JAC Class 9 Model Question Paper English

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मॉडल पेपर

Class 9

ENGLISH
Class – IXth
SET- 1 Full Marks : 50

Each question carries 1 mark.
I Read the passage given below and Choose the correct option:
In certain school, a boy once found a ten-rupee note on the playground. At first he felt
tempted, but honesty prevailed on him. He took the note to the teacher. A notice was
circulated to all in the school. No one claimed the note. ‘‘What shall I do with it’’? asked
the teacher. ‘‘Do what you please with it, Sir’’ said the boy. The teacher invited
suggestions how that money should be spent. He also told the boys that he would not
keep it with him. Now this was puzzling to all till a little boy stood up and said, ‘‘Give it
to a hospital, Sir’’. All the boys liked the idea and the money was sent to a hospital.
1 Where did the boy find the money?
(a) bench (b) table (c) playground (d) road
2 The boy gave the note to his …………..
(a) friend (b) teacher (c) father (d) brother
3. The money was sent to a ………….
(a) temple (b) church (c) school (d) hospital
4. Choose the correct statement.
(a) The boy found a hundred rupee note.
(b) He took the note to his Grand father.
(c) The boy was dishonest.
(d) The money was sent to a temple.
5. A …………….. was circulated to all in the school.
(a) notice (b) letter (c) message (d) idea
II Read the passage given below and choose the correct option:
In England Gandhiji at first did not give his time entirely to his studies. Instead, he tried
to copy fashionable English gentlemen in every way. Like so many young men of his
age he was attracted by what was new and foreign. He wasted a lot of money on buying
smart English clothes. He started taking lessons in ball-room dancing, in playing the
violin etc. what a change from the shy boy on the ship who would not talk to other
passengers! After three months, he suddenly realized how silly it was to waste his good
brother’s money on such things. After this he devoted all his time to serious study. When

Gandhiji found out that he was doing a wrong thing, he at once stopped doing it.
6 What purpose had driven Gandhiji to England?
(a) wine (b) games (c) politics (d) studies
7. Whom did Gandiji try to copy?

(a) friends (b) young men (c) young women (d) parents
8. In England he started many Kinds of new things. Which statement is false?
(a) taking lessons in ballroom dancing.
(b) buying smart English clothes
(c) playing the violin
(d) playing cards
9. He wasted a lot of …………. On buying smart English clothes.
(a) time (b) money (c) energy (d) none of these
10. The opposite of wrong is ………………….
(a) right (b) left (c) write (d) none of these

III Choose the correct option given in Question Nos. 11-15 and complete the letter given
below:
Ranchi
Date
Dear Rohit,
I hope that you are doing well in ......(11)……… studies. You have started
ignoring the value and importance ……(12)….. time. Time doesn’t wait for any one. It
does not stop for anyone. And it never …..(13)…. Back. If you lose it today, you can’t
get it again. Time gives all opportunities to …..(14)….. life better. If one can’t use
them. They ….(15)….. be missed forever. Another day comes, but not to day.
So, I ask you too make full use of your time. Do not waste it.
With best Wishes,
Yours loving brother
XYZ
11. (a) Your (b) our (c) my (d) their
12. (a) of (b) off (c) for (d) from
13. (a) come (b) comes (c) came (d) coming
14. (a) made (b) make (d) making (d) mading
15. (a) will (b) shall (d) are (d) is
IV Choose the correct option and answer the following questions:
16. Bread and butter ……………… my breakfast.
(a) is (b) are (c) has (d) had
17. You ………… to respect your elders
(a) must (b) should (c) ought (d) may

18. The indirect speech of …….. He said, ‘‘The earth is round’’.
(a) He said that the earth was round
(b) He said the earth was round.
(c) He said the earth is round.

(d) He said that the earth is round.
19 The passive voice of …. ‘‘Who wrote the Ramayana?’’
(a) By whom was the Ramayana written?
(b) By whom is the Ramayana written?
(c) By whom was the Ramayana Wrote?
(d) By whom is the Ramayana wrote?
20 I don’t know …………….. will teach us English.
(a) Which (b) whom (c) who (d) whose
21. This is the book ………. I gave her.
(a) which (b) whom (c) who (d) whose
22. He ……………. Completed his work.
(a) have (b) are (c) has (d) is
23. Work hard lest you ………… fail
(a) would (b) should (c) shall (d) will
24. He has been playing ……….. three hours.
(a) since (b) for (c) by (d) from
25. He was born ………….. Monday
(a) on (b) in (c) at (d) none of these
26. Seta as well as her parents ………. Come.
(a) have (b) has (c) are (d) were
27. Please give me ……………….. one-rupee note.
(a) an (b) some (c) a (d) none of these

28. Mount Everest is ……………. highest peak in the world.
(a) a (b) the (c) one (d) none of these
29. We don’t …………… work on Sundays.
(a) have to (b) has to (c) ought to (d) should

30. The star …….. at night.
(a) shines (b) shining (c) shine (d) had shined

31. The past continuous form of the verb is
(a) I am going (b) I had gone
(c) I will be going (d) I was going
32. The book is ……………. the table
(a) on (b) in (c) over (d) none of these

33. Mathematics ……………. a difficult subject
(a) are (b) were (c) is (d) none of these

34. The past perfect form of the verb is
(a) They have won the match (b) They won the match
(c) They had won the match (d) They won the match

35. Which game did Maria sharapova play?
(a) Cricket (b) Badminton (c) Tennis (d) volley Ball
36. What was wrong with Evelyn?
(a) She was blind (b) She was deaf
(c) She was lame (d) She was mentally weak

37. Kezia was afraid of her …………..
(a) father (b) mother (c) Grandmother (d) Grandfather
38. Who was sent to a Local school?
(a) Kezia (b) santosh (c) Maria (d) Evelyn

39. Who is Bismillah Khan?
(a) Cricketer (b) Musician (c) Singer (d) Shehnai player

40. Albert Einstein could not talk at the age of ……………
(a) two and half (b) three and a half
(c) four and a half (d) One and a half

41. The poem written by Robert Frost is …………..
(a) On Killing a tree (b) The road not taken
(c) Rain on the roof (d) None of these

42. St. Peter travelled round the earth to ……………..
(a) teach (b) preach (c) sing (d) give speech
43. What does the wind do?
(a) Break the shutters (b) scatter the papers
(c) Throw down the books (d) All of these

44. The duck requested the kangaroo to give him a …………..

(a) ride (b) Socks (c) cigar (d) cloak

45. Grandfather bought Toto from a …………….
(a) market (b) ground (c) tonga driver (d) hospital

46. Who was the painter in ‘‘ The last Leaf’’?
(a) Johnsy (b) Behrman (c) Sue (d) All of them

47. The child lost his parents in a ……………..
(a) fair (b) market (c) fare (d) Zoo

48. Which of the following is not mentioned in ‘‘In the Kingdom of Foods.’’
(a) merhant (b) painter (c) goldsmith (d) dancer
49. The little swallow came and sat on the ………………..
(a) Window (b) shelf (c) statue (d) wall

50. Prashant went to his friend’s house in ……………
(a) Ersama (b) Boston (c) Kathmandu (d) None of these

English
SET – I
Class – IX
Answers
1. (c) 18. (d) 35. (c)
2. (b) 19. (a) 36. (b)
3. (d) 20. (c) 37. (a)
4. (b) 21. (a) 38. (b)
5. (a) 22. (c) 39. (d)
6. (d) 23. (b) 40. (a)
7. (b) 24. (b) 41. (b)
8. (d) 25. (a) 42. (b)
9. (b) 26. (b) 43. (d)
10. (a) 27. (c) 44. (d)
11. (a) 28. (b) 45. (c)
12. (a) 29. (a) 46. (b)
13. (b) 30. (c) 47. (a)
14. (b) 31. (c) 48. (b)
15. (a) 32. (a) 49. (c)
16. (a) 33. (c) 50. (a)
17. (c) 34. (c)