Autumn Class 9 Questions and Answers WBBSE

Autumn Class 9 Questions and Answers have been arranged in the following with word notes, Bengali meaning, and other extra questions and answers that are found in different previous different question papers. Autumn written by John Clare is included in the syllabus for class 9 in “Bliss: English Textbook for class IX” of WBBSE.

Questions Answers from Autumn by John Clare of Class 9 has been very helpful for the students to understand the text and to get score better marks.

About the poet :

John Clare (1793-1864) was an English poet famous for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption.

About the poem :

The poem, “Autumn” presents a pen picture of the mellow beauty of autumn in the countryside. Here it is characterized by falling leaves, bare branches, and strong winds.

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Word Notes & Summary of Autumn :

[ Line : I love ………….. down the lane. ]

Fitful  – restless অশান্ত

Gust – sudden strong wind হঠাৎ দমকা বাতাস

Shakes – jerks কাঁপিয়ে দেয়

Casement – a window set on hinges ; opens like a big door দরজার মত খোলা যায় কব্জা বিশিষ্ট বড় জানালা

Missy elm tree – a kind of tree covered with moss এলাম জাতীয় গাছ যার উপরে শ্যাওলা জাতীয় উদ্ভিদ জন্মায়

Faded leaves – withered or dry leaves শুকনো বা বিবর্ণ পাতা

Twirling – spinning round পাক খাইয়ে দেয়

Windowpane – a slab of window glass জানালার শার্সি কাঁচ

Lane – a narrow passage সংকীর্ণ গলি

বঙ্গানুবাদ :

আমার ভালো লাগে হঠাৎ অশান্ত দমকা বাতাস কে  |যে বাতাস ঝাকিয়ে দেয় বড় বড় জানালা গুলোকে সারাদিন ধরে। আর শ্যাওলাধরা এলাম গাছের শুকনো পাতা গুলোকে ঝরিয়ে দিয়ে জানালার কাচের সামনে ঘুরপাক খাওয়ায় এবং নীচে সরু গলি পথে সর্বত্র ছড়িয়ে দেয়।

Summary in English :

The poet likes to enjoy the sudden blow of the wild wind shaking the casement throughout the day, removing the dry and worn-out leaves from the mossy elm tree and spinning and scattering them all over the window-pane and narrow path.

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[ Line : I love ………….. flowers to lie. ]

Shaking – trembling কাঁপা

Twig – small soft branch of tree নরম গাছের ডাল

Dance – swing আন্দোলিত হয়

Shut – close শেষ

Eve – evening সন্ধাবেলা

Sparrow – a kind of small bird চড়ুই পাখি

Cottage – hut কুঁড়ে ঘর

Chirp – chirrup পাখিদের কিচিরিচির শব্দ

Flirting – jerking ঝাঁকিয়ে দেয় বা ইতঃস্তত ঘুরে বেড়ায়

Summer’s lap – abundance of season summer গ্রীষ্মর কোলে

Flowers – blossoms ফুলগুলি

Lie – rest বিশ্রাম

বঙ্গানুবাদ :

আমার দেখতে ভালো লাগে সেই কম্পিত নরম গাছের ডাল গুলিকে আন্দোলিত হতে দেখতে সন্ধ্যে হওয়ার আগে পর্যন্ত। আমার ভালো লাগে বাড়ির কার্নিশে বসে থাকা চড়ুই পাখিদের কিচিরমিচির গান। আর এই গান আমাকে বিশ্বাস করায় যে বসন্ত সবেমাত্র দ্রুত ইতস্তত ঘুরে বেড়ায় এবং গ্রীষ্মের কোলে ফুল গুলোকে নিয়ে বিশ্রাম নেওয়ার কথা ভাবছে।

Summary in English :

The poet likes to look at the twig trembling and swaying till night. He also like the twittering of the sparrow that perches on the jutted part of the cottage. As it made him convinced that Spring just flirts to lie in the lap of exuberant Summer

[ Line : I love ………….. heath a-going. ]

Smoke – vapour ধোয়া

Curl – coil কুণ্ডলী পাকানো

Upward – from lower to higher ওপরের দিকে

Naked – bare উন্মুক্ত

Pigeons – dovesপায়রা

Nestled – sheltered আশ্রয় নিয়েছে

Cote – shelter for bird পাখিদের থাকার জায়গা

Dull – not interesting আকর্ষনহীন

Dung- hill – pile of dung গোবরের স্তুপ

Crowing – crying মোরগের কর্কশ কণ্ঠস্বর

Mill – factory কারখানা

Sails – floats smoothly ভেসে যায়

Mill- sail – windmill move হাওয়া কল

Heath – barren open land ঊষর প্রান্তর

A-Going – in motion ঘূর্ণায়মান

বঙ্গানুবাদ :

আমি দেখতে ভালোবাসি বাড়ির চিমনি দিয়ে বের হতে থাকা ধোঁয়াগুলো যে ধোঁয়াগুলো উন্মুক্ত গাছগুলিকে ঘিরে পাক খেয়ে উপরের দিকে উঠে যায়। পায়রা গুলি তাদের করে নিরাপদ আশ্রয় নেয়। এইরকমই কোন নভেম্বর মাসের আকর্ষনহীন দিনগুলোতে মোরগগুলো গোবরের স্তুপের উপর দাঁড়িয়ে একটানা ডাকছে আর হাওয়া কলগুলি ঊষর প্রান্তে দাঁড়িয়ে এ কিভাবে ঘুরে চলছে।

Summary in English :

The poet likes to stare at the smoke emitting from the chimney of the cottage and coiling upwards surrounding the trees exposed open or bare there. He also notices the pigeons sheltered in a secured nest. The poet also observes the drab days of late autumn (November) how the cock crows steadily, perching on the heap of dung, and the windmills sail on the open, barren field.

[ Line : The feather  ………….. they fall. ]

Feather – as a tuft or fringe of hair of bird পাখির পালক

Raven – a kind of large crow দাঁড় কাক

Breast – chest বুক

Falls – come down নিচে নেমে আসা

Stubble – butt ফসল কাটার পর যে অংশ মাটির উপরে থাকে

Lea – land covered with grass ঘাসে ঢাকা জমি

Acorns – fruits of oak trees ওক গাছের ফল

Pattering – making quick sound টুপুর টাপুর করে পড়ছে

Grunting – making sound ঘোৎ ঘোৎ শব্দ কারী

Pigs – swines শূকর

Scramble – make way quickly হুড়োহুড়ি করছে

Hurry – move forward quickly দ্রুত সামনের দিকে এগোচ্ছে

Fall – drop

বঙ্গানুবাদ :

দাঁড় কাকের বুক থেকে পালকগুলো খসে নিচের দিকে ঘাসে ঢাকা ফসল তোলা মাঠের উপর ঝরে পড়ছে। ওক ফলগুলি ঝরে পড়ছে বুড়ো কাকের বাসার কাছে গাছের তলায় টুপ টুপ করে ঝরে পড়ছে আর শুকর গুলি ঘঁত ঘঁতকরতে করতে সেখানে ছুটে যাওয়ার জন্য অপেক্ষা করছে।

Summary in English :

The feathers shed from raven’s breast onto the stump of the reaped cornfield covered with grass. The acorns fall pattering near the old crow’s nest and all grunting pigs are waiting to rush sharply to reach the place where those acorns fall.

Textual Exercise Questions Answers of Autumn :

Exercise 1

Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:

1. All through the day the fitful gust shakes the

(a) window-pane

(b) curtains

(c) casement

(d) door

2.The poet loves to see the shaking twig dance till the

(a) coming of dawn

(b) end of night

(c) end of afternoon

(d) shut of eve

3. The sparrow sat on the

(a) cottage rig

(b) house-top

(c) mossy elm-tree

(d) casement

4. The pigeons nestled round the

(a) cage

(b) cote

(c) branch

(d) heath

5. The cock was crowing upon the

(a) dunghill

(b) lea

(c) tree tops

(d) mill-sails

6. The grunting pigs

(a) walk slowly

(b) scamper by

(c) scramble and hurry

(d) dive and swim

Exercise 2

Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:

(1) What happens to the leaves of the mossy elm-tree in autumn?

Ans : The leaves of mossy-elm tree become faded in autumn. They are carried by the wind down the lane along with thousands other leaves.

(2) What are the things the poet loves to see on November days?

Ans : On November days, the poet loves to see the cottage smoke that curl upwards through naked trees, the pigeons nestling round the cote and cocks crowing upon the dung-hill.

Exercise 3

State whether the following sentences are in Active or Passive Voice:

(a) Anil will visit his grandmother’s house.

Ans: Active Voice

(b) The President has left his office.

Ans: Active Voice

(c) The project will have been finished by the students.

Ans: Passive Voice

(d) Promita’s leave has been sanctioned by the school authority.

Ans: Passive Voice

Exercise 4

Change the voice of the following sentences:

(a) The boy has read out the letter.

Ans: The letter has been read out by the boy.

(b) I shall have bought a cricket bat by tomorrow.

Ans: A cricket bat will have been bought by me by tomorrow.

(c) Sohini’s friends had organised a picnic.

Ans: A picnic had been organized by Sohini’s friends.

(d) The football team will put up a brave fight.

Ans: A brave fight will be put up by the football team.

Exercise 5

Change the following sentences into indirect speech:

(a) I said to him, “Will you share your tiffin with me?”

Ans: I asked him if he would share his tiffin with me.

(b) Anjan’s mother said, “Your father has left for Mumbai.

Ans: Anjan’s mother said that his father had left for Mumbai.

(c) The girls triumphantly said, “Hurrah! We have won the match.”

Ans: The girls triumphantly exclaimed that they had won the match.

(d) He says, “Let you be successful in life.”

Ans: He wishes that I might be successful in life.

(e) The captain informed, “The tournament was postponed last month.

Ans: The captain informed that the tournament had been postponed the previous month.

Exercise 6

Use the following flow-chart to write a paragraph within 100 words on how to make paper:

[cutting down of bamboos-making pulp-adding chemicals-rolling into sheets- adding colour-drying-ready for use]

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Exercise 7

Write a biography of Annie Besant within 100 words based on the hints given below:

[Hints: born on 1 of October 1847 in London-famous British writer-well known Socialist, activist for the rights of women participated in Indian politics-joined the Indian National Congress-became the first woman President of the Indian National Congress in 1917-passed away on 20 of September 1933 in Madras India.]

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Extra Questions Answers of Autumn :

1. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives.

(1) The poet loves –

(a) the wind

(b) the storm

(c) the rain

(d) the earthquake

(2) ‘Casement’ means

(a) window pane

(b) door

(c) doorstep

(d) window sil.

(3) The elm-trees are –

(a) grassy

(b) leafy

(c) mossy

(d) silvery.

(4) The faded leaves twirl by –

(a) the window-sil

(b) the windowpane

(c) the window-hinge

(d) the window-bot.

(5) Faded leaves of elm-trees lie on –

(a) the roof

(b) the lane

(c) the ice

(d) the street.

(6) The poet loves to see the dance of –

(a) bird

(b) flowers

(c) waves

(d) twig.

(7) The twig dances till the –

(a) day-break

(b) dusk

(c) shut of eve

(d) noon-time.

(8) The sparrow sits on the rig of –

(a) boat

(b) cottage

(c) ship

(d) cart.

(9) The bird that chirps is

(a) swallow

(b) sparrow

(c) parrot

(d) peacock.

(10) The season that flirts by summer’s lap is –

(a) autumn

(b) spring

(c) late-autumn

(d) winter.

(11) The smoke comes out from –

(a) the dry leaves

(b) the trees

(c) the forest

(d) the cottage.

(12) Trees are naked because they are without –

(a) branches

(b) bark

(c) leaves

(d) twig.

(13) The cottage smoke curls up through the

(a) trees

(b) masts

(c) bushes

(d) walls.

(14) The pigeons nestle round their cote in

(a) September

(b) October

(c) November

(d) December

(15)  November days are –

(a) bright

(b) cheerful

(c) sunny

(d) dull.

(16)  Upon the dung-hill, the cock –

(a) sings

(b) crows

(c) fights

(d) runs.

(17)   The mill runs on the –

(a) road

(b) garden

(c) corn-field

(d) heath.

(18)   The feather from the ravens breast fall on –

(a) grassy land

(b) roof of the house

(c) window-pane

(d) nest.

(19)   The crow has its nest on

(a) oak tree

(b) banyan tree

(c) mango tree

(d) tamarind tree.

(20)   The grunting pigs run for —

(a) root of plant

(b) nut of the oak tree

(c) rotten apple

(d) oak flower.

(21)  The word cote means –

(a) nest

(b) layer

(c) warm cloth

(d) trouser.

(22)   The word twirling’ means –

(a) running

(b) spinning

(c) falling

(d) drowning.

(23)   The word ‘lea’ means –

(a) grass-covered land

(b) slope of the land

(c) a mound on the land

(d) dry land.

(24)  The poem is written by –

(a) John Keats

(b) John Donne

(c) John Clare

(d) Don Clare.

(25)  The season described in the poem is –

(a) Autumn

(b) Summer

(c) Winter

(d) late-autumn.

(26)   The scene of the poem is –

(a) city

(b) town

(c) forest

(d) countryside.

2. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(a) The casement is shaken by the fitful gust of autumn wind.

(b) Being carried away by the wind the faded leaves twirl down the window pane with thousands of other leaves within down the lane.

(c) The shaking twig dance till the shut of evening.

(d) The poet sees the smoke curling upwards through the naked trees

(e) On dull November days the pigeons nestle round the cote.

(f) The cock crows standing upon the dung-hill.

(g) On the stubble lea the feather from the raven’s breast falls.

(h)  Near the old crow’s nest the acorns grow and mature.

(i) The pigs grunts, waiting for the acorns to fall and as it happens, the pigs scramble and hurry to the spot where the acorns fall.

(a)  Wherever the acorns fall the pigs scramble and hurry near the spot where the acorns fall.

3.State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences / phrases / words in support of your answer :

(a) The autumn wind is gentle. False.

Supporting Statement :  Autumn wind is fitful.

(b) The elm trees sheds off leaves with the help of wind. True.

Supporting Statement : And from the mossy elm-tree takes the faded leaves away.

(c) The poet loves to see the shaking twig when the evening falls. True

Supporting Statement : I love to see the shaking twig/Dance till the shut of eve.

(d) The chirp of the sparrow makes the poet believe that summer is flirting. False.

Supporting Statement : “… whose chirp would make believe that spring was just now flirting by.”

(e) November days are uninteresting. False.

Supporting Statement : On dull November days like these.

(f) The acorns fall and make light sounds down the tree. True.

Supporting Statement : ; “The acorns near the old crow’s nest/Fall pattering down the tree”.

4. Answer the following questions:

1. How do the faded leaves fall on the ground?

Ans : The strong wind drives the faded leaves from the mossy elms tree and then they spin round by the windowpane. They fall on the ground and lie with other leaves on the lane

2.What is the effect of the sparrow’s chirp on the poet?

Ans : The sparrow’s chirp make the poet feel as if spring is very near and is getting ready to lie with flowers on the lap of summer.

3. What picture of cottage acitivity does the poet find ?

Ans : In the evening, the household activities like cooking are done in the cottage and the smoke from there curls up through the bare naked trees.

4.What do the pigeons do and why?

Ans : The poet finds the pigeons nestling round the cote. They do not fly far as the November days are not bright and full of mist hence making it difficult to fly.

5. Where is the cock found ? What is it doing there ?

Ans : The cock is found on the dung-hill. It is searching food there in the form of worms and insects and it crows.

6. What picture of the heath is given by the poet in the poem ?

Ans : The sails of the mill are found moving continuously on the heath as the wind blows all the time. After the harvesting, the crops are processed there.

7.What does the poet say about the stubble lea?

Ans : A raven flies over the grass-covered land and it happens that a feather from its breast falls upon it.

8.What happens near the old crow’s nest ?

Ans : The old crow makes its nest on the oak tree. The fruits of the oak tree fall down at the ground.

9.What does the fitful gust do?

Ans: The fitful gust shakes the casements all day. It takes the faded leaves away from the mossy-elm tree. It whirls the leaves by the window-pane.

10. What does the word ‘mossy’ indicate?

Ans: In the poem, ‘Autumn’, the elm-tree is covered with moss. The mossy elm-tree indicates that the tree is old and the weather is wet there.

11. Why are the leaves ‘faded’?

Ans: The leaves of the elm-tree are described as “faded’. They are getting dry as winter is approaching, In winter the leaves naturally lose their vitality and colour.

12. What would the chirping of the sparrow make believe?

Ans: The chirping of the sparrow would make believe that spring is just flirting in summers lap with flowers to lie.

13.What are the activities of the birds as described in the poem ‘Autumn

Ans: In the poem, ‘Autumn’, the sparrow perches on the cottage rig and the pigeon nestle round the cote, the cock stands upon the dung-hill and crows.

14. What is meant by the ‘Cottage smoke’?

Ans: The Cottage smoke’ means the smoke that comes out from the chimney of cottage. It is caused by the oven in the kitchen of the cottage.

15. Why are the trees ‘naked?

Ans: Here the trees are described as ‘naked’. The trees are bare. They are not cover- with leaves. The leaves are shed at the advent of winter.

16. Why are the November days ‘dull’?

Ans: The days of November look ‘dull’. Here ‘dull’ means uninteresting. The month of November has emptiness as nature sheds everything. Nothing is left in nature.

17. What does the ‘mill sails’ symbolize?

Ans: The ‘mill sails’ symbolises the continuity in the process of nature. It suggests the eternal flow of the cycle of seasons. It goes on uninterruptedly.

18. What does the word, ‘a-going’ mean?

Ans: The word, ‘a-going’, means the full motion of the sails of the mill. It refers to the mobility of life and eternity of nature.

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