Practice Assignment 1 | BBC Compacta Solutions for Class 9 PDF Download

1.
Ans: The concept of Icehotel was born after visitors raved about their experience spending a night in the specially built igloo art exhibition hall by French artist Jannot Derid. The positive feedback from the visitors who spent the night there with reindeer skins and sleeping bags led to the birth of the Icehotel concept.

2.
Ans: (c) World's Most Famous Icehotel

3.
Ans: (d) Admiration

4.
Ans: The passage mentions it is the 30th season, and since the Icehotel started in 1990, adding 30 years to that we get the year 2020.

5.
Ans: (c) helps create the hotel every year

6.
Ans: it is made of snow and ice, which melts from May onwards.

7.
Ans: The Icehotel has reached its 30th season, implying its long-standing success and popularity.
The visitors' rave reviews about their experience in the exhibition hall, which led to the concept of the Icehotel, indicate its growing popularity.

8.
Ans: The sleeping bags in the hotel are thermal, designed for guests to sleep comfortably in temperatures that can range between -5 to -8°C.

9.
Ans: The hotel rooms are equipped with beds made of ice, covered with mattresses and reindeer pelts, adding to the comfort of guests.
Given below are the various steps involved in the construction and operation of Icehotel but they are all jumbled up. Choose the option that lists the correct sequence of the steps in which Icehotel is built and operated.
(d) 1-4-6-3-5-7-2 and 8

10.
Ans: (a) neutral

11.
Ans: (d) All except 5 and 6

12.
Ans: The passage includes some words that are synonyms of each other. From the sets (i) - (v) below, identify two sets of synonyms.
(i) special and unique
(iii) massive and intense