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Section A
Section A
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
2. Which word from Para 1 means 'that through which light cannot enter'.
(a) Cataract. (c) Cornea
(a) Throat-cancer
(c) Lung-cancer
6. Why does the lens of the eye become opaque in old age?
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:
a) garbage. b) Trash
7. According to the passage which is of the following is not an advantage of waste management?
8. According to research study what percentage of the waste was not managed properly?
a,)23%. B)33%
C)21%. D)39%
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
Or
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
Sunidhi: Sorry, Rahul is not at home. He has gone to market with my mummy'.
Shekhar: Yes please, tell him that I, Sumit and Ravi are going to see the Science Fair
him from the State Bank Square,
(Grammar )
2. He welcomed me.
I am welcomed by him.
C) No sooner did the teacher enter the class .......the boys stood up.
Section C ( prose )
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:
3. What thing rose in sudden demand after the second world war break out
C) demand of money
D) demand of food
1. How does the author describe the flute seller what does he say about the flute se
Or
Do any four:
C) Why does the intruder choose girard as the man whose identity he wants to tak
E)" They can't hang me twice" who says this ?why does the speakers say it?
Section D( poetry)
Twisting, withering,
Questions:
C) by absence of air
D) by absence of water
AWhat did you sent Peter ask the old lady for? What was ladie's reaction?
Or
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.
*5 Writing skill)
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
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.
A Street Quarrel
Or
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:
*(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:
Why did Margie hate school why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?
Or
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?
e.
Read the stanza carefully and answer the question that follow:
Question:
a Where does the traveller find himself? What problem does he face?
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?
Answer any one of the following question in about 80 -100 words: 1x5=5
Or
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
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?