Carrier of Words — Class 9 MCQs with Answers
Class 9 CBSE English · Chapter 7
60 practice questions · 20 Easy · 20 Medium · 20 Hard · Updated
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Practise the most important Class 9 CBSE English questions from Chapter 7, "Carrier of Words". You get 6 timed quizzes made from 60 NCERT-based MCQs, with answers and explanations. The questions are split into 20 Easy, 20 Medium and 20 Hard. Warm up on the basics, then move on to the exam-level questions that top scorers in CBSE Board exams get right.
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Carrier of Words — important questions & MCQs with answers (Class 9 English)
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- Q1 of 6Easy
What is Khetaram's job in 'Carrier of Words'?
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Answer: A Gramin Dak Sewak (rural postman)
Explanation: 'Khetaram is a Gramin Dak Sewak... the sole postman of Somarad Branch Post Office.'
- Q2 of 6Easy
How many post offices did India have in 1947 compared to today?
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Answer: About 25,000 then; over 1.5 lakh now
Explanation: 'Compared to 25,000 post offices in 1947, today we have about more than a lakh and a half.'
- Q3 of 6Medium
'Remitted by a relative' — 'remitted' means:
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Answer: Sent (as money)
Explanation: 'remitted' is glossed as sent — money orders sent by a relative.
- Q4 of 6Medium
What is the central idea of the poem 'Words'?
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Answer: A few sincere words are worth more than many empty ones
Explanation: The poem contrasts empty words (like departing birds/weeds) with 'a little said, and truly said' that brings deeper joy.
- Q5 of 6Hard
Why is the title 'Carrier of Words' especially fitting?
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Answer: Khetaram literally carries letters (words) that connect the hearts and lives of far-flung families
Explanation: As the sole postman, he bodily carries the written words that keep remote families connected — a true 'carrier of words'.
- Q6 of 6Hard
Khetaram's willingness to deliver even at 50°C, on foot, over 20 km, chiefly reveals his:
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Answer: Extraordinary sense of duty and dedication
Explanation: His endurance of extreme heat and distance dramatises a profound commitment to his service.
Carrier of Words notes: key concepts (Class 9 English)
A tribute to Khetaram, the sole rural postman of Somarad Branch Post Office, who has walked the Thar desert for fifteen years carrying letters and money orders to hamlets near the border. Paired with the poem 'Words', the unit asks what words are worth — and what it costs to carry them.
- Khetaram
- A Gramin Dak Sewak — a rural postman — and the sole postman of Somarad Branch Post Office. His left shoulder is slumped from years of carrying the mailbag.
- Where and how long
- Fifteen years delivering across the Thar, India's harshest desert, reaching far-flung hamlets just 2.5 km short of the Indo-Pakistan border.
- The physical demand
- Regulations cap his load at 28 kilos, and even a single delivery can mean covering about 20 km on foot.
- Why the post office matters here
- For families in this arid land, survival partly depends on money remitted by relatives through money orders — the postman carries livelihood, not just mail.
- India Post after 1947
- About 25,000 post offices at independence, more than 1.5 lakh today. The mandate was to bring the entire population within the mailing ambit.
- Mulk Raj Anand's point
- He wrote that Indians' dependence on the post office reflects the absolute trust ordinary people, especially in remote villages, place in the institution.
- Why the GDS survived
- A scheme to scrap the Gramin Dak Sewak and hand the work to patwaris was summarily rejected — 'we knew they would not be able to do the job'. Special conditions (five-hour days, service till 65, assured income) exist to retain a large workforce for remote outposts.
- Why the title fits
- Khetaram literally carries words — the letters that keep remote families connected — so 'Carrier of Words' works as both description and tribute.
- The modern relevance
- In an age of instant digital communication, the essay insists that human effort, trust and dedication still sustain connection where networks do not reach.
- Poem: 'Words'
- Empty words 'like summer birds, depart, and leave but empty air' and are worth as little as weeds, while 'a little said, and truly said, can deeper joy impart'. Its central idea: a few sincere words outweigh many empty ones.
- Devices in the poem
- 'like summer birds' is a simile; 'The heart, a pilgrim upon earth' is a metaphor for the searching human heart.
- Key vocabulary
- Sole means only; hamlets are small settlements; stipulate means specify; defying means bravely resisting; remitted means sent, of money; devoid of means completely without; hefted means lifted, of a heavy load.
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What are the key concepts in Class 9 English Carrier of Words?+
A tribute to Khetaram, the sole rural postman of Somarad Branch Post Office, who has walked the Thar desert for fifteen years carrying letters and money orders to hamlets near the border. Paired with the poem 'Words', the unit asks what words are worth — and what it costs to carry them. Key ideas include Khetaram, Where and how long, The physical demand, Why the post office matters here, India Post after 1947, Mulk Raj Anand's point.
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It has 60 NCERT-based MCQs on "Carrier of Words": 20 Easy, 20 Medium and 20 Hard. Together they make 6 timed quizzes, and you never get the same set twice. Every question has an instant explanation. They help you prepare for CBSE Board exams.
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What are the important questions from Carrier of Words (Class 9 English)?+
The questions that matter most test Khetaram, Where and how long, The physical demand, Why the post office matters here, India Post after 1947, Mulk Raj Anand's point. This page shows 6 solved important MCQs with answers and explanations. Sign in to practise all 60 questions on the chapter as timed quizzes.
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