Samacheer Kalvi 9th English General Comprehension

Samacheer Kalvi 9th English General Comprehension

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English General Comprehension

A few practical hints to help you do activities under reading comprehension passages:

1. Read the passage carefully and try to grasp its main theme.
2. Pay attention to the meanings of words (connotation), phrases and sentences.
3. Grasp the manner in which the writer has developed his ideas and thoughts.
4. Read all the questions in the sequence and conceptualize the answers.
5. Read the passage again focusing on the content and answer the questions appropriately. Find accurate solutions for vocabulary exercises too.
6. Go through your answers to check spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Exercises
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It was four years ago, in the month of October. One night the earth quaked. Yes tremors are common in these parts. These snows may seem eternal, the Himalayas may look solid, but the truth is, deep down they are unstable. We, who live here, are accustomed to tremors. But what happened that night was more than that. It was a terrible earthquake. Its effects were felt as far away as Delhi and Lucknow.

Questions :
1. When did the earthquake occur?
2. What is common in these parts?
3. What is the truth about Himalayas?
4. Where did they feel the effect?
5. How was the earthquake?
Answer:
1. It occurred four years ago in the month of October.
2. Tremors are common ¡n these parts.
3. Himalayas may look solid and eternal, but deep down, they are unstable.
4. They felt the effect in Delhi and Lucknow.
5. The earthquake was a terrible one.

Read the following patiage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Some insects are harmful to human beings. The poison of the black widow spider causes unbearable pain. It stiffens the muscles of the abdomen and causes death to some of the victims. Some kinds of mosquitoes carry germs that cause diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and sleeping sickness. The mosquitoes pick up the germs and pass them on to the people they bite. Flies play a part in spreading such diseases as cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever. All insects which carry germs and spread diseases live and breed only in dirty places. So we can prevent such diseases if we keep our houses free of dirt.

Questions:
1. How harmful is the bite of the black widow spider?
2. What are the diseases caused by mosquitoes?
3. How do mosquitoes play a part in spreading diseases?
4. Why are flies harmful to us?
5. What is the necessity of keeping our surroundings clean?
Answer:
1. The poison from the bite of the black widow spider causing unbearable pain, stiffens the muscles of the abdomen, causing death to some of its victims.
2. Mosquitoes can cause diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and sleeping sickness.
3. Mosquitoes pick up germs and pass them on to people they bite.
4. Flies, too, can spread diseases such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever.
5. When we keep our surroundings clean, we keep off insects which live and breed in dirty places. A clean place will be free of dirt, free of insects and therefore free of diseases

3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Hockey is the national game of India. It had a glorious past in India. The Indian Hockey Team had won six consecutive Olympics. But its present condition is dismal, because hockey is not being given much importance. Still the banner of hockey is held aloft, thanks to the two great players Dhyan Chand and Dhanraj Pillai.

Questions :
1. Which is the national game of India?
2. State the condition of the game in the past.
3. What is the condition of the game now?
4. Why is it so?
5. Who are the two great Indian hockey players mentioned in the passage?
Answer:
1. Hockey is the national game of India.
2. It had a glorious past. The Indian Hockey Team had won six consecutive Olympics.
3. Its present condition is dismal, because hockey is not being given much importance.
4. Most people interested in games such as cricket, tennis are not interested in hockey.
5. Dhyan Chand and Dhanraj Pillai.

4. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
A patriot is a man who loves his country, works for it, and is willing to fight and die for it. Every soldier is bound to do his duty, but the best soldiers do more than this, They risk their lives because they love the country they are fighting for. They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try to conquer it and destroy it.

Questions:
(a) ‘Risk’ means
(i) miss (ii) lose (iii) endanger (iv) meet
(b) Who is a patriot?
(c) What do the best soldiers do?
(d) Why do they risk their lives?
(e) What do they love?
Answer:
(a) (iii) endanger
(b) A patriot is a man who loves his country, works for it, and is willing to fight and die for it.
(c) The best soldiers risk their lives.
(d) They risk their lives because they lvoe the country they are fighting for.
(e) They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life.

5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
When you make a promise, keep it, even if it costs you more than you expected or you have to work much longer on it than you intended. Promise leads to expectation, and expectation leads to prediction. When predictions fail we feel a loss of control. A Promise seeks trust and bonds people together. Some people make promises too easily. They agree to actions without knowing whether they will be able to keep the promise. Saying ‘Yes’ is socially easier than refusal but can lead to disappointment and decrease in trust.

Questions :
How can you keep up your promise?
Which bonds people make together?
How do some people make promise?
Is it easy to say ‘no’?
What will happen when you fail in your promise?
Answer:
1. We can keep up our promise, without bothering the cost effect involved or working much longer on it than we intended.
2. A promise bonds people together.
3. Some people make promises too easily.
4. No. It is not easy to say‘no’.
5. If we fail in our promise, then, that will lead to disappointment and decrease in trust.