Provide CBSE previous year SA1 question paper of English [Class 9]
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Subject : English
Class : 9 (CBSE)
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Summative Assessment -1
Class 9th = CBSE - English
2015-16
General Instructions:
1. This question paper contains 11 questions and 6 printed pages.
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. Marks of each question are indicated against it.
Section – A (Reading)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow: [In MS word Document]
2. Read the passage carefully. [ See this in MS word document]
Section – B (Writing and grammar)
3. You have still not forgotten the day when you made your first public speech. Recall the change in your personality as you overcame the fear of facing people and weight a page in your dairy in about 100-120 words.
4. Write a story about 150-200 words, beginning with the following words” => Denver and his wife, Heidi got ready to conquer mr. Everest, when suddenly ……………………….
5. Fill in each blank with only one word.
Rivers are considered holy (a)___ India but they are hardly treated (b)___ Respect. All kinds of dust and filth find their way in to (c)___rovers if have to treat (d)___purify water (e)____drinking it, how can fish survive in this water? Every year the Gomti river (f)___the death bed for thousand of fish because the water released from the neighboring industries carries effluents.
6. In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the missing word and the word that comes after it against the correct blank number.
Decision –ranking is very vital part of is a very
our lives. The is because we are today [a]……. ………. ………..
is largely the result the decisions we took [b]……. ………. …………
in the past. Whatever happens tomorrow be [c].... ……….. …………
a result of the decisions take at present [d]……… ………… ………..
it is not possible to reverse wrong decisions [e]…… ……….. …………
taken the past,but it is possible to train [f]………… ……….. …………
ourselves become good decision make [g]……….. ………… ………….
make for the future. So we must decisions [h]…… ……. …………..
judiciously.
7. Read the given dialogue and complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks using reported speech.
Richa: congratulations aditi. You have done wonders in the examinations.
Aditi: thank you.
Richa: tell me how did you manage to get 94% marks?
Aditi: I would study for four hours daily . Regular hard work is necessary to score well.
Richa congratulated aditi and told her that she(a)___in the examinations.
Aditi thanked her. Richa then enquired how she (b)___ to get 94% marks.
Aditi replied that she (c) ___ four four hours daily and added that regular hard work was necessary to score well.
Section – C (literature)
8. A. Read the given extract and answer . [ In MS word]
9. Answer the following in about 30-40 words.
a. Is it appropriate to say that William words worth was truly impressed by the solitary reaper’s song?
b. Why did Robert frots decide to thread on the second road?
c. How did Sudha Murthy tease her grandmother when she expressed her desire to read?
d. The depiction of the brook in its initial stage appears to be quite close to that of young child. Give reasons to support your answer.
10. A. One is often to taste the fruit of one’s hard work. Explain with reference to the story. ‘A Dong Named Duke; in about 8—100 words.
Or
B. Describe the journey of the grandmother from illiteracy to literacy in about 80-100 w.
11. A. Describe any two humorous incidents from the novel, Three Men in a Boat.
Or
B. Write a character sketch of the author Jerome K. Jerome, based on your reading of the chapters 1 to 10 of the novel, Three men in a boat, in about 150-200 words.
Subject : ENGLISH
Class: IX
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks :70
General Instructions :
(i) The question paper is divided into 3 sections :
SECTION A : Reading 20 marks
SECTION B : Writing and Grammar 25 marks
SECTION C : Literature 25 marks
(ii) All questions are compulsory
(iii) You may attempt any section at a time
(iv) All questions of that particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
SECTION 'B' WRITING & GRAMMAR (25 Marks)
2. Write and article in about 100-200 words for your school magazine on the topic 'Global Warming : A Threat to the Life' 5 marks
3. Write a story in 150-200 words with a suitable title starting with '' It was a Friday, the 13th of July..........."
4. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Kodanadu lies (a)_______ the southern bank of the Periyar (b) ______ the scenic beauty of the high ranges. It is 45 km from Cochin city (c) _______ 12 km to the east of Perumbavoor town.
(a) (i) in (ii) near
(iii) on (iv) by
(b) (i) along (ii) amidst
(iii) inside (iv) beside
(c) (i) even (ii) to
(iii) as (iv) and
5. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the answer-sheet against the correct question number. The first one has been done as an example :
Incorrect Correct
As the sleek white Cessna Citation jet by no e.g. by with
markings flew inside Missouri enroute for (a) _______ _______
Nevada, Brooke Thompson started out for the (b) _______ _______
window at the patchwork from farmland that (c) _______ _______
blanketed a flat Midwest landscape. (d) _______ _______
6. Rearrange the following words or phrases into meaningful sentences :
(a) more/ever/than/before/unhealthy food/more/we eat/and/lesser
(b) suffer/physical/obese children/mental/and/problems/both
(c) eating habits/schools/healthy/must provide/that promotes/an environment
7. Read the following extract and answer the question that follow :
Her mother remembers noticing something was wrong when the eight-year old Evelyn was waiting to play the piano. They called her name and she didn't move.
(a) What was wrong with Evelyn ?
(b) Who noticed something wrong with Evelyn? and how?
(c) Explain this line 'They called her name and she didn't move.'
SECTION 'C' : LITERATURE (25 Marks)
8. Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words :
(a) Who decided to improve on the quality of the 'pungi'? Did he succeed in his endaevour?
(b) What pleasure does one gain from the rain falling on the roof?
(c) When the Swallow died, what unusual thing happened?
(d) When does the disciple remember the words of his guru?
9. Answer one of the following questions in about 80-100 words :
A fearful situation makes us lose our senses. Express your views with reference to 'The snake and the mirror' on the doctor's reaction in not more that 80-100 words.
OR
The story 'The Lost Child' at every step teaches us to be a good human being. How can you say so? Write in not more than 80-100 words with reference to the lost child.
10. Answer one of the following questions in about 100-120 words :
Write a character-sketch of the dwarf. Why is he hostile towards Gulliver?
OR
How was one of Jerome's holidays completely ruined by a weather forecast?
OR
What flaws in Harris's character get him into trouble? Explain.
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