1 English ( Three Men in a Boat ) for Class 9

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q.1.Do you trust the weather-forecast?
Ans. Yes, I do.

Q.2. What will you do if your brother who sleeps In your room snores at night?
Ans . I’ll shift to another room.

Q.3. Do you like to walk in rain ? Why/Why not?
Ans. Yes, I like to walk in rain because I like to get wet.

Q.4. How will you come to know about the time of departure of a particular train?
Ans. I’ll ring up the official concerned and get the necessary information.

Q.5. Do you read a newspaper daily?
Ans. No

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q.1. Why were the writer and Harris angry with George?
Ans.  They were angry with George because he had taken the responsibility of waking them up, but he did not wake them up. Rather, he himself was still asleep and was snoring.

Q.2. How did Harris and the narrator wake George up?
Ans. Harris landed him one with a slipper and the narrator shouted in his ear to wake him up.

Q.3. How did Montmorency disturb the three friends at breakfast?
Ans. Montmorency had invited two other dogs and they whiled away their time by fighting with each other on the doorstep. So the dogs disturbed them. They calmed them with an umbrella and sat down for breakfast.

Q.4.What did the crowd say about them and their lot of luggage?
Ans. One group said it was a wedding pointed Harris as the bridegroom. The other group said that it was a funeral and the narrator was the corpse’s brother.

Q.5. How did they reach Kingston?
Ans. They bribed the engine driver at the railway station and begged him to take them to Kingston. He agreed and they reached Kingston by the London and South-Western Railway.

Q.6 Who wake up the writer?

Ans. Mrs. Poppets, the home keeper woke up the writer.

Q.7 Why the men wake up late?

Ans. Because they had less time to sleep as they slept after 12:30 in the night.

Q.8 How the holiday of writer was ruined?

Ans. His holiday was ruined by his paying attention to the weather report in a local newspaper. The report expected clouds and rain. The writer gave up his picnic, but the forecast proved false.

Q.9 What did the young and giddy crowd assumed?

Ans. Some young and giddy crowd saw them with heavy luggage. They assumed them preparing for a wedding and pointed out Harris as the bridegroom. Some elder people thought it was a funeral and Jim was probably the dead man’s brother.

Q.10 Name the railway by which three friends reached Kingston?

Ans. They reached Kingston by the London and South-Western Railway.

Q.11 What amount was given to engine driver as bribe?

Ans. Half-a-crown was given to the engine driver as bribe.

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q.1. How will you carry a cake In your bag?
Ans. I’ll keep the cake in an airtight container. I’ll, then, place the container in my bag.

Q.2. Where should you throw the garbage?
Ans. We should throw the garbage in a garbage container.

Q.3. Do you get Irritated when you have to unpack your bag to keep your shoes Ink?
Ans. No.

Q.4. Do you like a cheese sandwich at breakfast?
Ans. Yes.

Q.5. Do you want someone to help you make a cup of tea?
Ans. No, I can make a cup of tea myself.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q.1Why didn’t they want to carry oil with them?
Ans . They didn’t want to carry oil with them because earlier they had a bad experience. The oil oozed down to the rudder and into the river and spoiled the whole atmosphere. Even the wind brought with it the fragrance of paraffin oil.

Q.2. What were the food Items that George wanted them to take with them ?
Ans . George wanted that they should take with them eggs, bacon, cold meat, tea, bread and butter and jam.

Q.3 Why didn’t they want to take cheese with them ?
Ans. They didn’t want to take cheese with them because cheese, like oil, gave strong smell.

Q.4. What was the effect of the smell of cheeses on the horses?
Ans. The smell of the cheeses made the horses fin at a fast speed. They were beyond control.

Q.5. How did Montmorency create a mess?
Ans . Montmorency created a mess by putting his leg into the jam. He, then, pretended that the lemon were rats and got into the hamper and killed three of them before Harris could land him with a frying pan.

Q.6 Why did the three friends not want to take oil along?

Ans. Once they had taken up an oil-stove. It oozed and spread all over the river and boat. It smelt all through their journey and spoilt the atmosphere. So they prefer a methylated spirit stove to paraffin oil stove.

Q.7. Why didn’t George want cheese to be included in the breakfast item?

Ans. Jim reminds a funny event when he took cheese from Liverpool to London. The smell of cheese made the horse dash off in terror. While travelling in a train, nobody entered that bogey because of strong smell of the cheese. His friend’s wife was annoyed of the smell and left the house. So he avoids cheese.

Q.8. Why did the horse get terrified?

Ans. The horse was irritated by the sharp smell of the cheese and it dashed off in terror with great speed.

Q.9. How and why did the train carriage got empty?

Ans. The writer was travelling in a train compartment with some cheese. It smelt so bad and strong that all the passengers ran off and nobody dared enter that compartment. The carriage was left empty.

Q.10 Why did the writer feel so wild when Harris said, “Aren’t you going to put the boots in”?

Ans. The writer, while packing, forgot to put the boots in the bag and when he shut and strapped it, Harris knowingly asked him the question. George laughed irritatingly and senselessly at his forgetfulness. The writer felt ashamed and wild.

Q.11. What happened to the pies packed at bottom?

Ans. The pies were packed at the bottom of the bag and heavy things were packed on top so the pies were smashed.

Q.12 Why did Jim want to get up at six?

Ans. Because he wanted to write some letters.

Very Short Type Answers

Q.1. Why should you not Jump the red. light?
Ans. We should not jump the red-light because it can cause an accident.

Q.2. Will you throw the wet towel on a bed after taking your bath ? Why! Why not?
Ans. I’ll not throw the wet towel on a bed because it will spoil the bed-sheet.

Q.3. Do you like to get up early in the morning and go out for a walk?
Ans. Yes.

Q.4. Should you prepare a list of things that you want to carry with you when go out for a picnic ? Why/Why not?
Ans. We should prepare a list of things because in that we’ll not forget to carry essential things.

Q.5. What game do you like to play?
Ans. Basketball.

Answer the following questions in short:

Q1. What made writer remind of his uncle Podger?

Ans. Harris was ready to take the burden of everything himself, but put it on the backs of other people. Harris’s this habit made the writer remind of his uncle Podger.

Q2. Why could not all the six people find uncle Podger’s Coat?

Ans. Because Uncle Podger had put the coat on a chair and he himself had been sitting on it.

Q3. What harms happened to the wall and the picture before it was finally hung?

Ans. The picture fell down, its glass broken and uncle Podger cut his finger. The picture was crooked and insecure and the wall around it was in shambles.

Q4. What is Maria’s comment?

Ans. Maria comments that she would not allow her children to stand round and hear such language. She would arrange to go spend a week with her mother while Podger was involved in such work.

Q5. What is same about Harris and Uncle Podger as per Jim?

Ans. Harris shuns doing work rather wants others to do it while he just given them command. The same is with uncle Podger. He employs every member of his family in the minor work of hanging a picture on wall.

Q6. Why didn’t George want Harris to have early morning swim?

Ans. Because after having a morning swim he would feel hungry and would eat more than he ordinarily eats.

Q7. Why did Jim and Harris regret believing George?

Ans. Jim and Harris believed that George knew very well about clothes and washing them. But they regretted for George knew nothing about how to wash clothes.

Q8 . What did Harris ask Jim and George to do ? What was his attitude to the situation?
Ans. Harris asked Jim to get a piece of paper and write down. He asked George to make a grocery catalogue. He seemed eager to take the burden of everything on himself and then put it on the back of others.

Q9. What happened when Uncle wanted to hang a picture wall ?
Ans. Uncle Podger created a lot of commotion in the house. He involved all the members of the family in that task. He commanded every one to help him finish the job.

Q10. Why was the first list discarded?
Ans. The first list prepared by the friends had to be discarded because it was too long.

Q11.What did George suggest ?
Ans. George suggested that they should make a list of things that they could not do without.

Q12. What was Jim’s comment?
Ans. Jim commented  that the boat of life should be light because it would be easier to pull.He meant that a person should possess only those things that were needed in life.

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q.1.Is lt safe to sleep in the open at night ?
Ans. No, it’s not.

Q.2. Have you ever pitched a tent and slept In It at the hill-station ?
Ans. No, I haven’t.

Q.3.What will you do If It rains when you are returning homefrom school?
Ans. I’ll walk in the rain and get wet.

Q.4.Do you like to keep a pet dog ? Why! Why not?
Ans. I like to keep a pet dog because I love animals.

Q.5.When do you sleep at night?
Ans. I sleep at 10 o’clock at night

Q6 . Where did the narrator wish to stay at night?

Ans. The narrator wished to ‘camp out’ at night. He insisted on this because he loved the objects of nature. He loved to lie down under the starry sky.

Q.7.What decision did the friends take?
Ans. They took the decision that they would sleep out for five nights in a hotel or a pub when it rained, but would ‘camp out’ when it did not rain.

Q.8.How did Montmorency look like? What had  the writer thought of him?
Ans. Montmorency, the dog, looked like a fox- terrier having a gentle look in his eyes. When the narrator had owned the dog, he had thought he would not live long.

Q.9.When did the narrator change his opinion about the dog?
Ans. After paying for a dozen chickens that the dog had killed and rescuing him from several street-fights, and listening to the angry neighbour whose cat he had killed, the narrator changed his opinion about the dog.

Q.10. Did the debate come to an end?
Ans. No it was adjourned to the following night.

Very Short Answer Type Question

Q.1.What will you do If you suffer from a headache?
Ans.  I’ll take a painkiller.

Q.2.Do you like to go out for a picnic?
Ans. Yes/ no.

Q.3.What can keep you healthy?
Ans. A long walk daily can keep us healthy.

Q.4.When should one get up In the morning?
Ans. One should get up early

Q.5. Do you know how to swim?
Ans. No

Short Answer Type Question

Q.1. What did the three friends—George, Harris, and the narrator—think about their illness?
Ans: George and Harris thought that they suffered from fits of giddiness. But the narrator was sure that he suffered from the ailment of liver. He was certain because he thought, after reading a patent liver pill circular, that he had the same symptoms of the ailment as described in it.

Q.2. What did the narrator come to know after reading a medical dictionary In the British Museum?
Ans: After reading about every disease alphabetically in the medical dictionary he came to know that he suffered from every disease mentioned in it except the disease called the housemaid’s knee (arthritis).

Q.3. What were the medicines that the doctor prescribed the narrator?
Ans. The medicines prescribed were: ‘One pound beefsteak, with one pint bitter  beer every six hours, a ten-mile walk every morning, and sleep at eleven sharp every night.’

Q.4. What conclusion did the friends arrive at about their ailments?
Ans. The friends Concluded that the remedy for their ailments Was ‘rest’ and a holiday. They thought that they should seek out Some old-world spot far away from the crowd.

Q.5. What did George suggest? Who disagreed with the suggestion?
Ans. George suggested that they should take a boat trip along the river. Montmorency the dog, disagreed with the suggestion.

Q.6. In What way author’s illness different from his friend’s?
 Ans. The author actually suffers from a disease called ‘hypochondria’ whereas his friends suffer from strange attacks of giddiness.

Q.7. Why did the writer believe that he had all the diseases?
 Ans. A man suffering from hypochondria imagines that he has all diseases of the world and the writer suffers from ‘hypochondria’.

Q.8. What did the three friends eat for supper and how was it funny?

Ans. They ate a little steak, onions, and some rhubarb tart. Having fancied of illness, they took no interest in their food for half an hour. It was an unusual thing for the writer. It is quite funny that they are not ill, still avoid eating rather enjoy drinking and smoking.

Q.9. How did the writer’s family cure him from his supposed liver problem?

Ans. They striked him with clumps on his head and he felt cured of his liver problem. The incident also happened in the past with him.

Q.10. What surprised the two friends when George gave a suggestion?

Ans. George was a lazy person. He comes up with the find suggestion of taking a boat trip. His two friends were surprised, as they thought he was not capable of making such a sensible suggestion.