School used to be all about writing, whether it was the exercise books we

wrote in or the notes we passed. But not anymore. Now it’s all about writing.
Learning your QWERTY is almost as important as learning your ABCs.

So when my daughter came home last year with cursive handwriting

homework, she was baffled. Cursive writing was originally developed to make
it easier for children to write with a pen. By joining the letters, she kept the
quill on the parchment and minimized ink stains. But my daughter writes with
a laptop.

Research suggests that the process of writing information on paper, by hand,

has a more direct effect on the formation of memories in the learning process
than typing. Taking notes in class is still the most effective way to learn. It’s a
better way to store written language skills in a child’s brain than pressing keys.

But that doesn’t mean one should get rid of computers. Children should be
taught to type from the beginning. Learning is aided by the physical act of
writing. Authors often write their first draft by hand. If it has to do with the
rhythm of thought, or some kind of stimulation that the physical act has, we
don’t know. But it is a fact.

The French would no doubt agree. They love their letter. Teachers in France
believe that fluency with a pen ‘unblocks the mind’ and spend more time
writing than reading between the ages of three and eight.

We teach children the formation of letters and the proper joining strokes. But
after a few years we leave them to their own devices, just as the writing
workload begins to increase. That’s when bad habits set in.

But as proper handwriting becomes more rare, spending some time improving
your handwriting is a wise investment. In the future, sending a handwritten
letter will be a display of wealth and class, which is why the sale of fountain
pens is reviving.

Unseen Passage With Questions And Answers Class 9

(Passage 2):
Question: a) Why is writing not given much importance
today?
Answer: a. Computers are taking over. Typing is considered as good as typing.
Question: b) Why was the author taken aback when his
daughter came home with her homework handwritten in
cursive?
Answer: b. Because she was used to writing on the laptop and she had no
cursive writing practice.

Question: c) Why was cursive writing introduced?

Answer: c. Cursive writing was originally developed to make it easier for
children to write with a pen. By joining the letters, he kept the quill on the
parchment and minimized ink stains.

Question: d) How is taking notes better than typing?

Answer: d. It is a better way to store written language skills in a child’s brain
than pressing keys.

Question: e) What causes the ‘bad habit’ to be

established?
Answer: e. When children keep their devices, it sets up the bad habit of
neglecting to write.

Question: f) What does the resurgence of fountain pen

sales show?
Answer: f. It shows that in the future sending a handwritten letter will be a
display of wealth and class.

Question: g) Although children are taught to write at an

early age, they do not have legible handwriting when
they grow up as _____.
Answer: g. they interrupt writing practice/ stay with their devices.

Question: h) Learning its QWERTY means ______.

Answer: h. learning to write.
There will hardly be anyone who does not know the name of the
cryptocurrency. During the last few years, cryptocurrency has become very
popular all over the world. Its fashion in India has also risen very fast.

It is nothing more than a digital currency that is based on Blockchain

technology. Some popular cryptocurrencies are Bitcoin, Binance coin,
Ethereum, XRP, etc.

The most important thing about this currency is that it is completely

decentralized, which means that there is no control of any country over it, that
is why many countries still consider it illegal, but recently India has made it
legal.

It is such a currency that does not exist in physical form, but with the help of it
you can buy any product, and also invest and trade. When a transaction is
made, it is monitored through powerful computers, which is called mining
cryptocurrencies in another language.

Unseen Passage With Questions And Answers Class 9

(Passage 3):
Questions: 1. What is cryptocurrency?
Answers: 1. Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that is based on Blockchain
technology.

Questions: 2. Where can cryptocurrency be used?

Answers: 2. Cryptocurrency can be used to buy goods as well as to invest and
trade.

Questions: 3. What is Cryptocurrency mining?

Answers: 3. Cryptocurrency mining means monitoring transactions by
powerful computers.

Questions: 4. Write a synonym for the word

‘Decentralized’.
Answers: 4. Deconcentrated.

Questions: 5. What is the meaning of ‘cryptocurrency is

decentralized’?
Answers: 5. Cryptocurrency is decentralized means there is no control of any
country over it.

Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given below
them :
Question 1.
Have you seen a little dog anywhere about?
A raggy dog, a shaggy dog, who’s always looking out
For some fresh mischief which he thinks he really ought to do.
He’s very likely, at this minute, biting someone’s shoe.
If you see that little dog, his tail up in the air,
A whirly tail, a curly tail, a dog who doesn’t care
For any other dog, he meets, not even for himself,
Then hide your mats, and put your meat upon the topmost shelf.
If you see a little dog, barking at the cars,
A raggy dog, a shaggy dog, with eyes like twinkling stars,
Just let me know, for though he’s bad, as bad as can be;
I wouldn’t change that dog for all the treasures of the sea!
Questions :
(1) What has happened to the poet’s dog? How do you know that?
(2) How shall we know that the dog belongs to the poet if we see it on the
road?
(3) What does the poet instruct others to do to avoid damage to be done by
his dog?
(4) In spite of all his naughtiness, what does the poet say about his dog? Why?
Answer:
1. The poet’s dog is missing. The poet is asking others if anybody has seen his
raggy, shaggy dog.

2. The poet, in this poem, makes the identity of his lost dog very clear. He says
that the dog looks raggy and shaggy. Its eyes are like twinkling stars. It is
mischievous. Its tail that always keeps up is whirly and curly. The dog had a
habit of biting someone’s shoe and barking at the cars. On the basis of these
details, we can identify the dog and say that the dog belongs to the poet.
3. The poet says that his dog is very mischievous. He would chew away mats
and eat up meat if left unattended. So he instructs others to hide their mats
and put their meat upon the topmost shelf.

4. In spite of all his naughtiness, the poet says that though his dog is bad, he
wouldn’t change that dog even if he is given offered all the treasures of the
sea. He says so because he loves his dog rather too much.