CBSE Class 9 Sample Papers, Syllabus, Test Papers & NCERT Solutions

The kingdom of fools In the kingdom of fools the king and the minister were idiots. They ordered all things to be reversed. They decided to change night into day and day into night. They ordered people to do day’s work in night and sleep in the day. Anyone not obeying was to be punished […]

Mahendra’s job Mahendra was a junior supervisor in a firm. The firm offered on hire supervisors at construction sites, factories, bridges, dams, etc. Mahendra’s job was to keep an eye on the activities at the work site. He had to go from one place to another. He was a bachelor. He could adjust himself to […]

Toto monkey is bought The narrator’s Grandfather bought a monkey from a tonga-driver. He cost him Rs. five. It was Toto. Grandfather bought him to keep in his private zoo. Toto is described Toto was a pretty monkey. He had mischief in his shining eyes. His teeth were white like pearls. His hands were dried-up. […]

The child goes to the fair It was the spring fair. All the people were going to it. Some walked. Some rode on horses, some in bullock carts. The little child ran with his parents. He was overjoyed. When he remained behind, his father asked him to come. He remained behind to see the toys […]

About the Poet William Wordsworth (April 7,1770—April 23,1850) was bom in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. Wordsworth attended Hawkshead Grammar School, where his love for poetry was firmly established and, it is believed that he made his attempts at verse. His mother died when he was eight. While he was at Hawkshead, his father died leaving him […]

About the Poet William Wrightson Ross (June 14, 1894-August 26, 1966) was born in Peterborough, Ontario. He studied geophysics at the University of Toronto. He served with the Canadian Expeditionary’ Force in World War I as a private in the signal corps. Ross’s earliest works are written in free verse. Some of the works written […]

About the Poet Gieve Patel is a famous Indian poet and playwright. Patel is also a practicing doctor. He was bom in Mumbai in 1940. He completed all his education from Mumbai. His first collection of poetry was entitled poems and was launched by Nisim Ezekiel in 1966. How Do You Withstand, Body and Mirrored […]

About the Poet Edward Lear (May 12,1812—January 29, 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet. He is best known for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose especially his limericks. He began his career as an artist at the age of 15. His father, a stockbroker of Danish origins, was sent to […]

About the Poet James Flaconer Kirkup (23 April, 1918—10 May, 2009) was a prolific English poet, translator and writer. He wrote more than 30 books, including autobiography, novels and plays. Kirkup was bom and brought up in South Shields. He educated at South Shields Secondary School and Durham University. He wrote his first book of […]

About the Poetess Phoebe Cary (Sept. 4, 1824 – July 31, 1871) was an American poetess, and the younger sister of Alice Cary. These sisters co-published poems in 1849, and then each went to publish volumes of their own. Cary occasionally attended school. She often had to work at home and hence was largely self-educated. […]

About the Poet William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. In December 1923, Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, for his always inspiring poetry, which is a highly artistic and gives expression to the spirit of […]

About the Poet Coates Kinney (November 24, 1826 — January 25,1904) was a lawyer, politician, journalist, and poet from the U.S. Kinney caught an inspiration one night while trying to woo sleep in the old college dormitory, and there put on paper this beautiful bit of verse, ‘The Rain on the Roof’. This poem made […]

About the Poet Chinnaswami Subramania Bharatiyar (11 Dec. 1882 – 11 Sept. 1921) was an Indian writer, journalist, Indian Independence activist and social reformer from Tamil Nadu. He was popularly known as ‘Mahakavi Bharati’ and a pioneer of modem Tamil poetry. In fact, he was one of the greatest Tamil literary figures of all time. […]

About the story This is the story of an Intruder. He entered the house of a playwright, Gerrard. He, however, did not know that the owner of the cottage was a playwright. He only knew him as Gerrard. He had heard about him a few things. He knew that Gerrard was something of a mystery […]

Two famous temples in Kathmandu The lesson ‘Kathmandu’ is a description of the two famous temples of that city. One is the Pashupatinath temple. The other is the Baudhnath stupa, the Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu. Pashupatinath temple At Pashupatinath temple, a sign proclaims ‘Entrance for the Hindus only’. There is much crowd and utter confusion. […]

The author gets a baby bear by chance ‘The Bond of Love’ is the story of love and friendship between a pet bear cub and the author’s wife. He got the bear cub for her by accident. Two years ago, they were passing through the sugarcane fields near Mysore. People were driving away the wild […]

Part I. Santosh Yadav Santosh’s family background and birth Santosh Yadav has twice climbed Mount Everest. She is the only woman in the world to do so. She was bom in a society where the birth of a son was regarded as a blessing. Daughter was not welcome. A “holy man’ blessed Santosh’s mother thinking […]

The narrator decides to pack Jerome, the narrator, felt pride on his packing. Three friends decided to go on a holiday. He offered to do packing. George and Harris, his friends, were impressed by that. They relaxed by lighting a cigar and pipe respectively that the narrator would do the packing. The narrator had intended […]