CBSE Solutions for Class 9th English: Chapter2 The Sound of Music - Part5

Class 9 NCERT English Text Book Chapter 2 The Sound of Music is given below.

Find the words in the text which show Ustad Bismillah Khan’s feelings about the items listed below. Then mark a tick (√) in the correct column. Discuss your answers in class.

Bismillah Khan’s feelings about	Positive	Negative	Neutral
1. teaching children music
2. the film world
3. migrating to the U.S.A.
4. playing at temples
5. getting the Bharat Ratna
6. the banks of the Ganga
7. leaving Benaras and Dumraon

Answer:

Bismillah Khan’s feelings about	Positive	Negative	Neutral
1. teaching children music	√
2. the film world			√
3. migrating to the U.S.A.		√
4. playing at temples	√
5. getting the Bharat Ratna	√
6. the banks of the Ganga	√
7. leaving Benaras and Dumraon		√

	Bismillah Khan’s feelings about	Words in the text
1	teaching children music	With the coveted award resting on his chest and his eyes glinting with rare happiness he said, “All I would like to say is: Teach your children music, this is Hindustan’s richest tradition; even the West is now coming to learn our music.’’
2	the film world	“I just can’t come to terms with the artificiality and glamour of the film world,” he says with emphasis.
3	migrating to USA	A student of his once wanted him to head a shehnai school in the U.S.A., and the student promised to ecreate the atmosphere of Benaras by replicating the temples there. But Khansaab asked him if he would be able to transport River Ganga as well. Later he is remembered to have said, “That is why whenever I am in a foreign country, I keep yearning to see Hindustan.”
4	playing at temples	Ustad Bismillah Khan’s life is a perfect example of the rich, cultural heritage of India, one that effortlessly accepts that a devout Muslim like him can very naturally play the shehnai every morning at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
5	getting the Bharat Ratna	With the coveted award resting on his chest and his eyes glinting with rare happiness he said, “All I would like to say is: Teach your children music, this is Hindustan’s richest tradition; even the West is now coming to learn our music.’’
6	the banks of the Ganga	The flowing waters of the Ganga inspired him to improvise and invent ragas that were earlier considered to be beyond the range of the shehnai.
7	leaving Benaras and Dumraon	Later he is remembered to have said, “That is why whenever I am in a foreign country, I keep yearning to see Hindustan. While in Mumbai, I think of only Benaras and the holy Ganga. And while in Benaras, I miss the unique mattha of Dumraon.”