9th Eng NCERT The Fun They Had Solutions

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ANSWERS TO TEXTUAL QUESTIONS

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Q1. How old are Margie and Tommy?

Ans. Margie is aged eleven and Tommy is thirteen years old.

Q2. What did Margie write in her diary?

Ans. Margie dated her diary as 17 May 2157 and wrote, "Today Tommy found a real book”

Q3. Had Margie ever seen a book before?

Ans. Margie had never seen a real book before.

Q4. What things about the book did she find strange?

Ans. She noticed the pages of the book were yellow and crinkly. The words were stationery and the pages could be turned physically. Also when one read it the second time. everything was the same as earlier. The book once read could be thrown away.

Q5. What do you think a telebook is?

Ans. A telebook is a virtual book that can be read on a screen. Millions of books can be installed and none needs to be thrown away. The words on the screen keep moving the way they were supposed to.

Q6. Where was Margie's school? Did she have any classmates?

Ans. Margie's school was actually a computer screen which was in a room next to her bed room. She didn't have any classmates.

Q7. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?

Ans. Margie. Tommy and all the children learnt History, Geography and Maths as their subjects.

ANSWER EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS (About 30 words)

Q1. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?

Ans. Margie and Tommy were taught by a mechanical teacher on the computer screen. All the lessons were flashed on the screen and they had to answer the questions that were asked. A slot was provided in the machine to insert all their home-work and test papers.

Q2. Why did Margie's mother send for the County Inspector?

Ans. Margie mother sent for the Country Inspector as Margie's performance in geography test was deteriorating. Inspite of repeated tests given by the mechanical teacher there seemed to be no progress.

Q3. What did he do?

Ans. The Country Inspector took the mechanical teacher apart. He slowed up the geography section upto an average ten year level. Then he re-assembled the teacher back again.

Q4. Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the County Inspector do to help her?

ans. Margie was doing badly in geography because the subject was set at a higher level in the mechanical teacher. He told her mother that she was not to be blamed for the drop in performance. He slowed down the level to suit Margie and assured her mother that she was progressing satisfactorily.

Q5. What had once happened to Tommy's teacher?

ans. Tommy's teacher was taken away once for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely.

Q6. Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?

Ans. Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school. Margie had to attend her school at the same time everyday except on Saturday and Sunday. Her mother insisted that little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours.

 Q7.How does Tommy describe the old kind of school? 

Ans. Tommy said that the old kind of school existed centuries ago. They had a man to each them. All students went to a special building where all were taught the same thing according to their respective ages.

Q8.How does he describe the old kind of teachers?

Ans Tommy described the old kind of teachers to be people who did not live in a house but in a special building. The students would go to this building to learn, where they were taught according to their ages. The teacher gave them homework and asked them questions. A teacher  taught many children at the same time.

Q1 What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the school rooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story?

Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers to teach them. The teacher was a computer screen on which lessons were flashed/shown, explained, and then questions were asked Thereafter tests were given. All work had to be submitted in punch code, which was learnt at the age of six by all. The completed work had to be inserted in a slot that was provided on the machine. Assessment was done immediately. Every mechanical teacher was adjusted according to the age level of the children. The mechanical teacher lived in the house of the students. It was programmed to flash on the screen at a certain time each day except on Saturday and Sunday. It never fell ill, would assign homework regularly, questioned and tested without being prompted to do so. In case there was any mechanical fault a country inspector was sent for, to rectify the error. 

Q2.Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?

Margie's school was a computer screen in a room next to her bed room. She had no classmates and learnt from a mechanical teacher. Of late Margie had started to hate school more than ever as her performance in the geography tests was worsening, and she hoped that the Country Inspector wouldn't be able to put her teacher back together, and she'd be off the subject for a while. She hated the homework and tests that she had to complete and submit systematically in to the slot.

She thought the old schools must have been fun. She liked the thought that all the kids from the neighborhood would be laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the school room. They learned the same thing, so they could help one

another with the homework and talk about it moreover the teachers were humans.

Summary/introduction 

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