HP Board Class 9 Model Question Paper English

Class: IX (Regular)

Session:2022-23

Subject: English

Time:3 hours Max. Marks: 80
Instructions:

1. Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as possible. Marks allotted
to each question are indicated against it.

2. All questions are compulsory. Internal choice has been given.

[SECTION-A]

Q.1 Read the passage given below and answer the questions:- (10)

Time is running out and parents are worried with just 10 days left for the school to reopen. Since
the children have enjoyed through their vacations. It is their parents who are surfing the internet,
painting the charts, writing essays and preparing science models. Some busy parents who are well off
but cannot spare time are compelled to send their wards to the holiday homework special classes.

Sumedha who holds classes for completing the children’s homework, says that she charges
anything between Rs 1000 to 5000 per child depending on the class and volume of the homework. Many
schools give away prizes for the best homework or add the marks in internal assessment. This makes it
almost imperative for parents to get the best quality. Majority of the parents complain that the level of
the homework is so high that their children are clueless about how to do it. Also many of them get that
the holiday homework is so much that the children fail to complete it in time.

In spite of all the troubles all parents agree that holiday homework is essential for the children.
Some of them were of the opinion that homework helps the children in the study. It keeps the
knowledge of the subject updated during the holidays.

(a) How do the parents help their children to complete their homework?
(b) What are the charges of homework classes of Sumedha?
(c) What is the complaint of majority of the parents?
(d) How does homework help the students in the opinion of the parents?
(e) The two objections raised by the parents regarding holiday homework are ………….
(1) Children playing during holidays and amount of homework.
(2) High level of homework and amount of homework.
(3) Too much time and high level of homework.
(4) Lack of ideas among children and level of homework.
(f) Holiday homework special classes are conducted for
(1) Busy parents
(2) Children enjoy through their vacation
(3) For all well off children
(4) Teachers

(g) That ………..makes it necessary that quality homework is done
(1) School assign difficult homework
(2) Parents are doing the homework
(3) Schools add marks of the homework to internal assessment
(4) Parents are paying a heavy price for the homework.
(h) The word/phrase--------- in the passage means the same as “expressed opinion”
(a) Running out (b) spare
(c) Imperative (d) opined
(i) Write the antonym of 'internal'
(a) inner (b) external
(c) exterior (d) outer
(j) What is the meaning of 'well off'
(a) Poor (b) busy
(c) illiterate (d) Wealthy

Q2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions:- (6)
In the developing countries, girls lag behind the boys in education. A large number of
them do not go to school. Even when they are enrolled, the burden of domestic work stands in the
way of their educational progress. The single most important factor in their poor performance is the
time and strain imposed by the girl child’s work load close behind poverty and malnutrition. And
perhaps the strongest tradition of all is the idea that sons should be educated because they will be
the bread winners of their own future families and the supporters of their parents. Girl’s work
though it is harder is not considered to bring income. The daughter is considered to be a part of
husband’s family.

(a) Who lags behind in education?
(b) Why do the large number of girls not go to schools?
(c) The antonym of strongest is ___________
(1) weak (2) weakest (3) weaker (4) stronger
(d) The meaning of 'lag behind' is__________
(1) trail (2) come forward (3) stop (4) run
(e) The girls of developing countries lag behind in----------
(1) education (2) work (3) discipline (4) energy
(f) The main problem in their educational progress is:-
(1) money (2) gender (3) domestic work (4) social system

[SECTION-B]

Q.3 You are Naman/Namita student of class IX in Govt Sr. Sec. School Nahan. Write an application to
the Principal of your school for school leaving certificate. (7)
Or
Write a letter to your friend congratulating him on his success in board examination.
Q.4. Write a paragraph on any one of the following: (80words) (5)
(I) My Aim in Life
(II) A Morning Walk
(III) Value of Games

Q.5. Write a paragraph in about 60 words: (4)
(I) An Ideal Teacher
(II) Value of Books
(III) The Postman
[SECTION-C]
Q.6. Use the non-finite form of the given verb in each sentence:- (2)
(I) I like-----(go) there.
(II) ------(smoke) causes cancer.
Q.7. Combine the following sentences using the connecters given in the brackets:- (2)
(I) He is very poor. He cannot buy the books. (since)
(II) He fell into bad habits. He became poor. (because)
Q.8. Do as directed:- (5)
(I) What a beautiful rose! (Change into Assertive Sentence)
(II) Well is all ends well that. (Rearrange to make a meaningful sentence)
(III) The boys played football. (Change the Voice)
(iv) He said to me, “God is great.” (Change the narration)
(v) He was the most loved boy. (Change into Negative)
Q.9. Fill in the blanks with suitable model. (4)
(i) You ---------solve this sum.
(a) can (b) must (c) ought to (d) may
(ii) It ------rain today.
(a) may (b) can (c) ought to (d) might
(iii) We -------serve our country.
(a) ought to (b) may (c) can (d) must
(iv)-------I come in sir.
(a) may (b) ought to (c) should (d) can
Q.10. Fill in the blanks with correct form of tense:- (Any two) (2)
(i) It ----------(rain) since morning.
(ii) I have ------(finish) my homework.
(iii) The boys are -------(play) football.
Q.11. Read the passage and answer the following questions: (5)
Every child is born with some inherited characteristics into a specific social, economic and
emotional environment and trained in certain ways by figures of authority. I inherited honesty and self
discipline from my father. From my mother, I inherited faith and goodness and deep kindness and so
did my three brothers and sister. I had three close friends. Ramanand Shastry, Arvind and
Shivprakashan. All three boys were from orthodox Hindu Brahmin families.
(i) Who is ‘I’ in the passage?
(ii) What does every child inherit when born?
(iii) What does he inherit from his parents?
(iv) The word 'specific' in the passage means the same as:-
(a) Particular (b) having space
(c) common (d) special
(v) The opposite word of 'discipline' is?
(a) undiscipline (b) non discipline
(c) indiscipline (d) ondiscipline

Q.12. Read the stanza and answer the questions: (3)
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler long I stood
And looked down as far as I could
To where it went in the undergrowth.
(1) Write the name of the Poet and Poem?
(2) ________ diverged in yellow wood?
(3) Who is ‘I’ in the lines?

Q.13. Answer the questions in about 80 words (5)

How does Evelyn hear music?
or
How was the problem of what to do with Bruno finally solve?

Q.14. Answer any two of the following: (2+2=4)

(i) What should we do to make friends with wind?

(ii) What is the snake trying to escape from?

(iii) What finally kills the tree?

Q.15. What two important and earth shaking decisions did the doctor take while he was looking in the
mirror? (8)
Or
How does Tommy describe the old kind of school and teachers?
Q.16 Why does the author break down in tears after the fine? (4)
Or
Write the character sketch of Ishwaran.
Q.17. How does Toto came to grandfather’s private zoo? (4)
or
How does the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?

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