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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:

What is discipline? Is it absolute freedom to do what a person wants? Is freedom regardless of consequences? Does it mean corrective action after a problem occurs or wrong is done? Is its imposition? Is it abuse? Does it take away freedom?
The answer is none of the above Discipline does mean that a person takes a belt and beats up kids. That is madness, discipline is loving firmness. It is direction. It is prevention before a problem arises. It is harnessing and channeling energy for great performance. Discipline is not something you do to yourself but you do for those you care about.
Discipline is an act of love. Sometimes you have to be unkind to be kind Not all Medicines are sweet, not all surgeries are painless, but we have to take them. We need to learn from nature. We are all familiar with that big animal, the giraffe. A mama giraffe gives birth to a baby giraffe standing. All of a sudden the baby falls on the ground from the cushion of Mama's womb and sits on the ground. The first thing mama does is to get behind the baby and give him a hard kick. The baby gets up but sits down again. Mama keeps kicking till the baby gets on its feet and starts moving. Why? Because mama knows that the only chance of survival for the baby in the jungle is on its feet. Otherwise, it will be eaten up by wild cats and become dead meat.
Children brought up in a loving, disciplined, environment end up respecting their parents more and become law-abiding citizens. The reverse is just as true. Good parents are not afraid of momentary dislike by children to enforce the subject. Allowing a child to eat a box of chocolate could lead to sickness. At the same time, the discipline of eating one or two pieces a day can be an enjoyable experience for a longer time. Our instinct makes us do whatever we want regardless of the consequences.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired but the controlling of the desire. 

Q.1: What according to the writer is not discipline?
(a) Abuse of power
(b) All of these
(c) Taking corrective action after a problem occurs
(d) Giving absolute freedom regardless of consequences

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.2: How can you describe discipline?
i. Harness and channelize energy for great performance
ii. Not preventing problems before they arise
iii. Something you do for the ones you care for
iv. Love firmness
(a) Only (i), (iii), and (iv)
(b) Only (i) and (iii)
(c) Only (i) and (ii)
(d) Only (iv)

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.2: How can you describe discipline?
i. Harness and channelize energy for great performance
ii. Not preventing problems before they arise
iii. Something you do for the ones you care for
iv. Love firmness
(a) Only (i), (iii), and (iv)
(b) Only (i) and (iii)
(c) Only (i) and (ii)
(d) Only (iv)

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.3: What is unique about being disciplined?
(a) You have to be unkind to be kind
(b) You have to perform a painless surgery
(c) You have to hate others
(d) You have to be a sweet medicine

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.4: Why do you think a mama giraffe kicks her baby immediately after birth?
(a) She wants her baby to fight to other animals
(b) She wants her baby to cry
(c) She wants her baby to help her
(d) She wants her baby to stand up and survive

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.5: What would happen if the baby giraffe doesn’t stand on its feet?
(a) It would sleep
(b) It would fall prey to wild animals
(c) It would not be able to walk
(d) It would die

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.6: What is the role played by parents in creating law-abiding citizens?
(a) They have to create a loving and disciplined environment
(b) They have to worry about their child’s anger
(c) They have to super strict and ruthless
(d) They have to fulfill all their child’s needs

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.7: Our ________ makes us do whatever we want regardless of the consequences.
(a) instinct
(b) determination
(c) freedom
(d) discipline

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.8: How can one procure freedom in life?
(a) By teaching others about discipline
(b) By controlling one’s desires
(c) By fully enjoying life
(d) By being strict but loving parents

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.9: Meaning of the word 'consequences' in Para is:
(a) Benefits
(b) Problems
(c) Outcomes
(d) Drawbacks

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.10: In Para 3, the Antonym of the word survival is:
(a) Existence
(b) Death
(c) Life
(d) Happiness

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Question No. 11 to 18 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Soil is your garden’s natural growing medium, so it’s vital for the health and successful growth of your plants and crops that you keep it well maintained. Soil is basically rock that’s been ground down by the effects of the weather over a long period of time and made fertile by decayed organic matter (derived from dead insects and leaves). There are hundreds of different soil types, but they can broadly be classified as sandy, loamy or clay, referring to their basic texture. It is the texture that affects the drainage, aeration and nutrient content of the soil and you may have to take steps to improve on this in certain types of soil.
Sandy soil feels gritty when dry and even it’s wet particles will not stick together. Loams, on the other hand, can be moulded in the hand when moist, but aren’t at all sticky and gritty and are fairly loose when dry. Clay soil is sticky and smooth when wet, but becomes polished when rubbed and baked hard when dry.
Loamy soil is a well-balanced amalgamation of sand, silt and clay, which combines excellent drainage with sufficient moisture retention to assure good growing conditions for most plants. It’s fairly easy to look after, although loamy soils do benefit from regular applications of well-rotted organic matter to prevent getting tightly packed.
Clay soil is most difficult to work, usually becoming waterlogged, so they are virtually impossible to dig. Artificial drainage will probably be the first step in improving the texture of the soil and various additives will break down the structure to make use of its excellent food stocks.
The presence of chalk in the soil can also affect the growth of plants: some prefer slightly acid (chalk-free) soils, while others grow more successfully in alkaline, chalky soils. Most fruits and vegetables, however, grow better in neutral soil.

Q.11: We should keep soil well maintained as:
(a) it absorbs and retains water
(b) it raises water table
(c) it is the garden’s natural growing medium.
(d) it responds to the effects of weather

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.12: Soil is divided into various types on the basis of:
(a) aeration
(b) colour
(c) texture
(d) drainage

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.13: Loamy soil is the best for plant growth because:
(a) it has weak drainage and retention
(b) its texture responds slowly to decayed organic matter
(c) it is a well-balanced mixture of sand, silt and clay
(d) it gets tightly packed unless looked after well

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.14: Clay soils are the most difficult to work as:
(a) they don't hold water well
(b) they usually become waterlogged
(c) they require natural drainage and additives
(d) the soil particles are not held together

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.15: Soil must be tested before growing fruits and vegetables because
(a) they need alkaline soil
(b) they prefer slightly acidic soil
(c) they flourish in over-acidic soil
(d) they grow better in neutral soil

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.16: Consistency in para 5 means:
(a) in agreement with
(b) firmness
(c) thickness
(d) having same opinion

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.17: ________ that affects the drainage, aeration and nutrient content of the soil.
(a) Texture
(b) Sand
(c) Clay
(d) Alkaline

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.18: ________ soil is a well-balanced amalgamation of sand, silt and clay.
(a) Neutral
(b) Sandy
(c) Clay
(d) Loamy

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Question No. 19 to 24 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

The yellow mittens I made in seventh-grade home economics proved that I dreamed in colour. For the unit on knitting, we were supposed to turn in a pair of mittens. The two hands had to be precisely the same size so that when we held them together, palm to palm, no extra stitches would stick out from the thumb, the tip of the fingers, or the cuff. Somewhere between making the fourth and the fifth mitten to fulfill this requirement, I dreamed that the ball of yellow yarn in my bag had turned green. Chartreuse, leaf, Granny Smith, lime, neon, acid green. The brightness was electric. I woke up knowing that I was,

once again, doomed for a D in homework.

Q.19: The use of word brightness in the last line creates ________ image.
(a) sensory
(b) auditory
(c) video
(d) electric

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.20: The writer has given pure description of which of the following in this paragraph?
(a) Efforts needed to knit mitten
(b) Vivid colours
(c) Power of dreams
(d) Different size of mittens

Correct Answer is Option (b)

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

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.22: What is used in a descriptive piece to make things seem real and remarkable?
(a) Imagery
(b) Analogy
(c) Symbolism
(d) Metaphor

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.23: A variety of what does Chartreuse, leaf, Granny Smith, lime, neon, acid represent in the context of the given paragraph?
(a) Variety of Plants
(b) Variety of Dishes
(c) Variety of Colours
(d) Variety of Apple

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.24: Good descriptive writing should avoid to which of the following points:
(a) Well-organized in terms of time and space and occurrence
(b) Impacts on the reader's senses and allow them to grasp the writer's idea
(c) Use technical jargon and opinions
(d) Use specific phrases and figures of speeches

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.25: I _____ my foot playing tennis last week, and now I can hardly walk.
(a) was injuring
(b) injure
(c) injured
(d) have injured

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.26: She last drove a car three years ago. Since she ________ an accident, she ________ a car for three years.
(a) had had, hasn’t driven
(b) has, hasn’t driven
(c) had, hasn’t driven
(d) had had, didn't drive

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.27: Neither the man nor his son ________ convinced of the idea.
(a) has
(b) was
(c) had
(d) have

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.28: He had such bad flu that he ________ breathe through his nose.
(a) didn't use to
(b) wouldn't
(c) shouldn’t
(d) couldn’t

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.29: I always keep _____ money in my wallet for emergencies.
(a) some
(b) every
(c) more
(d) any

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.30: He said, "I have often told you not to waste your time".
Reported speech: ________
(a) He told that he had often told him not to waste his time.
(b) He said that he had often told not to waste your time.
(c) He said that he had often suggested to him not to waste his time.
(d) He said that he had often told him not to waste his time.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Question No. 31 to 35 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

Laboriously, with a double cotton, the little girl stitched three sides. But what to fill it with? That was the question. The grandmother was out in the garden, and she wandered into Mother's bedroom to look for scraps. On the bed table she discovered a great many sheets of fine paper, gathered them up, tore them into tiny pieces, and stuffed her case, then sewed up the fourth side. That night there was a hue and cry in the house. Father's great speech for the Port Authority had been lost. Rooms were searched; servants questioned. Finally Mother came into Kezia's room. "Kezia, I suppose you didn't see some papers on a table in our room?" Oh yes, she said, "I tore them up for my surprise." What! screamed Mother. "Come straight down to the dining-room this instant."

Q.31: Why did Kezia tear the papers?
i. to play
ii. to clean her room
iii. to fill the cushion
iv. all of these
(a) Option (iv)
(b) Option (i)
(c) Option (ii)
(d) Option (iii)

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.32: Who made hue and cry in the house?
(a) Kezia's mother
(b) Kezia's father
(c) Kezia's grandmother
(d) None of these

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.33: Where was the Grandmother?
(a) none of these
(b) in little girl's room
(c) in garden
(d) in mother's bedroom

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.34: Trace the word, which means tiny pieces in the extract.
(a) none of these
(b) sewed
(c) scraps
(d) gathered

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.35: Name the people in Kezia's family.
(a) grandmother
(b) mother
(c) father
(d) all of these

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Question No. 36 to 40 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

The Second World War broke out in 1939, when I was eight years old. For reasons I have never been able to understand, a sudden demand for tamarind seeds erupted in the market. I used to collect the seeds and sell them to a provision shop on Mosque Street. A day's collection would fetch me the princely sum of one aana. My brother-in-law Jallal-ud-din would tell me stories about the War which I would later attempt to trace in the headlines in Dinamani. Our area, being isolated, was completely unaffected by the War. But soon India was forced to join the Allied Forces and something like a state of emergency was declared. The first casualty came in the form of the suspension of the train halt at Rameshwaram station. The newspapers now had to be bundled and thrown out from the moving train on the Rameshwaram Road between Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi. That forced my cousin Shamshud-din, who distributed newspapers in Rameshwaram, to look for a helping hand to catch the bundlesand, as if naturally, I filled the slot. Shamsh-ud-din helped me earn my first wages. Half a century later, I can still feel the surge of pride in earning my own money for the first time.

Q.36: Which seeds did Kalam collect during the Second World War?
i. Guava seeds
ii. Tamarind seeds
iii. flax seeds
iv. Mango seeds
(a) Only (ii)
(b) Only (iii)
(c) Only (iv)
(d) Only (i)

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.37: Why did Kalam collet tamarind seeds?
i. to grow plants
ii. to eat them
iii. to earn good money
iv. none of these
(a) Only (iv)
(b) Only (i)
(c) Only (ii)
(d) Only (iii)

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.38: Where did Kalam sell seeds?
i. in a market
ii. to other children
iii. people of is society
iv. to a provision store on mosque street
(a) Only (i)
(b) Only (iv)
(c) Only (iii)
(d) Only (ii)

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.39: How much money did Kalam earn after selling seeds?
i. 2 anna
ii. 3 anna
iii. 1 anna
iv. 4 anna
(a) Only (i)
(b) Only (ii)
(c) Only (iv)
(d) Only (iii)

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.40: Who was Shamsh-us-din?
(a) Kalam's neighbour
(b) Kalam's cousin
(c) Kalam's friend
(d) Kalam's brother

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Question No. 41 to 45 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

The wind blows out weak fires
He makes strong fires roar and flourishes
His friendship is good
We praise him every day.

Q.41: What does it do with strong fires?
(a) It makes them rise higher
(b) It makes them flourish
(c) All of these
(d) It makes them roar

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.42: Whose friendship is termed to be good in the given lines?
(a) Wind
(b) Water
(c) Sun
(d) Fire

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.43: Write the word opposite in meaning to the word friendship.
(a) Hatred
(b) Rivals
(c) Love
(d) Enmity

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.44: What is the wind symbolic of?
(a) Challenges
(b) All of these
(c) Obstacles
(d) Adversities

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.45: Name the poet.
i. Subramania Bharati
ii. Vikram Seth
iii. Gieve Patel
iv. Sarojini Naidu
(a) Option (iv)
(b) Option (i)
(c) Option (ii)
(d) Option (iii)

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Question No. 46 to 50 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

"When I was alive and had a human heart," answered the statue, "I did not know what tears were, for I lived in the Palace, where sorrow is not allowed to enter. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was."

Q.46: Who is I here?
(a) Seamstress
(b) Queen
(c) Swallow
(d) Happy Prince

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.47: When did the prince not know what tears were?
(a) When he was alive
(b) When he had a human heart
(c) Neither when he was alive nor he had a human heart
(d) Both when he was alive and he had a human heart

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.48: ________ called him the Happy Prince.
(a) Friends
(b) Courtiers
(c) Siblings
(d) Parents

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.49: ________ was not allowed to enter the palace.
(a) Sorrow
(b) All of these
(c) Enemy
(d) Bird

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.50: Which word from the following means the same as in reality?
(a) Alive
(b) Enter
(c) Called
(d) Indeed

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.51: The County Inspector had a whole box of (The Fun They Had)
(a) pins, tools and chocolates
(b) pins
(c) tools and chocolates
(d) tools with dials and wires

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.52: What did Einstein call Mileva Maric?
(a) Clever Creature
(b) A dumbo
(c) A good lady
(d) Silly

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.53: By what age did Einstein not learn to speak?
(a) Five and half years
(b) Three and half years
(c) Two and half years
(d) Four and half years

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.54: Why was the event of Shehnai Playing on 15th August a historic one?
(a) All of these
(b) It was Independence day
(c) Bismillah became popular
(d) People appreciated his performance

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.55: Raindrops are comparing with
(a) dew drops
(b) droplets
(c) teardrops
(d) shower of blessing

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.56: How do the children wearing furry clothes look? (A Legend of the Northland)
(a) They look like foxes
(b) They look like bear’s cubs
(c) They look like fawns
(d) They look like little pups

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.57: How was Toto taken to Saharanpur?
(a) In a canvas kit-bag
(b) In a little cage
(c) In a basket
(d) In a big black plastic bag

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.58: What was deemed as a punishable offence in the story, In the Kingdom of Fools?
(a) Disobeying the minister's orders
(b) Work at night
(c) Sleep during day
(d) Disobeying the king's orders of work during night and sleep during day

Correct Answer is Option (d)

The king and the minister wanted to do things differently in their kingdom. So they ordered that people should be awake and go about their business at night and sleep during the day. Disobeying these orders of the king equalled to a punishable offence.

Q.59: What did the child want to eat at the fair? (The Lost Child)
(a) Jalebi
(b) Ladoo
(c) Pastry
(d) Burfi

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.60: Inside the grove, the child became excited to see ________. (The Lost Child)
(a) ostrich
(b) peacock
(c) dove
(d) sparrow

Correct Answer is Option (c)