WORKSHEET – CLASS IX 2020-21 ENGLISH

CHAPTER 1
The Fun They Had
Q1. “ I would not throw it away”
a) Who says these words?
b) What does “it” refer to?
c) What is it being compared with by the speaker?
Q2. How did Tommy find the real book different from a telebook?
Q3. What is a slot? Why did Margie hate it the most?
Q4. Describe any two features of old schools.
Q5. How could children help one another in old schools?

The Road not Taken

1. What do the roads represent in the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’?
2. How did the poet make the choice about the roads?
3. What is the central idea of this poem?
4. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I..
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
(a) What will the poet be telling with a sigh?
(b) At which stage of life will he be telling that?
(c) What was the result of his going on the less travelled road?
(d) Name the poem and the poet.

CHAPTER 2
SOUND OF MUSIC
PART I - EVELYN GLENNIE LISTENS TO SOUND WITHOUT HEARING
IT

Short Answer Questions (40-50 words)

Q1. Why did everything look black to Evelyn?
Q2. How did Evelyn change her performing style in music?
Q3. Write down Evelyn’s message for the people all over the world.
Long Answer Questions (100-120 words)
Q4. Evelyn is a ‘beacon of light for the differently abled’. Give suitable examples from the
text, supporting your views.
Q5. How did percussionist, Ron Forbes, encourage Evelyn to become a great percussionist?
PART II – THE SHEHNAI OF BISMILLAH KHAN
Short Answer Questions (40-50 words)
Q1. How did shehnai take its birth?
Q2. How did young Bismillah Khan start his career as a great shehnai player?
Q3. Describe Bismillah Khan’s contribution to films.
Long Answer Questions (100-120 words)
Q4. How did the holy Ganges inspire Bismillah Khan’s music?
Q5. Describe how Bismillah Khan rose to fame. How was he rewarded by the country?

WIND
Reference to Context
Q1. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
He won’t do what you tell him.
So, come, let’s build strong homes,
Let’s joint the doors firmly.
Practise to firm the body.
Make the heart steadfast.
Do this, and the wind will be friends with us.
a) Why wouldn’t the wind listen to us?
b) What should we do in order to face the wind?
c) What lesson do we learn from the actions of the wind?
Short Answer Questions (30-40 words)
Q2. What does the wind symbolise?
Q3. How does the wind deal with fires?
Q4. Why is wind its own master?
Q5. What should we do when the wind doesn’t listen to us?

CHAPTER 3
The Little Girl
1. Why did Kazia’s father beat her one day? How did she react to it?
2. How did Macdonanld’s family spend their time? What did Kazia think of it?
3. Explain the nightmare that Kazia had.
4. Explain the statement ‘There are different sort of fathers’
5. What message do you get from the story ‘The Little Girl’

Rain on the Roof

Q1. How does the poet find ‘bliss’ when it rains?
Q2. What does the melancholy darkness mean and what does it do?
Q3. What picture of ‘mother’ comes to the poet’s mind?
Q4. Read and answer
“Every tinkle on the shingles
Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections
Weave their air-threads into woof,
 As I listen to the patter
Of the rain upon the roof”

a) What echoes in the poet’s heart?

b) What happens to the poet?
c) What do recollections of thoughts do?
d) What does the poet do at this point of time?

CHAPTER 4
A TRULY BEAUTIFUL MIND
Q1. How was Albert uncommon as a child? How did he spend his time?
Q2. What was the headmaster’s opinion about Einstein?
Q3. What was Einstein’s ‘Special Theory of Relativity’ about?
Q4. What were the American physicists afraid of?
Q5. Einstein was called a visionary and world citizen. Justify this statement.

THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE

Q1. Reference to Context
I I will arise and go now, and go to
Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there,
a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
a) Where does the poet long to go?
b) What does he want to do once he reaches there?
c) Why does the poet say he wants to live alone in the place?
d) Why does he want to build a small cabin there?

II And I shall have same peace there, for

peace comes dropping slow Dropping
from the veils of the morning to where
the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon
a purple glow,
And evenings full of the linnet’s wings.
a) What will the poet have there?
b) How has the poet described the beauty of the place?
c) What do you mean by ‘veils of the morning’?
d) What kind of image is the poet trying to create when he says ‘And evenings full of
linnet’s wings’?
Q2. There is a difference between solitude and loneliness. Find out the difference from a
dictionary and explain with reference to the poem and your own experience.
Q3. Do you think the poet is close to achieving his dreams? How?
 CHAPTER 5
THE SNAKE AND THE MIRROR
Short answer questions:
1. What sounds did the doctor hear when he was sitting in the chair?
2. How did the doctor behave when a fat snake wriggled over him and landed over his
shoulder?
3. What did the doctor do when the snake jumped onto the table and moved towards the
mirror?
4. Give evidence to show that the narrator’s earnings were meagre.
5. How was the doctor’s room cleaned out? What one thing was left behind by the thief
as a final insult?

A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:

Away, away in the Northland,

Where the hours of the day few,
And the nights are so long in winter
That they cannot sleep them through

1. Which place is referred to in this stanza?

2. What specific qualities of the place are mentioned in the stanza?
3. Where does the poet want to go?
4. Why can we not sleep through the nights in the winter?
And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her cakes,
To give him a single one.
1. Who was on fast?
2. What did the visitor demand?
3. Why was he faint?
4. What time of the day was it?
Short answer questions:
1. Why was St Peter tired and hungry?
2. Describe the landscape of the Northland as described in the poem?
3. Who was St Peter and why did he come to the cottage of the little woman?

CHAPTER 6
MY CHILDHOOD
Short answer questions:
1. How does the author describe his mother and father?
2. Who was Sivasubramania Iyer? What did he say to Abdul?
3. How did Abdul Kalam enjoy a secure childhood?
4. Describe Abdul Kalam’s close friends in his childhood?
 5. How did Kalam’s family foster Hindu-Muslim unity?

NO MEN ARE FOREIGN

1. What does the poet want us to remember?
2. How does the poet draw a parallel between the lives of different people?
3. Who do we condemn when we are told to hate others?
4. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Let us remember, whenever we are told
To hate our brothers, it is ourselves
That we shall dispossess, betray, condemn
Remember, we who take arms against each other
I is the human earth that we defile.
(a) Why do we betray ourselves when we are told to hate our brothers?
(b) What happens when we take up arms against one another?
(c) Which word means “to pollute“?
(d) What does the poet want to convey by saying- remember, we.......each other?

CHAPTER 7
PACKING
Q1. What did Jerome, the narrator, intend to mean when he said that he pride himself on his
parking?
Q2. Why could the narrator not find his toothbrush in the bag?
Q3. Describe the incident related to butter in the story.
Q4. What did they decide to do after the packing was done? What did they discuss?
Q5. How many times did the narrator reopen the bag while packing things and why?

THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO

Reference to Context
Q1. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
A “Please give me a ride on your back!”
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
“I would sit quite still, and say nothing but “Quack”,
The whole of the long day through!
And we’d go to the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee,
Over the land, and over the sea;-
Please take me a ride! O do!”
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
a) What request did the Duck have for the Kangaroo?
b) What would the Duck say after getting on the Kangaroo’s back?
c) Where did the Duck and the Kangaroo want to go?

B Said the Duck, “As I sat on the rocks,

I have thought over that completely,
And I bought four pairs of worsted socks
Which fit my web-feet neatly.
 And to keep out the cold I’ve bought a cloak,
And every day a cigar I’ll smoke,
All to follow my own dear true
Love of a Kangaroo!”
a) What did the Duck think while sitting on the rock?
b) Why did the Duck buy socks?
c) What did the Duck decide to do every day?
Short Answer Questions (30-40 words)
Q2. Where did the Duck live? What was his condition over there?
Q3. Why did the Kangaroo say that the Duck’s request would need some reflection?
Q4. Why did the Duck decide to smoke a cigar?

CHAPTER 8
REACH FOR THE TOP
PART I – SANTOSH YADAV
Short Answer Questions (40-50 words)
Q1. What motivated Santosh for mountain climbing?
Q2. Describe Santosh’s great desire for education.
Q3. How did Santosh show that she was different from other girl’s of her age?
Long Answer Questions (100-120 words)
Q4. Throw some light on the childhood days of Santosh.
Q5. Describe Santosh’s feelings when she stood atop the peak to unfurl the Indian Tricolour.

PART II - MARIA SHARAPOVA

Short Answer Questions (40-50 words)
Q1. Why does Maria call herself totally Russian?
Q2. How did Maria learn that excellence in tennis would come with a price?
Q3. Maria’s parents played an essential role in her success. How?
Long Answer Questions (100-120 words)
Q4. How has Maria become such a big sensation in the world of tennis?
Q5. How is Maria’s humble beginning responsible for her success in life?

ON KILLING A TREE
Q1. Read and answer “So
Hack and Chop
But this alone won’t do it
Not so much pains will do it
The bleeding back will heal
And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs”

a) Why won’t chopping the tree kill it?

b) Name the poetic device used in the above lines.
c) Why is not easy to cut down a tree?
d) Why will the bough expand again?

Q2. Where does a tree get its nourishment from?

Q3. Explain the line ‘the strength of the tree is exposed’.
Q4. Explain the ‘Sarcasm’ used in the poem and what does it indicate to?

CHAPTER 9
THE BOND OF LOVE
1. How did Bruno entertain the narrator’s family?
2. Why was an island being made in the compound?
3. How did Bruno and the narrator’s wife feel after getting separated?
4. What kind of relationship did Bruno share with the narrator’s wife?
5. What is the moral of the story ‘The Bond of Love’?

THE SNAKE TRYING

Q1. How does the snake move?
Q2. How is the snake’s shape described?
Q3. Reference to Context
I The snake trying
to escape the pursuing stick
with sudden curvings of thin
long body. How beautiful
and graceful are his shapes?

a) What is pursuing the snake?

b) How does the snake’s body appear as he tries to escape the stick?
c) Which word in the stanza is the synonym of ‘to follow’?
d) Which poetic device has been used in the above stanza?
II Along the sand
he lay until observed
and chased away, and now
he vanishes in the ripples
among the green slim reeds.

a) Where does the snake lay?

b) What happens when the snake is observed?
c) Where does the snake hide itself?
d) Find a word which is opposite to ‘fat’?

CHAPTER 10
KATHMANDU
Q1. What mythical reference does the author make about the Kaliyug?
Q2. Why did the policeman not allow the westerners to enter the temple?
Q3. Why is the Baudhnath Stupa called a haven of quietness?
Q4. Why did the author decide to go home?
Q5. What observations did the author make about the flute seller in ‘Kathmandu’?

A SLUMBER DID MY SPIRIT SEAL

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
A Slumber did my spirit seal-
I had no human fears,
She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years
1. What does the slumber refer to here?
2. What could she not feel?
3. What fears does the poet not suffer from?
4. Why does she not feel the touch of earthly years?

Short answer questions:

1. What happened to the poet’s beloved?
2. How will time not affect the poet’s beloved?
3. How does the poet react to his beloved’s death?
4. Give a brief a analysis of the poem in your own words?

CHAPTER 11
IF I WERE YOU
Short answer questions:
1. Why has the intruder taken a lot of trouble in knowing about Gerrard and not interested in
telling anything about him?
2. Why does the intruder desire to kill Gerrard?
3. How can the intruder save himself as being Vincent Charles Gerrard?
4. How is the intruder trapped in and handed over to the police by Gerrard?
5. How did Gerrard prove that he was smarter than the cunning intruder?

MOMENTS
CHAPTER 1 :The Lost Child

Q1. Why did the child’s father look at him red-eyed? What was his mother’s reaction?
Q2. What did the child feel when he entered the village?
Q3. How did the child react when he realised that his parents were nowhere to be seen?
Q4. Who came to the child’s rescue and what did he do?
Q5. Describe the relationship between the child and his parents?

CHAPTER 2 : THE ADVENTURE OF TOTO

Short Answer Questions (40-50 words)

Q1. Why was Toto’s presence kept a secret from Grandmother?
Q2. What did Grandfather do when the ticket-collector demanded Toto’s fare?
Q3. How did Toto behave with Nana? Did they become good friends?
Long Answer Questions (100-120 words)
Q4. Describe Toto’s adventure after Grandmother accepts him.
Q5. Why was Toto not the sort of pet to be kept in the house for long? Do you think it is
advisable to keep such pets in the house?

CHAPTER 3 : ISWARAN THE STORY TELLER

1. Who was Iswaran? What kind of books did he read?
2. What did Iswaran do when he saw an elephant in his school?
 3. What did Iswaran say about the area they were once occupying?
4. What did Iswaran see on a full moon night?
5. What did Mahendra see after he woke up one night?What was his reaction?

CHAPTER 4 : IN THE KINGDOM OF FOOLS

Q1. What did the king and his minister decide to change in the kingdom?
Q2. Who arrived in the city? Why were they amazed?
Q3. What unusual thing did the visitors notice when they had gone to buy some groceries?
Q4. How was the disciple saved from his dome?
Q5. What changed after the guru and the disciple became the rulers?
CHAPTER 5 : THE HAPPY PRINCE
Short answer questions:
1. What happened when the little swallow prepared to go sleep?
2. What made the poor have food and the children’s faces grow rosier?
3. What made the statue of the Happy Prince quite dull and grey?
4. Why did they pull down the statue of the Happy Prince?
5. What were the two most precious things brought to the garden of paradise?

CHAPTER 6 : WEATHERING THE STORM IN ERSAMA

Short Answer Questions (40-50 words)
Q1. What did Prashant see in the morning when he had to take refuge on the roof’s top?
Q2. Why did Prashant’s heart grow cold when he reached Kalikunda?
Q3. How were the two coconut trees a blessing in disguise for the victims?
Long Answer Questions (100-120 words)
Q4. How did Prashant cross the river?
Q5. Prashant decided to step in as the leader of the village. How did he plan to do this?

CHAPTER 7 : THE LAST LEAF

1. What did the doctor tell Sue about Johnsy’s condition?
2. What did Sue do to divert Johnsy’s mind?
3. What did Sue say to Behrman?
4. How did Johnsy feel when she saw the last leaf holding on to the creeper?
5. ‘The Last Leaf’ is a story of sacrifice. How? Discuss.

CHAPTER 8 : A House is Not a Home

Q1. What did the author’s schoolmates do to help the author?
Q2. Who noticed the smoke first? What did the author and his mother do?
Q3. How did the author react when the firemen rescued his mother?
Q4. What was the author grateful for?
Q5. How did the disaster turn into a blessing in disguise for the author?

CHAPTER 9 – THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST

Q1. Write the character sketch of Bill Bryson.
Q2. Write briefly about Bill Bryson’s worst experience on a flight.
Q3. Why was Bill Bryson easily confused? Mention two incidents from the text as evidence.
Q4. Why did Bill Bryson never get his frequent flyer miles?
 CHAPTER 10 : THE BEGGAR
Short answer questions:
 1. What happened when Sergei threatened the beggar?
2. Was Lushkoff a village school teacher or an expelled student? How did he reveal his
true identity?
3. How did Sergei test Lushkoff? Did he accept the jop willingly?
4. Where did Lushkoff meet Sergei after two years and in what condition?
5. Who did Lushkoff give credit to his real change and why?
WORKSHEET – CLASS IX (2020-21)
ENGLISH

Story Writing (200-250 Words)

1. It was late at night when I woke up suddenly to the noise of a door creaking……
2. One night you were sleeping soundly when a touch woke you up. Rubbing your
eyes …..
3. Arun is a class 9 student.For the last one month he has been feeling very restless and
disturbed…..

Diary entry
1. You are the president of the Welfare organization of your school. Under your guidance
and leadership the club was able to collect a substantial amount for the HelpageIndia
who are committed to help the elderly. Express your happiness and sense of pride in
the form of a diary entry.
2. Your younger brother Sahil, a student of class VI, has been bunking his classes and has
not been paying any attention to studies. You have tried to counsel him, but he refuses
to listen. You are caught in the dilemma whether to break his trust to get him beaten
from your parents or keep this a secret. Express your conflicting emotions in the form
of a diary.
3. You wish to go for a movie, but you have been denied permission by your parents.
Express your feelings in the form of a diary entry.
4. You are Rahul / Abhishek. You are very upset that in almost all the hockey matches,
held in March 2010 in New Delhi in Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, India, lost all the
matches despite being the host country. You felt very depressed, as Hockey is the
national game of India. Write a page of diary expressing your thoughts on the declining
standards of sports in India.
 Articles
1. Bani Mukerjee of Class X is very worried regarding the depletion of resources all
around her. She is the president of the Eco Club of her school & feels passionately
regarding conserving the resources, which are being wasted by people around her. So
she decides to write an article in 200 words; “Conserving the environment around us’.
Write the article on behalf of Bani.
2. You have witnessed the latest devastation caused by Tsunami in Japan. There was a
great loss of life & property. The nuclear reactors that were a great asset for Japan have
become a threat, based on T.V news and the visuals. Write an article of about 150
words throwing light on the Act “No doubt science can work wonders but sometimes
nature supercedes it.”
3. India’s dismal performance in sports is a matter of debate & deep refection. Time and
again our sportsmen have let the country down. Wherein does the fault lie? Piyush is
deeply concerned regarding the declining standard of achievement in the field of sports.
Write this article (according to information) with substantial solutions.
4. You are Huma. You came across the following advertisement in a newspaper. You are
prompted to write an article on the inroads that computers have made in our lives today
and the manner in which they have become an inseparable part of youngster’s lives.
Write an article in not more than 180 words.
“Learn about computer”
5. Home becomes trauma for birds and a graveyard for fish – Sultanpur National Park
which was a home to almost 250 species of migratory birds is now abandoned by its
occupants. Write an article showing your concern about the drying up of the Sultanpur
lake because of the rampant construction around the lake strain the water catchment
area & its after-effects.
…
Description (People / Places / Events)
1. A yoga camp was organized in your school. Write a short paragraph in about 100 words
mentioning the various activities presented by students and lectures/demonstrations etc. by
specialists.
2. You visited a book fair recently. Give a description of the place & the experience.
3. Write a brief description of the person you admire the most (a politician / an actor /
educationist or a relative), highlight his personality & qualities.
Grammar
The following passage has an error in each line. Edit the following:-
incorrectcorrect
The exhausted earth groaned
and quivered under a glare a)
of the sun. Spirals in heat b)
rose from the ground on if c)
from molten lava. The painting d)
lizard crawl painfully over e)
the hot rock on search f)
of the shady crevice. Cattle g)
or dogs cringed under the shade. h)

Experts have said which people a)

carried excess weight b)
against their waist are c)
oblivious at the health risk they d)
are put themselves in. e)
All people do not realize that f)
these spare tyre puts them g)
in increased risk of cancer h)
diabetes and heart disease i)

Everyone have a mental picture a)

of a volcano. On appearance it b)
looks like a cone shaped mountain
But in top of the cone is rather c)
flat but hollow. This is the crater d)
the mouth in the volcano. The volcano e)
are formed
by the molten rock f)
coming with below the earth’s crust g)
This is calls lava. h)

Gap filling – complete the following passage with suitable words:

It is always full of pleasure to a) in a park in the evening. It is b)
so during the summer. There c) greenery all around. There are women, children
and aged people d) on the benches. There is a great hustle and bustle e)
around. Ice cream sellers sell ice creams. The balloon sellers add colour to the scene
f) their balloons. Flowers g) out sweet fragrance. It is h) refreshing to
go to a park in the evening.
All of you a) have seen children crowded around the fast food corners. These fast
foods are b) hazardous to our health. These foods hamper c) mental
development of a child. It shows down physical activities d) to the child being
irritable and lazy. This stresses young minds and they get e) dependent
on fast food. the consumption of fast food leading to obesity f) social embarrassment
as a result of which the child is psychologically g) . Having no nutritional
value, it h) the chances of infections leading to severe diseases.
Rearrange the following words to form some meaningful sentences:-
a) an/my/has/novel/father/exciting/written
b) a/incurred/business/he/lose/year/in/heavy/last
c) life/his/novel/described/he/his/the/loss/after/in
d) the best seller/novel/became/week/his/has/of/the

a) exercise/for/health/physical/is essential/good
b) every / must / practised /be / it / day
c) mind / activate / both / it / body / and
d) diseases / take / avoid / daily / and / exercise

a) traffic /police / to increase / on / safety / the roads / is / efforts / making

b) helmets / protection / must / own / we / for / wear / our
c) driving / not / must / mobile phones / while / be / used
d) below / must / drive / eighteen years / not / of / age / children

a) is/ the best / water / for / important / very

b) increase / the acid / summer / may / during / levels
c) we / to litres / of water / everyday / at least / must / drink

Read the two conversations between Rohan and his wife Renu. Complete the passage
given.
Renu : Mom, may I go to visit my friend,
Veena. Mother: Have you completed your
home work?
Renu : No, not yet, but I’ll complete it after I
return. Mother: Why are you so anxious to go?
Renu : I have to borrow some notes from her.
Renu asked her mother a) . Her mother wanted to know b)
Renu replied that she hadn’t done so yet but assured her mother that c)
. Her mother asked d)
. Renu said that she had to borrow some notes from her.
Ray : I have invited four of my friends for dinner
today. Neelu : Then I’ll invite my friends also.
Ray : that will be a good idea.
Neelu : So, what should we have for
dinner. Ray : Let us decide the menu now.
Ray told Neelu that a) . Then Neelu said she would invite her friends
also which Ray thought b) . When Neelu asked c) ,
ray replied d) .
 WORKSHEET - CLASS IX (2019-20)
ENGLISH
Section - A (Reading)

1. Read the passage given below and complete the sentences that follow by choosing the
answers from given options:

SET A ROUTINE FOR GOOD HEALTH

(Factual Instructions)
1. When the body works with the rhythm of nature, then it is able to function at its
best. Our body is programmed to work with the cycles of day and night and the
seasons throughout the year. If we honour our body by working within these
cycles, we are more inclined to have good health, lots of energy and a calm mind.
2. The best time to wake up is between 6 am to 8 am. The first thing, drink a glass of
warm water with a squeeze of lemon juice in it.
3. Urinate, then clear your bowel. Make this a habit. After this, wash hands and face.
Brush teeth. Scrape the tongue of built-up amal (toxin) using a tongue scraper or
metal spoon. Scrape gently twice down the middle and once either side of the
tongue.
4. Dry body by brushing yourself for five minutes, starting at the feet and working
up the body. Then go for a daily self massage routine using warmed sesame oil.
Bathe in warm water, never hot or cold.
5. Then exercise gently - do yoga, walk or breathe in deeply. Dress in clean clothes.
6. Whatever be your choice for breakfast, limit salt intake; avoid oily, fatty, fried
foods, alcohol, caffeine, red meat, hot spices, chemicals, preservatives, cheese,
yogurt and soya sauce.
7. Before breakfast, sip hot water often throughout the morning, for about 30-60
minutes.
8. Make it a regular routine to have your lunch between 12 midday and 1 pm. It goes
without saying, clean hands before eating. Lunch needs to be the biggest meal of
the day as the digestive fire of pitta is at its peak.
 9. Consider having 1/8thteaspoon fresh grated ginger with a few drops lemon juice
before lunch, and follow with a few sips of warm water. Choose foods such as
soups, whole grain breads, grains, salads, steamed or stir-fried vegetables, beans
or legumes.
1. Our body functions at its best when it works ...................... .. ......
(a) in harmony with nature (b) in rhythm with the cycle of the day and night
(c) in association with life(d) with the rhythm of nature
Ans.................... ............. . .......... ..... .......... ....... ................... . ............
2. Working within the rhythm of nature provides us with ............ ....................
(a) good health and wealth (b) good health and energy
(c) good health, energy and a calm mind (d) a calm mind
Ans. ..... ........... .... ........ ..... ....................... ....... ... ..............................
3. Lunch should be the biggest meal of the day because ....................................
(a)one is devoid of energy (b) the digestive fire of pitta is at its peak
(c) the stomach secretes maximum digestive juices (d)one is hungry

Ans. .. ... .. ...................... . ................ .. ....... . ..... ... .... .... ..... .... ... ...

4. Bathe in warm water, never ................................

(a) ) hot (b) cold (c) hot or cold (d) very hot
Ans. ...... .. ........ ........ ...... ..... ...... ... ...... .. .......... ..... ... .. ...... ........ ...
5. A word from the passage which means ‘a poisonous substance’ is .....................................
( a) bowel (b ) scrape (c) ginger( d) toxin
Ans. ………………………………………………………

1. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:
SYMPATHY
I lay in sorrow, deep distressed;
My grief a proud man heard;
His looks were cold, he gave me gold,
But not a kindly word.
My sorrow passed – I paid him back
The gold he gave to me;
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks
And blessed his charity.

I lay in want, and grief and pain;

A poor man passed my way,
He bound my head, he gave me bread,
He watched me night and day.
How shall I pay him back again
For all he did to me?
Oh, gold is great, but greater far
Is heavenly sympathy. – Charles Mackay
Given below is the summary of the poem. Fill in the blanks with suitable words to
complete the summary. Use only one word for each blank.
½x10=5
When the poet was full of sorrow, he (a)................. ………in bed. At that time he was in deep
(b) ) …………………… A proud man heard his (c) …………….. That man (d)
…………….. warmth of feelings. He did not speak any word full of (e) ……….. The
proud rich man helped the poet by giving (f)……………… After his sorrow passed, the poet
(g) …………the gold with thanks. During his grief, pain and want, a poor man
(h)………….him. He gave him bread and (i) …………….. him day and night. The poet
thinks that he can’t pay him back for his sympathy because it is (j) ................................... .

Ans. (a) …………………………………. (b) ……………………………………..

(c) ………………………………… (d) ……………………………………..
(e) ………………………………… (f) ……………………………………..
(g) ………………………………… (h) ……………………………………..
(i) ………………………………… (j) …………………………………….

1. Read the poem given below and complete the sentences that follow by choosing the
answers from, given options. 5
THE JOYS OF AGE
No more responsibilities for me,
I can sit in the shade,
Reliving the good old times
4 Letting bad memories fade
I can enjoy my, children’s children
Without a parent’s pain,
And though I spend hours with them,
8 The pleasure does not wane.
I can go to bed what time I please,
Talk to strangers without unease,
Give bad advice to those younger than me
12 And generally have a real old timer’s spree
Langston Hughes

1. The speaker has no more responsibilities now as .................. .

(a) ) he has retired from job (b)his children carry on his business
(c) he has become old(d)his children look after him
Ans. ……………………………….

2. He spends his time now ............................

(a)sitting in the sun (b) reliving bad memories
(c) lying down in the shade (d) remembering, good old times

Ans ……………………………………..
 3. Now his constant pleasure is...............................
(a) to spend time with his grandchildren (b)to enjoy the company of young children
(c) to be free from a parent’s pain(d)to talk to the passers-by

Ans. ...... ... .... . ...... ... ...... .... ……………………..

4. While talking to stranger, the speaker ................

(a)feels hesitant (b) feels worried
(c) feels no worry or unhappiness (d) exercises self-control

Ans. ………………………………………………

5. The word ‘fade’ here means ...........................

(a)to become paler (b) to disappear gradually
(c)to become less bright(d) to become weaker or less important

Ans. .... ....... ...... ........................ .... .... ............ ...... .. ............ ... ...

2. Read the passage given below and complete the sentences that follow: 5
UNIVERSE OF DARK MATTER
(Factual: Report)
In 2003, new evidence cemented the bizarre idea that the universe is made mostly of
mysterious “dark matter”, being stretched apart by an unknown force called “dark energy”.
These insights into our “dark” universe plus nine other research advances make up
Science's top ten scientific developments in 2003.
This year, information from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
satellite and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) telescopes confirmed some of
cosmologists’ strangest proposals about the fate of the universe.
Those proposals entered the spotlight five years earlier, when Science's 1998
Breakthrough of the Year honoured the discovery that the universe was expanding. Such
an expansion would likely be driven by a ‘dark energy’ that counters the effects of gravity.
At the time, however, many cosmologists were wary of this strange idea.
Their doubts were dispelled in 2003. WMAP took the most detailed picture ever of the
cosmic microwave background - the light emitted by the universe during the first instant of
its existence. By analyzing patterns in this light, researchers concluded that the universe is
only four per cent ordinary matter. Twenty-three per cent is dark matter, which
astrophysicists believe is made up of a currently unknown particle. The remainder, 73 per
cent, is dark energy.
WMAP also nailed down other basic properties of the universe, including its age (13.7
billion years old), expansion rate and density.
1. New evidence cemented the bizarre idea that the universe is mostly made of
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. According to researchers, the percentage of dark energy is
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Acronym for ‘Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe’ is
……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Basic properties of the universe are
……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. The word ‘bizarre’ in Para 1, would mean
……………………………………………………………………………………………

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