Class 9 English: Sample Question Paper Term I- 2 | Sample Papers For Class 9 PDF Download

Class - IX

General Instructions:

1. The Question Paper contains three sections.
2. Section A-READING has 18 questions. Attempt a total of 14 questions, as per specific instructions for each question.
3. Section B-WRITING & GRAMMAR has 12 questions. Attempt a total of 10 questions, as per specific instructions for each question.
4. Section C-LITERATURE has 30 questions. Attempt 26 questions, as per specific instructions for each question.
5. All questions carry equal marks.
6. There is NO negative marking.

Question No. 1 to 10 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

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. Concentration implies, first, an ability to release one’s thoughts and emotions from all other interests and involvements, and second, an ability to focus them on a single object or state of awareness. Concentration may assume various manifestations, from a dynamic outpouring of energy to perfectly quiescent perceptions. On every level of mental activity, it is the concentration that is the key to success. What is not generally known is that a concentrated mind succeeds not only because it can solve problems with greater dispatch, but also because problems have a way of somehow vanishing before its focused energies, without even requiring to be solved. A concentrated mind often attracts opportunities for success that, to less focused individuals, appear to come by sheer luck.

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 analyzed, and thus his knowledge comes. The astronomer also concentrates the powers 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 the professor in his chair, the students and his books—with every man who is working to know. 

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 at 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 is done.
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 on only 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 our realizing it. It, therefore, requires a lot of discipline, will power and self-control to focus or concentrate.
However, the effort is worth it and pays rich dividends in the form of accomplishment of our goals. This is the one call, the one knock which opens the gate of nature, and lets out floods of light.

Q.1: Find from the passage the antonym of gathered:
(a) scattered
(b) concentrate
(c) directions
(d) focus

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.2: What is the pre-requisite for acquiring knowledge?
(a) Confidence
(b) Concentration
(c) Energy
(d) Focus

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.3: What comes easily to a concentrated mind than to less focused individuals?
(a) Opportunities for success
(b) State of Awareness
(c) Problems
(d) Luck

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.4: How does a concentrated mind succeed?
(a) Solves problems quickly
(b) None of these
(c) Both solves problems quickly and problems vanish before its focused energies
(d) Problems vanish before its focused energies

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.5: What examples of professionals, who use their powers of concentration are cited in the passage?
(a) Cook
(b) Chemist
(c) Only chemist and astronomer
(d) Astronomer

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.6: The only method of acquiring knowledge according to the passage is ________.
(a) Start studying with focus
(b) Take help from professor and books
(c) There is not only one method of acquiring knowledge
(d) Use the power of concentration

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.7: How can concentration be developed?
(a) By patience and practice
(b) By losing control of our senses
(c) By focusing on many things at a time
(d) By thinking in varied directions

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.8: What are the key factors to develop focus or concentration?
(a) Discipline
(b) Self-Control
(c) Will Power
(d) All of these

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.9: How does being concentrated help us in our lives?
(a) We accomplish our goals
(b) We become a yoga guru
(c) We fall down the ladder of success
(d) We get a lot of money

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.10: Yoga is a practice that combines meditation, deep breathing, and stretching exercises. What is a person who performs yoga called?
(a) ascetic
(b) hermit
(c) meditator
(d) yogi

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Question No. 11 to 18 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
India faced a serious food shortage during the 1950s and 1960s. The major item of import at that time was foodgrain, capital goods, machinery and equipment. The balance of payment was adverse as imports were more than export in spite of all the efforts of import substitution. After 1970s, foodgrain import was discontinued due to the success of the Green revolution but the energy crisis of 1973 pushed the prices of petroleum, and the import budget was also pushed up. Foodgrain import was replaced by fertilizers and petroleum. Machine and equipment, special steel, edible oil and chemicals largely make the import basket. Examine the changing pattern of imports in Table and try to comprehend the shifts.
The table shows that there is a steep rise in the import of petroleum products. It is used not only as a fuel but also as an industrial raw material. It indicates the tempo of rising industrialization and a better standard of living. Sporadic price rise in the international market is another reason for the same. Import of capital goods maintained a steady increase due to rising demand in the export-oriented industrial and domestic sectors. Non-electrical machinery, transport equipment, manufacturers of metals and machine tools were the main items of capital goods. Import of food and allied products declined with a fall in imports of edible oils. Other major items of India’s import include pearls and semi-precious stones, gold and silver, metalliferous ores and metal scrap, non-ferrous metals,

electronic goods, etc. The details of Indian imports of some principal commodities during 2016-17 have been given below.

Q.11: What were the other major items of import?
(a) Transport equipment
(b) All of these
(c) Metal and machine tools
(d) Non-electrical machinery

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.12: Which of the following chart is correct regarding the year 2016-17 data of commodities as per the table given the above passage?

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.13: What problem did India face in 1950s and 1960s?
(a) Economic recession
(b) Unemployment
(c) Floods
(d) Food shortage

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.14: What were the major items of import during 1950s and 1960s?
(a) All of these
(b) Machinery and equipment
(c) Capital goods
(d) Food-grains

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.15: After which year was the food grain import ceased in India?
(a) 1960
(b) 1980
(c) 1970
(d) 1950

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.16: Food grain import was discontinued in India due to the success of ________.
(a) National Employment policy
(b) Food and development banks
(c) Brown revolution
(d) Green revolution

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.17: In which year were the prices of petroleum pushed up?
(a) 1973
(b) 1955
(c) 1977
(d) 1969

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.18: What became a major import item after 1973?

(a) Option C
(b) Option B
(c) Option A
(d) Option D

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Question No. 19 to 24 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Taking a cue from the following points you are supposed to write a descriptive paragraph on Bismillah Khan.
Bismillah learnt from uncle All Bux Vishnu temple of Benaras Balaji temple on Ganga - favorite places for Bismillah - selected for All India Radio (1938) - honour of playing shehnai on 15th August 1947- performed in USA, Canada, etc. - fond of Benaras symbol of India’s composite culture - awarded Bharat Ratna in 2001.

Q.19: Which one is the most appropriate description?
(a) Khan was invited to play shehnai on first Independence Day on 15th August 1947.
(b) Bismillah Khan honoured the nation by playing shehnai on first Independence Day.
(c) When India got independence on 15th August 1947, Bismillah Khan played shehnai.
(d) Khan earned the honour of becoming the first Indian to greet the nation on its Independence Day with his shehnai.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.20: Which of the following will you choose for your paragraph?
(a) In 2001, he was awarded the Bharat Ratna for his talent.
(b) He was awarded the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 2001.
(c) In 2001, he was conferred the prestigious Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award.
(d) He was awarded with Bharat Ratna for his musical contribution.

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.21: The fundamental task of descriptive writing is to
(a) using succinct and sensible sentences
(b) invoke all the five senses the reader possesses
(c) all of these
(d) describe in a way that it captures readers’ imagination

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.22: For Khan, his hometown was very close to his heart. Which of the following will be the most suitable way to describe it?
(a) Life of Bismillah revolved around the narrow alleys and ghats of Benaras.
(b) The bank of the holy Ganga in Benaras was his favorite place.
(c) Balaji temple and Mangla Maiya temples of Benaras attracted him the most.
(d) It is in the ghats of Varanasi that Khan’s heart resided.

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.23: What is the reason to write a descriptive essay?
(a) To inform the reader about technical features.
(b) To provide the reader with scientific details.
(c) To appeal to the reader's liking for numbers.
(d) To allow the reader to grasp the writer's idea through the reader's sense of sight, smell, taste, sound and touch.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.24: Which is the following statements is most apt closure?
(a) Bismillah Khan became immortal and a synonym for shehnai in India.
(b) Bismillah Khan was a symbol of the rich and composite culture of India.
(c) Bismillah Khan was the greatest shehnai player, India has ever produced.
(d) All of these

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.25: My mother ____ her optician tomorrow because her eyesight ____ worse since she got this computing job.
(a) is visiting / has become
(b) visits / becomes
(c) has visited / is becoming
(d) has visited / is becoming

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.26: Although manufacturers ________electric cars as prototypes for a number of years now, it will be a long time before they ________ common.
(a) produce / will become
(b) have been producing / become
(c) produced / are becoming
(d) are producing / became

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.27: The police ________ to have been called by the thieves themselves to the wrong address at the same time of the robbery.
(a) was supposed
(b) is supposed
(c) supposed
(d) are supposed

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.28: The people who lived there ________ everything they needed from the gifted forest.
(a) have got
(b) should get
(c) will get
(d) could get

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.29: Very _______ people fly just because of terrorist activities.
(a) few
(b) None of these
(c) little
(d) much

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.30: The student said, "Let me come in."
Reported speech: ________
(a) The student requested that he might be allowed to come in.
(b) The student told that let he be allowed to come in.
(c) The student requested to let him come in.
(d) The student said that if he is allowed to come in.

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Question No. 31 to 35 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
On Sunday afternoons Grandmother sent her down to the drawing-room to have a nice talk with Father and Mother. But the little girl always found Mother reading and Father stretched out on the sofa, his handkerchief on his face, his feet on one of the best cushions, sleeping soundly and snoring. She sat on a stool, gravely watched him until he woke up and stretched, and asked the time—then looked at her.
"Don't stare so, Kezia. You look like a little brown owl".

Q.31: Why did Grandmother send her down to the drawing-room on Sunday afternoons?
(a) To take her dance class
(b) To clean the drawing-room
(c) To spend quality time with her parents
(d) To play with other children

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.32: Which activity was Kezia's mother usually engrossed on Sunday afternoons?
(a) Reading
(b) Cleaning
(c) Painting
(d) Cooking

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.33: Find a word from the extract that is an antonym of the word cheerfully.
(a) Gravely
(b) Stretched
(c) Nicely
(d) Soundly

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.34: What did Kezia's father compare her to?
(a) The white kitten
(b) The brown owl
(c) A parrot
(d) A fairy

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.35: Kezia's father was stretched out on ________.
(a) the mat
(b) the bed
(c) the floor
(d) the sofa

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Question No. 36 to 40 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
I was born into a middle-class Tamil family in the island town of Rameswaram in the erstwhile Madras State. My father, Jainulabdeen, had neither much formal education nor much wealth; despite these disadvantages, he possessed great innate wisdom and true generosity of spirit. He had an ideal helpmate in my mother, Ashiamma. I do not recall the exact number of people she fed every day, but I am quite certain that far more outsiders ate with us than all the members of our own family put together.

Q.36: Who possessed great innate wisdom and true generosity of spirit?
(a) Abdul kalam's mother
(b) Abdul kalam's brother
(c) Abdul Kalam's father
(d) Abdul kalam's friend

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.37: Who does I refer to in the given extract?
(a) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(b) Ashiamma kalam
(c) Rahim kalam
(d) Jainulabdeen Kalan

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.38: What was the name of Kalam's mother?
i. Rahima
ii. Ashiamma
iii. Sivasubramania
iv. Dinamani
(a) Option (iii)
(b) Option (ii)
(c) Option (i)
(d) Option (iv)

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.39: Abdul kalam's father's name was ________
(a) Janabuddinn
(b) Jainulabdeen
(c) Jallal
(d) Jallaluddin

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.40: Where was APJ Abdul Kalam born?
(a) Mysore
(b) Kasauli
(c) Pune
(d) Rameswaram

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Question No. 41 to 45 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors,
crumbling rafters, crumbling wood,
crumbling bodies, crumbling lives, crumbling hearts
the wind god winnows and crushes them all.

Q.41: Which poetic device is used in the given stanza?
(a) Simile
(b) Repetition
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Transferred Epithet

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.42: Name the poet.
(a) Vikram Seth
(b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(c) Gieve Patel
(d) Subramania Bharati

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.43: Who is very clever?
(a) The houses
(b) The wood
(c) The rafters
(d) The wind

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.44: What does the wind God do?
(a) It crushes all that is weak
(b) It separates weaklings from the strong
(c) All of these
(d) It destroys lives

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.45: Write the word opposite in meaning to the word Frail.
(a) Flexible
(b) Weak
(c) Rude
(d) Strong

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Question No. 46 to 50 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
"I hope my dress will be ready in time for the State ball, " she said. "I have ordered flowers to be embroidered on it, but the seamstresses are so lazy."

Q.46: Who is the speaher of the above lines?
(a) Queen
(b) Maid of honour
(c) Queen's lover
(d) Happy Prince

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.47: Who is the speaker talking to?
(a) King
(b) Queen
(c) Maid
(d) Lover

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.48: She calls the seamstress:
(a) honest
(b) lazy
(c) old
(d) wise

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.49: She is not right in considering the seamstress to be lazy because it was ________ that had interrupted the completion of order in time.
(a) cold
(b) hunger
(c) fatigue
(d) all of these

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.50: Who are seamstresses?
(a) Maids
(b) The one who cleans clothes
(c) None of these
(d) The one who makes clothes

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.51: Why did Margie find the old schools interesting? (The Fun They Had)
(a) Because of the fun
(b) Because of human teachers
(c) All of these
(d) Because of many friends

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.52: Where did Einstein go after school?
(a) To a university in Munich
(b) To a university in Switzerland
(c) To a university in Zurich
(d) To a university in German

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.53: A Truly Beautiful Mind talks about which famous personality?
(a) Isaac Newton
(b) Albert Einstein
(c) Elsa
(d) Mileva Maric

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.54: Why was playing Pungi in Aurangzeb’s palace banned?
(a) All of these
(b) It had a sharp sound
(c) It was unpleasant
(d) It wasn’t good

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.55: What does the poet listen to? (Rain on the Roof)
(a) All the options are incorrect
(b) The sweet music of insects
(c) The sweet music of piano
(d) The sweet music of raindrops

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.56: What time of the day did Saint Peter reach the little woman's cottage? (A Legend of the Northland)
(a) At night
(b) In the morning
(c) At noon
(d) At the close of the day

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.57: How much did the ticket collector charge as Toto’s fare?
(a) Three rupees
(b) Four rupees
(c) Five rupees
(d) Six rupees

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.58: On what condition did the guru agree to be the next king? (In the Kingdom of Fools)
(a) None of these
(b) If his disciple would be a minister
(c) If he could order without thinking
(d) If old laws are changed

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.59: What did the child realize? (The Lost Child)
(a) None of these
(b) The fair was charming
(c) That parents are the most valuable asset
(d) The toys were attractive

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.60: Which festival was being celebrated in the story The lost child?
(a) Festival of Dussehra
(b) Diwali
(c) Festival of spring
(d) Festival of Eid

Correct Answer is Option (c)

The story was set in the spring season where people after a long and harsh winter enjoyed the onset of a pleasant season.