Annual Examination 2020-2021
Class- IX Max Marks : 80
Sub – English Language and Literature TIME : 3Hrs.
NAME- _______________DIV.______ Date: ___________________________________________________________________________________
General Instructions :
(i) This paper is divided into two parts: A and B. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary.
Read these instructions very carefully and follow them.
(iii) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
PART - A (40 MARKS) READING [20 Marks]
Q1. Read the passage given below. [10 Marks]
(1) Keep your watch accurate. For some people, moving up the time on their watch will help them get up earlier. For others, they will remember that the time on the watch is wrong and will disregard it altogether. It may be helpful to set your watch just two minutes ahead instead of five or ten.
(2) Keep a clock, phone, computer or anything that displays time in each room of your house. One of the easiest ways to run late is simply by not realising that the time is passing as quickly as it is.
(3) Set all your clocks and watches to the same time. Don’t be an optimist. Things usually take Longer than what you’d expect, even without major delays. If you have a dinner appointment at 7:30 p.m., don’t think you can work till 7 p.m., then take a bath, dress and reach on time. Realistically, calculate the time you will take at each step and then add 10 minutes more to allow for unexpected delays, or you cannot get to your job done in time.
(4) Wake up when you are supposed to wake up. Don’t hit the snooze button, keep on lying in bed, and watch TV at the very start of your day. May be you can try even setting your clock 10 minutes earlier than you need. If you have difficulty with this, move your alarm clock to somewhere away from your bed; that way, you will have to get up to turn it off. Commit yourself to being 15 minutes early for everything. If you have to reach your place of work at 8:00, don’t even tell yourself this. Just tell yourself (and everyone else who listens—but don’t annoy them or make them think that they are late or early!) “I have to be at work at 7:45.” If you do this, you will be on time even with little unforeseen delays. You will be on time even with a traffic jam.
On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY TEN questions from the twelve that follow. [1 x10 =10Marks]
(a) We should be .......... in approach with time management.
(i) optimistic (ii) pessimistic
(iii) realistic (iv) utopian
(b) It is good to commit yourself .......... for everything.
(i) to be late (ii) to delay
(iii) to being 15 minutes early (iv) to search the last moment
(c) The passage highlights:
(i) the value of time
(ii) the importance of being ahead of time
(iii) the value of being upto time
(iv) the value of calculating time
(d) To be punctual we should ...........
(i) hit the snooze button of the alarm clock
(ii) get up at the right time
(iii)start watching TV in the morning
(iv) keep on lying in bed
(e) The narrator does not deny which of the following activity just after waking up:
(i) hitting snooze button (ii) keep on lying in bed
(iii) watch TV
(iv) wake up when you actually have to
(f) What does the author mean when he uses the word “delay”?
(i) Late (ii) Turn off
(iii) Disregard (iv) Accurate
(g) One of the major reasons for being delayed is
(i) absence of clock, phone or computer
(ii) being overindulged in work
(iii)not realising that time passes quickly
(iv) not keeping a margin in the expected time of work
(h) Being ahead by .......... minutes should be everyone’s commitment.
i)10 minutes (ii) 15 minutes
(iii) 5 minutes (iv) 30 minutes
(i) The author uses the word ‘unexpected’ in paragraph 4. He means to say:
(i) commit (ii) unforeseen
(iii)annoy (iv) snooze
(j) Which word conveys the opposite of realistically?
(i) Impracticable (ii) Rational
(iii) Achievable (iv) Pragmatic
(k) Which word means ‘disregard’?
(i) Attention (ii) Consider
(iii) Ignore (iv) Regard
(l) The narrator denies us to:
(i) be realistic (ii) be optimistic
(iii)keeping our watch accurate (iv) wake up when we are supposed to
Q.2 Read the given passage carefully and answer the given questions. 1x10=10
1 The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. It covers an area of nearly
2.8 million square miles, which is nearly the size of the continent of Australia. The Amazon rainforest gets its life from the majestic Amazon river, the world’s second largest river, which runs directly through the heart of the region. The rainforest itself is simply the drainage basin for the river and its many tributaries. The vast forest itself consists of four layers, each featuring its own ecosystems and specially adapted plants and animals.
2 The forest floor is the lowest region. Since only two per cent of the sunlight filters through the top layers to the understory, very few plants grown here. The forest floor, however, is rich with rotting vegetation and the bodies of dead organisms, which are quickly broken down into nutrients and decomposers such as millipedes and earth worms use nutrients for food.
3 The understory is the layer above the forest floor. Much like the forest floor, only about 2-5 per cent of the sunlight reaches this shadowy realm. Many of the plants in the understory have large, broad leaves to collect as much sunlight as possible. The understory is so thick that there is very little air movement. As a result, plants rely on insects and animals to pollinate their flowers.
4. The layer above the understory is the canopy. This is where much of the action in the rainforest occurs. Many canopy leaves have specially adapted leaves which form “drip tips”. Drip trips allow water to flow off the leaves which prevents mosses, fungi, and lichens from occupying the leaves. Leaves in the canopy are very dense and filter about 80 per cent of the sunlight. The canopy is where the wealth of the rainforest’s fruits and flowers grow. Bromeliads, cut-like plants, provide drinking pools for animals and breeding locations for tree frogs.
1) The Amazon rainforest gets its life from the majestic ………………………………… river, the world’s second largest river.
a) Ganga
b) Nile
c) Amazon
d) Thems
2) The vast rainforest consists of ………………………………… layers, each featuring its own ecosystem.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) one
3) Bromeliads are cut-like plants that provide drinking ………………………………… for animals.
a) pool
b) tank
c) well
d) river
4) The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. (True/False)
5) Plants never rely on insects and animals to pollinate their flowers. (True/False)
6) The forest floor is rich with rotting vegetation and the bodies of dead organism.
(True/False)
7) Very few plants grow on the top layers of the forests floor because:
(i) only two per cent of the sunlight filters through it.
(ii) hardly any light falls on it.
(iii) enough sunlight passes through it. (iv) no sunlight filters through it.
8) Drip-tips adapted by canopy leaves, are very useful as they:
(i) filter about 80 per cent of the sunlight.
(ii) allow water to flow off the leaves that prevent mosses, fungi and lichens.
(iii) help to grow the rain forest’s fruits and flowers.
(iv) can collect as much sunlight as possible.
9) Which is the the lowest region?
i) The forest floor ii)Thetropical iii)Thecanopyiv) The rainforest
10) How many per cent of the sunlight reaches to shadowy realm of forest floor? i) 3-6 per cent ii) 2-5 per cent iii) 1-3 per cent iv) 1-2 per cent
LITERATURE (10 Marks) Q.3] Read the given extract below and answers the questions. 1×5=5
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travelled both
And be one traveler, long I stood, long I stood,
and looked down one as far as I could
QUESTIONS:
1. Where did the two roads diverge?
2. Why did the poet feel sorry?
3. Give the meaning of ‘diverged’
4. Who is the traveller?
5) How many roads are diverged?
Q4. Read the given extract below and answers the questions. 1×5=5 Wind, come softly, don’t break the shutters of the window.
Don’t scatter the papers; don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
There, look what you did _ you throw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
QUESTIONS:
1. What does the wind do to the buildings?
2. What does it to do the books?
3. Give the meaning of ‘scatter’.
4. What does the poet suggest to the wind?
5. What does it should not break?
GRAMMAR [10 Marks]
Q.5 Read the passage given below. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate word/phrase. 1×3=3Marks
The husband asked his wife (a) ____ Dr. Barnard. The wife replied that she had But(b) _____ rest. The husband asked her(c) _____.
a) i. did she talk to ii. If she had talked to iii. Did you talk to iv. If you had talked to
b) i. it was important for you to ii. It is important for him to iii. It was important for him to iv. It is important for you to
c) i. What is that ii. If what is that iii. If what was that iv. What was that
Q.6 There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction as given in the example against the correct blank number in your answer sheet. Also write the correct word in your answer sheet
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Tests and examination are not confined to a)________ |
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schools alone. They are widely use at various b)________ |
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government and non government levels. c)________
Q.7 Rearrange the following words/phrases to form |
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a meaningful sentences.
1. join college/decided to/at the/I/thirty-five/age of 2. worried/to work/about/my ability/not/I was 3. confused teenager/not a/grown-up/was a/woman and/ I 4. they/gone/have/to/match/a/see
PART - B (40 MARkS) WRITING [10 Marks] |
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Q.8 Write an interesting story from given outlines. |
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A cowboy went to the forest to attend to his cattle ______ shouted “Wolf!Wolf!” Just for fun _______ the neighboring peasant came to his help _____Found no wolf_______ they scolded the cowboy ______ one morning wolf really.Attacked the cowboy ___ he shouted “Wolf! “wolf” __ no peasent came__ The boy ran fast ____ reached home _______ realized he must always speak the
Truth.
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Narrate the story on the given title. ‘Precautions is better than cure’.
Q.9 Write a letter to the municipal Corporation to complain about the garbage in your locality. 1x5=5Marks OR
You are Radha G, member of NGO AWAAZ. Write a letter to the editor of a national daily for a public movement to clean the Yamuna river. (You must introduce yourself, describe how the people are to be blamed for polluting the river and suggest the need for installing water treatment plant to clean the river).
SECTION-C. LITERATURE (30 Marks)
Q.10 Answer the following questions in brief. 2×4=8 Marks
1. What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the school rooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story?
2.What are the things the child sees on his way to fair?
Why does he lag behind?
3. Where were the two roads? What was the author’s difficulty?
4. Who were the friends of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?
Q.11 Answer the following questions in detail. 3×4=12 Marks
1. What happened when Toto was taken to Saharanpur?
2. Kezia decided that there are different types of fathers what kind of father was Mr. Macdonald and how was he different from Kezia’s father?
3.Write the summary of a poem ‘Wind’.
4. Why did the disciple decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fools? Was this a good idea? What does it reveal about his character?
5. What is the theme of the poem On Killing a Tree?
Q12. Answer the following questions in brief. 5 Marks
How did George and Harris react to Jerome’s offer to do the packing? Did Jerome like their reaction?
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What used to be Bruno’s activities at the author’s home?
Q13. Answer the following questions in brief. 5 Marks
What is the meaning of the sentence “My cat was back, and so was I”? Had the writer gone somewhere? Why does she say that she is also back?
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Why did the courtiers call the prince the ‘Happy Prince’? Was he really happy? What does he see all around him?
