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HINDU GIRLS SR. SEC.

SCHOOL,KAITHAL
DECEMBER EXAMINATION (2023-24)
CLASS : IX
SUBJECT : English…
Time : 2.30 hrs
M.M.80
General Instruction :-
I. All questions are compulsory .
II. Handwriting should be neat and clean .
1. (Section A)

Read the passage carefully and give the answer to the question given below :

1. Cataract is the major cause of blindness, which is also caused by a damage to the cornea. It occurs more often in old age.
one starts growing old, the lens of the eye hardens, loses its transparancy and becomes opaque. It obstructs the light rays fr
entering the eye.

2. The onset of cataract blurs the vision. Sometimes, the cataract patient sees multiple images instead of a single object ima
Because of the gradual development of cataract, the afflicted person loses his/her vision and the world becomes dark to
him/her.

3. The development of cataract is a complex process. However, the following factors can be attributed to its formation. Cata
generally develops in old age but sometimes, children are born with eye-injuries too, can cause cataracts.

4.People exposed to sun rays for longer periods develop cataract earlier than others. Researchers

opine that the smoke inhaled while smoking carries substances internally damaging the eyes.

5. Ultraviolet radiation, invisible to the human eye, is linked to skin cancer. The victim loses vision and the world becomes d
to him.

QUESTIONS

1. What is the major cause of blindness?

(a) Smoking. c) cataract

(৮) Pollution. d)all of these

2. Which word from Para 1 means 'that through which light cannot enter'.
(a) Cataract. (c) Cornea

(b) Transparency. (d) Opaque

3. Which type of cancer is caused by ultraviolet radiation?

(a) Throat-cancer

(b) Skin cancer

(c) Lung-cancer

(d) All of these

4. When does cataract generally occur?

(a) Young age. c) No specific time

(b) Old age. d) Childhood

5. Which word is oppisite to 'invisible'?

(a) loses. c) visible

(d) dark. d)vision

6. Why does the lens of the eye become opaque in old age?

7. How does cataract affect its victim ultimately?

8. How does one detect cataract in early stages?

9. How is smoking responsible for the development of cataract?

10. Which factors can be attributed to the formation of cataract?

Passage - 2

1. 1. Garbage, trash, rubbish, or refuse is waste material that is discarded by humans, usually due to lack of utility. Garbage
great environment hazard. It comes from various sources - used paper tiffin packing, plastic bags, ice cream rappers, bottle
caps, fallen leaves from trees and many more. Garbage makes the premises ugly. Unkempit and breeds diseases. A lot of tra
that is thrown away contains material that can be recycled and we use such as paper metal and glass which can be sent to t
nearest recycling centre or dispose off to the junk dealer.

2 As of 2021, the world generated over 2.01 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually .At least 33% of that was was not
managed in an environmentally safe manner.It is estimated that up to 8 million metric tons of plastic reach the planet's oc
each year.

3.Garbage also contains organic matter of plastic reach the planet's can enrich soil fertility. A compost pit can be made at a
convenient location where the refuse can be placed with layers of soil and occasional streaking of water this would help
decomposition to make valuable fertilizers this would also prevent pollution that is usually caused by burning such organic
waste.

4. There are various advantages of waste management. Some of them are decrease bad other reduces pollution reduces the
production of waste, generate employment and produce energy.

QUESTIONS:

1. What is a great environment hazard?

2. What does the garbage contain?

3. Which material can be recycled?

4. How can garbage be useful?

5. Give two advantages of waste management?

6. Which is the synonym for waste material?

a) garbage. b) Trash

c) rubbish. d) all of these.

7. According to the passage which is of the following is not an advantage of waste management?

a) decrease odour. b) reduces pollution

C) gives more water. d) produces energy

8. According to research study what percentage of the waste was not managed properly?

a,)23%. B)33%

C)21%. D)39%

9. Which of the following is not worst effect of garbage?

a) it increases pollution c) its spreads diseases


B) it can be used as fertilizer. D) both a and b

10. Find a word from the passage that is offer used to refer to 'an unpleasant smell'?

A)produce. C)odour

B) pollution. D) ugly

2. Section B (Grammar and Writing)

Section B writing section

A Design a poster to promote save girl child campaign?

Or

Draft and advertisement of refrigerator

B) Write anapplication to M/s Haryana Publishing House, New Delhi for the wrong d
the books you offer to supply. you are the resident of Prem Nagar, Amritsar.

Or
B
You are Ankush, staying at 107 Dariyaganj ,Delhi .you have seen an advertisement f
public School Delhi .Write an application for the post of science teacher.

You are Pooja of Mount view public School Shimla write a notice for the school noti
second hand books of 9th class for sale.

Or

Read the following conversation and write a message:

C. Shekhar: Hello! Can I talk to Rahul ?

Sunidhi: Sorry, Rahul is not at home. He has gone to market with my mummy'.

Shekhar: When do you expect him to return home?

Sunidhi: He will be back by 5 p.m. Can I have a message for him?

Shekhar: Yes please, tell him that I, Sumit and Ravi are going to see the Science Fair
him from the State Bank Square,

Sunidhi: Okay! I'll convey the message. Anything else.


Shekhar: No, nothing else. Thank you .

(Grammar )

Use the correct form of verb given in the bracket :

1. Here ----the bus ( come).

2. Look !the sun ..........(rise)over The hills.

3. Meena........... her birthday every year (celebrate).

Fill in a blanks with suitable articles:

1. Arun bought ..........white shirt.

2. December is .......... oldest month.

3. Sumit is studying ........ English.

*3.. change of voice:

1. They are playing a match .

A) a match was played by them

B) a match is being played by them.

C. A Matchwill be played by them

D) A match were being played by them.

2. He welcomed me.

I am welcomed by him.

B) I am being welcomed by him.

C) I was welcome to buy him.

D) He was welcomed by me.

3. He has killed a lion.

A) a lion has been killed by him.

B) he has been killed by lion.


C) a lion was killed by him.

D) was a lion killed by him?

4. Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunction:

A) RAM is rich –....... miser.

a) and. b) but. c) until. D) because

B) strike the iron --– it is hot.

a) as. B) while. C) than. .d) but

C) No sooner did the teacher enter the class .......the boys stood up.

a) when b) than. C) both. D) as long as

Make the word by using the suffixes: age,full, ing.

Section C ( prose )

Read the message carefully and take the correct option:

The second World war broke out in 1939 when I was 8 years old. For reasons I have
demand for tamarind seeds erupted in the market. I used to collect the seeds and c
mosque Street a day is collection would fetch me the princely sum of one Anna. my
about the war which I would rather later in the headlines in the money our area be
by the war but soon India was forced to join the allied force and something like a st

Questions:

1. When did the second World war break out?

A) 1940. B) 1929. C) 1930. D) 1939

2. Name the chapter.

The snake and the mirror. B) My childhood

C) Kathmandu. D) Reach for the top.

3. What thing rose in sudden demand after the second world war break out

A) demand in tamarind seeds


B demand of newspaper

C) demand of money

D) demand of food

4. What do you think' Dinamani' is the name of:

A)boy. B) girl. C) newspaper. D) author.

5. Who is the author of this lesson?

A) Vikram Seth. B) Santosh Yadav

C) APJ Abdul Kalam. D) AK Ramanujan

Write a long question in about 100-150 words:

1. How does the author describe the flute seller what does he say about the flute se

Or

How does Abdul Kalam described his three close friends?

Write answer in 20 to 30 words.

Do any four:

A) Why was Santosh sent to local School?

B) What is the believe at Pashupatinath about the end of the Kalyug?

C) Why does the intruder choose girard as the man whose identity he wants to tak

D) Why did Sharapova leaves Siberia for the USA?

E)" They can't hang me twice" who says this ?why does the speakers say it?

Section D( poetry)

Read the stranger carefully and give the answer

Then the matter

Of scorching and choking

In sun and air,


Browning, hardening,

Twisting, withering,

And then it is done.

Questions:

1.Name of the poem and the poet?

A) On killing a tree by Gieve Patel

B) the road not taken by Robert Frost

C) The slumber did my spirit seal by William Wordsworth.

D) No men are foreign by James kirkup.

2. What is scorching done by?

A) moon. B)sun. C) tree. D) Earth

3. What is choking done by?

A) by absence of moon light

B) by absence of sun light

C) by absence of air

D) by absence of water

4. "And then it is done "what is done?

A) the end of the tree. B) the end of the universe

C) the end of the life. D) the end of the rain

5. In this poem what is a symbol of a tree?

A) life b) death. C) evil. D) fight

Answer any two of the following:

AWhat did you sent Peter ask the old lady for? What was ladie's reaction?

B)How does the woodpecker get her food ?


C) Write a theme of" No men are foreign."

Section E(supplementry reader)

Write a long question in about 120-150 words:

Describe the authors experience at school after the fire tragedy?

Or

Justify the title of the story" The last leaf".

Write the answers in about 20-30 words:

Who was Olga? What task did Sergei assign to her?

B) What is Johnsy's illness? what can cure her: the medicine or the willingness to liv

C) What happened to the laden heart of the prince and the dead swallow after they

D) what is the meaning of "my cat was back and so was I"Had the author gone anyw

1.
3

4.

5.

*2 Punctuate the following sentence:

1. i know german and mohan knows french

2. vikramaditya is famous for his judgment

3. Is the snake moving no it is not

4. father i want a knife

*3 Fill in the blanks with suitable articles:

1 What are we having for having…....lunch?

2 I go to Surat by........ Rajdhani Express

3 I shall be back in less than …..hour.

4 ........oranges are grown in Nagpur.

Change the voice :


1. May I take your dictionary?

2. When do you take breakfaSt?

3. Radhika has painted the picture.

4. Sudhir is beating his brother.

*5 Writing skill)

Attempt any one of the following:

You are Paramjeet Kaur ,student of Government High school ,Kaithal. You have lost your purse somewhere in the

school written notice for the school notice board for the same also announce some price

Or

Draft display advertisement for the sale of a washing machine.

Write an application to the librarian requesting him to remit the fine for returning the books late.
Or

Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting her to issue your school leaving certificate.

Write a paragraph on one topic:

A Street Quarrel

Or

How I saved a drowning child

*6(a) Section C (Main Reader ). 2x3=6

Read the passages given below and answer the question that follow:

Einstein was deeply shaken by the extent of the destruction this time he wrote a public missive to

the United nations in it he proposed the formation of a world government unlike the letter to

Roosevelt this one made no impact but over the next decade Einstein got ever more involved in

politics agitating for an end to the arms building up and using his popularity to campaign for peace

and democracy when Einstein died in 1955 at the age of 76 he was celebrated as visionary and
world citizen as much as a scientific genius.

Questions:

What was Einstein deeply shaken by?

What did he propose in his letter to the United nations?

For what purpose did he get more involved in politics?

.When did Albert Einstein die?

.How was Albert Einstein celebrated after his death?

*(b) Passage 2

The sound of Shehnai began to be considered auspicious and for this reason it is still played in

the temples and is an indispensable component of any north Indian wedding .In the past shehnai

was part of the naubat or traditional and ensemble of nine instruments found at low Royal Courts till recently it was used on
in temples and wedding. The credit for bringing this instrument on to the classical stage goes to ustad Bismillah Khan.

Questions:

How was the sound of the Shehnai considered?

On which occasion was the Shehnai played?

What was the Shehnai a part of?

What changes Bismillah Khan give to 'Shehnai'?

Name the lesson.

*7 Answer in about 80-100 words: 1x5=5

Why did Margie hate school why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?
Or

How did the little girl start understanding her father?

*8 Answer the questions about 20 to 30 word: 2x5=10

a. .What was kezia father routine before going to his office?

Where was the shehnai played traditionally how did bismillah Khan change this?
b. Who helped Evelyn to continue with music? What did he do and say?

c. What things about the book did Margie find strange?

d. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?

e.

*9. (Poetry section). 1x5=5

Read the stanza carefully and answer the question that follow:

And I shall have some peace there,

For peace comes dropping slow

Dropping from the veils of the morning

To where the cricket sings;

There midnights all a glimmer, and none are purple glow

And evenings full of linnets wings

Question:

1. .Who does I refer to in the first line?

2. What will the speaker have there?

3. What is the special feature of that land at midnight?

4. How are the evenings at that land?

5. What land is the speaker talking about?

*10. Answer any three questions given below: 2x3=6

a Where does the traveller find himself? What problem does he face?

b. What should we do to make friends with the wind?

c What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the darling dreamers he refers
to?
d. What does the poet hear and see when he visits that land and what is its effect on him?

*11. Supplementary Reader)

Answer any one of the following question in about 80 -100 words: 1x5=5

Narrate the story in the Kingdom of fools in your words

Or

Describe in brief the adventure of Toto the monkey.

*12. Answer the questions given below: 2x3=6

1. .How does Toto take a bath ?Where has he learned to do this? how does Toto almost had himself

alive?

2. How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to

create in his listeners?

3. Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?

Why does the happy Prince send a go before the seamstress? What does the swallow go in the

4. seamstress house?

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