CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘I smelled something strange’ What was strange?
A
The smell of some incense sticks
B
The fire which broke out there
C
Something was burning
D
There was afire outside
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ans.: One Sunday afternoon, the author noticed a strange smell. Then he saw smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling and filling the room very quickly. They could barely see anything. By the time they ran out into the front yard, the roof was already engulfed in flames and was spreading very quickly.

Detailed explanation-2: -When the fire broke out Zan was doing his homework. The question has been asked from the story A house is not a home. It was a cold and windy Sunday afternoon when the fire suddenly broke out. Zan was doing homework at the dining-room table with the fire in the fireplace blazing.

Detailed explanation-3: -What kind of day it was when a fire broke out in the author’s house? What were the author and his cat doing at that time? Ans: It was a Sunday afternoon of a cold and windy winter when the fire broke out. The author was at the dining-room table doing homework with the fire burning in the fireplace.

Detailed explanation-4: -The only material things not destroyed were the photo albums, documents and some other personal items that my mother had managed to heroically rescue.

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