Uttarakhand Board Class 9 Half Yearly Exam 2021 Question Paper English

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Half Yearly Examination 2021-2022
Subject - English
Time : 3 Hrs. Class - 9 M.M. : 80
Note: This question paper is divided into tour sections A, B, C & D.AJI
sections are compulsory. Marks are against each question.

section - A (Reading)
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
The famous Taj of Agra stands on the right bank of th e river Yarn una. Its
is one of the most splendid buildings of the wo rld. Its was built by Shah
Jahan, then emperor of India, in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz
Mahal built of pure white marble . it took about twenty thousand workers
and twenty long years to complete it. In front of th e Taj Mahal cRn be
seen fountains with straight paths on either side , tall dark cypre ss trees.
smooth lawns and planned bed of flowers . In the light of full moon. it
looks like a building of pearls or a palace of silve r with its marble
domevying with the blue sky. It is no wonder that it is considered to be
one of the seven wonders of the world.
Ques. : (i) Where does tha Taj stands ? 1
(ii) What can be seen in front of Taj ? 1
(iii) How does it look in the light of full moon ? 1.
(iv) Within how many years was it bui lt and how many wo rkers
worked for it? 2
(iv) Why was Taj Mahal built ? 1
2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
School all over India celebrate 'Children's Day' on 14th November ev-
ery year. On this day our great Prime Minister who had a great love tor
children was born . His ancesters came down from Kasmir to the rich
plams below. Kaul had been his family name , this changed to Kaul -
Nehru, in later year Kaul was dropped and they become simple Nehrus .
Jawaharlal Nehru was -the only son of his prosperous parents. His two
sisters were much you nger than Jawaharlal Nehru. And so he grew up
and spend his early years as a lonely child with no companion of his own
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age. Private tutors were in charge of his education. Then he went to En- -
gland and was educated at Harrow and at Trinity college, Cambridge.
Ques. : (i) Why is 14th ~pvembe r celebrated as Children's day? 1

(ii) Why did Jawaharlal Nehru spend his early years as a lonely
child? 1
(iii) Where did Nehru's forefather come from? 1

(iv) How many brothers and sisters did Nehru have ? 1
(v) Give the meaning of ancestors in the passage ? 2
Section - B (Writing)
3. Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her in your birthday party. 6

OR
Write an applicatio n to your principal asking for two day leave.
4. Write a short paragraph of about 60 words on any one of the fol-
lowing topics : 4

(i) My Mother (ii) My Hobby (iii) Importance of Trees
5. On the passis of the hints given below. Write a paragraph in about
80 words on the festival of light Diwali :
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Diwali .... ; .... popular festival. ... ..... i like .... ..... crackors .. .............. ..... .
Goddess Laxmi, Lord Ganesha worshipp esd ......... Dahante ras,
· Goverda n Pooja and Bhaiya Dooj ........ .celebrate d during and diwali.
Section - C (Grammar)
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition : 3

(i) He ...... ... . (study;)_, fine arts now a days.
(ii) He ............. (leavei,fo r school at 9 am .
(iii) They............. (take) medicine regularly.
7. Complete the follwing sentences by using suitable modals : 2

(i) It.. ......... .. ... rain today.
(ii) We ... ........... ..go to school reagulary.
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8. Fill in the blanks with prepositin :
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(i) The book is ....... .... ... ..the·table.
(ii) The children are. .... . ....... the room.
(iii) The ring is made .. ..... .. ..... gold.
(iv) I want to ·sit down ...-..•...... five minutes.
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9. Re-arrange the sentences to form meaning
ful sen tenc es : 3
(i) G~ s / Mof l an / ~to / d~ily I sc2 00I.
(ii) Like / reading / Tl books.
(iii) new / ma ke/ different I frie nds / to I its/
is.
Section - D (Te xt Boo ks)
1o. Read the passage carefully and ans wer
th~ que stio ns tha t foll ow :
1 was born in a mid dle clas s
Tamil fam ily in t~e isla nd tow n of
Rameswaram in the erstwhile Madras state.
My father .Jainulabdeen
had neither much Jormal education mor muc
h wealth , despite these
disadvantages, he passessed great innate wisd
om and true gen ero sity
of spirit. He had a ideal helpmate in my mot
her, Ashiamm. I do not
recall the exact number of people she fed eve
ryday but I am quite cer-
tain that are more outsiders ate than the mem
bers of our family put
together.
Ques. : (i) . Where was the writer born ?
1
(ii) What was the name of his fath er?
1
(iii) What qualities did his father have ?
1
(iv) Who was his mother ? What were her qua
lities ? 1
(iv) Which word in the passage means "intellige
nce" ? 1
11. Wh o wer e Abd ul Kalam·s sch ool frie nds
? Wh at did the y late r
bec am e?
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OR
Wh y did Margie hate school ? Why did she
think the old kind of sch ool
mus t hav e been fun ?

12. Ans wer any two of the following que
stions in 30-40 words eac h : 6
(i) How man y mem ber s are there in Kezia s fam 1
ily ?
(ii) Wh o helped Evelyn to learn music ?
(iii) How old are Margie and Tommy ?
(iv) Wh y did Aur ang zeb banned the playing
of pungi ?
(Poetry)
13. Read the following stanza carefully and
answer the questions
given below :
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both

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And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.
(i) Where did the two roads diverge ?
(ii) Why did the poet choose one particular road ?
(iii) What did he find about the road .?
14. Answer any two of the following questions in 30-40 words each
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(i) Where does the traveller find himself ?
(ii) What does the poet like to do when it rains ?
(iii) How does the wind pake fun at weaklings.?
(Supplementary Reader)
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15. Answer the following questions in 100 words :
How qoes Toto take a bath ? Where has he learnt to do this ?
OR

What are the Guru's words of wisdom ? When does the disciple
remember them ?
16. Answer any two of the following question on about 30-40 words
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(i) What does the swallow see when it flies over the city ?
(ii) How does Toto come to grandfather's private zoo ?
(iii) Why does the disciple decide to stay in the kingwom of fools ?
(iv) What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair ?

17. Answer any.two of the following question on about 20-30 words
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(i) What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in
the kingdome of fools.

(ii) What are the precious things mentioned in the story 'Happy Prince'?
(iii) Why do the courtiers call the prince 'The Happy Prince' ?

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