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UNIT 9 CHAPTER 2

AROUND THE WORLD

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.

(i) A herd of cows stopped the train. 
(ii) The bridge crashed after the train passed through the Medicine
river. 
(iii) The train would go from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. 
(iv) The train was attacked by hundreds of Sioux Indians. 
(v) Some of the travellers had rifles. 
(vi) Passepartout was an American passenger. 
(vii) Mr. Fogg lays a bet to go around the world in 90 days. 

2- Read the following line and answer the questions that follow.
The train headed for the steep mountains. This was the
most difficult part of the journey with its winding roads.

(i) Why was this part the most difficult part of the journey?

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(ii) How were the roads of the mountain?

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(iii) The opposite word of the 'steep' is

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(iv) What is the meaning of the word 'winding'?

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(v) Find two nouns and two adjectives from the lines.
Nouns ............... ............... Adjectives ............... ...............

Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- Which country did Passepartout belong to?

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4- What was the distance between New York and San Fransisco?
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Short Answer Type Questions

5- What bet did Mr Fogg lay with his friends?

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6- How did the driver manage to pass the broken bridge?

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Long Answer Type Questions

7- How did Passepartout help in removing the Red Indians from the train?
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8- Which tribe of Red Indians attacked the travellers?

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9- Which was the highest point of their journey?

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10- Why did the train stop the first time?

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11- How many days would it take for the train to reach New York?
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12- Tick the correct answer.

(i) The first time the train stopped was because
(a)some robbers stopped the train. 

(b) a herd of buffaloes was passing 

(c) the tracks were broken. 

(ii) The bridge fell with a crash into the river

(a)after the train had passed through. 

(b) while the train was still on the bridge. 

(c) before the train passed over the bridge 

(iii) The train passed over the

(a)Hudson river 

(b) East river 

(c) Medicine river 

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Match the following words with their opposites.
Column A Column B

(i) Shrill (a) Maximum

(ii) Minimum (b) Quickly

(iii) Load (c) Low

(iv) Slowly (d) Separated

(v) Joined (e) Unload

2- Write two words that rhyme with each of the following.

Rocky ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............

Track ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............

3- The following words are taken from the chapter and are jumbled. Rearrange
them to make proper words.
(i) NDSFRIE ....................... (ii) NTNULE .......................

(iii) RINTA ....................... (iv) FICPACI .......................

4- Describe in your words your most memories journey so far.

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5- Complete the following sentences with the adjectives from the box.
funny, angry, strong, muddy, bitter, plastic

(i) The elephant is a ............... animal.

(ii) The ............... bull charged at the van.
(iii) Clean your shoes, they are ............... .
(iv) The ............... clown made us laugh.
(v) I saw some ............... toys in the shop.
(iv) I don't like ............... medicine.

6- Find the opposites of the following words from the text.

(i) Minimum speed ....................................

(ii) Moved forward ....................................

(iii) Disappeared ....................................

(iv) Closed ....................................

(v) Lowest ....................................

7- In the lesson you will find many words that describe sounds like whistling, roar-
ing, braking, crashing, raging. Can you list the things these sounds are related
to?
Sounds Things associated

whistling wind, policeman

roaring ..........................

braking ..........................

crashing ..........................

raging ..........................

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8- Match the sounds.

Column A Column B

(i) Drinks (a) Roar

(ii) Tiger (b) Bark

(iii) Bee (c) Chirp

(iv) Policeman (d) Fizz

(v) Bird (e) Buzz

(vi) Dog (e) Creak

(vii) Door (e) Whistle

9- Match the subject and predicate to make sentences:

Subject Predicate

(i) Jaipur will reach Vadodara the next day

(ii) Good children has finished her work.

(iii) My parents always floats on water.

(iv) Ram is a beautiful city.

(v) Wood are never late for school.

10- Fill in the blanks choosing group words from the box.
clump, cluster, choir, bunch, flock, band

(i) The travellers rested under the ............... of trees.

(ii) The ............... sang beautifully.
(iii) The ............... of flowers was lying on the table.
(iv) The girl looked up at the ............... of stars.
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(v) The ............... of robbers escaped.

(vi) The hunter shot at the ............... of birds.

11- Complete the following sentences using suitable collective nouns given in the
help box:
flock, herd, swarm, committee, fleet, pack, suite, bouquet

(i) A .................... of cattle was grazing in the field.

(ii) The .................... unanimously chose him as the President.
(iii) I saw a .................... of wolves in the jungle.
(iv) My father booked a .................... of rooms for us in a resort.
(v) The pirates attacked the .................... of ships on the sea-shore.
(vi) Our Principal welcomed the chief guest with a .................... of flowers.
(vii) A .................... of bees flew out of the hive.
(viii) A .................... of sheep was seen in the meadow.

12- Some words describe actions. Many of them end in -ly.

The girl danced beautifully.
Fill in the blanks by changing the word in the brackets suitably.

(i) The girl slept .................... . (sound)

(ii) The children finished their work .................... . (quick)
(iii) The old man shouted .................... . (loud)
(iv) The boys played .................... . (quiet)
(v) Do your work .................... . (neat)
(vi) I can do the sum .................... . (easy)
(vii) The teacher spoke very .................... . (polite)
(viii) She is .................... dressed for the party. (beautiful)
(ix) She won the prize .................... . (lucky)
(x) They lived together .................... (happy)
(xi) She acted .................... sometimes. (foolish)

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13- Change the following sentences from plural to singular.

(i) The children were flying kites.

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(ii) The women carried babies.

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(iii) The policemen caught the thieves.

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(iv) The leaves fell from the trees.

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(v) The books are on the shelves.

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(vi) Mothers love their children.

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(vii) The men are getting haircuts.

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(viii) I have brothers and sisters.

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14- Complete the following sentences using can, could, may, might, must, should.
(i) Children .................... obey their parents.
(ii) Biloo .................... run fast when he was a child.
(iii) Passenger .................... not smoke in the compartment.
(iv) Everybody .................... help the needy.
(v) You .................... win lottery.
(vi) I .................... drive a car.
(vii) People .................... not drive fast.
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15- Find the synonyms of the following words from the text of the lesson.
(i) path ..........................

(ii) twisting ..........................

(iii) voyage ..........................

(iv) centre ..........................

(v) stop ..........................

(vi) continue ..........................

(vii) hold ..........................

(viii) completely ..........................

16- Use suitable prepositions to complete the sentences.

(i) There is a gate .................... the two houses.
(ii) The lighthouse is .................... the seashore.
(iii) The magician went .................... the hall asking for money.
(iv) I looked at the river flowing .................... the bridge.
(v) A cat was hiding .................... the trees.

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