Class 9 English - Moments - Chapter The Beggar NCERT Solutions | Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles

Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?

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

Sergei says, “I am happy that my words have taken effect.” 5Why does he say so? Is he right in saying this?

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

Is Lushkoff a willing worker? Why, then, does he agree to chop wood for Sergei?

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?

In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?

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?

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

What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why are they precious?

What is the meaning of “My cat was back and so was I”? Had the author gone anywhere? Why does he say that he is also back?

When does he realise that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?

Bill Bryson “ached to be suave”. Is he successful in his mis- sion? List his ‘unsuave’ ways.

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

Why do you think Bill Bryson’s wife says to the children, “Take the lids off the food for Daddy”?

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

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

What actions of the schoolmates change the author’s understanding of life and people, and comfort him emotionally? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating in life?

The cat and the author are very fond of each other. How has this been shown in the story? Where was the cat after the fire? Who brings it back and how?