The Fun They Had Question Answers Ncert English Class 9th

 The Fun They Had Question Answers Class: 9th 

                                             By: Isaac Asimov 

NCERT Class 9 English – The Fun They Had Question Answers

     R.K. Verma

Thinking About the Text

I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.

1. How old are Margie and Tommy?

      मार्गी और टॉमी कितने साल के हैं?

Answer: Margie is eleven years old and Tommy is thirteen years old.

2. What did Margie write in her diary?

      मार्गी ने अपनी डायरी में क्या लिखा?

Answer: Margie wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book!”

3. Had Margie ever seen a book before?

      क्या मार्गी ने पहले कभी कोई किताब देखी थी?

Answer: No, Margie had never seen a real printed book before.

4. What things about the book did she find strange?

      किताब के बारे में उसे कौन-सी बातें अजीब लगीं?

Answer: She found the printed pages strange because the words did not move like they did on a screen. Also, when they turned back to previous pages, the words were still the same.

5. What do you think a tele book is?

     आपको क्या लगता है कि टेलीबुक क्या है?

Answer: A tele book is an electronic book read on a television or computer screen.

6. Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?

   मार्गी का स्कूल कहाँ था? क्या उसके कोई सहपाठी थे?

Answer: Margie’s school was in her house, next to her bedroom. No, she did not have any classmates.

7. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?

    मार्गी और टॉमी ने कौन-से विषय पढ़े?

Answer: They learned subjects like Geography, History, and Arithmetic.

III. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph.

1. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?

     मार्गी और टॉमी के शिक्षक किस तरह के थे?

Answer: Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers. These teachers were computers with large screens that taught lessons, asked questions, and gave homework and tests.

2. Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector?

     मार्गी की माँ ने काउंटी इंस्पेक्टर को क्यों बुलाया?

Answer: Margie’s mother sent for the County Inspector because Margie was doing badly in Geography tests. She thought the mechanical teacher had developed some problem.

3. What did he do?

      उसने क्या किया?

Answer: The County Inspector repaired the mechanical teacher. He slowed down the Geography sector to suit Margie’s age and ability level.

4. Why was Margie doing badly in Geography? What did the County Inspector do to help her?

मार्गी भूगोल में अच्छा प्रदर्शन क्यों नहीं कर पा रही थी? उसकी मदद करने के लिए काउंटी इंस्पेक्टर ने क्या किया?

Answer: Margie was doing badly because the Geography sector of her mechanical teacher was too fast. The County Inspector adjusted it to an average level for a ten-year-old child.

5. What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher?

    टॉमी के शिक्षक के साथ एक बार क्या हुआ था?

Answer: Once, Tommy’s teacher had been taken away for nearly a month because its History sector had completely blanked out.

6. Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?

क्या मार्जी के स्कूल के लिए दिन और घंटे तय थे? यदि हाँ, तो क्यों?

Answer: Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school because her mother believed children learned better when they studied at fixed times.

7. How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?

     टॉमी पुराने तरह के स्कूल का वर्णन कैसे करता है?

Answer: Tommy says the old schools had special buildings where children from the neighborhood went together. Human teachers taught the students in classrooms.

8. How does he describe the old kind of teachers?

वह पुराने ज़माने के शिक्षकों का वर्णन कैसे करते हैं?

Answer: He describes them as human teachers who taught students, asked questions, and gave homework.

Answer each of these questions in two or three paragraphs. (100-150 words).

Question 1.

What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolrooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story?

कहानी में मार्गी और टॉमी के पास जो मैकेनिकल टीचर और स्कूलरूम हैं, उनकी मख्य विशेषताएं क्या हैं?

Answer:

Margie and Tommy have mechanical teachers. They need not go to school for getting a formal education. The mechanical teacher is placed in one of the rooms of the house and they can get the knowledge of various subjects individually from the mechanical teacher. They don’t have such classrooms where students sit together. They study from the tele books. So they don’t require books and exercise books. The examination system is very different. They do homework in a different way. Margie has to write them out in a punch code. She learnt it when she was six years old. So the system of their education is technologically advanced and not based on printed books.

Question 2.

Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?

मार्गी को स्कूल से नफ़रत क्यों थी? उसे ऐसा क्यों लगता था कि पुराने ज़माने के स्कूल ज़रूर मज़ेदार रहे होंगे?

Answer:

Margie hated her school because she had a mechanical teacher. It was in her house. She was supposed to sit in that room alone to complete her home task or assignments. The part Margie hated most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers. She thought that the old schools must have been fun because the students used to sit together in the classroom. They enjoyed, laughed and shouted in the schoolyard. Children needed company to enhance their skills. If they are isolated, they get depressed and dejected.

Question 3.

Do you agree with Margie that schools today are more fun than the school in the story? Give reasons for your answer.

क्या आप मार्जी से सहमत हैं कि आजकल के स्कूल कहानी के स्कूल से ज़्यादा मज़ेदार हैं? अपने जवाब के लिए कारण बताएँ।

Answer:

There is no doubt that today's schools are more funny than the future school discussed in the story. This school has nothing but a mechanical teacher with no emotions and sentiments. It does not have the ability to understand the psychology of a child. Moreover, it guides a pupil according to its adjusted modes. But today's schools work for the overall development of a child. They learn the same thing. The teachers are real human beings. They learn how to adapt themselves to the new surroundings and cope with the strangers. The students sit and leam together. These activities don't give vent to the feelings of depression, alienation and segregation.