NIOS Class 10 English Chapter 9 Solution – Nine Gold Medals
NIOS Class 10 English Solution Chapter 9 Nine Gold Medals. NIOS Class 10 English Chapter 9 Question Answers Download PDF. NIOS Class 10 English Notes.
NIOS Class 10 English Chapter 9 Solution
Board |
NIOS |
Class |
10th (Secondary) |
Subject |
English |
Topic |
Question Answer, Solution, Notes |
INTEXT QUESTIONS 9.1
1.) The event which is being described in the poem is the ____________ event of the day.
Answer : b. last
2.) Find words that are opposite in meaning to each other from stanza 2.
Old and young, men and women.
3.) a.) What do the words ‘gold’, ‘silver’ and ‘bronze’ stand for in the poem?
Here the words ‘gold’, ‘silver’ and ‘bronze’ stand for medals.
b.) Were the contestants well prepared for the event? Pick the line that illustrates this.
‘Many weeks and months of training All coming down to these games’ this line illustrates that contestants were well prepared.
4.) What efforts, other than training, are required to prepare oneself for a sports event?
Preparation for a sporting event requires adequate rest as well as being mentally and physically fit.
INTEXT QUESTIONS 9.2
1.) a.) The hundred-yard dash was a long jump event
F, The hundred-yard dash was a long run event
b.) The athletes were a little nervous.
F, The athletes were excited
C.) The athletes ran before the signal was given.
F, The athletes ran after the signal was given.
d.) One of the athletes could not run.
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2.) The word ‘exploded’ is used for the firing of the pistol. What does the phrase ‘so did the runners’ in line 2 of stanza 4 mean?
‘So did the runners’ The phrase means that the runners immediately set off after the signal.
3.) How were the dreams of one of the contestants ‘dashed in the dirt’?
He stumbled and staggered and fell on the asphalt instead of running. Then he cried out in despair and pain thus his dreams and his efforts all went to waste.
4.) Notice how the words ‘stumbled and staggered’ in line 3 of stanza 4 go together. Find a similar pair of words in stanza 5.
Frustration and anguish is the pair of words in stanza 5
5.) The line ‘the same goes for what next occurred’ creates ……………
The line ‘the same goes for what next occurred’ creates an uncertainty and suspense.
6.) Suppose you were the contestant who fell down at the beginning of the race. What would you have done ? Discuss with your friends and write in a few sentences.
In case I fell down during a race I would try to recover from the injury or overlook it in case they were minor and carry on with the race. I do not think winning should be the actual purpose here, instead carrying on no matter what should be the aim.
INTEXT QUESTIONS 9.3
1.) a.) pulled up on their heels
When the remaining eight contestants saw him fall, they, instead of continuing the race, came to the help of their fellow contestant and completed the race together.
b.) brought the young boy to his feet
Other eight contestants instead of completing their dreams helped the young boy. This empathy brought the young boy to his feet again.
2.) Explain in your own words the meaning of the line ‘the hundred-yard dash now reduced to a walk’.
All nine contestants walked hand in hand to the finish line as the youngest one could not run. So with empathy competitors unknowingly convert the hundred yard dash into a walk.
3.) How would the nine contestants have felt when they all reached the finish line together? Which words indicate this? Do you think they were happy because they had won the gold medal? Why?
The contestants must have felt happy, proud and united so they held each other’s hands even after reaching the finish line.
The contestants were so proud that not only did they win gold but they were also ready to give up gold to help each other.
4.) How did the spectators react to this gesture of the eight contestants?
The spectators gave a ‘standing ovation’ to show contestants that they were also overwhelmed by the contestants spirit.
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