NCERT Solutions Poem "The Fun They Had" for Class 9 English Beehive:
TEXTUAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
I. Q.1. How old are Margie and Tommy?
Ans:
Margie is 11 years old and Tommy is 13 years old.
Q.2. What did Margie write in her
diary?
Ans:
Margie even wrote in her diary, “Today Tommy found a real book”.
Q.3. Had Margie ever seen a book
before?
Ans:
Margie had never seen a book before.
Q.4. What things about the book did
she (Margie) find strange?
Ans:
The old book had a yellow and wrinkled page. The words did not move as the
words move on the computer screen. The words of the book remained still. Margie
found these things strange.
Q.5. What do you think a telebook
is?
Ans:
I think a telebook is an online book that can be browsed using the internet. Or
it can be displayed through TV signals on the TV screens.
Q.6. Where was Margie’s school? Did
she has any classmates?
Ans:
Margie’s school was her own house. It was right next to her bedroom. She didn't
have any classmates.
Q.7. What subjects did Margie and
Tommy learn?
Ans:
Margie learned the subject of Geography and Mathematics. Tommy learned the
subject History and Mathematics.
II. Q.1. “I wouldn’t throw it away.”
a.
Who
says these words?
b.
What
does ‘it’ refer to?
c. What is it being compared with by
the speaker?
Ans: a. Tommy says these words.
b. ‘It’ refers to the real book that
Tommy found.
c. It is being compared with a telebook
by the speaker.
Q.2. ‘Sure they had a teacher, but
it was not a regular teacher. It was a man.’
a. Who does ‘they’ refer to?
b. What does ‘regular’ mean here?
c. What is it contrasted with?
Ans:
a. ‘they’ refers to the people of many centuries ago.
b. Here ‘regular’ means normal and
agreeable to rule.
c. It is contrasted with a human
teacher.
III. Q1. What kind of teachers did
Margie and Tommy have?
Ans:
Margie and Tommy had a mechanical teacher. They were taught by computer and
television screens. They did not have a human being as a teacher.
Q.2. Why did Margie’s mother send
for the County Inspector?
Ans:
Margie's mother sent for the county inspector because the mechanical teacher
was not functioning properly. The mechanical teacher had been given her test
after test in Geography and Margie had been doing worse and worse.
Q.3. What did he (the County
Inspector) do?
Ans:
The county inspector slowed the mechanical teacher up to an average 10-year
level. The speed of the mechanical teacher was controlled and adjust according
to the knowledge level of Margie.
Q.4. Why
was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the county inspector do to help
her?
Ans: Margie
was doing badly in Geography because the mechanical teacher was very fast in
displaying the questionnaire on the screen. The county inspector adjusted its
speed up to an average 10-year level.
Q5. What had once happened to
Tommy’s teacher?
Ans:
Once Tommy’s teacher was taken away for almost a month because the history
sector had blanked out completely.
Q.6. Did Margie have regular days
and hours for school? If so, why?
Ans:
Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school. Because her mother said that
little girls learn better if they learn at regular hours.
Q.7. How does Tommy describe the
old kind of school?
Ans:
Tommy describes that the old kind of school was different. This type of school
had a special building and all the kids went there to study. There a human
teacher used to give the lesson to all the kids. They learned lessons together
in a classroom and help one another in doing their homework. The kids laughed
and shouted in the schoolyard.
Q.8. How does Tommy describe the
old kind of teachers?
Ans:
Tommy describes that the old kind of teachers were people. They did not live in
the child’s house. They had a special building. All the kids went there and
learned from them.
IV. Q.1. What
are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the school rooms that Margie
and Tommy have in the story?
Ans: The
mechanical teacher is a computer screen with a good audio-video system. It
taught them various subjects on the computer screen in a mechanical voice and
tone. The teacher is regularly present in their house. The teacher sometimes
goes wrong as well for bad programming.
Their schools were in their homes. They
do not have those classrooms where all the kids sit together with the old kind
of schools. They have to sit in their classroom alone. They do not have any
classmates. There is a computer screen with an audio-video system and some
other tools only in their classroom.
Q.2. Why did Margie hate school? Why
did she think the old kind of school must have fun?
Ans:
Margie hated school because it was not funniment. She had a mechanical teacher.
Her mechanical teacher gave her test after test in the subject Geography. But
Margie did not do well in these tests. In every test, she did worse and worse.
Her mother was very unhappy with her. So, Margie hated school.
Margie thought that the old school
must have been enjoyment because the kids used to sit together in a classroom.
They used to laughed and shouted in the schoolyard. But Margie's school is not
like this. So, she thought that the old kind of school must have fun.
Q.3. Do
you agree with Margie that schools today are more fun than the school in the
story? Give reasons for your answer?
Ans: Obviously today's school are more fun than school discussed
in the story. I agree with Margie. There is nothing in this school but a
mechanical teacher. In this school, there is no companion and classmate. And
also the mechanical teacher has no emotion and sentiments. The teacher does not
have the ability to understand the psychology of a student. In addition to that
eat guides a student according to its adjusted modes.
But today's school work
for the overall development of a child. Presently the teachers are given
training in leadership, sports, culture, politics and science. The teachers
learn how to adapt to the new surroundings and how to adjust with strangers.
The students sit and learn together in a classroom and forgetting about their
caste, creed and religion. In the present mode of school, there create harmony
among the students.
Q.16. Who sent for the County
Inspector and why?
Ans:
Margie’s mother sent for the County Inspector because Margie had been doing
badly in her geography tests.
Q.17. When did Margie write in her diary?
Ans: 17th May 2175, Margie wrote in her
diary.More
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