TBSE Class 9 Model Question Paper 2021 for English

Model Question : Class IX : English : 80 Marks : 2020-2021

General Instruction :
1. All the questions are compulsory
2. All the questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
3. Follow proper format in the writing section wherever necessary.

Section A : Reading 20
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
a) Heavy rain in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand since Friday claimed 27 lives,
even as rivers continued to be in spate in Bihar. Fifteen deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh
since Friday eveing as the Met department predicted more shower and sounded heavy downpour
alert for some districts on Sunday. Three Indian Air Force aircraft dropped food peakets and
medicines and flooded areas of Rewa district, Collector Rahul Jain said. Seven people, including
a woman and four minors, were killed and three others were injured when a house collapsed in
Rahatgarh area of Sagar district on Saturday.
b) Two people, including an old woman,were also killed and seven others were injured when
newly constructed building collapsed due to incessant rains at Maihar in Satna district. A jeep
carring two persons was swept away in the swollen Betwa river as it attempted to cross a bridge
the Raisen district. Three bodies were recovered from a nullah on Saturday in Chhattarpur district.
The victims were travelling in a car that was washed away off a bridge on the flooded nullah on
Friday.
c) In Rajasthan, five people were killed when their house collapsed a Phool Baroda village in
Baran district due to incessant rains since Satureday morning that created a flood like situation
inseveral parts of the state. Several people are feared standed in Chabra, Chipabarode, Kawai,
Harnavadashahaji areas as the Parvan, Parwati, Ujjad and other rivers areoverflowing after the
rains.
d) Seven members of a family were killed when their hose was razed to the ground by huge
boulders that rolled down the hill following a cloudburst in Pauri district of Uttarkhand on Satur-
day. The army was called in to the flood affected areas of Saran district as senior official also
rushed to the spot. At least 24 people were airlifted in Baran district and nearby areas. Several
villages remained inundated after water entered buildings, houses and private power plant in
Baran.
1.1 Attempt the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read : 1x6=6
(a) How many lives have been lost in heavy rain?
b) What happened in Satna district ?
c) Who was the collector of Rewa district ?
d) Why was a jeep swept away ?
e) In Which district does Phool Baroda village lie ?
f) How many people died in Rahatgarh area ?

1.2 Select the best option on the basis of your reading the passage : 1x2
a) Which rivers are overflowing after rains ?
i) Betwa (ii) Ganga (iii) Jamuna (iv) Gomti
b) Who rescued the lives of people in Baran district ?
i) Army (ii) Local people (iii) Police (d) Senior Citizens.
2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow : 12
a) One more Olympics has gone by. A total of 974 medals were won by 87 countries, 54 countries
won at least one Gold. The U.S. flew home with the bestmedal tally of all time for that country
with 121 medals. Notwithstanding theindividual brilliance and the face-saving medals of P.V.
Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, India’s performance is the poorest among all big countries.
b) The discourse on this is an unhappy one : there has been a lot of hand wringing, blame on the
sports ministry and soprts administratiors, complaints about lack of facilities, grumbles about
corruption being the villain, and so on. India says the same things, once in four years, during and
after every Olympics. It should instead look for simple lessons, develop a strategy to win medals
and execute it diligently. No, I don’t believe that India should be planning for the Olympics scheduled
eight or twelve years from now. While long-term thinking is good, any leader will tell you that it is
too slow. We should aim to win a log more medals in Tokyo in 2020. But how ?
c) The final medals tally by country tells all sorts of stories. The top 22 countries– those with a
double –digit medals tally with a minimum of three gold medals– took home a total of 702 medals,
or 72 percent of all medals. The top ten suggestes that only the established West (the U.S., Great
Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Australia) along with Russia, Japan and SJuth Korea will
continue to dominate. The emergence of China is explained as ‘you know the chinese can dictate
anything, so they are not comparable.’ It is often implied that wealth and size are the reasons for
the success of these countries. They have the facilities and programmes in place. They are bound
to win. So goes the argument and acceptance.
d) This logic should be probed further. Olympics medals are won by people between the ages of 15
to 29, with a few exception on either side of this age band. I looked at the number of medal wins
in relation to the population in the age group 15 to 29 in each country, for which data is available.
This was juxtaposed with medals won, to calculate the numbers of medals won per lakh of
population in this age group. The story changes dramatically.
2.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any five of the following questions in
30-40 words each.
a) What was the result of Olympics?
b) How can India stand at the strong position in Olympics?
c)How do the other countries dominate in Olympics ?
d) What are the short comings for the poor position in Olympics ?
e) This logic should be probed further. What logic ?
f) They are bound to win. Why ?
2.2 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following : 1x2
a) Identify the world which means the same as’a plan of action (para-b)
i) discourse (ii) wringing (iii) complain (iv) strategy

b) Identify the word which means the same as ‘carry our’.
i) strategy (ii) execute (iii) grumbles (iv) diligently.
Section - B : Writing and Grammar : 30
3. Parents and children often complain of the generation gap that leads to family strife and
social maladjustment. Write an article titled ‘Bridge the Gap’ in 150-200 words. You can take
hints from the following clues. You are Sumit/Somya of class IX-B
Hints : Mutual respect, tolerance and acceptance
Understanding
Patience
Stressful and competitive environment
OR
‘A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait’. The quote highlights the impor-
tance of good manners in life. Write any article for school Magazine on ‘Good Manners’. You may
use the following hints with your own ideas. You are Bichitra/Bineet of MG School, Agartala.
(Word Limit 150-200 words).
Hints : First step to success – need for good manners – makes life easy with politeness – creates
goodwill– use words like thank you, please, sorry– important words– well mannered people
liked by all.

4. Write a story in 100-150 words based on the clues given below : 10
A boy was waiting for the bus on the bus stop. He saw on old man who was just crossing the road.
Suddenly a car was coming towards him from the opposite side. Then he reushed to ...
OR
You are Sujata. You wanted to write a story but could not go beyond a line or two. Taking help
from the hints given below complete the story in 100-150 words and supply a suitable title and
moral to it. Mr. Vijay was wealthy businessman. One day he was alone sitting at his dining table
when ...
Hints : entry of thief ... Mr. Tobby thanked ... to give company ... in the eveing ... enjoyed food and
drink ... gave a purse full of silver and gold coins .... fortune changed ... Vijay became poor ...
living alone ... no food and drinks ... a man emerged ... recognised ... the
5. Read the sentence given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options
from the ones that follow : 1x4
He was (a) ____ at the news by (b) ___ success of (c) ____ poor candidate (d) ___ got the highest
votes in Bihar election.
(a) (i) Surprising (ii) surprise (iii) surprised (iv) having surprised.
(b) (i) the (ii) a (iii) an (iii) are
c) (i) a (ii) an (iii) the (iv) both
d) (i) which (ii) whose (iii) whom (iv) who

6. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line against which a
blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against
the correct blank number as given in the example. 1x4
Incorrect word Correction
eg.an a
a) Research is an detailed study of a (a) ______ _______
(b) subject undertaking on a systematic (b) ______ _______
(c) basis in order to increase a stock of (c) ______ _______
(d) knowledge, including knowledge for man, (d) ______ _______
(e) culture and society, that the use of this stock
(f) of knowledge to devise new applications.
7. Rearrange the jumbled words and phares into meaningful sentences : 1x4
(a) in/the/cactus very hot/grows/dry/palces/and
(b) Do/not/leaves/have/they/but/spiny/needles.
(c) Flowers/are/and/bloom/some/of/them/Cactus/at/night/big
(d) Absorb/from/fog/water/in/the/air/Cacti/can/in/the/desert.
SECTION-C : Literature Taxt book and Supplementary Reading Texts : 30
8. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : 1x4
“Marrgie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher
was on and waiting for her. It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and
Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours.”
(a) Where was Margie’s schoolroom ?
(b) Who was waiting for Margie ?
(c) It was always on at the same time every day except ........... . (fill in the blanks)
d) It was right next to her bedroom. True/False
OR
“Then the matter
Of scorching and choking
In sun and air
Browing, hardening’
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done”
(a) Name the poem and the poet. 1x4
(b) How is the tree uprooted ?
(c) Then the matter / Of scorching and ..... .(fill in the blanks)
(d) Find out the word from the passage which means ‘causing to become dry and discoloured’.

9. (a) Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words each. 2x3
i) What message does Evelyn Glennie leave for the people about music ?
ii) Why did the poet not take the first road ?
iii) How did Santosh begin to climb mountains ?
iv) What is Telebook ?
(b) Answer any two to the following : 2x2
(i) Why did the child lose interest in the things that he wanted earlier ?
(ii) What is the appearance of Toto ?
(iii) What was Toto’s first performance ?
10. How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village
(word limit-100-150). 8
OR
Write a short note on Einstein’s education from school to university?
(Wrod limit-100-150) 8
11. How did the prince and the swallow help the poor ? (Wrod limit= 100-150)
OR
Justify the litle ‘The Last Leaf’. (Wrod limit 100-150)