JAC Class 9 Model Question Paper 2024 English

JHARKHAND COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING, RANCHI
ANNUAL EXAMINATION
2023-2024
ENGLISH
Class IX
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Time-1 ½ Hrs Marks:40

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :-
 Total number of questions is 40.
 Each question carries 1 mark.
 Four options are given.
 Students are expected to select the most appropriate answer.
 All the questions are compulsory.
 No marks will be deducted for wrong answer.

I. Read the passage given below and choose the correct option to answer the questions: -

Man‟s dependence on animals and plants cannot be ignored. Animals are killed for meat and skin,
trees are cut down for wood and paper; Plants are uprooted for food and medicine. If we go on
using nature as thoughtlessly as we have been doing, nothing worth while in nature will be left for
our posterity. Against this background, many countries have passed protective laws in order to
safeguard wildlife. There are more than 1200 National parks, wildlife reserves and similar
protected areas throughout the world to ensure that rare wild animals and trees are saved form
extinction. One group of animals which have become extinct are dinosaurs. The reason for their
extinction is not known. However, people guess that this is because of the change in environment.
The dinosaurs could not adapt themselves to the new environment and as a result perished.

1. This passage is about –
a. dinosaurs
b. sea animals
c. how to safeguard wild life
d. man‟s dependence on nature
2. Man is dependent on animals and plants for
a. meat
b. wood
c. medicine
d. All of the above
3. What step/steps the countries have taken to safeguard wildlife?
a. They have passed protective laws.
b. They have made national parks.
c. They have kept animals in wildlife reserves
d. All of the above
4. One group of animals which has become extinct is ____________
a. whales
b. dinosaurs
c. camels
d. monkeys
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5. According to the passage what is the reason behind extinction of dinosaurs
a. change in environment
b. some disease
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
6. The synonym of the word „destruction‟ is
a. extinction
b. thoughtlessly
c. environment
d. uprooted
7. “Man‟s dependence on animals and plants cannot be ignored”. The preposition in the given
sentence is
a. and
b. on
c. be
d. cannot
8. The antonym of existent is ___________
a. protective
b. perished
c. ignored
d. dependence

II. Choose the correct option given in question 9-14 and complete the letter given below: -
To
____ 9___
G.V.H.S, Silli
1st Sep, 2023

Sub : Application for leave.
Sir,
Most humbly and respectfully I beg to say that I am ___10_____ from fever. I am
therefore compelled to absent myself from school for two days. I request you to grant me leave for
two days. I shall be highly______11________ to you for this act of kindness.

Thanking you.
Yours ____12____
Ravi
Class – X „A‟
9.
(a) The Headmaster
(b) The headmaster
(c) the headmaster
(d) the Headmaster
10.
(a) suffered
(b) is suffering
(c) was suffering
(d) suffering
11.
(a) Obedient

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(b) thanking
(c) obliged
(d) kind
12.
(a) obediently
(b) kindly
(c) lovingly
(d) loving

III. Choose the correct option and answer the following questions: -

13. My grandmother ____________________ me stories last night
(a) has told
(b) told
(c) tells
(d) is telling
14. The passive voice of „Someone has stolen my book‟ is
(a) My book has been stolen.
(b) My book has been stolen by him.
(c) He has stolen my book.
(d) None of these.
15. Raman __________________ a letter when I entered his room.
(a) wrote
(b) was writing
(c) writes
(d) is writing
16. It is very dangerous to enter_______________the enemy‟s camp
(a) at
(b) into
(c) in
(d) on
17. The man robbed me ___________ my possessions
(a) of
(b) at
(c) from
(d) in
18. The Indirect speech of - The teacher said, “The sun rises in the east”
(a) The teacher told me that the sum rises in the east
(b) The teacher asked me if the sun rises in the east
(c) The teacher said that the sun rises in the east
(d) None of these
19. The indirect speech of He said to me, “I am writing a letter”.
(a) He told me that I am writing a letter
(b) He asked me if I was writing a letter
(c) He told me that he was writing a letter
(d) None of these
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20. _________________ you tell me, why you are weeping?
(a) must
(b) can
(c) may
(d) should
21. The passive voice of - „we are playing cricket‟.
(a) Cricket is played by us.
(b) Cricket was played by us.
(c) Cricket is being played by us.
(d) None of these.
22. Babies ____________ when they are hungry.
(a) crying
(b) cry
(c) cries
(d) cried

IV. Read the extract given below and choose the correct option to answer the questions
:-

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

23. The given lines are from the poem -
(a) Rain on the Roof
(b) A legend of the Northland
(c) The lake Isle of Innisfree
(d) The Road not Taken
24. These lines are composed by
(a) phoebe Cary
(b) W. B. Yeats
(c) Robert Frost
(d) Coates Kenney
25. Who is „her‟ in the third line?
(a) Saint Peter
(b) the poet
(c) an old lady
(d) None of the above

V. Choose the correct option and answer the following questions

26. Margie was __________ years old
(a) Nine
(b) Eight
(c) Eleven
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(d) Six

27. Who had learnt to open the mind and body to sounds and vibrations?
(a) Margie
(b) Evelyn Glennie
(c) Bismillah Khan
(d) None of the above
28. The musical instrument which the emperor Aurangzeb banned was:
(a) pungi
(b) shehnai
(c) flute
(d) Tabla
29. During the second world was of which thing a sudden demand errupted in the market?
(a) poppy seeds
(b) tamarind seeds
(c) coriander
(d) mint
30. The poem wind is composed by-
(a) Vikram Seth
(b) Subramania Bharati
(c) Katherine Mansfield
(d) Edward lear
31. Jainulabdeen was Kalams‟s -
(a) mother
(b) father
(c) teacher
(d) None of the above
32. The only woman in the world who had scaled Mt.Everest twice was -
(a) Santosh yadav
(b) Santosh Kumar
(c) Evelyn Glennie
(d) None of the above
33. The name of the little girl was-
(a) kezia
(b) Santosh yadav
(c) Evelyn Glennee
(d) Margie
34. The child went to a fair with his-
(a) parents
(b) aunt
(c) teacher
(d) friend
35. Who could weave out endless stories and anecdotes?
(a) Prashant
(b) Pranjol
(c) I swaran
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(d) Abdul kalam
36. From whom had the grand father bought Toto-
(a) the station master
(b) a friend
(c) a tonga driver
(d) None of the above

37. Who grew fat like a street side sacred bull?
(a) Guru
(b) disciple
(c) goldsmith
(d) beggar
38. The statue of the Happy Prince was covered with___________________
(a) gold
(b) silver
(c) iron
(d) brass
39. What was Behrman‟s dream?
(a) to earn money
(b) to become a doctor
(c) to go abroad
(d) to paint a masterpiece
40. Ersama is a small town in-
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Ranchi
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa

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Answer Key
Calss IX
ENGLISH
1 c
2 d
3 d
4 b
5 a
6 a
7 b
8 b
9 a
10 d
11 c
12 a
13 b
14 a
15 b
16 b
17 a
18 c
19 c
20 b
21 c
22 b
23 b
24 a
25 c
26 c
27 b
28 a
29 b
30 b
31 b
32 a
33 a
34 a
35 c
36 c
37 b
38 a
39 d
40 d

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