SAMPLE QUESTIONS CBSE – ENGLISH – CLASS – IX THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

2 (Two marks)
1)         What do you understand by term “professor”?
2)         Give a description of the physique of “Private Quelch”
3)         What happened in the lesson of musketry?
4)         What happened when the sergeant tried to take revenge on the
Professor?
5)         Establish how “Private Quelch” is extraordinary in all
aspects.



6)         Explain – “horrible heartiness”
7)         How did the other soldiers try to counter ‘private Quetch”?
8)         “Private Quelch was condescending: – Discuss.
9)         What were the negativities of Private Quelch?
10)       Narrate the incident of aircraft recognition.
11)       Evaluate the character of corporal Turnbull.
12)       How did Private Quelch interrupt to corporal’s class?
13)       What did corporal do to
Private Quelch when he questioned about his way of teaching?
14)       What was the punishment
of Private Quelch? How did he get it?
15)       Do you support the
punishment of Private Quelch? Give reasons.



1 mark (one mark)
1)         “………. I need to only
draw your attention to the sheer waste of vitamin values ….’
            i) Who is the speaker?
            ii) What is the
situation?
            iii) What reflection
do you form about the speaker from the line?
2)         “………….for permanent
cook house duties, I, have decided Private Quelch is the just man for the job.”
            i) Who is the speaker?
            ii) Did Private Quelch
expect this duty?
            iii) Why was he given
this punishment?
3)         “The squeal listened in
a cowed, horrified kind of silence”
            i) About whom the
squad was afraid?
            ii) Why were they
horrified?
            iii) What was the
ultimate outcome?
4)         “Forty four segments”
            i) Who is the speaker?
            ii) In what situation
does the speaker say this?
            iii) What does this
statement reflect about the character of the speaker?
5) “What could a gang of louts like us do with a man like that?”
            i) Who is the man?
            ii) What did the man
do?
            iii) What do you
understand by the term ‘drone’?



6)         “We tried to hit at him
with clumsy sarcasms and practical jokes”
            i) “Who is ‘him’ here?
            ii) Why was he hit
with sarcasms and practical jokes?
            iii) What were the
outcomes of these kits?
7)         “What about a song
chaps?
            i) Who is t he
speaker?
            ii) In which situation
did t he speaker say this?
            iii) How many miles
did they have route march?
8)         “It’s all a matter of
intelligent reading”
            i) Who is the speaker?
            ii) When does he say
so?
            iii) Tell us in short
about intelligent reading
9)         “You had any training
before?”
            i) Who is t he
speaker?
            ii) Why does he say so?
            iii) What was the
target of the speaker in army?
10)       “The muzzle velocity or
speed at which the bullet leaves the rifle …………”
            i) Who is t he
speaker?
            ii) What was the
correction of this statement?
            iii) In which lesson
does the speaker say this?





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