PSEB Class 10 English Grammar Lesson 9 Reading Skills Solution

PSEB Class 10 English Grammar Lesson 9 Reading Skills all Question and Answers Solution

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PSEB Class 10 English Grammar Lesson 9 Reading Skills all Question Answer Solution

PSEB Class 10 English Grammar Lesson 9 Reading Skills Solution: Punjab Board (PSEB) 10th Class Lesson 9 all questions of grammar answers are in this page.

Practice Exercises

Questions :

1.) What leads to health and happiness?

Answer: Early rising leads to health and happiness.

2.) What is a late riser compelled to do?

Answer: A late riser is compelled to work till late hours in the evening.

3.) Why can’t we have a clear brain at midnight?

Answer: We can’t have a clear brain at midnight because that time we need rest and sleep.

4.) Complete the following sentences:

(a) The man who rises late cannot take advantage of the refreshing morning hours.

(b) Some thinkers can write best when they burn the midnight.

Q.5. Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B:

1.) Compelled                         –                       Forced

2.) Necessary               –                       Essential

3.) Advantage                         –                       Benefit

4.) Ruin                                   –                       Destroy

  1. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:

Questions :

1.) What does not make a prison?

Answer: Stone walls do not make a prison.

2.) According to the poet, what does not make a cage?
Answer: According to the poet, iron bars do not make a cage.

3.) Which quality of the mind makes a hermitage?

Answer:  Innocence of mind and quiet take make a hermitage.

4.) Complete the summary of the poem after filling in blanks:

A prison is not made of stone walls, neither is a cage of iron bars. It is only an innocent and quiet mind that makes a hermitage. Such liberty is enjoyed only by angels.

5.) Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B:

1.) Prison                     –                       Jail

 

2.) Soar                                    –                       Soul

 

3.) Soul                                    –                       Spirit

 

4.) Liberty                   –                       Freedom

  1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Questions :

1.) What is the dictionary meaning of ‘hobby’?

Answer: According to the dictionary meaning, a hobby is a favourite subject or occupation that is not one’s main business.

2.) When does a hobby become a thing for schools only?

Answer: When hobbies are not paid any attention at homes, then it becomes a thing for schools only.

3.) Name the hobbies mentioned in the passage.

Answer: The hobbies mentioned in the passage are collecting stamps and carpentry.

4.) Complete the following sentences :

(a) We should carry on our hobby whenever we have a spare time.

(b) Sometimes students cannot pay attention to their hobbies because of poverty or lack of interest.

5.) Match the words in column A with their antonyms in column B:

1.) Interested               X         Disinterested

 

2.) Lack                                   X         Have

 

3.) Spare                      X         Occupied

 

4.) Encourage              X         Discourage

4.) Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:

Questions :

1.) When does the child pray?

Answer: The child prays before going to sleep.

2.) What does the child pray to God for his mother?

Answer: The child prays to God for strength, health and a long life for his mother.

3.) What does he ask for himself?

Answer: The child prays to God an innocent and grateful heart for himself.

4.) Tick the right answer:

(a) The child prays reverence to his father.

(b) The child wants to be the hope and joy of his parents.

5.) (a) Give the rhyme scheme of the last four lines.

Answer: aabb

(b) Give the other words that rhyme with ‘employ’.

Answer: Toy, joy, boy, etc.

5.) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Questions:

1.) What was the name of Ashoka’s grandfather?

Answer: The name of Ashoka’s grandfather was Chandragupta Maurya.

2.) What happened in the war of Kalinga?

Answer: In the war of Kalinga, 100,000 men were killed, 150,000 men were injured and thousands were captured and retained as slaves.

3.) Write the changes in Ashoka’s life after the war.

Answer: After the war, Ashoka renounced war and sought peace in Buddha’s preaching of love and non-violence.

4.) Complete the following sentences:

(a) Ashoka was one of the greatest rulers of India.

(b) For Ashoka, the war of Kalinga was a turning point in his life.

(c) The extent of Ahsoka’s empire was spread over to

5.) Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B:

1.) Famous                  –           Well-known

2.) Involved                –           Draw-in

3.) Conquest                –           Take – over

4.) Renounce               –           Give up

6.) Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:

Questions:

1.) Where do boats and ships sail?

Answer: Boats sail on the rivers whereas the ships sail on the seas.

2.) What is prettier than boats and ships?

Answer: Clouds that sail across the sky is prettier than boats and ships.

3.) Where does the rainbow build a road?

Answer: The rainbow builds a road from the earth to the sky.

4.) Select the right answer:

(a) According to the poet, the rainbow is the prettiest.

(b) The rainbow bridges heaven.

5.) (a) The word ‘bow’ in the 7th line refers tothe rainbow.

(b) ‘These’ in the last line refers to the clouds.

7.) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Questions:

1.) How can we rid the land of poverty and ignorance?

Answer: We can rid the land of poverty and ignorance by making sacrifices for the sake of our motherland.

2.) How can you shape your mind?

Answer:  We can shape our mind through study and meditation.

3.) Where did Swami Vivekananda carry the message?

Answer: Swami Vivekananda carried the message to the whole continent of Asia.

4.) Complete the following sentences:

(a) We should make sacrifices for the sake of our motherland.

(b) India is gradually waking up.

5.) (a) Who speaks the above written lines?

Answer: Swami Vivekanand.

(b) Name two places visited by Swami Vivekanand?

Answer: America and England.

8.) Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:

Questions:

1.) What does not make a man a better being?

Answer: Growing in size doesn’t make a man a better being.

2.) Which thing in nature can live up to three hundred years?

Answer: An oak tree in nature can live up to three hundred years.

3.) How long does a lily live?

Answer: A lily lives only for a day.

4.) (a) What message is conveyed through this poem?

Answer: The poet tells us that our life should not be measured in years but it should be measured in terms of how we live it. It doesn’t matter for how long we have lived, but what matters is that we live life to the fullest and make it beautiful just like a lily. Even in the shortest period of time, we can make our life beautiful.

(b) The life of an oak tree is three hundred years.

5.) Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B:

1.) Bulk                       –           Largeness

2.) Bald                       –           Hairless

3.) Proportion  –           Amount

4.) Perfect       –           Faultless 

Note – making

Practice Exercise

Democracy

Linguistic root :           Aristotle’s Latin ‘demos’ meaning ‘territory’ or ‘people’

Kant’s terminology :   Government of the people, by the people, for the people

Carl Schmitt’s view on sovereignty :  The abuse of power is constitutive of the idea of sovereignty

Modern view on democracy : a form of modern civilization

Other view on democracy : a form of identity and a byword for market freedom

 

The Buddha

Birth                :           Feudal baron of the Sakya clan in Nepal

Life                 :           unaware of the harsh realities of the world. Didn’t know about human sufferings, sickness, advanced age or death

Turning point  :           Saw a man suffering from old age.

Realization      :           Human diseases and death

Changes          :           searched the greatest Hindu masters for wisdom for enlightenment

Another route  :           Sat under a peepul tree with intense concentration and will-power to reach the total enlightenment and become the Buddha

Teachings        :           Reached thousands in his native India

Roles               :           Born asa ruler and lived as a priest

 

Good Manners

Role of good manners in life :                       Unique place

Important to acquire and cultivate

Age to learn good manners     :                       From childhood

Results of good manners        :                       Keys to success

Ideal form of personal conduct and character

Help in making friends

Winning over people

Gaining appreciation and admiration

Manners to follow                   :                       Should say sorry if we disturb people

To thank people for a service, guidance or a gift

Apologize for being late and keep people waiting

To respect elders, greet them

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Updated: September 13, 2022 — 4:15 pm

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