9th Eng Question Paper/Sample paper 2024-25 NCERT BASED
9th English Sample Paper
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
Time Allowed: 3 hours MM: 80
General instructions :
(i) The question paper is divided into three sections:
Section A Reading. 20M
Section B Writing 30M
Section C Literature 30M
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.
Q1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: (8 marks)
WELL RESCUED
Ulhas Mandlik, 35, a power-loom owner from Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra, and his mother were homeward-bound one evening when heavy rain forced them to take shelter beneath a bridge. Not far away, a small group of labourers huddled together under a part of the cement housing above a 16 metre deep well used to pump water for irrigation.
Suddenly, Mandlik and his mother heard the labourers scream. When the two got to the well, they were told that a five year old boy named Hariya had fallen in through a side opening in the structure. Ignoring his mother's fears. Mandlik quickly knotted together lengths of flunsy rope belonging to the labourers and asked them to lower him into the dark well. "I hope the rope holds," he thought. As he descended, Mandlik noticed the metal rungs on the wall of the well. He grabbed hold of one and started climbing down, when he saw the boy clinging to a pipe running up the well's centre. Grabbing the child, Mandlik started to climb praying that the old rungs wouldn't give away and plunge them both into the churning water below. Their luck held and within a few minutes, Mandlik clambered to ground level and handed over Hariya to his sobbing father.
The man fell at Mandlik's feet and offered him some money as a reward. Refusing the cash, Mandlik took Hariya and his family to a nearby eatery and offered them steaming tea to warm them up. Several organisations have honoured Mandlik for his bravery and presence of mind on that wet day three years ago. "I am happy I was at the right place at the right time," he says," and was able to return a little boy to his family."
1. Answer of the following questions briefly.
(I) Who was Ulhas Mandlik? (1x8=8M)
(II) What forced them to take shelter beneath the bridge?
(III) What did Hariya's father offer Mandlik after he rescued his son?
(IV) How did Mandlik respond when organisations facilitate him for his act of bravery?
(V) What first drew Ulhas and his mother to the well?
(VI) What were Ulhas mother's fears really associated with?
(VII) What kind of a person do you think Ulhas was?
(VIII) What was the emotion that Hariya's father expresses on receiving his son?
Q2. Read the passage given below:(12M)
Dreams to Reality
1. The Indian Premier League (IPL) has completely changed the cricket scenario in India. It became very popular after the success of Twenty20 cricket After India won the twenty20 world cup in 2007, Indians became crazy about the format and IPL cashed on that craze. The idea of IPL was initialised by the then BCCI vice president Lalit Modi. It was launched in 2008. It follows the same format as that of English Premier League and the National Basketball League of the US. It works on the American style franchise-based system of hiring players and auctioning the franchisees. IPL has revolutionised the cricketing scene in India. It changed the dynamics of the game and the way the game has been played, watched and marketed.
2. Cricketainment' is the new word to describe the frenzy as cricket got combined with corporate megabucks and Bollywood glamour. It has added glitz and glamour to the game. The most interesting aspect is the valuation and bidding for the players that has never happened before. It has transformed cricket, which is considered as a religion to a cult, in India. Former England Cricket captain lan Botham has branded IPL as "too powerful" for the good of cricket. He believes that IPL should not exist as it is not good for the game in the long-term. "I know this has been modified to a degree, but it is still an imbalance. The IPL is too powerful for the longterm good of the game. Corruption is enough of a problem in itself, but the IPL compounds that problem, given it provides the perfect opportunity for betting and, therefore, fixing," he said. Many feel that IPL has privatized the national passion.
3. IPL focuses more on the business aspect than the actual game of cricket. Cricket teams are more worried about its valuation and how to reach break even. Players are concerned about making money, leading to various cases of match or spot fixing. The players in IPL lack the national spirit of unity. IPL has always been more about controversies than cricket. There have been many cases of corruption and match fixing. Even the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was in conflict with various cricket boards due to the IPL
4. The main reason for the conflict with the International Cricket Council (ICC) is the issue that the players should be available to play matches for their country even if it overlaps the IPL season. There was a controversy regarding the regulation of the IPL ticket prices as the ticket was being sold at exorbitant prices. All these controversies take away the focus from the real game of cricket.
A. Answer briefly the following questions:(2x4=8 marks)
(i) How has IPL. changed the dynamics of Indian cricket?
(ii) What does lan Botham feel about IPL?
(iii) Why do people feel that IPL cricket is not just cricket?
(iv) How did IPL start in India?
B. Find the word in the paragraph that means the same as the meaning given:
(1x4=4 marks)
(I) the way in which something is arranged or set out (para 1)
(II) madness, mania (para 2)
(III) the action of gambling money on the outcome of a race, game, or other unpredictable event (para 2)
(iv) a discussion marked especially by the expression of opposing views (para 4)
SECTION- B. 30 Marks
Q3.Write a paragraph on Ustad Bismillah Khan in about 100-150 words taking inputs from the lesson Sounds of Music: Part-11
Or
Today you had to make a tough decision related to the selection of subject of study that would help you in your higher studies. Make a diary entry in about 100-150 words. (8 marks)
Q4. Ajit wanted to write a short story but couldn't go beyond a line. With the help of the outline complete the story for Ajit. (10 marks)
Q5. Complete the sentences given below with the help of the options that follows: (1x4=4 marks)
About half of India's children aged (I)....... 6 and 14 do not go to school. About 5.5 crore children (ii) …….
in factories, cottage industries (iii)-------in the agricultural sector. One of the most important (iv) ……. .. for our nation's backwardness is illiteracy.
(i) (a) among, (b) between; (c) with; (d) about
(ii) (a) worked; (b) working; (c) has been working; (d) work
(iii) (a) and; (b) around; (c) about; (d) some
(iv) (a) reason; (b) reasons; (c) reason's; (d) reasons
(8x4 marks)
Q6. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct blank number in your answer sheet. The first one has been done for you as an Example 8x1/2=4M
Q7. Rearrange the given words and phrases to form meaningful sentences:
Eg: converse with/in/you/at any moment / a private library/Socrates or Shakespeare /can/
Eg: In a private library, you can at any moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare
(i) the hand/ your library/should be/ as well as/free/accessible/to/to the eye/and
(ii) one of/that of reading/known to/is/greatest/the/pleasures/man
(iii) a rich variety/adventure and wisdom/the/world of books/has/of/
(iv) own/you/book/convenience / can enjoy/a/at your
SECTION-C. 30 Marks
Q8. Read one of the extract given below and answer the questions that follows:
(1×4=4 marks)
“Einstein was deeply shaken by the extent of the destruction. This time he wrote a pube missive to the United Nations.”
(a) Which destruction is being referred to here?
(i) Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by America
(ii) Nazi concentration camps
(iii) Destruction in World War-II
(iv) All of these
(b) What was the impact of this destruction on Einstein?
(i) He was deeply affected.
(ii) He was very angry.
(iii) He sympathized with the victims of the war.
(iv) All of these
(c) Missive means….
(d) Einstein's missive made an impact on the United Nations.(True/ false)
OR
"And I shall have some 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) 'There' in the first line refers to—-----
(b) 'Peace comes dropping slow' means—-------
(c) The poet will have peace in the evening by—-------
(d) Choose the word from the stanza which means 'glisten'.
(i) Slow (ii) Veils (iii) Glimmer (iv) Peace
Q9. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each. 2x5=10M
(i) Why did Margie hate her school ? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?
(ii) Why has the poet refer to the root as sensitive?
(iii) Who helped Evelyn to continue with music? What did he do and say?
(iv) What qualities did Iswaran have?
(v) What changes did the king and his ministers bring about in the Kingdom of Fools?
Q10. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100-150 words (8 marks)
What impact did the story of the female ghost have on Mahendran and what did he decide to do after he had seen the ghost?
Or
What trick does the guru play to save his disciple's life?
Q11. Answer one of the following question in about 100-150 words each.
(8 marks)
Kezia's father was actually different from what he appeared to Kezia. Justify?
OR
Albert Einstein is called a scientific genius. Write about his contribution and what did he warn America about?
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