Class 9 English NCERT Notes — Beehive & Moments

Summaries • Word Meanings • Q&A • Extract-based MCQs • Practice Sets

This page lists chapter-wise study material for Class 9 English from the NCERT books Beehive (Prose & Poetry) and Moments. Each link opens a post with a short summary, meanings, solved questions, and MCQs for revision. Bookmark this page for quick access during tests and pre-boards.

NCERT Beehive Class 9 cover

Beehive — Prose (Class 9)

  1. The Fun They Had — Isaac Asimov Summary, Q&A, MCQs
  2. The Sound of Music Complete notes
    1. Part I — Evelyn Glennie (Deborah Cowley)
    2. Part II — Bismillah Khan
  3. The Little Girl — Katherine Mansfield
  4. A Truly Beautiful Mind — Albert Einstein
  5. The Snake and the Mirror — Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
  6. My Childhood — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  7. Packing — Jerome K. Jerome
  8. Reach for the Top
    1. Santosh Yadav — Part I Summary, Q&A
    2. Maria Sharapova — Part II
    3. MCQs for Reach for the Top
  9. The Bond of Love — Kenneth Anderson
  10. Kathmandu — Vikram Seth
  11. If I Were You — Douglas James

Beehive — Poetry (Class 9)

  1. The Road Not Taken — Robert Frost
  2. Wind — Subramania Bharati
  3. Rain on the Roof — Coates Kinney
  4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree — W. B. Yeats
  5. A Legend of the Northland — Phoebe Cary
  6. No Men Are Foreign — James Kirkup
  7. On Killing a Tree — Gieve Patel
  8. The Snake Trying — W. W. E. Ross
  9. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal — William Wordsworth

Moments — Supplementary Reader (Class 9)

  1. The Lost Child — Mulk Raj Anand
  2. The Adventures of Toto — Ruskin Bond
  3. Iswaran the Storyteller — R. K. Laxman
  4. In the Kingdom of Fools — A. K. Ramanujan (ed.)
  5. The Happy Prince — Oscar Wilde
  6. Weathering the Storm in Ersama — Harsh Mander
  7. The Last Leaf — O. Henry
  8. A House Is Not a Home — Zan Gaudioso
  9. The Beggar — Anton Chekhov

Study Tips

  • Read the summary, then attempt the MCQs.
  • Revise word meanings before short answers.
  • Use extract-based MCQs for quick daily practice.