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.]
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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 ]
