Important Questions of Class 9 English Beehive Ch-2 The Sound of Music
Table of Contents
Part I: Evelyn Glennie: Deborah Cowley
Extracts
Question 1:
Read the extracts given below and answer the quesitons that follow:
As for music, she explains, “It pours in through every part of my body. It tingles in the skin, my cheekbones and even in my hair.” When she plays the xylophone, she can sense the sound passing up the stick into her fingertips. By leaning against the drums, she can feel the resonances flowing into her body. On a wooden platform she removes her shoes so that the vibrations pass through her bare feet and up her legs.
(i) Who is ‘she’ here?
(a) Evelyn
(b) Evelyn’s mother
(c) Evelyn’s friend
(d) None of these
(ii) She senses the sound passing up the stick into her fingertips when she plays:
(a) Drums
(b) Cellos
(c) Xylophone
(d) Trombones
(iii) The platform was made of:
(a) Iron
(b) Wood
(c) Plastic
(d) None of these
(iv) How does she feel the vibratins on the wooden platform?
(a) by removing her hand gloves
(b) by listening to the music crefully
(c) by meditating
(d) by removing her shoes
(v) Find another word in the passae which means the same as ‘vibratiions’.
(a) Xylophone
(b) Platform
(c) Resonances
(d) Leaning
Part II: Bismillah Khan
Short-Questions (40-50 words)
Question 1:
How did Bismillah Khan’s deep connection to Varanasi shape and inspire his musical career?
