Class 9 English Chapter 1 Extract Based Question Answers - The Fun they had

Passage- 1
Margie did so with a sigh. She was thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day. They learned the same things, so they could help one another with the homework and talk about it. And the teachers were people… The mechanical teacher was flashing on the screen: “When we add fractions ½ and ¼...” Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. She was thinking about the fun they had.
Q1: Which word in the passage means ‘breathing out deeply’?
(a) sigh
(b) yard
(c) shouting
(d) none of the above

Correct answer is option (a)

Sigh: Emit a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar. 

Q2: What were the special features of old school in Margie’s grandfather’s time?
(a) All the kids from the whole neighborhood came laughing and shouting in the schoolyard.
(b) Sitting together in the school room
(c) Going home together at the end of the day
(d) All

Correct answer is option (d)

Margie's grandfather used to study in school that looks like a building where all children come and study together and together complete their homework. There were teachers who were humans who teaches well and also asks excuses.

Q3: Did Margie have fixed hours of study?
(a) No
(b) She studied off and on.
(c) Yes, she had fixed time and hours daily to study except Saturday and Sunday.
(d) None

Correct answer is option (c)

Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school. This was because her mother believed that learning at regular hours helped little girls learn better. Her mechanical teacher was also on at the same time everyday except Saturday and Sunday.

Q4: What things kids in old schools learn?
(a) different things
(b) same things
(c) they didn’t learn anything
(d) none of the above

Correct answer is option (b)

In old schools all the kids came to a common place laughing, playing, shouting, fighting each other, etc.. With some happiness and joy. They learnt the same thing and they have one another homework. Being together, brought lots of fun, enjoy, playing, coming and going to house and doing again homework.

Q5: Why did Margie find the old schools interesting?
(a) because of the fun
(b) because of human teachers
(c) because of many friends
(d) all

Correct answer is option (d)

Margi find the earlier school better because the teachers were humans and all teacher as well as students come to a common building to study. they could sit together and learn the same thing. they they could help each other out with their home works. These were reasons that Margie found the earlier school better.

Passage- 2 
Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes. “Because it’s not our kind of school, stupid. This is the old kind of school that they had hundreds and hundreds of years ago.” He added loftily, pronouncing the word carefully, “Centuries ago.” Margie was hurt. “Well, I don’t know what kind of school they had all that time ago.” She read the book over his shoulder for a while, then said, “Anyway, they had a teacher.”
Q1: Find the word from the passage which means in a superior way?
(a) superior
(b) kind
(c) loftily
(d) none of the above

Correct answer is option (c)

Q2: What does Tommy tell Margie about school?
(a) Schools were very enjoyable.
(b) There were human teachers.
(c) It had a separate building for students.
(d) All of these

Correct answer is option (d)

Q3: Why did Tommy look at Margie with superior eyes?
(a) because Margie did not know about the school in previous time
(b) because Margie knew about the school in previous time
(c) because Margie did not know about the books in previous time
(d) because Margie knew about the books in previous time

Correct answer is option (a)

Tommy looked at Margie with superior eyes because he knew more than her about schools that existed ages ago. He felt condescendingly towards Margie as he answered her question of how anyone would want to write about school in a book.

Q4: What is the difference between the two schools?
(a) Teachers were old.
(b) All the students used to go to the same school.
(c) Students were serious about the studies.
(d) None of the above

Correct answer is option (b)

Q5: Why did Tommy call Margie stupid?
(a) because she was too ignorant
(b) because she was too irritative
(c) because she was too naughty
(d) none of these

Correct answer is option (a)

Tommy called Margie stupid because she was too ignorant. 'They' here refers to the students of centuries ago.

Passage- 3
He was a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart. Margie had hoped he wouldn’t know how to put it together again, but he knew how all right, and, after an hour or so, there it was again, large and black and ugly, with a big screen on which all the lessons were shown and the questions were asked. That wasn’t so bad. The part Margie hated most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers. She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the mechanical teacher calculated the marks in no time.
Q1: She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was __________ old.
(a) 4 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 6 years
(d) 7 years

Correct answer is option (c)

The part she hated most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers. She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the mechanical teacher calculated the mark in no time. The Inspector had smiled after he was finished and patted her head.

Q2: Which part of the mechanical teacher did Margie hate the most?
(a) slot
(b) geared
(c) audio
(d) none of these

Correct answer is option (a)

Slot is the part of the mechanical teacher was hated by margie because in slot margie and other students was to put their homework and test assignments for marking. She hated it the most because she had to work hard to write in punch code.

Q3: Who was country inspector?
(a) round little women
(b) round little man
(c) thin little man
(d) none of these

Correct answer is option (b)

In the short story 'The Fun They Had' by Issac Asimov, the County Inspector was a round little man with a red face. His job was to repair mechanical teachers who were not working well and meeting their requirements. He carried a box of tools with dials and wires to repair the errant mechanical teachers.

Q4: What did the country inspector give Margie?
(a) orange
(b) mango
(c) apple
(d) banana

Correct answer is option (c)

The County Inspector gave Margie an apple and started working on the mechanical teacher. Margie was doing badly in geography because the geography sector of the mechanical teacher was adjusted at a higher level.

Q5: Who is the author of this lesson?
(a) Charles Dickens
(b) Isaac Asimov
(c) Milton
(d) None

Correct answer is option (b)

"The Fun They Had" is a science fiction story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in a children's newspaper in 1951 and was reprinted in the February 1954 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Earth Is Room Enough, 50 Short Science Fiction Tales, and The Best of Isaac Asimov.

Passage- 4
“Gee,” said Tommy, “What a waste. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.”“Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had. He was thirteen. She said, “Where did you find it?”“In my house.” He pointed without looking, because he was busy reading. “In the attic.”“What’s it about?”“School.”
Q1: “I would not throw it away ” ____________ says these words.
(a) Margie
(b) Tommy
(c) Grandfather
(d) None of these

Correct answer is option (b)

Tommy said these words.

Q2: What sort of books did Margie and Tommy have in their school?
(a) old book
(b) new book
(c) telebook
(d) workbook

Correct answer is option (c)

Telebook sort of books did Margie and Tommy have in their school. A telebook is displayed on the television screen and the text of a telebook is similar to a book.

Q3: What is Tommy referring to as a waste?
(a) new book
(b) old book
(c) telebook
(d) workbook

Correct answer is option (b)

Tommy referred that old, crinkly book as a waste but the books are a store house of knowledge so, i don't think that's really a waste books are our best companions to us all times friends may on may not remain with us but our books remain with us through our thick and thins so its rightly said, " so books are to be tasted some to be chewed still some to be swallowed and some to be digested ." books never betray humans . they always provide newness any time any where. so, books can't be a waste.

Q4: Find a word from the passage which means ‘more than sufficient’?
(a) million
(b) plenty
(c) attic
(d) waste

Correct answer is option (b)

Plenty: a large or sufficient amount or quantity; more than enough.

Q5: What is a telebook?
(a) an e-book
(b) an electronic book
(c) book stored in a computer
(d) all

Correct answer is option (d)
A telebook is a book that can be displayed on a screen for educating or entertaining people.