Question

Class - IX
Time : 3Hours
Subject- English
Maximum Marks: 80
Section-A
Q.1 Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow:-( 1
(8 marks)
The orchard stood quietly in the sunlight. The apples were red and enticing. Our gaze was fixed on them. Without
losing a mòment, the small thieves rushed at the fruits, but the bigger and riper ones were higher up and out of reach
4 I promptly told the children to fetch a broken table and a piece of wire from the rubbish dump. Then, I showed them
low to fashion the wire into a hook. Two of the taller kids stood on the table, one pulling and the second picking the
fruits. The others passed them down busily enjoying themselves.
The small thieves admired my ingenuity, “Auntie, you are really great'. They ran around everywhere in excitement.
They screamed and yelled. In the midst of the commotion, the children's father suddenly appeared out of nowhere
and caught us unawares. The small thieves fled, leaving me, the gang chief neatly cornered.
“So, you have turned into a petty thief”, my brother joked. "What if you are arrested?” “Arrested? Me? Do I look
like a thief to you?" I sat up in my wheelchair and, feigning innocence, said, "Am I capable of such an act.
considering my physical condition?" Laughing, my brother pushed me home. I was not really after the apples. What
I was trying to steal was that quality called childhood.
Questions:-
How were the apples in the orchard?
Who were the small thieves?
3. Why were the apples out of their reach?
4. What did the narrator ask the children to fetch?
5. What did she teach them?
6. How did they appreciate their aunty?
7. How did they pluck the fruit?
8. How were they all caught unawares?
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Answer 1

Answer:

1.The apples were red and enticing

2.children

3.the bigger and riper ones were higher up and out of reach.

4.to fetch a broken table and a piece of wire from the rubbish dump.

5.