Very Short and Short Answers: Chapter - 6, Three Men in a Boat | English Class 9 PDF Download

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q.1 Have You seen the Taj Mahal in Agra?

Ans.  No/Yes.

Q.2. How do you decorate the walls of your bedroom?

Ans. I hang the photographs of my favourite actors to decorate my bedroom.

Q.3. What type of students do you like?

Ans. I like those students who study hard and are helpful to others.

Q.4. What do you do In the evening?

Ans. I go out for a long

Q.5. Can you find particular house of a map?

Ans. No/Yes.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q.1. In what type of the houses did the nobles and courtiers live ?

Ans. The nobles and courtiers lived in red brick houses. They had oak stairs that did not creak.

Q.2. What type of boy named Stivvings was?

Ans. Stivvings was the most extraordinary, boy at the narrator’s school. He loved studies. He wished to win prizes and grow up to be a clever man. He wanted to bring credit to his parents. He used to fall ill twice a week.

Q 3. How did Montmorency create a mess?

Ans. Montmorency howled and turned a somersault and the top hamper jumped up and all the things came out. Thus he created a mess.

Q.4. How was Harris lost In the maze at Hampton Court?

Ans. Once Harris went in the maze to someone. He had studied the thought that it was very simple to But he was lost in the maze. He to the entrance and tried again way out but failed.

Q.5. How were the persons lost In the maze rescued?

Ans. The young keeper came and gave instructions to them, but they could not understand anything. He also got lost with them. Then the old keeper came and rescued them.

Q.6 Why was Kingston so famous?

Ans. Kingston saw many kings Crowned, Great caesar crossed the river there, Roman Kings camped there and Queen Elizabeth of England stopped there which made it famous.

Q.7 With Whom is Harris being compared and Why?

Ans. Harris is compared with Queen Elizabeth who is described to have visited all public houses of Kingston. In the same way Harris knows every nook and corner where one can find drinks as he is fond of drinking.

Q.8 Why do you think the owner of shop had covered the old oak paneling with blue wall paper?

Ans. The owner of the shop had covered it with blue wall paper because oak paneling looked very gloomy. He did not like the look as he thought it would be like living in a church.

Q.9 What was peculiar about Stivvings?

Ans. Stivvings’ ambitions were indeed peculiar because when other boys of his age explored all ways and means to get sick and to miss school, Stivvings felt sad that due to his ill health he was not able to do his Latin exercise.

Q.10 Do you think Harris was a good guide? Why or Why not?

Ans. Harris was not a good guide. He could not come out of the maze. He met some people who were lost and asked them to follow him. But every time he tried to begin from the entrance, he lost his way and took them in a middle and found no way to come out.