Name : XXXXXXXX

Subject: ……
ENGLISH…………………………
Class- …………IX……………………….
(2022-23)
Term-1 Exam / Class IX / Subject-English / 2022-23

Time Allowed : 2 ½ 3… Hrs. MM : 80 Marks

General Instructions :
1. This question paper is divided into three sections.
 Section A: Reading 20 Marks
 Section B : Writing and Grammar 20 Marks
Section C: Literature 40 Marks
2. All the sections are compulsory.
3.All the questions of a particular section must be attempted in correct order.
Q.No Sub Part Question (s) 20
(if any) SECTION A ( Reading) Mark(s)

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the 10

questions that follow:
1.Chyur tree is commonly known as ‘Phulwara’ in
northern India, Chyur in Nepal and Gophal in Bengal. It is
found in the Himalayan regions with an altitude of 500 to
1200 meters. Chyur tree resembles an umbrella. This tree
is large and shady with dense leaves. Its pulpy fruit gets a
thick skin ripening. People in the mountains call it Kalpa
vriksha . It is also known as ‘Indian Butter Tree’ as it
produces oil seeds, which are rich in oil contents and at
lower temperature transforms into fat and looks like butter
or ghee.
2.Fertile, moist soil is required for planting and growing of
Chyur tree. It bears flowers and fruits from October to
January . As this tree blossoms, the atmosphere becomes
fragrant and fascinating. The honey made from its flowers
is of high quality and is full of nutrients. The oil extracted
is called the ghee of Chyur.
3. Local people extract juice from its flowers and boil it to
make Jaggery. Ayurvedic physicians use it as
medicine.The seed oil, honey and gur make the tree
prominent in rural economy. Many cosmetic industries in
India use a chemical called palmolic oil which is made
from oil of this tree. Oil cake left after extracting the oil
from seeds is used as manure in the fields. This oil cake
contains a pesticide chemical saponin. If this chemical is
separated from the oil cakes, it can become a nutritious
food for animals. Chyur trees contribute greatly towards
prevention of landslides and soil erosion. Its long and
broad leaves have the ability to collect soil, water and food

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 materials.
4.For the past many years, the Government of India have
been formulating various plans for making the country
self-sufficient in edible and non edible oils. Whereas ,
the wasteland development has been one of the thrust areas
in the Government plans, on the one hand, the self -
sufficiency in edible and non edible oils has been identified
as a timely demand on the other . Keeping in view of the
above, the plantation of Chyur trees on wastelands
throughout the Himalayan sub-tropical belt and in
Andaman and Nicobar Islands would be a prudent and wise
measure.

a) Chyur tree is known by several names -----------------

i) Kalpvariksha ii)Phulwara iii) Gophal iv) All
of the above
b) The Chyur tree bears flowers from -------------
i)October to December ii) October to November
iii) October to January iv) October to February
c) The oil extracted from the seeds is called :
i) Ghee of chyur ii) honey of Chyur iii) resin iv)
Jaggery
d) Chyur tree contributes greatly towards prevention of soil
erosion.
i) True ii) False iii) can’t say iv) none of the
above.
e) Many cosmetic industries in India use a chemical
called------- which is made from the oil of this tree
i) Cyanin ii) palmolic iii) lactic acid iv)
vaseline
f) ------------- is separated from the oil cakes to make them a
nutritious food for animals.
i) Creatin ii ) saponin iii) pectin iv) amino
acids
g) Chyur tree is found in the Himalayan with an altitude
of--------------- meters.
i)200-500 meters ii) 500-1200 meters iii) 800- 1000
meters iv) 1000 -1500 meters
h) Local people extract juice from its flowers and boil it to
make ------------------
i) Pickle ii) syrup iii) jaggery iv) pesticides
i) Find the word from the passage that is similar in meaning
to ‘ that which can be eaten’ (para 4)
j) Find the word from the passage that is similar in meaning
to ‘ have a similarity’ (para 1)
2. Read the passage carefully. 10
Tigers in India
1 . Have you ever wondered how naturalists and park
guides track tigers?

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 Tigers are highly territorial and they use different ways of
keeping the rivals out of their territory. They mark their
territories by spray marking the trees with urine, or
scratching the tree with their claws. They also defecate in
the middle or side of pathways and later scrape the ground,
so the scat is visible to other rival tigers.
2. Naturalists and park guides usually look for scat, or
spray markings on the tree. If it’s fresh and wet it is easy
to know that the animal might have passed a few minutes
ago. A fresh tiger spray -mark will smell boiled basmati
rice!
3.To avoid getting injured by thorns on forest floor, tigers
like to walk on open trails. These leave behind their
pugmarks. So it’s easy for naturalists and guides to check
and follow the fresh pugmarks on the jungle roads, leading
to a tiger shifting.
4. Even if the tiger walks silently through the jungle there
are always other prey animals keeping a watch. Langurs
are like watchmen of the jungle, sitting atop trees nd
keeping an eye on their surroundings. Once the tiger is
spotted the langur monkeys and deer start giving alarm
calls. So naturalists and guides are always on an alert,
tuned to the sounds of the jungle. These alarm calls move
with the predator and it’s easy to pin point the direction in
which it is going.
5.Another way of tracking tiger is by communication with
local guides. Before the safari begins and one enters the
park, naturalist and guides discuss sightings of previous
safaris and then a plan is made to go and check the
particular area first. Even inside the park when we meet
each other in our jeeps, we share the sightings, so that all
guests can go back with happy faces and lovely memories.

TIGERS IN THE WILD

Bihar 31 Rajasthan 69
Uttarakhand 442 Karnataka 524
UP 173 Kerala 190
Andhra Pradesh 442 Tamil Nadu 264
Telengana 26 Arunachal Pradesh 29
Chhattisgarh 19 West Bengal 88
Madhya Pradesh 526 Odisha 28
Maharashtra 312

On the basis of your understanding of the passage answer

the following questions.

a) In the line …..’ tiger are highly territorial ,’ the

word ‘territorial’ means :

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 i) Providential ii) provincial iii) prudential iv)
professional

b) In the territorial profile of the tiger we learn that

tigers keep rivals from their territory by:
i) Spraying boiled basmati rice ii) spraying trees
with their urine iii) spraying scat on trees iv)
spraying trees with spit.

C ) One of the features that is important for tourists on

tiger trails is:
i)informing locals ii) communicating with local guides iii)
hiring local guides iv) alerting local guides

d)To avoid getting injured by thorns on forest floor, tigers:

i) Like to walk on sand ii) run fast iii) like to

walk on open trails iv) walk only on thick
grass

e)Based on the option list the relevant ways of tiger

tracking.
1. Keep track of tiger’s rivals 2.look for spray markings on
the tree 3.Trace different smells 4. Make alarm calls like
langurs 5. Discuss tourist plans

i) 1&3 ii) 2& 5 iii) 2 &4 iv) 4&5

f) ________________ state of India has the least number

of tiger sightings according to the table given above.

g)The state with over 500 tiger sighting is __________

h) The animal that gives out alarm calls is _____________

i) The alarm calls move with the______ and it is easy

to pinpoint the direction in which it is going.
j) A fresh tiger spray- mark will smell like ------------

SECTION B 20
GRAMMAR (10) & CREATIVE WRITING(10)
Q3 Grammar 1x4=4
The following passage has not been edited. There is an

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 error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correct
against any four lines.

Incorrect correct

People in diverse culture lives - a) ------ -------

together in India. There is many b) ------ -------
people who exhibit unity on diversity. c) -------- -------
They celebrated different festivals d) --------- --------
Together. I love being an citizen e) --------- ----------
of India.

Fill in any four of the following blanks choosing the most

option from the ones given below. Write the answers in 1x4=4
Q4. your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.

A man (a) ---------- to another village to sell his goods .

He (b) -------- pass through a forest. He (c) -------- and
decided to rest (d) --------- a shady tree. He (e) ------ a tree
and sat down.

a) i) Was travelling ii)travelling iii)was travelled iv)

have travelled

b) i) Happens ii) happen to iii) happening

c) iv)happens
d) i) tired ii) was tired iii) was tiring iv)
e) tiring
i) in ii) on iii) below iv)
under
i) choose ii) chose iii)chosen iv) has
chosen
Q5.

1 x 2 =2

a) Rearrange the following words/ phrases to form meaning- -

ful sentences.

b)
the room during / walk up / the stairs or around/ and
down/commercial breaks

the remote/ the channel/ to change/ get up / from the

couch/instead of using
CREATIVE WRITING
Q6 Your sister and you decided to give your mother a day off
from the kitchen on her birthday. Write a diary entry on 5

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 how you managed to run the kitchen without your mother’s
assistance. You are Arun / Ahana

Q7 Your father has been transferred from his job to another

city and you also shifted to your new school. How was
your first day in your classroom? Write your experience in
about 100-120 words only
OR 5
Write a story with the help of the given hints in 100-120
words
You were in the market - came across an old woman
begging-took pity on her and gave her money- also
thought of taking her to a nearby restaurant- you turned
back- did not find her

Section D (Literature 40 marks)

Q8. Read the extract carefully and answer the questions 1x5=5
that follow.

Margie was scornful. “School? What ‘s there to write

about school? I hate school.”
Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more
than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test
after test in geography and she had been doing worse and
worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully
and sent for County Inspector.

a) Margie was scornful because-

i) She found a book ii) she hated school iii) she
failed in test iv) i &iii
b) Margie started hating school because –

i) She was burdened with tests ii) her

performance was good in test iii) her
performance was not good in test iv) i &
iii
c)
Which adverb in the passage is opposite to ‘joyfully’

i) Worse ii) hated iii) sorrowfully iv)

scornfully
d)

The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after

test in :

e) i) Mathematics ii) geography iii) science iv) all

the subjects

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 County Inspector was called to ___________________

i) To teach Margie ii) to repair the mechanical

teacher iii) to break the mechanical teacher
iv) to meet Margie’s mother

Or

At my slightest movement the snake would strike me!

Death lurked four inches away. Suppose it struck me what
was the medicine I had to take? There were no medicines
in the room. I was but a poor, foolish and stupid doctor. I
forgot my danger and smiled feebly at myself.
a )

Death for the doctor was __________

i) Ten inches away ii) four inches away iii) six

b) inches away iv) right there

The doctor calls himself foolish because ________

i) He was afraid of snake ii) he couldn’t run

away iii) he sat frozen like a statue iv ) he had
C) no medicines for a snake bite.

…………..the snake would strike me…..

Here ‘ strike me’ means …
i) hit somebody ii) bite somebody iii) to delete
d) something iv) to caress somebody

The doctor smiled feebly at himself because he ……..

i) was sure that snake wouldn’t bite him

ii) Had a cure of the snake bite in his drawer
iii) acknowledged his inability to save himself
from a snake bite.
iv) was feeling feverish.
e)

What kind of a story is ‘The Snake and the Mirror’?

i) Satirical ii ) moralistic iii ) humourous iv )

metaphorical

Q9. Read the extract carefully and answer the questions

that follow.

Then good Saint Peter grew angry,

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 For he was hungry and faint,
And surely such a woman
was enough to provoke a saint ! 1x5=5
a)
b) Why was Saint Peter angry?
c) On whom was the Saint angry?
d) Why was Saint Peter about to faint?
e) What is the rhyming scheme of the given stanza?
Name the poet and the poet.

OR
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in a wood and-
I took the one less travelled by
And that has made all the difference.

a)
b) Why will the poet sigh?
c) What the result of his going on the less travelled road?
Find a word from the extract that means the same as ‘
d) changed results’?
What has made all the difference?
e)
Name the poet and the poem from where the above lines
are taken?
Q10. Answer any four out of the five questions in 40-50 3x4=12
words.
a)
How does Tommy describe the old kind of teacher?
b)
Why had Aurangzeb banned the pungi? Who revived it and
c) how?
Why was Kezia severely punished and beaten by her
father?
d)
Why did Einstein play with himself in his childhood?
e)
What do the two roads represent?

Q11 Answer any two of the three questions in 40-50 words 2x3=6
only.

a) How was Toto a nuisance in the house?

b) Why was the ‘ Happy Prince’ not really happy?

c) Why did Mahendra become fond of Iswaran?

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Q12. Attempt the following Long Answer Type Question
100-120 words. 2x6=12

a) Justify Bismillah Khan as a true Indian.

b) How do you know that the ‘lost child’ was a nature-lover?