Question 2 - Chapter 7 - Reach For The Top - Beehive - Chapters (Literature) - English Class 9

Read the extract and answer the following questions-

Extract:

Then there was no looking back for this determined young girl. She saved money and enrolled in a course at Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. “My college semester in Jaipur was to end in April but it ended on the nineteenth of May. And I was supposed to be in Uttarkashi on the twenty-first. So, I did not go back home; instead, I headed straight for the training. I had to write a letter of apology to my father without whose permission I had got myself enrolled at Uttarkashi.”

(Reach for the Top)

Question (i)

 Which of the following is NOT a synonym for the word "determined" in the given context?

• (a) Resolute
• (b) Ambitious
• (c) Indecisive
• (d) Persistent

Answer:

Answer as written by the student:

(c) Indecisive

Step-by-Step explanation of the answer:

• A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.
•  In the given context, the word "determined" means having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.
•  The words "resolute", "ambitious", and "persistent" are synonyms for "determined" because they also mean having a strong will or desire to achieve something or to overcome difficulties.
•  The word "indecisive" is not a synonym for "determined" because it means not able to make decisions quickly or firmly, or showing a lack of confidence or certainty.
•  Therefore, the correct answer is C. Indecisive.👎

Question (ii)

 Why is it fair to say that the narrator's tone, when he says "She saved money and enrolled in a course at Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering", is factual and informative? Answer in about 40 words.

Answer:

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Answer as written by the student:

 The narrator's tone is factual and informative because he states the facts and details of Santosh's actions and achievements, without expressing any emotion or opinion about them.

Step-by-Step explanation of the answer:

•  A tone is the attitude or emotion that a writer conveys through their words and style.
•  Factual is a quality of being based on or in accordance with facts or evidence.
•  Informative is a quality of providing useful or interesting information or knowledge.
•  In the given sentence, the narrator uses simple and clear language to state the facts and details of Santosh's actions and achievements. He tells us what she did (saved money and enrolled in a course) and where she did it (at Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering).
•  He does not use any words or phrases that express any emotion or opinion about Santosh's actions and achievements, such as praise, criticism, admiration, or judgment.
•  He does not use any rhetorical devices or techniques, such as hyperbole, irony, or metaphor, to create any effect or impression on the reader.
•  Therefore, it is fair to say that the narrator's tone is factual and informative because he states the facts and details of Santosh's actions and achievements, without expressing any emotion or opinion about them.😊

Question (iii)

 Read the following descriptions (a)-(c) and identify which one correctly corresponds to the extract.

• (a) A flashback is a scene that interrupts the present action of a story to show an event that happened earlier in time.
• (b) A dialogue is a conversation between two or more characters in a story, play, or other form of literature.
• (c) A quotation is an exact reproduction of someone's words or speech, usually indicated by quotation marks.

Answer:

Answer as written by the student:

 (c) A quotation

Step-by-Step explanation of the answer:

•  A flashback, a dialogue, and a quotation are all ways of presenting or conveying information or stories through words.
•  A flashback is used to provide background information or reveal something about a character's past . It usually involves a change in time or perspective from the present action of the story.
•  A dialogue is used to show how characters interact with each other through speech, usually using quotation marks or other punctuation marks to indicate who is speaking.
•  A quotation is used to reproduce someone's words or speech exactly as they said or wrote them , usually using quotation marks to indicate that they are not the writer's own words.
•  In the given extract, there is no flashback because there is no change in time or perspective from the present action of the story. The narrator does not describe any event that happened earlier in time than Santosh's enrollment in the course.
•  There is no dialogue because there is no conversation between two or more characters in the extract. The narrator does not quote anyone else's words or use any punctuation marks to indicate speech.
•   There is a quotation because there is an exact reproduction of Santosh's words or speech in the extract. The narrator uses quotation marks to indicate that he is reproducing Santosh's words exactly as she said them.
•  Therefore, the correct answer is (c) A quotation.😊

Question (iv)

 State TRUE or FALSE.

 Santosh enrolled in the course at Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering with her father's permission.

Answer:

Answer as written by the student:

FALSE

Step-by-Step explanation of the answer:

• A true or false question is a type of objective question that requires choosing between two options: true or false, based on the given information or statement.
•  In order to answer a true or false question correctly, one must read the information or statement carefully and compare it with the facts or evidence from the source.
•  In this case, the source is the extract from the chapter "Reach for the Top".
•  In the extract, it is clearly stated that Santosh enrolled in the course at Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering without her father's permission. She had to write a letter of apology to her father for doing so.
•  Therefore, the correct answer is FALSE.😊

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