Question

Mid Term Exam-2020-21
English
Class-IX
Time: 2 Hrs
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Qtn !: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions:
40
( 1x 5 marks)
The Second World War broke out in 1939, when I was eight years old .For reason 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 of Mosque Street. A day's collection would fetch me the princely sum
of one anna. My brother-in-law Jallaluddin would tell me stories about the War which I wouldlater
attempt to trace in the headlines in Dinamani.
1. When did the Second World War break out?
A) 1939
b) 1942 c) 1919
d) 1945
2. How old was Abdul Kalam that time ?
a) 50 years
b) 8 years c) 15 years
d) 80 years
3 A sudden demand for
seeds erupted in the market.
a) Chilly
b) Garlic c) Tamarind
d) weapons
4 Where did he sell the tamarind seeds ?
a) Book shop b) Merchant c) Friends d) Provision Shop
5. How much did he earn by collecting and selling the tamarind seeds
a) One anna b) 50 rupees c) 10 rupees d) 5 rupees
Qtn 2 .Read the following Stanza and anwer the questions
(1 x 5 marks)
When the humid shadows hover
Over all the starry spheres
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
What a bliss to press the pillow
of a cottage -chamber bed
And lie listening to the patter
Of the soft rain overhead!
1.
2.
3.
Who is the poet of the poem "Rain On The Roof" ?
a) Robert Frost b) Subramania Bharati
c) Coates Kinney d) Shakespear
The poet is
the patter of the rain.
a) Listening to b) Bathing to
c) Crying to d) Sleeping to
How do you feel when it rains ?
a) Sad
b) Happy
c) Angry
d) Any other
What a bliss to press
?
a) Floor
b) Bed
c) Pillow
d) Bed sheet
The sound made by the falling drops of rain is.
a) Melancholy b) Hover
c) Patter
d) Over head
4.
5
Qtn 3 Your father purchased a pet dog. Write a diary entry in 120 words expressing your feeling and
importance of dog.
( 5 marks )
Qtn 4 Complete the following story in about 120 words.
(5 marks)
There was a jungle. A crow felt thirsty​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.a)1939

2.b)8 years

3.c)tamarind

4.d)provision shop

5.a)one anna

Question 2

c.crying to

.c.pillow

any other

d.d.rainhead

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

which line shows that the poet is happy when it rains