The World of Limitless Possibilities: CBSE Class 9 English practice questions
Practise 50 questions on The World of Limitless Possibilities, free, with an explanation for each answer.
Sample questions
The unit opens with a picture of Sheetal Devi, a para-archer. Which honour did she receive in January 2024?
- Padma Shri
- Arjuna Award
- Khel Ratna
- Dronacharya Award
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B. Arjuna Award
The Reflect and Respond section introduces Sheetal Devi as a para-archer who was honoured with the Arjuna Award in January 2024. Khel Ratna and Padma Shri are named in the unit as honours of Dr Deepa Malik, not Sheetal Devi. The Dronacharya Award is given to coaches, not athletes.
"I had two choices—squander my life in remorse or transform it to a world of limitless possibilities." The speaker's decision is compared to a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. Which reason best explains why this comparison fits?
- She chose to spend her life regretting what had happened to her
- She went back to exactly the life she had before her illness
- She changed a life struck by tragedy into one of achievement and new possibilities
- She gave up sports so that she could recover quietly
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C. She changed a life struck by tragedy into one of achievement and new possibilities
Like a caterpillar that becomes a butterfly, Dr Malik transformed her life. After a spine tumour left her paralysed waist down, she refused to squander (waste) her life in remorse (regret) and became a Paralympic medallist. Spending her life in regret is exactly the choice she rejected. She did not return to her old life or give up sports: she switched to para-athletics.
"Honestly, I feel sports, especially Paralympics, have the extraordinary ability to challenge stereotypes and change attitudes towards disability." Which pair of words best describes Dr Malik's tone in this part of the interview?
- moralistic and defensive
- sentimental and moralistic
- defensive and sentimental
- appreciative and optimistic
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D. appreciative and optimistic
She appreciates what sports and the Paralympics can do ('extraordinary ability') and is optimistic that they will break down preconceived notions and change attitudes. She is not defensive (protecting herself from criticism) or moralistic (lecturing people about right and wrong). She is not over-emotional (sentimental) either: she speaks with confidence.
Topics covered
- Reflect and Respond: Sheetal Devi
- What the Paralympics celebrate
- Bharat at the Paralympics
- India's first Paralympic medal
- Dr Deepa Malik's breakthrough moment
- Critical reflection: a life transformed
- Critical reflection: 'in hindsight'
- Vocabulary: 'trailblazer'
- Challenges Dr Malik faced
- Advocacy among the youth
- Dr Malik's mission
- Tone of the speaker
- Cause and effect
- Fact and opinion
- Title of the text
- Vocabulary: glossary words
- Vocabulary: phrases
- Word cline: words of movement
- Modal auxiliaries and their functions
- Modals: 'would' for a past habit
- Reported speech: Siya's documentary
- Reported speech: Tarun's plan
- Reported speech: the past perfect
- Reported speech: building a sentence
- Reported speech: present reporting verb
- Reported speech: changing pronouns
- Notice writing: format
- Notice writing: the heading
- Notice writing: order of parts
- Speaking: formal and informal interviews
- Writing a slogan
- Speaking: asking for a point of view
- Presentation on the Paralympics
- Vocabulary: choosing the right adjective
- Did you know? The Paralympic Games
- Olympics, Paralympics and Special Olympics
- Special Olympics 2023 achievers
- Reflect and Respond: empathy, sympathy, compassion
- Sequence of events in the poem
- Poem vocabulary
- Extract: 'pulled up on their heels'
- How the fallen runner felt
- Turning point of the poem
- Rhyme scheme
- Poetic device: alliteration
- Symbolism: the race becomes a walk
- Nine gold medals
- Collocations
- Imagery: auditory
- The speaker of the poem