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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Communicative Set 2 with Solutions
Time Allowed : 3 hours
Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions:
- 15-minute prior reading time allotted for Q-paper reading.
- The Question Paper contains FOUR sections-READING SKILLS, WRITING SKILLS, GRAMMAR and LITERATURE TEXTBOOK.
- Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part.
SECTION – A (Reading Skills) (20 Marks)
Question 1.
Read the following passage.
(A) Kenneth A. Arnold (March 29,1915 in Sebeka, Minnesota – January 16,1984 in Bellevue, Washington) was an American businessman and pilot. He is best known for making what is generally considered the first widely reported unidentified flying object sighting in the United States, after claiming to see nine unusual objects flying in a chain near Mount Rainier, Washington on June 24,1947. Arnold described the objects’ shape as resembling a flat saucer or disc and also described their erratic motion as resembling a saucer skipped across water; from this, the press quickly coined the new terms “flying saucer” and “flying disc” to describe such objects, many of which were reported within days after Arnold’s sighting. Later Arnold added that one of the objects resembled a crescent or flying wing. While flying, he looked out of the window and saw nine saucer-like objects flying past, in line. Each ‘saucer’, a hundred feet wide, was travelling at a great speed- around 1,200 miles per hour. What were these objects?
(B) After he landed, Arnold reported what he had seen. Scientists seemed to have no answer. So, the objects came to be known as “Unidentified Flying Objects” or “UFOs”.
(C) Since 1947, more than 60,000 UFO’s have been reported. The US Air Force checked out the reports of 11,109 UFO sightings and found that 94% or 10,432 of these reports were ‘mis-identified’. That is, people mistook stars, flights of geese, comets, meteors, sunlight on clouds, weather balloons, satellites and other such objects for UFOs.
(D) But there are reasons to believe that UFOs have been actually sighted. One astronomer saw a UFO in broad daylight while travelling by train. The UFO was flying parallel to the train. He could see it for four or five minutes, before it rose out of sight and disappeared.
(E) While most sights described as UFOs turn out to be misidentified as known natural and artificial phenomena, many hundreds do not. It is these that form the core of the UFO mystery. That UFOs constitute a distinct category of describable sights based on hundreds of highly detailed and consistent descriptions by professionals (especially airline and military pilots) of their close-up, broad daylight observations of unique flying machines.
(F) Careful review of the vast array of relevant evidence clearly leads to the conclusion that some unidentified flying objects are intelligently controlled vehicles, whose origin is outside our solar system. All the arguments against the extra-terrestrial origin seem to be based upon false reasoning, misrepresentation of evidence, negligence of relevant information, ignorance of relevant technology or pseudo sophisticated assumptions about alien appearance, motivation or government secrecy.
Answer the following questions based on the passage above.
(i) What is meant by the word ‘neglect’?
(A) abandon
(B) cherish
(C) look after
(D) care for
Answer:
(A) abandon
Explanation:
‘Neglect’ means not to care properly for something.
(ii) Find the word opposite in meaning to ‘unrelated1 out of the following (Para 6)
(A) separate
(B) relevant
(C) independent
(D) variant
Answer:
(B) relevant
Explanation:
‘Relevant’ means related to some topic.
(iii) Find the word opposite in meaning to S natural1 out of the following (Para 5)
(A) accustomed
(B) established
(C) regular
(D) none of the above
Answer:
(D) none of the above
Explanation:
‘Natural’ means something derived from nature.
(iv) Who was Ken Arnold?
(A) a pilot
(B) an astronomer
(C) a businessman
(D) Both (A) and (C)
Answer:
(D) Both (A) and (C)
Explanation:
Ken Arnold was a businessman and a pilot.
(v) How many UFO’s were ‘mis-identified’ as per the reports of US Air Force?
(A) 60,000
(B) 11,109
(C) 1,432
(D) 10,432
Answer:
(D) 10,432
Explanation:
Some 90% or 10,432 reports of UFO sightings were misidentified.
(vi) How was the term UFO coined?
Answer:
The term UFO was coined when scientists seemed to have no answer for unidentified flying things in the sky. So, such objects came to be known as “Unidentified Flying Objects” or “UFOs”.
(vii) Why most reports were called ‘mis-identifications’?
Answer:
Most reports were called ‘mis-identifications’ as people mistook stars, flights of geese, comets, meteors, sunlight on clouds, weather balloons, satellites and other such objects for a UFO.
(viii) What reasons does the writer give us that UFOs exist?
Answer:
UFO’s have been sighted for longer durations in broad daylight not just by laymen but by scholars alike. This proves that UFOs do exist.
(ix) Careful review of the vast array of relevant evidence clearly leads to the conclusion that some unidentified flying objects are __________
Answer:
intelligently controlled vehicles whose origin is outside our solar system.
(x) What is meant by ‘distinct’? (Pare 5)
Answer:
individual/separate.
Question 2.
Rekd the following passage.
(A) Today there is a lot of talk about the environment. All nations are coming to an agreement to save planet earth. Like we pollute the earth, we pollute the water; we also pollute the subtle environment through our negative feelings and emotions. We have become a victim of our environment. We are not in control of our mind. We hear a lot about other things in life but we spend very little time to hear about ourselves. How to handle our mind?
How to be in present moment? How to be happy and be grateful? This we have not learnt. This i j the most unfortunate thing. Then, what is the solution?
This is where we miss a very fundamental principle that governs our environment, our mind, our emotions and our life in general.
(B) Our body has the capacity to sustain much longer the vibrations of bliss and peace than it does negative emotions because positivity is in the centre of our existence. Just like in the structure of atom, protons and neutrons are in the centre of the atom and electrons are only the periphery, same is with our lives; the centre core of our existence is bliss, positivity and joy, but it is surrounded by a cloud of negative ions. Through the help of the breath, we can easily get over our negative emotions in a short period of time. Through meditation and certain breathing techniques, we can clear this negative cloud.
(C) This life has so much to offer to you. You can see this once you take some time off, rejuvenating the soul. Your soul is hungry for a smile from you. If you could give this, you feel energised the whole year and nothing, whatsoever, can take the smile away from you.
(D) Everyone wants to be successful in life. But without knowing what is success, you want to be successful. What is the sign of success? Just having a lot of money, is that success? Why do you think money means success? Because money gives you freedom so that you can do whatever you want. You may have a big bank balance but you have stomach aches, ulcers, you may have to go for bypass surgery; can’t eat this, can’t do this, cannot do that. We spend half our health to gain wealth and spend half our wealth to gain back the health.is this success? It is very bad mathematics.
(E) Look at those who claim to be successful – are they successful? No, they are miserable. Then, what is the sign of success? It is confidence, compassion, generosity and a smile that none can snatch away, being really happy and being able to be more free. These are the signs of a successful person. Take some time off to look a little deeper into yourself and calm the mind down. Thus, erasing all the impressions that we are carrying in our minds and experience the presence, the divine that is the very core of our existence.
Answer the following questions; based on the above passage.
(i) How do we pollute our environment?
Answer:
We pollute the subtle environment through our negative feelings and emotions.
(ii) How can we get rid of our negative emotions?
Answer:
Through meditation and certain breathing techniques, we can clear this negative cloud.
(iii) What, according to the author, is “bad mathematics”?
Answer:
According to the author, the bad mathematics is that we spend half our health to gain wealth and spend half our wealth to gain back the health.
(iv) What can happen if we calm the mind down?
Answer:
When we calm the mind down, it erases all the impressions that we are carrying in our minds and experience the presence, the divine that is the very core of our existence.
(v) What are the signs of a successful person?
Answer:
It is confidence, compassion, generosity and a smile that none can snatch away, being really happy and being able to be more free. These are the signs of a successful person.
(vi) What does the author mean by saying “positivity” is in the centre of our existence?
Answer:
He means that even though we are surrounded with negative emotions, we are blissful.
(vii) With what, positivity has been compared to?
Answer:
It has been compared to protons and neutrons.
(viii) Which word from the passage (para E) is similar to ‘sorroul’?
Answer:
miserable
(ix) Which word from the passage (para A) is similar to ‘thankful?
Answer:
grateful
(x) Which word from the passage (para D) is similar to ‘pain’?
Answer:
ache
SECTION – B (Writing Skills) (24 Marks)
Question 3.
You are Karan Sharma a student of class XII A. Yesterday during lunch break you have misplaced your notes of chemistry lecture notes. Write a notice for the school notice board to get them back.
Answer:
ABC School Kanpur
NOTICE
5th June 20XX
Lost Chemistry Lecture Notes
This is to inform everyone that yesterday during the lunch break, the undersigned had misplaced his chemistry notes. As they are very important, the finder is requested to submit them at the ‘Lost and Found Department’ of the school.
Karan Sharma
XIIA
Question 4.
Complete the dialogue given below. Write your answers against the correct blank numbers.
Nandini : Hello Niharika!
Niharika : Hi, What a pleasant surprise!
Nandini : It’s been a long time since we met. Where (a) __________ all these years?
Niharika : In Delhi. How about you ? What (b) __________ nowadays?
Nandini : I’m a fashion designer looking for a job. Last time we met you were still studying, (c) __________ Business Management?
Niharika : In 2001. Actually I’m here for (d) .
Nandini : That’s a wonderful piece of news! When (e) __________?
Answer:
(a) have you been
(b) are you doing
(c) When did you finish
(d) an interview with a multinational company
(e) do you have to report
Question 5.
Your uncle has promised to give you a gift of ₹ 1,000/-. Write a letter thanking him for the offer, tell him how you plan to spend the money and why you wish to spend it in this way.
Answer:
12, Green Paradise
Dayal Bagh
Agra
20th April 20XX
Dear Uncle
I want to thank you for the gift of ₹ 1,000/- that you have promised to give me if I score above 90% in my final exams. This offer of yours is motivating me to study very hard and give my hundred per cent. My situation is same like the counting of the chicks before they are hatched, as I have already thought about what I am going to do with the money. I will buy two novels by J.K. Rowling. During vacations, I will read them. With the rest of the money, I will get my printer repaired which is out of order. I need to get it repaired to do the project-work for the next class. Thus, I will use the money appropriately.
Please wish me luck and give my regards to Aunty.
Yours affectionately
Anant
Question 6.
‘No one is born criminal; circumstances make them so.’ Write a paragraph in 150 words in the light of the drama ‘The Bishop’s Candlesticks’.
Answer:
A child is born innocent. It is the circumstances and struggles of life which convert him into a criminal. The convict in ‘The Bishop’s Candlesticks’ was a good human being in the past. He had a loving wife but one day his wife fell ill. She was starving. As the convict had no work, there was no money. The convict had no money to buy food and medicines for her. He decided to steal food for her but he was caught in the act of stealing and was sentenced to ten years of rigorous imprisonment. He was fed with rubbish in jail and was often beaten mercilessly. He was treated in a harsh manner as he was forced to sleep on hard board and was infected with vermin. All these sufferings converted a decent man into a beast. He became a hard-core criminal. It was only the circumstances that changed him. Hence one can say that the right home environment, proper guidance, right education and right job can eliminate the crimes. When society denies the right, people turn to stealing in the quest for the achievement of wealth.
OR
Imagine yourself as ‘rain’ and write a paragraph about it in 150 words.
Answer:
I, the rain, am born from the sea. My emergence from the heart of the sea is announced by the thundering of clouds after. I travel upwards in the form of vapour. Then I descend to the earth. My arrival is welcomed by one and all as I soothe the parched fields and valleys and embrace the flowers which start blooming. They seem to dance with joy. I relieve the clouds of their heaviness and quench the thirst of the earth. The rainbow announces my departure. The rain represents a new life and brings joy and love wherever it goes. The clouds empty their burden. When it falls on the earth it quenches the thirst of the parched grounds. The plants and flowers rejoice at the welcome drops of rain and seem to be dancing in joy. The rain spreads happiness all around. No one seems to be saddened by its arrival.
SECTION – C (Grammar) (10 Marks)
Question 7.
Complete the tasks A – C, as directed.
(A) Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
She was so tired (a) __________ (unless, that, if, because) she fell asleep on the couch. Only (b) __________ (after, before, while, since) finishing this project, she’ll be able to take a break, (c) __________ (Although, Because, When, While) she tries to take a walk every evening to clear her head.
Answer:
(a) that
(b) after
(c) Although
(B) The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided against the correct blank number:
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| (a) is | are |
| (b) represent | represents |
| (c) though | through |
| (d) symbol | symbolises |
(C) Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.
(a) seagull / young / alone / the / was / his / ledge / on
Answer:
The young seagull was alone on his ledge.
(b) brothers / the / previous day / his / had / away / flown
Answer:
His brothers had flown away the previous day.
(c) always / them / had / with / he / been / afraid / fly / to
Answer:
He had always been afraid to fly with them.
SECTION – D (Literature) (26 Marks)
Read the given excerpts and answer the questions briefly, for ANY TWO excerpts, of the three, given. 4 + 4 = 8
(A) ‘I come from haunts of coot and hern;
I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley’.
(a) What is the speaker’s origin and what does the speaker do in the first two lines of the extract?
Answer:
The speaker’s origin is “haunts of coot and hern” and the speaker makes a sudden sally in the first two lines of the extract
(b) What does it do among the fern?
Answer:
It shines.
(c) What does the word, ‘bicker’ mean here?
Answer:
Rush quickly.
(B) “Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,”
(a) How was the second road different from the first?
Answer:
The second road was different from the first road as it appeared less travelled upon. The second road looked grassier and less walked upon therefore the poet wished to go on the second road.
(b) “And took the other, as just as fair, and having perhaps the better c1aim” What is the ‘better claim’?
Answer:
The ‘better claim’ is that the poet thought that taking the second road would be more beneficial for him. He listened to his heart, not his mind. It promises adventures and freshness.
(c) Identify the poetic device in the above extract.
Answer:
Simile – as just as fair.
(C) ‘Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary highland lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here or gently pass!’ ‘
(a) Why does a speaker ask to stop or gently pass?
Answer:
The speaker asks the reader to “Stop here, or gently pass!” because they want to draw attention to the beauty of the scene before them. He invites the reader to observe a young woman working alone in a field in the Scottish highlands, reaping and singing by herself. By asking the reader to stop or gently pass, the speaker suggests that this moment is worth savoring and appreciating.
(b) To whom does the poet say ‘stop here or gently pass’?
Answer:
To the passers-by
(c) What does ‘behold her’ mean?
Answer:
look at her
Explanation:
The word “behold” is an old-fashioned way of saying “look at” or “see,” and it is often used in literature and poetry to draw attention to something important or significant.
Question 9.
Answer ANY SIX of the following seven questions in about 30 – 40 words each. 2 × 6 = 12
(i) ‘Why the devil are you kind to me? What do you want?’ Why did the convict say this to the Bishop?
Answer:
The convict was unable to understand why the Bishop was extremely kind and generous. He felt the Bishop must have some selfish motives. He was a pessimist and did not have faith in himself or in anyone else. But when the Bishop saves him from being arrested again, he understands his genuine concern for him.
(ii) Who is better in business, Juliette or Gaston? Why?
Answer:
Gaston is better in business than Juliette. He is intelligent, ingenious and has presence of mind. He is an opportunist who takes advantage of the situation. He knows the art of exploiting the situation. Thus, he makes a profit of one hundred thousand francs.
(iii) Which poetic device has been used in abundance in ‘Song of the Rain’? Write two examples.
Answer:
The poetic device used in abundance is metaphor. Two examples are ‘I am dotted silver threads’ and ‘I am the sigh of the sea.’
(iv) Why was the narrator of ‘Best Seller’ on a train to Pittsburgh? Who did he meet there?
Answer:
The narrator of ‘Best Seller’ was on board a train heading towards Pittsburgh for business. He met John A. Pescud, a travelling salesman for a plate-glass company.
(v) How did Bill Bramble regard his profession before the birth of Harold?
Answer:
Bramble was quite satisfied and took pride in being a boxer. He would feel immensely glad and gratified on reading about himself in the newspapers.
(vi) What kind of training did the privates receive?
Answer:
Privates were the soldiers without rank. They received training in musketry, handling hand grenades and other methods of warfare as well as physical training.
(vii) What kind of a man was Charles Hooper before the tragic accident?
Answer:
Hooper was a favoured young man who had everything in life, popularity, success and a respectable job. He was once a player of the university football team. He was the Zonal Sales Manager in a chemical company and was very ambitious.
Question 10.
Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions in about 120 words. 6 × 1 = 6
(A) Give a character sketch of Chuck Charles Hooper in your own words citing examples from the lesson ‘A Dog Named Duke’ in about 120 words.
Answer:
Chuck Hooper was a dynamic and a competitive young man. He became the Sales Manager in a chemical factory at a very young age. He was determined and courageous and took life as a challenge. He always wore a smile on his face. After the accident, he was a physical and mental wreck, but he had complete faith in himself and his companion, Duke. He worked hard on his fitness with the help of Duke and with courage, faith, determination and endurance he showed signs of significant recovery in his health conditions. He kept trying to get back on his feet and walk despite all odds. With slow and steady persuasion,
Duke became instrumental in helping him on the road to recovery and success. He was not only back on job but also got promoted as the Assistant National Sales Manager. He gave the credit of his success to Duke who will always be an integral part of his life.
OR
(B) What made the narrator’s grandmother identify herself with the old lady of the novel ‘Kashi Yatre’? (ATT)
Answer:
The principal character of ‘Kashi Yatre’ had an ardent desire to go to Kashi and worship Lord Vishweshwara. The grandmother had a similar wish as it was a popular belief that worshipping Lord Vishweshwara in Kashi was the ultimate punya. In the story, there was an orphan girl, who wanted to marry but had no money. The old lady gave all the money she had saved for her Kashi visit to the girl. This act of sacrificing pleased the grandmother the most. She identified herself with the protagonist of the novel and followed her story with great interest. Her compassionate nature and her bent for spiritual learning endeared her to the grandmother.