Class 9 English - Moments - Chapter Iswaran The Storyteller NCERT Solutions | In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahen

How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?

Can you think of some other ending for the story?

How does he narrate the story of the tusker? Does it appear to be plausible?

Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?

Why does the author say that Iswaran seemed to more than make up for the absence of a TV in Mahendra’s living quarters?

What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?

How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?

What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?

Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?

What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?

What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?

What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?

Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?

Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?

In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?

Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?

Why does he break down in tears after the fire?

During their conversation Lushkoff reveals that Sergei’s cook, Olga, is responsible for the positive change in him. How has Olga saved Lushkoff?

How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?

How does the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?

How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?

Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?

What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies?

Why does grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how? Why does the ticket collector insist on calling Toto a dog?

Do you think Prashant is a good leader? Do you think young people can get together to help people during natural calamities?