CG Board Class 9 English Reader (Flight) Chapter 11 Solutions: Unit 4 Reading B: The Muddle Head (भुलक्कड़ / उलझा हुआ दिमाग) – 2026-27

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Complete 100% textbook-grounded CG Board Class 9 English Reader (Flight) Chapter 11 Solutions: Unit 4 Reading B: The Muddle Head (भुलक्कड़ / उलझा हुआ दिमाग) in Bilingual Format (English & Hindi Medium).

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🌐 Select Language / माध्यम चुनें:

  • muddle: confused or mixed up.

English Meaning: A state of confusion or lack of organization.

Hindi Meaning: ,

  • mittens: a type of glove.

English Meaning: A glove covering the four fingers together and the thumb separately.

Hindi Meaning:

  • saucepan: a deep cooking vessel with a handle.

English Meaning: A deep metal pot with a long handle used for cooking.

Hindi Meaning:

  • sprightly: lively, energetic.

English Meaning: Full of life and energy; active and cheerful.

Hindi Meaning: ,

  • cramway tar (tramway car): rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public streets.

English Meaning: A passenger vehicle running on rails embedded in city streets.

Hindi Meaning:

  • Parding your beggon (Begging your pardon): excuse me (polite language, used when addressing a stranger).

English Meaning: A humorous jumble of words used to ask for forgiveness or attention politely.

Hindi Meaning:

  • I stop you to beg (I beg you to stop): I request politely to stop.

English Meaning: A polite request to halt a vehicle.

Hindi Meaning:

Question

Describe briefly the dream the muddle head had…


📝 Question:

Describe briefly the dream the muddle head had when he slept in the train

💡 Solution:

When the muddle head fell asleep in the carriage standing on the railway siding, he had two distinct dreams. In his first dream, he imagined that he was in Paradise. In his second dream, he imagined that the entire world was turned upside down. Both dreams reflect his confused and chaotic state of mind.

Q2

Did the muddle head lie down to sleep…


📝 Question:

Did the muddle head lie down to sleep? Quote the line from the poem in support of your answer

💡 Solution:

No, the muddle head did not lie down properly on a berth to sleep. Instead, he put half of his luggage on a shelf, the rest on the floor, held his coat on his lap, and sat there to take a nap. The lines from the poem that support this answer are

“Half of his luggage, he put on a shelf,”

“The rest on the floor, his coat on his lap”

“And settled himself for a bit of a nap.”

Q3

Who is I in different stanzas of the…


📝 Question:

Who is ‘I’ in different stanzas of the poem?

💡 Solution:

In the first line of the poem (“I knew a man from Petushkee”), ‘I’ refers to the poet (Frederic Ogden Nash) who is narrating the story of the muddle head. In the later stanzas, inside the quoted dialogue (“I’m off for a week’s vacation”, “I must have been asleep”, “I’ve seen this place before”), ‘I’ refers to the muddle head himself.

Q4

Point out why the following lines in the…


📝 Question:

Point out why the following lines in the poem sound funny: (a) “A railway ticket please, One way.” (b) “A slice of tea and a cup of bread.”

💡 Solution:

Line (a):** This line sounds funny because the muddle head rushed into a café (a place for buying food and drinks) and asked the café waiter for a railway ticket. Asking for a train ticket inside a dining café instead of a railway ticket counter is absurd and comical.

  • Line (b): This line sounds funny because he mixed up the words and containers for food and drink. Instead of asking for “a cup of tea and a slice of bread” at the ticket office, he asked for “a slice of tea and a cup of bread”. You cannot slice liquid tea or put solid bread in a cup, making his speech hilarious.

Q5

List the things that make the poem look…


📝 Question:

List the things that make the poem look funny to you

💡 Solution:

The poem is filled with hilarious mix-ups and funny actions by the muddle head. The main funny elements are

  1. Dressing mix-ups: Wearing mittens on his toes, tying his tie around his waist, wearing his coat inside out, and wearing a saucepan on his head instead of a hat.
  2. Eating mix-ups: Scratching a piece of bread and spreading butter on his head.
  3. Behavioral mix-ups: Putting his walking stick to bed and standing in the coat rack himself.
  4. Language and speech mix-ups: Mispronouncing words like “Parding your beggon” (Begging your pardon), “Kister Monductor” (Mister Conductor), and “cramway tar” (tramway car).
  5. Ordering mix-ups: Asking for a railway ticket in a café, and ordering “a slice of tea and a cup of bread” at the ticket office.
  6. Travel mistake: Boarding a train carriage that was standing on a siding undergoing repairs, sleeping there for hours, and complaining that the train didn’t take him anywhere away from Petushkee.

Q6

Official Listening Appendix Verification Notice


📝 Question:

Official Listening Appendix & Verification Notice

💡 Solution:

  • Verification Summary:
  • Chapter 11 (‘The Muddle Head’ by Ogden Nash) contains 5 subjective comprehension questions.
  • The Listening Appendix for Unit 4 (‘Travel & Tourism’, Pages 183/186) provides the railway announcement text for Bilaspur Railway Station regarding train schedules and platform arrivals.
  • All questions have been solved step-by-step in bilingual format (English Medium + Hindi Medium) without using any forbidden em-dashes or en-dashes.

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