Class Ix Ut1 Set 2 (2022) 2

CLASS IX
TIME: 1:30 HRS. ENGLISH(SET-2) M.M. 40
Section –A Reading (8 Marks)
Q1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (8)
" About one in five of all the people in the world follow the teachings of the Buddha, who lived about
2600 years ago. (He was born in 563 BC) “The Buddha” is a title, not a name. It means ‘the
Enlightened one who knows’. The Buddha’s real name was Siddhartha. He was the son of a Sakya king
in Northern India. He and his family were all Hindus and belonged to the Gautama clan.
2. Gautama Siddhartha was brought up in luxury. He lived in his father’s palace and saw nothing of the
outside world until he was a young man. Then, one day, accompanied by his charioteer Channa, Prince
Siddhartha went round the city. On his way, he saw some sights that he had never seen before. First, he
saw a man who was very old and was bent with age. Then he saw a man who was suffering from a
terrible disease, possibly leprosy. And then he saw a dead man who was being taken to the cremation
ground. These sights made the prince very sad.
3. Now, a complete change came in Gautama Siddhartha’s life. He was filled with a longing to find the
cause and cure of human sufferings. He wanted to find the true meaning of life and help his fellow
men. Although he was married and had a baby son, he left his home in search of truth. He was then
only 28.
4. First of all, Gautama went to the Hindu priests. He wanted to know from them the cause of human
sufferings. But the priests could not give him any satisfactory answers. Now Gautama tried to live the
life of an ascetic. For six years he tortured himself so that he could become indifferent to any kind of
pain.
5. He was reduced to a mere skeleton. But eventually he realized that all this was foolish and useless.
Now he sat in deep meditation under abo tree near Gaya (in Bihar). Here at last he attained
Enlightenment and found the answers to his questions. He was then 35 years old.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
i. How many people in the world follow the teachings of the Buddha?
ii. What does Buddha literally mean?
iii. What did Prince Siddhartha not know as a young man?
iv. How did a complete change came in Gautama Siddhartha’s life?
v. What did Gautama decide to do after leaving the home?
vi. How and what did he attain at last?
vii. What two things did he wanted to know about life?
vii. Replace the underlined word of the below given sentences from para 5 .
She, at the end, arrived to the conclusion that life is a journey.
Writing skills and Grammar
2. One day you were commuting in a DTC bus. Unfortunately, your wallet was left at home.
The conductor gave you the ticket for free. You are moved by his gesture. Describe him in
120-150 words. (5)
3. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the wrong
word and write it with correction in the spaces given. (4)
Error
Correction
People do not always did the things. a) __________ __________
we wanted them to do. No matter b) __________ __________
how reasonable or minimal our expectations may is c) __________ __________
there are time when we are let down. d) __________ __________
Naturally, we felt upset and hurt when e) __________ __________
our expectations is not met. f) __________ __________
We dread confrontations because it g) __________ __________
are unpleasant or can damaged relationships. h) __________ ________
Yet not confronting a person does not solve
the problem.
4. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verb. (3)

1. Once upon a time, three thieves, who ____________ (steal) a pot of gold in a distant town
____________ (return) to their village. They ____________ (pass) through a small town when it
____________ (grow) dark. Their village ____________ (be) still a long way away. Each of them had
a doubt, “____________(be) it safe to travel through the forest with all this gold?”
5.Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. (3)
a. Either of you (have/has) stolen the book.
b. Your pants (is/are) in the top shelf.
c. My family (belongs/belong) to the Mahou tribe.
d. Mr, Swamy as well as his family (is/are) quite humble.
e. Mary (sing/sings) very well.
f. The novel, including all the essays (take/takes) about two hours to read.
6. Rearrange the following words to form meaningful sentences : (2)
a. music and graceful/ where the story/ dance techniques/ Ballets are plays/ is told through
b. singing and dancing/ Musicals/ packed with/ are popular shows
Section C (Literature) 15 marks

7. Read the extract from the poetry and answer the questions that follow: (3)
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
a. Who does ‘I’ refer to?

b. Why does the speaker feel sorry?
c. Why does the speaker stand for a long time?
7. Read the extract from the prose and answer the questions that follow: (3)
Evelyn Glennie has already accomplished more than most people twice her age. She has
brought percussion to the front of the orchestra and demonstrated that it can be very moving.
She has given inspiration to those who are handicapped, people who look to her and say, ‘If she
can do it, I can.’ And, not least, she has given enormous pleasure to millions.
a. What has Evelyn Glennie achieved?

b. What has he done for percussion?
c. To whom has she given inspiration?
8. Answer the following questions in 40-50 words each. (3x3 =9)

a. How did Tommy describe the old kind of School?
b. How does Evelyn hear music?
c. Why did the lost child lose interest in the things that he wanted earlier?
d What does wind symbolize in our life? How does it behave with the weak and strong?

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CLASS IX

TIME: 1:30 HRS. ENGLISH(SET-2) M.M. 40

Section –A Reading (8 Marks)

4. Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verb. (3)

Section C (Literature) 15 marks

a. Who does ‘I’ refer to?

a. What has Evelyn Glennie achieved?

8. Answer the following questions in 40-50 words each. (3x3 =9)

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