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 VIVEKANANDA COACHING CENTRE

CLASS:- IX, SUB:- ENGLISH(B)

F.M:- 40, TIME:- 1HOUR 15 MINUTES 

READING ( SEEN )

 1. Read the following text and answer the questions below : 

Tom always found Monday mornings to be miserable . Monday began another week's show suffering in school .

 the Tom lay thinking . Presently he wished that he was sick; then he could stay home from school . He investigated his body with the hope of finding some ailment He thought that he had found symptoms of somuch troubles . He began to grow hopeful However , the symptoms soon grew feeble and wholly went away . 

Tam thought further . Suddenly he discovered something . One of his upper front teeth was loose . He felt lucky . He was about to groan when it occurred to him that if Aunt Polly was to know she would surely pull it out and that would hurt . Tom thought he would hold the tooth in reserve for the present . He remembered hearing from a doctor that a certain ailment could lay up a patient for three days and make him lose a finger . 

A.  Tick ( ✓ ) the correct answer from the given alternatives :- 1x 2 = 2 

(i ) Tom wished that ---- ( a ) the school was closed ( b ) he was sickie ( c) he could play with his friend ( d ) he could go swimming .

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( i ) After investigating himself , Tom found the symptoms of his ailment in----  ( a ) stomach trouble ( b ) common cold ( e ) a sore toe ( d ) a loose tooth .

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B. Answer the following questions : 2x2=4

 ( i ) Why did Tom find Monday mornings to be miserable ? 

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( i ) What kind of ailment had Tom heard about from a doctor ? 

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2. Go through the following lines and answer the questions : 

 Mild the mist upon the hill, 

Telling not of storms to - morrow : 

No , the day has wept its fill, 

Spent its store of silent sorrow .

Oh , I'm gone back to the days of youth ,

 i am a child once more ;

 And ' neath my father's sheltering roof ,

And near the old hall door .

A. Tick ( ✓ ) the correct answer from the given alternatives :- 1x4=4 

 ( i ) The mist  was upon the ---- ( a ) roof ( b ) hill ( c ) leaf .

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( ii ) The sorrow of the day is described as ---- ( a ) silent ( b ) terrible ( c ) little.

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 ( iii ) The hall door mentioned in the poem is ---- ( a ) large  ( b ) new  ( c ) old.

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 ( iv ) The poet has gone back to the days of her ----  ( a ) death  ( b ) youth  ( c ) old age.

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 B.  Answer the questions in complete sentences : ( Any one ) 1x2=2

( i ) Where does the poet see herself when she thinks of her childhood ? 

( ii ) What is meant by the day has wept its fill ?

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READING COMPREHENSION ( UNSEEN )

 3.  Read the passage and answer the following questions :

 At least 17 people were killed after flood ravaged the four districts of Chitton , Kadapa , Kurnool and Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh on Friday.  The incessant rain started on Thursday evening , triggered by a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal over 100 people are feared to have been washed away in separate incidents in the four districts . About seven NDRF  teams have been deployed to lead search and rescue operations . 

A.  Tick ( ✓ ) the correct answer from the given alternatives :- 1x4=4 

 ( i ) The continuous rain started on ---- ( a ) Friday ( b ) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Monday.

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 ( i ) The severe flood claimed at least the lives of people ---- (a) seven people  (b) ten people  (c) seventeen people ( d ) fifteen people.

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 ( i ) The flood ravaged the ----  ( a ) two districts  (b) three district (c) four district  (d) five district. 

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( iv ) The incident took place on ----  ( a ) Saturday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday. 

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B. State T for true and ' F for false statements : 1x2=2

( i ) Five districts were damaged in flash floods . 

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( ii ) About seven NDRF teams were deployed to lead search and rescue operations . 

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C. Answer the following questions within twenty words : 

( 1 ) Why have NDRF teams been deployed after the incident ?

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4. Do as directed :- 1x6=6

( i) I offered him a job. ( voice)

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( ii )  The man is too weak to walk. ( omit 'too)

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( iii) Rita said to the boy, " What is the matter ?" ( Narration)

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( iv ) Close the door. (Voice)

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( v) As soon as I closed the door, somebody knocked. (Negative sentence)

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( vi) Our teacher said to us,  " the earth is round." (Narration)

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5. Replace the phrasal verb :- 1x4=4

( i ) Read the book carefully.

(ii ) He rejected my proposal. 

(iii ) The child resembles his mother. 

(iv) Do not hate the poor. 

List:- turn down, look down upon, put on, go through,  take after.

6. Write a paragraph with in 100 words on The Water Cycle, using the following flow chart :- 10

[Water evaporated from water bodies ---- rises as vapour ---- gets heavier ---- condensed,  forms clouds  ---- falls to earth as rain.]

Or,

Write a newspaper report on a road accident . Use the following hints :- 10

Hints : brake failure of a bus ---- collided with a truck ----5 injured including a child and a woman -----injured sent to hospital ------released with first aid ---- traffic disrupted ----police intervened ------normalcy restored ]