SUBJECTIVE TEST

English (Language & Literature)

Class : IX
Time : 3 Hrs. M. M. : 80

GENERAL INSTURCTIONS :
1. All questions are compulsory and the time for test is 3 hrs.
2. Section-A carries 20 marks.
3. Section-B carries 30 marks.
4. Section-C carries 30 marks.
5. It is mandatory to use Blue/Black Pen to write the answer.

SECTION ‘A’ : READING (20 MARKS)

1. Read the passage given below and complete the sentence that follow :
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There is a story about a lioness, who was big and young going about in
search of pray. Seeing a flock of sheep, she jumped upon them. She died in
effort and a little baby lion was born, motherless. It was taken care of by the
sheep. The sheep brought it up. It grew up with them, ate grass and bleated like
sheep. And in time it became a big full grown lion, thinking it to be a sheep. One
Day another lion came in search of prey and was astonished to find that in the
midst of this flock of sheep was a lion, fleeting like sheep at the approach of
danger. He tried to get near the sheep lion to tell it that it was not a sheep but a
lion, but the poor animal fled at this approach. However he watched his
opportunity and one day found the sheep-lion sleeping. He approached it and
said."You are a lion." "I am a sheep," cried the other lion and could not believe
the contrary, but bleated. The Lion dragged him towards a lake and said, "Look
here, here is my reflection and yours." Then came the comparison. He looked at
the lion and then at his own reflection and in a moment came the idea that he
was a lion. The lion roared, the bleating was gone.

Questions : (20-30 words)

(a) The big and young lioness jumped upon a flock of sheep because......

(b) The sheep took care of the baby lion because. ....

(c) The another lion was surprised to see. .....

(d) The other lion dragged the sheep-lion to a lake because. ...
 (e) The word in the passage which mean the same as 'animal hunted' is.

(f) The lion wanted other lion to know the..........

(g) The sheep.........................................while the lion.............................

2. Read the passage given below :

Cardamom, the queen of all spices, has a history as old as the human race. It is
the dried fruits of a herbaceous perennial plant. Warm humid climate, loamy soil
rich in organic matter, distributed rainfall and special cultivation and processing
methods all combine to make Indian cardamom truly unique in aroma, flavour,
size and it has a parrot green colour.

Two types of cardamom are produced in India. The first type is the large one,
which has not much significance as it is not traded in the future market. It is
cultivated in North-Eastern area of the country. The second type is produced in
the Southern states and these are traded in the future market. These are mainly
cultivated in Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka. As per the future market rules,
only 7mm quality was previously traded in exchanges. But later, it relaxed its
norms, and now 6mm quality is also traded in the exchanges.

Cardamom is an expensive spice, second only to safforn. Indian cardamom is

known in two main varieties : Malabar cardamom and Mysore Cardamom. The
Mysore variety contains levels of cineol and limonene and hence is more
aromatic.

India was the world's largest producer and exporter of cardamom till the 1980s.
By 1990s Guatemala emerged as the leading producer and exporter of
cardamom.

The main harvest season of cardamom in India between August-February.

Cardamom reaches yielding stage two years after planting. The primary physical
markets of cardamon are kumily, Vandenmodu, Jhekkady, Puliyarmala in Kerala
and Bodynaikkanur and Cumbum in Tamil Nadu.

Kerala is the main producer of cardamom and contributes up to 60% in total

production. Karanataka produces around 25% cardamom of the total production.
Ooty is the main producer of cardamom in Tamil Nadu and contributes around
10-15% of the total production.
 Besides India, Guatemala also produces around 2, 200 ton cardamom. On the
other hand India produces nearly 1,000 - 2,000 ton cardamom per year. Due to
low quality of cardamom from Guatemala, it remains available at cheaper rates.

On the basis of your reading of the above passage answer the following
questions :- (2 x 4 = 8 marks) (30-40 words)

(a) Why is Indian Cardamon unique?

(b) What is the special about the Mysore quality of cardamom?

(c) What role does Guatemala play in the Indian market?

(d) Write two sentences on the harvesting of cardamom.

(B) Find words from the options given below which mean the same as :
(1 x 4 = 4 marks)
(e) permanent
(i) unique (ii) perennial (iii) exotic i(v) old

(f) fragrance
(i) herbaceous (ii) loamy (iii) aroma (iv) humid
(g) earlier
(i) substitute (ii) exported (iii) main (iv) previously

(h) make poor is quality lay adding another substances

(i) adulterated (ii) emerged (iii) contribute (iv) remain

SECTION B (Writing and Grammar) (30 marks)

2. You had the most difficult examination today, but you did it easily and are
happy about it. Write a diary entry about it in about 100-200 words.
Remember to mention the subject and the initial anxiety you had felt prior to
the paper.
 OR

Write an article for your school magazine about "the problems and stress faced
by the teenagers". 8 marks
4. Your uncle was badly hurt in a road accident and had to be hospitalised. Narrate
your experience in the form of a story in 200-250 words with an apt title.
 OR

Write out a story making use of the given outlines : (200-250 words)
A house near Ganges . .......... father goes to another village son incharge of the
house .......... the river in flood water everywhere ..... mother and sister in danger
a boat near the house . ................. saves the family.
5. Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the

following passage. 4 marks

Since the beginning of human existence, people (a).

........................................................ over the world have expressed their

emotions and idea (b) ................................................. the medium of dance. The

word 'folk' mean people. Folk dances express the moods and feelings of (c).

................................................... Common people. Different regions

(d).......................................... India have their own dances (e).

.......................................... dance is accompanied by music and songs of the

region to (f). ..................................... it belongs (g) .............................................

recent times folk dances have gained (h). ........................................... Popularity,

partly because of films and television shows.

a) (i) all (b) (i) in

(ii) whole (ii) into
(iii) much (iii) through
(iv) more (iv) of

(c) (i) the (d) (i) at

(ii) a (ii) of
(iii) an (iii) for
(iv) some (iv) from

(e) (i) each (f) (i) what

(ii) all (ii) which
(iii) whole (iii) who
(iv) Many (iv) whose

(g) (i) of (h) (i) great

(ii) for (ii) for
(iii) in (iii) much
(iv) until (iv) many

6. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write
the incorrect word and the correction in the answer sheet as given below:
Often these days we hear and speak of conquered a).................... ....................

in nature, the timing of a river, the war against insect b).................... ....................

and so on. Often these phrases being used without c).................... ....................

consciously

attaching any value of them, but those have an d).................... ....................

underlying attitude of hostile towards nature and e).................... ....................

nature's

creatures, a viewpoint which seeming to assume f).................... ....................

Nature as an enemy that need to be vanquished. g).................... ....................

Alternatively, Nature is seen merely as the 'resource' h).................... ....................

to be 'exploited'.

7. Look at the word and phrases below, Rearrange them to form meaningful
sentences in your answer sheet. (4 marks)

(i) a clever/a/prisoner/planned/escape/once.

(ii) of rubbish/he/every week/noticed/a lorry/arriving/inside

(iii) a big dustbin/he/one day/hid/himself/inside

(iv) escaped/with/he/the/dustbin/one day

SECTION C : LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS (30 marks)

8. Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow : (4 marks)
Two road diverged in a yellow wood.
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.
Questions (20-30 words)

(a) Where were the two roads going into?

(b) What did the poet do when he reached the junction?

(c) Why does the poet feel sorry?

(d) What do you understand by 'diverged'?

OR

Her mother remembers noticing something was wrong when the eight-year
old Evelyn was waiting to play the piano. They called her name and she didn’t
move.

Questions (20-30 words)

(a) What was wrong with Evelyn?

(b) Who noticed something wrong with Evelyn?

(c) How was the wrong noticed?

(d) Explain this line “They called her name and she didn’t move”.

9. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each : (2 x 5 =10 marks)

(a) Who decided to improve on the quality of the ‘Pungi’? Did he succeed in his
endeavour?
 (b) What pleasure does one gain from the rain falling on the roof?

(c) Why did the poet not take the first road?

(d) ‘And both that morning equally lay’. Explain

(e) ‘Make the heart steadfast’. Explain

10. Answer one of the following questions in about 100-150 words. (8 marks)

“Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.” How
did this happen?
 OR

Describe Evelyn’s achievement. What helped her overcome her problems?

11. Answer one of the following questions in about 100 -150 words. (8 marks)

Describe the condition of the child when he was separated from his parents in
the fair. Do you think it is a natural reaction?
 OR

Give a brief character sketch of Iswaran the storyteller. Do you think he is

superstitious?
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