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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:

Maggie is a golden doodle. However, she turned out to be more golden than a doodle. She has lots of energy, is very loving, a people pleaser, soft and she loves every minute of life. But when she was small, we called her "The Demon". She lived to jump on me, bite me, and steal anything. My goal had been to get a dog that would keep me walking every day. But more than that, I am in a period of my life where I was looking for a way to give back. Seeing Maggie's loving personality and high energy, I realized that Maggie needed a job and I needed to volunteer, and if we worked together, we could both have that. But the little "demon" needed to be tamed! After going through beginner and intermediate obedience at Canine Academy, I knew that Maggie would benefit from the Off-Leash program and that would help her get ready to become a therapy dog so that she could be busy and I could give back. She is home from the Academy now, and what a great dog she is! She loved her training and did very well at Canine Academy. Walks that used to be difficult because, at 75 lbs, her pulling on the leash was hard on me, are now a pleasure. We walk twice every day and she has many friends in the neighborhood, that have watched her grow from an unruly puppy to a beautiful companion, thanks to the Canine Academy. We train every day and she loves to attend the weekly training sessions that the Off-Leash graduates take part in. Lisa and her trainers gave Maggie the tools she needed to be an absolutely wonderful dog. Now we work together to fine-tune those tools and everyone that knew her before is quite impressed by how well-behaved she is now. My life is so much better with Maggie in it, but part of that is thanks to the wonderful people at the Canine Academy and the great work they do with dogs. If I ever add to my dog family, we will surely be calling them again!

Q.1: What is meant by the word, impressed? (Para 2)
(a) affected
(b) afraid
(c) delighted
(d) charmed

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.2: Who is Maggie?
(a) A dog
(b) A girl
(c) A fish
(d) A demon

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.3: What qualities of Maggie are mentioned by the author in the opening paragraph?
(a) She bites everyone
(b) She is always low on energy
(c) She is a villain
(d) She is soft and loving

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.4: What was Maggie called when she was small?
(a) A Doodle
(b) Golden Doodle
(c) Golden Dog
(d) The Demon

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.5: Which academy does she go to?
(a) Dog Family
(b) Off-Leash Academy
(c) Academy of Dogs
(d) Canine Academy

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.6: What training programmes did Maggie undergo?
i. Beginner Obedience Programme
ii. Intermediate Obedience Programme
iii. Advanced Obedience Programme
iv. Off-Leash Training Programme
(a) Only (i) and (ii)
(b) Only (i), (ii), and (iii)
(c) Only (i), (ii), and (iv)
(d) Only (i)

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.7: What change occurred in Maggie after training?
(a) She became well behaved
(b) She became high on energy
(c) She became a people pleaser
(d) She had a soft fur now

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.8: The narrator wanted Maggie to become a ________ dog.
(a) therapy
(b) soft
(c) calm
(d) good

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.9: Narrator's life is better with ________ in it.
(a) Dogs
(b) Lisa
(c) Canine Academy
(d) Maggie

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.10: What is meant by the word, tamed? (Para 1)
(a) trained
(b) disciplined
(c) calmed
(d) taught

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Question No. 11 to 18 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Chromotherapy is based on the fact that various lights have definitive energy bands and are linked to various organs of the body, and can help to heal them. The body has been divided into seven chakras or seven colours. For instance, it begins with the colour red going up to the head where violet is present. Their effects are also varied. Here, red works for vegetative functioning of the body, green is the centre around the heart and violet and blue represent mind related energy or spiritual energy or the cognitive energy of the body. This form of alternative therapy provides light to specific organs of the body, in order to heal them.
This form of therapy has no side-effects. It can heal cataract, leukaemia, anxiety and panic, among other things. But it has so far only been used as a supportive treatment. But let us not forget that there is definite interest in its scientific principles across the globe.
An interesting study that defines the reasons behind anxiety explains that changes in the biological clock lead to neurohormonal imbalance causing disorders. Croatian scientists suggest that "Chromotherapy can regulate neurohormonal balance in the human brain by activating or inhibiting complex physiological, biological and biochemical processes in the human brain such as synthesis of various neurohormones".
It is primarily based on Einstein's theory that the body has energy correlate outside it and if this energy correlate is brought in contact with the organ, it can actually heal the body. This includes all forms of mental or personality disorders.
While different colours have different frequencies and respond differently when applied to body parts, a few pointers could help next time you feel 'blue'. For instance, the colour orange is best for people suffering from digestive ailments and those with weak immune systems. Red works for increasing blood circulation and stimulating the body and mind. Consumption of yellow coloured fruits and vegetables energizes the muscles and nerves and is also beneficial to those suffering from paralysis.

Q.11: The unique thing about this theory is that:
(a) It deals with disorders
(b) It has no side effects
(c) It is transparent
(d) It is elaborative

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.12: Neurohormones are:
(a) hormones created in the brain
(b) chemicals created in the stomach
(c) hormones created in the reproductive parts
(d) hormones created in the bloodstream

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.13: Chromotherapy is based on the fact that various lights have definitive ________.
(a) heat
(b) light
(c) shape
(d) energy

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.14: Red colour works for the vegetative functioning of the ________.
(a) organ
(b) mind
(c) body
(d) heart

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.15: ________ colour is the centre around the heart.
(a) Green
(b) Violet
(c) Blue
(d) Red

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.16: ________ therapy can be used as a supportive treatment:
(a) Neurotherapy
(b) Chakra-therapy
(c) Physiotherapy
(d) Chromotherapy

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.17: The body has been divided into seven chakras or ________ colours.
(a) Eight
(b) Nine
(c) Seven
(d) Six

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.18: ________ scientists suggest that Chromotherapy can regulate neurohormonal balance in the human brain.
(a) Italian
(b) Indian
(c) German
(d) Croatian

Correct Answer is Option (d)

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

Choose one of the well-known characters/people given below in the box and write a short story on a day in their life. Remember to use your imagination to make them come to life even if you don’t know the characters.

Wonder Woman, Helen Keller, Tintin, Birbal, Charlie Chaplin, Serena Williams, Tansen, Hermione Granger

Q.19: The plot of this story will be based on which of the following situation?
(a) Dramatic
(b) Comic
(c) Imaginary
(d) Real-life

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.20: Which of the following is not an element of a short story?
i. Character
ii. Context
iii. Conflict
iv. Climax
(a) Option (iv)
(b) Option (iii)
(c) Option (i)
(d) Option (ii)

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.21: In which part of your story the action will develop and introduces the element of crisis/conflict?
(a) Middle
(b) Beginning
(c) All of these
(d) Climax

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.22: Which of the following will not be required for the setting of this story?
(a) Season and Weather
(b) Time and Place
(c) Incidents and Actions
(d) Landscape and Scenery

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.23: What carries the basic or central idea of the story?
(a) Theme
(b) Setting
(c) Climax
(d) Plot

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.24: What will enhance the outlook of your story?
(a) Lucid narrative
(b) All of these
(c) An interesting plot
(d) Using innovative language

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.25: One important field in which the laser ______ many applications ________ communication.
(a) have / is
(b) does / are
(c) was / are
(d) has / is

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.26: The football team that ____ last year's championship ____ little chance of winning it again this year.
(a) was going to win / stand
(b) was winning / stood
(c) has won / has stood
(d) won / stands

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.27: Giving a speech in front of such a big crowd who are made up of intellectuals ________ a very difficult action, I suppose.
(a) are
(b) were
(c) is
(d) was

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.28: I'm afraid that I ________ play tennis tomorrow. I've got a dentist's appointment.
(a) would not be able to
(b) couldn’t
(c) can’t
(d) wouldn't

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.29: Don't think there will be a severe shortage of usable water because there was _________ rain fall yesterday.
(a) few
(b) little
(c) a lot of
(d) any

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.30: Choose the correct reported speech of a given sentence:
They said, "We really enjoyed a movie, we have never seen such a movie in life."
(a) They said that they really enjoyed a movie, they never saw such a movie in life.
(b) They said that they really had enjoyed a movie they have never seen such a movie in life.
(c) They said that we really had enjoyed a movie we had never seen such a movie in life.
(d) They said that they really had enjoyed a movie they had never seen such a movie in life.

Correct Answer is Option (d)

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

Not surprisingly, Evelyn delights her audiences. In 1991 she was presented with the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Soloist of the Year Award. Says master percussionist James Blades, "God may have taken her hearing, but he has given her back something extraordinary. What we hear, she feels - far more deeply than any of us. That is why she expresses music so beautifully".
Q.31: Which award was presented to Evelyn by the Royal Philharmonic Society?
(a) Student of the Year Award
(b) Most promising dancer of the Year
(c) Soloist of the Year Award
(d) Best Actress award

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.32: God may have taken her hearing but he has given her back something extraordinary. Who said this?
(a) Ron Forbes
(b) Deborah Cowley
(c) Evelyn Glennie
(d) James Blades

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.33: Write the synonym of presented.
(a) Awarded
(b) Prevented
(c) Believed
(d) Tempted

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.34: What extraordinary ability does Evelyn have in spite of being deaf?
(a) She could feel the music very deeply
(b) She had an eagle's eye
(c) She could cherish the bird's song
(d) She could sense danger

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.35: In which year was Evelyn presented with the award by the Royal Philharmonic Society?
(a) 1964
(b) 1999
(c) 1991
(d) 1977

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Question No. 36 to 40 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
In 1900, at the age of 21, Albert Einstein was a university graduate and unemployed. He worked as a teaching assistant, gave private lessons and finally secured a job in 1902 as a technical expert in the patent office in Bern. While he was supposed to be assessing other people’s inventions, Einstein was actually developing his own ideas in secret. He is said to have jokingly called his desk drawer at work the "Bureau of theoretical physics".

Q.36: In which year did Albert Einstein secure a job in the patent office in Bern?
(a) 1947
(b) 1902
(c) 1912
(d) 1900

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.37: Albert Einstein finally secured a job in the patent office in Bern as a ________.
(a) Technical expert
(b) Secretary
(c) Accountant
(d) Typist

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.38: Write the synonym of Bureau.
(a) School
(b) Office
(c) Beaurocrats
(d) Brand

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.39: In which year did Albert complete his graduation?
(a) 1902
(b) 1905
(c) 1900
(d) 1922

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.40: How old was Albert Einstein when he became a university graduate?
(a) 16 years old
(b) 18 years old
(c) 24 years old
(d) 21 years old

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Question No. 41 to 45 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

Q.41: Why did the poet choose the second road?
i. because it was well built
ii. because it was beautiful
iii. because it was not used by many people and was appealing to the poet
iv. all of these
(a) option (iv)
(b) option (ii)
(c) option (iii)
(d) option (i)

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.42: What does the poet's decision of taking less travelled road signify?
(a) poet's negligence
(b) poet's curiosity
(c) arrogance of the poet
(d) poet's risk-taking habit

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.43: The poet doubts his come back because
(a) he is a man on the move
(b) he is very lazy
(c) he never repeats himself
(d) he continues to follow the road he chooses

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.44: What does the choice of road signify?
(a) too many things
(b) none of these
(c) two paths
(d) toughness of a choice and decision in life

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.45: Find a word from the extract that means crushed.
(a) trodden
(b) lay
(c) doubted
(d) leads

Correct Answer is Option (a)

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

A flower-seller hawked, "A garland of gulmohur, a garland of gulmohur!" The child A flower-seller hawned, seemed irresistibly drawn. He went towards the basket where the flowers lay heaped seemed ifresisubred, "I want that garland." But he well knew his parents would refuse and half murmured, " to buy him those flowers.

Q.46: Where was the child in the above extract?
(a) None of these
(b) Family function
(c) Market
(d) Village fair

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.47: What did he want to have?
(a) All of these
(b) Lots of sweets
(c) A bunch of balloons
(d) A garland of gulmohur

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.48: How is the child described in the above extract?
(a) Both Irresistible and Patient
(b) None of these
(c) Patient
(d) Irresistible

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.49: But he knew well his parents would to buy him flowers.
(a) agree
(b) scold
(c) beat him
(d) refuse

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.50: Which word from the following means the same as 'to say something in a low voice'?
(a) Drawn
(b) Murmured
(c) Hawker
(d) Heaped

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.51: Margie was disappointed because they
(a) took away the mechanical teacher
(b) asked Tommy to go and study
(c) asked Margie to leave the house
(d) didn’t take away the mechanical teacher

Correct Answer is Option (d) 

Margie was disappointed because they didn’t take away the mechanical teacher.

Q.52: Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
(a) Once he beat her for tearing his papers
(b) She thought that he was a hard-hearted man
(c) He used to speak rudely to her and always found faults in her
(d) All of these

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.53: Where did Kalam sell seeds?
(a) To provide them to a provision store on a mosque street
(b) To other children
(c) People of his society
(d) In a market

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.54: Which word has been repeated in the poem Wind?
(a) Crushes
(b) Steadfast
(c) Crumbling
(d) Strong

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.55: What is the meaning of faithless in poem Wind?
(a) proximate
(b) hollow
(c) Honest
(d) Loyal

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.56: Children of the Northland dress up with ________ clothes.
(a) raincoat
(b) linen
(c) furry
(d) cotton

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.57: The other animals in grandfather’s private zoo were at (The Adventures of Toto)
(a) Grandfather’s mercy
(b) Toto’s mercy
(c) Grandmother’s mercy
(d) Writer’s mercy

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.58: In the Kingdom of Fools when did the people sleep?
(a) After six months
(b) They never slept
(c) During the day
(d) During the night

Correct Answer is Option (c) 

Q.59: Who noticed the dull state of the Prince's statue in the story, The Happy Prince?
(a) The Art Professor
(b) The Town Clerk
(c) The Town Councillor
(d) The Mayor

Correct Answer is Option (d) 

The Mayor was walking in the square along with the Town Councillors when he noticed  the dull state of the Prince's statue.

Q.60: The statue of the happy prince was covered with the layer of ________.
(a) brass
(b) diamond
(c) silver
(d) gold

Correct Answer is Option (d) 

The statue of the happy prince was covered with a layer of gold.