NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English (Beehive) The Bond of Love [Old Book]

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Class : 9th
Subject : English-1
Chapter : 9
Chapter Name : The Bond of Love

Q1 Can there be love and friendship between human beings and wild animals? Let’s read a
fascinating account of an orphaned sloth bear that was rescued by the author.

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QI Given in the box are some headings. Find the relevant paragraphs in the text to match the
headings.

Answer. (i) An Orphaned Cub - para 3
(ii) Bruno's Food-chart - para 6
(iii) An Accidental Case of Poisoning - para 8
(iv) Playful Baba - para 12
(v) Pain of Separation - para 14
(vi) Joy of Reunion - para 16
(vii) A Request to the Zoo - para 18
(viii) An Island in the Courtyard - para 2

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QII Answer the following questions.
1. “I got him for her by accident.”
(i) Who says this?
(ii) Who do ‘him’ and ‘her’ refer to?
(iii) What is the incident referred to here?

2. “He stood on his head in delight.”
(i) Who does ‘he’ refer to?
(ii) Why was he delighted?

3. “We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we were relieved.”

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(i) Who does ‘we all’ stand for?
(ii) Who did they miss?
(iii) Why did they nevertheless feel relieved?

Answer.
1. (i) The narrator said the given statement.
(ii) Here, 'him' refers to the sloth bear and 'her' refers to the narrator's wife.
(iii) Once they were passing through the sugarcane elds near Mysore. People were driving away
the wild pigs from the elds by shooting at them. Suddenly, they saw a black sloth bear. One of
the narrator's companions shot it on the spot. As they watched the fallen animal, they were
surprised to see that the black fur on its back moved. Then they saw that it was a baby bear that
had been riding on its mother's back. The narrator ran up to it and attempted to capture it. He
nally succeeded in grabbing it and gifted it to his wife. This incident is referred to in the above
statement.

2. (i) Here, 'he' refers to the bear Bruno.
(ii) Bruno was delighted to see the narrator's wife. It was sad and refused food given at the zoo,
but was happy and recognized her even when she was some yards away. When she ran up to it
and petted it through the bars, it stood on its head in delight.

3. (i) Here, 'we all' stands for the narrator, his wife and his son.
(ii) They missed Bruno (Baba).
(iii) They felt relieved because Baba was getting too big to be kept at home. That is why they sent
it off to a zoo.

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QIII Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.
1. On two occasions Bruno ate/drank something that should not be eaten/ drunk. What
happened to him on these occasions?
2. Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why,then, did he have to be sent away?
3. How was the problem of what to do with Bruno nally solved?

Answer. 1. Bruno ate some poison meant for rats. It could not stand on its feet and was rushed to
the vet's residence, where it was nally cured. Later, it drank nearly a gallon of old engine oil.
However, it remained unaffected.
2. Yes, Bruno was a loving and playful pet. Everybody in the family was attached to it, especially
the narrator's wife. It had to be sent away to a zoo because it was getting too big to be kept at
home.
3. Bruno was not happy at the zoo. Seeing its condition and its happiness at seeing the narrator's
wife, Bruno was allowed to go back to Bangalore. There, an island was made for the bear, keeping
all its needs in mind.

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QI 1. Find these words in the lesson. They all have ie or ei in them.

2. Now here are some more words. Complete them with ei or ie. Consult a dictionary if
necessary.

(There is a popular rule of spelling: ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’. Check if this rule is true by
looking at the words above.)

Answer. 1.

2.

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QII Here are some words with silent letters. Learn their spelling. Your teacher will dictate these
words to you. Write them down and underline the silent letters.

knock wrestle walk wrong knee half
honest daughter hours return hornet
calm could sign island button

Answer.

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QIII Study the entries and nd out whether the following topics are discussed in the book.
(i) bronchitis due to cigarette smoking
(ii) heart failure due to bronchitis
(iii) bronchitis in children

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QIV 1. The Narrative Present
Notice the incomplete sentences in the following paragraphs. Here the writer is using
incomplete sentences in the narration to make the incident more dramatic or immediate. Can
you rewrite the paragraph in complete sentences?
(You can begin: The vet and I made a dash back to the car. Bruno was still oundering...)
(i) A dash back to the car. Bruno still oundering about on his stumps, but clearly weakening
rapidly; some vomiting, heavy breathing, with heaving anks and gaping mouth. Hold him,
everybody! In goes the hypodermic—Bruno squeals — 10 c.c. of the antidote enters his system
without a drop being wasted. Ten minutes later: condition unchanged! Another 10 c.c injected!
Ten minutes later: breathing less stertorous — Bruno can move his arms and legs a little
although he cannot stand yet. Thirty minutes later: Bruno gets up and has a great feed! He looks
at us disdainfully, as much as to say, ‘What’s barium carbonate to a big black bear like me?’
Bruno is still eating.
(ii) In the paragraphs above from the story the verbs are in the present tense (eg. hold, goes,
etc.). This gives the reader an impression of immediacy. The present tense is often used when we
give a commentary on a game (cricket, football, etc.), or tell a story as if it is happening now. It
is, therefore, called the narrative present.?
You will read more about the present tense in Unit 10.

2. Adverbs Find the adverbs in the passage below. ( You’ve read about adverbs in Unit 1.) We
thought that everything was over when suddenly a black sloth bear came out panting in the hot
sun. Now I will not shoot a sloth-bear wantonly but, unfortunately for the poor beast, one of my
companions did not feel that way about it, and promptly shot the bear on the spot.
(i) Complete the following sentences, using a suitable adverb ending in – ly.
(a) Rana does her homework_________ .
(b) It rains __________ in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work_________ .
(d) The dog serves his master____________ .

(ii) Choose the most suitable adverbs or adverbial phrases and complete the following sentences.

(a) We should ___________ get down from a moving train. (never, sometimes, often)
(b) I was_________________ in need of support after my poor performance. (badly, occasionally,
sometimes)
(c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her ______________ . (suddenly, seriously,
immediately).

3. Take down the following scrambled version of a story, that your teacher will dictate to you,
with appropriate punctuation marks. Then, read the scrambled story carefully and try to rewrite
it rearranging the incidents.

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A grasshopper, who was very hungry, saw her and said, “When did you get the corn? I am dying
of hunger.” She wanted to dry them. It was a cold winter’s day, and an ant was bringing out some
grains of corn from her home. She had gathered the corn in summer. “I was singing all day,”
answered the grasshopper. “If you sang all summer,” said the ant, “you can dance all winter.”
“What were you doing?” asked the ant again. The grasshopper replied, “I was too busy.” “I
collected it in summer,” said the ant. “What were you doing in summer? Why did you not store
some corn?”

Answer.
1. The vet and I made a dash back to the car. Bruno was still oundering about on his stumps,
but clearly he was weakening rapidly. There was some vomiting and heavy breathing. His anks
were heaving and his mouth was gaping. Everybody was asked to hold him. The hypodermic
medicine went into Bruno, who squealed. 10 c.c. of anecdote entered his system without a drop
being wasted. Even ten minutes later, the condition was unchanged. Another 10 c.c. was injected
into him. Ten minutes later, his breathing became less stertorous. Bruno could move his arms
and legs a little although he could not stand yet. Thirty minutes later, Bruno got up and had a
great feed. He looked at us disdainfully, as much as to say, 'What's barium carbonate to a big
black bear like me?' Bruno was still eating.
2. We thought that everything was over when suddenly a black sloth bear came out panting in
the hot sun. Now I will not shoot a sloth-bear wantonly but, unfortunately for the poor beast,
one of my companions did not feel that way about it, and promptly shot the bear on the spot.

(I) (a) Rana does her homework timely.
(b) It rains heavily in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work properly.
(d) The dog serves his master faithfully.

(II) (a) We should never get down from a moving train.
(b) I was badly in need of support after my poor performance.
(c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her immediately.

3. It was a cold winter's day, and an ant was bringing out some grains of corn from her hon had
gathered the corn in summer. She wanted to dry them. A grasshopper, who was very saw her and
said, 'When did you get the corn? I am dying of hunger." "l collected it in su said the ant. "What
were you doing in summer? Why did you not store some corn grasshopper replied, "l was too
busy." "What were you doing?" asked the ant again. "l was all day," answered the grasshopper. "If
you sang all summer," said the ant, 'You can da winter."

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Q1 ‘Animals also feel the pleasure of love and the pain of separation’. Make a presentation by
giving examples from your own experience.

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Q1 Pets have unique care and handling requirements and should only be kept by those with the
commitment to understand and meet their needs. Give your argument in support of or against
this statement.
or

There is an ongoing debate on whether snake charmers should continue in their profession. You
can get some idea about the debate from the newspaper clipping (The Hindu, 16 June 2004)
given below. Read it, discuss in pairs or groups, and write either for or against the profession of
snake charmers.

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QI 1. What is the snake trying to escape from?
2. Is it a harmful snake? What is its colour?
3. The poet nds the snake beautiful. Find the words he uses to convey its beauty.
4. What does the poet wish for the snake?
5. Where was the snake before anyone saw it and chased it away? Where does the snake
disappear?

Answer. 1. The snake is trying to escape from the pursuing stick. Human beings try their level
best to kin the snake They take it for granted that the snake is poisonous and harmful.
2. No. it is not harmful. It is a green snake.
3. The poet uses the following words: beautiful and graceful. glides small and green
4. The poet wishes that the snake should be allowed to go. It should not be killed by the man.
5. The snake was away from its secure area. It was basking in the sun along the sand Finally, it
disappears in the reeds.

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QII 1. Find out as much as you can about different kinds of snakes (from books inthe library, or
from the Internet). Are they all poisonous? Find out the namesof some poisonous snakes.
2. Look for information on how to nd out whether a snake is harmful.
3. As you know, from the previous lesson you have just read, there are people in our country who
have traditional knowledge about snakes, who even catch poisonous snakes with practically bare
hands. Can you nd out something more about them?

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