KSEEB Class 9 · English (2nd language) · KTBS Revised 2024-25
To My Countrymen
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Karnataka Board Class 9 English.
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (extract from Ignited Minds, 2002). Former President Kalam addresses fellow Indians on imagination, integrated national effort, and the vision of a developed India by 2020.
Summary
Kalam says creative imagination separates winners from losers - it is the essence of life and progress in science and society.
Kalam says creative imagination separates winners from losers - it is the essence of life and progress in science and society.
Organisations succeed when individuals serve missions larger than themselves - integrated effort, not isolated ministries.
Organisations succeed when individuals serve missions larger than themselves - integrated effort, not isolated ministries.
Tata steel, P.C. Ray's chemicals, BHU and Aligarh universities showed Indians could build despite British rule - spirit we must revive.
Tata steel, P.C. Ray's chemicals, BHU and Aligarh universities showed Indians could build despite British rule - spirit we must revive.
If we aim low, we cannot build power stations abroad, design world-class software, or manufacture defence equipment - enterprise dies.
If we aim low, we cannot build power stations abroad, design world-class software, or manufacture defence equipment - enterprise dies.
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra, Punjab lead in some areas; northeast and others need transport, peace, and focused missions - not endless debate.
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra, Punjab lead in some areas; northeast and others need transport, peace, and focused missions - not endless debate.
"Ignite your minds and think big." Teachers mould five-year-olds; students must transform India into a developed nation with love of country as motive force.
"Ignite your minds and think big." Teachers mould five-year-olds; students must transform India into a developed nation with love of country as motive force.
Hard words & meanings
| imagination | forming new ideas and visions mentally |
| enterprise | willingness to undertake bold projects |
| integrated | formed into a whole working together |
| insurgency | violent uprising against authority |
| hardware | machinery and electronic equipment |
| disparity | great difference between regions or groups |
| developed nation | economically and technologically mature state |
| motive force | what energises action toward a goal |
| complacency | dangerous contentment with present achievement |
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