CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English for Practise for Term 1(2023-24)
CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English for Practice for Term 1(2023-24):
These sample paper for class 9 English for Mid-term exam are based on NCERT syllabus.
Class 9th
Term Mid-term
Subject English
Recourse Sample
Year 2023-24
This sample paper is divided into three sets:
SET-1 (EASY)
SET-2 (NORMAL)
SET-3 (HARD)
Each set is divided into three sections:
SECTION-A (READING)
SECTION-B (WRITING AND GRAMMAR)
SECTION-C (LITEARATURE)
SET-1 (EASY)
SECTION-A (Reading)
Q1. Read the following passage carefully:
1. In mountaineering you often face life and death situations. It is an adventurous sport and there is a sense of achievement. Somebody has said that adventure is the willingness to step into the unknown. You learn to appreciate it only when you have experienced it. In mountaineering one has to first cross the mountain of fear in one's mind. It needs mental strength more than it needs physical stamina.
2. I was a sportsperson in my college days, so I was physically fit. But mountaineering was a male dominated profession then. It took me time to convince my parents that this was what I wanted to do.
3. Luckily I received an invitation to join a pre-Everest expedition from Indian Mountaineering Foundation. It was then that my goal was fixed. I worked hard, practised climbing with a bag filled with stones and jogged daily. My mother used to feel bad but after the Everest expedition she felt proud of me
4. Everest expedition in harsh climate is very challenging: you feel isolated and you miss your home a lot. Tasty food is a rarity in the mountains. The Everest expedition of 1984 was three months long. There was an avalanche at one point. Mountaineering tests your team spirit in such
ordeals at such a great height and in unforgiving weather, you feel close to God. When I reached
the peak, I remembered my parents and thanked them for all that they had done for me. I placed an idol of Goddess Durga in the snow. I was the only woman in the team to complete the expedition.
5. In 1985 I led an all women group to Everest and in 1994 a women's rafting expedition on the mighty Ganga from Haridwar to Kolkata. I lead women's groups because they need to be encouraged to think differently. Women must step out of their homes. I would say there are more opportunities in India than anywhere else in the world. 6. If you wish to take up mountaineering as a career, you will discover innumerable opportunities as you gather vast experiences. The biggest risk in life is not to take a risk. Nature is a demanding classroom. It teaches you a lot. So go out and explore to be self-confident.
(Bachendripal's Interview for Tinkle)
1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following statements:
a. An adventure is our desire to __________
b. Bachendripal took time to convince her parents that ___________
c. She was lucky to receive __________
d. She practised mountain ascending with ____________
e. When she reached the peak, she ______________ (any one thing)
f. She believes that India offers more ____________ for _____________ than any other country in the world.
2. Find synonyms of the following words from the passage:
a. water surfing (para 5)
b. uncountable (para 6)
SECTION B (WRITING & GRAMMAR)
3. You are appalled to see the poor condition of roads in your city. They arestrewn with trash: have been dug up for construction; are broken with overflowing drains: stray dogs and cattle rule the roost that disrupts the flow of traffic. Write a letter to the editor of a national daily expressing your distress on this issue urging the authorities to remedy this unfortunate situation. Sign as Avani / Aman resident of 12, Municipal Chowk. Chhapra.
4. There is one error in each of the given lines. Write the error along with its correction.
Life was not as it seems to be. Example: was >> is
It is full of up and downs. (a)___________
The grass always look greener on the other side. (b)___________
We have a habit to grumbling. (c)___________
We are ever satisfied. (d)___________
We make our lives misery (e)___________
by expect too much from everyone. (f)___________
This is what we face disappointment. (g)___________
So never expect nothing and be happy. (h)___________
SECTION-C (LITERATURE)
5. Answer the questions in not more than 40 words.
(A) Why was Margie mesmerized by the concept of 'school' ?
(B) Describe the arrival of Kezia's father from office.
(C) What is the figure of speech used in the line "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"? What do the two roads stand for?
(D) Mention the achievements of Evelyn Glennie other than in the field of music.
6. Answer the questions in not more than 125-150 words
(A) Based on your reading of Sound of Music, write an article on the topic "Patriotism doesn't exist only in the hearts of soldiers'.
(B) Imagine yourself to be Margie. After having read Tommy's book you write a letter to your mother expressing your desire to experience the life in the 'old school'.
(C) How did the little girl start understanding her father?
SET-2 (NORMAL)
SECTION-A (Reading)
Q1. Read the given passage carefully
Leaked reports from a top secret agency indicate that Government scientists are planning for UK citizens to be replaced entirely by perfect robot replicas within the next 10 years. According to a report in the sun, the leaked report says that the MIT (Ministry of Information Technology) will soon see the development and sale to the public of mechanical representations of humans called "surrogates", which are operated through mind control. It says that the UK population will be cajoled by a huge public marketing campaign into purchasing their own"surrogate" and a special operating device- called a "stim chair"-that they attach themselves to in the safety of their own home. The mind pattern impulses sent through diodes on the "stim chair" then activate the Individual "surrogates" who take to the streets to tackle the day-to-day grind of the individual. The startling technology logical advance will be billed to the UK as a necessary step in an increasingly violent and terrorist-threatened world. The white paper goes into incredible detail about creating a world where crime, pain and fear don't exist because the British Public live a "utopian existence" with the "surrogates" taking all the risks.
Read the questions and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet.
(a) which of the following statements is 'True'?
i) In UK, citizens have been replaced by robot replicas.
ii) The UK population is being coaxed to purchase their own 'Surrogates'
iii) 'Surrogates' are the mechanical form of human beings.
iv) The robot replicas will not help in doing day to day work.
v) With the advent of mechanical robots, the crime and violence will increase in UK
vi) There is a need for UK to have such technology because of increasing terrorism
a)ii, iii, vi
b)i, ii, iii
c)ii, iv, vi
d)I, iii, v
(b) Which work in the passage stands for 'a thing that is considered' as a substitute for other?
(i) Surrogate (ii) Cajoled (iii) impulse (iv) Startling
(c) Match the following:
(i) Grind a) Coaxed
(ii) Replica b) astonishing
(iii) Cajoled c) Copy
(iv) Startling d) Work
a) (i)-d (ii)-c(iii)-a (iv)-b
b) (i)-c(ii)-b (ii)-a (iv)-d
c) (i)-c(ii)-b (iii)-a (iv)-d
d) (i)-a (ii)-b (iii)-c (iv)-d
d) 'Stim Chair':
i) is a special operating device
ii) activates the actual 'surrogates'
iii) a safety mechanism
(i) and (ii)
e) The passage talks about a world where
i) Crime, pain and fear do not exist
ii) Everything exists
iii) Crime exists.
iv) Pain and fear exist.
Q2. Read the passage carefully
US President Break Obama challenged the world on Tuesday to act swiftly to fight global warming but offered no new proposals that could jump start stalled talks on a UN climate pact. Speaking shortly after Obama at a special UN summit on global warming. Chinese President Hu Jintau pledged to reduce the carbon intensity of his country's economic growth. In his speech, President Obama said time was running out to address the problem. Our generation's response to this challenge will be judged by history, for if we fail to meet it boldly, swiftly and together we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe", he said "The time we have to reverse this tide is running out. " Activists hoped the United States and China would inject momentum, 2-1/9 months before 190 nations gather in Copenhagen aiming to complete a deal to slow climate change. "Failure to reach broad agreement in Copenhagen would be moral inexcusable economically short- sighted and politically unwise." Ban said.
Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet:
a) President Obama's speech on Global warming.
i) gave a new boost to the movement
ii) game a new vision to the world
iii) did not give a start to the movement.
iv) None of these R
b) According to the report, china
i) is a major contributor to global warming because of the economic growth?
ii) has already contained the carbon interisity.
iii) does not add to the problem of global warming.
iv) Does not require to act in this direction.
c) According to the speakers
i) There is no need to panic as there is sufficient time to act
ii) The situation has gone out of control.
iii) There is an immediate need of swift action to slow down the climate changes.
iv) The future generations will act swiftly.
d) According to the report:
i) The countries should reach a definite agreement on the issue of global
ii) The countries still can negotiate and reach a definite agreement as the failure of the summit will not make any difference.
iii) It is important for the future generations to act now as it is their life which is at stake.
iv) Failure to reach any agreement will not affect the future generations.
e) Which of the following words in the assage stands for 'stopped'?
i) reversible
ii) stalled
iii) irreversible
iv) swiftly
SECTION B (WRITING & GRAMMAR)
Q3. On Mother's day you gifted your mother with LENOVO A600 LAPTOP IDEA CENTRE.
Write a descriptive paragraph Also describe the functions of the computer. You may take help
of hints given below:
* Mother over whelmed, gave blessings, invited her friends to show the new computer.
*LENOVO A 600 IDEA CENTRE Slimmest computer-HD display-can watch T.V soap operas- DOLBY THEATRE SOUND SYSTEM.
Q4. Read the conversation given and complete the passage that follows:-
Ravi: Where were you yesterday evening?
Vinay: There is an exhibition of rare paintings at the Art Gallery. I had gone there.
Ravi: How well are you prepared for the entrance exam next week?
Vinay: I have been preparing for the whole week.
Ravi asked Vinay where he (a)...............evening. Vinay replied that (b).................and he had gone there. Ravi wanted to know (c)................. for the entrance exam next week. Vinay explained that he (d)...............
Q5. In the following passage, one word has been omitted in each line. Find the missing word. The first one has been done for you.
Before Missing After
The Neem tree is native India and is found a) native of India
all the country. It is highly medicinal b)
plant, leaves, flowers, bark and oil have been c)
widely used home remedles right from ancient d)
times. The Neem twig is an excellent tooth brush e)
It is also full of chlorophyll and the twigs very f)
effective in cleaning the mouth. Neem strong g)
antibiotic properties.
SECTION C-LITERATURE
Q6. Answer the following questions in not more than 40 words.
a) Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
b) Describe the prank played by Toto with the dish of 'pullao'.
c) What is the message Bismillah Khan has conveyed to the readers?
d) What impression do you form about the child after reading the story "The Lost Child"?
Q7. Answer the following questions in not more than 125 words.
a) You are 'the man' in the story 'The Lost Child'. Write a letter to your friend describing your experience with the child while making your effort to help and console him when he was frantically crying after being separated from his parents.
b) Imagine yourself to be the author of the story. Make a diary entry giving a brief account of your experience of having had Toto as a pet in your house.
SET-3(HARD)
SECTION-A (READING)
I Read the passage given below.
(1) The children's literature being produced in India nowadays includes much more than just stories and folktales rich in morals and traditions. The output of its writers illustrators in a variety of genres and in a plethora of languages reflects India's complex and ever changing multilingual society. They also break through and go beyond long standing gender, cultural and social stereotypes,
(2) The unique challenge that Indian children's book creators face is what one of our interviewees poetically calls the "rainbow-coloured horizon" Of Indian children's literature.
(3) Children's publishing in India is poised for growth in everyway. With education becoming a priority, demand for books for the growing population of young people can only go up.Traditional retellings have been a staple fare for publishers for their very small children's lists as they don't have to worry about copyright.
(4) More publishers are becoming willing to publish new authors, and experiment with new formats. Maybe future books will be inspired by gaming and more merchandise will be inspired by books. Marketing will remain important in creating a positive buzz around books and reading. Books will influence TV and films and in turn be influenced by them. Comics and graphic formats seem ready for the great leap forward.
(5) Production standards for children's books will improve as there will be greater exposure to well produced books world-wide. The internet will create new ways to read and share books, It may also enable many new talents to emerge as more people will be able to put up their work online. that follow.
On the basis of your understanding of the passage, Answer the questions
1. Which line from the passage proves that children's literature being produced in India nowadays includes much more than just stories and folktales?
(a) Traditional retellings have been a staple fare for publishers for their very small children's lists.
(b)Books will influence TV and films and in turn be influenced by them.
(c)They also break through and go beyond long-standing gender, cultural and social stereotypes.
(d)None of the above
2.Why is Indian children's literature written in a plethora of languages?
(a)It has to be read world-wide.
(b) It is a way of experimentation.
(c)It has to be read by children of various languages.
(d) Both (b) and (c)
3. What is the reason for the growth of children's publishing in India?
(a) Rainbow coloured illustrations.
(b)Big Font
(e)Focus on education
(d)All of the above
4. How will children's literature produced worldwide help Indian children's Literature?
(a)Gaming and more merchandise will increase the production of books.
(b)The internet will provide exposure to the books world-wide, inspiring it to improve production standards.
(c)Quality of comics and graphic books will take a great leap.
(d)Travelling has bridged the gap between Indian and World Literature.
5. Which line from the passage befits the idiom, "to play safe"?
(a) Children's publishing in India is poised for growth in every way.
(b)More publishers are becoming willing to publish new authors, and experiment with new formats.
(c)Traditional retellings have been a staple fare for publishers for their very small children's lists as they don't have to worry about copyright.
(d)Books will influence TV and films in turn be influenced by them.
6. Which format of children's literature is likely to become popular in Future?
(a)Comics and graphic formats
(b)Stories and folktales
(c)Multilingual books
(d)Not mentioned in the passage
7. Children's books will be inspired by?
(a)Gaming and TV
(b)Folktales
(c)TV and films
(d)Both a and e
8. What can be a suitable title for the passage?
(a)Marketing can create a positive Buzz
(b)Unique challenges in Indian Children's literature
(c)The World of children's literature
(d)Emergence of online books for children
9. Which of the following words can replace the word 'plethora' in para 1?
(a)Diverse
(b)Variety
(c)Numerous
(d)Different
10. Which word from the passage is the antonym of the word "unconventional'?
(a)Stereotype
(b)Plethora
(c)Poised
(d)Staple
II Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
(1)The majority of children around the world have at least one sibling. The Sibling relationship is likely to last longer than any other relationship in one's lifetime and plays an integral part in the lives of families. Yet, in comparison to the wealth of studies on parent child relationships, relatively little attention has been devoted to the role of siblings and their impact on one another's development.
(2)In recent decades, research has focused on sibling relations in early Childhood, and the shift from examining the role of structural variables (e.g-age, birth order) towards more process variables (e.g.-under-standing of their social worlds) has proved to be a fruitful direction. Siblings are viewed as an integral component of family systems and as an important context for learning and development but there are a number of methodological and conceptual challenges to studying siblings from this perspective.
(3)In early childhood, four major characteristics of sibling relation are prominent. First, sibling interactions are emotionally charged relationships defined by strong emotions of a positive, negative and sometimes undecided quality. Second, sibling relations are defined by intimacy. As youngsters spend large amounts of time playing together, they know each other very well. This long history and intimate knowledge translates into opportunities for providing emotional and instrumental support for one another. Third, sibling relations are characterized by large individual differences in the quality of children's relations with one another. Fourth, the age difference between siblings often makes the issues of power and control as well as rivalry and jealousy, sources of contention for children, but also provide a context for more positive types of complementary exchanges, such as teaching, helping, and caregiving interactions.
(4)Broadly speaking, the characteristics of sibling relations sometimes make them challenging for
parents, because of the potentially emotional and highly charged nature of the relationship.
On the basis of your reading of the passage given above, answer the following questions.
1. Why is sibling relationship an important aspect of family life?
2. What has given a fruitful direction to the research on siblings in the recent decades?
3. Which perspective of studying siblings is challenging?
4. Pick any one line from the passage that proves that the importance of siblings has been underrated?
5. Does age difference between sibling always result in rivalry? How do you know
6. Do you agree that siblings interactions are emotionally charged relationships defined by uncertain behavior? Justify using the above passage.
7. On the basis of the visual inputs given above, the following is NOT TRUE.
(a)Handling siblings is a piece of cake for the parents.
(b)Sibling rivalry is an important aspect of a sibling relationship.
(c)Sibling interactions are emotionally charged.
(d)Sibling relations are characterized by large individual differences.
8. Give a suitable title to the passage.
9. Find a word from part I that is the synonym of the word 'essential."
10. Find a word from part 3 that is the antonym of the word "harmony."
SECTION-B (GRAMMAR AND CREATIVE WRITING)
III
A. There is an error in each of the lines in the given passage. Identify it and replace it with the correct word. Make 2 columns, as shown below:-
Incorrect Correct
The skin in our fingers is especially suitable for (a)
delicate tasks or is much more sensitive than the (b)
skin on our back or thighs. For examples, when touch (c)
the U-shaped ending of a hairpin with the finger, one (d)
can different the two points, that are in contact with (e)
the skin as separate points If the same hairpin touch (f)
once back, the sensation becomes a broad, dull one. (g)
The reason for this difference is a number of touch (h)
receptors that we have embedded in our hand. No error
B. Choose the correct word to fill in each of the blanks in the following paragraph. You need not copy the paragraph: -
The whole human civilization is a) ____________ (nothing/something/everything/anything) but the fattest story book with unlimited pages. This book has the life story of b) _____________ (some/ few/ every/ all) man who has walked the face of this earth. It starts from nowhere and ends at nowhere (c)___________ (with/ over/ soon/ for) as long as the human civilization flourishes, pages after pages (d)___________ (should/ will/ may/must) be added to this book. Nothing in this universe stagnates, all entities (e) ____________ (should be are/ should have been/ had been) on the move. Movement is the (f) _____________ (presence essence/ flavour/ page) of everything.
C. Read the conversation given below carefully and complete the following passage:-
Vikram: Do you want to go for an outstation trip tomorrow?
Servesh: Yes! I haven't been to any place in a long time.
Vikram: I'll pick you up at seven in the morning then.
Servesh: Fine!
Vikram asked Servesh (a) ____________. Servesh answered in the affirmative saying (b)__________.
Vikram said that (c) _______________. Servesh agreed to this.
IV. Creative writing skills: -
1. Write a descriptive paragraph in 100-120 words on your favourite holiday destination. You can describe the sights, smells, sounds, taste, and feelings that the place invokes in you.
2. Using the prompt given below, write a story in about 100-120words. Do not forget to give an appropriate title.
The weather was ideal, Windless, warm, the sky without a cloud. Only the blue was veild with a haze of right gold, as it is sometimes in early summer, Suddenly, it started to rain but it wasn't the usual rain.............
Do not copy the prompt.
SECTION-C (LITERATURE)
V. Read the extract carefully:
A. "it is intriguing to watch Evelyn function so effortlessly without hearing. In our two-hour discussion she never missed a word".
(1) Read the 5 statements and choose any one cluster of correct statements. (NOTE: DO NOT
CHOOSE ANY ANSWER FROM STATEMENTS 1-5)
(i) Evelyn looked beyond her disability.
(ii) Evelyn pretends to understand the conversation.
(iii) Evelyn is ignoring the interviewer.
(iv) Evelyn is ignorant of what was happening around her.
(v) Evelyn shows exemplary hard work and determination.
(a) options (i), (iii), (iv), (v)
(b) Options (i), (iv) & (v)
(c) Options (i) & (v)
(d) Options (i),
(2) The most appropriate antonym of the word effortlessly is:
(a) Loudly
(b) Laboriously
(c) Smoothly
(d) Effectively
(3) Which of the following is an adverb?
(a) Intriguing
(b) effortlessly
(c) Never
(d) Both b and c
(4) How did the Evelyn manage to not even miss a word during the conversation?
(5) What can be said about the interviewer's reaction in the above lines?
B. To where it bent it the undergrowth;
Then took the other, just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
(I) Why did the poet choose the second road?
(a) For it was grassy
(b) for it wanted people to walk on it
(e) For it wanted wear
(d) All of these
(II) How Was the second road different from that of the first one?
(a) People hardly travelled on that where as the first one was frequently used
(b) There was a lot of damage on the second road than the first one.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
(III) What literary device has been used in the first line of the first stanza of The Road not taken?
(a) Consonance
(b) Personification
(c) Anaphora
(d) Assonance
(IV) Why did the poet try to look down the road as far as he could?
(a) For he wanted to make sure that it was safer.
(b) For he wanted to make sure that it was riskier.
(c) For he wanted to measure the length of the road.
(d) None of these
(V) Both the roads were equally.......
(a) Bad (b) Good (c) worse (d) None of these
VI Answer the questions in 40-50 words each, from (A) and (B) respectively.
(i) How did Ali Bux become the mentor of Bismilllah Khan?
(ii) Why was Margie mesmerized by the concept of 'school'
(iii) What made Kezia's father punish her? Was he right to do so?
(iv) What is the figure of speech used in the line "two roads diverged in a yellow wood? What do the two roads stand for?
B.
(i) How was Toto's tail useful to him?
(ii) What impression do you form about the lost child's parents after reading the story?
C. Answer the following in 100-120 words.
Express in a paragraph how you have been inspired by the life of Evelyn Glennie to combat all limitations on your road to success.
D. Answer the following in 100-120 words.
Imagine you are the 'Lost child' Write a diary entry describing the end of the story.
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