TIME- 3 hours CLASS-IX MAX MARKS- 90

PAPER- ENGLISH (MARCH)

Q1. Answer the following questions: 10

(i) What does ‘Excelsior’ means?
(ii) What should not be sold? (Grooming of a Boy)
(iii) Why did the boy give three coins to the beggar? (The Magic Violin)
(iv) Name the instrument made by Jagdish Chander Bose? (Plants Also Breathe and Feel)
(v) Who was Ratan? (The Postmaster)
(vi) The people believe the power of _____ is great. (Budgeting Your Time)
(vii) You won’t pass. You study hard. (unless) Rewrite sentence using connector
(viii) The passive voice of ‘He will do his homework’ is-
(ix) He has well set his business. (established, built)
(x) Aksenov murdered his fellow merchant. (True/False)

Q2 Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: 10

Late in the afternoon, Swami Vivekananda spoke on Hinduism in the great meeting. He was dressed in the yellow
robes of a Sanyasi when he came and stood before the people they were charmed by his appearance. He was silent
for some time and then he felt a divine power in him and began his speech. He addressed the gathering as ‘Sisters
and Brothers of America’. People clapped their hands and gave him hearty cheers. When the clapping ceased,
Swamiji spoke on Hinduism. He said that all the religions of the world were the same. They were all true. Only the
paths leading to the goal were different. He also said that Hinduism regards every man, woman and child as a part of
God. To a Hindu, the service of man is the true service of God.

(a) What did Swami Vivekananda say about all the religions of the world? 2
(b) What did he feel in him before his speech? 2
(c) How did he address the people at the meeting? 2
(d) How was he received by his hearers? 2
(e) What was his opinion about the Hindu religion? 2

Q3 Answer any three questions in 15-20 words: (3*3=9)

(1) Where did the villagers take shelter? Why? (In The Flood)
(2) Why were there no men in the village? (Journey By Night)
(3) What did Ruskin’s father do for a living? (My Father and I)
(4) Why was his father so friendly with Mr. Ruskin? (My Father and I)

Q4 Answer any four questions in 25-30 words: (4*3=12)

(1) Write the central idea of the poem ‘Open The Eyes and See Thy God’?
(2) Where did the boy go then? What happened there? (The Magic Violin)
(3) Why was the officer questioning Aksenov? (God Sees The Truth But Waits)
(4) What is the central idea of the poem ‘Excelsior’?
(5) What did the cub’s mother caution him about? (Life Story of a Man Eater)

Q5 (a) Read the following stanza and answer any two of the questions: (2*3=6)

They, too, aware of sun and air and water

Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starved
Their hands are ours, and in their lives we read
A labour not different from our own

(1) Name the poem and the poet.

(2) What do they all make use of?
(3) What does anything fed by?

(b) How does the glow worm plead his case with the nightingale? (3)
Q6 Do as directed:
(1) Fill ups with suitable determiners: (1)
(a) Ram is_______intelligent boy.
(b) Is there______body in the school?
(2) Fill ups with modals: (1)
(a) He___not obey his elders. (do/does)
(b) He___keeps his promise. (often/always)
(3) Fill ups with suitable prepositions: (1)
(a) Let us talk____politics. (of/about)
(b) The bridge is____the river. (on/over)
(4) Choose conjunctions: (1)
I won’t leave (until/unless) you come.
(5) Say if the following sentence is ‘compound’ or ‘simple’. (1)
Ram is rich and his brother is poor.
(6) Change the voice: (2)
(a) He killed the tiger.
(b) The gardener is watering the plants.
(7) Change the narration: (2)
(a) He said to me, “I am your friend”.
(b) He said to them, “please help the poor”.
(8) (a) I caught a ____ cat. (Run) Use ‘ing’ (2)
(c) He worked hard ____ he failed. (but/and)
(9) The constable catches the thief. (Change into present perfect) (1)

Q7 Vocabulary: (5)
(a) Use ‘water’ as noun in a sentence.
(b) Write the synonym of: Big
(c) Write the antonym of: Hard
(d) His car’s ____ failed (brake, break)
(e) Use ‘happy’ as adjective.

Q8 (a) Send an e-mail message to your friend congratulating him on his marriage. (5)
Or
(a) Send an e-mail message to your friend inviting him to watch a play.

(b) Write a paragraph on: (5)

A Rainy Day or Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Write a letter to the medical officer of Health of your city for removal of garbage. (8)
Or
Write an application to the principal of your school requesting him for change of seat.
(d) You have lost your water-bottle in the playground during the recess. Write a notice mentioning the details
of the bottle. (5)