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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Set 5 with Solutions
Time Allowed : 3 hours
Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions:
- The Question Paper contains THREE sections – READING SKILLS, GRAMMAR & WRITING SKILLS and LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE.
- Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part.
Section – A: Reading Skills (20 marks)
Question 1.
Read the following text. [10]
1. Thackeray reached Kittur along with a small British army force and a few of his officers and their family members. He thought that the very presence of the British on the outskirts of Kittur would terrorise the rulers and people of Kittur, and that they would lay down their arms. He was quite confident that he would be able to crush the revolt in no time. During the afternoon and evening of 20th October, the British soldiers were busy making arrangements for these camps.
2. On the 21st morning, Thackeray sent his political assistant to Kittur fort to obtain a written assurance from all the important officers of Kittur rendering them answerable for the security of the treasury of Kittur. They, accordingly, met Sardar Gurusiddappa and other officers of Kittur and asked them to comply with the orders of Thackeray. They did not know that the people were in a defiant mood. The commanders of Kittur dismissed the agent’s orders as no documents could be signed without sanction from Rani Chennamma.
3. Thackeray was enraged and sent the commander of the Horse Artillery to capture the commanders of the Desai’s army. When the Horse Artillery stormed into the fort, Sardar Gurusiddappa, who had kept his men on full alert, promptly commanded his men to repel and chase them away. The Kittur forces made a bold front and overpowered the British soldiers. Rani’s soldiers chased them out of the fort, killing a few of them until they retreated to their camps on the outskirts.
4. The Kittur soldiers captured about forty persons and brought them to the palace. These included twelve children and a few women from the British officer’s camp. When they were brought in the presence of the Rani, she ordered the soldiers to be imprisoned. For the women and children, she had only gentleness, and admonished her soldiers for taking them into custody. At her orders, these women and children were taken inside the palace safely and given food and shelter. Rani came down from her throne, patted the children lovingly and told them that no harm would come to them.
5. Seeing the noble gesture of the Rani, Thackeray was moved. He thought of trying to persuade her to enter into an agreement with the British to stop all hostilities in lieu of an inam (prize) of eleven villages. His offer was dismissed with a gesture of contempt. She had no wish to meet Thackeray. That night she called Sardar Gurusiddappa and other leading Sardars, and after discussing all the issues came to the conclusion that there was no point in meeting Thackeray who had come with an army to threaten Kittur into submission to British sovereignty.
Answer the following questions, based on the passage above.
(i) Select the reason/reasons to show that Rani was a noble queen.
(A) She provided food and shelter to women and children.
(B) She was very gentle towards them.
(C) She sent them a word of their safety.
(D) All of the above.
Answer:
(D) All of the above.
(ii) How did Rani Chennamma respond to Thackeray’s offer to enter into an agreement with the British and what was her conclusion after discussing with the leading Sardars? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer:
Rani Chennamma dismissed Thackeray’s offer with contempt and had no wish to meet him. After discussing the issues with the leading Sardars, she concluded that there was no point in meeting Thackeray, who had come with an army to threaten Kittur into submission to British sovereignty.
(iii) Complete the sentence appropriately:
British women and children came to Kittur to _____________.
Answer:
give company to the army officers
(iv) Which words convey the meaning of ‘captured’? (para 3)
Answer:
to imprison
(v) Complete the sentence appropriately:
Thackeray sent his political assistant to Kittur fort to obtain a written assurance from all the important officers of Kittur, rendering them _____________ for the security of the treasury of Kittur.
Answer:
answerable
(vi) What was Thackeray’s reaction when Rani Chennamma dismissed his offer to enter into an agreement and stop hostilities in exchange for eleven villages? Answer in about 40 words.
Answer:
Thackeray was moved by Rani Chennamma’s dismissal and her refusal to meet him. He realised that threatening Kittur into submission was futile and there was no point in further negotiations.
(vii) Which of the following sentences convey the meaning of ‘issues’ in the same manner as it is used in the above passage, (para 5)?
(A) She is expecting an issue.
(B) Last night, she issued a statement, denying the allegations.
(C) Staff will be issued new uniforms.
(D) All are free to express their views on political issues.
Answer:
(D) All are free to express their views on political issues.
(viii) According to the above passage, why did Rani admonish soldiers?
Answer:
Because they had kept children and women in custody.
Question 2.
Read the following text. [10]
1. Over 80% of fatalities in road accidents in India happened due to speeding and dangerous or driving a comparative analysis of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data since 2014 shows. While this careless corroborates the popular perception of how people drive on the road in a country where getting a driving licence is often said to b be too easy. Experts said most of the fatal accidents are recorded by police under speeding and dangerous driving categories in the FIR as there are no other provisions in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for such offences.
2. According to the latest NCRB report on accidental deaths, 83.2% of road fatalities were on account of these two types of violations and the rest 16.8% of fatalities were due to reasons including drunk driving, bad weather conditions and mechanical defect. In 2014, when such causes of fatal crashes were first compiled, 89.4% of the deaths were due to speeding and dangerous or careless driving as per the police records and this was the highest ever.
3. “We face a host of challenges ranging from poor system of issuing driving licences to almost zero scientific investigation of fatal crashes, which are provided in the law. Most of our national highways and state highways, which pass through villages, have no pedestrian crossings. On the top of this, in all fatal cases, police automatically registers them under section 279 (negligent driving resulting death) of the IPC,” said mad safety expert Rohit Baluja, who has been a regular guest faculty at Indian Police Academy, Hyderabad.
4. Confirming this, traffic adviser in Punjab, government, Navdeep Asija said in case of all fatal accidents, the provisions of IPC are slapped. “In IPC, any crime or offence has to be lodged against a human being and hence there cannot be any charge against a road, vehicle or any other object. That’s why police data may not indicate the exact reason of crashes. But it is also a fact that violation of traffic rules is rampant on roads and only electronic surveillance can put a check on them,” he added.
5. Baluja said there is a need to define what is dangerous driving and the norms for fixing speed limits. “In Delhi, the speed limit is same across major roads, residential areas and markets during day lean time and at night as well. No authorities are held responsible for deficiencies on their part,” he pointed out. Though the amended Motor Vehicle Act has included a provision to hold road owning agencies, contractors and consultants in case of fatal accidents due to faulty road construction or design, the government is yet to notify the process for this.
Answer the following questions, based on the passage above.
(i) Complete the sentence appropriately.
According to the latest NCRB report on accidental deaths, _____________ % of road fatalities were due to speeding and dangerous driving, while the remaining _____________ % were attributed to other factors such as drunk driving, bad weather conditions, and mechanical defects.
Answer:
According to the latest NCRB report on accidental deaths, 83.2% of road fatalities were due to speeding and dangerous driving, while the remaining 16.8% were attributed to other factors such as drunk driving, bad weather conditions, and mechanical defects.
(ii) Fill in the blanks with an appropriate response.
In all fatal cases, the police automatically registers them under section 279 of the IPC, which pertains to _____________ resulting in death.
Answer:
In all fatal cases, the police automatically registers them under section 279 of the IPC, which pertains to negligent driving resulting in death.
(iii) Justify the statement that poor system of issuing driving licenses and lack of scientific investigation of fatal crashes contribute to road fatalities in India, as mentioned in the passage.
Answer:
The statement that poor system of issuing driving licenses and lack of scientific investigation of fatal crashes contribute to road fatalities in India can be justified based on the expert’s opinion in the passage, highlighting challenges in the licensing process and the absence of thorough crash investigations to address the root causes of accidents.
(iv) As per the amended Motor Vehicle Act, who among these are also held responsible for fatal road accidents?
Answer:
Road contractors and Road consultants
(v) Based on the information provided in the passage, what can be inferred about the need for electronic surveillance to curb the rampant violation of traffic rules on Indian roads?
Answer:
Based on the passage, it can be inferred that electronic surveillance is seen as a necessary measure to control the widespread violation of traffic rules on Indian roads. The statement by Navdeep Asija, the traffic adviser in Punjab government, suggests that electronic surveillance can help in enforcing traffic regulations and minimising such violations.
(vi) According to the latest NCRB report, what percentage of total fatal road accidents occur due to high-speed driving and rash driving?
(A) 16.8%
(B) 32.3%
(C) 27.5%
(D) 83.2%
Answer:
(D) 83.2%
(vii) According to the passage, why might the police data on road fatalities not provide the exact reason for crashes?
Answer:
The police data on road fatalities might not provide the exact reason for crashes because in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), crimes or offences can only be lodged against human beings, making it challenging to assign charges to roads, vehicles, or other objects involved in accidents.
(viii) According to NCRB, which of these factors is/are responsible for fatal road accidents?
(A) High speed driving
(B) Rash driving
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Answer:
(C) Both (A) and (B)
Section – B : Grammar & Writing Skills (20 marks)
GRAMMAR (10)
Question 3.
Complete ANY TEN of twelve of the following tasks, as directed. (1 × 10)
(i) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket.
A black cow that _____________ in the field for some time did not return home in the evening. (graze)
Answer:
had been grazing
(ii) Identify the error and supply the correction, for the following sentence:
The teacher called me on 12 o’clock.
Answer:
Error | Correction |
on | at |
(iii) Transform the following direct speech into reported speech:
Gihan exclaimed: “We have had too many prohibitions.”
Answer:
Gihan exclaimed that they had too many prohibitions.
(iv) Which option highlights the correct change of the speech of the following sentence? They told us that they had waited at the station for a long time.
(A) They told us, “We had been waiting at the station for a long time”.
(B) They told us, “We are waiting at the station for a long time”.
(C) They told us, “We wait at the station for a long time.”
(D) They told us, “We waited at the station for a long time”.
Answer:
(D) They told us, “We waited at the station for a long time”.
(v) Fill the blank by choosing the correct option
The book belongs to _____________. (her/hers)
Answer:
her
(vi) Identify the error and supply the correction, for the following sentence:
The sweets were distributed between all the children.
Answer:
Error | Correction |
between | among |
(vii) Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line: The actor, known for his versatility, have received several awards for his performances.
Error | Correction |
(A) The | A |
(B) actor | actors |
(C) has | have |
(D) for | with |
Answer:
Error | Correction |
(A) The | A |
(viii) Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Punit and Aradhya.
Punit : Are you good at playing the guitar?
Aradhya : Yes, I am. I have been playing it for five years.
Punit asked Aradhya if/whether she was good at playing the guitar. Then Aradhya replied in the affirmative and also added that _____________.
(A) she has been playing it for five years
(B) she played it for five years
(C) she had been playing it for five years
(D) she had play it for five years
Answer:
(C) she had been playing it for five years
(ix) Read the conversation between a boss and his employee. Complete the sentence by reporting employee’s reply correctly.
Boss : Why are you stressed out?
Employee : I have a heavy workload this week.
The boss asked the employee why he was stressed out. The employee replied that _____________.
Answer:
he had a heavy workload that week.
(x) Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option to complete the statement.
A temple _____________ in the middle of the village.
(A) situates
(B) is situated
(C) is situating
(D) none
Answer:
(B) is situated
(xi) Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line to complete the statement. When I out, the sun was shining brightly.
(A) sets
(B) is setting
(C) set
(D) setted
Answer:
(C) set
(xii) Identify the error and supply the correction, for the following sentence: The teacher was teaching an important lesson on the class.
Answer:
Error | Correction |
on | in |
WRITING – (10)
Question 4.
Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below.
(A) Write a short descriptive paragraph on the famous Indian scientist Sir CV Raman in 100-120 words on the basis of the following inputs.
Born on 7 November 1888 in Madras – Physician by profession – worked in the field of light scattering – the discovery is known as ‘Raman Effect’ – won Nobel Prize in 1930 for his discovery – elected ‘Fellow of the Royal Society’ in 1924 – in 1954 India honoured him with its highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’ – breathed his last on 21 November 1970.
Answer:
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman born on 7 November 1888, in the former Madras Province of India (presently Tamil Nadu) was an Indian physician who carried out ground- breaking work in the field of light scattering. He discovered that when light traverses a transparent material. Some of the deflected light changes wavelength. This phenomena of “Raman effect” earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics. Raman was honoured with a large number of honorary doctorates and memberships of scientific societies.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society early in his career in 1924 and knighted in 1929. He later resigned from the fellowship in 1968 for reasons unrecorded, the only Indian FRS ever to do so. In 1954, India honoured him with its highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna and celebrates National Science Day on 28 February of every’ year to commemorate the discovery of the Raman effect in 1928. Raman breathed his last on 21 November 1970.
OR
(B) Write a descriptive paragraph in about 100 to 120 words on the notion, “Do you think a robot should replace the human teacher?”
Answer:
Should Robot replace the human teacher?
There is no doubt that robots are much more efficient than teachers ever can be. But human teachers make learning fun, and they can be caring and understanding. The biggest advantage of computer teachers is that the computer teachers have better memory than the human teacher has, as a computer can memorise anything. In my opinion, computers should not replace teachers. UNESCO claims, that today’s robots simply can’t match human teachers in the quality of education they provide to students. Hence, it is possible that no robot will ever be good enough to replace teachers completely. While robots can teach students skills or reinforce difficult concepts for struggling students, it can’t replace a human teacher.
Students need emotional support along with academic support from the teacher which only a human teacher can provide. Human teachers have feelings like the students and thus are capable of sharing experiences with the students, whereas mechanical teachers cannot do that. Only human teachers can develop skills such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, problem solving and entrepreneurship in their pupils to stay relevant in a changing society. Education is not just about the acquisition of knowledge; it is about relationships and the shaping young minds.
A good teacher does not just impart facts; but creates a thirst for knowledge, inspires and motivates his students to learn how to quench that thirst. Teachers also encourage the students to think for themselves and to innovate new solutions, something that Artificial Intelligence cannot do.
Question 5.
Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below.
(A) Write a Diary Entry about your experience of a concert which you attended in about 100 – 120 words.
Answer:
Saturday
10 August 20XX
11:00 p.m.
Dear Diary
It was a totally different and out of the world experience. I was invited by my friend Rajesh to attend a concert by Kailash Kher. He reached late for the concert. But then such things happen when you have a train of fans following you. Probably he might have been caught somewhere. All the audience at Mahalakshmi Race Course Ground was buzzing, everyone was anxiously waiting to see him and listen to his songs. There was heavy security and it took us half an hour to enter. When he walked down on the stage, the whole crowd became excited. All of us started singing with him. He even sang my favourite song from his new album. It was a memorable night, the one which I will never forget. There were lots of clapping, hooting and cheering going around. Finally, he gave his autographs to his fans. Even I got his autograph and he left the place. It was just like a dream come true.
Good Night Diary !
Rahul
OR
(B) Write a short story on the basis of given clues in about 100 – 120 words:
Some friends at a party talked about ghosts. One of them was particularly loud in his scorn of such things. The rest resolved to pay a joke on him. They went to a nearby tree in the evening and ………………
Answer:
Unpleasant Pranks
Some friends at a party talked about ghosts. One of them was particularly loud in his scorn of such things. The rest resolved to pay a joke on him. They went to a nearby tree in the evening and sat under it making plans as to how they could unpleasant their friend Alok by pretending themselves ghosts. As the night drew, they hid themselves in his house and started making noise. Then they pulled out the fuse and there was total darkness in the house. Then one of the friends in white clothes was made to stand on the gate and roam about in the house with a candle in his hand. On seeing the ghost, Alok got scared and started recollecting the stories his friends were telling at the party. He almost believed that ghosts existed.
As soon as he came outside from his room he saw that the things were floating up in the air, actually his friends had fixed fishing rods on the things and were dangling them from the balcony. Alok was so scared that he called up his neighbours. As soon as the friends heard the conversation, they slowly slipped out from the house putting back the fuse. As the neighbours came inside they searched the whole house but were unable to find anything. The next day, Alok was very scared, narrated the incidents to his friends, who were not able to control themselves, and burst out into laughter and told him that it was his own group who was playing pranks on him.
Section – C : Language Through Literature (40 Marks)
Question 6.
Read the given extracts and answer the questions for ANY ONE of the two, given.
(A) At the Boudhanath stupa, the Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu, there is, in contrast, a sense of stillness. Its immense white dome is ringed by a road. Small shops stand on its outer edge: many of these are owned by Tibetan immigrants; felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewellery can be bought here. There are no crowds: this is a haven of quietness in the busy streets around. Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary, religious, with small shrines to flower-adorned deities along the narrowest and busiest streets; with fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards; shops selling Western cosmetics, film rolls and chocolate; or copper utensils and Nepalese antiques. Film songs blare out from the radios, car horns sound, bicycle bells ring, stray cows low questioningly at motorcycles, vendors shout out their wares. I indulge myself mindlessly: buy a bar of marzipan, a corn on-the- cob roasted in a charcoal brazier on the pavement (rubbed with salt, chilli powder and lemon); a couple of love story comics, and even a Reader’s Digest. All this I wash down with Coca Cola and a nauseating orange drink and feel much the better for it.
(i) Which two temples did the writer visit?
Answer:
Pashupati Nath and Boudhanath Stupa
(ii) What did the writer mean by saying ‘All this I wash down with Coca Cola.”?
Answer:
He drank coca cola to digest food
(iii) What kind of environment was there at Boudhanath Stupa?
(A) chaotic
(B) noisy
(C) full of calm and quiet meditations
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) full of calm and quiet meditations
(iv) What kind of streets are there in Kathmandu?
(A) wide
(B) well furnished
(C) narrow and full of life
(D) clean
Answer:
(C) narrow and full of life
OR
(B) Born on 21 March 1916, Bismillah belongs to a well-known family of musicians from Bihar. His grandfather, Rasool Baksh Khan, was the shehnai – nawaz of the Bhojpur king’s court. His father, Paigambar Baksh, and other paternal ancestors were also great shehnai players. The young boy took to music early in life. At the age of three when his mother took him to his maternal uncle’s house in Banaras (now Varanasi), Bismillah was fascinated watching his uncles practise the shehnai. Soon Bismillah started accompanying his uncle, Ali Baksh, to the Vishnu temple of Banaras where Baksh was employed to play the shehnai. Ali Baksh would play the shehnai and Bismillah would sit captivated for hours on end. Slowly, he started getting lessons in playing the instrument and would sit practising throughout the day. For years to come the temple of Balaji and Mangala Maiya and the banks of the Ganga became the young apprentice’s favourite haunts where he could practise in solitude. The flowing waters of the Ganga inspired him to improvise and invent ragas that were earlier considered to be beyond the range of the shehnai.
(i) Which family did Bismillah Khan belongs to?
Answer:
Musician family
(ii) What was the source of inspiration for Bismillah?
Answer:
Ganga ghats
(iii) At the age of the young boy spent his life at his maternal uncle’s house in Benaras.
(A) three
(B) four
(C) five
(D) six
Answer:
(A) three
(iv) Who was Ali Baksh ?
(A) his father
(B) his maternal uncle
(C) his friend
(D) his father’s friend
Answer:
(B) his maternal uncle
Question 7.
Read the given extracts and answer the questions for ANY ONE of the two, given.
(A) Then the matter
Of scorching and chopping In sun and air,
Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done.
(i) What killed the tree?
(A) scorching and chopping
(B) floods
(C) irresponsible behaviour
(D) All of these
Answer:
(A) scorching and chopping
(ii) How is scorching done by?
(A) the water
(B) the earth
(C) the heat of the sun
(D) the rain
Answer:
(C) the heat of the sun
(iii) What does the word ‘chopping’ mean?
Answer:
The word chopping means cutting something into pieces with an axe or knife.
(iv) What does this poem speak about?
Answer:
merciless, thoughtless and callous behaviour of humans towards trees.
OR
(B) He carne to the door of a cottages
In travelling round the earth,
Where a little woman was making cakes,
And baking them on the hearth.
And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
To give him a single one.
(i) What was the little woman doing when St. Peter went to her house?
Answer:
she was making and baking cakes
(ii) What did St. Peter ask for from the little woman?
Answer:
a single cake
(iii) How was Saint Peter feeling when he reached the little woman’s cottage?
(a) tired and hungry
(b) hale and hearty
(c) happy and refreshed
(d) trembling with cold and fever
Answer:
(a) tired and hungry
(iv) Give a word from the passage that means ‘fireplace’.
(A) cottage
(B) hearth
(C) baking
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) hearth
Question 8.
Answer ANY FOUR of the following five questions in about 40 – 50 words. 3 × 4 = 12
(i) What did Kezia find whenever on Sunday afternoons, her grandmother sent her down to have a talk with her parents?
Answer:
Whenever Kezia was sent by her grandmother to talk with her parents on Sunday afternoons, she always found her mother reading and her father stretched out on the sofa, sleeping soundly and snoring.
(ii) When and how did BismiLlah Khan get the break?
Answer:
Bismillah Khan, at the age of 14, accompanied his uncle to Allahabad Music Conference where Ustad Fayaz Khan patted his shoulder. He got encouraged and worked hard and got a big break from the All India Radio in 1938.
(iii) What are the figures of speech in the poem ‘Wind’?
Answer:
The most common figure of speech in the poem is ‘Anaphora’ which means the repetition of certain words. The repetition of the word ‘don’t in the first three lines of the poem is an example of Anaphora. Also, the entire poem is a metaphor as it ends on a note of application to humanity to stand against all ravages, natural or man-made.
(iv) Why did the snake leave the doctor’s arm?
Answer:
The snake left the doctor’s arm because it saw its reflection in the mirror and was fascinated by it and so wanted to enjoy its own reflection by having a closer look.
(v) How is the temple of Pashupatinath different from Boudhnath Stupa?
Answer:
Value Points :
- Pashupatinath Temple : crowded, dirty and noisy.
- Boudhnath Stupa: quiet, peaceful and secluded.
At Pashupatinath Temple there was an atmosphere of feverish activities, i.e., there was disorder, noise and chaos all around whereas the atmosphere at Boudhnath Stupa was calm, peaceful and quiet with no crowd jostling around.
Question 9.
Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions in about 40 – 50 words. 3 × 2 = 6
(i) Why did grandfather hide Toto for some time when he brought him home?
Answer:
Grandmother was not very fond of animals. When he used to bring a new animal or bird, she used to make a lot of fuss. To avoid this, grandfather hid Toto for some time and announced his arrival to her when she was in a good mood.
(ii) Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of imagination. What happens to him on full moon night?
Answer:
Mahendra never believed in ghosts and spirits but, one night he had woken up from his sleep by a low moan near the window. He could not resist his curiosity and tried to look out. To his horror, he saw a dark cloudy form clutching a bundle. Mahendra was in cold sweat from top to bottom and fell back on the pillow, panting.
(iii) In what condition did the author go to his school after the fire incident ? (A House is not a Home.)
Answer:
Value Points :
- Deeply embarrassed
- Not properly dressed
- No books, no bag
- Felt all security ripped away
- Walked around school dully
The fire had burnt all the author’s belongings. He was deeply embarrassed because he had no uniform, no books and no bag. He felt as if all the security had been ripped away. So he walked around the school dully.
Question 10.
Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions in about 100 – 120 words. 6 × 1 = 6
(A) Kezia decides that there are ‘different kinds of fathers’. What kind of father was Mr. McDonald? How was he different front Kezia’s father?
Answer:
Mr. McDonald was their next door neighbour.
Once Kezia saw her neighbours playing ”tag” together in the evening. Mr. McDonald was with the baby Mao, on his shoulders and the two little girls hanging on to his coat pockets. They ran round and round shaking with laughter. On the other hand, In Kezia’s opinion, her father was very harsh. He did not talk to her affectionately but rather he used to speak to her stringently. So she avoided him. She did not want to be in front of him because she was afraid of him. Her own father was very disciplined and strict. He never played with her and neither interacted much. He even beat her up for her little mistakes.
OR
(B) How can you say that we all are same ? Discuss it on the basis of the poem No Men are Foreign.
Answer:
The poem clearly exhibits that all the people living on the Earth are brothers. There is nothing which can make them strange from one another. All the people on the Earth share this land which clearly establishes that we all are equal and same. No doubt, people belong to different nations, they speak different languages, they follow different religious paths even then, all of them share the common traits that all of them are human beings. All the people feel pleasure and pain equally, and we put in our best efforts to produce harvest. All of us are afraid of wars and clashes and we all wish to live in peace and tranquillity. All the natural resources are commonly shared and if we show our hatred or jealousy towards anyone, our harmony is severely destroyed. So, the poet has established the fact that all the human beings living on the Earth are the same.
Question 11.
Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions in about 100 – 120 words. 6 × 1 = 6
(A) Write your views in the form of a short paragraph on the topic “Should animals be kept as a pet”.
Answer:
Before bringing a pet in the house, we should remember that these animals can neither speak nor express as human beings do. As a pet owner, we should know that there are a number of dangers that lurk in our households for these little creatures. We should always keep pesticides and medicines at a bay from the animals and children, as they are a potential threat to them. The areas where pets might start fire inadvertently, such as kitchen or fire places, plugs should be covered. We should never have pets unattended around the open flames. Small electrical cords are also harmful for them, possibly they could be wounded. So, they must be kept at a distance. All the pots and oil bottles should be properly closed.
OR
(B) How did the coming back of the cat bring happiness in the life of the author?
Answer:
The author and the cat missed each other very much. The absence of the cat from the author’s life had made him gloomy. Even the kind lady, who had found the cat, knew it was loved and sorely missed. After the author’s house was renovated and the kind lady who had found his cat, had located the owner’s address, the return of the cat was possible. It filled the writer’s heart with happiness and the normal phase of his life started again. With the return of the cat, the feeling of loss and tragedy seemed to diminish. The author was overwhelmed by kindness shown by the lady by returning his cat back to him.