Class 9 English: Iswaran the Storyteller Worksheet (with Answers)
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- 1. Iswaran the Storyteller was written by:
- (a) Ruskin Bond
- (b) Anton Chekhov
- (c) R.K. Laxman
- (d) Harsh Mander
- 2. Iswaran is Mahendra's:
- (a) brother
- (b) boss
- (c) teacher
- (d) cook and servant
- 3. Iswaran's special gift is:
- (a) storytelling
- (b) cooking only
- (c) singing
- (d) painting
- 4. Iswaran tells his tales with great:
- (a) silence
- (b) drama and exaggeration
- (c) shyness
- (d) anger
- 5. Who is Iswaran?
- 6. What story frightens Mahendra?
- 7. How does Iswaran's storytelling affect Mahendra?
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- 1. (c) R.K. Laxman — It is by R.K. Laxman.
- 2. (d) cook and servant — He is Mahendra's cook and servant.
- 3. (a) storytelling — He is a gifted storyteller.
- 4. (b) drama and exaggeration — He uses dramatic exaggeration.
- 5. Mahendra's cook and a gifted storyteller.
- 6. A ghost story about a female ghost.
- 7. Iswaran's storytelling has a powerful effect on Mahendra. As a junior supervisor who moves from one lonely site to another, Mahendra depends on his devoted cook Iswaran not only for meals but also for entertainment, and Iswaran fills his evenings with dramatic, suspenseful tales told with great exaggeration — such as his supposed taming of a mad elephant. These stories are so vivid that they grip Mahendra's imagination. The turning point comes when Iswaran narrates a chilling ghost story about a woman who haunts the area as a female ghost. The tale plants deep fear in Mahendra's mind. Later, when he wakes one moonlit night and sees Iswaran outside, his frightened imagination convinces him that the ghost is real. Unable to bear this fear, Mahendra finally decides to leave the place altogether. Thus Iswaran's storytelling, meant to entertain, ends up unsettling Mahendra so much that it drives him away.
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- This worksheet is aligned to CBSE Class 9 English, chapter “Iswaran the Storyteller”.