CG Board Class 9 English Reader (Flight) Chapter 5 Solutions: Unit 2 Reading B: The Peaceful Game (शांतिपूर्ण खेल) – 2026-27

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Complete 100% textbook-grounded CG Board Class 9 English Reader (Flight) Chapter 5 Solutions: Unit 2 Reading B: The Peaceful Game (शांतिपूर्ण खेल) in Bilingual Format (English & Hindi Medium).


🌐 Select Language / माध्यम चुनें:

  • courteous: polite.

English Meaning: Showing politeness, good manners, and respect towards others.

Hindi Meaning: ,

  • distract: divert attention.

English Meaning: To draw someone’s attention away from what they are concentrating on.

Hindi Meaning:

  • opponent: player of the opposite team.

English Meaning: A player or rival on the opposing side in a game or contest.

Hindi Meaning: ,

  • pest: annoying person or nuisance.

English Meaning: Someone who behaves in a troublesome or annoying manner.

Hindi Meaning:

Q1

Why do you think the poet calls the…


📝 Question:

Why do you think the poet calls the chess ‘a peaceful game’? Do you accept his view? Why/ why not?

💡 Solution:

The poet calls chess a peaceful game because no player suffers any physical harm or injury during or after the match. Players show mutual courtesy, avoid distracting their opponent, and shake hands at the beginning and end of the game. Yes, I accept the poet’s view because chess is a mental sport played with strategic thinking, discipline, and respect without physical violence.

Q2

Who are the opponents in the game


📝 Question:

Who are the opponents in the game?

💡 Solution:

The opponents in the game are the two players competing against each other across the chessboard, who often remain friends or family members outside the game.

Q3

There are many lines repeated in the poem…


📝 Question:

There are many lines repeated in the poem. Why do you think the poet does so?

💡 Solution:

The poet repeats lines like “I like to think chess is a courteous game” and “So both of us play at our best” to emphasize the values of fair play, sportsmanship, and maintaining goodwill beyond competitive battles. Repetition also reinforces the poetic rhythm and structure of the poem.

Q4

Find from the poem five words which are…


📝 Question:

Find from the poem five words which are used with their antonyms

💡 Solution:

The five pairs of words and their antonyms used together in the poem are

  1. enemies – friends
  2. war – peace
  3. start – end
  4. on (the board) – off (the board)
  5. gentle – fight

Q5

Pick out the similes metaphors oxymorons alliterations used…


📝 Question:

Pick out the similes/ metaphors/ oxymorons/ alliterations used in the poem.* (Definitions from Textbook:) – Simile: Comparison between two unlike objects using ‘like’ or ‘as’. – Metaphor: Comparison between two unlike objects without using ‘like’ or ‘as’. – Oxymoron: A phrase bringing two words of opposite meaning together in context. – Alliteration:* Repetition of a particular sound in a sentence in sequence

💡 Solution:

Simile:**

  1. “act like a pest” (comparing annoying player behavior to a pest using ‘like’).
  2. “more like a war or a fight” (comparing chess strategy to a war using ‘like’).
  • Metaphor:
  1. “On the board we’re enemies” (direct comparison of chess players to enemies on the board).
  • Oxymoron:
  1. “peaceful game” (pairing ‘peaceful’ with a competitive ‘game/fight’).
  2. “enemies … friends” (combining contrasting relationship terms in the same context).
  • Alliteration:
  1. “peace that never, never ends” (repetition of the ‘p’ and ‘n’ sound).
  2. “play at our best” (repetition of the ‘p’ and ‘b’ sound).
  3. “family and friends” (repetition of the ‘f’ sound).

Q6

Try to write rhyming lines using the hints…


📝 Question:

. Try to write rhyming lines using the hints provided.**

💡 Solution:

  • Hint i: I like the game of chess. (hints: mess/less/press)
  • English Completed Lines:

I like the game of chess,

It helps me solve problems with less stress.

  • Hindi Translation: ,
  • Hint ii: I play it with family. (hints: silly/bully/jelly)
  • English Completed Lines:

I play it with family,

We enjoy together and never act silly.

  • Hindi Translation: ,
  • Hint iii: We play day and night. (hints: light/fight/white)
  • English Completed Lines:

We play day and night,

Moving pieces of black and white.

  • Hindi Translation: ,
  • Hint iv: It’s more like a war. (hints: bar/car/jar/far)
  • English Completed Lines:

It’s more like a war,

Where clever moves take us very far.

  • Hindi Translation: ,
  • Hint v: There is never peace. (hints: ease/lease/tease)
  • English Completed Lines:

There is never peace,

Yet we play each turn with calm and ease.

  • Hindi Translation: ,

#### 3. Verification & Listening Appendix Cross-Check

  • Verification Summary:
  • Chapter 5 (‘The Peaceful Game’) consists of poetic reading comprehension questions and rhyming exercises.
  • Appendix I Listening Texts for Unit 2 Sports (Pages 183 & 185) contain listening scripts for the marathon race and cricket pitch dimensions, which were verified for completeness.


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