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Class IX – English Sample Paper – 1

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1. Attempt all the questions carefully and neatly.

2. Write all the answers in the answer sheet along with correct question number.

Q1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.          

  1. We have but one method of acquiring knowledge, from the lowest man to the highest yogi, all have to use the same method, and that method, is called concentration. The chemist who works in his laboratory concentrates all the powers of his mind, brings them into one focus and throws them on the elements and the elements stand analysed, and thus his knowledge comes. The astronomer also concentrates the power of his mind and brings them into one focus and then throws them on to objects through his telescope and stars and systems roll forward and give up their secrets to him. So it is in every case-with professor in his chair, the students and their books-with every person who is working to know.
  2. The more this power of concentration is, the more is the knowledge acquired, because this is the one and the only method of acquiring it. Even the lowest shoeblack, if he pays more concentration, will polish shoes better, the cook with his concentration will focus all his attention on the work in hand and will cook a better meal, In making money or in worshipping God, or in doing anything, the stronger the power of concentration, the better will be that work done.
  3. Even though concentration is the key to acquiring knowledge-concentration itself is not easy to attain. It is a skill that can be developed only through a lot of patience and practice. He who masters it is real “yogi”. To control our senses and to gather all our awareness into one focus is by no means an easy task. Life itself is complex and there are invariably several issues vying for our attention which makes it even more difficult to focus only on one thing. Even if we try to concentrate fully on the work in hand, our subconscious mind is scattered in varied directions and soon drags our conscious mind along, without even ourselves realizing it. It therefore requires a lot of discipline, will power and self-control to focus or concentrate.
  4. However, the effort is worth it and pays rich dividends in the form of accomplishment of our goals this is one call, the one knock which opens the gate of nature, and lets out floods of light.

(A) Choose the best option from the words given below.

i) “Acquire” is a verb. Give the noun form of this word.

a) acquiring     b) acquirement        c) acquisition       d) acquire

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Ans. c) acquisition

ii) The practice of “Yoga’ helps us in achieving:

a) money         b) prosperity      c) concentration        d) power

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Ans. c) concentration

iii) The passage deals with methods of:

a) acquiring knowledge    b) being a yogi      c) meditation       d) concentration

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Ans. a) acquiring knowledge   

(B) Answer the following questions:

i) What is the pre- requisite for acquiring knowledge?

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Ans. The pre-requisite for acquiring knowledge is concentration.

ii) What comes easily to a concentrated mind than to less focused individuals?

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Ans. Opportunities for success

iii) How can concentration be developed?

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Ans. Buy patience and practice

iv) What is the antonym of ‘gathered’ from the passage para 2?

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Ans. Scattered

v) How does being concentrated help us in our lives?

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Ans. We accomplish our goals

(C) Answer the following questions.

i) What Examples of professionals, who use their powers of concentration, are cited in the passage?

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Ans. Many examples are cited in this paragraph of chemist, astronomer, professor, shoeblack& cook (All are accepted)

ii) List some qualities essential to attain concentration?

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Ans. There are many qualities essential to attain concentration; patience and practice and a lot of discipline, will power, self-control to focus or concentrate.

Q2. Answer any six out of seven questions by selecting the most appropriate option for each.       

Fill in any three of the following blanks, choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below. Write the answer in your answer-sheet against the correct blank numbers.    

Delhi_____(a)____     the capital of India. People from all parts ____(b)_____ the country and world come to visit Delhi. There___(c)___ many historical building here. Last year I, ____(d)_____ Delhi. I also watched the Commonwealth Games 2010.

a)     i) was              ii) is                 iii) are              iv) being

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Ans. ii) is

b      i) of                 ii) from            iii) for              iv) at

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Ans. i) of

c)     i) being            ii) are               iii) been           iv) were

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Ans. ii) are

d)    i) visit              ii) visiting        iii) visited        iv) will visit

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Ans. iii) visited

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is error in each line. Write the error along with its correction in the space provided. Do any four.                

                                                                                    Error                            Correction

More than two thirds in the world’s                           ______________        ____________

Large cities are on areas sensitive                              ______________        ____________

over global warming and rising sea level.                  ______________        ____________

Millions of people face a risk                                     ______________        ____________

of being swamp by floods                                          ______________        ____________

and storms according by a study.                               ______________        ____________

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Ans.

                                                                                    Error                            Correction

More than two thirds in the world’s                           ______in________     ______of______

Large cities are on areas sensitive                              ____Large_______     _____largest___

over global warming and rising sea level.                  _____over_______     _____to______

Millions of people face a risk                                     _______a______        _____the____

of being swamp by floods                                          _____swamp____       ___swamped__

and storms according by a study.                               ______by______        ______to____

Q3. You feel that in the current age, human beings use a lot of computers, therefore it is essential for every student to learn how to use computers. Write a descriptive paragraph in 100-120 words on the topic, ‘Computer for Students’. 

Q4. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow. (ANY ONE)     

Margie was disappointed.  She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether.  They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly in a month because the history sector had blanked out completely.

(a) Margie and Tommy took their lessons via

(i) Real book

(ii) Mechanical teacher

(iii) Attending schoolrooms

(iv) None of the above

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Ans. (ii) Mechanical teacher

(b) After fixing the mechanical teacher, ____ smiled

(i) Margie

(ii) Tommy

(iii) Mrs. Jones

(iv) County Inspector

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Ans. (iv) County Inspector

(c) Why was Margie disappointed?

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Ans. Because her mechanical teacher became alright.

(d) Why was Tommy’s teacher taken away?

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Ans. Because Tommy’s history sector had been blanked.

OR

A. When India gained Independence on August 15, 1947, Bismillah Khan became the first Indian to greet the nation with his Shehnai. He poured his heart out into Raag Kafi from the Red Fort to an audience which included Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who later gave his famous Tryst with Destiny speech.

(a) Who was the first Indian to greet the nation?
(i) Bismillah Khan (ii) Jawaharlal Nehru (iii) Gandhi ji (iv) Zakhir Hussain

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Ans. (i) Bismillah Khan

(b) What was the occasion?
(i) First Republic Day (ii) Dussehra (iii) First Independence Day (iv) Diwali

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Ans. (iii) First Independence Day

(c) Which raaga did he play on the occasion?

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Ans. Raag Kafi


(d) Name the chapter of the above lines

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Ans. The Sound of Music

Q5. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.                             

Two roads diverged in yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And locked down once as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

(a) Who is ‘I’ in the above lines?

(i) Poet’s friend (ii) A man (iii) A boy (iv) Poet

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Ans. (iv) Poet

(b) How many roads diverged in yellow wood?

(i) three (ii) one (iii) two (iv) long road

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Ans. (iii) two

(c) What does ‘yellow wood’ stand for?

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Ans. It is autumn and the leaves have turned yellow

(d) Name the poet of this Poem.

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Ans. Robert Frost

Q6. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words. (ANY 3).                           

(a) Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a Shehnai school in the USA?

(b) Where does the traveller in the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ find himself?

(c) Why did Margie hate school?

(d) How does Evelyn hear music?

Q7. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.  (ANY 2).                                                  

(a) Why did the lost child refuse to take his favourite things in the fair after losing his parents?

(b) What in the child’s opinion would his father say about his demand?

(c) What things did the child demand from his father? Did he get any?

Q8. Answer the following questions in 100-120 words. (ANY 1).                                                 

Explain what the poet mean by ‘Make the heart steadfast” in the poem ‘Wind’.

Or

Describe the character of the child as depicted in the story ‘The Lost Child’.