HBSE Class 9 Question Paper Design 2023 English

Question Paper Design Subject : English Class : 9th Session : 2022-23 Paper : Annual or Supplementary Time : 3 Hrs. Marks : 80 1 Weightage to Objectives: Objective K U A S Total Percentage of Marks 41.25 31.25 15 12.5 100 Marks 33 25 12 10 80 2 Weightage to Form of Questions: Form of Question E SA VSA Objective type Total No of Question 5 9 5 12 31 Marks allotted 5x5=25 2x9=18 5(1x5)=25 12x1=12 80 Estimated time (in 75 45 40 20 180 Min.) 3 Weightage to Content: Reading Comprehension Marks UNITS Marks No of Questions Total Marks Section A- Reading Skill- Two Unseen passages with internal choice i.e. two out of three passages. . Section B- Writing skills – (a) Application (job & complaint), (b) Description of Events/ incidents/ paragraph/ article writing/ Report writing/ advertisements/ message/ notice/ dialogue writing. Section C- Grammar - Punctuation, Adverb, Articles,Voice, Conjunction, Prepositions, Modals, Subject-Verb Agreement, Transformation of sentences, simple, Compound & Complex sentences.(any six items may be asked with internal choice) Section D- (Beehive) Prose (Chapters 1 to 11) (comprehension passages two out of three) Poetry (1 to 10) Supplementary Reader (Moments) (Chapters 1 to 11) Total 4 Scheme of Sections : A:B:C:D 5 Scheme of Sections : Internal Choice in long answer Questions i.e. essay type in two Question. 6 Difficulty level : Difficult : 12.50% Marks Average : 41.25% Marks Easy : 46.25% Marks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbreviations: K (Knowledge of element of language) C (Comprehension) E (Expression) A (Appreciation) E(Essay Type) SA (Short Answer) VSA (Very Short Answer) O (Objective Type)