9th English Term 3 Unit 2 Questions – Old Book

1. Who was the first woman in India to fly a plane in 1936?

Who is Joe Cabuk job in the aircraft BeachcraftKingAir 200?

Who was the co-pilot accompanying Joe Cabuk in controlling Beachcraft KingAir200?

What catastrophe happened when Cabuk and White were flying the BeachcraftKingAir 200 plane?

Whose family accompanied and gave hope in landing the aircraft safely after the catastrophic situation?

Why the aircraft kept on climbing high above the altitude of 10,000 feet?

Match the synonym

i)Slump – move downward

ii)Grasp – walk unsteadily

iii)Stagger – understand

iv)Descent – fall heavily

Who helped Mr.White in getting out Cabukfrom the pilot seat as he might slump?

Who helped Mr.White with her soothing tone and calm speech to disengage the autopilot mode?

 According to FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), what should be done to guide a distressed plane?

 Where is Beechcraft King Air 200 supposed to make its landing?

 What became the lifeline for White who faced the catastrophic situation in safe landing King Aircraft?

 To which frequency did Grimm connect Mr.White to?

 What is the instrument/device used to measure the height and distance above sea level?

 What was White supposed to do once the plane touch down the landing surface?

 Choose the correct synonym.

The plane’s angle fluctuated widely.

 An examination and direction of a dead body to determine the cause of death is called _______________

 Choose appropriate synonym.

“Pull back slowly on the throttle”

 Pick the correct antonym.

White was a lanky construction entrepreneur

 Pick the correct antonym.

There wasn’t room in the cramped cockpit

 What is the use of Black box or Flight Data Recorder in an aircraft

 What does the CVR device in a plane record?

 Identify the type of sentence.

‘Cabuk’s voice trailed off and his chin fell to his chest’

 Identify the type of sentence.

‘If the plane rises beyond 35,000 feet, it will stall’

 Identify the type of clause in the below sentence.

‘I will bring my cat’

 Transform the below simple sentence into complex sentence

‘Inspite of her poverty, Anuja stood first in examination’

 Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun

This is the planet _______ belongs to you

 Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun

Do not put off till tomorrow ________ you can do today

 Who is the first woman to fly across both Atlantic and Pacific Ocean?

 Identify the type of clause in the following underlined sentence.

‘Whenever I see your cat, I sneeze’

What was the aspiration of Wright Brothers?

 Who was the famous American poet best known for his narrative poem of ‘American Civil War’?

 When did the first plane invented by Wright Brothers take off?

 What kind of relationship the Wright Brothers share between themselves?

 What is the meaning of the phrase ‘skinned their noses’?

 Identify the poetic device in the lines below.

‘About fun of flying

And kingdom may forget their kings’

 What does the below lines imply?

‘But not till man forgets his wings

Will men forget the Wrights’

 What was the motivation for Wright Brothers?

What was the business/work run by Wright Brothers?

 What did the Wright Brothers build on the first hand?

 ‘For learning how to rule the air was not a bed of roses’

What does the underlined phrase mean?

 Identify the poetic device.

‘And kingdoms may forget their king

And dogs forget their bites

…………………………

Will men forget the Wrights’

 Who were the brothers who invented the aeroplane?

 Yarmuk was a 

 The spacecraft that Yarmuk used was

 The citizens of planet X were extremely

 Planet X was a world of

Yarmuk’s plan in the planet X was to loot a 

 What surprised Yarmuk during conversation with Malkin?

 Who was one of the top thieves of the Solar system who planned to loot in planet X?

 What did Yarmuk mix in the drink offered to Malkin in order to know the details about Planet X coordinates?

 What type of spaceship Yarmuk wanted to travel to planet X?

 What did Yarmuk steal from the newly married couple who were well-dressed?

 Where was Planet X located in the galaxy?

 What did Yarmuk observe in the shops of Planet X?

 What did Yarmuk loot in the largest jewellery shop in Planet X?

 Identify the correct meaning of the underlined word.

‘How did you find out… Yarmukflabbergasted’

 Planet X was a world full of mystery as it was devoid of

 How did Yarmuk get caught by the national guards?

 Why did Yarmuk curse himself when he got arrested?