Imp Questions For All Chapters – Kumarbharati English Class 9
Have you ever seen…?
Short Questions
1. What is the title of the poem?
→ Have you ever seen…?
2. Who is the poet of this poem?
→ The poet is anonymous (unknown).
3. What is the poem full of?
→ Funny questions using homographs and puns.
4. What is a homograph?
→ A word with the same spelling but different meanings.
5. Give one example of a homograph from the poem.
→ “Bed” – It means a furniture and also the bottom of a river.
6. What is a pun?
→ A funny play on words that have more than one meaning.
7. What figure of speech is used when a question is asked to make a point?
→ Interrogation.
8. Can a ‘sheet’ really be found on a river bed?
→ No, it’s a funny idea.
9 .What does the poet mean by ‘hair from a hammer’s head’?
→ It’s a joke – hammers don’t have hair.
10. Does a mountain really have toes?
→ No, it’s just a humorous question.
11. Can a needle really wink?
→ No, but it has an “eye”.
12. What is funny about the ‘wing of a building’?
→ Wings are for birds, but here it’s about building parts.
13. What are the ‘hands of a clock’?
→ The long and short pointers of a clock.
14. Can you hear the ‘bark’ of a birch tree?
→ No, ‘bark’ here means the outer covering of the tree.
15. Why is the poem funny?
→ Because it uses wordplay and silly questions.
Long Questions
1. What is the theme of the poem?
→ The poem plays with words using humor and imagination. It shows how English words can have funny double meanings.
2. Why are the questions in the poem funny?
→ Because they use words with more than one meaning. The poet mixes serious and silly meanings for fun.
3. How does the poet use homographs?
→ The poet uses same-spelled words with different meanings. For example, “trunk” can mean a tree part or a box.
4. What is personification? Give one example from the poem.
→ Giving human features to non-living things.
Example: “Needle wink its eye.”
5. How is the poem different from a regular poem?
→ It doesn’t have a serious message. It’s full of questions, humor, and wordplay.
6. What is an example of a pun in the poem?
→ “Hair from a hammer’s head” – Hammer doesn’t have hair. It’s a play on words that makes you laugh.
7. What kind of imagery does the poet use?
→ The poet uses funny and creative images. Like toes of a mountain or a building’s wing flying.
8. Why do students enjoy this poem?
→ It’s funny and easy to understand. It also helps them learn about word meanings playfully.
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