9th English - Book Back Answers - Supplementary Unit 3

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Tamil Nadu Board 9th Standard English - Supplementary Unit 3: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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1 Mark Questions: Choose the correct answer, Fill in the blanks, Identify the correct statement, Match the following
2 Mark Questions: Answer briefly
3, 4, and 5 Mark Questions: Answer in detail

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Unit 3: Earthquake

A. Fill in the blanks with words from the text.

1. The name of the narrator is __________.
2. There were __________ villages in the valley.
3. Brij went to Pauri to buy his __________.
4. The soldiers had set up a __________.
5. Bhuli had been buried under the debris for __________ hours
Answer Key:
1. Brij
2. 670
3. school books
4. make shift camp
5. 116

B. Based on the understanding of the story, choose the right answers from the options.

1. Brij started a tea shop because he wanted to serve the people.
2. Molthi was completely devastated because of a high intensity earthquake.
3. The brother searched everywhere and looked dejected because he couldn't locate his sister.
4. The boy had great reverence and respect for Army officers as they saved his sister from death.
5. Brij finally offered the traveller a cup of tea.

C. Identify the character or speaker of the following.

1. Greetings, traveller. You looked tired and cold. Brij
2. Tomorrow, we will go back to Pauri. Brij’s uncle
3. Whom are you looking for? Army officer
4. My men have been on their feet for days. Army officer
5. May God be with you! Brij

D. Answer the following questions in a paragraph of about 80-100 words.

1. Explain the efforts taken by the Army Officer to save the baby?
The narrator went away to buy school books. That night there was an earthquake and they felt it. Brij, the narrator returned home to Molthi with his uncle. Help arrived only after four days.

Brij’s little sister Bhuli was missing. The soldiers cleared the debris, they had made a makeshift. Brij was crying and searching but in vain.
The army officer told him that it was of no use. Some brought a few lit petromax lamps, a soldier stood in the middle of a hollow. The narrator saw a small door when the soldier cleared the hollow, and lifted the door.

Some said that she was alive, it was a miracle. She was taken to the makeshift and hospitalized. Thus the little baby was saved.

2. Brij has become a symbol of love and humanity. Explain?
One night there was an earthquake at Molthi. It was Brij’s village. He had gone away to Pauri. He returned home the next day. The whole village had gone into the earth. Help came only after four days. The rescue team tried to clear the debris.

Brij was searching and crying. The army officer had lost his hope. The soldiers were engaged in the rescue work. It was night and a few lit petromax lamps.
Soldiers found out a cave in the wall. When the soldier cleared the hollow, they lifted the door. Someone said that the child was alive.

She was wrapped in a warm blanket and carried to the makeshift hospital. Brij and his sister went to live with his uncle. Bhuli started going to school. She was a gift to brij for his love and concern. Brij has become a symbol of love and humanity.

E. Answer the following questions based on the reading of the story. Do not forget to go back to the passage whenever necessary to find and confirm the answers.

Action	Effect
While you warm yourself	I will prepare the best tea.
I saved enough money	I started my own little shop
It was a terrible earthquake	Six hundred and two villages were destroyed
It was a terrible earthquake and it was felt	As for as away Delhi and Lucknow
I ran back to the village	I was searching, crying and searching
They lifted the door	My sister was alive
I went to thank the Army Officer	But he was gone. I could not meet him.