9th English Short Questions Updated

Notes For English 9th Class By Yasir Fraz Chishti (LAOCS)
Unit 1: The Saviour of Mankind

Answer the following questions. (Text Book Exercise)
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1. What type of land Arabia is?
(SWL-G1-2015)
Answer: Arabia is a land of beauty. It is a land of sand deserts. These deserts have no
paths.
2. Why was the Holy Quran sent in Arabic?
(SWL-G1-2015)
Answer: The Holy Quran was sent in Arabic as it is a literary and expressive language.
3. For which ability were the Arabs famous?
Answer: The Arabs were famous for their good memory and eloquence.
4. What was the condition of mankind before the Holy Prophet (
)?
Answer: Human race was standing on the verge of chaos before the Holy Prophet (
5. Why did the Holy Prophet (
Answer: The Holy Prophet
Almighty.
).
) stay in the cave of Hira?
used to stay in the cave of Hira for meditation and the worship of Allah
6. What was the first revelation?
(SWL-G2-2015)
Answer: The first revelation was: Read in the name of thy Lord Who created; created man from a clot
(of congealed blood): Read and thy Lord is most Bountiful, Who taught (the use of) the pen, taught man
that which he knew not.
7. Why did the pagan Arabs threaten the Holy Prophets (
Answer: They threatened the Holy Prophets
preaching the message of Allah Almighty.
8.
What did Hazrat Ayesha (
) uncle?
uncle to force him to stop his nephew from
) say about the life of the Holy Prophet (
)? (SWL-G1-2014)
Answer: She said, His morals and character are an embodiment of the Holy Quran.
Additional Short Questions:
1. Where is Makkah situated?
(SWL-G2-2015)
Answer: Makkah is situated in Arabia. It is about fifty miles away from Red Sea.
2. What type of competition was held at Ukaz?
Answer: A poetical competition was held at Ukaz.
3. What was the mission of the Holy Prophet (
Answer: Holy Prophet (
)?
) wanted to finish superstitions, ignorance, and disbelief. He (
wanted to set a noble idea of life. He (
) wanted the people to have true faith.
4. Why did the pagan Arabs send a delegation to the Holy Prophet (
)?
Answer: The pagan Arabs sent a delegation to the Holy Prophets (

stop his nephew from preaching Allahs message.
) uncle to request him to
Notes English for 9th Class
Logic Academy of Computer Science
Prepared by: Yasir Fraz Chishti

Unit 2: Patriotism
1. How will you define patriotism? (SWL-G1-2014)
Answer: Patriotism means love for ones country.
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2. What are the qualities of a patriot? (SWL-G1-2015)
Answer: A patriot loves his country. He protects the interests of his country. He
sacrifices everything for its independence.
3. As a citizen of Pakistan what are your duties towards your country?
Answer: As a citizen of Pakistan, it is my duty to love and defend it. I must prefer its interests to mine.
4. What makes us stay alert in the wake of foreign invasion?
Answer: What makes us stay alert in the wake of foreign invasion is patriotism.
5. How will you elaborate Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnahs quote?
We must develop a sense of patriotism which galvanizes us all into one united and
strong nation
Answer: It urges us to be patriot. It urges us to be united and strong.
1. Who offers sacrifice for the country?
(SWL-G2-2015)
Answer: A patriot offers sacrifice for his country.

2. Who led the Muslims of the subcontinent in their struggle for a separate homeland?
Answer: The Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah led the Muslims of the subcontinent in their
struggle for a separate homeland.
3. What is the highest military award of Pakistan? (SWL-G1-2015)
Answer: The highest military award of Pakistan is Nishan-e-Haider.
Unit 3: Media and Its Impact

1. What is the most important function that media performs?
(SWL-G2-2013)
Answer: The most important function of media is that it gives news and information.
2. What are the two major means of communication? (SWL-G1-2015)
Answer: Print media and electronic media are the two major means of communication.
3. How does media provide entertainment?
(SWL-G2-2013)
(SWL-G2-2015)
Answer: It entertains us with films, dramas, stage shows, music shows and comedies.
4. What happens when media is allowed to play its role unchecked?
Answer: Sometimes, to create thrill, it exaggerates a situation. Thus it misleads the people. Therefore, it
must not be left unchecked.
5. Give three reasons in support of your favourite TV programme?
Answer: The TV programme I like the most is National Geographic. It introduces different species of
animals, birds and even insects to me. It makes me realize how great Allah is Who has created all these
creatures.

1. Guess the meaning of tutorial?
Answer: Tutorial is a period of teaching and discussion with a tutor.
2. What type of information does media provide? (SWL-G1-2015)
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Answer: Media is a means of communication such as radio and television,

newspapers, magazines etc. It conveys news and information.
3. Is TV taking away the habit of reading?
Answer: To some extent it is true that TV is taking away the habit of reading. The person who listens
to news on TV and hears the talk shows, he is least interested in reading the newspaper the next day.
4. Which is you favourite TV programme? Why?
Answer: I like talk shows on TV. Such programmes share news as well as views of scholars about
the major events of the day.
Unit 4: Hazrat Asma (

1.
What happened when Abu Jehl asked about Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (
)?
Answer: Abu Jehl asked Hazrat Asma

about her father. Instead of answering his
question; she rather asked how she could know about him. At this answer, Abu Jehl got angry and
gave her a hard slap.
2. Why was Hazrat Abu Quhafaa (
Answer: Hazrat Abu Quhafaa
Hazrat Abu Bakr (
) had taken it.
3. How did Hazrat Asma (
) worried? (SWL-G2-2013)
was worried about his wealth because he thought that
) console her grandfather?
Answer: The grandfather was blind. Hazrat Asma

put some pebbles at the place where her
father used to keep money and jewels. Then she asked her grandfather to feel the presence of the
wealth by placing his hand on it. Thus she consoled her grandfather.
4. Who was Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (
)?
Board Paper 2013 First Group+2014 Second Group+SWL-G1-2015+ SWL-G2-2015
Answer: Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair ( ) was the son of Hazrat Asma
Hazrat Zubair bin al-Awwam ( ) .
and
5. Which incident in the story showed Hazrat Asmas ( ) love and respect for the Holy
Prophet (
)?
Answer: She (
) got punished by Abu Jehl but did not give him any clue about the Holy
Prophet (
). This shows her love and respect for the Holy Prophet (
).
6. Which incident in the story tells about the generosity of Hazrat Asma (
)?
Answer: She (
) inherited a garden. She sold it and gave away all the money to the poor and
the needy. This incident shows her generosity.
7. What message do you get from the life of Hazrat Asma (
)? Board Paper 2013 First Group
Answer: Her life gives us the message of generosity, bravery and sacrifice.
8. Her life would always be a beacon of light for all of us How?
Answer: Hazrat Asmas (
) life would always a beacon of light for all of us as it teaches us the
lesson of bravery, generosity and sacrifice.

1. Who were emigrants and where did they migrate?
(SWL-G1-2015)
Answer: The Holy Prophet (

) and his companion Hazrat Abu Bakr
Siddique (
) were the emigrants. They migrated to Madina from Makkah.
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2. What do you understand by the phrase in a fit of fury?

Answer: When someone is mad with anger. He is considered to be in a fit of fury.
3. Why was Abu Jehl furious? (SWL-G1-2014)
Answer: Hazrat Asma (
) did not answer Abu Jehls question. Rather she
asked him how she could know about her father. This made Abu Jehl furious.
4. What other words you can use for accepted?
Answer: We can use the words embraced, believe, have faith in in place of accepted.
5. Note the sequence of events in the text. Classify and organize the main traits of Hazrat Asma
Answer: Hazrat Asma (
patient and resolute.
) is a true Muslim lady. She is brave and wise lady. She is caring,
Review I-Unit 1-4

1. What happened when Abu Jehl asked about Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (
)?
Answer: Abu Jehl asked Hazrat Asma (

) about her father. Instead of answering his
question; she rather asked how she could know about him. At this answer, Abu Jehl got angry and
gave her a hard slap.
2. Which incident in the story showed Hazrat Asmas (
Prophet (
)?
) love and respect for the Holy
Answer: She (
) got punished by Abu Jehl but did not give him any clue about the Holy
Prophet (
). This shows her love and respect for the Holy Prophet (
).
3. What message do you get from the life of Hazrat Asma (
)?
Answer: Her life gives us the message of generosity, bravery and sacrifice.
4. What was the first revelation?
Answer: The first revelation was: Read in the name of thy Lord who created; created man from a
clot (of congealed blood): Read and thy Lord is most Bountiful, Who taught
(the use of) the pen, taught man that which he knew not.
5. What is the most important function that media performs?
Answer: The most important function of media is that it gives news and
information.
6. What happens when media is allowed to play its role unchecked?
Answer: Sometimes, to create thrill, it exaggerates a situation. Thus it misleads the people. Therefore, it
must not be left unchecked.
7. For which ability were the Arabs famous?
Answer: The Arabs were famous for their good memory and eloquence.
8. What are the qualities of a patriot?
Answer: A patriot loves his country. He protects the interests of his country. He sacrifices everything for
its independence.

Unit 5: Daffodils
1. What is the central idea of the poem?
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Answer: The central idea of the poem is love for nature which is full of
wonderful sights.
2. What do the daffodils represent in the poem?
Answer: The daffodils represent the attractive and exciting beauty of nature and the impact of it on
the human beings.
3. What wealth do memories of the scene give to the poet?
Answer: The memories of the scene give the poet the wealth of both the images and feeling
concerned to special moments in poets life.
4. List the words that heighten the sound effect in the poem?
Answer: cloud, crowd, trees, breeze, shine, line, way, bay, glance, dance, thought, brought, lie, eye,
mood, solitude, fills, daffodils.
5. How has the poet heightened the impact of the poem by using the figurative language?
Answer: The use of figurative language makes a concept clear and beautiful. This adds colour to the
text. The poet has heightened the impact of the poem by using similes, metaphors and personification.
For example, he personifies daffodils when he says that the daffodils were dancing in the breeze.
1. How do you compare the daffodils with the stars?
Answer: The stars shine the Milky Way. They shine in an endless line. Likewise the daffodils looked
beautiful. They were growing in an endless line along the lake. Thus the poet compares the two.
2. How does the poet feel in the company of daffodils?
Answer: The poet feels very happy in the company of the daffodils.
Unit 6: The Quaids Vision and Pakistan

1. How much confidence did Quaid-e-Azam have in his nation?
Answer: The Quaid had great confidence in his nation. He knew that his people were made of
sterling material.
2. What was the Quaids concept of our nation? Board Paper 2013 First Group
Answer: The Quaid said that they were a nation with distinctive culture and civilization. He said that
they had their own distinctive outlook on life.
3. What was the ideology of Pakistan in view of Quaid-e-Azam?
SWL-G2-2015
Answer: The ideology of the Quaid was based on the fundamental principle that they were an
independent nation and could not be merged with any other nation.
4. What can be the possible solution to our present problems?
Answer: We should forget our differences. We must work as a united nation. In this way, we can
solve our problems.
5. How can we become a strong nation? Board Paper 2014 Second Group
Answer: We can become a strong nation by following the path shown to us by our great Quaid.

1.
Why did the Quaid have to take long tours during the early days of independence?
Answer: The Quaid made long tours of the country to raise the spirit of his people.
2.
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Why did the Quaid want the oneness of the whole nation?
Answer: Oneness of the whole nation is necessary for progress. Therefore, the
Quaid wanted his whole nation to be united.
3.
Are we working according to the expectations of the great leader?
Answer: No, we are not working according to the expectations of the great leader. In fact, we have
left the path which he showed us.
4.
What is the result of neglecting the advice of the Quaid? (SWL-G1-2014)
Answer: The result of neglecting the advice of the Quaid is that we are disunited today.
Unit 7: Sultan Ahmad Mosque

1. Why Sultan Ahmad Mosque is also known as Blue Mosque?
Answer: It is also known as Blue Mosque because of the blue tiles that decorate its interior.
2. Who was appointed as the architect of the mosque?
Answer: The royal architect, Sedefhar Mehmat Aga, was appointed as the architect of the mosque.
3. Why was a heavy iron chain hung at the entrance of the court?
Answer: A heavy iron chain was hung at the upper part of a door from where the king was to enter
the mosque. The king had to lower his head. It was a symbol by which the king showed his
humbleness to Allah.
4.
How does the interior of the mosque look? Board Paper 2014 Second Group
Answer: The lower interior of the mosque is lined with more than 20,000 ceramic tiles in more than
50 tulip designs. The gallery is decorated with the designs of flowers, fruits and cypresses. The upper
level of the interior is painted blue. The floors are covered with carpets. The whole interior looks
beautiful.
5.
Why do you think Madrassah and hospice was the part of the mosque?
Answer: It was a custom that every mosque must include a madrassah, a hospice and the tomb of its
founder. So they were considered the parts of the mosque.
6.
Who constructed Mosque Sophia? Board Paper 2014 Second Group
Answer: The Hagia Sophia was built as a church by Justinian the Great between 532 and 531. On
May 1453, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, MehmatII, conquered Constantinople and changed the
church into a mosque and modified its structure somewhat.
1. Who started the construction of the Blue Mosque? (SWL-G1-2014)
Answer: Sultan Ahmad 1 started the construction of the Blue Mosque in 1609.
2.
In whose reign the construction was completed?
Answer: The construction of the mosque was completed in 1616 in the reign of Mustafa 1.
3.
Where is the royal room situated? SWL-G2-2015
Answer: It is situated at the south east corner of the mosque.


Unit 8: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
1.
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Answer: The horse rider is the speaker of the poem.

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2.
Whom does the speaker refer to in the first stanza of the poem?
Answer: The speaker refers to the owner of the woods.

3.
Why does the speaker stop on the darkest evening of the year?
Answer: It is because he is fascinated by the natural beauty of the woods.

4.
Why does the horse impatiently await the next move of his master?
Answer: The horse wonders why his rider has stopped near deep dark woodland at night. He fears
that they might suffer something wrong. Therefore, he is waiting impatiently for the next move of his
master.
5.
The speaker in the poem is captivated by the beauty of nature. Why doesnt he stop for long to enjoy
natures beauty?
Answer: The speaker does not stop for long to enjoy natures beauty because he is to fulfill his
promises.
1.
What do you meant by alliteration and imagery? Give some examples from the poem?
Answer: Alliteration refers to the repetition of the same consonant sound in words which are used closely
together in the poem. For example is ouse ee me topping.
Imagery is the construction of details used to create mental images in the mind of the reader through the visual
sense as well as the sense of smell, visual, touch, taste or sound.
Examples of Imagery:
visual: huge trees in the thick and dark forest

Smell: scent of apples
Touch: rugged and rough path
Taste: sweet and juicy oranges
Auditory: the rustling of leaves
2. What hidden meanings the following words convey to us?

Woods, house, horse, harness, bell, downy flake
Answer: The word woods stands for beauty of nature. It also stands for mystery as well as death.
House stands for human population and human activity Horse stands for basic instinct that warns
humans of the probable danger. Harness bell stands for warning sounds. Downy flake represent
the charm of the scene that bewitches the poet.
Review II-Unit 5-8

1. What do the daffodils represent in the poem?
Answer: The daffodils represent the attractive and exciting beauty of nature and the impact of it on
the human beings.
2. How has the poet heightened the impact of the poem by using the figurative language?
Answer: The use of figurative language makes a concept clear and beautiful. This adds colour to the
text. The poet has heightened the impact of the poem by using similes, metaphors and personification.
For example, he personifies daffodils when he says that the daffodils were dancing in the breeze.
3. What was the Quaids concept of our nation?

Answer: The Quaid said that they were a nation with distinctive culture and
civilization. He said that they had their own distinctive outlook on life.
4. How can we become a strong nation?
Answer: We can become a strong nation by following the path shown to us
by our great Quaid.
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5. What does love of our country demand from us? Board Paper 2013
First Group
Answer: The love of our country demands from us to rectify our mistakes and work according to the
wishes of our Quaid.
6. How does the interior of the mosque look?
Answer: The lower interior of the mosque is lined with more than 20,000 ceramic tiles in more than
50 tulip designs. The gallery is decorated with the designs of flowers, fruits and cypresses. The upper
level of the interior is painted blue. The floors are covered with carpets. The whole interior looks
beautiful.
7. Why was a separate royal room attached to the mosque?
Answer: A separate royal room was attached to the mosque for the king to sit there and say prayers.
8. Why does the horse impatiently await the next move of his master?
Answer: The horse wonders why his rider has stopped near deep dark woodland at night. He fears
that they might suffer something wrong. Therefore, he is waiting impatiently for the next move of his
master.
Unit 9: All is not Lost

1. Why did the nurse ask Hiras sister to come and talk to her? (SWL-G1-2014)
Answer: It was because the nurse thought that the voice of a near and dear one might activate the
nearly dead neurons.
2. Why did the nurse disagree with the doctors point of view?
Board Paper 2013 First Group+2014 Second Group
Answer: It was because she considered it wrong to leave such a hopeless case as Hira was
unattended.
3. Why did the nurse ask herself the question: Was it worthwhile to oppose and fight the
decision of senior and more qualified surgeons?
Answer: She was only a nurse. She had no right to oppose the doctors. Therefore, she asked
herself whether it was wise to oppose her seniors.
4. Describe some qualities of the nurse in the story?
Answer: The nurse is kind, caring, dutiful and committed to her profession.
5. Why did the nurse say: Where there is a will there is a way?
Answer: The nurse said this when she saw her patient recovered from her illness. Hira had been a
hopeless case but the nurses untiring efforts made her recover from her illness.
1. What is an ICU in a hospital?
Answer: An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a special unit within a hospital where critically ill patients
are treated.

2. To what extent does the recovery of a patient depend upon the doctor
and the nurse?
Answer: To a great extent, the recovery of a patient depends upon the
doctor and the nurse. Good behaiour and good treatment both are equally
important for the recovery of a patient.
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3. What do you infer about her professional skills from the expression,
Try once for her?
Answer: The expression Try once for her shows great professional skill of the nurse. It also shows
her confidence in her skills.
4. Identify kinds of noun used in the text?
Answer: Common Nouns: bus
AbstractNouns: care
Proper Nouns: Hira and Rahila
Collective Nouns: staff
Singular Nouns: nurse
Plural Nouns: recoveries
Unit 10: Drug Addiction

1. What are the effects of drug addiction? Board Paper 2013 First Group+(SWL-G2-2013)+ (SWL-G1-2014)
Answer: Drug addiction causes health, family and money problems.
2. What are the causes of drug addiction?
Answer: Genetic factors, psychological issues, social circumstances, home conditions and bad
fellows cause drug addiction.
3. What important role do rehabilitation centres play to control drug addiction?
Answer: Rehabilitation centres cure the drug addicts. They keep an eye on the victims and guide
them properly.
4. What is the role of counselling in preventing drug addiction?
Answer: Counselling is very important for the treatment of the drug addicts. It should be continued
even after the patient is cured. It prevents the patients return to the disease again.
5. Why do families feel reluctant to take the drug victims to drug rehabilitation centres?
Answer: They are reluctant to take the drug victims to drug rehabilitation centres for fear of being
insulted by their relatives and friends.
6. What are the responsibilities of the families to ensure complete recovery of such patients?
Answer: They should take the drug victims to the rehabilitation centres. Then after their recovery,
they should keep an eye on them. They should also continue to seek the doctors advice in this regard.
1. Are drug addicts aware of the dangers of drugs?
Answer: The drug addicts are usually aware of the dangers of drugs but they are helpless as they are
totally dependent on drugs.
2. Which environmental factors are responsible for drug addiction?
Answer: Bad domestic circumstances or bad fellows are the environmental factors responsible for
drug addiction.
3. What treatment is available at rehabilitation centres for drug victims?

Answer: Complete medical support and guidance are available at the rehabilitation centres for drug
addicts.
4. What do you understand by the term counselling?
Answer: It means taking advice. It gives the sense that the patient should seek the
doctors advice regularly.
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Unit 11: Noise in the Environment

1. How do you define noise pollution?
Answer: Noise that disrupts the normal functioning of life is referred to as noise pollution.
2. How is transport a source of noise pollution? Board Paper 2013 First Group+(SWL-G1-2014)
Answer: Noise producing vehicles and the sounds of horns make transport a source of noise
pollution.
3. How is construction work a cause of noise pollution? Board Paper 2014 Second Group
Answer: Transport of heavy vehicles and the sounds of grilling and boring at construction sites
cause noise pollution.
4. How is use of technology causing noise pollution? (SWL-G2-2013)
Answer: Irresponsible use of technology is causing noise pollution. People use electricity generators
excessively and listen to loud music or TV on a loud volume thereby putting their neighbours in great
trouble.
5. Why is noise dangerous for human health?
SWL-G2-2015
Answer: Noise leaves a dangerous impact on human health. It causes aggression, hypertension,
stress, hearing loss, restlessness, depression and sleeplessness.
6. What kind of precautions may reduce noise coming from electronic devices?
Answer: Following are some precautions that may reduce noise coming from electronic devices:
i. We should switch off our mobiles or put them on silent modes when we enter offices, hospitals
and other public places.
ii. We should avoid using electricity generators in residential areas.
iii. We should listen to music on low volume.
1. What is normal functioning and how is it disrupted?
Answer: Proper activity of something is its proper functioning. When the proper activity of
something is blocked, its functioning is disrupted.
2. Analyze paragraphs for topic sentences, supporting sentences and concluding sentences?
Answer: The first sentence of a paragraph is the topic sentence. The last sentence of a paragraph is
the concluding sentence. The sentences between these two sentences are supporting sentencse.
3. How does technology increase noise pollution? What are technology-based irritants?
Answer: Technology increases noise pollution by its inventions. Its irritants include TV, Radio,
mobile phones, electricity generators and many other noise producing things in this sort.
4. What harmful effects noise pollution is causing on human health? (SWL-G1-2014)
Answer: Noise pollution leaves bad effects on human health. It causes aggression, hypertension,
stress, hearing loss, restlessness, depression and insomnia.

5. How can we cope with the serious issue of noise pollution?
Answer: We can control noise pollution by blocking unnecessary noise.
Unit 12: Three Days to See

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1. Who was Helen Keller? Board Paper 2013 First Group
Answer: Helen Keller was a great writer. She became deaf and blind at the age of 19 months. She
was the first blind lady who got the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
2. Describe the thought expressed by the author in the first paragraph?
Answer: The thought expressed by Helen Keller is that we should make each day of our life
meaningful and happy by becoming gentle, vigorous and having a keenness of appreciation.
3. What makes you feel that the author is sad and depressed?
Answer: Her deepest wish for sight makes her look sad and deprived.
4. How do you get an impression that Helen Keller was a great admirer of Nature?
Answer: Helen Keller feels the delicacy of leaves and flowers. She feels cool water flowing through
her open fingers. She feels the quiver of a bird. All this shows that Helen Keller is a great admirer of
Nature.
5. People who are deprived of sight not devoid of imagination. Discuss, referring to the text? (SWL-G1-2014)
Answer: People who are blind are more imaginative than those who can see. Helen Keller is such an
example. She notices things by mere touch and imagines their beauty.
6. To me the pageant of seasons is an unending drama, Comment.
Answer: Helen Killer says that the sights of various seasons are like the acts of an endless drama. She
enjoys every act of this drama by mere touch.
1. Why is the arising of the sun so special for the author?
Answer: Rising sun changes darkness into light. It reveals beauty everywhere. Thus it has a special
charm for Helen Keller.
2. What does the revelation of beauty mean to writer?
Answer: It means full show of beauty. It means a lot to the writer. It delights her beyond measure.
3. Why has she no time to waste in longings? (SWL-G2-2013)
Answer: Helen Keller has only one day more to see. Thus she does not want to waste even a fraction
of second in longings only.
4. Explain the difference between facilities and opportunities?
Answer: Available gift is a facility. Availability of favouable time to get such a gift is an opportunity.
Review III-Unit 9-12
1. Describe some qualities of the nurse in the story?
Answer: The nurse is kind, caring, dutiful and committed to her profession.
2. What are the causes of drug addiction?
Answer: Genetic factors, psychological issues, social circumstances, home conditions and bad
fellows cause drug addiction.

3. What is the role of counseling in preventing drug addiction?
Answer: Counseling is very important for the treatment of the drug addicts.
It should be continued even after the patient is cured. It prevents the
patients return to the disease again.
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4. What are the responsibilities of the families to ensure complete recovery

of such patients?
Answer: They should take the drug victims to the rehabilitation centres. Then after their recovery,
they should keep an eye on them. They should also continue to seek the doctors advice in this regard.
5. How do you define noise pollution?
Answer: Noise that disrupts the normal functioning of life is referred to as noise pollution.
6. How is transport a source of noise pollution?
Answer: Noise producing vehicles and the sounds of horns make transport a source of noise
pollution.
7. What kind of precautions may reduce noise coming from electronic devices?
Answer: Following are some precautions that may reduce noise coming from electronic devices:
i.
ii.
iii.
We should switch off our mobiles or put them on silent modes when we enter offices, hospitals
and other public places.
We should avoid using electricity generators in residential areas.
We should listen to music on low volume.
8. Who was Helen Keller?

Answer: Helen Keller was a great writer. She became deaf and blind at the age of 19 months. She
was the first blind lady who got the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
6. What did she want to introduce in universities and why?
Answer: She wants to establish a course: How to Use Your Eyes. By studying such a course, the
students will learn how to add joy to their lives by really seeing what passes before them unnoticed.
10. To me the pageant of seasons is an unending drama, Comment.
Answer: Helen Killer says that the sights of various seasons are like the acts of an endless drama. She
enjoys every act of this drama by mere touch.
Summaries
Daffodils
(SWL-G2-2014) (SWL-G1-2013)
SWL-G2-2015
This beautiful poem has been written by William Wordsworth. He is also known as the poet of nature.
Most of his poems describe nature and its beauty. In this poem he describes an experience of his life.
Once he saw a crowd of daffodils flowers beside the bank of a lake. The flowers were moving and
dancing in the breeze. He was delighted to see this beautiful and charming sight. This sight left a lasting
impression on his memory. As a result, whenever, he is alone and in a sad mood the same sight comes
into his imagination and fills his heart with pleasure. This experience has become a permanent source of
pleasure for the poet. At the end we can say this poem a master piece of the poet. He has presented a
beautiful picture of nature in this poem.
Stopping By Woods on A Snowy Evening
(SWL-G1-2014) (SWL-G2-2013)
SWL-G1-2015
This beautiful poem has been written by Robert Frost. This poem is a story of horse rider. A horse rider
stops by woods in a snowy evening. He also knows the owner of forest who lives in a nearby village. The
horse rider likes the beauty of woods so he stopped there for some time to enjoy the beautiful scene of
the wood. His horse thinks it very strange to stop there without a farmhouse. He shook his harness bells
to attract the attention of his master. However, the horse rider was in a hurry. He had promised someone
to return before the sleeping time. He did not stop there for long. He had to go miles away before
returning home. We can see this poem a master piece of the poet.

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Notes For English 9th Class By Yasir Fraz Chishti (LAOCS)

Unit 1: The Saviour of Mankind

1. What type of land Arabia is?

) stay in the cave of Hira?

6. What was the first revelation?

What did Hazrat Ayesha (

uncle to force him to stop his nephew from

) say about the life of the Holy Prophet (

) wanted to finish superstitions, ignorance, and disbelief. He (

wanted to set a noble idea of life. He (

) wanted the people to have true faith.

Answer: The pagan Arabs sent a delegation to the Holy Prophets (

) uncle to request him to

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Answer: A patriot offers sacrifice for his country.

Unit 3: Media and Its Impact

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Answer: Media is a means of communication such as radio and television,

Unit 4: Hazrat Asma (

Answer the following questions. (Text Book Exercise)

Answer: Abu Jehl asked Hazrat Asma

) console her grandfather?

Answer: The grandfather was blind. Hazrat Asma

)? Board Paper 2013 First Group

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Answer: The Holy Prophet (

2. What do you understand by the phrase in a fit of fury?

Review I-Unit 1-4

Answer: Abu Jehl asked Hazrat Asma (

) love and respect for the Holy

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Unit 6: The Quaids Vision and Pakistan

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Are we working according to the expectations of the great leader?

What is the result of neglecting the advice of the Quaid? (SWL-G1-2014)

Unit 7: Sultan Ahmad Mosque

Who constructed Mosque Sophia? Board Paper 2014 Second Group

In whose reign the construction was completed?

Where is the royal room situated? SWL-G2-2015

Answer: It is situated at the south east corner of the mosque.

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Who is the speaker in the poem?

Answer: The horse rider is the speaker of the poem.

Answer: The speaker refers to the owner of the woods.

Answer: It is because he is fascinated by the natural beauty of the woods.

visual: huge trees in the thick and dark forest

2. What hidden meanings the following words convey to us?

Review II-Unit 5-8

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