloured livery, was his boyhood ideal of a magnificent person, and he often expressed the ambition to be like him when he grew up. 

(adapted from Swami Vivekananda-A Biography by Swami Nikhilananda) 

 

A. Fill in the chart with information from the passage: 

(i) Date of Birth of Swami Vivekananda: 

(ii) His mother’s name: 

(iii) The name given to him by his mother: 

(iv) His father’s profession: 

(v) Naren’s boyhood pets were: 

(vi) His hobbies: 

 

Ans. 

(i) Date of Birth of Swami Vivekananda: Monday, January 12, 1863

(ii) His mother’s name: Bhuvaneswari Devi

(iii) The name given to him by his mother: Vireswara

(iv) His father’s profession: Attorney-at-law of the High Court of Calcutta

(v) Naren’s boyhood pets were: A family cow, a monkey, a goat, a peacock, several pigeons, and guinea-pigs

(vi) His hobbies: Preparing rare dishes and traveling

 

B. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false in the given boxes. Provide supporting statements for your answer. 

(i) Narendranath Dutta was born in an affluent family. 

………………………………………

(ii) Naren’s father renounced worldly life.

…………………………….

(iii) The boyhood ideal of Narendranath was the gardener of the house.

 ………………………………

Ans.

(i) T

Supporting statement: “The Datta family of Calcutta, into which Narendranath had been born, was well known for its affluence, philanthropy, scholarship, and independent spirit.”

(ii) F
Supporting statement: “The father, Viswanath… derived a large income from his law practice and, unlike his father, thoroughly enjoyed the worldly life.”

(iii) F
Supporting statement: “The coachman of the family, with his turban, whip, and bright-coloured livery, was his boyhood ideal of a magnificent person, and he often expressed the ambition to be like him when he grew up.”

 

C. Answer the following questions: 

(i) What was the Datta family well-known for? 

Ans. The Datta family was well-known for its affluence, philanthropy, scholarship, and independent spirit.

 

(ii) Why were two nurses necessary to look after little Naren? 

Ans. Two nurses were necessary to look after little Naren because he was very restless and had exuberant energy, making him a great tease to his sisters.

 

D. Find words in the passage that mean the following: 

(i) respected 

(ii) practice of helping the poor and needy 

(iii) uniform 

 

Ans.

 (i) respected – revered

(ii) practice of helping the poor and needy – philanthropy

(iii) uniform – livery

 
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WBBSE Class 9 English Lesson 12 Hunting Snake Extra Question and Answers

 

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season is described in the poem?

(A) Summer

(B) Winter

(C) Autumn

(D) Spring

 

2. What is the color of the snake in the poem?

(A) Black

(B) Gray

(C) Green

(D) Yellow

 

3. How is the snake’s tongue described?

(A) Still

(B) Flickering

(C) Dangling

(D) Hanging

 

4. The snake’s scales are compared to which shape?

(A) Star

(B) Kite

(C) Diamond

(D) Pyramid

 

5. What is the intent of the snake according to the poet?

(A) Malicious

(B) Greedy

(C) Timid

(D) Fierce

 

6. Where does the snake disappear at the end of the poem?

(A) Sand

(B) Grass

(C) Rock

(D) Stream

 

7. What action do the poet and the companion take when they see the snake?

(A) They scream

(B) They run away

(C) They stand still

(D) They attack the snake

 

8. How does the snake move through the grass?

(A) Swiftly

(B) Slowly

(C) Hesitantly

(D) Clumsily

 

9. What do the poet and her companion feel as they see the snake pass?

(A) Fear

(B) Amazement

(C) Anger

(D) Indifference

 

10. What do the poet and her companion do after the snake is gone?

(A) They continue their walk

(B) They search for the snake

(C) They sit down

(D) They leave the area

Answers:

1. (C) Autumn
2. (A) Black
3. (B) Flickering
4. (C) Diamond
5. (D) Fierce
6. (B) Grass
7. (C) They stand still
8. (A) Swiftly
9. (B) Amazement
10. (A) They continue their walk

 
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Extract- Based Questions

A. “Sun-warmed in the late season’s grace 

under the autumn’s gentlest sky 

we walked and froze half-through a pace. 

The great black snake went reeling by.”

 

1. What season is mentioned in the extract?

Ans. The season mentioned in the extract is autumn.

 

2. What action did the poet and the companion take upon seeing the snake?

Ans. Upon seeing the snake, the poet and the companion froze half-through a pace.

 

3. How is the sky described?

Ans. The sky is described as “autumn’s gentlest sky.”

 

4. What color is the snake?

Ans. The snake is black in color.

 

5. How does the snake move?

Ans. The snake moves by reeling by.

 

B. “Head down, tongue flickering on the trail

He quested through the parting grass.

Sun glazed his curves of diamond scale

And we lost breath to see him pass.”

 

1. What is the snake doing with its tongue?

Ans. The snake is flickering its tongue on the trail.

 

2. Through what is the snake questing?

Ans. The snake is questing through the parting grass.

 

3. How are the snake’s scales described?

Ans. The snake’s scales are described as diamond scales.

 

4. What effect did seeing the snake have on the poet and her companion?

Ans. Seeing the snake caused the poet and her companion to lose their breath.

 

5. What was the snake’s head position?

Ans. The snake’s head was down.

 

C. “What track he followed, what small food 

Fled living from his fierce intent, 

we scarcely thought; still as we stood 

our eyes went with him as he went.”

 

1. What were the poet and her companion wondering about the snake?

Ans. The poet and her companion were wondering what track the snake followed and what small food fled from his fierce intent.

 

2. How fierce was the snake’s intent?

Ans. The snake’s intent was fierce.

 

3. How did the poet and her companion react physically?

Ans. The poet and her companion stood still.

 

4. What did their eyes do?

Ans. Their eyes followed the snake as he went.

 

5. What did they scarcely think about?

Ans. They scarcely thought about what track the snake followed and what small food fled from him.

 

D. “Cold, dark and splendid he was gone 

Into the grass that hid his prey. 

We took a deeper breath of day, 

Looked at each other, and went on.”

 

1. How is the snake described when it disappears?

Ans. When the snake disappears, it is described as cold, dark, and splendid.

 

2. Where does the snake go?

Ans. The snake goes into the grass.

 

3. What did the grass do?

Ans. The grass hid the snake’s prey.

 

4. What did the poet and her companion do after the snake was gone?

Ans. After the snake was gone, the poet and her companion took a deep breath of the day and looked at each other.

 

5. What did they do eventually?

Ans. Eventually, they went on their way.

 
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