HBSE Class 9 Question Paper 2018 English

Code No. 602
CLASS : 9th (Ninth) Series : 9-M/2018
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ENGLISH
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Time allowed : 3 hours ] [ Maximum Marks : 80

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General Instructions :

(i) This question paper is divided into four
Sections – A, B, C and D. All questions
are compulsory.

(ii) Attempt all the parts of a question together.

(iii) Stick to the word limit wherever prescribed.

SECTION – A

(Unseen Comprehension)

1. Read the passage given below and answer the
questions that follow :

One of the things that distinguishes man
from other animals is the power of speech. While
it is true that most animals and birds can utter
cries which indicate emotion, anger, fear,
affection, their range of sounds is very limited,
and they are not capable of expressing more
complicated emotions. On the other hand, man
can express a very wide range of ideas and
emotions through speech. Words are only
symbols to which special values and meanings
have become attached by general agreement.

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The same object, consisting of printed pages and
a cover, is called by a French speaker livre, by
an English speaker book, and by a Hindi
speaker kitab, the object is the same in each
case, but in each linguistic community a
different word to describe it has been agreed
upon. Other symbols may be used instead of
linguistic ones : a red light is used to indicate
danger; a policeman's upheld hand tells us to
stop; a forefinger held to the lips warns us to be
quiet; but these substitutes are fairly few in
number and therefore, cannot be used except in
very limited circumstances.

Questions : 1×6=6

(a) What distinguishes a man from an animal ?

(b) What can most animals and birds utter ?

(c) What can man express through speech ?

(d) What are words ?

(e) What does a red light indicate ?

(f) Find a word in the passage which means
'differentiates'.

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OR

Salt, a miraculous gift of nature, is one of
most useful and amazing minerals on Earth
derived from the sea and rocks. Do you know
that it is the only rock that humans can eat ?
Salt has seasoned our history, language and
food, besides making nutritious foods more
palatable. Used in all bakery products, prepared
foods, sauces, soups, spices, cereals, dairy
foods, meats, poultry. It is also an extraordinary
effective food preservative, retarding the growth
of spoilage by micro-organisms and making food
storage possible long before refrigeration.

How much salt is necessary for human
consumption ? Medical experts agree that
everyone should practice some reasonable
'moderation' in salt consumption. For the
average person, a moderate amount might run
from 4 to 10 gm a day, or roughly half to one
and one-third teaspoons. The equivalent of one
to two gm of this salt allowance would come
from the natural sodium in food. The rest would
be added in processing, preparation or at the
table.

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Questions : 1×6=6
(a) Name the only rock that humans can eat.

(b) What is salt derived from ?

(c) Write any two uses of salt.
(d) How does salt work as a food preservative ?

(e) How much salt is necessary for human
consumption per day ?

(f) Find a word in the passage that means
'delicious'.

SECTION – B

(Writing)

2. (a) Attempt any one of the following : 6

You are Abhinav/Amrita of 10-R, Kamla
Nagar, Noida. You have read an
advertisement for the post of receptionist in
a 5-star hotel. Write a letter in response to
the advertisement applying for the post.
OR

You are Amrish/Amrisha living at 150,
K. G. Marg, Allahabad. You bought a
refrigerator from A. K. Electronics, Jawahar
Nagar, Allahabad. It does not function
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properly. Write a letter to the Sales
Manager of the shop, complaining about
the defect and asking for immediate
replacement or repair as necessary.

(b) Attempt any one of the following : 6

You are Mr. R. C. Sharma. You have a three
bedroom flat in Dwarka, which you want to
sell. Draft an advertisement in not more
than 50 words to be published in 'The
Times of India', under classified Column.
Contact : 2758902.

OR

Design a poster for promoting "Road
Safety".

SECTION – C
(Grammar)

3. Attempt any twelve sentences in all : 1 × 12 = 12

(a) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form
of the verb given in the brackets :

(i) James ............. (attend) karate classes
every Saturday.

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(ii) I knew Hitesh was very busy, so I .......
(not disturb) him.
(iii) I ....... (cook) dinner when the visitors
arrived.
(iv) The lights went off because we ............
(not pay) the electricity bill.
(b) Fill in the blanks with suitable articles
wherever necessary :
(i) ............. apples I bought are sour.
(ii) Our city will have ......... University
soon.
(iii) We go to ............. Church on Sundays.
(iv) Radha gave him ............ one-rupee
note.
(c) Change the voice of the following sentences :
(i) He wore a blue shirt.
(ii) Who wrote this letter ?
(iii) It is time to take coffee.
(iv) You must follow the traffic rules.
(d) Fill in the blanks with appropriate
conjunctions :

(i) You won't pass the test ……….. you
study.

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(ii) ……….. you come back from your trip,
we'll meet to discuss the problem.

(iii) Can't you wait ……….. we get home ?

(iv) He went to bed ……….. he was tired.

(e) Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals :

(i) I ......... speak Swedish, Dutch and
Japanese.

(ii) Parents ............ to take care of their
children.

(iii) Plants ........... have sunlight in order
to make food.

(iv) I .......... rather read a novel than
watch that stupid movie.

(f) Fill in the blanks with prepositions :

(i) She greeted me ………….. a smile.

(ii) Ravi goes to school ………….. bus.

(iii) The train went ………….. the tunnel.

(iv) His birthday is ……….. 30 November.

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SECTION – D
(A : Prose Text)

4. Read the passages given below and answer the
questions that follow. Do any two passages :
5 × 2 = 10

(a) The Second World War broke out in 1939,
when I was eight years old. For reasons I
have never been able to understand, a
sudden demand for tamarind seeds erupted
in the market. I used to collect the seeds
and sell them to provision shop on Mosque
Street. A day's collection would fetch me the
princely sum of one anna. My brother-in-
law Jallaluddin would tell me stories about
the War which I would later attempt to
trace in the headlines in Dinamani.

Questions :

(a) Name the chapter and the writer.

(b) What is the age of the speaker in these
lines ?

(c) What did the speaker earn each day by
selling the tamarind seeds ?

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(d) What is 'Dinamani' ?
(e) Find in the passage a word that means
'rose'.
(b) Then my son and I advised my wife, and
friends advised her too, to give Baba to the
zoo at Mysore. He was getting too big to
keep at home. After some weeks of such
advice she at last consented. Hastily, and
before she could change her mind, a letter
was written to the curator of the zoo. Did he
want a tame bear for his collection ? He
replied, "Yes". The zoo sent a cage from
Mysore in a lorry, a distance of eighty-seven
miles, and Baba was packed off.

Questions :

(a) Name the chapter and its author.

(b) Who was Baba ?

(c) What advice was given by the author
and his son ?

(d) Why did the author's wife take time to
give consent to their advice ?

(e) Find in the passage a word that means
'hurry'.

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(c) Then there was no looking back for this
determined young girl. She saved money
and enrolled in a course at Uttarkashi's
Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. "My
college semester in Jaipur was to end in
April but it ended on the nineteenth of May.
And I was supposed to be in Uttarkashi on
the twenty-first. So, I did not go back home;
instead, I headed straight for the training. I
had to write a letter of apology to my father
without whose permission I had got myself
enrolled at Uttarkashi."

Questions :

(a) Name the determined girl mentioned in the
passage.

(b) Where did she enroll herself for
mountaineering training ?

(c) Why did she not go back to home from
Jaipur ?

(d) Why did she apologise to her father ?

(e) Find in the passage a word that means
'consent'.

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5. Why does the intruder want to kill Gerrard ?
How does Gerrard befool the intruder with his
false story ? (If I Were You) 6

OR

Draw comparison between the mechanical
teachers and schoolrooms that Margie and
Tommy have with the teachers and schools
mentioned in the book that Tommy found.

(The Fun They Had)

6. Answer any four of the following questions :
2×4=8

(a) Why did Evelyn say that men with bushy
beards give her trouble ?
(The Sound of Music, Part-I Evelyn Glennie)

(b) Why does the world remember Einstein as a
"World Citizen" ? (A Truly Beautiful Mind)

(c) What was the doctor's reaction to the sight
of the snake ? (The Snake and the Mirror)
(d) What was the attitude of the Science
teacher towards APJ Abdul Kalam ?

(My Childhood)

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(e) What is the belief at Pashupatinath about
the end of Kaliyug ? (Kathmandu)
(f) Why was Bruno sent away to the zoo ?

(The Bond of Love)

(B : Poetry)

7. Read the stanza given below and answer the
questions that follow :

When the humid shadows hover

Over all the starry spheres

And the melancholy darkness

Gently weeps in rainy tears,

What a bliss to press the pillow

Of a cottage-chamber bed

And lie listening to the patter

Of the soft rain overhead !

Questions : 1×4=4

(a) What are the humid shadows ?

(b) What do they do ?

(c) Why does the poet call darkness
melancholy ?

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(d) What does the poet like to do when it
rains ?

OR

He came to the door of a cottage,

In travelling round the earth,

Where a little woman was making cakes,

And baking them on the hearth :

Questions : 1×4=4

(a) Who does "he" refer to in the first line ?

(b) What was "he" doing ?

(c) Who was making cakes ?

(d) What is a hearth ?

8. Answer any four of the following questions :
2×4=8

(i) According to Robert Frost, what has "made
all the difference" ?

(ii) Why does the poet want to go to Innisfree ?

(iii) What shall happen if we hate our brothers ?

(No Men Are Foreign)

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(iv) Where did the Duck live and what did it
long for ?

(v) Give the central idea of the poem "On Killing
a Tree".

(vi) What does the poet wish for the snake ?

(The Snake Trying)

(C : Supplementary Reader)

9. Answer any one of the following questions :

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(a) What is the significance of the title "The
Accidental Tourist" by Bill Bryson ? Explain
with reference to Bill Bryson's experience as
a traveller.

(b) How is "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry a story
of hope, friendship and sacrifice ?

10. Answer any four of the following questions :
2×4=8

(i) How does the child lose interest in the
things he wanted earlier ? (The Lost Child)

(ii) How did Iswaran control the tusker ?

(Iswaran the Storyteller)

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(iii) Why did the guru want to leave the
kingdom quickly but the disciple wanted to
stay on ? (In the Kingdom of Fools)

(iv) Why does God consider the leaden heart
and the dead bird as the two most precious
things in the city ? (The Happy Prince)

(v) How did Olga save Lushkoff ? (The Beggar)

(vi) What role was played by the author's
schoolmates to comfort him emotionally ?

(A House is not a Home)

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