KSEEB Solution Class 9 English Second Language Prose Unit 5 Justice Above Self Question Answers

KSEEB Solution Class 9 English Second Language – Justice Above Self 

Board KSEEB
Class Nine (9)
Subject English
Language 2nd Language
Chapter 5
Chapter Name Justice Above Self

 

Justice Above Self Class 9 English Karnataka Board Kannada

 

UNIT – 5

PROSE

JUSTICE ABOVE SELF

 

Share your responses

1.) How was the bond of friendship between Jumman and Algu?

Answer: Jumman Shaikh and Algu Chowdhary were good friends. Their bond was so strong that when either of them went away from the village, the other looked after his family.

 

2.) On what condition did Jumman’s aunt transfer her property to him?

Answer: Jumman’s aunt transferred her property to him on the understanding that she would stay with him and he would look after her.

 

3.) What did the aunt demand to set up a separate kitchen?

Answer: The aunt demanded a monthly allowance to set up a separate kitchen.

 

4.) What made the old lady angry?

Answer: Jumman said to the old lady that his wife best knew how to run the house and asked her to be patient and this is why the old lady got angry.

 

5.) How did people react to the old lady when she went about explaining her plight?

Answer: When the old lady went about explaining her plight then some sympathized with her, others laughed at her. A few others advised her to make it up with her nephew and his wife.

 

6.) Why did Algu Choudhary say that he could not go against Jumman?

Answer: Algu Choudhary said that Jumman was his best friend and he couldn’t go against him.

 

Share your responses

1.) What was Jumman’s opinion about the Panch?

Answer: The voice of the Panchis the voice of God this was Jumman’s opinion about the Panch.

 

2.) Was the old lady right in nominating Algu as the Panch knowing very well that he was Jumman’s best friend? If ‘yes’, why? If ‘no’ why?

Answer: Yes, Algu the old lady was right in nominating Algu as the Panch. She knew that though Algu was Jumman’s best friend he would do the justice with her as the Panch.

 

3.) What decision did Algu give after listening to Jumman and his aunt?

Answer: Algu gave the decision that Jumman must pay his aunt a monthly allowance, or else the property goes back to her.

 

4.) Why were Algu and Jumman seldom seen together after the Panchayat ?

Answer: Algu gave the decision against Jumman. After the decision were seen seldom together. Their bond was broken .

 

Share your responses

1.) Who did Algu sell his bullock to?

Answer: Algu sold his bullock to Sanju Sahu, a cart driver of the village.

 

2.) What happened to the bullock bought by Sahu from Algu?

Answer: The bullock bought by Sahu from Algu died within a month.

 

3.) Who did Sahu nominate as the head Panch?

Answer: Sahu nominated Jumman as the head Panch.

 

4.) How did Algu feel hearing the judgement?

Answer: After hearing the judgment, Algu could not contain his feelings. He said loudly, “Victory to the Panchayat. This is justice. God lives in the voice of the Panch.

 

C1.) Think about the text

Answer the following questions by choosing the correct options :

1.) ‘I am not wanted in your house’

 

a.) Who is referred to as ‘I’?

Answer: “I” refers to Jumman’s aunt.

 

b.) Where was the speaker?

Answer: The speaker was in Jumman’s house.

 

c.) What did the speaker demand?

Answer: The speaker demanded for a monthly allowance to set up a separate kitchen.

 

2) ‘How can I go against him?’

a.) Who said it?

Answer: Algu Choudhary said it.

 

b.) Who does ‘him’ refer to?

Answer: Him refers to Algu’s friend Jumman.

 

c.) Why was he not ready to go against the person?

Answer: Jumman was Algu’s best friend so he wasn’t ready to go against the person.

 

3.) ‘I will abide by her decision’

a.) Who agreed to abide by her decision?

Answer: Jumman agreed to abide by her decision.

 

b.) Where did the person make the statement?

Answer: Jumman made the statement in the panchyat.

 

c.) What decision is referred to here?

Answer: Jumman’s aunt’s decision of nominating Algu as the head Panch.

 

4.) ‘He brought us nothing but ruin’

 

a.) Who said this?

Answer: Sanju Sahu said this.

 

b.) Who was this said to?

Answer: This was said to Algu Choudhary.

 

c.) How did ‘he’ bring ruin to his owner?

Answer: “He” refers to the bullock sold by Algu Choudhary. The bullock died within a month.

 

5) ‘I had become your enemy’

a.) Who had become the enemy of whom?

Answer: Jumman had become the enemy of Algu Choudhary.

 

b.) When did the enmity start?

Answer: The enmity started when Algu gave the decision against Jumman.

 

c.) What caused the enmity between them?

Answer: The decision of Algu of allowing Jumman’s aunt for monthly allowance caused the enmity between them.

 

C2. Think over the following questions and try to form your own answers :

 

1.) What would you have done in case you were the Panch in place of Algu Chowdhary?

Answer: If I were in Algu’s place, I would not only given justice to Jumman’s aunt but also gave back her property.

 

2.) What values do you learn from the lesson? Write them down.

Answer: We learn from the lesson that we should never ignore our elders and always respect them. Another important lesson is that everyone is equal before the law.

 

3.) Do you like the way Jumman’s wife treated the old lady? If ‘ yes’, give reasons. If ‘no’, give reasons.

Answer: No, I didn’t like the way Jumman’s wife treated the old lady. Despite the aunt transferring her property, she ill-treated her which was wrong way. She should have treated her well and give her love.

 

4.) Assume yourself to be Jumman. Narrate how you would have looked after the old lady.

Answer: I would have looked after my aunt well. I would have tried to make peace with my aunt and made my wife understand the importance of my aunt in our lives.

 

5.) Discuss in groups how old people should be cared for. Write down the outcome of your discussion in four or five sentences.

Answer: We should always look after our elders. We should treat them well. We should never ignore them. We should respect them. We should give them love and affection.

 

Fill in the blanks using the correct word given in brackets :

A hunter went to a forest in search of a game. There (Their, There), he saw a deer (deer, dear) behind a big tree. He aimed his arrow at it. But the alarmed animal started running.

 

The hunter ran for long but he could not sight the animal. He was greatly tired. He knew (new, knew) he could no more continue and needed some (some, sum) rest. He rested (wrested, rested) under a shady tree and soon fell asleep. It was night (night, knight) when he woke up. He accepted (excepted, accepted) his failure in catching the animal and returned home empty handed.

 

Task 1.) Identify the main clause and the subordinate clause in each of the sentences taken from the lesson given above (page 98).

 

Language in Use

Read the following sentences that appear in the lesson :

1.) His wife grudged even the little food that the old lady needed for survival.

Answer: MC- His wife grudged even the little food

SC- that the old lady needed for survival.

 

2.) “I know that you will not kill your conscience for the sake of friendship.”

Answer: MC- I know

SC- that you will not kill your conscience for the sake of friendship

 

3.) Jumman had an old aunt who had some property.

Answer: MC- Jumman had an old aunt

SC- who had some property.

 

4.) “My son, it is now obvious that I am not wanted in your house.”

Answer: MC- My son, it is now obvious

SC- that I am not wanted in your house

 

5.) “Now my aunt is claiming a monthly allowance from me, which I can’t pay.”

Answer: MC- Now my aunt is claiming a monthly allowance from me,

SC- which I can’t pay

Updated: February 26, 2022 — 3:39 pm

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