Twin Melodies — Class 9 MCQs with Answers

Twin Melodies — important questions & MCQs with answers (Class 9 English)

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1. Q1 of 6Easy

   In the play 'Twin Melodies', what instrument does Shruti Sharma play?

   AKeyboardBFluteCTablaDViolin
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   Answer: Violin

   Explanation: The character list describes 'SHRUTI SHARMA: A young aspiring violinist.'

2. Q2 of 6Easy

   What was Shruti afraid to tell her father about?

   AThe Indo-Western fusion concert and her fusion practicesBA quarrel with friendsCA lost violinDHer school marks
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   Answer: The Indo-Western fusion concert and her fusion practices

   Explanation: Shruti had not told her parents about the fusion practices or the upcoming concert.

3. Q3 of 6Medium

   In the play, 'contempt' (as in 'familiarity breeds contempt') means:

   AA strong feeling of dislike and disrespectBFearCGreat admirationDCuriosity
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   Answer: A strong feeling of dislike and disrespect

   Explanation: 'contempt' is glossed as a strong feeling of dislike and disrespect.

4. Q4 of 6Medium

   The repeated line-opening 'Music is the...' in the poem is an example of:

   AA punBAnaphora / repetitionCA simileDOnomatopoeia
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   Answer: Anaphora / repetition

   Explanation: Beginning several lines with 'Music is the...' is anaphora, emphasising music's many roles.

5. Q5 of 6Hard

   Which statement best expresses the resolution/message of 'Twin Melodies'?

   AFusion music is meaningless noiseBChildren must always obey without questionCClassical music is better than all othersDTradition and innovation can enrich each other when innovation respects its roots
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   Answer: Tradition and innovation can enrich each other when innovation respects its roots

   Explanation: Nabin accepts fusion once he hears it honour the raga — the play argues that tradition and innovation can coexist.

6. Q6 of 6Hard

   The use of Acts (Act I, II, III) helps structure the play by:

   AGiving the moral directlyBNaming the charactersCListing the songsDMoving the story through set-up, conflict and resolution
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   Answer: Moving the story through set-up, conflict and resolution

   Explanation: Act I sets up the secret, Act II brings the confrontation, Act III resolves it — a clear dramatic arc.

Twin Melodies notes: key concepts (Class 9 English)

A three-act play in which Shruti hides her Indo-Western fusion practice from her strict classical-violinist father, until he hears the group play and recognises the raga inside the fusion. Paired with the poem 'A Friend Found in Music', the unit argues that tradition and innovation can enrich rather than threaten each other.

Shruti Sharma

A young aspiring violinist. She plays in an Indo-Western fusion group and has kept both the practices and the coming concert secret from her parents.

Guru Nabin Sharma

Shruti's father, a violinist and Principal of Sangeetika Music School. He firmly believes only Classical Hindustani music, with its ragas and aalaaps, is real music.

The fusion group

Iqbal on flute, Avinash on tabla, Peter on keyboard, with Shruti on violin — an Indo-Western fusion ensemble.

The central conflict

Respect for classical tradition against the wish to explore modern forms. Shruti is torn between honouring her father's world and pursuing her own.

Nabin's specific fear

That she will 'drown her individual style in the hubbub of an orchestra' — that the group will submerge her personal musical identity. The ending answers exactly this fear.

The turning point

In Act III the parents enter during practice, become engrossed, and Nabin taps his feet and then claps furiously with an expression of pride.

Why he accepts it

He praises that Shruti 'did not lose sight of the notes of the raga even once' — the fusion honours the classical root rather than abandoning it.

The resolution

He offers the children the music room with more equipment for regular practice — acceptance shown as action, not just words.

The 'twin melodies'

Classical and fusion stand for the older and younger generations; their harmony symbolises the reconciliation of tradition with modernity.

Drama devices

An '(Aside)' lets a character voice private thoughts to the audience alone; stage directions such as '(Nabin claps furiously)' convey action and emotion; the three Acts move the play through set-up, conflict and resolution.

Poem: 'A Friend Found in Music'

Music is an ocean pulling the poet to shore, a therapy when the poet feels blue, and 'the needed friend when no one seems to care'. The repeated 'Music is the…' is anaphora, and each comparison is a metaphor. Tone: warm and grateful.

Key vocabulary

A crescendo is music growing louder and louder; hubbub means a loud noise; contempt is strong dislike and disrespect; iterated means repeated; to bite the bullet is to face a difficult situation bravely.