Matric Notes Class 9th English Grammar and Composition Comprehension Unsolved  4

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Comprehension Unsolved 4

Q. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end:

Musa was in chief command, and the gates were in his charge. They had been barred when the Christians came in view; but Musa threw them open. “Our bodies” he said “will bar the gates”. The young men were kindled by such words, and when he told them, “We have nothing to fight for but the ground we stand on; and without that we are without a home or country”, they made ready to die with him. With such a leader, the Moorish cavaliers performed feats of bravery in the plain which divided the camp from the city.

Questions and Answers:

Q1. Who was the chief commander and what was in his charge?

Ans. Musa was the chief commander and the gates of the city were in his charge.

Q2. When were the gates barred?

Ans. The gates were barred when the Christians came in view.

Q3. Who threw them open?

Ans. Musa threw them open.

Q4. What did Musa say?

Ans. Musa said, “Our bodies will bar the gates. "We have nothing to fight for but the ground we stand on; and without that we are without a home or country.”

Q5. What effect had his words on the young men?

Ans. The young men were kindled by such words and they were ready to die with him.

Q6. What divided the city from the camp?

Ans. The plain in which Moorish Cavaliers performed feats of bravery divided the city from the camp.