Class – 9 Subject – English Time: 2:45 Hours Total Marks: 80
Section A
1. Read
the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
Penicillin
is one of the most useful drugs invented by man. With its help we can heal
wounds caused by bacteria which cannot otherwise be healed. To begin with, very
few people knew this wonderful discovery and its uses. First scientist and then
minister of Government were interested in it. Since penicillin could have save
the wounded soldiers, it could be helpful in wars. And so they all decided to
encourage the process of its manufacture. Vast factories were set up for
preparing it; lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers were saved with its
help.
Penicillin,
when introduced into stream of human blood, acts as an aid to those parts which
are always fighting deadly germs. It has not power over every kind of bacteria,
but certain bacteria are destroyed by penicillin in the great majority of cases.
(1) Name the most drugs.
(2) What can we do with its help?
(3) What are the chief uses of penicillin?
(4) How does penicillin act in human body?
(5) How was it useful in war?
(6) Can penicillin destroy all kinds of germs?
(7) Find out the word from the passage which means
‘discovered’.
(8) Which word in the passage is the opposite of ‘discourage’?
2. Read the passage carefully and answer the
questions given below:
For children too,
there’s no greater instrument of education than the conversation they hear at
home. It is unjust to them when nothing is spoken before them but trifles of
dress, the gossips of neighborhood, the
cares of house hood which press to heavily upon the parents, the follies and
vanities of the world, which are hardly apprehended by their innocent minds.
They are
naturally imitative, and a great part of their character is derived from their
parents. If there is no life or birth in a house will be commonly dull and
stupid, and if they never hear subjects rationally discussed, they will not learn
to think and reason, if the world in which we live is allowed to pass unleaded
by, they will be without interest, listless and unobservant. This home
education which they acquire insensibly is as important as the most formal of
the school and it is as much our duty to provide food for their minds as for
their bodies. They do not live by bread alone, but every word that proceeds out
of the mouth.
(1)
Why
does the author call conversation an instrument of education?
(2)
What
is unjust for children?
(3)
The
passage is about ---
(a)
The
parents and the children
(b)
The
teacher and the students
(c)
Wild
animals
(d)
Country
and state
(4)
Write one word from the passage---
a. Father and mother (p______)
b. The area near a particular place (Nei_________)
3. Read
the passage below and answer the questions given below:
We
all missed him greatly, but in sense we were relieved. My wife was
inconsolable. She wept and fretted. For the first few days she would not eat a
thing. Then she wrote a number of letters to the curator. How is Baba? Back
came the replies. ‘Well, but fretting; he refuses food too’. After that,
friends, visiting Mysore. Then she said one day : I must see Baba. Either you
take me by car, or I will go by myself by bus or train. So I took her by car.
Friends had conjectured that the bear would not recognize her. I had thought so
too. But while she was yet some yards from his cage, Baba saw her and recognize
her. He howled with happiness. She ran up to him, patted him through the bars,
and he stood on his head in delight.
For
the next three hours she wouldn’t leave that cage. She gave him tea, lemonade,
cakes, ice cream, and what not.
(1)
Why
did Baba howl?
(2)
What
did Baba do in delight?
(3)
Who
was inconsolable?
a. Find the word from the passage which is the
opposite of accept. R_____
(4)
Find
the word from the passage which means : extremely sad
a. Incon_______
Section B
4. Answer
any two following questions in 30-40 words.
(1)
Why
did the disciple want to stay in the kingdom of fools? (In the Kingdom of Fools)
(2)
Who
was the county inspector and how he helped Margie in her study? (The Fun they had)
(3)
Name
five kinds of flutes. (Kathmandu)
5. Answer
the following question in 60 words.
(1)
Draw
character sketch of Gerrard. (If I
were You)
OR
(2)
How
did Abdul Kalam earn his own money for the first time? (My Childhood)
6. Explain
the stanza with reference to the context.
(1)
The
matter
Of scorching
and choking
In sun and
air,
Browning,
hardening
Twisting,
withering
And then it is
done.
OR
(2)
Let
us remember, whenever we are told.
To hate our
brothers, it is ourselves.
That we
shall dispossess, betray, condemn.
Remember, we
who take arms against each other.
7. Answer
the following questions in 10 to 15 words.
(1)
How
does Iswaran as student overcome the beast?
(Iswaran the Story Teller)
(2)
Who
saved Johnsy’s life? (The Last Leaf)
(3)
Why
do his teeth and gums look navy blue?
(The Accidental Tourist)
(4)
Who
is the poet of ‘Rain on the Roof’?
8. Answer
the following short type questions.
(1)
Highlight
the message of poem ‘The Road Not Taken’.
(2)
What
is the message of the poem ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’?
9. Answer
the following questions in 60 words.
(1)
Draw
the sketch of the Happy Prince. (The
Happy Prince)
OR
(2)
What
happened one Sunday afternoon? (A
House is not Home)
Section C
10. Write the letter A, B, C, D of the correct
answer.
(1)
Mohan
is ____ M.L.A
(a)
a
(b)
an
(c)
the
(d)
none
(2)
Raveena
is ___ tallest girl of our school.
(a)
the
(b)
a
(c)
an
(d)
*
(3)
I
have not _____ friend
(a)
many
(b)
any
(c)
much
(d)
little
(4)
There
is _________ water in the jug.
(a)
a
little
(b)
few
(c)
various
(d)
several
(5)
She
is standing _____ her gate.
(a)
in
(b)
at
(c)
on
(d)
by
(6)
Rajesh
came _____ bus.
(a)
by
(b)
through
(c)
in
(d)
none
of these
(7)
He is good____ English.
(a)
at
(b)
over
(c)
into
(d)
from
(8)
Manju is fond_____ music.
(a)
of
(b)
under
(c)
upon
(d)
above
11. Fill in the blanks with correct form of the
verb.
(1)
Mahendra____
[go] to school daily.
(2)
A
man_____ [be] social creature.
(3)
If
you work hard, you _______ [pass] the exam.
(4)
Mahatma
Gandhi _______[die] in 1948.
12. Fill
in the blanks a verb in agreement with its subjects.
(1)
Many
boys _____playing. (is/are)
(2)
Either
his friends or Pankaj_______ stolen my watch. (has/have)
(3)
His
brothers or he ______ here.
(live/lives)
(4)
The
rich____ not always happy. (is/are)
Section D
13. Imagine that you are Rakesh/Rakhi studying at
Adarsh Bal Niketan School, Neema Ka Thana (Sikar). Write an application to your
principal requesting him to issue you text books from the library.
OR
Write a letter to your friend Nikesh
expressing sorrow on his failure in the examination. You may touch upon the
following points.
(1)
What was the problem with him?
(2)
How did you feel?
(3)
How do you sympathize with him?
(4)
Suggestions you will like to give him.
14. Prepare
a speech to speak on the ‘Importance of
Morning Walk’ in the school morning assembly tomorrow with the help of
given outlines in around 60-50 words.
Morning walk……exercise……..nothing…….our
health. Refresh……..many diseases. Keep us fresh….....early
rising………love……..natural beauty…….useful not only……….but also mind.
15. Develop a readable story using the following
outlines—
A cap
seller…….travels……one village…..to another……a bag of caps. A hot
afternoon……sleeps….under shade of a tree…..many monkeys…..climb down……take away
his caps…cap seller….… awakes….worried…..throw away his own cap……monkeys
copy…..collects….goes away.
OR
Imagine you are Ranu. You want to get English
book from your friend Reena. Write an imaginary dialogue between you and your
friend on telephone.
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