Class 9 PT I Question Paper 2025-26 English

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PERIODIC TEST-(2025-26)

Class- IX

SUBJECT- ENGLISH

TIME:1.30HRS. M.M-40
This question paper consists of three sections.

SECTION - A – READING- 10 MARKS

SECTION -B- WRITING & GRAMMAR 15 MARKS

SECTION -C- LITERATURE 15 MARKS

General Instructions:

1.​ Attempt all the questions’
2.​ Do not write anything on the question paper.
3.​ All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written on the answer
sheet provided.
4.​ Attempt all questions in each section before moving on to the next.
5.​ Read each question carefully and follow the instructions while answering the questions.

SECTION – A- READING 10 Marks

Q1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

1.​ It was a bleak, rainy day, and I had no desire to drive up the winding mountain road to my
daughter Carolyn’s house. But she had insisted that I come and see something at the top of the
mountain.
2.​ So, here I was, reluctantly making the two- hour journey through fog that hung like veils. By the
time I saw how thick it was near the summit, I’d gone too for to turn back. Nothing could be
worth this, I thought, as l inched along the perilous highway.
3.​ “I’ll stay for lunch, but I’m heading back down as soon as the fog lifts,” Ian announced when I
arrived. “But I need you to drive me to the garage to pick up my car.” Carolyn said. “Could we at
least do that?”
4.​ “How far is it?” she asked. “About three minutes,” she said. “I am used to it.”
5.​ After ten minutes on the mountain road, I Looked at her anxiously. “I thought you said three
minutes.” She grinned. “This is a detour.”

6.​ Turning down a narrow track, we parked the car and got out. We walked along a path that was
thick with old pine needles. Huge black- and- green evergreens towered over us. Gradually, the
peace and silence of the place began to fill my mind.

7.​ Then we turned around and stopped, and I gasped in amazement. From the top of the mountain,
sloping for several acres across folds and valleys. Were rivers of daffodils in radiant bloom. A
profusion of colours -from the palest ivory to the deepest lemon to the most vivid salmon-
blazed like a carpet before us. It looked as though the sun had tipped over and spilled gold down
the mountainside.
8.​ At the centre, cascaded a waterfall of purple hyacinths. Here and there were coral-coloured
tulips. And as if this bonanza were not enough, Western bluebirds frolicked over the heads of the
daffodils, their tawny breasts and sapphire wings like a flutter of jewels.
9.​ A riot of questions filled my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How? As we approached the
home that stood in the centre of the property, we saw a sign that read, “Answers to the
Questions
I Know You Are Asking.”
10.​The first answer was “One Woman, Two Hands Two Feet.” The second was “One at a Time.” The
third was: “Started in 1958.”
11.​As we drove home, I was so moved by what we had seen that I could scarcely speak, “She
changed the world,” I finally said, “one bulb at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably
just the beginning of an idea, but she kept at it.”
12.​The wonder of it would not let me go. “Imagine,” I said. “If I’d had a vision and worked at it, just
a little bit every day, what might I have accomplished?” Carolyn looked at me sideways, smiling.
“Start tomorrow,” she said. “Better yet, star today.”
Based on the reading of the above passage answer the questions that follow.
(a)​ Why was the author reluctant to make a two- hour journey?
(b)​ “This is a detour.” On what occasion did Carolyn say this to the author?
(c)​ Why did the author start liking the place?
(d)​ The Place, where the author went with her daughter, had a beautiful panoramic view. Justify
this statement with reference to the passage.
(e)​ Why was narrator’s mind filled with questions?
(f)​ “The wonder of it would not let me go.” From this sentence, we can infer that the author
was deeply ________________ .
(g)​ State whether the given assertion is TRUE or FALSE.
A field of flowers opens one woman’s eyes to the world of possibilities.
(h)​ What is the lesson learned by the author from her experience?
(i)​ To drive to such places more often

(ii) To start working for nature

(iii) To change the world with a new vision

(iv) That there is a huge world of possibilities.

(i)Find a word from Paragraph 1, which means the same as ‘Cheerless and Gloomy”.

(j)​ Substitute the word ‘perilous’ with a word that is its synonym.
(i)​ Secured (ii) dangerous (iii)cunning (iv)devastating

SECTION -B- WRITING & GRAMMAR 15
Marks

Q2. Recently your school organized the Sports Day. The Chief guest for this event was Kiran Bedi.
Write her biographical sketch with the help of the hints given below: 4 Marks

Born on:1949, Amritsar, Education: Post Graduate from Punjab University, LLB from Delhi University,

Achievements: First women IPS officer, brought reforms in Tihar Jail, established two organisations for
underprivileged, Awards: President’s Gallantry Award, Magsaysay Award.

Q3. You are Sarah, a member of the Science Society of your school. You happened to visit a science
exhibition recently. Write in your diary sharing your experience and what you saw at the exhibition
recently. Also write what you saw new at the exhibition. You can take help from the hints given below.

6Marks

*Resource conservation models *Conceptual innovations *new technique of agriculture

*Development of modern theory *Boosts knowledge of Science Inter- School participation

Q4. The following passage has not been edited, there is one error in each line. Identify the error and
write the correct word in place of it in the space provided. 3 marks

Incorrect Correct

Finally, one day, Sunita run out of patience. a) --------------- ------------------

Enough was enough. She decide to confront b) --------------- -----------------

Suruchi. She asked her why she was been nasty to her. c) --------------- -----------------

Q5. Fill in the blanks using suitable modals. 2 marks

If we sit in an incorrect posture, we (a) _________(may/might/must/could) strain our back. As far as
possible, this (b) _________(can/could/ shall/should) be avoided.

SECTION -C- LITERATURE 15 Marks

Q6. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: 4 marks

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence;

Two roads diverged in a wood and

I took the one less travelled by,

And that has made all the difference.

a)​ What do the two roads represent?

b)​ Why did the poet take a sigh?
c)​ What has made all the difference in his life?
d)​ What was the result of his going on the less travelled road?

Q7. Answer any FOUR questions in about 30-40 words.
2x4=8marks

a)​ What fun was there in the old schools?
b)​ Why did Evelyn use to remove her shoes on a wooden platform?
c)​ What did Bismillah say after getting the Bharat Ratna award?
d)​ Why did Kezia stammer in front of her father?
e)​ Give the central idea of the poem ‘Wind’.
f)​ What thoughts appear in poet’s mind when it rains?

Q8. ‘The company of parents is more important than the things of pleasure.’ Do you agree? Explain
this statement with reference to the story, ‘The Lost Child’. 3marks

OR

Toto’s mischiefs are beyond imagination. Support your answer by giving examples from the story
‘The Adventures of Toto’ .

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