NCERT Solutions 09th English Chapter 7 The Road Not Taken

1.Sometimes the choices we make have far-reaching consequences. Think about choices you make on a daily basis, and the importance of these choices.
Answer
Answers to this question may vary from student to student since the question involves personal liking or disliking. One sample answer is given below :

Choices	Importance/Results
eating hamburger/dosa, chaat Or home-made food	in terms of excessive calories-upset stomach, in-digestion more value in calories- sustaining health etc.
walking for short distances Or taking a taxi/auto-rickshaw	light exercise, toning up of the body avoiding light exercise, unnecessary expenses incurred, rash driving may result in accident

Note. Students may on their own add more such choices as given above.
2.Complete the web chart showing choices and decisions you may have to make in the next few years and the factors that affect these choices.
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Explanation : First of all, the choice about the profession will have to be made. This choice is interconnected with studies. For example, if a medical profession is to be taken, one will have to study for that purpose in mind. Money is an important factor in today’s world. For it, one exercises choices of profession also.
Then comes the choice of marriage. After marriage, comes the important factor of how many children one would like to have. This choice, again, depends upon other factors like income, living facilities, standard of living etc. In fact, one has to make hundreds of choices in life. So the number of choices are infinite as one has to make choices almost every instant.
Note. This question has varied answers as it is highly subjective. We have given one possible way out. Students may, on their own, share their choices and decisions with their partners. They should see their subjective priorities.
3.Have you made choices that are acceptable and less ‘risky’ or have you followed the beaten track ? Why ?
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Varied answers. The answer to this question is, again, connected with the question no. 2 preceding it. It is again full of probabilities. For example, if a student wishes to opt for a medical profession but has less competence, it will be ‘risky’. All those who put in a lot of labour, do not succeed. Then if they are in without exercising right choices, it may amount to follow a beaten track. They may face failures in the end.
Note. Students may discuss it among themselves with their peers keeping in mind all the choices available for different professions.
4.List common dilemmas that teenagers face involving the choice of one or more “roads.” Give examples of “roads” that you must travel (e.g. facing peer pressure, choosing friends, observing rules laid down by school and parents, acting on your own values).
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Varied answers.
The common dilemmas could be :

• 1.choosing one’s apparels
• 2.one’s school/college/university for education/higher education
• 3.opting for different professions
• 4.food items, subjects, disciplines, books, friends etc.

5.

• 1.Listen to a recording of the poem.
• 2.What choice did the poet have to make ?
• 3.if Did he regret his choice ? Why/why not ?

Answer:

• 1.Do yourself.
• 2.The poet had to make a choice between the two roads. Both looked charming on that morning. He took one road thinking that he would walk on the other some other time. At last he made a choice for the road. It was due to various reasons for the choice. These were like, it was ‘fair’, it was ‘grassy’ and ‘wanted wear’.
• 3.The poet did regret his choice because he took the road which had been ‘travelled less’. He kept the first road ‘reserved’ for some other day thinking that one day he would walk on it. But he couldn’t exercise his choice. But he found that, that had made all the difference. His saying so shows his regret.