SA-2 CLASS-IX Paper- English
M.M.-70 Time: 3 Hours Section-A Reading Skills
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:-
Bose now began the work which has made him famous all over the world. He had from boyhood been interested in animal and plant life and now his work in physics led him back to his old love. He had noticed that his wireless receiver showed signs of tiredness after it had been in use its power after rested. Here was food for the thought the kind of thought from which great discoveries come.
Q.1 Which work did Bose begin?
Q.2 What was Bose interested in since boyhood?
Q.3 What led him to his old love?
Q.4 How did his wireless receiver get back its power? (4X2=8) OR
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:-
Try not the pass, the old man sad;
Dark lowers the tempest overhead
The roaring torrent is deep and wide;
And loud that clarion voice replied
Q.1 What did the old man warn him?
Q.2 What was the danger in passing?
Q.3 What did the clarion voice say?
Q.4 Write the antonym of deep.
Section-(B) (Main course book &Supplementary Reader)
2. (a) Answer any three of the following questions in 10-20 words each:- (3X2=6)
(1) When and where was Laxmi Bai born?
(2) Who was Ratan?
(3) Name the two astronauts who landed on the moon?
(4) What is chakravyuh?
(5) Name the instrument made by Jagdish Chander Bose?
(B) Answer the following question in 30-50 words:-
Why the Budgeting of the time is important?
Or
How is Udham Singh’s name linked with Jallianwala Bhag? (5)
SUPPLEMNTARY READER
3. Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:-
(1) Where did Ruskin’s father want to go after the war?
(2) Who was Behrman?
(3) Why were the two men fighting?
(4) Why were the courtiers anxious?
(5) Who took the letter to the postmaster? (4X3=12)
POETRY
Read the passage given below and answer any two of the questions that follow:-
Once while he nodded on the chair,
All the moth hour of eve
Another poor man sent for him
And he began to grieve.
I have no rest nor joy, nor peace,
For people die and die.
Q.1 Name the poem sand the poet?
Q.2 What is happened in the evening?
Q.3 What was the old priest grievance? (2X3=6)
(b) What is the central idea of the poem ‘The Excelsior?”
Or
What is the central idea of the poem ‘The Nightingale and the Glow-worm” (2)
Section-c
5. (a) Use the word “Book” as a noun and as a verb in your own sentence.
(b) Antonym of: Active, Early
(c) Choose the correct word:-
You must write your date of ------correctly.
(Birth, berth)
(d) Form noun from: Add, Act (4) Section-D
6. Do as Directed:-
1. Fill the blank with correct determiner:-
a. He is---one eyed man. (1)
2. You ------(must. should) respect your elders. (Correct modal) (1)
3. Supply suitable preposition:-
a. He jumped -----the river. (1)
4. God helps those who help themselves.
(Pick out subordinate clause) (1)
5. Change the voice:-
A. He can play football.
B. You had learnt the lesson. (2)
6. Change the narration:-
a. He said to me, “I am on leave”
b. He said,’’ I can help them”. (2)
7. Put the correct verb in the blank:-
Ram and Sham -----good friends.(is, are) (1)
8. This is the house ---- (that/who) we want to purchase. (fill conjunction) (1)
9. Non –finite:-
a. Let me--- (do) my work.
b. He must ---- (help) them. (2)
7. Write a letter to your cousin and ask him how he spent summer vocation together.
Or
Write a letter to your brother and advise him not to waste time in school. (7)
8. Write a paragraph in about 100 words on “My School Library”
Or
“The Golden Temple” (6)
9. You are going to watch a play to Govt: College Amritsar. Send an email ton tour friend inviting him to accompany you to visit there.
Or
Read the passage given below and make notes:-
Each of us must realize that the only future of India and her people is one of the tolerance and co-operation, which have been the basis of our culture for ages past. We have laid down in our constitution that India is a secular state. This does not mean irreligion. It means equal respect for all faith and equal opportunities for those who profess different faiths. (4)
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