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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Communicative Paper 4

Board	CBSE
Class	IX
Subject	English Communicative
Sample Paper Set	Paper 4
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 9 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme as prescribed by the CBSE is given here. Paper 4 of Solved CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Communicative is given below with free PDF download solutions.

Time : 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

General Instructions:

1. This question paper is divided into three sections.
   • Section A: Reading                 20 Marks
   • Section B: Writing and Grammar  30 Marks
   • Section C: Literature (Textbooks)  30 marks
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. All the questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

 Section (A)
Reading (20 Marks)

Questions.

Question 1.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. (8)

Spices bring to mind images of tempting culinary art, fascinating travels and the bitter struggle for supremacy. Expressions like ‘Variety is the spice of life’ and ‘sugar and spice and all that is nice’ show how spellbound were men of letters about spices.

To Orientals, spices are indeed the soul of food. In the Western world, it evokes dreams of exotic tropical islands, exciting expeditions to find routes to the source and the rise and fall of empires. Columbus went westwards in 1492 from Europe to find a sea route to the land of spices but found the New world. Eight years later, Vasco da Gama went round Africa and touched Kozhikode on the South-West coast of India. Long before that, Arabs started trading with the Orient through land routes. During the 13th century, Marco Polo experienced the attraction of spices in his travels. Even the European conquests and trade arrangement in India and the East Indies have a lot to do with spices.

Thousands of years ago, great masters of Ayurveda (the Indian system of medicine), notably Susruta and Charaka, discussed in detail the use of spices for culinary and medicinal purposes. Enterprising soldiers of fortune took the knowledge of spices to Egypt. There they used spices and aromatic herbs in food, medicine, cosmetics and for embalming. The conquest of Egypt and Asia by Alexander the Great made spices an article of commerce in Mediterranean countries and later to central and Northern Europe. There are reports of pepper being used in meat, both to aid preservation and to mask the unwelcome odour of deterioration of quality during the long winter storage.

Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, and Theophrastus, a Greek scholar and botanist, wrote treatises on medicinal plants, including spices. India has been home of most of the major spices of the world with Kerala varieties dominating in international
(i) Why do spices fascinate people? (1)
(ii) Where do Orientals live? (1)
(iii) Where did Columbus want to reach? (1)
(iv) What is meant by ‘culinary skills’? (1)
(v) What did Susruta and Charaka discuss in detail? (1)
(vi) What made spices an article of commerce in Mediterranean countries? (1)
(vii)Who have written treatises on medicinal plants, including spices? (1)
(viii) When and who experienced the attraction of spices in his travels?

Question 2.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. (12)
The value of higher education cannot be underestimated considering the contemporary realities of the competitive marketplace. A higher education degree literally serves as the first impression of a jobseeker applying for employment. A college degree is a person’s pass to the business world and so work-related opportunities are enormous. Truth is, college degrees are never the same if we take into account the reputation of higher establishment as well as the prestige of a particular field of studies.

Today’s holders of college degrees have unprecedented opportunities of job search since the employment market has largely expanded through online domains, offering freelance and part-time vacancies. Though, in both real and virtual employment, it is always a person’s CV (resume) that is initially considered by an employer, in 95% of cases the inclusion of a college degree is a must to get a well-paid job.

Overall, college education provides students with appropriate knowledge and skills to be used later in real life circumstances and the working environment. However, career choices do not matter since the contemporary market is vast and enormous.

In particular, college education enables students to gain preliminary information about many essential aspects required to cope with real-life challenges. Then students expand their knowledge and acquire practical skills by grasping abstract theories and concepts. A college curriculum teaches students how to clearly express personal standpoints and opinions both in conversation and writing. In most cases students acquire global thinking as well as thinking relevant to the solution of specific problems.

Furthermore, students learn how to work in teams and solve tasks in cooperation; this enables establishment of team spirit and ability to make a personal contribution to overall mutual achievement. Various case studies based on real-life experiences teach students to understand the subject better and therefore adapt to further complexities.

opportunities since it is the identification of one’s academic qualification.
(i) How does college education help students cope with real life challenges? (2)
(ii) What is the importance of a college curriculum? (2)
(iii) How does college education aim at establishing team spirit ? (2)
(iv) Why are case studies an important part of higher education ? (2)
(v) Which word in paragraph 2 means the same as “something which never happened before”? (1)
(vi) Which word in paragraph 4 means the same as ‘having to do with ideas rather than physical objects’? (1)
(vii) The word in paragraph 3 which is an antonym of the word ‘virtual’ is (1)
(viii) The word in paragraph 1 which is a synonym of the word ‘current’ is (1)

Section (B)
Writing and Grammar (30 Marks)

Question 3.
Recently your school ‘Adventure Club’ visited Kedarnath in Uttarakhand. Write a diary entry sharing your wonderful experience there, using your ideas along with ideas from the MCB unit ‘Adventure’. You may take help of the clues given below as well (100 – 120 words). (8)

Visit to Kedarnath – wonderful – trek – reach the shrine – stop for refreshments – temple darshan – lunch – unforgettable trip

Or

The problem of vehicular pollution is ever increasing. You are concerned about its effects on the health of people. Write an article expressing your concern in 100-120 words for your school magazine. You can take ideas from the visual given below, and from the MCB unit on ‘Environment’. You are Priyank/Priyanka of class-IX.

Question 4.
Write a short story in 200-250 words using the following clues. (12)

A lady in distress – only son died – came to Lord Buddha – begged to revive her son – lady went door to door – death had touched all – the lady realised the truth – a great consolation

Or

Write a short story in 200-250 words with the beginning given below. Also give a suitable title.
“Once upon a time there lived a farmer named Kishan ”

Question 5.
Fill in the blanks with the words that you consider to be the most appropriate. (1×3 = 3)
The fact that dance (a) …. an art form is well-known. But dance as (b) …. therapy is not known to (c) …. It involves a graceful performance.

Question 6.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each of the lines against which a blank is given. Identify the incorrect word and write it along with the correction in the answer sheet. (1 / 2 x 8 = 4)

Question 7.
Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example. (1×3 = 3)
loves / to / he / cricket / play He loves to play cricket.
(i) exercise / mean / does not / to the / running / lameness / point / of
(ii) it / should / a safe / programme / and / sensible / be
(iii) the exercise / chosen / remain / with you / should / a lifetime / for

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks) (30 marks)

Question 8.
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. (1×4 = 4)
“They chained me up like a wild animal, they lashed me like a hound. I fed on filth, I was covered, with vermin.”
(i) Whom do ‘they’ and T refer to?
(ii) Why is the speaker describing his ordeal?
(iii) Was the speaker cruel enough to be meted this treatment?
(iv) What act did the speaker commit after this?

Or

“I have decided I want to learn the Kannada alphabet from tomorrow onwards. I will work very hard. I will keep Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara as the deadline. That day I should be able to read a novel on my own. I want to be independent.”
(i) Who is T here?
(ii) Why did the speaker say these words?
(iii) What does the speaker want to learn?
(iv) What gesture did the speaker make after she had achieved her target?

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in about 30-40 words each. (2×4 = 8)
(i) Why did Chuck feel more lonely at home?
(ii) What is the significance of the ‘sigh’ in the last stanza? ,
(iii) In what ways did Juliette flatter Jeanne?
(iv) Why does Wordsworth compare the song of the solitary reaper with the song of the nightingale and the cuckoo bird?
(v) How can Shakespeare compare human life to a drama?

Question 10.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-120 words. (8)
Did conflict in values make Mrs Bramble upset to hear that Bill had decided not to fight? What values were they? Do you think she was right in being upset?

Or

“Forgiveness is a divine but rare virtue.” Comment on this statement with reference to the poem ‘Lord Ullin’s Daughter’.

Long Reading Text (Novel)

Question 11.
Answer any one of the following questions in about 150-200 words from the novel of your choice. (10)
Gulliver’s Travels
In part III, Swift satirises the attempts of scientists in his section of the Lagado Academy. Does this Satire relate only to his own time or does it still have relevance in the modern age?

Or

Write a brief character sketch of the farmer in Brobdingnag.

Or

Three Men in a Boat
Why did the three friends decide to go on a holiday? Was their purpose fulfilled? Give reasons for your answer.

Or

What impression is J able to leave on the reader’s mind?

Answers.

Answer 1.
1.1
(i) Spices fascinate people because they bring to mind images of tempting culinary art, fascinating travels and the bitter struggle for supremacy.
(ii) Orientals live in the Orient, i.e. East of Europe.
(iii) Columbus wanted to reach the land of spices by finding a sea route.
(iv) It means the skills of cooking food.
(v) Susruta and Charaka discussed in detail the use of spices for culinary and medicinal purposes.
(vi) The conquest of Egypt and Asia by Alexander the Great made spices an article of commerce in Mediterranean countries.
(vii) Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, and Theophrastus, a Greek scholar and botanist, wrote treatises on medicinal plants, including spices.
(viii) During the 13th century, Marco Polo experienced the attraction of spices in his travels.

Answer 2.
(i) College education enables students to gain preliminary information about many essential aspects required Jo cope with real-life challenges.
(ii) A college curriculum teaches students how to clearly express personal standpoints and opinions in conversation and writing.
(iii) College education establishes team spirit as students learn how to work in teams and solve tasks in cooperation.
(iv) Case studies based on real life experiences teach students to understand the subject better and therefore adapt to further complexities. Hence, they are an important part of higher education.
(v) The word is ‘unprecedented’.
(vi) The word is ‘abstract’.
(vii) ‘real’

Answer 3.
Saturday, 2nd May, 20XX
1:00 pm
Dear Diary
I want to share with you my trekking experience at Kedarnath during the summer holidays. I was a part of our school’s Adventure Club which visited the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand.
It was a wonderful experience to trek over 14 kilometres to reach the shrine from the bus terminus. The climb was rather steep, but with encouragement from the teachers accompanying us, we all were able to reach the shrine without a hitch.
On the way up, we stopped twice to refresh ourselves with tea and snacks available locally.
The cool breeze at the shrine was really invigorating, as we were really tired.
After attending the rituals at the temple, we had a delicious lunch before returning to the bus terminus the same evening. I will never forget this adventurous trip!
Manisha

Or

Vehicular Pollution and its Affects
by Priyanka, Class IX
Vehicular pollution has become one of the most common environmental issue, especially in the highly populated cities. Pollution from idling vehicles, older and inadequately maintained vehicles as well as diesel cars is the worst contributor to the problem. People who are constantly exposed to vehicular pollution are reported to suffer from more than average respiratory problems, allergies and general sickness. It is not just hitting the adults, but also the immunity of children, thus affecting the life expectancy levels of the country.
Therefore, this situation must be addressed with a stringent application of environmental laws. Switching to hybrid cars, adopting car pooling methods and promoting public transport are some measures that can be helpful in controlling the swift rise in pollution and its harmful effects.

Answer 4.
Once upon a time there lived a poor woman who used to toil for hours for her only son Raj. She worked for a livelihood to buy medicine for her son who was suffering from cancer. The woman spent sleepless nights to look after him. But it was unfortunate that the mother could not save her son. The old woman bemoaned the death and went to Lord Buddha.

She prayed to the Lord to revive her son. Lord Buddha asked the woman to collect three fistsful of gram from families who had never experienced any death in the family. The lady went from door to door hoping to receive the gram. She walked many miles barefoot, but in vain. Death had touched all the doors. The lady, in extreme agony, realised the universal truth. In her pain, she went through self-realisation. She realised that death is inevitable and humans are mortal. It is in death that one receives salvation. This grim realisation brought a great consolation and peace to the old lady’s mind. The lady attained spiritual bliss in her realisation of accepting death as a certainty.

Or

The Farmer’s Fate
Once upon a time there lived a farmer named Kishan in Daulatpur village of Aligarh district. He was very hardworking and honest. His family members included his wife and four children. They were content with whatever income he earned and were living happily. Kishan worked very hard on his land and worked hard to grow his crops.

Unfortunately his hard work did not bring fruitful results and he suffered a lot. The major reason was that he could not use essential fertilisers and proper equipment to enhance the quality of his grains. As he was a poor farmer, he could not use modern materials and equipment. To improve the quality of seeds and to grow his crops better, he required a tractor and costly fertilisers. Finally he decided to buy a tractor. But he did not have enough money, so he had to mortgage his land. Ultimately, he mortgaged his land and sold his wife’s ornaments to buy costly diesel and fertilisers.

As a result, his crops grew faster and of better quality than before. This time he was very happy as it was a period of celebration for him and he was expecting to gain profit by selling his crops at a higher price. But unfortunately, due to a fall in foodgrain prices, he could not make profit by selling his crops. Now, he was left with him no money and was bound to accept his unchangeable fate.

Answer 5.
(a) is
(b) a
(c) Many

Answer 6.

Answer 7.
(i) Exercise does not mean running to the point of lameness.
(ii) It should be a safe and sensible programme.
(iii) The exercise chosen should remain with you for a lifetime.

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks)

Answer 8.
(i) ‘They’ refers to the jail authorities and T refers to the convict.
(ii) The convict is describing his ordeal in the prison because the Bishop wanted to know about it.
(iii) No, the speaker had only stolen to feed his ill wife. He did not deserve such cruel treatment.
(iv) The convict tried to steal the Bishop’s candlesticks when the Bishop went out of the room.

Or

(i) There is Krishtakka, the grandmother.
(ii) The speaker said these words because she was illiterate and could not read the latest episode of the story Kashi Yatre being published in the weekly magazine Karmaveera.
(iii) The speaker wants to learn the Kannada alphabet to be literate and independent.
(iv) After the grandmother had achieved her target of becoming literate, she thanked her teacher (actually her granddaughter) by touching her feet as a token of respect.

Answer 9.
(i) When Chuck was in the hospital getting treated for paralysis, there were other injured people too and so he was not lonely there. However, when he reached home he was left alone as his wife used to leave for work every morning.
(ii) The sigh near the end of the poem, “The Road not Taken” is intended to express a feeling of regret. It is used to express the fact that the poet would never know what would have happened to him if he had taken the other road.
(iii) Juliette tried to flatter Jeanne as she said that the villa would suit her admirably and she will get a feeling of being at home. She said that Jeanne as an elegant lady and the villa would be like a proper frame for a delightful drawing like Jeanne.
(iv) Wordsworth compares the song of the solitary reaper with the song of the nightingale and the cuckoo bird to convey that the voice of the solitary reaper is more melodious, emotional and soothing than that of the two birds.
(v) Shakespeare compares human life to a drama in which a person plays many parts as he progresses through life from infancy to old age. He finally exits from this Earth just like an actor who has completed his role on the stage.

Answer 10.
Yes, Mrs Bramble faced a conflict of values when she heard that Bill Bramble, her husband, was not going to fight the bout which would have given them enough money to finance her son’s education, A victory in the bout would bring five hundred pounds to Bill, while even a defeat would give him one hundred and twenty pounds. This money is very important for the Brambles as it will be used in giving Harold the best education. However, Mrs Bramble does not like violence (like a bout of boxing) at all and it is one of her family’s values. Thus, Mrs Bramble gets upset due to a moral conflict between her family values and their, financial needs. I think it is justified for her to become upset because it is natural for a mother to worry about her son’s welfare. However, the important thing in such a situation is to overcome the worries and live on.

Or

Forgiveness is a noble virtue which blesses both the giver and the receiver. It is very difficult to forgive those who offend us. It requires a lot of love and compassion, and most importantly, strength and tolerance to be able to forgive others.
In the poem ’Lord Ullin’s Daughter’, the father does not approve of the relationship between his daughter and the chieftain. He feels that his daughter’s marrying the chieftain of another clan would bring disgrace to his name, his family and his tribe. For him, his excessive pride and honour of his family name was more important than human life. The end is the tragic drowning of his daughter in the tempestuous sea before his own eyes. If he had practised the virtue of forgiveness, he could have reconciled with his daughter.

Long Reading Text (Novel)

Answer 11.
The Lagado academy is a satire on abstract or theoretical knowledge, which is pursued for its own sake, with no thought to the practical applications or consequences in the real world. Even now, huge amounts of public money are being spent worldwide on experiments that may or may not have long term results for mankind.
The Professor who was working on a project to extract sunbeams from cucumbers is a famous and often-quoted example of the seeming foolishness of academicians. Another scientist, whose hands and clothes were covered with filth, was trying to convert human excreta back to food. Yet another one was attempting to make gunpowder from ice. He was also planning to publish articles on malleability of fire. It is believed that the most ridiculous experiments and theories mentioned at the academy in the book had actually been carried out or proposed by the scientist members of the Royal Society of London for improving natural knowledge. This is a scientific society founded in 1660 which continues under the shortened name, The Royal Society. It had among its members such distinguished people as Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle.

Or

Foolish Opportunist The farmer was the same huge creature whom Gulliver had first seen pursuing his companions. Gulliver was left alone in the island of Brobdingnag when the giant master, the farmer, took Gulliver from his servant and placed him on the ground. The farmer took Gulliver to his family. He was kind with Gulliver and offered him food. He understood that the relatively tiny Gulliver was as rational as he himself was and treated him gently. However, the farmer put Gulliver on display around Brobdingnag, which clearly showed that he would rather profit from his discovery than treat him as an equal. His cruel side was revealed when he nearly starved Gulliver to death. The farmer, as a character, represented the average Brobdingnagian’s poor intelligence, wielding an extraordinary power over Gulliver simply by the virtue of his immense size.

Commercial Minded He easily got influenced by his friend’s advice to utilise Gulliver as a commercial commodity for earning a profit. He earned as much as he could by showcasing Gulliver as an object of entertainment in towns. He even sold Gulliver to the queen to get rid of further expenses for Gulliver’s maintenance.

Three Men in a Boat
The three friends, Harris, George and Jerome (the narrator) decided to go on a holiday because they felt greatly stressed due to overwork. After debating whether they should go for a sea trip or a boating trip, they decided on taking a boating trip up the River Thames. It was an interesting experience, as they told old stories, laughed and played during the trip, thoroughly enjoying the journey. They had various escapades and Jerome also recounted many of his memories of his earlier trips which were really hilarious. All these activities left them exhausted, as they had to struggle for initially making all the arrangements for the trip, cooking while on the trip, dealing with the problems faced by Montmorency, the narrator’s dog, and many other problems. It wasn’t enjoyable to wake up early on a cold and wet morning everyday while on the trip. However, on the whole, it was an enjoyable trip and so its purpose, to de-stress them, was fulfilled.

Or

Happy-go-Lucky J is the narrator of the story and appears to be a happy-go-lucky man. He has varied shades. At first he is a hypochondriac who thinks that he has all the diseases of the world. He likes to be the leader, which is clearly depicted from his behaviour when they pack for the boat.

Knowledgeable and Helpful He is also fond of animals and shows considerable knowledge about the things around him. Like his two friends, he is also vain but more sensible and practical. He also has a helpful side which becomes apparent in the incident of the cheese. He is a true philosopher whose soul dwells in romance and imagination.

Aesthetic Sense As a man of strong imagination, J is a man having his head often in the clouds. He is found to be a great observer of nature as well as the human mind, as he comments about his other two friends. He also has a keen sense of aesthetics as he praises the glory of Kingston and its art and artisans as well as in praising the China dog as a specimen of craft. He even critiques his friends’ choices of clothing and gestures.

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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 Hindi A Paper 3 are part of CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 Hindi A Here we have given CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 Hindi A Paper 3.

CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 Hindi A Paper 3

Board	CBSE
Class	IX
Subject	Hindi A
Sample Paper Set	Paper 3
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 9 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme, as prescribed by the CBSE, is given here. Paper 3 of Solved CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 Hindi A is given below with free PDF download solutions.

समय : 3 घंटे
पूर्णांक : 80

निर्देश

• इस प्रश्न-पत्र के चार खंड हैंक, ख, ग और घ।
• चारों खंडों के प्रश्नों के उत्तर देना अनिवार्य है।
• यथासंभव प्रत्येक खंड के उत्तर क्रमशः दीजिए।

खंड {क} अपठित बोध [ 15 अंक ]

प्रश्न 1.
निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़कर दिए गए प्रत्येक प्रश्न का उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में लिखिए

मानव जीवन में आत्मसम्मान का अत्यधिक महत्त्व है। आत्मसम्मान में अपने व्यक्तित्व को अधिकाधिक सशक्त एवं प्रतिष्ठित बनाने की भावना निहित होती है। इससे शक्ति, उत्साह आदि गुणों का जन्म होता है जो जीवन की उन्नति का मार्ग प्रशस्त करते हैं। आत्मसम्मान की भावना से पूर्ण व्यक्ति संघर्षों की परवाह नहीं करता है और प्रत्येक विषम परिस्थिति से टक्कर लेता है। ऐसे व्यक्ति जीवन में पराजय का मुँह नहीं देखते तथा निरंतर यश की प्राप्ति करते हैं। आत्मसम्मानी व्यक्ति धर्म, सत्य, न्याय और नीति के पथ का अनुगमन करता है। उसके जीवन में ही सच्चे सुख और शांति का निवास होता है। परोपकार, जनसेवा जैसे कार्यों में उसकी रुचि होती है। लोकप्रियता और सामाजिक प्रतिष्ठा उसे सहज ही प्राप्त होती है। ऐसे व्यक्ति में अपने राष्ट्र के प्रति सच्ची निष्ठा होती है तथा मातृभूमि की उन्नति के लिए वह अपने प्राणों को उत्सर्ग करने में भी सुख की अनुभूति करता है।

(क) आत्मसम्मान के कारण मनुष्य में निहित भावना को स्पष्ट कीजिए।
(ख) आत्मसम्मान से मनुष्य में किस प्रकार के गुणों का विकास होता है?
(ग) कैसे व्यक्ति नीति के पथ का अनुगमन करते हैं तथा उनकी रुचि व निष्ठा को स्पष्ट कीजिए।
(घ) ‘प्रतिष्ठित’ शब्द में प्रयुक्त प्रत्यय अलग कीजिए।
(ङ) प्रस्तुत गद्यांश का उपयुक्त शीर्षक लिखिए।

प्रश्न 2.
निम्नलिखित काव्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़कर दिए गए प्रत्येक प्रश्न का उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में लिखिए

ओ नए साल कर कुछ कमाल, जाने वाले को जाने दे,
दिल से अभिनंदन करते हैं, कुछ नई उमंगें आने दे।
आने-जाने से क्या डरना, ये मौसम आते-जाते हैं,
तन झुलसे शिखर दुपहरी में, कभी बादल भी छा जाते हैं।
इक वह मौसम भी आता है, जब पत्ते भी गिर जाते हैं,
हर मौसम को मनमीत बना, नवगीत खुशी के गाने दे।
जो भूल हुई जा भूल उसे, अब आगे भूल सुधारा कर,
बदले में प्यार मिलेगा भी, पहले औरों से प्यार तो कर,

(क) कवि नए वर्ष से क्या कह रहा है? स्पष्ट कीजिए।
(ख) “भले जीत का जश्न मना, पर हार को भी स्वीकार तो कर”-पंक्ति से कवि क्या प्रेरणा दे रहा है?
(ग) मौसम के आने-जाने से क्या अभिप्राय है?
(घ) “जो शीश चढ़ाकर चले गए”-पंक्ति किनकी ओर संकेत कर रही है?
(ङ) ‘सुमन’ का पर्यायवाची शब्द क्या है?

खंड {ख} अपठित बोध [ 15 अंक ]

प्रश्न 3.
निर्देशानुसार उत्तर दीजिए

(क) “निर्लिप्त’ शब्द में प्रयुक्त उपसर्ग तथा मूल शब्द लिखिए।
(ख) “नि’ उपसर्ग से दो शब्द बनाइए।
(ग) “मरियल’ शब्द में प्रयुक्त प्रत्यय तथा मूल शब्द लिखिए।
(घ) “इत’ प्रत्यय से दो शब्द बनाइए।

प्रश्न 4.
निम्नलिखित समस्त पदों का विग्रह करके समास का भेद लिखिए

(क) त्रिभुज,
(ख) परशुधर,
(ग) नीलगाय

प्रश्न 5.
निर्देशानुसार वाक्य परिवर्तन कीजिए

(क) किसी पर भरोसा नहीं किया जा सकता है। (प्रश्नवाचक वाक्य में बदलिए)
(ख) क्या! मैं भूल कर रहा हूँ? (निषेधवाचक वाक्य में बदलिए)
(ग) लोग पक्षियों को आदमी की नज़र से नहीं देखते हैं। (विधानवाचक वाक्य में बदलिए)
(घ) एक अनुकरणीय उदाहरण है। (प्रश्नवाचक वाक्य में बदलिए)

प्रश्न 6.
निम्नलिखित काव्यांशों में निहित अलंकारों के नाम बताइए

(क) दीनबंधु दुःखियों का दुःख कब दूर करोगे?
(ख) यह जीवन क्या है? निर्झर है।
(ग) पीपर पात सरिस मन डोला।
(घ) बाँधा था विधु को किसने, इन काली जंजीरों से।
फणिवाले कवियों का मुख, क्यों भरा हुआ हीरों से।।

खंड {ग} पाठ्यपुस्तक व पूरक पुस्तक [ 30 अंक ]

प्रश्न 7.
निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़कर पूछे गए प्रश्नों के उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में लिखिए

जानवरों में गधा सबसे बुद्धिहीन समझा जाता है। हम जब किसी आदमी को पहले दरजे का बेवकूफ़ कहना चाहते हैं, तो उसे गधा कहते हैं। गधा सचमुच बेवकूफ़ होता है या उसके सीधेपन एवं उसकी निरापद सहिष्णुता ने उसे यह पदवी दे दी है, इसका निश्चय नहीं किया जा सकता है। गायें सींग मारती हैं, ब्याही हुई गाय तो अनायास ही सिंहनी का रूप धारण कर लेती है। कुत्ता भी बहुत गरीब जानवर है, लेकिन कभी-कभी उसे भी क्रोध आ ही जाता है, किंतु गधे को कभी क्रोध करते नहीं सुना, न देखा। जितना चाहो गरीब को मारो, चाहे जैसी खराब सड़ी हुई घास सामने डाल दो, उसके चेहरे पर कभी असंतोष की छाया भी न दिखाई देगी। वैशाख में चाहे एकाध बार कुलेल कर लेता हो; पर हमने तो उसे कभी खुश होते नहीं देखा। उसके चेहरे पर एक स्थायी विषाद स्थायी रूप से छाया रहता है। सुख-दु:ख, लाभ-हानि, किसी भी दशा में उसे बदलते नहीं देखा। ऋषि-मुनियों के जितने गुण हैं, वे सभी उसमें पराकाष्ठा पर पहुँच गए हैं पर आदमी उसे बेवकूफ़ कहता है।

(क) जानवरों में किसे सबसे अधिक बुद्धिहीन माना जाता है और क्यों? बुद्धिहीन मनुष्य को क्या कहा जाता है?
(ख) उपर्युक्त गद्यांश में गधे की तुलना किससे की गई है और क्यों?
(ग) किन जानवरों को कभी-कभी क्रोध आ ही जाता है और किस को नहीं?

प्रश्न 8.
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में लिखिए

(क) ल्हासा की ओर’ पाठ में लेखक को भिखमंगे के भेष में यात्रा क्यों करनी पड़ी?
(ख) “साँवले सपनों की याद’ पाठ के आधार पर स्पष्ट कीजिए कि हमें प्रकृति और पक्षी को किस नज़र से देखना चाहिए?
(ग) लेखिका ने अपनी माँ के व्यक्तित्व की किन-किन विशेषताओं का उल्लेख किया है? मेरे बचपन के दिन पाठ के आधार पर उत्तर दीजिए।
(घ) “जूता हमेशा टोपी से कीमती रहा है। अब तो जूते की कीमत और बढ़ गई है और एक जूते पर पचीसों टोपियाँ न्योछावर होती हैं।” ‘प्रेमचंद के फटे जूते’ पाठ के आधार पर उत्तर दीजिए कि इस पंक्ति में क्या व्यंग्य किया गया है?

प्रश्न 9.
निम्नलिखित काव्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़कर पूछे गए प्रश्नों के उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में लिखिए

आई सीधी राह से, गई न सीधी राह।
सुषुम-सेतु पर खड़ी थी, बीत गया दिन आह!
जेब टटोली, कौड़ी न पाई।
माझी को दें, क्या उतराई?

(क) मनुष्य इस संसार में आकर किन कार्यों में लिप्त हो जाता
(ख) माझी कौन है? कवयित्री उसके लिए क्यों परेशान है?
(ग) “बीत गया दिन’ से कवयित्री का क्या अभिप्राय है?

प्रश्न 10.
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में लिखिए

(क) गोपी श्रीकृष्ण द्वारा अपनाई गई वस्तुओं को क्यों धारण करना चाहती है? कवि रसखान के सवैये के आधार पर बताइए।
(ख) हथकड़ियों को गहना क्यों कहा गया है? कैदी और कोकिला कविता के आधार पर स्पष्ट कीजिए।
(ग) “बच्चे काम पर जा रहे हैं कविता के आधार पर बताइए कि यदि बच्चों के लिए भोजन और पढ़ने-लिखने की सुविधाएँ नहीं हैं, तो अन्य सुविधाओं का क्या औचित्य है?
(घ) मेघों के लिए बन-ठन के सँवर के आने की बात क्यों कही गई। है? ‘मेघ आए’ कविता के आधार पर बताइए।

प्रश्न 11.
इरा-धमकाकर क्या किसी को सही मार्ग पर लाया जा सकता है? ‘मेरे संग की औरतें’ पाठ के आधार पर प्रकाश डालिए।
अथवा
‘माटी वाली’ पाठ में भारतीय संस्कृति के विभिन्न रूपों को उजागर किया गया है। यह रूप हमारे लिए किस प्रकार प्रेरणादायक है? अपने शब्दों में स्पष्ट कीजिए।

खंड {घ} लेखन [ 20 अंक ]

प्रश्न 12.
निम्नलिखित विषयों में से किसी एक विषय पर दिए गए संकेत बिंदुओं के आधार पर लगभग 200-250 शब्दों में एक निबंध लिखिए

(क) साहित्य और समाज

संकेत बिंदु

• साहित्य का अर्थ
• साहित्य की उपयोगिता
• साहित्य का जीवन से संबंध
• उपसंहार

प्रश्न 13.
अपने राज्य के परिवहन प्रबंधक को पत्र लिखकर अपने मोहल्ले तक नया बस मार्ग आरंभ कराने का अनुरोध कीजिए।
अथवा
अपनी छोटी बहन को पत्र लिखकर उसे अपने स्वास्थ्य पर ध्यान देने के लिए कहें।

प्रश्न 14.
आप सुनील हैं और अपनी एक मित्र रश्मि से उसके जन्मदिन पर आने में असमर्थ होने के कारण क्षमा माँग रहे हैं। उससे होने वाले संवाद को लगभग 50 शब्दों में लिखिए।
अथवा
‘बच्चों का शिक्षा के प्रति कम होता रुझान’ विषय पर दो अध्यापिकाओं में संवाद को लगभग 50 शब्दों में लिखिए।

जवाब

उत्तर 1.
(क) मनुष्य के जीवन में आत्मसम्मान का विशेष महत्त्व है। आत्मसम्मान के कारण मनुष्य अपने व्यक्तित्व को अधिकाधिक सशक्त एवं प्रतिष्ठित बनाता है, साथ ही परिस्थितियों से लड़ने की क्षमता भी रखता है।

(ख) आत्मसम्मान का व्यक्ति के जीवन में अधिकाधिक महत्त्व है तथा इसके द्वारा मनुष्य में शक्ति, उत्साह, साहस आदि गुणों का जन्म होता है, जो जीवन को उन्नति के मार्ग में प्रशस्त करते हैं।

(ग) आत्मसम्मानी व्यक्ति धर्म, सत्य, न्याय और नीति के पथ का अनुगमन करते हैं। परोपकार, जनसेवा जैसे कार्यों में उनकी रुचि होती है। लोकप्रियता और सामाजिक प्रतिष्ठा उन्हें सहज ही प्राप्त होती है। ऐसे व्यक्ति में अपने राष्ट्र के प्रति सच्ची निष्ठा होती है।

(घ) ‘प्रतिष्ठित’ शब्द ‘इत’ प्रत्यय के संयोग से बना है।

(ङ) प्रस्तुत गद्यांश का उपयुक्त शीर्षक ‘मानव जीवन में आत्मसम्मान का महत्त्व’ होगा।

उत्तर 2.
(क) कवि नए वर्ष से कुछ चमत्कार करने के लिए कह रहा है। वह कहता है कि जाने वाले वर्ष को जाने दे। नया वर्ष अर्थात् नई उमंगों के आगमन का हृदय से अभिनंदन करो। कहने का

फूटेंगे प्यार के अंकुर भी, वह ज़मीं जरा तैयार तो कर,
भले जीत का जश्न मना, पर हार को भी स्वीकार तो कर,
मत नफ़रत के शोले भड़का, बस गीत प्यार के गाने दे।
इस दुनिया में लाखों आए और आकर चले गए,
कुछ मालिक बनकर बैठ गए, कुछ माल पचाकर चले गए,
कुछ किलों के अंदर बंद रहे, कुछ किले बनाकर चले गए,
लेकिन कुछ ऐसे भी आए, जो शीश चढ़ाकर चले गए,
उन वीरों के पद चिह्नों पर, अब साथी ‘सुमन चढ़ाने दे।

अभिप्राय यह है कि नया वर्ष हमारे जीवन में नई उमंगें लेकर आए।

(ख) ‘भले जीत का जश्न मना, पर हार को भी स्वीकार तो कर” पंक्ति से कवि यह प्रेरणा दे रहा है कि हमें सफलता-असफलता को समान भाव से स्वीकार करना चाहिए। जीत की खुशी या जश्न मनाने के साथ-साथ पराजय को भी पूर्ण रूप से स्वीकार करना चाहिए।

(ग) मौसम के आने-जाने से अभिप्राय मानव जीवन में सुखों और दुःखों के आवागमन से है।

(घ) “जो शीश चढ़ाकर चले गए’–पंक्ति शहीदों की ओर संकेत कर रही है।

(ङ) ‘सुमन’ का पर्यायवाची शब्द ‘प्रसून’ है।

उत्तर 3.

(क) निर्–उपसर्ग, लिप्त-मूल शब्द
(ख) निडर, निवास
(ग) मर-मूल शब्द, इयल-प्रत्यय
(घ) हर्षित, फलित

उत्तर 4.
(क) तीन भुजाओं का समाहार – द्विगु समास यहाँ पूर्वपद (तीन) संख्यावाचक है, इसलिए यहाँ द्विगु समास है |

(ख) परशु धारण करता है जो अर्थात् परशुराम – बहुव्रीहि समास

यहाँ दोनों पद मिलकर एक विशेष (तीसरे) अर्थ का बोध हो रहा है, इसलिए यहाँ बहुव्रीहि समास है।

(ग) नीली है जो गाय – कर्मधारय समास

यहाँ पूर्वपद (नीली) विशेषण और उत्तरपद (गाय) विशेष्य है, इसलिए यहाँ कर्मधारय समास है।

उत्तर 5.

(क) क्या किसी पर भरोसा किया जा सकता है?
(ख) मैं भूल नहीं कर रहा हूँ।
(ग) लोग पक्षियों को आदमी की नज़र से देखें।
(घ) क्या यह एक अनुकरणीय उदाहरण है?

उत्तर 6.

(क) अनुप्रास अलंकार यहाँ ‘द’ वर्ण की निरंतर आवृत्ति हुई है, इस कारण इसमें अनुप्रास अलंकार है।

(ख) रूपक अलंकार यहाँ जीवन को निर्झर के समान न बताकर जीवन को ही निर्झर कहा गया है। अतः यहाँ रूपक अलंकार है।

(ग) पूर्णोपमा अलंकार यहाँ मन-उपमेय, पीपर पात- उपमान, सरिस- वाचक, डोला- साधारण धर्म। अतः उपमा के चारों अंग उपस्थित हैं, इसलिए यहाँ पूर्णोपमा अलंकार है।

(घ) अतिशयोक्ति अलंकार यहाँ कवि ने मोतियों से भरी हुई प्रिया की माँग का वर्णन किया है। विधु या चन्द्र से मुख का, काली जंजीरों से केश और मणिवाले कवियों से मोती भरी माँग का बोध होता है। इसलिए यहाँ अतिशयोक्ति अलंकार है।

उत्तर 7.
(क) जानवरों में ‘गधा’ सबसे अधिक बुद्धिहीन माना जाता है। गधे के सरल स्वभाव, सीधेपन व सहिष्णुता के कारण ही उसे बुद्धिहीन माना जाता है। बुद्धिहीन मनुष्य को ‘गधा’ कहा जाता है।

(ख) उपर्युक्त गद्यांश में गधे की तुलना ऋषि-मुनियों से की गई है, क्योंकि गधा कभी क्रोध नहीं करता। सुख-दुःख, लाभ-हानि में वह एकसमान भाव से रहता है, जैसा भी दो, खा लेता है अर्थात् उसमें ऋषि-मुनियों के सभी गुण पराकाष्ठा पर पहुँच गए हैं।

(ग) गाय और कुत्ते को भी कभी-कभी क्रोध आ ही जाता है, किंतु गधे को कभी क्रोध नहीं आता।

उत्तर 8.
(क) ‘ल्हासा की ओर’ पाठ में लेखक को भिखमंगे के भेष में इसलिए यात्रा करनी पड़ी, क्योंकि तिब्बत के पहाड़ों में लूटपाट का भय बना रहता था। अधिकतर हत्याएँ लूटने के उद्देश्य से होती थीं। लेखक ने डाकुओं से सुरक्षित रहने के लिए तथा अपने जान-माल की रक्षा के उद्देश्य से ऐसा उपाय किया। इसके अतिरिक्त, उस समय (वर्ष 1929-30) भारतीयों का तिब्बत जाना वर्जित था, जिस कारण लेखक को अपनी पहचान छुपाने के लिए भिखमंगे के भेष में यात्री करनी पड़ी।

(ख) हमें प्रकृति को प्रकृति की नज़र से एवं पक्षी को पक्षी की ही नज़र से देखना चाहिए, क्योंकि ये दोनों स्वयं में महत्त्वपूर्ण हैं अर्थात् हमें प्रकृति और पक्षियों की सुरक्षा करनी चाहिए। पर्यावरण की शुद्धता बनाए रखने वाले प्रकृति एवं पक्षियों को अपने सुख के लिए हानि नहीं पहुँचानी चाहिए।

(ग) लेखिका ने अपनी माँ के व्यक्तित्व की निम्नलिखित विशेषताओं का उल्लेख किया है।

• शिक्षित महिला लेखिका की माँ एक शिक्षित महिला थीं। उन्होंने हिंदी और संस्कृत का अध्ययन किया था।
• संस्कारों में विश्वास लेखिको की माँ एक संस्कारवान स्त्री थीं। उन्होंने अपनी पुत्री को आरंभ में ही ‘पंचतंत्र’ जैसी पुस्तक पढ़ाई, जिसकी कहानियाँ मनुष्य को जीवन में दैनिक व्यवहार की शिक्षा देती हैं।
• लिखने की शौकीन लेखिका की माँ को लिखने का भी शौक था। वह मीरा के पद गाती थीं तथा कुछ लिखती भी थीं।

(घ) लेखक ने जूते को टोपी से महत्त्वपूर्ण बताते हुए समाज पर व्यंग्य किया है कि समाज में आदर्शों और अच्छाइयों की तुलना में दिखावा और बुराइयाँ अधिक मूल्यवान समझी जाती हैं। आज आदर्श के स्थान पर झूठ और बुराइयों को महत्त्व दिया जाता है। लोग अपने आपको श्रेष्ठ और अच्छा दिखाने के लिए बनावटी जीवन शैली अपनाते हैं, भले ही जेब में धन हो या न हो, परंतु दिखावा करने के लिए ऋण तक ले लेते हैं, जो सर्वथा अनुचित है।

उत्तर 9.
(क) मनुष्य इस संसार में आकर ईश्वर को प्राप्त करने के लिए सहज मार्ग की अपेक्षा टेढ़े-मेढ़े मार्ग को अपनाने, छल-कपट तथा सांसारिक स्वार्थ आदि को सिद्ध करने में लिप्त हो जाता है।

(ख) कवयित्री ने ईश्वर को माझी कहा है, जो संसार रूपी भवसागर को पार कराने वाला है। कवयित्री माझी के लिए इसलिए परेशान है, क्योंकि उसके पास उसे उतराई में देने के लिए कुछ नहीं है अर्थात् उसने सही प्रकारे से ईश्वर की भक्ति नहीं की, वह ही उसकी उतराई थी।

(ग) ‘बीत गया दिन’ से अभिप्राय है कि कवयित्री ने अपना | दिन अर्थात् सारा जीवन हठयोग साधना करके व्यर्थ में आँवा दिया।

उत्तर 10.
(क) गोपी श्रीकृष्ण द्वारा अपनाई गई वस्तुओं को इसलिए धारण करना चाहती है, ताकि वह कृष्ण की निकटता अनुभव कर सके। वह कृष्ण से अनन्य प्रेम करती है। अतः वह कृष्णमय होना चाहती है।

(ख) हथकड़ियों को गहना इसलिए कहा गया है, क्योंकि इन हथकड़ियों को पहनकर कवि को गर्व है कि देश के लिए संघर्ष करते हुए वह स्वतंत्रता की लड़ाई लड़ रहा है। उन्होंने किसी गलत कार्य के फलस्वरूप हथकड़ी नहीं पहनी। मातृभूमि की सेवा के फलस्वरूप यदि अंग्रेजों ने उन्हें बंदी बनाकर हथकड़ी पहना दी है, तो यह किसी आभूषण से कम नहीं है।

(ग) यदि बच्चों के लिए भोजन और पढ़ने-लिखने की सुविधाएँ नहीं हैं, तो उनके लिए अन्य सुविधाओं का कोई औचित्य नहीं है, क्योंकि बच्चों के लिए सबसे पहली सुविधा उनके भोजन का प्रबंध, उनकी शिक्षा, उनके खेलकूद और मनोरंजन के साधन हैं। इन सबसे वंचित होने पर अन्य सुविधाएँ व्यर्थ हैं।

(घ) मेघों के लिए बन-ठन के सँवर के आने की बात इसलिए कही गई है, क्योंकि वर्षभर के बाद जब गाँव में दामाद अर्थात् मेहमान आता है, तो वह पूरी तरह सज-सँवरकर आता है इसी प्रकार एक वर्ष के पश्चात् बादल भी सज-सँवरकर आए हैं। पूरे आकाश में काले-काले बादल छा गए हैं।

उत्तर 11.
यह कथन सर्वथा उचित है कि मनुष्य को डरा-धमकाकर परिवर्तित करना कठिन है। प्यार और आत्मीयता द्वारा व्यक्ति को बदलना अधिक सहज और सरल है। प्रेम और अपनेपन की इच्छा प्रत्येक व्यक्ति के मन में होती है, इसलिए जहाँ व्यक्ति को प्रेम और आत्मीयता अनुभव होती है, वह उसी ओर मुड़ जाता है। यही प्रेम उसे बदल देता है। इसके विपरीत, मनुष्य को डरा-धमकाकर परिवर्तित करना कठिन है, क्योंकि डर और दंड से मनुष्य के मन में विद्रोह की भावना भी उत्पन्न हो सकती है, जो उसे बदलने से रोकती है। फिर वह बदलाव उसके अच्छे के लिए ही क्यों न हो।

मेरे संग की औरतें पाठ में लेखिका की परदादी ने भी चोर के साथ सहज व्यवहार ही किया, उसे बेटा कहकर पानी मँगवीकर पिलाया। चोर को न तो उन्होंने पकड़वाया, न डाँटा, न उपदेश दिया, बल्कि सेवा-भाव जाग्रत किया। चोरी छोड़ने के लिए दबाव भी नहीं डाला, बस इतना ही कहा कि तुम्हारी इच्छी चोरी करो या खेती। परदादी की इस सहज भावना ने चोर का हृदय परिवर्तित कर दिया। उसने चोरी छोड़ दी और खेती की कार्य आरंभ कर दिया। इससे स्पष्ट है कि डराने-धमकाने से किसी को सही मार्ग पर नहीं लाया जा सकता।

अथवा

‘माटी वाली’ पाठ में भारतीय संस्कृति के अनेक रूपों को उजागर किया गया है। माटी वाली एक गरीब, परंतु अत्यंत मेहनती स्त्री थी। साथ ही, वह अपने बूढे और बीमार पति की भी देखभाल करती थी। उसके नए ग्राहक भी शीघ्र ही बन जाते थे। अतः माटी वाली के माध्यम से इस पाठ में मेलजोल बढ़ाने, कर्म में अटूट विश्वास रखने, कर्तव्यशील, पति-परायण आदि सद्गुणों को उभारा गया है। ये सभी गुण भारतीय संस्कृति का अभिन्न भाग हैं।

इसके अतिरिक्त, भारतीय संस्कृति हमें हमारे पूर्वजों का आदर करने की भी सीख देती है। इस पाठ की मालकिन’ पात्र हमें इस गुण का पुनः स्मरण कराती है। अतः यह पाठ हमें भारतीय संस्कृति से परिचित कराते हुए इन गुणों को अपनाने की सीख देता है। हमें अपने अतीत पर गर्व करना चाहिए, उसे संभाल कर रखना चाहिए तथा अपने सभी कर्तव्यों का पालन करना चाहिए।

उत्तर 12.
साहित्य का अर्थ साहित्य का शाब्दिक अर्थ है- जिसमें हित की भावना सन्निहित हो। साहित्य समाज की चेतना से उपजी प्रवृत्ति है। समाज व्यक्तियों से बना है तथा साहित्य समाज की सृजनशीलता का नमूना है। साहित्य और समाज की संबंध कितना घनिष्ठ है, इसका परिचय साहित्य शब्द की व्युत्पत्ति, अर्थ एवं उसकी विभिन्न परिभाषाओं से प्राप्त होता है।

कवि और लेखक अपने समाज के मस्तिष्क हैं और मुख भी। कवि की पुकार समाज की पुकार है। वह समाज के भावों को प्रकट कर सजीव और शक्तिशाली बना देता है। उसकी भाषा में समाज के भावों की झलक मिलती है।

साहित्य की उपयोगिता साहित्य और समाज का घनिष्ठ संबंध है। साहित्य समाज का प्रतिबिंब है। जनजीवन के धरातल पर ही साहित्य का निर्माण होता है। समाज की समस्त शोभा, उसकी समृद्धि, मान-मर्यादा सब साहित्य पर अवलंबित है। आचार्य रामचंद्र शुक्ल के शब्दों में, “प्रत्येक देश का साहित्य वहाँ की जनता की चित्त-वृत्ति का संचित प्रतिबिंब है।” समाज की क्षमता और सजीवता यदि कहीं प्रत्यक्ष देखने को मिल सकती है, तो साहित्य रूपी दर्पण में। किसी भी देश, समाज अथवा जाति के उत्थान और पतन का पता उसके साहित्य से ही चलता है। प्राचीन ग्रीक संस्कृति की महत्ता तथा महानता का ज्ञान हमें उसके साहित्य से ही मिलता है। गुप्तकाल भारत का स्वर्णिम युग कहा जाता है, क्योंकि उस समय सर्वोत्कृष्ट साहित्य की रचना हुई थी। साहित्य गतिमान समाज की पहचान है। कालिदास, सूर एवं तुलसी पर हमें गर्व है, क्योंकि उनका साहित्य हमें एक संस्कृति और एक जातीयता के सूत्र में बाँधता है, इसलिए साहित्य केवल हमारे समाज का दर्पण मात्र न रहकर उसका नियामक और उन्नायक भी होता है।

साहित्य का जीवन से संबंध साहित्य द्वारा सामाजिक और राजनीतिक क्रांतियों के उल्लेखों से तो विश्व इतिहास भरा पड़ा है। संपूर्ण यूरोप को गंभीर रूप से प्रभावित करने वाली फ्रांस की क्रांति (1789 ई.), रूसो की ‘सामाजिक अनुबंध’ नामक पुस्तक के प्रकाशन का ही परिणाम थी। आधुनिक काल में चार्ल्स डिकेंस (Charles Dickens) के उपन्यासों ने इंग्लैंड की अनेक सामाजिक एवं नैतिक रूढ़ियों का उन्मूलन कर नूतन व स्वस्थ सामाजिक व्यवस्था का सूत्रपात कराया। यदि अपने देश का साहित्य देखें, तो बिहारी के ‘नहिं पराग नहिं मधुर मधु’ वाले दोहे ने राजा जयसिंह को नारी मोह से मुक्त कराकर कर्तव्य-पालन के लिए प्रेरित किया। कवियों की ऐसी व्यक्तिगत उपलब्धियों की कोई सीमा नहीं।

उपसंहार वास्तव में, समाज और साहित्य का परस्पर अन्योन्याश्रित संबंध है। इन्हें एक-दूसरे से दूर करना संभव नहीं है। अतः आवश्यकता इस बात की है कि साहित्यकार सामाजिक कल्याण हेतु ससाहित्य का सृजन करें। सुंदर समाज निर्माण के लिए साहित्य को माध्यम बनाया जा सकता है। यदि समाज स्वस्थ होगा, तो राष्ट्र शक्तिशाली बन सकता है।

(ख) छात्र असंतोष

संकेत बिंदु

• भूमिका या प्रस्तावना
• वर्तमान शिक्षा पद्धति
• शिक्षा का निजीकरण
• राजनीति का प्रभाव
• अन्य कारण
• छात्र असंतोष को कम करने के उपाय
• उपसंहार

उत्तर

भूमिका या प्रस्तावना वर्तमान समय में हमारा देश एक शक्तिशाली राष्ट्र है। कहने को देश के युवा प्रसन्न हैं, परंतु वास्तविकता कुछ और ही है। आज सारे देश में छात्र असंतोष व्याप्त है। छात्र असंतोष को आशय है- छात्रों का वर्तमान शिक्षा एवं रोजगार प्रणाली से असंतुष्ट होना। छात्रों की यह असंतुष्टि किसी पाठ्यक्रम को लेकर हो सकती है, किसी रोज़गार प्रणाली को लेकर हो सकती है। इस स्थिति में उनके भीतर स्वाभाविक रूप से संपूर्ण प्रणाली के प्रति असंतोष की भावना जाग्रत हो जाती है।

वर्तमान शिक्षा पद्धति हमारी वर्तमान शिक्षा प्रणाली ऐसी है कि उच्च उपाधि धारण करने के पश्चात् भी अधिकतर छात्र किसी उपयुक्त रोज़गार योग्य नहीं रहते। इसके कारण शिक्षित बेरोज़गारी की विकट स्थिति उत्पन्न हो जाती है। भारत में प्रत्येक वर्ष लगभग पाँच लाख से अधिक छात्र अभियांत्रिकी एवं प्रौद्योगिकी की शिक्षा प्राप्त करते हैं। इनमें से अधिकतर बहुत योग्य अभियंता नहीं होते। इसलिए उन्हें उनकी डिग्री के अनुरूप नौकरी नहीं मिल पाती। इस स्थिति में छात्रों का असंतुष्ट होना स्वाभाविक ही है।

शिक्षा जीवनभर चलने वाली एक प्रक्रिया है। इसलिए समाज एवं देश के हित के लिए इसके उद्देश्य का निर्धारण आवश्यक है। चूंकि समाज एवं देश में समय के अनुसार परिवर्तन होते रहते हैं, इसलिए शिक्षा के उद्देश्यों में भी समय की माँग के अनुसार परिवर्तन होने चाहिए।

शिक्षा का निजीकरण शिक्षा के निजीकरण के कारण उच्च शिक्षा प्रदान करने वाली शिक्षण संस्थाओं की संख्या तो अधिक हो गई है, किंतु इन संस्थाओं में छात्रों का अत्यधिक शोषण होता है। यहाँ शिक्षा के लिए पर्याप्त संसाधनों का भी अभाव होता है। छात्रों द्वारा विरोध किए जाने पर उन्हें संस्थान से निकाले जाने की धमकी दी जाती है।

राजनीति का प्रभाव कुछ स्वार्थी राजनीतिक दल छात्रों को अपने साथ मिलाकर अपना उद्देश्य पूरा करते हैं। इसलिए वे शिक्षण संस्थाओं में राजनीति को बढ़ावा देते हैं। जिस कारण देश के कुछ प्रसिद्ध शिक्षण संस्थान राजनीति के अखाड़े का रूप लेते जा रहे हैं। ऐसी स्थिति में छात्रों की पढ़ाई बाधित तो होती ही है, साथ ही इस स्थिति के कारण छात्रों में असंतोष की भावना भी उत्पन्न होती है।

अन्य कारण इस प्रकार बेरोज़गारी का डर, पारंपरिक शिक्षा का वर्तमान समय के अनुरूप न होना, व्यावसायिक शिक्षा प्रदान करने वाली शिक्षा संस्थाओं का अभाव, शिक्षण संस्थाओं को राजनीति का केंद्र बनाया जाना, शिक्षकों एवं कर्मचारियों का अपने कर्तव्यों से विमुख होना, निजी शिक्षण संस्थाओं की मनमानी इत्यादि भारत में छात्र असंतोष के कारण

छात्र असंतोष को कम करने के उपाय छात्र असंतोष को दूर करने के लिए सबसे पहले देश की शिक्षा व्यवस्था में सुधार कर इसे वर्तमान समय के अनुरूप करना होगा। इसके लिए व्यावसायिक शिक्षा प्रदान करने वाले शिक्षण संस्थानों की स्थापना पर्याप्त संख्या में करनी होगी। इसके अतिरिक्त राजनीति को शिक्षा से दूर ही रखना होगा और सुनिश्चित करना होगा कि इन संस्थाओं में शिक्षक एवं कर्मचारी अपनी मनमानी कर छात्रों का भविष्य नष्ट न कर पाएँ।

ऐसी निजी शिक्षण संस्थाएँ, जहाँ छात्रों एवं अभिभावकों का अत्यधिक शोषण हो रहा है, वहाँ उचित कार्रवाई करते हुए इन्हें शोषण से बचाया जाए। इसके लिए शिक्षकों को उनके कर्तव्यों की ओर ध्यान कराना होगा। इन सबके अतिरिक्त, छात्रों का रचनात्मक कार्यों की ओर ध्यान आकृष्ट करके भी छात्र असंतोष को काफ़ी सीमा तक कम किया जा सकता है।

उपसंहार छात्र ही देश का भविष्य होते हैं। उन पर ही समाज और राष्ट्र का जीवन निर्भर होता है। यदि उनका भला नहीं हो पाए, यदि वे बेरोज़गारी का दंश झेल रहे हों, यदि उनके साथ अन्याय हो रहा हो, यदि उनके भविष्य से खिलवाड़ हो रहा हो, तो देश का भला कैसे हो सकता है? निःसंदेह इसके कारण देश की आर्थिक ही नहीं, सामाजिक एवं राजनीतिक प्रगति पर भी प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पड़ेगा। इसलिए समय रहते इस समस्या का निदान करना आवश्यक है। हमारे देश के नीति-निर्माताओं को छात्र असंतोष दूर करने का हर संभव प्रयास करना चाहिए, जिससे राष्ट्र निर्माण में उनकी समुचित भागीदारी सुनिश्चित हो सके।

(ग) भारतीय समाज पर पाश्चात्य संस्कृति का प्रभाव

संकेत बिंदु

• भारतीय संस्कृति से तात्पर्य
• पाश्चात्य संस्कृति से तात्पर्य
• भारतीय समाज पर पाश्चात्य संस्कृति का प्रतिकूल प्रभाव
• निष्कर्ष

उत्तर

भारतीय संस्कृति से तात्पर्य भारतीय संस्कृति अध्यात्म प्रधान है, जबकि पश्चिात्य संस्कृति को भौतिक प्रधान माना जाता है। अध्यात्म प्रधान संस्कृति से तात्पर्य अभौतिकतावादी दृष्टिकोण को अत्यधिक महत्त्व मिलने से है। प्राचीनकाल से ही ‘वसुधैव कुटुंबकम्’ और ‘अतिथि देवो भवः’ के सिद्धांतों में रची-बसी भारतीय संस्कृति में विश्वास, भावना, आस्था, धर्म, रीति-रिवाज़ों, परंपराओं आदि का अत्यधिक महत्त्व रहा है। धर्म प्रधान संस्कृति होने के कारण ही लोगों ने इसे अध्यात्म प्रधान संस्कृति माना है।

पाश्चात्य संस्कृति से तात्पर्य पाश्चात्य संस्कृति भौतिकता प्रधान और वैज्ञानिक संस्कृति है। भौतिकता प्रधान संस्कृति से तात्पर्य ऐसी संस्कृति से है, जो यथार्थवादी दृष्टिकोण को अधिक महत्त्व देती है। भौतिक का सामान्य अर्थ देखने या इंद्रिय बोध से साक्षात् संबंध रखने वाली वस्तु से है अर्थात् जो यथार्थ एवं वास्तविक हो।

भारतीय समाज पर पाश्चात्य संस्कृति का प्रतिकूल प्रभाव एक ओर भारतीय समाज पर पाश्चात्य संस्कृति का प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पड़ रहा है, तो दूसरी ओर यह हमारे लिए हितकारी भी सिद्ध हो रही है। पाश्चात्य संस्कृति के प्रभाव के कारण हममें ‘वसुधैव कुटुंबकम्’ की भावना कम होती जा रही है। संयुक्त परिवार प्रणाली का विघटन हो रहा है। पारिवारिक जीवन तनावपूर्ण एवं संघर्षपूर्ण हो गया है। पाश्चात्य संस्कृति की नकल के कारण लोग स्वतंत्र होकर जीवन-यापन करना पसंद करते हैं, परिणामस्वरूप वैवाहिक संबंधों में सुदृढ़ता एवं आत्मीयता का अभाव उत्पन्न हो गया है। संयुक्त परिवार में वैवाहिक संबंधों को टूटने से बचाने के लिए जो पारिवारिक पृष्ठभूमि होती है, वर्तमान के एकले या नाभिक परिवारों में उसका अभाव है।

पश्चिमीकरण के अंतर्गत मौजूद आधुनिक मूल्यों का अनुकरण करना तो तार्किक एवं उपयुक्त लगता है, लेकिन पाश्चात्य संस्कृति के अन्य तत्त्वों का अंधानुकरण अनुचित है, किंतु पाश्चात्य संस्कृति का अनुकरण करने की होड़ में हम अपनी भाषा, संस्कृति, वेशभूषा, रहन-सहन, कला-विज्ञान, साहित्य आदि सभी कुछ भूल गए हैं। आज पाश्चात्य संस्कृति का अंधानुकरण करने वाले भारतवासियों को ‘मैथिलीशरण गुप्त’ की इन पंक्तियों पर गंभीरतापूर्वक विचार करने की आवश्यकता है।

“यह ठीक है, पश्चिम बहुत ही कर रहा उत्कर्ष है, पर पूर्व-गुरु उसका यही पुरु वृद्ध भारतवर्ष है।”

निष्कर्ष इस प्रकार भारतीय और पाश्चात्य संस्कृति में परस्पर विरोध नहीं, बल्कि अन्योन्याश्रित संबंध है। अतः हमें बुद्ध के सम्यक् सिद्धान्त का अनुसरण कर, जिसको समझाते हुए उन्होंने कहा था-सितार की तार को इतना न कसो कि वह टूट जाए और उसे इतना भी ढीला न छोड़ो कि वह बज ही न सके, दोनों संस्कृतियों की अच्छाइयों को ग्रहण करना एवं उनकी कमियों का त्याग करना चाहिए।

उत्तर 13.

परीक्षा भवन,
लखनऊ।
दिनांक 10 फरवरी, 20××

सेवा में,
प्रबंधक,
उत्तर प्रदेश परिवहन निगम,
लखनऊ।

विषय इलाहाबाद में अल्लापुर टैगोर टाउन तक बस सेवा आरंभ कराने हेतु।

महाशय,

हम इलाहाबाद के अल्लापुर टैगोर टाउन के निवासी आपसे अनुरोध करते हैं कि हमारी कॉलोनियाँ काफ़ी घनी एवं अत्यधिक जनसंख्या वाली हैं। यहाँ लगभग 5,000 परिवार रहते हैं, जिनमें हज़ारों लोग बस के दैनिक यात्री हैं। अभी तक उन्हें नगर सेवा की बस पकड़ने के लिए 2 किमी दूर तक जाना पड़ता है, जिससे धन एवं समय दोनों व्यर्थ होते हैं। आपसे निवेदन है कि इस मोहल्ले या कॉलोनी में भी एक बस-स्टॉप बनवाया जाए, ताकि हज़ारों लोगों को प्रतिदिन परेशानी का सामना न करना पड़े। इस मार्ग पर बसें चलने से उन्हें यात्री भी बहुत मिलेंगे और यहाँ के निवासियों को लाभ भी होगा।

धन्यवाद।
निवेदक
अल्लापुर टैगोर टाउन के निवासीगण
इलाहाबाद

अथवा

दिनांक 12 जनवरी, 20××
प्रिय बहन सुरभि,
शुभ प्यार!

कल माँ से फ़ोन पर बात करते हुए पता चला कि आजकल तुम्हारा स्वास्थ्य ठीक नहीं रहता है। हमेशा कुछ-न-कुछ समस्या रहती ही है। मुझे लग रहा है कि तुम अपने स्वास्थ्य को लेकर अधिक सतर्क नहीं हो।

प्यारी बहन, एक बात जान लो, यदि शरीर स्वस्थ और सक्षम नहीं रहेगा, तो दुनिया में कोई काम नहीं किया जा सकता है। इसलिए सबसे अधिक आवश्यक है, स्वयं को स्वस्थ रखना। इसके लिए दिनचर्या को नियमित करना, प्रतिदिन व्यायाम या योग करना, पौष्टिक एवं बिना तेल-मसाले का खाना खाने की आदत डालना, हमेशा प्रसन्न एवं चुस्त रहना आदि बहुत आवश्यक है।

आशा है, तुम मेरी बातों पर ध्यान अवश्य दोगी और स्वयं को स्वस्थ रखने के प्रति सतर्क रहोगी।

घरे में सभी बड़ों को मेरा चरण-स्पर्श तथा छोटों को प्यार।

तुम्हारा भाई
प्रसून
दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय छात्रावास, जुबली हॉल
दिल्ली।

उत्तर 14.

सुनील रश्मि! मैं तुमसे एक महत्त्वपूर्ण बात कहना चाहता हूँ।

रश्मि हाँ, हाँ, कहो। क्या बात है?

सुनील रश्मि! मैं परसों तुम्हारे जन्मदिन पर तुम्हारे यहाँ नहीं आ पाऊँगा। कृपया क्षमा करना।

रश्मि तुम क्यों नहीं आ सकोगे? क्या कोई विशेष बात है?

सुनील हाँ, उसी दिन मुझे अपनी माँ को डॉक्टर को दिखाने के लिए शहर से बाहर जाना है, जहाँ से लौटने में देर रात हो जाएगी।

रश्मि अरे! यह तो सचमुच बहुत आवश्यक कार्य है।

सुनील हाँ, इसे टालना ठीक नहीं होगा और फिर डॉक्टर भी तो हमेशा उपलब्ध नहीं रहते।

रश्मि कोई बात नहीं, सुनील! हम दोनों इसे बाद में एक साथ सेलिब्रेट कर लेंगे।

सुनील तो ठीक है, रश्मि! मैं उसके अगले दिन तुमसे मिलूंगा। अब चलें। बाय। रश्मि बाय, बाय।

अथवा

मनीषा शिवानी मैडम! आजकल के बच्चों को पता नहीं क्या हो गया है?

शिवानी क्यों, मैडम क्या हुआ?

मनीषा हुआ तो कुछ नहीं, लेकिन मुझे आजकल के बच्चों में शिक्षा के प्रति रुचि सामान्य रूप से कम होती प्रतीत हो रही है।

शिवानी ये बात तो आप बिलकुल सही कह रही हो मैडम

मनीषा लेकिन मैं यह नहीं समझ पा रही हूँ, ऐसा क्यों हो रहा है?

शिवानी मनीषा मैडम, इसका सबसे बड़ा कारण बच्चों की टेलीविजन एवं कंप्यूटर में बढ़ती रुचि है।

मनीषा सही कह रही हो मैडम आप, इन साधनों का उपयोग बच्चों द्वारा केवल मनोरंजन के लिए ही किया जा रहा है। इन्हें ज्ञान प्राप्ति का साधन नहीं बनाया जा रहा है।

शिवानी हाँ मैडम, बच्चों को मनोरंजन की बुरी आदत लग रही है। इसी का परिणाम है कि उनका पढ़ने में मन नहीं लगता है।

मनीषा वास्तव में, बच्चों में शिक्षा के प्रति कम होती रुचि का यह सबसे प्रमुख कारण है।

शिवानी हमें इसका कोई-न-कोई हल निकालना होगा।

मनीषा बिलकुल, सही कहा आपने।

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Board	CBSE
Class	IX
Subject	English Communicative
Sample Paper Set	Paper 3
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 9 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme as prescribed by the CBSE is given here. Paper 3 of Solved CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Communicative is given below with free PDF download solutions.

Time : 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

General Instructions:

1. This question paper is divided into three sections.
   • Section A: Reading                 20 Marks
   • Section B: Writing and Grammar  30 Marks
   • Section C: Literature (Textbooks)  30 marks
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. All the questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

 Section (A)
Reading (20 Marks)

Questions.

Question 1.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. (8)

Ayurveda or the science of life, is an ancient system of Indian medicine th^t is 4000 years old.
According to Ayurveda, health depends on the normal balance of three elements of the body – vata (air), pitho (bile), and kapha (phlegm).
Information about the system with proof is contained in two important medical treatises in Sanskrit language – the Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita, considered as belonging to the physician Charaka, and Sushruta, who was a surgeon. These compilations are according to the latest and updated medical knowledge made in the 1st century AD and later in the 7th century AD. Another work, widely followed in recent times is Vaghbhatta’s ‘Ashtangahridayam’.

Sushruta identified as many as 1200 diseases, including tuberculosis and small pox. Ayurvedic treatment is largely dietetic (food prescribed) and medicinal. All drugs used are obtained from indigenous plants. Charaka lists 500 medicinal plants, and Sushruta mentions 760. In the olden days, physicians used to collect the plants and prepare the drugs themselves. Many of these have finally appeared in Western pharmacopoeias (books describing drugs).

Ancient Ayurveda included advanced surgical practices. Details of instruments for different operations are given in the classical texts. Even plastic surgery was done, particularly for the restoration of an amputated (cut off) nose, by transplanting tissue from the cheek. Modern surgeons have adopted this technique. Sushruta describes 20 sharp and 101 blunt surgical instruments including knives of various patterns.

During the British rule, large sections of the population, especially in the rural areas, continued to rely on Ayurveda. But Allopathy (Western system of medicine) was officially encouraged by the British. Since independence, however, Ayurveda has received official recognition. Ayurvedic universities and colleges have been started and integrated courses set up combining the study of ancient remedies and modern medicine. Many research institutions are now documenting ancient health practices and herbal remedies.

Question 2.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. (12)

Today, India looks like it is on course to join the league of developed nations. It is beginning to establish a reputation not just as the technology nerve centre and back-office to the world, but also as its production centre. India’s secularism and democracy serve as a role model to other developing countries. There is great pride in an India that easily integrates with a global economy, yet maintains a unique cultural identity.

But what is breathtaking is India’s youth. For, despite being an ancient civilisation that traces itself to the very dawn of human habitation, India is among the youngest countries in the world. More than half the country is under 25 years of age and more than a third is under 15 years of age.

Brought up in the shadow of the rise of India’s service industry boom, this group feels it can be at least as good, if not better, than anyone else in the world. This confidence has been demonstrating a great propensity to consume, throwing away ageing ideas of asceticism and thrift. Even those who do not have enough to consume today feel that they have the capability and opportunity to do so.

The economic activity created by this combination of a growing labour pool and rising consumption demand is enough to propel India to double-digit economic growth for decades. One just has to look at the impact that the baby boomers in the US had over decades of economic activity, as measured by equity and housing prices. This opportunity also represents the greatest threat to India’s future. If the youth of India are not properly educated and if there are not enough jobs created, India will have forever lost its opportunity. There are danger signs in abundance.

India’s IT and BPO industries are engines of job creation, but they still account for only 0.2 per cent of India’s employment. Employment creation needs an abundant supply of capital. Controls on foreign investment have resulted in China getting five times the foreign direct investment or an advantage of US$ 200 billion over the past five years. The growing interest in India by global private equity firms augurs well as they represent pools of patient and smart capital, but they too face many bureaucratic hurdles.

(i) What makes the author think that India is on the verge of joining the band of developed nations? (2)
(ii) What serves as a role model to other developing countries? (2)
(iii) Why does the author say that India is young? (2)
(iv) What is needed for employment creation? (2)
(v) Which word in paragraph 3 means the same as ‘sudden increase’? (1)
(vi) Which word in paragraph 5 means the same as ‘plentiful’? (1)
(vii) The word in paragraph 1 is an antonym of ‘common’. (1)
(vii) The word in paragraph 5 is a synonym of ‘obstacles’. (1)

Section (B)
Writing and Grammar (30 Marks)

Question 3.
You were part of your school team that planted trees and flowering plants in the ground next to your school building. You have decided to take care of one of those planted trees. With the help of the clues given below and ideas from the unit ‘Environment’ in your MCB, write a diary entry in about 100-120 words. You are Poonam Rawat.

World Environment Day – member of team – planting trees and plants – gardening activity – maintain the plant

Or

Instances of bullying have increased in your school. You are Ayushi Sen, a student of class IX-C. Write an article in 100-120 words on the effects of bullying on the students and the need to put a stop to it. You can take help of the visual given below and ideas from the unit ‘People’ in your MCB.

Question 4.
Write a short story in 200 – 250 words with the beginning as follows.
“Once upon a time, there was a yogi who…”

Or

Write a short story in 200-250 words using the clues given in the box below. Also give a suitable title.

I visit to the bank – robbery in bank – presence of mind – activated secret alarm – police arrived – robbers arrested

Question 5.
Fill in the blanks with one word each that you consider to be the most appropriate. (1×3 = 3)
(a) …. very next day (b) ….. new manager arrived. He was an ambitious but a bad-tempered man. (c) …. of us took an instant dislike to him.

Question 6.
In the following passage, one word has been omitted in each line. Identify the missing word and write it in the space provided along with the words that come before and after it in the spaces provided (1 / 2 x 8 = 4)

Question 7.
Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example. (1×3=3)
vital part / of every / library is / educational institution / the / a
The library is a vital part of every educational institution.
(i) a / decoction / in / a / leaves / water / cup / of / make / of / about / ten / mint
(ii) by / the / bed / keep / onion / to / an / inhale / side / of / the’
(iii) prepared / a / day / take / a / from / salad / radish / twice

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks) (30 marks)

Question 8.
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
“Till last by Phillip’s farm I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.”
(i) Where is Phillip’s farm situated?
(ii) What effect does the use of the word ‘brimming’ give to the reader?
(iii) The last two lines of the extract are repeated in the poem as a refrain. What is their significance?
(iv) In what ways is the brook similar to human beings, as depicted in the proem?

Or

“They prefer the real article. They say maids are bom; maids are not made maids. They are giving me a hundred francs a morning for doing it.”
(i) What is the speaker going to do for earning a hundred francs?
(ii) What does the speaker mean by saying, “They prefer the real article”?
(iii) Where is the speaker planning to go now?
(iv) How will you describe the relationship of the speaker to the listener?

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each. (2×4=8)
(i) Describe the grandmother as a student.
(ii) Mention the good qualities which Duke exhibits.
(iii) How did Corporal Turnbull react when Private Quelch spoke in the middle of his lecture?
(iv) What did the poet in the poem ‘Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth’ wish about her teeth?
(v) Why did Lord Ullin’s daughter elope with the chieftain of Ulva’s Island?

Question 10.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-120 words. (8)
What did the poet guess regarding the theme of the reaper’s song? Comment on the values and qualities of the song that impressed him.

Or

How does the Bishop prove that his human body is the temple of the Living God? Does he succeed?

Question 11.
Answer any one of the following questions in 150-200 words from the novel of your choice. (10)
Gulliver’s Travels
Describe Gulliver’s very first encounter with the Lilliputians.

Or

Write a character sketch of Lemuel Gulliver based on his first and second voyage.

Or

Three Men in a Boat
“So I set my face against the sea trip.” Who rejects the idea of going on a sea trip and why?

Or

What kind of dog is Montmorency? What impression does he leave on the reader?

Answers.

Answer 1.
1.1
(i) Sushruta, blunt
(ii) The Charaka Samhita, the Sushruta Samhita
(iii) Allopathy/ Western
(iv) Ayurveda, or the science of life, is an ancient system of Indian medicine that is 4000 years old.
(v) According to Ayurveda, health depends on the normal balance of three elements of the body-vafa (air), pitho (bile) and Kapha (phlegm).
(vi) Sushruta identified as many as 1200 diseases including tuberculosis and small pox.
(vii) For Ayurvedic treatment, all drugs are obtained from indigenous plants.
(viii) Ancient Ayurveda included advanced surgical

Answer 2.
(i) The author thinks that India is on the verge of joining the band of developed nations because of its reputation for growth as not only the technology nerve centre and back office of the world but also its production centre.
(ii) India’s secularism and democracy serve as a role model to other developing countries. India takes pride that it has easily integrated itself with world’s economies while maintaining its cultural identity.
(iii) The author considers India to be young as more than half of the country’s population is under 25 years of age and more than one-third is under 15 years of age.
(iv) For employment creation, an abundant supply of capital is needed besides the reduction or elimination of bureaucratic hurdles.
(v) The word is ‘boom’.
(vi) The word is ‘abundant’,
(vii) ‘unique’
(viii) ‘hurdles’

Answer 3.
Wednesday, 9th July, 20XX
11:00 pm
Dear Diary
After watering my little shrub in the school garden and attaching a paper label on it with my name, I felt great pleasure this year, l had planted a rose plant as a member of our school team on ‘World Environment Day’ by taking a cutting from a rose plant from a nursery. Gardening as an activity during the zero period this month has been very exciting. The colour of the flowers of my plant is pink. Every day I use scissors to trim the branches and water the plant regularly to foster the shrub to grow faster. I have decided to decorate the school pulpit used for morning assembly with roses that would bloom from this plant. This will also showcase my gardening skills. I am very excited to experience the growth of my plant just as a mother gets excited on the growth of her child. More about the growth of the rose plant will be given in tomorrow’s entry. Good Night.
Poonam

Or

Say No to Bullying
by Ayushi Sen, Class IX-C

Students teasing and making fun of other students is a common sight in classrooms, buses, playgrounds etc of schools. It is considered healthy to cement social bonds between them, but it may also sometimes take the form of bullying. Physically beating or hitting another student, torturing him or her mentally or emotionally and abusing them verbally are forms of bullying that may cause the victims to feel depressed, lower the victim’s morale or cause him or her to suffer an “inferiority complex.
Students, particularly senior students, must not indulge in such activities under any circumstances. If at any point of time teachers or other elders sense any discomfort between students, they must try to resolve the matter immediately through discussion. The matter should not be allowed to fester till it reaches an explosive point. Each one of us is special in his or her own way and this fact needs to be respected by all.

Answer 4.
Once upon a time, there was a yogi who lived in a forest and taught yoga. One of his disciples was a young prince.The yogi explained the power of yoga to the prince and said, “It is in meditation that one gains concentration”. The young prince practised the different forms of yoga like power yoga and gravity yoga. He strictly followed the guidelines of his guru. In course of time, he started gaining physical and mental strength. He meditated and reached a high level of performance with concentration.

All this helped this young prince to self-motivate himself through introspection. It also increased his power of intuition to foretell the future. Soon the young prince excelled In the art of making correct predictions about future happenings. He gradually gained spiritual power only in the meditative posture of yoga. Several years later, it was said that this ascetic yogi did not take any money as remuneration for telling the people’s future, as he believed that money would be a curse to his hard-earned power. His fame spread all over the country and many persons came to take his advice on what actions they should take in their lives so that they succeed in whatever they do. He benefited a large number of people and lived to the ripe age of 93.

Or

One morning Rohan went to the bank as he had some important work there. While standing in the queue, waiting for his turn, he saw three men enter the bank. The guard was not standing at his usual assigned place at that time. These men did not seem like the usual customers because they were wearing caps and one of them carried a big bag. Rohan became suspicious. Suddenly Rohan heard people start shouting and screaming. He realised that these men were robbers. The robbers snatched the strongroom keys from the bank manager and headed towards the room. Rohan, being a frequent visitor to the bank, knew about the place where the secret alarm was installed in the bank. He knew that, as a responsible citizen, it was his duty to help the bank fight against crime. He quietly moved towards the secret alarm and pressed it. The police control room received the signal and rushed a group of policemen with arms to the bank. The robbers were caught red-handed while they were trying to flee from the bank with the cash and other valuables. The police thanked Rohan for his presence of mind. After some days Rohan was felicitated with a bravery award by the Commissioner of Police.

Answer 5.
(a) The
(b) our
(c) Many

Answer 6.

Answer 7.
(i) Make a decoction of about ten mint leaves in a cup of water.
(ii) Keep an onion by the side of the bed to inhale.
(iii) Take a salad prepared from radish twice a day.

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks)

Answer 8.
(i) Phillip’s farm is situated near the brimming river.
(ii) Use of the word ‘brimming’ gives the reader a picture of an overflowing river, suggesting abundance.
(iii) The last two lines signify that human beings are mortal and they do not live forever, whereas the brook is eternal, as it is always flowing.
(iv) The brook is similar to human beings in that both have to struggle to reach their final destination in life by surmounting hurdles and obstructions in their paths.

Or

(i) The speaker, Juliette’s maid, is going to act like a maid in a film being shot in the studio nearby.
(ii) She means that the film people prefer maids in real life to act as maids in films.
(iii) She is planning to go to the studio for acting as a maid in the film being shot at the studio.
(iv) Although the speaker was the maid of the listener, Juliette, they have a very cordial relationship. Juliette listens very patiently to all that her maid says. The maid, on her part, cares about her mistress and suggests her to take up acting in films to earn some money as she is facing financial problems at present due to the villa not being sold.

Answer 9.
(i) The grandmother was initially illiterate but she exhibits the qualities of a true student. She is very determined and hardworking. Through her hardwork and perseverance, she learned to read and write.
(ii) Duke portrayed his intelligence and intimacy with Hooper. It seemed as if he understood Hooper’s pain and cured him. Like a physiotherapist, he helped Hooper to walk with stability and endurance.
(iii)Corporal Turnbull got very angry when Private Quelch interrupted his lecture on the hand grenade. His face colour changed and he tossed the grenade to him, asking him to deliver the lecture instead.
(iv) The poet wished that she should have looked after her teeth when she had time. She ate lots of sweets, candies, sticky food etc and ignored her teeth completely. She brushed her teeth carelessly, causing them to decay.
(v) Lord Ullin’s daughter eloped with the chieftain of Ulva’s island because she loved him and her father was opposed to their marriage. In the poem, Lord Ullin and his horsemen are chasing the couple so
that they can kill the chieftain.

Answer 10.
The poet, while passing through a valley, heard the ‘melancholic strain’ of the solitary reaper singing a sad song while harvesting the grain. He tried to guess the probable reason behind that sad tone. Although he could not understand the lyrics, as they were in the local language, he thought she might be singing about the death or illness of a loved one, some family problem or for the lives lost in the war which had recently taken place.
The fact that the poet could feel the intensity and passion in the reaper’s song without understanding the lyrics indicates its expressiveness. He could feel the song resounding in his ears as he moved on. He finally said that he would cherish its memory in his heart forever. The values that impressed him were the song’s simplicity, its harmony with nature, the reaper’s devotion towards work and her quality of taking sorrows lightly.

Or

The Bishop considered the convict as a friend and a fellow human being instead of as a criminal. So the Bishop treated him with love and respect. Excessive torture by the prison guards had made the convict a victim of extreme frustration and negativity. Even after receiving kindness and compassion from the Bishop, the convict reacted with a criminal intent and stole the silver candlesticks which were very dear to the Bishop, as they had been presented to him by his mother when she was dying.
Thus, when the convict was caught by the gendarmes (French police) and the candlesticks discovered on him, the Bishop informed the Sergeant that he had himself gifted the candlesticks to the convict. The Bishop’s words made the convict regret his action. He was overwhelmed by the Bishop’s love and felt that he had once again become a human being. Thus, the Bishop succeeded in proving that the human body is the temple of the living God.

Long Reading Text (Novel)

Answer 11.
As soon as Gulliver reached the shores of Lilliput, he fell asleep due to extreme exertion. He woke up after several hours. He was amazed to find himself bound with ropes. He was surrounded by a crowd
of exceptionally small human creatures who were six Inches in height. These little creatures were shooting arrows on Gulliver from their bows and thereby causing him much pain. Gulliver was not released even after a long time, but was offered food and drinks. The Lilliputians also made arrangements to transport Gulliver to the capital city and prepared a machine for this purpose. Gulliver’s huge size surprised the little creatures. The king himself came out to look at Gulliver.

As Gulliver lay still, the great Lord addressed him in a language he could not understand. Gulliver was pinned to the ground but he could move his head slightly left or right. However, on Gulliver’s request made through his gestures, they fed him well and served him two hogsheads of wine mingled with a sleeping potion. Gulliver remained docile to the Lilliputians. They even loosened the cords enough for Gulliver to help his digestive processes.

Or

The novel is itself a journey for Lemuel Gulliver to explore across the seas. Throughout the novel, Gulliver was driven by his insatiable thirst for exploring the unknown. As a travelogue, the novel had opened up vistas to understand that Gulliver is a critical observer as well as an entertainer as he travels around the world. However, he is not a hero at all.
He was naive and good to the Lilliputians. The land of Lilliput was in exact visual contrast to that of the Brobdingnagians. In this latter nation, Gulliver underwent the unnerving experiences of almost being devoured by a giant rat, taken captive by pirates, shipwrecked on faraway shores, held hostage by an eleven year old girl, and shot in the face with poison arrows. He faced them all with his wit and courage. Gulliver was also gullible, as he did not understand the various ways in which the Lilliputians exploited him. He was quite adept in navigational calculations and the details of seafaring. He was far less able to reflect on himself and his nation in any profoundly critical way. He rarely talked about his feelings and so kept things to himself.

Three Men in a Boat
When the topic of a one week’s holiday was discussed by the three friends, Harris rejected the idea of going to retreat, because he felt that life without comforts and amenities will be difficult. He suggested a sea trip instead. However, the narrator rejected this idea with the argument that a sea trip is enjoyable only if it is meant for a few months. For a trip of one week, it is not a good idea. He gave the reason that one is in high spirits on the first day of the sea trip. However, the very next day, one feels sea-sick, and regrets having come on the trip at all.

It takes one three or four days to be cured of the sea-sickness. Thus, by the time one gets accustomed to the sea.and starts enjoying the trip, it is over, and one comes back without relaxing, enjoying the trip or doing any good to one’s health. In this regard, the narrator was reminded of the experience of his brother-in-law, who, for the sake of his health, went on a sea trip for one Meek with a return ticket from London to Liverpool. But as he reached Liverpool, he had grown so sick of the sea-voyage that he sold his ticket of return to somebody and came back by train.

Or

Montmorency is a dog who leaves the impression that he is
A Lover of Freedom Montmorency was a fox terrier and J’s pet who recovered from ill-health to prove that he was a fighter. He always carried an attitude that he was free to do anything he wanted. Montmorency was called by the author as an angel sent to Earth. He had a gentle noble expression, which brought tears to the eyes of elderly folk. However, it was his nature to create trouble.

Mischievous Troublemaker Montmorency’s mischievousness was kept hidden under his innocent look. The author had to pay for the chickens Montmorency had killed and had to drag him out of many street fights with other dogs. Once Montmorency killed the neighbour’s cat and on one occasion, he had kept a man stuck in his own tool shed for about two hours.

Curious and Cowardly Montmorency turned out to be a high spirited dog in performing tricks. He was always curious about everything. But whenever he had faced determined adversaries like cats, he fell back.

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Board	CBSE
Class	IX
Subject	English Communicative
Sample Paper Set	Paper 2
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 9 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme as prescribed by the CBSE is given here. Paper 2 of Solved CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Communicative is given below with free PDF download solutions.

Time : 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

General Instructions:

1. This question paper is divided into three sections.
   • Section A: Reading                 20 Marks
   • Section B: Writing and Grammar  30 Marks
   • Section C: Literature (Textbooks)  30 marks
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. All the questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

 Section (A)
Reading (20 Marks)

Questions.

Question 1.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. (8)
The morning of 6th August, 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan did not begin in any exceptional way; the people had no idea that they were about to be a part of one of the most significant mornings in all of history. At 8:15 am, the United States of America (USA) forces dropped the first atomic bomb, ironically called, when one considers the enormity of the bomb’s significance, ‘Little Boy’. Three days later, the USA dropped a second bomb, nicknamed ‘Fat Man’ on Nagasaki. Historically, the use of the atomic bombs is seen as a decision that the United States made during WWII in order to end the war with Japan. Regardless of the motivation for using the bombs, they left a heavy death toll. The bombing of Hiroshima not only changed the physical and emotional health and culture of the Japanese people, but also changed the world.

The population in Japan in October 1940 was 73,114,308; in November 1945 the population was 71,998,104. Japan was visibly a thriving country that was hit very hard by the bombing.

In 1945, most people in the United States thought that it was absolutely necessary to bomb Japan. They thought that the bombings put an end to the war and saved countless lives. On the other hand, some felt that Japan’s situation in 1945 was already ‘catastrophically hopeless’, and, prior to the bombing, Japanese leaders were preparing to surrender in the summer of 1945. It has even been suggested that the United States had decoded Japan’s messages, and were aware of the impending surrender, thus making the horrors unleashed on Hiroshima completely unnecessary. Lastly, and most disturbingly, the bomb may have been dropped because of President Truman’s desire to intimidate the USSR. It is unlikely that we will know the complete truth of why the bomb was dropped, but what is distressingly clear are the effects of the bomb.

The bombings crippled the nation of Japan for many years. After the bombings, any humans that survived the initial blast were suffering from radiation exposure.

(i) During World War II United States decided to use against Japan. (1)
(ii) Prior to the bombing, Japan’s situation was already hopeless because (1)
(iii) By dropping bombs on Hiroshima, President Turman desired to (1)
(iv) Why was 6th August, 1945 an exceptional day? (1)
(v) What was the impact of the bombing of Hiroshima? (1)
(vi) Why was the bomb dropped? (1)
(vii) What w as ironical about the first atomic bomb? (1)
(viii) What was the time gap between the two bombings? (1)

Question 2.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. (12)
Humour is infectious. The sound of roaring laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle or sneeze. When laughter is shared, it binds people together and increases happiness and intimacy. In addition to the domino effect of joy and amusement, laughter also triggers healthy physical changes in the body. Humour and laughter strengthen your immune system, boost your energy, diminish pain and protect you from the damaging effects of stress. Best of all, this priceless medicine is fun, free and easy to use. Laughter is a powerful antidote to stress, pain and conflict. Nothing works faster or more dependably to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh. Humour lightens your burdens, inspires hopes, connects you to others and keeps you grounded, focused and alert.

With so much power to heal and renew, the ability to laugh easily and frequently is a tremendous resource for surmounting problems, enhancing your relationships and supporting both physical and emotional health.

Laughter relaxes the whole body. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes afterwards. Laughter also boosts the immune system. It decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease. It triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural ‘feel-good’ chemicals. Endorphins promote an overall sense of well-being and can even temporarily relieve pain.

Laughter protects the heart. It improves the functioning of blood vessels and increases blood flow, which can help protect you against a heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.

Laughter makes you feel good; and the good feeling that you get when you laugh remains with you even after the laughter subsides. Humour helps you keep a positive, optimistic outlook through difficult situations, disappointments and physical or emotional loss. More than just a respite from sadness and pain, laughter gives you the courage and strength to find new sources of meaning and hope. Even in the most difficult of times, a laugh or even simply a smile can go a long way toward making you feel better. And laughter really is contagious. Just hearing laughter primes your brain and readies you to smile and join in on the fun.

(i) What physical and emotional benefits do humour and laughter together give us? (2)
(ii) How does humour beneficially help our mental makeup? (2)
(iii) In what ways does laughter improve our bodily health? (2)
(iv) How is daughter contagious? (2)
(v) Which word in paragraph 1 means the same as ‘infectious’? (1)
(vi) Which word in paragraph 1 means the same as ‘closeness’? (1)
(vii) The word in paragraph 2 which is a synonym of ‘overcoming’ is (1)
(viii) The word in paragraph 5 which is an antonym of ‘intensifies’ is (1)

Section (B)
Writing and Grammar (30 Marks)

Question 3.
You are Ankit/Anisha. Imagine yourself as an astronaut who has landed on India’s first manned mission to the Moon. Using ideas from the visual given below, your own ideas and ideas from the MCB unit ‘Adventure’, write your experience in a diary in 100-120 words.

Or

Write an article in 100-120 words on the topic ‘Soccer – The World’s Most Popular Sport’ on the basis of the clues given below, your own ideas and ideas from the MCB unit ‘Sports and Games’. You are Aperna / Anil.

Kicking games – many centuries – soccer developed – name comes from high socks that I players wear – two teams of eleven players – opponents’ goal – World Cup – 1930 -played in over 140 countries.

Question 4.
Write a short story in 200-250 words using the following hints.

Rama holds out a piece of bread to a dog – the dog jumps forward to take it – Rama hits him with a stick – a man watching all this called the boy – offers him a one rupee coin

Or

Write a short story in 200-250 words with the beginning given below.
“The day before yesterday, I saw an old lady sitting in the park”

Question 5.
Fill in the blanks with the word that you consider to be the most appropriate. (1×3 = 3)
I answered all my teacher’s (a) …. She was pleased (b) …. my answers. So, she praised (c) …. in the class.

Question 6.
In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Identify the missing word and write it in the space provided along with the words that come before and after it. (1 / 2 x 8 = 4)

Question 7.
Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example. (1×3 = 3)
backbone of / is the / institution / educational / every / library ”
Library is the backbone of every educational institution.
(i) books on / there are / different / plenty of / subjects
(ii) cater to / the books / the taste / of students / and need
(iii) plays / in improving / the librarian / an important part / reading habits / of students / the

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks) (30 marks)

Question 8.
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. (1×4 = 4)
“Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back”
(i) Why did the poet doubt that he would come back?
(ii)What is the meaning of the second line of the extract?
(iii) Where is the poet standing at the moment?
(iv) What is the significance in life of this poem?

Or

“He was our hero, and we used to tell each other that he was so tough that you could hammer nails into him without his noticing it.”
(i) Whom does ‘hero’ refer to?
(ii) What was the occasion?
(iii) From where had ‘hero’ come back?
(iv) How did the occasion end?

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each. (2×4 = 8)
(i) How can we relate the journey of a brook with that of human life?
(ii) What offer did the maid give to Juliette?
(iii) How do you think that the song of the rain is the song of the soul?
(iv) How did Mrs Bramble refer to herself while talking to Harold and what was Harold’s reaction?
(v) Who was the passenger on chair no 9? What did he suddenly do?

Question 10.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-120 words. (8)
“So, I stole to buy her food. They caught me. I pleaded to them, I told them why I stole, but they laughed at me.” Do you think the convict should have been given a second chance? Which values are being overlooked by the convict?

Or

In the poem ‘Oh, I wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth’, the poet honestly holds herself responsible for damaging her teeth. Do you agree? What values can you learn from her experience?

Question 11.
Answer any one of the following questions in about 150-200 words from the novel of your choice. (10)
Gulliver’s Travels
What was the reaction of the master horse after listening to Gulliver’s descriptions of wars?

Or

Give a character sketch of Flimnap.

Three Men in a Boat
Describe George’s fondness for playing the banjo. What effect did this have on the people near to him?

Or

“Harris and Uncle Podger are two sides of the same coin.’”Justify.

Answers.

Answer 1.
1.1
(i) atomic bombs
(ii) Japanese leaders were preparing to surrender
(iii) intimidate the USSR
(iv) It was an exceptional day because the USA dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan.
(v) The bombing of Hiroshima not only changed the physical and emotional health of the Japanese but it also changed the world.
(vi) The bomb was dropped to put an end to the war with Japan.
(vii) The first atomic bomb was ironically called ‘Little Boy’ when one considers the enormity of the bomb’s significance in causing death and destruction.
(viii) There was a gap of three days between the two bombings.

Answer 2.
(i) Humour and laughter together strengthen the immune system, boost energy, reduce pain and protect us from the damaging effects of stress.
(ii) Humour beneficially helps our mental makeup by lightening our burdens, inspiring hopes, connecting us to other people and keeping us grounded, focused and alert.
(iii) Laughter improves our bodily health by relieving physical tension and stress, leaving our muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after a good laugh. It boosts the immune system and decreases stress hormones, simultaneously increasing immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving our resistance to disease. It also triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural ‘feel-good’ chemicals.
(iv) Laughter is contagious, because just hearing laughter primes our brain and makes us ready to smile and join in on the fun.
(v) The word is ‘contagious’.
(vi) The word is‘intimacy’.
(vii) ‘surmounting’
(viii) ‘subsides’

Answer 3.
Thursday, 14th May, 20XX
10:00pm..
Dear Diary
I want to share one of the most beautiful experiences of my life with you today. I was the lucky one out of the 13 interns to accompany ISRO’s head astronaut Mr. PK Singhal on India’s first manned mission to the Moon. As soon as we covered the long distance and reached our destination safely, our happiness knew no bounds. We were able to plant the Indian tricolour in a prominent place on the moon’s surface.
The Moon is breathtakingly beautiful. ‘Zero gravity’ hops, a rugged and grainy surface and everything else was heavenly. We explored the craters and peaks of the moon for two hours near to where our spacecraft had landed. We also collected some samples of the moon’s soil for analysis by Indian scientists. Then we got the command from ISRO headquarters to return. We blasted off back to Earth immediately.
I feel really proud and grateful to have got a chance to experience something people only dream of.
Ankit

Or

Soccer – The World’s Most Popular Sport
by Aperna

For many centuries, people played kicking games with different kinds of balls. Soccer, also called ‘Association Football’, to distinguish it from ‘American Football, developed from these games and has become the world’s most popular sport, being played in over 140 countries. The game is known as ‘football’ because the hands of the players (except the goalkeeper) are not allowed to touch the ball in play during a game. The name ’soccer’ comes from the high socks that players wear under their boots.

The game consists of two teams of eleven players each contesting each other to put the ball into the opponents’ goal. The normal time duration of a game is 90 minutes, being divided into two halves of 45 minutes each with a short interval in between. The winner is the team whichrscores more goals during the duration of a game. The first soccer World Cup was held in 1930. which was won by Uruguay.

Answer 4.
Once upon a time there lived a small poor boy whose name was Rama. He loved to play tricks with animals. One day, Rama held out a piece of bread to a dog. The dog jumped forward to take it but failed because Rama withdrew his hand at that moment and ran away with the piece of bread. The dog barked and ran after Rama for the bread. Rama ultimately threw the bread, but it fell in the drain. As the dog tried to attack Rama in frustration, he hit it with a stick.

A middle aged man was passing by and saw Rama’s act of mischief. He called Rama and asked him, “Why are you hitting the dog?” Rama brushed away the question with laughter. The man offered Rama a ten rupee coin and advised him not to hurt street dogs. He also asked Rama to buy some bread and feed the dog himself. Rama then bought another loaf of fresh bread. He lifted the dog in his arms and fed him the bread. The dog ate the bread quickly as it was hungry. Then it licked Rama’s face to show its gratitude. Rama was now a changed boy.

Or

The day before yesterday, I saw an old lady sitting in the park and looking at me continuously. It was during my summer vacations and I had come home. It was my final year in college and I had secured a job in a reputed company. Playing with my nephew in the park, I was trying to match up to his energy and stamina. We were playing handball when I noticed that lady. She had been looking at me. She seemed old. She was thin and had grey hair.

I could not control my curiosity and went to her. I asked her why was she looking at me continuously and if I could be of any help to her. She took some time to react, but instead of words, tears came out of her eyes. She finally spoke and told me that looking at me she was reminded of her son. The old lady’s son was a soldier in the army. He had lost his life while fighting a battle against our enemies. He died serving the nation. The old lady was proud to be the mother of a martyr.

I felt really touched by her loss and tried my best to console her. I hugged her and appreciated the patriotic zeal of her son. She thanked me and asked me if she could look at me and my nephew play in the park. I smiled and agreed.

Answer 5.
(a) questions
(b) with
(c) me

Answer 6.

Answer 7.
(i) There are plenty of books on different subjects.
(ii) The books cater to the taste and need of students.
(iii) The librarian plays an important part in improving the reading habits of students.

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks)

Answer 8.
(i) The poet doubted that he would come back because on taking one road, it would lead to another road and so on, so that he would not be able to return.
(ii) The second line means that all roads lead to other roads and this pattern repeats.
(iii)The poet is standing at a fork of two roads in a wood where he has to decide which road to travel on.
(iv) This poem signifies the choices one has to take in life. Once a choice is made, we cannot retrace our steps and make the other choice, as one choice leads to another and so on.

Or

(i) Hero’refers to Corporal Turnbull.
(ii) The occasion was Corporal Turnbull’s lecture on the hand grenade.
(iii) He had come back from Dunkirk (France)
(iv) The occasion ended with Corporal Turnbull assigning Private Quelch for permanent cookhouse duties.

Answer 9.
(i) Just like the brook, human beings originate by taking birth. Both of them have to struggle to reach the final destination in life, irrespective of the hurdles and obstructions in their path. They face similar phases of life and go through happiness and difficulties alike, just like the brook.
(ii) The maid shared the information with Juliette that there was a vacancy for a cook to work in the film with an offer of eight hundred francs. She suggested Juliette to take up the offer.
(iii) The song of the rain is the song of the soul as it portrays the rain as divine. It is shown as the messenger of mercy between two lovers – the field and the clouds.
(iv) Mrs. Bramble refers to herself in the third person while talking to Harold. Harold did not like this as he felt himself like a small child whenever his mother talked to him like this.
(v) The passenger of chair no 9 was the author’s old acquaintance, John A Pescud. Suddenly, he hurled a book to the floor between his chair and the window.

Answer 10.
Yes, I think the convict should have been given a second chance. This is because he was not a thief by intention. The circumstances were such that they forced him to steal. He had stolen food for his ailing wife as he was unable to earn money due to not having a job. However, he was caught and imprisoned, due to which his wife died due to starvation. If the convict had been given a second chance as a noble act from the humanitarian point of view, he would have improved his ways and worked hard to earn the food that he had earlier been forced to steal. He would also have been able to save his wife’s life, thus giving him mental peace. However, what the convict overlooked were the values of honesty and his responsibility towards society. He had no right to steal anything from anybody, even food. He could have begged for it if he did not have money to pay for it.

Or

Yes, I agree that the poet herself is responsible for neglecting her teeth and damaging them. She herself confesses that she had a weakness for sticky and sweet food. After eating all this sticky food, she did not brush her teeth, which caused the teeth to decay and created cavities in them. She also admits her fault of showing no respect towards her teeth by brushing them hurriedly, carelessly and half-heartedly.
The important values we learn from her experience are that we must take responsibility for what we do and how we mould our lives. The consequences of our deeds are our responsibility. Further, we must not make fun of someone wearing false teeth, as one day the same problem may occur with us. Another important lesson we learn from this poem is that we must visit a dentist regularly to keep our teeth healthy and cavity-free.

Long Reading Text (Novel)

Answer 11.
The master horse was listening to Gulliver carefully when he was describing the wars in his country. Gulliver told the master horse that wars take place due to several reasons. Sometimes a war takes place due to ambitions of princes or corruption of ministers, and at other times wars happen for gaining power over the weak. When Gulliver completed his discourse on wars, the master horse asked him to stop and said that the shame of waging war was greater than the danger, because the master horse imagined that battles were fought bare-handed.

It was difficult for him to believe that the Yahoos could kill each other in such great numbers as their flat face prevented them from biting each other. Then Gulliver described about the destructive weapons of wars the nations of Europe possessed.

After listening to the description of the wars and destructive weapons, the master was filled with hatred for the country of Gulliver. The vices of human race that led them to wage wars were scornful to him and he came to detest the whole human race.

Or

Influential Hypocrite Flimnap was the lord high treasurer of Lilliput who harboured a feeling of hatred and enmity against Gulliver. Outwardly, he tried to appear more friendly than he usually was. Flimnap had complained to the king of how Gulliver was costing the state treasury exorbitantly. He was successful in manipulating the king against Gulliver and place the conditions of impeachment officially against Gulliver. He influenced Skyresh Bolgolam to join the conspiracy.

Animosity Towards Gulliver He blamed Gulliver of having relations with his wife and utilised this made-up issue to stimulate the conspiracy theory. So he was successful in insisting on the emperor to take the first possible opportunity to throw Gulliver out of Lilliput. This resulted in a lot of animosity against Gulliver.

Three Men in a Boat

George was fond of playing the banjo, although J writes that he had never learned to play the banjo. He faced too much all-round discouragement from everybody. He tried on two or three evenings to get a little practice, but it was never a success. Harris’ language used to be enough to unnerve any man. When George offered to play the banjo, Harris objected by saying he had a headache. He said he did not feel strong enough to stand it. Moreover, Montmorency would sit and howl steadily right through the performance. George never liked this reaction from Montmorency but Harris said that he had a musical ear and it was George’s banjo playing that made him howl like that. Even later, when George tried to play his banjo, he was discouraged by one and all. His attempts were a great disaster. His landlady objected when he played at home. When he played at night, neighbours called the police. He was arrested and was asked to keep it shut for six months. He grew very disappointed over the whole business and was finally forced to sell it.

Or

Disorganised and Clumsy Harris always reminded the narrator of his Uncle Podger. Both of them readily involved others in actually having any task done. Once Uncle Podger undertook the job of hanging a picture on the wall in which he came out as a very clumsy and inefficient person. All the members of the family stood in attendance when Podger tried to stick a nail in the wall. He struggled hard to hang the picture and even dropped it down.

Pretender Harris too, like Uncle Podger, wanted to take the credit for doing something which he actually did not do. When the three friends decided to make a list of things to be carried for the trip, Harris, instead of doing the work himself, only asked the narrator to bring him a piece of paper and asked George to get him the catalogue of groceries. He also wanted somebody to give him a pencil to write with. Thus Harris, without actually doing anything, pretended to take upon himself the burden of the whole task. Thus, Harris and Uncle Podger resembled each other and were identical in the context of their responses to a situation.

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Class	IX
Subject	Hindi A
Sample Paper Set	Paper 2
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समय : 3 घंटे
पूर्णांक : 80

निर्देश

• इस प्रश्न-पत्र के चार खंड हैंक, ख, ग और घ।
• चारों खंडों के प्रश्नों के उत्तर देना अनिवार्य है।
• यथासंभव प्रत्येक खंड के उत्तर क्रमशः दीजिए।

खंड {क} अपठित बोध [15 अंक]

प्रश्न 1.
निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़कर दिए गए प्रत्येक प्रश्न का उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में दीजिए

शिक्षा विविध जानकारियों का ढेर नहीं है, जो तुम्हारे मस्तिष्क में ढूंस दिया गया है और जो आत्मसात् (ग्रहण) हुए बिना वहाँ आजन्म पड़ा रहकर गड़बड़ मचाया करता है। हमें उन विचारों की अनुभूति कर लेने की आवश्यकता है जो जीवन-निर्माण, मनुष्य-निर्माण तथा चरित्र-निर्माण में सहायक हों। यदि आप उपरोक्त विचार आत्मसात् कर उनके अनुसार अपने जीवन एवं चरित्र का निर्माण कर लेते हैं, तो आप पूरे ग्रंथालय को कंठस्थ करने वाले की अपेक्षा अधिक शिक्षित हैं। शिक्षा और आचरण अन्योन्याश्रित हैं। बिना आचरण के शिक्षा अधूरी है और बिना शिक्षा के आचरण। अंततोगत्वा दोनों अनुशासन के ही भिन्न रूप हैं। शिक्षा ग्रहण करने के लिए कठोर अनुशासन की आवश्यकता है। अनुशासन भाषण से नहीं, आचरण से आता है। ‘लक्ष्य अनुशासन का सबसे बड़ा प्रेरक है। यदि शिक्षा प्राप्त करने के लिए किसी ऊँचे लक्ष्य को अपने मन में ठान लें, तो अनुशासन दास बनकर उसका अनुगमन करेगा।

(क) ‘शिक्षा’ शब्द से लेखक का क्या अभिप्राय है?
(ख) शिक्षा ग्रहण करने के लिए किसकी आवश्यकता पड़ती है?
(ग) शिक्षा किसके बिना अधूरी है तथा अनुशासन का सबसे बड़ा प्रेरक क्या है?
(घ) ‘आजन्म’ में कौन-सा समास है?
(ङ) प्रस्तुत गद्यांश का उचित शीर्षक लिखिए।

प्रश्न 2.
निम्नलिखित काव्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़कर पूछे गए प्रश्नों के उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में दीजिए

नहीं, ये मेरे देश की आँखें नहीं हैं।
पुते गालों के ऊपर नकली भवों के नीचे
छाया प्यार के छलावे बिछाती
मुख से उठाती हुई मुस्कान मुस्कुराती
ये आँखें नहीं, ये मेरे देश की नहीं हैं। …………
तनाव से झुर्रियों पड़ी कोरों की दरार से
शरारे छोड़ती घृणा से सिकुड़ी पुतलियाँ
नहीं, ये मेरे देश की आँखें नहीं हैं ………..
वन डालियों के बीच से चौंकी अनपहचानी
कभी झाँकती हैं वे आँखें, मेरे देश की आँखें,

(क) प्रस्तुत काव्यांश के केंद्रीय भाव को अपने शब्दों में लिखिए।
(ख) कवि किस प्रकार की आँखों को अपने देश की आँखें नहीं मानता?
(ग) पुते गालों एवं नकली भवों से कवि का क्या आशय है?
(घ) कवि किन आँखों को अपने देश की आँखें मानता है?
(ङ) ‘अमावस’ (अमावस्या) का विलोम शब्द लिखिए।

खंड {ख} व्याकरण [ 15 अंक ]

प्रश्न 3.
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के निर्देशानुसार उत्तर दीजिए

(क) प्रतिहिंसा’ शब्द में से उपसर्ग और मूल शब्द अलग कीजिए।
(ख) ‘अभि’ उपसर्ग लगाकर दो शब्द बनाइए।
(ग) ‘ढक्कन’ शब्द में से प्रत्यय और मूल शब्द अलग कीजिए।
(घ) “नी’ प्रत्यय लगाकर दो शब्द बनाइए।

प्रश्न 4.
निर्देशानुसार समस्त पदों का विग्रह करके समास का नाम लिखिए

(क) विषधर
(ख) आमरण
(ग) पंचवटी

प्रश्न 5.
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के निर्देशानुसार उत्तर दीजिए

(क) तुम फोटो का महत्त्व समझते हो। (निषेधवाचक वाक्य में बदलिए)
(ख) महादेवी तुम कविता लिखती हो। (प्रश्नवाचक वाक्य में बदलिए)
(ग) यह नाना की पुत्री मैना है। (विस्मयवाचक वाक्य में बदलिए)
(घ) यह विधुर पति था। (संदेहवाचक वाक्य में बदलिए)

प्रश्न 6.
निम्नलिखित काव्य-पंक्तियों में प्रयुक्त अलंकार का नाम बताइए।

(क) “जेते तुम तारे, तेते नभ में तारे हैं
(ख) क्षितिज-अटारी गहराई दामिनी दमकी
(ग) नदी ठिठकी, घूघट सरके।
(घ) मैं जिन रोदन में राग लिए फिरता हूँ, शीतल वाणी में आग लिए फिरता हूँ

खंड {ग} पाठ्यपुस्तक व पूरक पुस्तक [ 30 अंक ]

प्रश्न 7.
निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़कर पूछे गए प्रश्नों के उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में दीजिए

वहाँ छात्रावास के एक कमरे में हम चार छात्राएँ रहती थीं। उनमें पहली ही साथिन सुभद्रा कुमारी मिलीं। सातवें दर्जे में वे मुझसे दो साल सीनियर थीं। वे कविता लिखती थीं और मैं भी बचपन से तुक मिलाती आई थी। बचपन में माँ लिखती थीं, पद भी गाती थीं। मीरा के पद विशेष रूप से गाती थीं। सवेरे ‘जागिए कृपानिधान पंछी बन बोले’ यही सुना जाता था। प्रभाती गाती थीं। शाम को मीरा का कोई पद गाती थीं। सुन-सुनकर मैंने भी ब्रजभाषा में लिखना आरंभ किया। यहाँ आकर देखा कि सुभद्रा कुमारी जी खड़ी बोली में लिखती थीं। मैं भी वैसा ही लिखने लगी, लेकिन सुभद्रा जी बड़ी थीं, प्रतिष्ठित हो चुकी थीं। उनसे छिपा-छिपाकर लिखती थी मैं।

(क) लेखिका अपनी माता के कविता लेखन और गायन से विशेष रूप से प्रभावित हुईं।
(ख) महादेवी जी सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान से प्रेरित होकर क्या करने लगीं?
(ग) महादेवी किससे छिपकर कविता लिखती थीं और क्यों?

प्रश्न 8.
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में दीजिए

(क) “साँवले सपनों की याद’ पाठ के आधार पर बताइए कि सालिम अली ने पर्यावरण संरक्षण के लिए किस रूप में अपनी भूमिका निभाई?
(ख) गया के घर से भाग आने पर हीरा और मोती का कैसा स्वागत हुआ और क्यों? पाठ ‘दो बैलों की कथा’ के आधार पर बताइए।
(ग) सर टामस ‘हे’ द्वारा मैना पर दया-भाव दिखाने के क्या कारण थे? ‘नाना साहब की पुत्री देवी मैना को भस्म कर दिया गया’ पाठ के आधार पर अपने शब्दों में स्पष्ट कीजिए।
(घ) तिब्बत में पहाड़ का सर्वोच्च स्थान कौन-सा है तथा इसे किस प्रकार सजाया गया था? ल्हासा की ओर’ पाठ के आधार पर बताइए। |

प्रश्न 9.
निम्नलिखित काव्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़कर पूछे गए प्रश्नों के उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में दीजिए

क्यों हुक पड़ी?
वेदना बोझ वाली-सी;
कोकिल बोलो तो!
क्या लूटा? मृदुल वैभव की
रखवाली-सी,
कोकिल बोलो तो!

क्या हुई बावली?
अर्द्धरात्रि को चीखी,
कोकिल बोलो तो!
किस दावानल की
ज्वालाएँ हैं दीखी?
कोकिल बोलो तो!

(क) कोयल कब नहीं कूकती तथा कवि को उसका कूकना पागलपन क्यों लग रहा है?
(ख) कोयल के कूकने पर कवि को क्या आभास हुआ?
(ग) कवि को किसको स्वर वेदना से भरा लग रही है?

प्रश्न 10.
निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के उत्तर लगभग 20 शब्दों में दीजिए

(क) साखियाँ एवं सबद’ पाठ के आधार पर बताइए कि कबीर ने ईश्वर प्राप्ति के लिए किन प्रचलित विश्वासों का खंडन किया है?
(ख) कवयित्री (ललद्यद) की दृष्टि में परमात्मा प्राप्ति के मार्ग में कौन-कौन-सी बाधाएँ आती हैं। पाठ ‘वाख’ के आधार पर बताइए।
(ग) चंद्र गहना से लौटती बेर’ कविता में कवि द्वारा “प्रेम की प्रिय भूमि उपजाऊ अधिक है’- पंक्ति का प्रयोग किसके लिए किया गया है और क्यों?
(घ) कवि के अनुसार आज प्रत्येक दिशा दक्षिण दिशा क्यों हो गई है? ‘यमराज की दिशा’ कविता के आधार पर स्पष्ट कीजिए।

प्रश्न 11.
रीढ़ की हड्डी पाठ में’ गोपाल प्रसाद किस प्रकार की विचारधारा का प्रतिनिधित्व करता है तथा कैसे? आप एक संवेदनशील नवयुवक होने के नाते उनके विचार का किस प्रकार विरोध करोगे? लगभग 150 शब्दों में उत्तर दीजिए।
अथवा
कार्य के प्रति सच्ची लगन एवं दृढ़ निश्चय किस प्रकार के गुण हैं? ‘मेरे संग की औरतें’ पाठ के आधार पर स्पष्ट कीजिए। लगभग 150 शब्दों में उत्तर दीजिए।

खंड {घ} लेखन [ 20 अंक ]

प्रश्न 12.
निम्नलिखित विषयों में से किसी एक विषय पर दिए गए संकेत बिंदुओं के आधार पर लगभग 200-250 शब्दों में निबंध लिखिए

(क) लोकतंत्र और समाचार-पत्र

संकेत बिंदू

• लोकतंत्र का अर्थ
• लोकतंत्र में विभिन्न क्षेत्रों की भूमिका
• समाचार-पत्र : लोकतंत्र का प्रमुख स्तंभ
• उपसंहार

प्रश्न 13.
आपके क्षेत्र में सफाई कर्मचारी ठीक प्रकार से कार्य नहीं कर रहा है। अपने क्षेत्र में गंदगी एवं बीमारी फैलने की सूचना देते हुए नगर निगम के स्वास्थ्य अधिकारी को पत्र लिखिए।
अथवा
छात्रावास में रहने वाली अपनी छोटी बहन को फैशन की ओर अधिक रुझान न रख, ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़ाई करने की सीख देते हुए पत्र लिखिए।

प्रश्न 14.
एक फल विक्रेता के साथ राजेश बनकर उससे होने वाले संवाद को लगभग 50 शब्दों में लिखिए।
अथवा
दो दोस्तों के मध्य अपनी पहली रेल यात्रा के अनुभव को साझा करते हुए लगभग 50 शब्दों में संवाद लिखिए।

जवाब

उत्तर 1.
(क) ‘शिक्षा’ शब्द से लेखक का अभिप्राय अच्छे विचारों को आत्मसात् करना और उन्हें अपने आचरण में ढालने से है। मात्र विविध जानकारियों को मस्तिष्क में भरना शिक्षा नहीं है। जब हम उन विचारों को अपने आचरण में आत्मसात् करते हैं, तब वह शिक्षा कहलाती है।

(ख) शिक्षा ग्रहण करने के लिए हमें कठोर अनुशासन की आवश्यकता पड़ती है। अनुशासन भाषण से नहीं आता, बल्कि आचरण से आता है। कठोर अनुशासन ही शिक्षा ग्रहण करने में सहायक है।

(ग) शिक्षा और आचरण का अन्योन्याश्रित संबंध है। बिना आचरण के शिक्षा अधूरी है और बिना शिक्षा के आचरण। ‘लक्ष्य’ अनुशासन को सबसे बड़ा प्रेरक है। यदि शिक्षा प्राप्त करने के लिए किसी ऊँचे लक्ष्य को अपने मन में ठान लें, तो अनुशासन दास बनकर उसका अनुगमन करेगा।

(घ) आजन्म अर्थात् जन्म से लेकर, अव्ययीभाव समास। क्योंकि ‘आजन्म का पूर्वपद (आ) अव्यय है इसलिए यहाँ अव्ययीभाव समास है।

(ङ) प्रस्तुत गद्यांश का उपयुक्त शीर्षक ‘शिक्षा और आचरण’ होगा।

उत्तर 2.
(क) प्रस्तुत काव्यांश का केंद्रीय भाव यह है कि वर्तमान समय में शहरी लोगों की मानसिकता में परिवर्तन आ गया है। वे तनावग्रस्त रहते हुए, अन्य लोगों से घृणा करते हैं तथा

खेतों के पार मेड़ की लीक धरे,
क्षिति-रेखा खींचती सूनी कभी ताकती है।
वे आँखें डालिया हाथ से छोड़ा
और उड़ी धूल बादल के
बीच में से मलमलाते झलकते।
जाड़ों की अमावस में से
मैले चाँद चेहरे सकुचाते
में टकी थकी पलकें उठाईं।
और कितने काल-सागरों के
पार तैर आई मेरे देश की आँखें

छल आदि करते हैं। ये मेरे देश की आँखें नहीं हैं’ अर्थात् कवि ऐसे लोगों को अपने देश की आँखें नहीं मानता, जबकि ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में बसे लोगों को उनके सच्चे स्वभाव व देश की मिट्टी से जुड़े रहने के कारण अपने देश की आँखें मानता है।

(ख) कवि तनाव से झुर्रियाँ पड़ीं, दरारें पड़ीं एवं घृणा से भरी, प्यार का दिखावा करती, किंतु अंदर-ही-अंदर घृणा के भाव युक्त आँखों को अपने देश की आँखें नहीं मानता है।

(ग) पुते गालों एवं नकली भवों से कवि का आशय दिखावा एवं बनावटीपन से है।

(घ) कवि उन आँखों को अपने देश की आँखें मानता है, जिनमें ग्रामीण जन-जीवन की सहजता है।

(ङ) ‘अमावस’ (अमावस्या) का विलोम शब्द ‘पूर्णिमा’ है।

उत्तर 3.

(क) उपसर्ग-प्रति, मूल शब्द-हिंसा
(ख) अभिशाप, अभिमान
(ग) मूल शब्द-ढक प्रत्यय-अन
(घ) ओढ़नी, चाँदनी

उत्तर 4.
समास विग्रह। समास का नाम

(क) विष को धारण करने वाला अर्थात् शिव (शिव) बहुव्रीहि समास
यहाँ दोनों पदों के माध्यम से एक विशेष (तीसरे) अर्थ (शिव) का बोध हो रहा है, इसलिए यहाँ बहुव्रीहि समास है।

(ख) मरने तक अव्ययीभाव समास
यहाँ पूर्वपद (आ) अव्यय है, इसलिए यहाँ अव्ययीभाव समास है।

(ग) पाँच वटों (बरगदों) का समूह द्विगु तत्पुरुष समास
यहाँ पूर्वपद संख्यावाचक (पाँच) है, इसलिए यहाँ द्विगु समास है।

उत्तर 5.

(क) तुम फोटो का महत्त्व नहीं समझते हो।
(ख) महादेवी, क्या तुम कविता लिखती हो?
(ग) ओह! यह नाना की पुत्री मैना है।
(घ) शायद यह विधुर पति था।

उत्तर 6.
(क) यमक अलंकार यहाँ ‘तारे’ शब्द दो बार आया है। प्रथम का अर्थ ‘तारण करना’ या ‘उद्धार करना है और द्वितीय ‘तारे’ का अर्थ ‘तारागण’ है, अत: यहाँ यमक अलंकार है।

(ख) रूपक अलंकार यहाँ क्षितिज’ को अटारी के रूपक तथा ‘दामिनी दमकी’ को बिजली के चमकने के रूपक द्वारा प्रस्तुत किया गया है। अतः यहाँ रूपक अलंकार है।

(ग) मानवीकरण अलंकार यहाँ ‘नदी’ को स्त्री के रूप में चित्रित किया गया है, अतः यहाँ मानवीकरण अलंकार है।

(घ) विरोधाभास अलंकार यहाँ ‘रोदन में राग’ और ‘शीतल वाणी में आग विरुद्धों की स्थिति है। इसलिए यहाँ विरोधाभास अलंकार है।

उत्तर 7.
(क) लेखिका अपनी माता के कविता लेखन और गायन से विशेष रूप से प्रभावित हुईं। अपनी माता से प्रेरित होकर उन्होंने भी ब्रजभाषा में कविता लेखन करना आरंभ कर दिया था।

(ख) सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान का महादेवी वर्मा पर अत्यधिक प्रभाव पड़ा। महादेवी जी पहले ब्रजभाषा में कविता लिखती थीं, परंतु सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान से प्रेरित होकर उन्होंने खड़ी बोली में कविता लिखना प्रारंभ कर दिया था।

(ग) महादेवी जी सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान से छिपकर कविता लिखती थीं, क्योंकि सुभद्रा जी उनसे बड़ी थीं और प्रतिष्ठित हो चुकी थीं।

उत्तर 8.
(क) सालिम अली ने आजीवन पक्षियों की सुरक्षा को ध्यान में रखते हुए अध्ययन और शोध कार्य किया। उन्होंने तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री चौधरी चरण सिंह से मिलकर केरल की ‘साइलेंट वैली’ के पर्यावरण को बचाने के लिए अपनी चिंता व्यक्त की। उन्होंने हिमालय और लद्दाख की बर्फीली ज़मीनों पर रहने वाले पक्षियों की सुरक्षा के लिए भी कार्य किया।

(ख) हीरा-मोती गया के घर से भागकर सीधे अपने स्थान पर (झूरी के घर) आए। झूरी ने हीरा और मोती को अपने स्थान पर खड़ा देखकर दोनों को गले लगा लिया। गाँव के लड़के तालियाँ बजाकर उनका अभिनंदन करने लगे। कोई उनके लिए रोटियाँ, तो कोई गुड़ और कोई चोकर-भूसी लाया, क्योंकि झूरी एवं गाँव वाले हीरा और मोती की सीधी, सरल तथा सहनशील प्रकृति से प्रेम करते थे।

(ग) सर टामस ‘हे’ द्वारा मैना पर दया-भाव दिखाने के निम्न कारण थे
(i) सर टामस ‘हे’ को मैना एक अबोध और निर्दोष बालिका लगी।
(ii) मैना ने सर टामस ‘हे’ को बताया कि वह उनकी पुत्री ‘मेरी’ की सहचरी है और मेरी’ की मृत्यु से उसे बहुत दुःख हुआ था। उसके पास ‘मेरी’ का लिखा पत्र आज तक सुरक्षित रखा हुआ है। आप मुझे भी ‘मेरी’ की तरह प्यार करते थे। यह सुनकर सर टामस ‘हे’ को लगा कि उन्हें मैना की सहायता करनी चाहिए।

(घ) तिब्बत में पहाड़ का सर्वोच्च स्थान डाँड़े है तथा समुद्र तल से 17-18 हज़ार फीट ऊँचे डाँडे के दक्षिण की पूर्व से पश्चिम की ओर हिमालय के हजारों श्वेत शिखर थे। टीले के आकार-सा ऊँचा स्थान अर्थात् भीटे की ओर दिखने वाले पहाड़ वन विहीन थे। वहाँ सर्वोच्च स्थान पर डाँडे के देवता का स्थान था, जिसे पत्थरों के ढेर, जानवरों के सींगों और रंग-बिरंगे कपड़े की झंडियों से सजाया गया था। चूंकि यह देवता का स्थान था, इसलिए इसे अच्छी तरह सजाया जाता था।

उत्तर 9.
(क) सामान्यतया कोयल रात में नहीं कूकती असमय आधी रात को कूकना कवि को उसका पागलपन लग रहा है, क्योंकि इस समय सभी लोग गहरी निद्रा में सो रहे हैं।

(ख) कोयल के अर्द्ध-रात्रि में कूकने से कवि को यह आभास हुआ कि स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों के ऊपर हो रहे अत्याचार को देखकर कोयल का हृदय भी भर उठा होगा। इसलिए वह दुःख और वेदना के कारण अर्द्ध रात्रि में कूक रही है।

(ग) कवि को कोयले का स्वर वेदना से भरा लग रहा है।

उत्तर 10.
(क) कबीर ने ईश्वर प्राप्ति के लिए मंदिर, मस्जिद, काबा, कैलाश, तीर्थ, व्रत, कर्मकांड, योग-वैराग का खंडन किया है। कवि का विश्वास है कि इस प्रकार की प्रचलित मान्यताओं से ईश्वर की प्राप्ति संभव नहीं है।

(ख) कवयित्री की दृष्टि में परमात्मा प्राप्ति के मार्ग में मनुष्य का नश्वर शरीर, सांसारिक भोग एवं अहंकार सबसे बड़ी बाधाएँ हैं। ये तीनों इंसान को संसार में अशांति बढ़ाने वाले और परमात्मा के मार्ग से भटकाने वाले हैं।

(ग) चंद्र गहना से लौटती बेर कविता में प्रेम की प्रिय भूमि उपजाऊ अधिक है” पंक्ति का प्रयोग कवि ने प्रकृति के लिए किया है। नगरीय संस्कृति की अपेक्षा प्रकृति के प्रेम की भूमि अधिक उपजाऊ है, क्योंकि उसके हृदय में अमीर-गरीब, ऊँच-नीच प्रत्येक वर्ग और प्रत्येक व्यक्ति के लिए एकसमान स्थान है। वह किसी के बीच कोई अंतर नहीं करती।

(घ) कवि को बचपन में उसकी माँ ने दक्षिण दिशा की ओर पैर करके न सोने का परामर्श दिया था, क्योंकि दक्षिण दिशा मृत्यु की दिशा है और उस ओर पैर करके सोने से यमराज क्रुद्ध हो जाते हैं, परंतु आज कवि को समाज में चारों ओर मृत्यु, भय, अशांति, असुरक्षा का वातावरण प्रतीत हो रहा है। इसलिए कवि को लगता है कि केवल दक्षिण दिशा ही नहीं, बल्कि प्रत्येक दिशा दक्षिण दिशा हो गई है।

उत्तर 11.
प्रस्तुत पाठ में गोपाल प्रसाद रूढ़िवादी विचारधारा का प्रतिनिधित्व करता है, जो पढ़ी-लिखी स्त्री को घृणा की नज़र से देखता है। उसे लगता है कि पढ़-लिखकर सफल होना पुरुषों का ही काम है। महिलाओं के पढ़ने-लिखने से गृहस्थी नष्ट हो जाती है और उनके स्वभाव में परिवर्तन आ जाता है। वहीं उनके लिए लड़की का सुंदर होना अति आवश्यक है।

एक संवेदनशील नवयुवक होने के नाते मैं उनके इन विचारों का विरोध करता हूँ। मेरे विचार से शिक्षा पर सभी का समान अधिकार होता है, फिर वह चाहे स्त्री हो या पुरुष। शिक्षा किसी भी व्यक्ति के सर्वोत्तम विकासके लिए अति आवश्यक है। शिक्षा से पुरुषों का भला हो और स्त्रियों के चरित्र का हनन हो, यह किस प्रकार संभव है? मेरे विचार से शिक्षा स्त्रियों के लिए भी उतनी ही आवश्यक एवं महत्त्वपूर्ण है, जितनी पुरुषों के लिए। इसलिए मैं स्त्री-शिक्षा का दृढ़ता से समर्थन करता हूँ और उनके प्रति अपने नैतिक दायित्वों का निर्वाह करने का पूरा प्रयत्न करूंगा। मैं अपने आसपास के लोगों में भी स्त्री-शिक्षा के प्रति सकारात्मक दृष्टिकोण विकसित करने का प्रयास करूंगा।

अथवा

कार्य के प्रति सच्ची लगन एवं दृढ़ निश्चय असंभव को भी संभव बना देने वाले गुण हैं। कोई भी कार्य यदि पूरे मन अर्थात् लगन से किया जाए और व्यक्ति उसे पूर्ण करने के प्रति दृढ़ संकल्पित हो, तो वह न केवल उससे पूरा होता है, बल्कि वह कार्य विशिष्ट और ऐतिहासिक रूप से स्मरणीय भी हो जाता है। लगनशील, दृढ़निश्चयी एवं ईमानदार व्यक्ति अपने जीवन में अनेक अविस्मरणीय कार्य करके अपने समाज एवं राष्ट्र का नायक बन जाता है। हमारे अनेक महापुरुषों के जीवन इस बात के साक्षी हैं कि सच्ची लगन एवं दृढ़ निश्चय से ही उन्होंने असंभव कार्यों को संभव बनाया और जीवन में सम्मान प्राप्त किया। उनके मरने के बाद भी हम उन्हें श्रद्धा एवं आदर के साथ याद करते हैं। राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी, विनोबा भावे, डॉ. अंबेडकर आदि इसके मुख्य उदाहरण हैं।

उत्तर 12.
लोकतंत्र का अर्थ लोकतंत्र का अर्थ है-‘लोक का तंत्र’ अर्थात् ‘जनता द्वारा शासन पूर्व अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति अब्राहम लिंकन के शब्दों में-‘लोकतंत्र जनता को, जनता के लिए, जनता द्वारा शासन है।” इस प्रकार लोकतंत्र में जनता ही सर्वोपरि होती है, वह अपनी भाग्यविधाता स्वयं होती है; परन्तु सारा जनसमुदाय प्रत्यक्ष रूप से शासन नहीं कर सकता, इसलिए वह एक निश्चित संख्या में अपने प्रतिनिधि चुनकर भेजता है, जो पारस्परिक सहयोग से देश के लिए हितकारी कानून बनाते हैं।

अतः लोकतंत्र में यह नितांत वांछनीय है कि प्रतिनिधियों का चुनाव बहुत सोच-समझकर उनकी क्षमता के आधार पर किया। जाए। इसके लिए जनता का शिक्षित होना और सच्ची देशभक्ति से संपन्न होना नितांत अपेक्षित है।

लोकतंत्र में विभिन्न क्षेत्रों की भूमिका दुर्भाग्यवश हमारे देश की अधिकांश जनता अशिक्षित अथवा अर्धशिक्षित है, इसलिए उसे लोकतंत्र की आवश्यकताओं की दृष्टि से यथासंभव शिक्षित करना प्राथमिक आवश्यकता है। इसकी पूर्ति संबंधी दायित्व के गुरुतर भार को सर्वाधिक कुशलता से उठाने की क्षमता एकमात्र समाचार-पत्रों में ही है। इसका एक कारण यह भी है कि समाचार-पत्र प्रतिदिन धनी-निर्धन सभी तक पहुँचते हैं। लोकतंत्र में जनता को शिक्षित करने की सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण भूमिका समाचार-पत्रों की है। इस भूमिका पर राजनीतिक, सामाजिक और आर्थिक, इन तीन दृष्टियों से विचार किया जा सकता है। लोकतंत्र में निर्वाचन का सर्वाधिक महत्त्व है, क्योंकि उसी पर अगले चुनाव तक देश का भविष्य निर्भर करता है। समाचार-पत्र विभिन्न राजनीतिक दलों की घोषित नीतियों, उनके द्वारा चुनाव में पार्टी-टिकट पर खड़े किए गए प्रत्याशियों या निर्दलीय रूप में। खड़े व्यक्तियों की योग्यता एवं पृष्ठभूमि का विस्तृत परिचय, चुनाव की प्रणाली एवं प्रक्रिया आदि का विवरण तथा विभिन्न नेताओं और प्रत्याशियों के भाषण आदि देकर जनता को शिक्षित करते हैं। इससे मतदाताओं को योग्य प्रत्याशी के चुनाव में सुविधा होती है। समाचार-पत्रों की सामाजिक भूमिका भी कम महत्त्वपूर्ण नहीं है। समाज में व्याप्त कुरीतियों, कुप्रथाओं, अंधविश्वासों एवं पाखंडों का भंडाफोड़ कर समाचार-पत्र इन बुराइयों को समाप्त करने की प्रेरणा देकर समाज-सुधार का पथ प्रशस्त करते हैं।

इस प्रकार के विभिन्न प्रकार के अपराधों में संलग्न व्यक्तियों के कारनामे प्रकट कर एक ओर जनता को सावधान करते हैं, तो दूसरी ओर सरकार द्वारा उनकी रोकथाम में भी सहायक सिद्ध होते हैं। इसी प्रकार बाल-विवाह, दहेज-प्रथा, भ्रष्टाचार, शोषण, अनाचार, अत्याचार आदि के विरुद्ध प्रबल जनमत जगाने में समाचार-पत्रों की भूमिका उल्लेखनीय रही है।

समाचार-पत्र : लोकतंत्र का प्रमुख स्तंभ समाचार-पत्र देश के अर्थतंत्र को पुष्ट करने में पर्याप्त सहयोग देते हैं। इसके लिए दैनिक समाचार-पत्रों में एक पृष्ठ व्यापार से संबंधित होता है। इसमें सोना, चाँदी, गेहूं, चावल इत्यादि के भाव प्रतिदिन प्रकाशित होते हैं। शेयरों के भाव, कंपनी, वित्त संबंधी समाचार भी इसी पृष्ठ पर दिए रहते हैं। इसके साथ ही सामाजिक, राजनीतिक, धार्मिक, वैज्ञानिक समाचार भी समाचार-पत्र में दिए जाते हैं। आयात-निर्यात के समाचार अंतर्राष्ट्रीय व्यापार की वृद्धि में सहायक होते हैं। अनेक जीवनोपयोगी वस्तुओं के विज्ञापन एवं पते भी समाचार-पत्रों में प्रकाशित होते हैं, जिनसे क्रेता-विक्रेता दोनों को लाभ प्राप्त होता है।

उपसंहार समाचार-पत्रों के प्रकाशन से साहित्यिक क्षेत्र में भी बहुत विकास हुआ है। आज समाचार-पत्रों में विशेष रूप से साप्ताहिक और मासिक पत्रिकाओं में कहानियाँ, निबंध और महापुरुषों की,जीवनी होती हैं, जिनसे साहित्य की उन्नति में पर्याप्त सहायता मिलती है। समाचार-पत्रों में अनेक निबंध और कहानियाँ पढ़कर हम अपना मनोरंजन करते हैं समाचार-पत्रों में बहुत-सी कविताएँ भी प्रकाशित होती हैं। व्यापारिक उन्नति में भी समाचार-पत्र बहुत सहायक होते हैं। समाचार-पत्रों में अनेक वस्तुओं के विज्ञापन छपते हैं, जिनसे उनका प्रचार होता है। बाज़ार में उनकी माँग बढ़ती है। समाचार-पत्र मनोरंजन का भी अच्छा साधन है।

(ख) महिला सशक्तीकरण

संकेत बिंदु

• प्रस्तावना
• महिलाओं का जीवन
• महिला सशक्तीकरण
• महिलाओं की बढ़ती भूमिका
• उपसंहार

उत्तर

प्रस्तावना समाज में महिलाओं की प्रस्थिति एवं उनके अधिकारों में वृद्धि ही महिला सशक्तीकरण है। महिला आज पुरुषों के साथ प्रत्येक क्षेत्र में कंधे-से-कंधा मिलाकर खड़ी है। आज जीवन के प्रत्येक क्षेत्र में महिलाओं की भूमिका बढ़ती जा रही है। प्रशासन, राजनीति, खेल, प्रबंधन जैसे क्षेत्रों में महिलाओं की बढ़ती भूमिका से वैश्विक परिदृश्य प्रभावित हुआ है। समय बदल रहा है, आज महिलाएँ घर से बाहर निकलकर स्वयं को सिद्ध करने में सक्षम हैं और सफल भी, इसलिए कहा भी गया है।

“यत्र नार्यस्तु पूजयंते रमंते तत्र देवता”
अर्थात् जहाँ नारी की पूजा होती है, वहाँ देवता निवास करते हैं।

महिलाओं को जीवन आज की ‘स्त्री’ में आगे बढ़ने की भावना है। जीवन एवं समाज के प्रत्येक क्षेत्र में कुछ कर-गुजरने की, . अपने अविराम-अथक परिश्रम से पूरी दुनिया में एक नया सवेरा लाने की और एक ऐसी सशक्त कहानी लिखने की, जिसमें महिला को अबला के रूप में न देखा जाए। वास्तव में, भारत ही नहीं, बल्कि पूरे विश्व में पुरुष प्रधान समाज ने एक ऐसी सामाजिक संरचना निर्मित की, जिसमें प्रत्येक निर्णय लेने संबंधी अधिकार पुरुषों के पास ही सीमित रहें। आदिम समाज से लेकर आधुनिक समाज तक ‘आधी दुनिया के प्रति ऐसा भेदभावपूर्ण दृष्टिकोण रखा गया, जिसने कभी भी स्त्रियों को एक व्यक्ति के रूप में स्वीकार नहीं किया। उसे या तो ‘देवी’ बनाया गया या फिर ‘भोग्य वस्तु। उसके व्यक्तित्व को उभरने का अवसर तो प्रदान ही नहीं किया गया।

समाज में महिलाओं को शुरू से ही पुरुषों के समान न समझकर घरेलू कामकाज के लिए अधिक उपयोगी समझा गया। अनेक वर्षों तक पश्चिमी देशों में भी महिलाओं की स्थिति भारत से बेहतर नहीं थी। भारत में उन्हें श्रद्धा और भक्ति की प्रतिमूर्ति मानकर भी चहारदीवारी के अंदर ही रखने का प्रयास किया गया। लेखिका तसलीमा नसरीन के शब्दों में, “वास्तव में, स्त्रियाँ जन्म से अबला नहीं होतीं, बल्कि उन्हें अबला बनाया जाता है।”

महिला सशक्तीकरण ‘महिला सशक्तीकरण’ महिलाओं के स्वावलंबन की महत्त्वपूर्ण प्रक्रिया है। सशक्त महिला का अर्थ ऐसी महिलाओं से है, जिनकी निर्णय क्षमता और नेतृत्व को मान्यता दी जा सके। पिछले कुछ वर्षों से समय बदल रहा है। आज दुनिया के अनेक देशों में राष्ट्राध्यक्ष महिलाएँ ही हैं। हमारे देश में ऐसी महिलाओं की संख्या तेज़ी से बढ़ रही है। बहुराष्ट्रीय कंपनी ‘पेप्सिको’ ने अपना प्रबंध निदेशक एक भारतीय महिला इंदिरा नूयी को बनाया है। सानिया मिर्जा और सायना नेहवाल के नक्शे कदम पर भारत की लड़कियाँ आगे बढ़ रही हैं। सुनीता विलियम्स तथा कल्पना चावला ने उनकी आँखों में ‘सपना’ दिया है।

महिलाओं की बढ़ती भूमिका इक्कीसवीं शताब्दी में संकल्प और दायित्व की परिभाषा को नवीन स्वरूप प्रदान कर महिलाएँ आगे आई हैं, लेकिन अभी भी बहुत कुछ किया जाना शेष है। स्त्री-पुरुष विषमता, कन्या भ्रूण हत्या, घरेलू हिंसा जैसी अनेक समस्याएँ महिलाओं की प्रगति में बाधक हैं। जब तक इन विसंगतियों को दूर करने की नीतियाँ नहीं बनाई जातीं, तब तक महिला सशक्तीकरण’ का संपूर्ण लक्ष्य पूरा नहीं हो सकता।

उपसंहार ‘महिला सशक्तीकरण’ एक जीवन दर्शन है, जिसके लिए संपूर्ण राष्ट्र को प्रयास करना चाहिए। बालिका शिक्षा तथा महिलाओं की सुरक्षा पर ध्यान देना होगा। आज राजनीति में महिलाओं को स्थान तो मिला है, किंतु इसे और विस्तार देने की आवश्यकता है। महिलाओं को अभी आत्मनिर्भरता की ओर लंबी दूरी तय करनी है। सुभाषचंद्र बोस ने कहा भी है, “ऐसा कौन-सा कार्य है, जिसे हमारी महिलाएँ कर नहीं सकतीं तथा ऐसा कौन-सा कष्ट है, जिसे वो उठा नहीं सकतीं”

महिलाओं को पुरुषों के समान अधिकार और सभी क्षेत्रों में सक्रिय भागीदारी के लिए नीति-निर्धारकों को विचार करना होगा। कानून लागू करने वालों को अपने दायित्व का उचित निर्वाह करे ‘महिला सशक्तीकरण’ को प्रभावी बनाने के लिए कदम उठाना चाहिए।

(ग) वृक्षों का महत्त्व

संकेत बिंदु

• दैनिक जीवन में वृक्षों की उपयोगिता
• पर्यावरण के लिए अत्यंत आवश्यक
• उपसंहारे

उत्तर

दैनिक जीवन में वृक्षों की उपयोगिता वन हमारे जीवन के लिए बहुत उपयोगी हैं, किंतु सामान्य व्यक्ति इनके महत्त्व को समझ नहीं पाते। वे वनों को प्राकृतिक संपदा मात्र मानते हैं। दैनिक जीवन में वनों का महत्त्वपूर्ण स्थान है। वन हमें मनमोहक स्थान प्रदान करते हैं। वृक्षों के अभाव में पर्यावरण शुष्क हो जाता है और सौंदर्य नष्ट हो जाता है। वृक्ष स्वयं सौंदर्य की सृष्टि करते हैं। गर्मी के दिनों में बहुत-से पर्यटक पहाड़ों पर जाकर वनों की शोभा देखते हैं।

वनों से हमें विभिन्न प्रकार की लकड़ियाँ; जैसे-इमारती लकड़ी, जलाने की लकड़ी, देवाई में प्रयोग होने वाली लकड़ी प्राप्त होती हैं। ये लकड़ियाँ व्यापारिक दृष्टि से भी उपयोगी होती हैं वे इनमें सागौन, देवदार, चीड़, शीशम, चंदन, आबनूस इत्यादि प्रमुख हैं। वनों से लकड़ी के अतिरिक्त अनेक उपयोगी सहायक वस्तुओं की प्राप्ति होती है, जिनका अनेक उद्योगों में कच्चे माल के रूप में प्रयोग किया जाता है; जैसे-फर्नीचर उद्योग, औषधि उद्योग इत्यादि। वनों से हमें विभिन्न प्रकार के फल प्राप्त होते हैं, जो जीवों का पोषण करते हैं। ऋषि-मुनि वनों में रहकर कंदमूल और फलों पर अपना जीवन निर्वाह करते थे। वनों से हमें अनेक जड़ी-बूटियाँ प्राप्त होती हैं। वनों से प्राप्त जड़ी बूटियों से अनेक असाध्य रोगों की दवाई प्राप्त होती है।

वनों में अनेक पशु-पक्षी होते हैं, जैसे-हिरण, नीलगाय, भालू , शेर, चीता, बारहसिंगा आदि। वन इन पशुओं की क्रीड़ास्थली हैं। ये पशु वनों में स्वतंत्र विचरण करते हैं, भोजन और संरक्षण पाते हैं। गाय, मैंस, बकरी, भेड़ आदि पालतू पशुओं के लिए वन विशाल चरागाह प्रदान करते हैं। भारतीय कृषि वर्षा पर निर्भर करती है और वर्षा मानसून पर निर्भर है। वन मानसून को अपनी ओर आकृष्ट करते हैं। और वर्षा से वन बढ़ते हैं।

पर्यावरण के लिए अत्यंत आवश्यक वन वायु को शुद्ध करते हैं, क्योंकि वृक्ष कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड को ग्रहण करके ऑक्सीजन छोड़ते हैं, जिससे पर्यावरण शुद्ध होता है। वनों से वातावरण का तापक्रम, नमी और वायुप्रवाह नियमित होता है, जिससे जलवायु में संतुलन बना रहता है। वन जलवायु की भीषण उष्णता को सामान्य बनाए रखते हैं। ये आँधी-तूफ़ानों से हमारी रक्षा करते हैं तथा गर्मी और तेज़ हवाओं को रोक कर देश की जलवायु को समशीतोष्ण बनाए रखते हैं। वृक्ष वर्षा के जल को सोख लेते हैं और उसे भूमि के गर्भ में ले जाकर रोके रहते हैं, जिससे भूमि के नीचे का जलस्तर ऊँचा हो जाता है और दूर तक के क्षेत्र हरे-भरे रहते हैं। और भूमिगत जल का स्तर घट नहीं पाता। वनों के कारण वर्षा का जल मंद गति से बहता है, जिससे भूमि कटाव नहीं होता। साथ ही पौधों की जड़ें मिट्टी के कणों को संभाले रहती हैं, उससे भी भूमि कटाव नहीं होता और ऊँची-नीची नहीं हो पाती, साथ ही भूमि की उर्वरा शक्ति बनी रहती है।

उपसंहार वन हमारे जीवन में प्रत्यक्ष और अप्रत्यक्ष रूप से बहुत उपयोगी हैं, इसलिए वनों का संरक्षण और संवर्द्धन बहुत आवश्यक है। इसके लिए जनता और सरकार का सहयोग अपेक्षित है। कुछ स्वार्थी लोग केवल धन के लालच की आशा से अमूल्य वनों को नष्ट करते जा रहे हैं, इसलिए आवश्यक है कि सरकार वन संरक्षण संबंधी नियमों का कठोरता से पालन कराकर भावी प्राकृतिक विपदाओं से रक्षा करे।

वन हमारी प्राकृतिक धरोहर हैं। हमें इनकी रक्षा करनी चाहिए। वन हमारे और जीव-जंतुओं के लिए भी बहुत उपयोगी हैं। वृक्षों के महत्व को समझना हमारा कर्तव्य है।

उत्तर 13.

परीक्षा भवन,
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विषय क्षेत्र की सफ़ाई के संदर्भ में।

महोदय,

मैं प्रशासन का ध्यान क्षेत्र में फैली गंदगी और उससे बढ़ते हुए मच्छरों के प्रकोप की ओर आकर्षित कराना चाहता हूँ। पूरे पटपड़गंज में आजकल मच्छरों का प्रकोप है। आपको जानकर आश्चर्य होगा कि हमारे मोहल्लों की सफ़ाई हेतु नगर निगम का कोई सफाई कर्मचारी गत दस दिनों से काम पर नहीं आ रहा है। अगर सफ़ाई कर्मचारी आते भी हैं, तो अपना कार्य ठीक प्रकार से नहीं करते हैं। कहने पर भी उन पर कोई प्रभाव नहीं पड़ता है। परिणाम यह हुआ है कि रोगों के कीटाणु प्रतिदिन बढ़ते जा रहे हैं। मच्छरों के प्रकोप से मलेरिया और टायफाइड के मरीज तो प्रत्येक घर में हो गए हैं। आज की स्थिति यह है कि संपूर्ण वातावरण ही दुर्गंधमय हो गया है। इस मार्ग से गुजरते हुए लोगों को नाक बंद करनी पड़ती है। चारों ओर मक्खियाँ भिन-भिना रही हैं। अतः आपसे पटपड़गंज निवासियों की ओर से प्रार्थना है कि आप यथाशीघ्र निरीक्षण करें तथा सफ़ाई का नियमित प्रबंध करें। अन्यथा यहाँ के निवासियों के स्वास्थ्य पर बुरा प्रभाव पड़ सकता है।

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सस्नेह आशीष!

हम सब यहाँ सकुशल हैं और सदैव परमात्मा से तुम्हारी कुशलता की कामना करते हैं। माताजी-पिताजी तुम्हें याद करके कभी-कभी अत्यंत भावुक हो जाते हैं। लता! तुम्हें ज्ञात है कि पिताजी ने कितनी कठिनाइयाँ सहकर हमारा पालन-पोषण किया है और उनका सपना है कि तुम आई.ए.एस. की परीक्षा उत्तीर्ण करो, परंतु तुम्हारे अध्यापकों व छात्रावास प्रभारी से मुझे ज्ञात हुआ है कि आजकल तुम्हारा ध्यान फैशन की ओर अधिक है और इस कारण तुम्हारा लक्ष्य प्रभावित होने लगा है।

मैं यह सुझाव देना चाहूँगा कि तुम खुद को एकाग्रचित्त करो तथा केवल अपने अध्ययन और लक्ष्य पर ध्यान केंद्रित करो। वार्षिक परीक्षा आने वाली है। यदि तुम समय रहते नहीं संभली तो अत्यंत गंभीर परिणामों का सामना करना पड़ सकता है। और साथ ही तुम्हारा भविष्य भी अंधकारमय हो जाएगा। इसलिए मेरा परामर्श है कि अध्ययन पर ध्यान दो तथा

माता-पिता का स्वप्न व अपना लक्ष्य साकार करो।
माता-पिता की ओर से तुम्हें स्नेहशील आशीर्वाद!

तुम्हारा बड़ा भाई
क.ख.ग

उत्तर 14.

राजेश अंकल जी, ये आम कैसे हैं?

फल विक्रेता ₹ 50 किलो।

राजेश आम मीठे हैं या नहीं?

फल विक्रेता बहुत मीठे हैं।

राजेश ये कौन-सा आम है?

फल विक्रेता यह दशहरी आम है। यह आम लखनऊ क्षेत्र में विशेष रूप से मिलता है। हालाँकि, अब तो यह अन्य स्थानों पर भी फलने लगा है।

राजेश लखनऊ को दशहरी क्या अधिक अच्छा माना जाता है? यह दशहरी लखनऊ का ही है या अन्य जगह का?

फल विक्रेता भैया, तुम्हें आम खरीदना है या मात्र इसका इतिहास जानना है?

राजेश खरीदना तो है, लेकिन पूरी जानकारी प्राप्त करके।

फल विक्रेता तो, अब तो जान लिया। राजेश हाँ, ठीक है, ठीक है। दो किलो आम दे दीजिए।

अथवा

कैलाश अरे अविनाश! क्या कर रहा है?

अविनाश कुछ खास नहीं, खाली बैठा था तो सोचा कोई कहानी पढ़ लँ। कहानी पढ़कर तो मुझे अपनी पहली रेल यात्रा का स्मरण हो आया।

कैलाश क्यों भाई, ऐसा क्या हुआ था तुम्हारी पहली रेल यात्रा में?

अविनाश हुआ ये था कि मैं पटना से अपने परिवार के सदस्यों के साथ प्रयाग में लगे कुंभ मेले में संगम-स्नान करने के लिए इलाहाबाद जा रहा था। हमारी सीटें आरक्षित थीं, किंतु इसके पश्चात् भी भीड़ इतनी अधिक थी कि हमारी आरक्षित सीटों पर अन्य लोग आकर बैठ गए।

कैलाश मतलब …….. तुम लोगों को बैठने की सीट ही नहीं मिली।

अविनाश अरे यार! सीट तो मिली, लेकिन जिस सीट पर हम दो लोगों को बैठना था, उसमें हम चार लोग बैठे। इसलिए यात्रा का आनंद हम नहीं ले पाए; किंतु जैसे-जैसे ट्रेन आगे बढ़ने लगी, कई लोग उतरने लगे और कुछ समय पश्चात् ट्रेन में केवल वही लोग रह गए जिनकी सीटें आरक्षित थीं।

कैलाश अच्छा! फिर तो तुम लोग मजे करते हुए गए होंगे?

अविनाश हाँ यार, फिर मैंने पापा से आग्रह कर खिड़की वाली सीट ले ली और पूरे रास्ते खिड़की के बाहर के दृश्यों का आनंद लेने लगा। मेरा यह अनुभव बिलकुल नया था।

कैलाश हाँ मित्र! यह तो सच में नया ही अनुभव था।

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Board	CBSE
Class	IX
Subject	English Communicative
Sample Paper Set	Paper 1
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 9 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme as prescribed by the CBSE is given here. Paper 1 of Solved CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Communicative is given below with free PDF download solutions.

Time : 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

General Instructions:

1. This question paper is divided into three sections.
   • Section A: Reading                 20 Marks
   • Section B: Writing and Grammar  30 Marks
   • Section C: Literature (Textbooks)  30 marks
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. All the questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

 Section (A)
Reading (20 Marks)

Questions.

Question 1.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. (8)
Coral reefs are warm, clear, shallow ocean habitats that are rich in life. The reef’s massive structure is formed from coral polyps, tiny animals that live in colonies. When coral polyps die, they leave behind a hard, stony, branching structure made of limestone.

There are two types of corals, hard corals and soft corals. Hard corals (like brain coral and elkhorn coral) have hard, limestone skeletons which form the basis of coral reefs. Soft corals (like sea fingers and sea whips) do not build reefs.

Coral reefs develop in shallow warm water usually near land, and mostly in the tropics; corals prefer temperatures between 70° and 85° F (20-30° C). There are coral reefs off the eastern coast of Africa, off the southern coast of India, in the Red Sea, and off the coasts of northeast and northwest Australia and on to Polynesia. There are also coral reefs off the coast of Florida, USA, to the Caribbean, and down to Brazil.

The Great Barrier Reef (off the coast of North-East Australia) is the largest coral reef in the world. It is over 1257 miles (2000 km) long. Many coral reefs are dying. Major threats to coral reefs are water pollution (from sewage and agricultural run off), dredging off the coast, careless collecting of coral specimens and sedimentation (when silt or sand from construction or mining projects muddies the waters of a reef and kills corals, which need light to live).

The underwater coral city is a unique and diverse collection of colourful and weirdly patterned animals. Most of the problems of a city are present: food supply and distribution, that of accommodation and living space, leading to large scale squatting and a shift system, a large floating population, immigration and a balancing force of criminal predators.

The islands are low, merely a metre or two above the sea level, yet they withstand the powerful hurricanes and waves of the sea. As they are encircled by a protective reef, any destruction during an attack by pounding waves is quickly repaired by its microscopic engineers and architects before the next wave comes.
(i) The massive structure of the coral reef is formed from…… (1)
(ii) What are coral reefs? (1)
(iii) Where do coral reefs develop?  (1)
(iv) Soft corals differ from hard corals as they   (1)
(v) What are the major threats to coral reefs? (1)
(vi) The largest coral reef is which is long.  (1)
(vii) Where are coral reefs found?  (1)
(viii) What does the underwater coral city comprise of?  (1)

Question 2.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. (12)
How you can best improve your English depends on where you live and particularly on whether or not you live in an English speaking community. If you hear English spoken every day and mix freely with English speaking people, that is on the whole an advantage. On the other hand, it is often confusing to have the whole language poured over you at once. Ideally, a step-by-step course should accompany a lead-up to this experience. It will also help a great deal if you can easily get the sort of English books in which you are interested.

To read a lot is essential. It is stupid not to venture outside the examination ‘set books’ or the textbooks you have chosen for intensive study. Read as many books in English as you can, not as a duty but for pleasure. Do not choose the most difficult books you find with the idea of listing and learning as many new words as possible. Choose what is likely to interest you and be sure in advance that it is not too hard. You should not have to be constantly looking up new words in the dictionary, for that deadens interest and checks real learning. Look up a word here and there, but as a general policy try to push ahead, guessing what the words mean from the context. It is extensive and not intensive reading that normally helps you to do interesting extra reading and thereby improve your English. You should enjoy the feeling which extensive reading gives of having some command of the language.

As you read, you will become more and more familiar with words and sentence patterns you already know, understanding them better and better as you meet them in more and more contexts, some of which may differ only slightly from others.

Some people say that we cannot learn to speak a language better with the help of a book. To believe this is to believe that the spoken language and the written language are quite different things. This is not so. There is a very great deal in common between the two. In learning the patterns and vocabulary of the written form we are learning to a considerable extent those of the spoken form too. We are, in fact, learning the language and not merely the form of the language.
(i) How can we improve our English? (2)
(ii) What two things should we avoid while trying to learn English language? (2)
(iii) What are the advantages of extensive reading over intensive reading? (2)
(iv) Are the spoken language and written language different? If not, how? (2)
(v) Which word in paragraph 2 means the same as ‘set out’? (1)
(vi) Which word in paragraph 1 means the same as ‘society’? (1)
(vii) The word in paragraph 2 which is synonym of ‘thorough’is (1)
(viii) The word in paragraph 2 which is an antonym of ‘occasionally’ is (1)

Section (B)
Writing and Grammar (30 Marks)

Question 3.
People eat healthy meals at home and order fat free food at restaurants. But for office meals, they take a quick bite of a burger and headache-curing coffee, which harms their bodies more than they realise. You are Ankita Roy, a student of class IX-A. Write an article on ‘Desktop Diet’ taking ideas from the visual given below and the MCB unit ‘Children’, suggesting a healthy diet in 100-120 words.

Or

You are Akash / Amita who recently visited a TV news production office. Write a diary ‘ entry narrating what all you saw on the set at the news production centre taking ideas from the MCB unit ‘The Class IX Radio and Video Show’. You may also take help of the clues given below (100-120 words).

big office – electronic machines – a news reader – lights and cameras – lots of hard work

Question 4.
Write a short story in 200-250 words beginning as follows.
“If only I had told the truth …. ’’

Or

Tina received a mysterious birthday gift on her birthday. The sender had not attached a card or note on the box. Write a short story in 200-250 words on this incident. You may take help of the clues given below. Also give it a suitable title.

Tina’s birthday party – parents and brother excited – friends and gifts – a gift without name – photoframe – childhood friend – surprise

Question 5.
Fill in the blanks with the word that you consider to be the most appropriate. (1/2×6 = 3)
An old lion which (a) ….. too weak to hunt for (b) ….. meal (c) ….. to go outside the forest to find his prey. He (d) …. a baby walking (e) ….. an open field and decided to kill it. The baby’s innocent eyes pleaded (f) …. his life. This softened the old lion and he left the baby.

Question 6.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Identify the incorrect word and write it along with the correction in the answer sheet. The first one has been done for you as an example.

Question 7.
Read the conversation and complete the passage given below. (1×3 = 3)

Gopal When did you come? Where had you been all this while?
Vivek I have just arrived by the Rajdhani.
Gopal I wrote a letter to you but you never replied. Why?

Gopal asked Vivek (a)… Vivek replied that (b) ….. Gopal told him that (c) …. and asked him why he did not reply.

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks) (30 marks)

Question 8.
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. (1 x4 = 4)
“A voice so thrilling ne’er was heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird.
Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides.”
(i) How does the solitary reaper’s song score over the song of the cuckoo?
(ii) Why does the poet compare the reaper’s song to a cuckoo’s song?
(iii) What are the ‘farthest Hebrides’?
(iv) What does the poet want to say in this poem?

Or

But I let the plate glass business go to smash for a while.”
(i) What is the ‘plate glass business’?
(ii) What does the speaker mean when he says, ‘go to smash’?
(iii) Why did the speaker do this?
(iv) Was the speaker’s mission successful?

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each. (2 x4= 8)
(i) Why does Lord Ullin’s wrath change into wailing on seeing his daughter drowning?
(ii) What do the two roads stand for in the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’?
(iii) Why does Gaston agree to buy the villa?
(iv) When Mr Bramble came to know that he was going to be a father, what were some of the names he decided upon and why?
(v) What caused cavities and decay of teeth of the poet? How could she have avoided them?

Question 10.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-120 words. (8)
“I want to be independent.” What values does.this line depict of the speaker? Answer the question with reference to the chapter ‘How I Taught My Grandmother to Read’.

Or

Private Quelch was indeed brilliant, well-read and knowledgeable. Do you think this gave him the right to be disrespectful to his teachers? Why or why not?

Long Reading Text (Novel)

Question 11.
Answer any one of the following questions in about 150-200 words from the novel of your choice. (10)
Gulliver’s Travels
Do you agree that chance played a great role in helping Gulliver attain his liberty from Brobdingnag? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

Or

Write a character-sketch of the King of Luggnagg.

Three Men in a Boat
Describe the episode of Harris’ strange disappearance with the pie.

Or

“Jerome suffered from everything.” Analyse the trait of Jerome’s character in his decision to see a doctor.

Answers.

Answer 1.
1.1
(i) coral polyps
(ii) Coral reefs are warm, clear, shallow, ocean habitats that are rich in life.
(iii) Coral reefs develop in shallow warm water usually near land and mostly in the tropics.
(iv) do not build reefs
(v) Major threats to coral reefs are water pollution, dredging off the coast, careless collecting of coral specimens and sedimentation.
(vi) The Great Barrier Reef. 2000 km
(vii) Coral reefs are found off the eastern coast of Africa, off the southern coast of India, in the Red Sea and off the coasts of Florida, USA, to the Carribean and down to Brazil as well as off the northern coasts of Australia and on to Polynesia.
(viii) The underwater coral city is comprised of colourful and weirdly patterned animals.

Answer 2.
(i) We can improve our English by hearing spoken English every day and by mixing freely with English speaking people or communities. A step by step course can also be an added advantage.
(ii) We should absolutely avoid sticking to just the examination set books as it is stupid to not venture outside them. Secondly, we should avoid buying the most difficult book with the idea of listing and learning new words
(iii) Extensive reading normally helps us do interesting extra reading and thereby improve our English. It
gives us some command over the language and makes us more familiar with words and sentence patterns we already know, understanding them better as we find them used in different contexts.
(iv) The spoken language and written language are not different because in learning the patterns and
vocabulary of the written form, we are also learning much of the spoken form. In writing, we are learning the language itself, not only a form.
(v) The word is ‘venture’.
(vi) The word is ‘community’.
(vii) ‘intensive’
(viii) ‘constantly’

Answer 3.

Desktop Diet
by Ankita Roy, Class IX-A

People working in offices very often grab a bite of fast food to get rid of their hunger pangs. The meal options comprise of burgers, sandwiches, momos, pizzas and similar snacks. Very frequently, they also gulp down cups of tea or coffee to endure their long hours of working. This is termed as ‘desktop diet’ by doctors and nutritionists. They are urging people to improve such a ‘desktop diet’, meaning all items of food that a person consumes at his/ her workplace. They are saying this because they have observed an alarming rise in ailments like inflated sugar levels, fat deposits and a fluctuating blood pressure due to this.
Thus, it is wise for office goers to prepare meals at home and pack them for taking to the office. If working people want snacks, they should have high fibre snacks. Fibre rich fruits, vegetables or whole grain dishes keep the stomach satiated during the afternoon and a nutritious diet keeps one alert at the workplace throughout the day.

Or

Friday, 10th October, 20XX
9:00 pm
Dear Diary
My uncle works for a news channel. He took me to his production office today as I had a holiday at school. He took me to the studio, which was very big. A lot of people and various electronic machines were working to produce the various programmes telecast by the channel. I am glad that I could experience a live news show. I sat and admired the newsreader’s communication skills as he read the news flashing on the screen in front of him. He was very confident despite being surrounded by so many lights and cameras. I realised that it is a tough job for each one of them working hard to produce even a news item from scratch so that it appears interesting and understandable to the viewers. I really enjoyed the day at my uncle’s office. It was highly informative and motivated me to think of a career in the line of electronic media.
Good night.
Amita

Answer 4.
If only I had told the truth, it would not have happened. It was late in the evening when my frienc’ . went to Anita’s house for our Maths tuition. It was raining heavily. We sat in a circle and waited for our teacher. My friend Anita was sitting beside me. All of us were busy completing the problems given by our teacher for the home assignment.

Suddenly Anita poked me and showed me her class test notebook. I saw that she had scored three marks out of fifteen. Within a moment, she wrote a numerical one in front of the number and changed her score. As An*”” mother served us snacks as refreshment, she asked, “What is your score, Anita?” When Anita showed her class test notebook to her mother, she smiled and praised her performance. After an hour of waiting, our teacher rang and informed us that she will not be able to come due to the heavy rain and the next class will be conducted next week. However, she informed Anita’s mother about her marks. When Anita’s mother came to know about the truth, she cross-questioned me. I agreed with Anita’s changed score and remained silent. Anita’s mother scolded both of us for not telling the truth. We felt ashamed of ourselves and promised never to do or allow such things to happen again.

Or

Mysterious Gift

Tina turned 16 yesterday. She had been planning her party from the past two weeks. Her parents and her younger brother were all very excited. Finally, the day came and the party was an enjoyable one. All her friends had a gala time at the party. They danced, played games and ate delicious snacks and slices of a mouth-watering chocolate cake. They had brought gifts for Tina and thought that she would open them after the party.
At night, Tina was opening the gifts one by one, carefully reading the names of the persons who had given them. She noticed a small rectangular box without a name or note. This made her curious. When she opened it she found a photo frame in which she saw her childhood photograph with a girl. She recognised this girl as her childhood friend Shikha.
Tina and Shikha were best friends until 5 years of age, before Shikha’s family shifted outside India. Since then, both the girls had not been in touch with each other. Tina was surprised and felt happy that her old friend had remembered her. At the back of the photo frame was Tina’s current address and phone number. She called Shikha and thanked her for the surprise gift.

Answer 5.
(a) was
(b) a
(c) decided
(d) saw
(e) near
(f) for

Answer 6.

Answer 7.
(a) when he came and where he had been all this while
(b) he had just arrived by the Rajdhani
(c) he had written a letter to him

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks)

Answer 8.
(i) The solitary reaper’s song is more far-reaching than the cuckoo’s song because it reaches across the sea to the farthest Hebrides islands.
(ii) The poet wants to convey that the voice of the solitary reaper is more melodious than that of the cuckoo even with its refreshing notes.
(iii) The ‘farthest Hebrides’ refers to the remote islands situated to the North-West of Scotland.
(iv)The poet wants to say that beautiful things, like the song of the solitary reaper, give us everlasting pleasure.

Or

(i) The ’plate glass business’ refers to the speaker’s profession of a travelling salesman selling sheet glass used for windowpanes etc.
(ii) The speaker meant when he said, ’go to smash’ that he forgets abodt his work completely for some time.’
(iii) The speaker did this so that he could spend time finding out all he could about the gir! he had seen in the train.
(iv) Yes, the speaker’s mission of wanting to know more about the beautiful woman he had seen in the train and marrying her, was successful, as he convinced her father of his bonafides.

Answer 9.
(i) Lord Ullin’s wrath changed into wailing when he lost his daughter in front of his own eyes. It was due to the love and affection a father has for his child. He was unable to help save her.
(ii) The two separate roads in the forest compel the poet to choose one of them. The two roads stand for choices that one has to make from given alternatives in life.
(iii) While Jeanne had gone upstairs to inspect the first floor of the villa, Gaston changed his mind and agreed to buy the villa. This was because a lady named Mrs Al Smith mistook Gaston as the owner of the house. Gaston sold the house for three hundred thousand francs to Mrs Al Smith and agreed to buy it from Juliette for two hundred thousand francs, thereby making a profit of one hundred thousand francs.
(iv) A few names which Mr Bramble thought about were John for a boy and Marie for a girl after the names of famous personalities like John L Sullivan, the American boxing legend and the famous music hall artist, Marie Lloyd.
(v) Eating lots of toffees, candies, sticky sweets etc and not brushing her teeth properly were the reasons of cavities and decay of teeth of the poetess. She could have avoided it by eating less sweets and brushing her teeth regularly.

Answer 10.
These words are spoken to the author by Krishtakka, her grandmother. The author used to narrate to her grandmother every week the story of the novel named Kashi Yatre being serialised in the weekly magazine Karmaveera. However, one week the author’s absence from home due to a marriage in the family made the grandmother helpless, as she could not read the story on her own, being illiterate. So she decided to become independent by learning how to read her mother tongue, Kannada.
She asked the author to teach her Kannada. She proved to be an epitome of determination with her words. She worked hard to achieve her goal and that too within the deadline she had set for herself, the Saraswati Pooja day during Dassara. Even at her old age, she displays the values of determination and hard work to achieve her goal. She serves as an example of achieving her goal through dedication and hard work.

Or

Private Quelch was admired by his teachers and peers for his vast knowledge. He was brilliant, well-read and knowledgeable. However, he had one very disturbing habit. His method of exhibiting his knowledge and stating his views was not in keeping with the discipline of a military camp. He used to do this by interrupting his seniors’ lectures and correcting them publicly, thus insulting them. He appeared to be too overbearing, snobbish and boastful, besides having bad manners. He needed to respect the point of view of others, particularly his seniors and colleagues. Due to his bad habit, on many occasions he insulted his professors by interrupting their lectures. He also publicly corrected their mistakes. The teacher is supposed to be a guide and mentor and he should be treated with the respect due to him. Thus, Private Quelch had no right to be disrespectful to his seniors.

Long Reading Text (Novel)

Answer 11.
Gulliver had no hope to leave from Brobdingnag, although he was optimistic about his liberation from there. However, it was by chance that he was able to leave from there. One day, while his nurse was away and he was sleeping in his box by the sea coast, an eagle lifted his box high up in the air and flew • away. But suddenly another eagle attacked it and accidentally the box fell into the sea.
Luckily the strong box did not break. Hence no water seeped into it. Soon Gulliver felt his box being raised and then heard the sound of a cable passing through a ring. He cried for help. This time there was a response and the sailors pulled Gulliver out from his box. The ship was destined for England and thus Gulliver was saved.

Or

Respectful, Kind and Generous The King of Luggnagg has many qualities that will attract the reader. He is very kind, generous, caring, wise and hospitable. He gives Gulliver the highest priority. He enjoys the company of Gulliver. He wants to listen to Gulliver because he is eager to know about Gulliver and his experiences. It shows his desire of collecting information. He also respects a person who is experienced and knowledgeable like Gulliver. He offers Gulliver employment in his court as a mark of giving him respect.

Proud and Whimsical Apart from these qualities, he has a big shortcoming. He is full of pride and whimsical. He makes all those who come to meet him lick the dust off the floor in front of him. This ritual also served another purpose, which was to eliminate his enemies. He did this by sprinkling a poisonous powder on the floor. When the person licked the floor, he was poisoned and died soon. It was nothing less than the arbitrariness of the monarch and it showed his whimsical nature.

Three Men in a Boat

The three friends were sitting in a meadow, about to have lunch. Harris was busy carving the beefsteak pie and asked for a spoon. George and J turned to get a spoon out of the hamper, and when they looked round again, both Harris and the pie had disappeared. J and George could not think of a valid reason for such a strange disappearance. It was an open field and Harris had vanished in thin air with the pie.
While they were mourning his disappearance, they were terrified to see Harris’ head sticking bolt upright among the tall grass. His face was red with anger. He accused the two of doing it on purpose. Harris had apparently been sitting on the verge of a deep ditch. The long grass had hidden it. In leaning back a little, he had fallen into the ditch. Harris said that he has never felt so surprised in all his life as when he first felt himself going, without being able to guess what had happened.
Harris never stopped believing that George and J had planned it all beforehand.

Or

Humorous Hypochondriac Jerome’s habit of reading about different diseases makes him suffer. He is psychologically driven to acknowledge that he is suffering from some disease and he himself confirms his suffering and decides to go to a doctor. He reads about hay fever, typhoid and many other diseases. Every time he reads about the symptoms of the diseases he believes that he is suffering from the same disease. Thus, he is actually a hypochondriac. He even jokes that the prime symptom of his current disease is “a general disinclination to work of any kind”. He perhaps enjoys his habit of visiting a doctor with casual excuses of diseases.

Justifies Laziness The doctor’s prescription also becomes a joke to the narrator. The doctor has advised him to eat and drink well, walk every morning and sleep early every night. It has been his tendency to suffer from laziness when he was a child and he adds humour in justifying that beatings would have worked well instead of medicines. Jerome always casually encounters the doctor in the context of suffering. He with his casual disposition also contributes to the humour in the novel.

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Board	CBSE
Class	IX
Subject	English Language and Literature
Sample Paper Set	Paper 2
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 9 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme as prescribed by the CBSE is given here. Paper 2 of Solved CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Language and Literature is given below with free PDF download solutions.

Time : 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

General Instruction:

1. This question paper is divided into three sections.
   • Section A: Reading                 20 Marks
   • Section B: Writing and Grammar  30 Marks
   • Section C: Literature (Textbooks)  30 marks
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. All the questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

 Section (A)
Reading (20 Marks)

Questions.

Question 1.
Read the passage given below.  (8 Marks)
1. Airbus says it has turned the corner after a crisis connected to production problems
and turmoil in the boardroom at its A380 super-jumbo project that has gone on for the past year. On the first day of the Paris air show, Airbus announced a raft of orders. It is competing with Boeing, its American rival, for the title of the largest plane maker in the world. Boeing is expected to reveal the numbers of orders for its 787 Dream liner soon. Airbus orders unveiled on Monday included Qatar Airways confirming a $16bn order for 80 A3 50 Airbus planes and ordering three A3 80 super-jumbos for about $750m. .

2. Boeing and Airbus are also competing for orders from aircraft leasing firms. Orders from these companies – who rank highly among the biggest global buyers of aircraft – are often regarded as an indication of how successful a model will be in the long term. Airbus also secured orders from US Airways that are worth $ lObn for 22 of its A350 jets, 60 A320s and ten of its A330-200 wide-body planes.

3. A few months ago, Airbus unveiled a major cost-cutting programme aiming to reduce the workforce in Europe by 10000, as well as announcing a group restructuring. “I can tell you with full confidence that Airbus is back and fully back, as you have started noting yesterday as demonstrated by our first day announcements,” said Mr Gallois on the second day of the air show.

4. However, Boeing also announced a deal with General Electric (GE) on the show’s first day. GE’s commercial aviation services placed an order for six 777 Boeing freighters valued at around $1.4bn, to be delivered in the last quarter of 2008.

5. A Wall Street Journal website report, quoting the Delta operating chief yesterday said that Delta Air Lines were on the verge of ordering as many as 125 Boeing 787 jetliners by the end of this year. However, a spokesman for Delta later said that it had been having conversations “with several aircraft makers” and that “no final decision” had been made on future fleet purchases. (347 words)

1.1 Attempt any eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read. (1×8 = 8)
(i) What did Airbus announce on the first day of the Paris air show? (1)
(ii) What kind of problems did Airbus face? (1)
(iii) What planes has Qatar Airways ordered from Airbus? (1)
(iv) What is the significance of orders from aircraft leasing firms? (1)
(v) What is the total number of planes ordered by US Airways on Airbus? (1)
(vi) What did Boeing announce on the first day of the show? (1)
(vii) What did Airbus start a few months ago to cut their costs? (1)
(viii) According to a Wall Street Journal website report, how many of which kind of
aircraft does Delta Air Lines expect to order and when? (1)
(ix) What did General Electric (GE) order on the first day of the show of Boeing launch? (1)

Question 2.
2. Read the passage given below. (12)
1. These days it is not unusual to see people listening to music or using their electronic gadgets while crossing busy roads, driving their vehicles or travelling on public transport, regardless of the risks involved. I have often wondered why they take such risks: is it because they want to exude a sense of independence, or is it that they want to tell the world to stop bothering them? Or is it that they just want to show how cool they are?

2. Whether it is a workman or an executive, earphones have become an inseparable part of Our lives, sometimes even leading to tragic-comic situations. The other day, an electrician had come to our house to fix something.
We told him in detail what needed to be done. But after he left, I found that the man had done almost nothing. It later turned out that he could not hear our directions clearly because he had his earphones on.

3. Hundreds of such earphone addicts commute by the Delhi Metro every day. While one should not begrudge anyone for their moments of privacy or their love for music, the fact is, ‘iPod oblivion’ can sometimes be very dangerous. Recently, I was travelling with my wife in Delhi Metro.

4. Since the train was approaching the last station, there weren’t too many passengers. In our compartment, other than us, there were only two women sitting on the other side of the aisle. And then suddenly, I spotted a duffel bag lying on a seat.

5. The bomb scare lasted for several minutes. Then suddenly, a youth emerged from nowhere and picked up the bag. When we tried to stop him, he looked at us, surprised. Then he took off his earpieces, lifted the bag, and told us that the bag belonged to him and that he was going to get off at the last station. We were stunned, but recovered in time to ask him where he was all this while? His answer: he was in the compartment, leaning against the door, totally immersed in the music. He had no clue about what was going on around him. When he got off, earplugs in his hand, we could hear strains of the song. (368 words)

2.1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each. (2×4 = 8)
(i) Why do people take many risks while they are using the roads? (2)
(ii) Why didn’t the electrician carry out his work properly? (2)
(iii) Why were the passengers in the compartment doubtful about the bag? (2)
(iv) How was the dilemma of the unclaimed bag finally resolved? (2)
(v) What has become an Inseparable part of life of most of us? what can it often lead to? (2)
2.2. On the basis ofyour.reading of the passage, answer any four of the following. (1×4 = 4)
(i) Find out the word in paragraph 1 which is the appropriate antonym of comforting. (1)
(ii) What is the synonym of ‘integral’ as used in paragraph 2? (1)
(iii) Which phrase or word in paragraph 3 means the opposite of ‘envy’? (1)
(iv) Find out the word in paragraph 4 which is a synonym of ‘advancing’. (1)
(v) Which word in paragraph 5 is a synonym of ‘amazed’? (1)

Section (B)
Writing and Grammar (30 Marks)

Question 3.
Surbhi’s grandfather died. She used to love him greatlyand held him in high esteem.She feels a great loss in it and writes a diary entry. Write it on her behalf in 100-150 words using the clues given.

Grandfather’s loss very shocking – a gem of a person – taught and followed values  – well read person – a great personal loss

Or
Write a descriptive paragraph on your Birthday Party in 100-150 words with the helps of verbal clues given below.

Parents arranged grand party – invitation card – mother helped – market and shopping – games – cake cutting – gifts

Question 4.
Narrate an interesting story of an encounter with a strange woman on a railway platform when you were coming back from Mumbai. Use the given clues in framing your story (150-200 words). (10)

Waiting at Mumbai Central Station – train late – a woman in white came – took me to  a restaurant – introduced herself to others as my ‘mother’ – most memorable day of my life.

or
Complete the story in 150-200 words which begins as the following:
“Buddy is Shaurya’s constant companion. He met him in a very unusual way. It was a ……….”

Question 5.
Fill in any four of the blanks in a paragraph given below with the help of options that follow. (1×4=4)
A man (a)….to the hospital after his scooter collided (b)……a bus near India Gate
yesterday. He (c)……to go home later after treatment, (d) …..family was very happy (e)….Find him fit and fine.
(a) (i) admitted    (ii) was admitted    (iii) is admitted   (iv) admits
(b) (i) by    (ii) on   (iii) with    (iv) in
(c) (i) allowed  (ii) allows   (iii) is allowed  (iv) was allowed
(d) (i) His    (ii) The   (iii) So  (iv) And
(e) (i) at   (ii) for  (iii) to  (iv) on

Question 6.
The following passage has a missing word in every line. Identify the missing word and write it along with the word before and the word after it against, the correct blank number. Attempt any four.

Question 7.
Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example. Attempt any four.
football /is / popular/a/ game /in India /very .  (1×4=4)

Football is a very popular game in India.
(i) that / in England/ is believed /it originated/ it
(ii) not more than/a match of football/ one of whom/ each consisting of/ is played/ eleven players/ is the goalkeeper/ by two teams
(iii) the evening/ love to play/ most of the children/ football/ in
(iv) Russia/has multiplied/Football matches/of/TV viewership/ongoing/during/World Cup,
(v) Brazil/are most/and Portugal/favourite/in the world/ football champions

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks) 30 Marks

Question 8.
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. (1×4 = 4)
I got up, paced up and down the room. Then another lovely thought struck me. I would marry. I would get married to a woman doctor who had plenty of money and a good medical practice. She had to be fat; for a valid reason. If I made some silly mistake and needed to run away she should not be able to run after me and catch me!
(i) What lovely thought struck the narrator?
(ii) What type of wife does he want?
(iii) In which activity was the narrator engaged before this extract?
(iv) Describe the shocking incident that occured immediately afterwards.

Or

Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign
Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.

(i) What does ‘earth’ refer to?
(ii) When will the poet and others lie in the earth?
(iii) Define the poet’s viewpoint about human beings.
(iv) What end is destined for all human beings?

Question 9.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each. (2×5 = 10)
(i) What are the main features of the mechanical teacher that Margie and Tommy have in the story?
(ii) Why was the holy man who blessed Santosh’s mother surprised?
(iii) How did Montmorency add to the confusion created in packing?
(iv) Why did the people choose the Guru and the disciple as the King and minister?
(v) What different tasks did the beggar do for Sergei?
(vi) What was Johnsy’s daily routine when she fell ill?

Question 10.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-150 words. (8)
There comes a stage in the life of children when they find their opinion to be changing about their parents (father specially). Elaborate this statement on the basis of lesson ‘The Little Girl’.
Or
One does not want to help anybody without self-interest. Do you think that the old lady would have been generous if she had known who Saint Peter really was? What values do you learn from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’?

Question 11.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-150 words. (8)
“Prashant engaged, with other volunteers, in helping the widows and children to pick up the broken pieces of their lives.
What qualities of Prashant are highlighted by this? Do you think young people can get together to help people during natural calamities?
Or
What would a child do if a child got separated from his/her parents? What could have been the end of the lesson ‘The Lost Child’ in your view?

Answers.

Answer 1.
1.1
(i) Airbus announced on the first day of the Paris air show that it had received a large number of orders for its planes.
(ii) Airbus faced the problems of production and a turmoil in the boardroom at its A 380-super jumbo
project.
(iii) Qatar Airways has ordered 80 pieces of A350 planes and three pieces of A380 super-jumbos from Airbus.
(iv) Orders from aircraft leasing firms for a particular model are often regarded as an indication of how successful that model will be in the long term.
(v) The total number of planes ordered by US Airways on Airbus is 92, consisting of 22 pieces of A350 jets, 60 pieces of A320 and ten pieces of A330-200 wide-body planes.
(vi) Boeing announced a,.deal with General Electric (GE) on the first day of the show.
(vii) Airbus started a major cost-cutting programme a few months ago aiming to reduce the workforce in
Europe by 10000, as well as announcing a group restructuring.
(viii) According to a Wall Street Journal website report, Delta Air Lines expects to order 125 Boeing 787 jetliners by the end of this year.
(ix) General Electric (GE) placed an order for six Boeing 787 freighters of $ 1.4 bn, when it was launched.

Answer 2.
2.1
(i) People love to take risks while using the roads as they may want to show a sense of independence.
They also want to show to the world that they do not want to be bothered or to show how cool they are.
(ii) The electrician did not carry out the work properly because he had his earphones on when the author was giving him directions about what repair was to be done. But the electrician did not hear what the author told him.
(iii) The passengers in the metro were doubtful about the bag as the train was nearing the last station and the bag was lying unclaimed.
(iv) The mystery or dilemma of the unclaimed bag was resolved a youth in the metro suddenly came forward to pick up the bag. He had so far been leaning against the door and listening to the music without bothering about his bag.
(v) Earphones have become inseparable part of our life. Use of earphones can often lead its user to many tragic or comic situations.

2.2
(i) bothering
(ii) inseparable
(iii) begrudge
(iv) approaching
(v) stunned

Answer 3.
Wednesday, 26th August, 20XX
9:50 PM
Dear Diary
My grandfather is no more. I feel so dazed with my grandfather’s death that I can’t express my feelings. What a great human being he wasl He was a gem of humanism – cooperative, ready to help the needy, and also soft-hearted. He taught me the values of sympathy, love, affection, selflessness and compassion. He was well read and used to often quote from his reading to prove his point. He used to narrate stories to me when I was younger. I loved him so much as he constantly supported me whenever I needed him. I feel a great loss in his death. Though, he is no more to be my side in physical yet he is alive in my heart and guide me in difficult situation with his valuable advices he had taught me.
It has created a vacuum in my life.
Surbhi

Or

This year I have celebrated my birthday the way I wanted to. My parents arrange a grand party for my friends. I have made the invitation card for my friends and my mother helped me to make invitation cards and to fill them up with names. She made a list of all the friends I wanted to call. Thereafter she took me to the market and bought balloons and streamers, masks and caps, etc to decorate the house with. We arranged the masks and caps in such a way that each friend of mine would pick one of his choices.
My father arranged some games for them and he became the referee for all our games. He arranged musical chairs, passing the parcel etc, and all the children enjoyed themselves. We had our cold drinks after the cake was cut by me. The cake was in the shape of a beautiful house with colourful fencing and big chunks of chocolate. I was drowned in gifts once my friends left and I went to bed with the satisfaction of having enjoyed the best birthday party of my life.

Answer 4.
A few days ago, I hag to travel alone to Ahmedabad by train and so I went to Mumbai Central station to board the train. As the incoming train was late, I waited on the platform. Finding me alone, a woman in a white saree approached me. She spoke very affectionately to me’and persuaded me to accompany her to the refreshment room for lunch. She reminded me very much of my long dead mother.

In the refreshment room I met an old classmate of mine having food with his mother. I had not met him after my mother’s death nine years ago. When I introduced myself to my classmate’s mother, the lady accompanying me introduced herself as my mother. Though this was a surprise for me, I did not object, as I felt very comfortable with her. I addressed her as ‘Ma’ infront of the others.

Soon, there was an announcement that our train would leave after 45 minutes so we finished our meal quickly and went back to the platform. The incoming train was just pulling into the station. As the old lady was also going to Ahmedabad, I had a wonderful journey in her company. It has been the most memorable day of my life after my mother passed away.

Or

Buddy is Shaurya’s constant companion. He met him in a very unusual way. It was a sunny morning in the month of April. Shaurya was on an early morning stroll in the neighbourhood park. He was, as usual, completing his round of the park when suddenly he heard a low whimpering sound coming from a nearby bush. When he peeped inside, he saw a very cute small puppy. Its leg was injured and it was in great pain. He pulled it out and immediately took it to a nearby veterinary doctor. The doctor treated the puppy and cleaned its wound. Shaurya went back to the park and dropped the puppy where he had found him amidst the bushes. But to his surprise, the puppy followed him to his house. Shaurya’s mother did not like dogs but as the puppy was following him, he could not help but take the puppy inside and gave some milk to the puppy. Initially, Shaurya’s mother was not happy but the cute puppy wagged its tail very adorably at the mother.

Somehow Shaurya convinced his mother that he would look after the puppy and she need not worry about it. Shaurya named the puppy ‘Buddy’ and took it every day to the park in case anyone wanted to claim it, but no one did so. Soon the puppy became very friendly with Shaurya.

Answer 5.
(a) (ii) was admitted
(b) (ii) with
(c) (iv) was allowed
(d) (i) his
(e) (iii) to

Answer 6.

Answer 7.
(i) It is believed that it originated in England.
(ii) A match of football is played by two teams, each consisting of not more than eleven players, one of whom is the goalkeeper.
(iii) Most of the children love to play football in the evening.
(iv) TV viewership of Football matches has multiplied during ongoing World Cup in Russia.
(v) Brazil and Portugal are most favourite football champions in the world.

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks)

Answer 8.
(i) The lovely thought that struck the narrator was of marrying.
(ii) He wanted a rich lady doctor, who would have plenty of money and a good medical practice, besides being fat.
(iii) Before this extract narrator was engaged in admiring himself in the mirror and thinking about his future.
(iv) Immediately afterwards, there was a dull thud and a fat snake wriggled over the back of his chair and landed on his shoulder. The snake had fallen from the beam in the roof above the narrator.

Or

(i)’Earth’ refers to the soil.
(ii) The poet and others will He in the earth after death.
(iii) The poet’s viewpoint is that we may have different religions or castes, different skin colours, or we may speak different languages, but these differences do not matter, as we are all human beings.
(iv) The destined end of all human beings is that they will finally lie in the earth that they walk upon.

Answer 9.
(i) Margie and Tommy are getting education in their home with a mechanical teacher which teaches them everything. It was large, black, ugly-looking and had a big screen; lessons, questions and test papers appear on it.
(ii) The ‘holy man’ who blessed Santosh’s mother was surprised as her grandmother wanted him to bless Santosh’s mother for giving birth to a baby girl instead of a baby boy. This was surprising for him as all others wanted to be blessed by him for giving birth to a boy.
(iii) Montmorency sat on the things that were to be packed. He put his leg into the jam. He pretended the lemons were rats and got into the hamper and attacked thrbe of them. He chased the teaspoons also.
(iv) The kingdom was without a King or a minister. The people of the kingdom were confused. They had been impressed with the intellectual capacity and wisdom of the Guru and his disciple. So they made them King and the minister.
(v) The different tasks that the beggar did for Sergei were cutting wood, shovelling snow, setting the woodshed right and dusting the rugs and mattresses. He also helped in packing and moving of the furniture at Sergei’s house.
(vi) Johnsy lost her interest in everything when she fell ill. Her daily routine was not special as she spent her whole day lying on the bed. She gazed out of the window and counted the remaining leaves of Ivy Creeper. Being in depression, she lost her will to live.

Answer 10.

‘Change is the law of nature’. Everything has to change with the passage of time the only thing that is permanent is the change itself.

In the lesson, Kezia, the Little girl, initially used to be afraid of her father as he would often scold her. Once due to her mother’s illness, she had to be looked after by her father who would fondly take her in arms. He also laid down beside her and tried to narrate a story or two. All this made Kezia realise that her father was not bad or rude. Even he had a kind and loving heart but for the circumstances, he could not express it frequently.

Therefore, it can be inferred from the lesson that circumstances force people to change or atleast control their behaviour, nature, attitude or overall personality. In general, no one is purely good or completely bad, it is rather time that influences one’s conduct.

Or

Some people lack basic human values. They do not want to help anybody without self-interest. They always want something in return. One goes to a temple or a church or to a Guru just because one wants something in return. The lady in the poem was a greedy woman. If she had known about Saint Peter and his power, she would have offered him her entire stock of cakes. However, she would have asked for some favours from him in return as she would know about his powers. But her unfriendly and greedy nature makes Saint Peter angry. He changed her into a woodpecker, which will always need to bore into hard dry wood with her beak to find food. Though, he maintains his cool most of the time but the selfish lady was cursed by him for being ungenerous.
Hence, the poem teaches us that one must not be greedy or selfish. We should always help the needy.

Answer 11.
Prashant shows the true leadership qualities. He helped the people of Ersama and motivates them for self help.
I think, young people can surely get together to help those affected during natural calamities. Being energetic and enthusiastic, youngsters can carry out difficult tasks very easily. They have the potential and capability to lead people. In times of floods or cyclones, they can also help to clean the surroundings of filth, dirt and dead bodies and can help to arrange food and shelter for the homeless. Living in the internet dominated era, we (young people) can ask for volunteers through social networking sites to come forward for the noble cause of helping the victims. Losing someone in a calamity is always painful, so we should help them to come out of the emotional trauma by proper counselling and therapy. We should try as much as we can to console them so they can live a normal life as early as possible.
Or
There are certain things in life, mere thought of which is frightening and bone chilling. Separation of a child from his/her parents seems to top the list of such scary thoughts. For days such a child might not care about food, one of the most basic needs, forget anything else like shelters, career or luxuries. The lesson clearly highlights this aspect of a lost child who instantly refuses to have the choicest of the offers made by a humble and noble stranger. The story in the lesson ends on a confusing note whether the lost child and his parents could re-unite or not. But on closely observing, it can be assumed that they would have re-united for a kind and understanding man had found the child who was constantly trying to console the child besides offering various things. Efforts of such a devoted person hardly go in vain so I would sincerly hope and believe in the happy reunion of their poor but lovely family. Parents are the epitome of love and affection and a child needs them in the difficult situation. Hence, re-union of them would be the perfect climax of the novel.

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Board	CBSE
Class	IX
Subject	English Language and Literature
Sample Paper Set	Paper 4
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 9 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme as prescribed by the CBSE is given here. Paper 4 of Solved CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Language and Literature is given below with free PDF download solutions.

Time : 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

General Instruction:

1. This question paper is divided into three sections.
   • Section A: Reading                 20 Marks
   • Section B: Writing and Grammar  30 Marks
   • Section C: Literature (Textbooks)  30 marks
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. All the questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

 Section (A)
Reading (20 Marks)

Questions.

Question 1.
Read the passage given below.  (8 Marks)
1. Facebook’s free-but-restricted internet service, Free Basics, has been banned in India after the country’s national telecom regulator ruled that the programme and others like it infringe the principles of net neutrality.

2. The decision from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) comes after a long battle between Facebook and the country’s net neutrality advocates. Free Basics was blocked temporarily in India last December while the TRAI considered its case, but other services like Airtel Zero had previously been the subject of protests. But although Facebook’s attempt to offer subsidised content wasn’t the only such programme in India, it was particularly visible. After its temporary ban, the company started a campaign to try and win public support, reportedly spending nearly $45 million promoting Free Basics with billboards and newspaper advertisements.

3. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg even wrote an op-ed in The Times of India defending the programme, expressing surprise that there was any debate over the virtues of Free Basics at all. “Instead of wanting to give people access to some basic internet services for free, critics of the programme continue to spread false claims — even if that means leaving behind a billion people”, he wrote, adding: “Who could possibly be against this?”

4. However, critics of Free Basics and zero-rating in general argue that the practice creates an unfair marketplace. By subsidising consent, companies like Facebook get pick and choose winners, creating incentives for Customers to use certain services because they don’t eat into their data. This in turn makes it harder for smaller players to compete and quashes innovation.

5. Facebook argued that Free Basics not only offered free access to Facebook (of course), but also a range of helpful sites that offered resources like weather reports and health information. (Cellphone usage in India is relatively high, but it’s estimated that only around 19 per cent of the population have access to the internet.) Opponents of Free Basics, though, argued that Facebook was being disingenuous. Although, Free Basics didn’t include any advertisements, they said it did collect user data, suggesting that the company was just laying the groundwork for a time when India’s population could be monetised via ads.

6. In the end, though, Facebook’s campaigning has come to nothing. In a press release,
the TRAI notes that its decision was “guided by the principles of net neutrality”, and that its end goal is “to ensure that consumers get unhindered and non-discriminatory access to the internet.” Whether or not it achieved this goal is sure to be debated in India and around the world. (478 words)

1.1 Attempt any eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read. (1×8 = 8)
(i) What resulted in the ban on Free Basics in India? (1)
(ii) Why did TRAI temporarily block Free Basics? (1)
(iii) How much money did Facebook spend to promote Free Basics and why? (1)
(iv) Mark Zuckerberg expressed surprise on what issue? (1)
(v) What did the critics argue for Free basics and zero-rating? (1)
(vi) How did Facebook defend itself? (1)
(vii) What was the result of the debate over Free Basics in India? (1)
(viii) What is TRAI’s end goal? (1)
(ix) What ultimately quashes innovation?

Question 2.
Read the passage given below. (12)
1. Travelling plays an important role in our education. The terms ‘travelling’ and ‘education’ cannot be alienated from each other. Our education remains incomplete without travelling.

2. ‘Travelling’ means going from one place to other places. In ancient times, travelling was very difficult and risky because there were no proper roads and transports. A traveller had to pass hills and forests. He had to face the fury of nature, wild beasts, robbers and many other obstacles.

3. Travelling also removes the narrowness and superstitions of man. It makes a traveller smart and self-reliant. Owing to the fabulous progress in the field of communication, travelling today involves less hazards. Hence, students must take part in educational tours. It is both entertaining and instructive for them.

4. Travelling is now regarded as an important part of education. An educational tour increases our knowledge and new thoughts and ideas grow up in us. The education of man remains incomplete if he does not visit important places of the world. Reading of books only provides man with half knowledge. But, travelling with eyes wide open and mind fully active gives him full knowledge.

5. The education of a student remains incomplete without travelling. Educational institutions and tourist bureaus often arrange study tours at affordable rates. Many schools and colleges arrange visits to places that are of geographical or historical importance. Visits to historical places give students a practical insight of the past events. After visiting these historical places, when these students read about those places or events, they are able to fully understand the subject.

6. It is very difficult to understand the nature of various types of soils, forests etc simply by reading textbooks. Travel to places of geographical importance also helps a student to grasp the depth of the subject.

7. It has been observed that in cities, students are travelling twice a year either with their respective school/ college or with their parents or friends, because there is no financial problem with them. However, students of village schools are deprived of such travel for want of money. Government should look into the matter and make arrangement for educational tours in village schools. (353 words)

2.1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each. (2×4 = 8)
(i) How does travelling educate a person? (2)
(ii) What is travelling according to the author? (2)
(iii) What are the advantages of travelling? (2)
(iv) How does an educational tour help a student? (2)
(v) Who are deprived of educational tours? Why? (2)

2.2. On the basis ofyour reading of the passage, answer any four of the following. (1×4 = 4)
(i) Which word in paragraph 2 is a synonym of ‘anger’? (1)
(ii) Find out the word opposite in meaning of ‘reinforcements’ in paragraph 2. (1)
(iii) Find out the antonym of ‘broadmindedness’ as used in the paragraph 3. (1)
(iv) Which word in the paragraph 5 means the same as reasonable? (1)
(v) Which word in the last paragraph means the same as ‘Deprived’? (1)

Section (B)
Writing and Grammar (30 Marks)

Question 3.
A candlelight protest march was organised at Jantar Mantar to draw the attention of the government towards ‘Crime Against Women’ this evening. You also participated in this protest march. You are Rajan/ Rajni, a student of class IX. Taking ideas from the clues given below, write a diary entry in 100-150 words. (8)

Today a red-letter day for me – huge number of youths present – silent march for victims – march organised by an NGO – feeling happy at the awareness

Or

Write a descriptive paragraph about your favourite cartoon character based on the hints given below.

Name of character-description-qualities – what you like the most about it

Question 4.
Write a story in 150-200 words with the help of the following outline. (10)

You were beside bedroom window—a spacecraft acroos the sky—a few tiny stick like. Figures—gadgets—sample of grass, flowers—took some photo with cellphone—a circular burnt mark—confused and saddened—evidence.

Or

Given below are some clues. Based on these clues develop a short story in 150-200 words.

Kevin eagerly waiting for holidays — one cousin visits him — does many stupid things  — helps in tracing stolen stamp album — both Kevin and Max rewarded by the police —Kevin happy with his cousin.

Question 5.
Fill in any four of the blanks in the paragraph given below with the help of options that follow. (1×4=4)
It (a)….. the afternoon of a cold, grey December day. The streets outside glistened (b) ….. snow and (c) ….. white sparking flakes struck the window panes (d) …… melted (e) ….. them.
(a) (i) is   (ii) were   (iii) had   (iv) was
(b) (i) by   (ii) on   (iii) with    (iv) in
(c) (i) any  (ii) some   (iii) a   (iv) no
(d) (i) and  (ii) but   (iii) or   (iv) so
(e) (i) our   (ii) on   (iii) by   (iv) in

Question 6.
In the given passage, one word has been omitted from each line. Identify the missing word and write it along with the word before and the Word after against the correct blank number. Attempt any four. (l/2×8=4)

Question 7.
Rearrange the following words or phrase to form meaningful sentences. Do any four. (1×4=4)
(a) old/people/a/we/acceptability/feeling/should/give/of
(b) consume/carbon/is/the/dioxide/plants/food/that
(c) feared/snakes/and/by/in/our/are/worshipped/many/country
(d) a book worm/is not/much uselful/be/to/it
(e) The/plausible/to be//appear/does not/story

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks) (30 marks)

Question 8.
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. (1×4 = 4)

Then the matter Of
scorching and choking
In sun and air,
Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done.

(i) Whose ‘scorching’ and ‘choking’ is the poet talking about?
(ii) What task is being accomplished here?
(iii) What has happened in the previous stanzas?
(iv) How is the tree killed finally?

Or

Thinking to humour his disconsolate charge by a gift of sweets, thbman took him to the counter of the sweet shop.
(i) Who is the ‘disconsolate charge’ in the above extract?
(ii) What did the man want to achieve by offering sweet to the ‘disconsolate charge’?
(iii) Which word in the extract is a synonym of ‘laughter’?
(iv) What does ‘disconsolate’ mean?

Question 9.
Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40 words each. (2×4 = 8)
(i) Where did the two roads diverge? What was the difficulty?
(ii) What was Einstein’s ‘Special Theory of Relativity’ about?
(iii) In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
(iv) What kind of place was made for Baba (Bruno) at the author’s house?
(v) What did Sue try to do to make Johnsy cheerful?
(vi) Explain the secret of Santosh Yadav’s success.

Question 10.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-150 words. (8)
On the basis of “If I were You” Chapter explain that planning is very important but one can’t afford to undermine one’s opponent.
Or
What message does the poet give us through the poem, ‘No Men are Foreign’?

Question 11.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-150 words. (8)
Write a brief character sketch of the Happy Prince.
Or
The fire weaved a web of hardships and difficulties around the author and his family in the chapter ‘A House is not a Home’. Explain.

Answers.

Answer 1.
1.1
(i) Free Basics has been banned in India after the country’s national telecom regulator ruled that this programme and others like it infringe the principles of net neutrality.
(ii) TRAI temporarily blocked Free Basics due to a long battle between Facebook and the country’s net neutrality advocates.
(iii) Facebook spent nearly $ 45 million to promote Free Basics to win public support.
(iv) Mark Zuckerberg expressed surprise that there was any debate over the virtues of Free Basics at all.
(v) The critics argued that Free Basics and zero-rating would create an unfair marketplace.
(vi) Facebook defended Free Basics by arguing that not only did it offer free access to Facebook, but also access to a range of helpful sites that offered resources like weather reports and health information.
(vii) In the end, Facebook’s campaigning came to nothing and it decided to shut down Free Basics in India.
(viii) TRAI’s end goal is to ensure that consumers get unhindered and non-discriminatory access to the internet.
(ix) An unfair market place ultimately quashes innovation by making it harder for small players to enter.

Answer 2.
2.1
(i) Travelling helps a lot in educating a person by increasing his knowledge so that new thoughts and ideas grow up in him.
(ii) According to the author, travelling means going from one place to other places, mr1 ng the traveller acquainted with new things.
(iii) The advantages of travelling are that it removes a person’s narrowness and superstitions. It also makes a traveller smart and self-reliant.
(iv) An educational tour helps in increasing a student’s knowledge and ideas. Travelling makes him alert and competent to understand the geographical or historical importance of a place.
(v) Students of village schools are deprived of educational tours due to lack money
2.2
(i) The word ‘fury’ is a synonym of ‘anger’.
(ii) ‘obstacles’
(iii) narrowness
(iv) The word ‘affordable’ means the same as ‘reasonable’.
(v) dispossessed

Answer 3.
Friday, 17th August, 20XX
11:00 PM
Dear Diary
Today was a red-letter day for me, as I participated in a huge candlelight demonstration at the historic Jantar Mantar monument. Students and youth from all over the country were present. It was a silent and peaceful march where everyone prayed for the poor souls who were victims of various crimes such as dowry death, rape, domestic violence and other similar offences. The march was organised by a well-known NGO working for the cause.
I was happy to see the awareness of this problem even among the boys and men who participated in the march. I returned home with a feeling that now the government will listen to us and take strict action against the offenders. It was a good experience for me.
Rajan

Or

I like to watch cartoons and there are many cartoon characters I like. Some of them are Tom, Doremon, He-Man, Mickey Mouse etc. However, the cartoon character that I like the most is Jerry. Jerry is a mouse that appears in my favourite cartoon show, Tom and Jerry Show. I have been watching Jerry in the Tom and Jerry Show since I was a kid. He is portrayed in the cartoon series as a small mouse which is brown in colour. The other character in the show is Tom, the cat. Tom is much bigger than Jerry and is always after it. This is so because Jerry is habitual of teasing Tom. Jerry plays a lot of pranks on Tom and is not fearful of the big-size cat at all. It is a lot of fun watching both of them running after each other. It seems obvious to viewers that Tom would be able to get hold of Jerry but that doesn’t happen. It is the prankster, Jerry, who wins in the end and steals the show. I enjoy this show so much and am always in awe of Jerry.

Answer 4.

Encountering a UFO

One night I was sitting beside my bedroom window. Suddenly, I saw a bright spot in the sky which was drawing nearer and nearer. When it came very near my home, I saw that it was a bright spacecraft like an overturned saucer floating across the sky. As I watched, the object came lower and slowly landed in my garden. Soon, the door of the spacecraft opened and a few tiny stick-like figures emerged.

I was completely numb with amazement. These odd creatures were carrying gadgets which I had never seen. They walked about the garden, collecting samples of grass, flowers, inserts and leaves, finally making their way back towards the spaceship. I quickly took some photos of them with my cellphone camera to share with my friends.

I could not hear them speak anything. The only sound they made was like the chirping of a bird. Soon they had all entered the spacecraft. Its door closed and a few moments later, the spacecraft was airborne again, leaving only a circular, burnt mark on the grass as a sign of its ever having come here. The spacecraft left as silently as it had come. When I went through the photos I had taken, not a single photo showed anything at all. I was totally confused and saddened that I did not have evidence of what I had witnessed first hand.

Or

Kevin’s exams were over and he was eagerly looking forward to his holidays. Suddenly, the doorbell rang and one of his cousins named Max, who was known to be very careless and destructive, entered. He announced to Kevin, “I have come to stay here for the holidays.” saying this, he jumped on Kevin’s bed and damaged his crayons. Kevin was now sure his holidays were going to be spoiled. That evening there was a news item regarding the world famous Dick Brown’s stamp album being stolen. The announcer warned all stamp collectors to keep their stamp albums safe.
Kevin’s stamp album was with one of his friends, so he decided to get it back and keep it safely. He could not get time earlier to do so. Thus, he decided to send Max to collect the album from his friend. Kevin gave Max the address of his friend. Max soon came back with the album. When Kevin checked, he found that it was not his album; instead, it contained many valuable stamps. Kevin felt that it must be the stolen album that belonged to Dick Brown. Kevin contacted the police and informed them about the album. Kevin and Max were both rewarded for having found Dick Brown’s album. Kevin became happy with Max after this. However, the mystery remained about how Dick Brown’s album reached Kevin’s friend.

Answer 5.
(a) (iv) was
(b) (iii) with
(c) (ii) some
(d) (i) and
(e) (ii) on

Answer 6.

Answer 7.
(a) We should give old people a feeling of acceptability.
(b) Carbon dioxide is the food that plants consume.
(c) Snakes are worshipped and feared by many in our country.
(d) It is not much useful to be a book worm.
(e) The story does not appear to be plausible.

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks)

Answer 8.
(i) The poet is talking about the ‘scorching’ and ‘choking1 of the roots of the tree,
(ii) The killing (cutting) of a tree is being accomplished here.
(iii) In the previous stanzas, the stem of the tree has been hacked and chopped and then the roots are pulled out from the ground.
(iv) When the strength of the tree, i.e. its roots, is expened to the air, then the sun dries and burn the roots. The sun and air choke it so that the roots are exhausted and the tree is finally killed.

Or

(i) The ‘disconsolate charge’ is the lost child in this extract.
(ii) The man wanted to divert the child from his sorrow of being separated from his parents by offering him sweets.
(iii) The word is ‘humour’.
(iv) It means extreme sadness and disappointed.

Answer 9.
(i) The two roads diverged in a forest. There was the problem of making the right choice. The author found it difficult to decide which road to take to reach his destination.
(ii) Einstein’s ‘Special Theory of Relativity’ was about the relation between mass and energy. According to it, time and distance are not absolute. Two perfectly accurate clocks will not show the same time if they came together after a journey.
(iii) Iswaran is an asset to Mahendra because he does many things for him. He cooks for him, washes his clothes and chats with him at night. He tries to entertain Mahendra by narrating stories to him. He is thus, a valuable asset for Mahendra.
(iv) An island was made for Baba at the author’s house. It was surrounded by a dry pit. A wooden box was placed in the island for Baba to sleep at night. Things Baba played with were also kept on the island.
(v) Sue talked about clothes and fashions to Johnsy to make her cheerful. She also started painting in Johnsy’s room and whistled while working to make Johnsy interested in things.
(vi) Santosh Yadav was a lady of strong will power, great physical endurance and extraordinary mental toughness. Her single-minded determination and dedication helped her overcome all the hurdles to emerge as a winner. She was a true hard worker and sincere lady who never gave up her dreams.

Answer 10.
To complete a task, one of most important step is ‘planning’. It is a step by step execution of one’s thoughful actions to obtain desired results. If one doesn’t plan well then there are more chances of failures. A well-planned things give you the freedom to execute the plans well, but they might collapse in the end. In the chapter ‘If I were you’, the intruder was a meticulous planner. He had worked out everything in detail and had gathered almost all the facts about Gerrard. He had kept a close eye on all the activities of Gerrard, his possessions like car and the persons families with him, yet he failed in killing Gerrard.
This shows that even if you have planned well, you need to consider your expectation. Therefore, you should not undermine your opponent because he might find holes in your plan. Hence, it is advisable to consider your opponent’s strength with careful planning to fulfil your aspirations.

Or

In the poem ‘No Men are Foreign’, the poet gives a universal message of brotherhood among all human beings. He reminds us in different ways that all human beings are similar. Despite being from different countries, speaking different languages, believing in different religions etc, we are all similar we are human being. So, the poet teaches us the values of humanity, brotherhood, love and compassion. All men, though they wear different dresses, have similar bodies. They all equally enjoy the sun, air, water, and live and die on this Earth.

The poem criticises war and says that we can win over others through love and not by power or waging a war. But, if we are in brotherhood we can share the joys of being together and enjoy the peace. Our misdeeds, hatred and jealousy have no end which pollute our humanity. Therefore, we must remain infact to our values, ethics and dignity.

Answer 11.
As the name of the story shows,he was really a happy prince till his death. When he died his state was placed on a tall column so that he could understand the sufferings of his people. He had deep feeling for them in his heart and became sad and emotional after seeing their sufferings.

He wished to help them but was unable to do so. When he was alive, he was very much unaware of his people’s sufferings and sorrows. But, after his death, he got to know about their misery and sorrows as he was mounted on a tall column.

He tried to help them by asking the swallow to do so. He was very much kind and self-scarificing, hence he gave away all the jewels and gol leaf to the needy and poor of his city. By this he became happy again even after his death.

Or

Hardships are the part of one’s life as no one remains unaffected by it if it is to be happened. As mentioned in the story ‘A House is not a Home’, ‘the Fire’ destroyed the author’s house completely causing immense loss of wealth and belongings. The author lost his pet cat also. Due to destruction of money, credit cards, identity proofs in the fire, his mother had not only to borrow money from his grandparents but also to take shelter at their home.

The author lost his personal belongings like school bag, note-books and homework. He was forced to go to school without essential school material. He even borrowed shoes from his aunt to attend the school. ‘ All of these things were like a mental trauma for him.
But gradually, he learned to come to terms with all this realising that hardships and difficulties are part of life. Only perseverance and determination can help one overcome hardships. ‘Stay firm and move on as there comes morning after every night’ seems to be message of the story.

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Board	CBSE
Class	IX
Subject	English Language and Literature
Sample Paper Set	Paper 1
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 9 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme as prescribed by the CBSE is given here. Paper 1 of Solved CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Language and Literature is given below with free PDF download solutions.

Time : 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

General Instruction:

1. This question paper is divided into three sections.
   • Section A: Reading                 20 Marks
   • Section B: Writing and Grammar  30 Marks
   • Section C: Literature (Textbooks)  30 marks
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. All the questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

 Section (A)
Reading (20 Marks)

Questions.

Question 1.
Read the passage given below.  (8 Marks)
1. Chocolate diamonds are actually brown diamonds and, compared to the well-known white diamond, they aren’t worth much. Diamonds are produced in mines. The best known diamond mines are in Australia, South Africa and Russia. The largest diamond mine was discovered in 1976 in the desert of Australia near a little creek named Lake Argyle. Diamonds are created under very extreme conditions of pressure and high temperature. It is a general misunderstanding that there exist only white colourless diamonds. Actually, diamonds exist in many different colours.

2. In all the diamond mines of the world, almost 80% of all diamonds produced are brownish in colour. Because they were found in such large quantities compared to the other coloured diamonds, they were considered as low-value diamonds, only gdod for the industrial sector. But a famous man called Le Vian came with a marketing campaign to increase diamond the popularity of chocolate Instead of calling it a brown diamond, he gave it popular name like caramel, chocolate, cinnamon and cognac. Since his marketing campaign, chocolate diamonds are becoming very popular.

3. The value of a diamonds is based on its shape, brightness and colour. Because white diamonds are rare, their value is based on the fact that there are not many white diamonds around. But if you look at the shape and brightness, then the brightest diamond in this world known to man is a brown diamond. Before the development of the Argyle diamond mine in Australia in 1986, most brown diamonds were considered worthless for jewellery; they were even not assessed on the diamond colour scale, and were predominantly used for indusrial purposes. However, marketing strategies changed in the 1980s and brown diamonds have become popular gems. The change was mostly due to supply the Argyle mine, with its 35 million carats (7,000 kg) of diamonds per year, makes about one-third of global production of natrual diamonds;
80% of Argyle diamonds are brown. The percentage of brown diamonds is lower in other mines, but it is almost always a significant part of the total production. (342 words)

1.1 Attempt any eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read.
(i) What is the false belief about diamonds? (1)
(ii) Why were brown diamonds considered low in value? (1)
(iii) Who made brown diamonds popular? (1)
(iv) How is the value of a diamond decided? (1)
(v) Why are white diamonds considered more valuable? (1)
(vi) What names were given to brown diamonds by Le Vian? (1)
(vii) Name the brightest diamond known to mankind based on its shape and brightness. (1)
(viii) Where and when was the largest diamond mine discovered? (1)
(ix) How much of diamonds does the Argyle mine supply?

Question 2.
Read the passage given below.    (12 Marks)
1. The world we inhabit is abundant beyond our wildest imagination. There are trees, dreams, sunrises; there are thunderstorms, shadows, rivers; there are wars, flea bites, love affairs; there are the lives of people, Gods, entire galaxies. The social fabric of the world we inhabit has been divided and categorised under many different headings but the division on the basis of material wealth is the most glaring and common across all the nations.

2. It is a stark reality that the world can be divided into two slots — the haves and the have-nots, and also that all affluent cities are surrounded by slums. Just as a coin has two sides, every city has two faces — the bright, the well-lit and the illuminated world of the rich and the dark, dingy, depressing world of the poor. The poor people exist on the periphery, constantly yearning for the bright world, and the rich are dependent on them to keep their world well-scrubbed and spruced up.

3. It is not surprising that Delhi is poised on the brink of disaster. With five lakh people migrating to this metropolis every year, it is not difficult to see why the quality of life has deteriorated at such an alarming rate. The newspapers are full of crimes committed because of the breakdown of basic facilities and the corrosion of human values.

4. This brings us to slums — the alleged breeding grounds of most of Delhi’s problems. Over the years, the number of slums and unauthorised settlements has leapfrogged. There is hardly any residential colony in this city that is not hemmed in by them. Yet they too serve a purpose — they provide cheap labour and captive vote banks. The very people who turn up their noses at the dirt, disease and filth that festers in these areas, use these ‘breeding grounds’ as a pool for domestic servants that can be hired and fired at will and daily wage labourers who are grateful for any kind of employment. Even the children born in slums do not have a bright future. Their future becomes bleak and they are forced to work in order to help their families meet their daily needs. They live in acute poverty. Isn’t it about time we examined our own role and acknowledged our responsibility for the proliferation of these slums?

2.1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each.
(i) How can we categorise the world? (2)
(ii) How do the rich and the poor depend on each other? (2)
(iii) What has led Delhi to the brink of disaster? (2)
(iv) What purpose is served by the slums? (2)
(v) Why do the children, born in slums, not have a bright future? (2)

2.2 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following.
(i) The word in paragraph 1 which means the same as ‘classified’ is (1)
(ii) Choose the word most opposite in meaning to ‘dingy’ in Para 2. (1)
(iii) Which word in the paragraph 3 is a synonym of ‘calamity’ or ‘misfortune’? (1)
(iv) The word in the paragraph 4 which is opposite in meaning to the word ‘cheerful’ is (1)
(v) What does the phrase ‘breeding grounds’ in the last paragraph imply here?

Section (B)
Writing and Grammar  (30 Marks)

Question 3.  (8 Marks)
You are Nikul. Your best friend Priyansh/ Priya has fallen into bad company. He/ she misses school often to go out with friends or watch movies. You are very concerned. Make a diary entry to record your feelings about the same. You can take help from the given clues (100-150 words).
• Drifting away
• Fallen into bad company
• Lost interest in studies
• Must inform parents
Or
Write a descriptive paragraph in 100-150 words based on the visual clue given below.

Question 4.
Write the story in 150-200 words based on the visual given below and using your own creativity. Give an appropriate title to story. (10 Marks)

Or
Write a story in 150-200 words with the help of the following outline

Travelling by train – masked men – guns – cash – valuables – women – screamed in terror – dacoits – searching people – karate chop – neck – grabbed – gun – hands up – surrender -passengers helped – police – next station

Question 5.
Fill in any four of the blanks in the paragraph given below with the help of the options that follow. (1×4 = 4)
Reading is one of the best hobbies
(a) ……you can adopt
(b) …. not only helps you to pass your leisure time usefully
(c) …… keeps you well informed
(d) ……develop it
(e) ……reap success besides enjoying life,
(a) (i) that    (ii) if    (iii) so   (iv) when
(b) (i) that   (ii) if  (iii) Which  (iv) what
(c) (i) but    (ii) although  (iii) but also   (iv) that
(d) (i) If   (ii) Since   (iii) Because   (iv) so
(e) (i) to   (ii) if   (iii) for   (iv) as

Question 6.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error as well as the corrections as shown in example. Do any four.

Question 7.
Read the following conversation and complete the passage given below. Attempt any four. (1×4=4)
Sahir Can I go and play, father?
Father Have you finished your homework?
Sahir No father, but I can finish it afterwards.
Father No, my boy, you must do your work first.
Sahir asked his father (a)……His father asked him (b)…..Sahir replied that (c)…At this, his father (d)…..not to go to play and advised him that (e) …….

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks)  (30 Marks)

Question 8.
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.     (1×4 = 4)

Said the Duck, “As I sat on the rocks,
I have thought over that completely,
And I bought four pairs of worsted socks

Which fit my web-feet neatly.
(i) What was ‘that’ mentioned by the duck which it thought about while it sat on the rock?
(ii) Why did the duck buy these socks?
(iii) Whose feet do the ‘webbed feet’ refer to?
(iv) What were they both going to do?

Or
While Einstein was solving the most difficult problems in physics, his private life was unravelling. Albert had wanted to marry Mileva right after finishing his studies, but his mother was against it. She thought Mileva, who was three year older than her son, was too old for him. She was also bothered by Mileva’s intelligence. “She is a book like you”, his mother said. Einstein put the wedding off.
(i) Why did Einstein’s mother oppose his marriage with Mileva?
(ii) Why did Einstein put the wedding off?
(iii) Did Einstein and Mileva ultimately marry? Were they happy together?
(iv) What does ‘She is a book like you’ mean?

Question 9.
Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40 words each. (2×5 = 10)
(i) Describe the scene at the Bagmati river bank as mentioned in ‘Kathmandu’.
(ii) Where was the swallow going? Why did he decide not to go there?
(iii) What was Kezia’s father’s routine after coming back from office?
(iv) Is the snake harmless?
(v) Did the boy in ‘The lost child’ wait for the answer after pleading for sweets? Why?
(vi)Describe the lady’s reaction on whom the author ‘Bill Bryson’ dropped the soft drink in ‘Accidental Tourist’?

Question 10.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-150 words. (8)
What safety measures should Gerrard have ensured to avoid the situation he had caught in?
Or
Elaborate the poblems to be faced during course of willingness to change the system based on the chapter ‘My Childhood’.

Question 11.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-150 words. (8)
“Do you know, sir, that I did not chop one single stick of wood for you? She did it all. Why this saved me, why I changed, why I stopped drinking at the sight of her I cannot explain. I only know that, owing to her words and noble deeds, a change took place in my heart; she set me right.”
How did Olga save Lushkoff? What values of life does one learn when he/ she is being treated sympathetically?
Or
Grandfather is an animal lover. Whenever he comes across any attractive animal, he buys it at any cost. Do you think, it is advisable to keep a monkey like Toto as one of the pets in the house? Why or why not?

Answers.

Answer 1.

1. It is a false belief about diamonds that there exist only white colourless diamonds.
2. Brown diamonds were considered low in value because they were found in very large quantities. compared to the other coloured diamonds.
3. A famour man Le Vian made brown diamonds popular by his marketing compaign.
4. The value of a diamond is decided because of it shape, brightness and colour.
5. White diamonds are considered more valuable because they are rare; their value is based on the fact that there are not many white diamonds around.
6. Le Vian gave brown diamonds popular name like caramel, chocolate, cinnamon and cognac.
7. A brown diamond or chocolate diamond is the brighest diamond known to mankind on its shape and brightness.
8. The largest diamond mine was discovered in 1976 in the desert of Australia near a little creek named lake Argyle.
9. The Argyle mine supply 35 million carats (7000 kg) of diamonds per year which is about one-third of global production of natural diamonds.

Answer 2.
2.1
(i) The world can be categorised into two slots — the haves and the have-nots. Just as a coin has two sides, every city has two faces — the bright, the well-lit and the illuminated world of the rich and the dark, dingy and depressing world of the poor.
(ii) The poor people constantly yearning for the bright world depend on the rich for their survival and means of earning, while the rich are dependent on the poor to keep their world well-scrubbed and spruced up by working as domestic servants for the rich.
(iii) The migration of a large number of people to Delhi has led Delhi to the brink of disaster. This ever increasing migration has deteriorated the quality of city life at an alarming rate by giving rise to a lot of criminal activities.
(iv) Slums provide cheap labour and captive vote banks. The people living in slums are hired as domestic sen/ants and daily wage labourers by the city people.
(v) Children born in slums not have a bright future because living in acute poverty, slum children are forced to work in order to help their families to meet their daily needs.

2.2
(i) ‘categorised’
(ii) neat
(iii)‘bleak’
(iv) The word is‘disaster’.
(v) The phrase ‘breeding grounds’ means places or environments suitable for the development of problems.

Answer 3.
Thursday, 22nd September, 2OXX
8:30 PM
Dear Diary
1 am both worried as well as sad today. Priyansh, whom I had always considered to be my « best friend, is gradually drifting away from me. He has fallen into the company of some local goons who are diverting him towards activities not suitable for a normal person of his age. Obviously, he is losing interest in studies. Any sane advice appears to be criticism to him. He considers me to be his enemy now. I don’t wish to let him down before his parents. but I can’t keep things disguised for long from them. Tomorrow I’ll talk to his parents and inform them about everything. It will be helpful to them also to save him before the situation becomes out of their control. As they hope that Priyansh will make them proud. I know that proper counselling will help him to focus on study and to leave that bad company.
I hope everything becomes fine once again.
Nikul

Or

Albert Einstein is considered to be one of the greatest scientist and geniuses of all time. He was born in Germany in 1879, to a Jewish family. His father was an engineer and a salesman. Einstein wasn’t a very bright student. He even had problems with his speech. He was the one who discovered the scientific formula ‘E = me2’ which stands for energy and mass. He won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1921 for his work in Physics. He played important role in the making of the Atomic Bomb that helped to put an end to World War II. Albert Einstein died of internal bleeding on 17th April, 1955, aged 76, which was marked with headlines around the world. But his story did not end there-his brain was removed by the pathologist to try to understand what made him so intelligent.

Answer 4.
A woman had a pet mongoose. It was very faithful and never harmed anyone in the family. One day when the woman had to go to the market, she left her baby in the care of the mongoose. The mongoose kept an eye on the baby and did not leave it alone. At that time a huge cobra entered the house. It was going towards the baby. The mongoose was alert and fought a long and fierce battle with the cobra. Though it was tired, it fought relentlessly so that no harm came to the child. In the end, the mongoose was able to kill the cobra. When the woman came back, she saw the mongoose lying at the entrance. She noticed its blood covered mouth. She could not see the baby as it was sleeping peacefully in the next room. The woman, in her haste, presumed that the mongoose had killed her baby. She did not bother to go inside and look for her child. In a sudden fit of anger, she hit the mongoose with a flower pot and it died. Suddenly, the baby started crying. When she went inside, she saw a dead cobra lying on the floor. She realised her mistake but it was too late. She had killed the saviour of her child in a hurry. The proverb ‘haste makes waste’ is applicable here.

Or

I was travelling by train. Suddenly three masked men with guns entered our compartment, shouting at us to hand over our cash and valuables. One woman in the berth below mine screamed in terror. One of the dacoits moved towards us threateningly. He pointed his gun at me and said, “Is this woman with you?”I answered, “No, she is not with me.”
He replied, “Keep her quiet while we are here, otherwise you will be shot.”
I answered, “Then let me come down, so that I can control her.”The dacoit allowed me to come down and started searching other people in the compartment. As soonas his back was turned, I hit him a karate chop on his neck and he became unconscious. Fortunately, he did not know that I was a black belt holder in karate. The moment he fell down, I grabbed his gun and held it to his forehead, shouting at the other two, “Surrender, or I will shoot your companion dead.”The two dacoits put down their guns and held their hands up in surrender. The passengers helped me to tie them up and we handed them over to the police at the next station.

Answer 5.
(a) (i) that
(b) (ii) It
(c) (iii) but also
(d) (iv) So
(e) (i) to

Answer 6.

Answer 7.
(a) if he could go and play
(b) if he had finished his homework
(c) he had not, but he could finish that afterwards .
(d) affectionately told him
(e) he must do his work first.

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks)

Answer 8.
(i) The duck, while sitting on the rock, thought about how to solve the problem of Kangaroo’s getting cold by’her wet and cold feet.
(ii) The duck bought these socks to protect the kangaroo from getting cold.
(iii) The ‘webbed feet’ refer to the duck’s feet.
(iv) They both were going together around the world three times with the duck sitting at the end of the Kangaroo’s tail.

Or

(i) Einstein’s mother opposed the marriage because Mileva was three year older than him and also very intelligent. ’
(ii) Einstein put the wedding off because his mother was against the marriage.
(iii) Ultimately Einstein and Mileva married. But their married life was not happy and they divorced after a few years.
(iv) It means that she is also studious and intelligent like Einstein.

Answer 9.

1. Many activities were going on at the Bagmati river banks. A corpse was being cremated. The washerwomen were washing clothes and children were bathing in the river.
2. The swallow was going to Egypt to join his friends. He decided not to go there and became the Happy Prince’s messenger as the Prince was very sad.
3. After coming back from his office, Kezia’s father ordered for tea to be brought into the drawing room. He also asked Kezia’s mother to bring the newspaper and his slippers, and asked Kezia to remove his boots.
4. Yes, the snake is harmless. We know this because of the line given in the poem ‘Small and green he is harmless even to the children’.
5. No, the boy in The Lost Child’ didn’t wait for an answer after pleading for sweets because he knew that his parents would say that he was greedy and would refuse to buy the sweets.
6. In the story ‘Accidental Tourist’, the author ‘Bill Bryson’ dropped the soft drink twice on the lady and that made her shocked and angry. She uttered swear words which he had never heard in public before.

Answer 10.
Gerrard who lived in an isolated place, caught in a difficult situation. When he was talking over the phone, an intruder (a criminal) with bad intentions came into his room with a gun in his hand. The intruder wanted to kill him and take his idendity because he was chased by the police for killing a cop.It can easily be inferred from the depicted situation that his house was not secure enough and any one could break into. To avoid such unwanted situation Gerrard must have ensured certain safety measures like living in a place full of movement rather than an isolated one. A neighbour or friend is always helpful in such situations. He should keep some safety weapon for an emergency or employ a security guard.For the safety and security of the house. We all should know including Gerrard that safety and security comes first so one should never put it at stake.

Or

Every society has a system which forms its basis of the operations. It consists some rules, regulations, ethics arid principles which need to be followed by its member. The system which is highlighted in the chapter ‘My childhood’ is differentiated on the basis of religion. It occurs„due to the narrow-mindedness and develops as feeling of social inequality and communal intolerance among communities and religions.

As depicted in the chapter, a Brahmin lady refused to serve kalam because she thought that purity of her kitchen would be spoilt. But the husband of the lady, a science teacher served him with his own hands and sat down beside him to have his meal. Next time the lady herself served the food to him and took him to her kitchen.

It proves that if one is determined to face problems and change the system, one will succeed. Though it is a time-taking process but one should be ready to accept the changes for the betterment of his society as Kalam’s science teacher.

Answer 11.
After two years, when Sergei met Lushkoff, he told Sergei that Olga had saved him. She had scolded and abused him. She would also look into his face and weep. Then she would chop the wood for him. She had changed his heart. The change was all due to her words and noble deeds. She used to do all his work and criticised him severely. She also cried looking at his miserable condition. Seeing all this, the begger, Lushkoff mended his ways and stopped drinking. Through this way Olga had saved the life of Lushkoff.
I feel that if, a liar or a criminal is treated sympathetically, it will definitely bring a change of heart in the person, as Olga’s noble deeds brought about a change in Lushkoff’s heart. Her motherly love, harsh words and kind deeds made him a good man again.

Or

As described in the chapter ‘The Adventures of Toto’, the grandfather had a feeling for animals. He had his private zoo where he kept a variety of pets including rabbit, squirrel, tortoise, goat, donkey and a monkey named Toto. Toto was a nuisance in the house. He sometimes tore curtains, clothes, scratched wallpaper and even broke dishes by throwing them. He always tried to create problems for other animals. Though it is good to show your love in animals yet to have a pet like Toto is not advisable. Such an animal may harm the children or even elders of the family and may break some precious and costly items around him. Moreover, animals remain happy in their natural surroundings and to keep them captive is inhuman. We must not keep or catch them for our selfish motives.
It is thus, suggested to keep animals in their natural habitat and not confine them as pets for our emotional needs.

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Board	CBSE
Class	IX
Subject	English Language and Literature
Sample Paper Set	Paper 3
Category	CBSE Sample Papers

Students who are going to appear for CBSE Class 9 Examinations are advised to practice the CBSE sample papers given here which is designed as per the latest Syllabus and marking scheme as prescribed by the CBSE is given here. Paper 3 of Solved CBSE Sample Papers for Class 9 English Language and Literature is given below with free PDF download solutions.

Time : 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

General Instruction:

1. This question paper is divided into three sections.
   • Section A: Reading                 20 Marks
   • Section B: Writing and Grammar  30 Marks
   • Section C: Literature (Textbooks)  30 marks
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. All the questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

 Section (A)
Reading (20 Marks)

Questions.

Question 1.
Read the passage given below.  (8 Marks)
1. Organic farming was being practised in India years ago till the British ruled it. In traditional India, agriculture was practised using organic techniques, where the fertilisers, pesticides etc were obtained from plant and animal products. Organic farming was the backbone of the Indian economy. Ploughing was done by bullocks and cow dung was being used as manure.

2. During the 1950s and 1960s, the ever increasing population of India and several natural calamities led to a severe food crisis. As a result, the government was forced to import foodgrains from foreign countries. To increase food security, the government had to increase food production. Several hectares of land were brought under cultivation. Hybrid seeds were introduced. Natural and organic fertilisers were replaced by chemical fertilisers and locally made pesticides were replaced by chemical pesticides. As time went by, extensive dependence on chemical farming has led to loss of land fertility. Pests are becoming immune, requiring the farmers to use stronger and costlier pesticides. Due to increased cost of farming, farmers are falling into the trap of moneylenders, who are exploiting them no end and forcing many to commit suicide. Both consumers and farmers are now gradually shifting back to organic farming in India. It is believed by many that organic farming is healthier. Consumers are willing to pay higher prices for the same. Many farmers in India are shifting to organic farming due to the domestic and international demand for organic food.

1.1 Attempt any eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read.
(i) Where were the fertilisers, pesticides etc obtained from in traditional India ? (1)
(ii) What were the uses of Bullocks and cow dung in traditional India? (1)
(iii) Why was the government forced to import foodgrains from foreign countries? (1)
(iv) What has increased the cost of farming? (1)
(v) Why do farmers commit suicide? (1)
(vi) What was the reason behind rejection of Indian food consignments by foreign countries? (1)
(vii) How much land is under organic farming and how many organic farms are there in India? (1)
(viii) What could be a healthier and better alternative to chemical farming? (1)
(ix) What led to severe food crisis in India during 1950s and 1960s.

Question 2.
Read the passage given below. (12)
1. It is well known now that addressing the problem of climate change requires lifestyle changes. Some solutions might be difficult but others are not so. Consider handicrafts for instance. A range of jute products – handbags, office bags, table cloth and decorative wall hangings can replace many utility and decorative pieces produced in factories. Utility and decorative items made by skilled artisans using bamboo, different kinds of grass and leaves are equally graceful and artistic.

2. Most states in India have hundreds of such biodegradable handicraft items. The classic Odishi paintings from Odisha, the delicate woodwork of Bastar, the bamboo products from the North-East, the fine metal work from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka,
Terracotta and Kalighat paintings from West Bengal, the Chikankari work of Uttar Pradesh, the Madhubani paintings from Bihar, miniature paintings from Bundi, the Batua craft of Bhopal and the Kangra paintings from Himachal Pradesh are some examples of India’s thriving craft traditions. Such a rich legacy notwithstanding,
India’s share in global handicraft market is only 2 percent. The country’s Export Promotion Council is alive to such concerns. It has pegged the handicrafts export target at 25000 crore per annum by 2018. On the face of it, the target does not seem unrealistic.

3. Eco-friendly products are regarded savvy in the West and the developed world. This could work to the benefit of India’s more than five million artisans provided we have the right policy. But nurturing age-old skill amid commercialisation might not be easy. Selling handicrafts is easy but preserving the age-old skill is difficult. History is testimony to the fact that mass production is inimical to the artisan’s skill.

4. The market too demands diversity. But in the mad rush to produce for the market, the
artisan does not get the time and support for quality and innovation. The design of mass produced items has been watered down or averaged to a level where idiosyncrasy has almost disappeared, and often is not valued. Artisanal production is contingent on moment by moment decisions, on innovations. In modern times, this has given way to rules, standards and procedures. So, a number of artisans have lost the ability to create unique pieces in response to varying needs. The government must identify senior artisans and give them the wherewithal and the time to bring innovation. (382 words)

2.1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each. (2×4 = 8)
(i) What is the key message given through the passage? (2)
(ii) Name some traditional works of India from different states mentioned in the passage. (2)
(iii) What is the problem faced by the artisans? (2)
(iv) What is the solution to this problem? (2)
(v) What is a well known fact according to the passage? (2)

2.2. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following. (1×4 = 4)
(i) Which word in paragraph 1 means the same as ‘decorative pieces made by hand’? (1)
(ii) Which word in paragraph 1 is the synonym of ‘elegant’? (1)
(iii) Which word in paragraph 2 is the opposite meaning word of ‘Unfashionable’? (1)
(iv) Find out the antonym of ‘Uniformity’ as used in paragraph 3. (1)
(v) Choose the word which is the most similar in meaning of the word ‘graceful’ as used in paragraph 1. (1)

Section (B)
Writing and Grammar (30 Marks)

Question 3.
You are Ritika/Ritvik of class IX-B. You went to attend the birthday party of your friend Mohit at his home. The party was well organised and arrangements were superb. Look at the visual and write your impression of the party in the form of a diary entry in 100-150 words. (8)

• Party at home                               • Music playing in party hall • Cake on Mohit’s face                     • Enjoyed good feast

Or

Summer season is approaching and with it, power cuts are increasing. These are making life difficult, especially at night, when the heat becomes unbearable. Write an article in 100 – 150 words on how privatisation of electricity distribution can help, based on the hints given below and your own ideas.

• Only solution to electricity woes is privatisation of distribution
• Improved electricity distribution
• Less power cuts
• Electricity theft and waste reduced / prevented
• Efficient billing and better system of working

Question 4.
Using the following hints, develop a short story in 150-200 words. (10)

A stormy night — a traveller reaches a dharmshala — door locked —knocks — keeper says he has no key—asks if the traveller has a silver key—traveller pushes a rupee under the door — admitted — asks keeper to bring in his box — traveller shuts the door — keeper knocks — traveller asks for the silver key — his rupee returned — the door opened

Or

Complete the story it in 150-200 words which begins as the following.
“I got up in the middle of the night. It was quite sultry”

Question 5.
Fill in any four of the blanks in a paragrah given below with the help of options that follow. (1×4 = 4)
The first test tube baby turtle (a) ….. last month in California. The story began (b)…. a broken turtle egg was found on the seashore. Scientists now (c) ……. to work carefully (d) …….. bringing (e) …… the baby turtle.
(a) (i) was born    (ii) has been born      (iii) born    (iv) has born
(b) (i) after    (ii) when (iii) before   (iv) since
(c) (i) had to  (ii) have to (iii) have got  (iv) want
(d) (i) to  (ii) for (iii) since   (iv) in
(e) (i) in (ii) up (iii) out   (iv) on

Question 6.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error as well as the correction as shown in the example. Dd\any four. (1/2 x 8 = 4)

Question 7.
Read the following conversation and complete the passage given below. Attempt any four. (1×4 = 4)
Coach Are you ready for the competition?
Rahul I am ready to beat the best swimmer in this region.
Coach I expect you to qualify for the nationals.
Rahul I promise to put in my best.
Coach May you get success!
Rahul Thank you Sir!

The coach asked Rahul (a) …. Rahul replied that he was ready to beat the best swimmer in that region. The coach told Rahul (b)…. to qualify for the nationals. Rahul promised (c) ….The coach blessed him that (d) …. Rahul respectfully
(e) …..

Section (C)
Literature (Textbooks)   (30 Marks)

Question 8.
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. (1×4 = 4)

Where they harness the swift reindeer
To the sledges, when it snows;
And the children look like bear’s cubs
In their funny, furry clothes:

(i) Where do the people harness the swift reindeer?
(ii) How do the children look like and why?
(iii) Who visited the little woman in the poem?
(iv) What is a legend? Why is this poem called a legend?

Or

“Given time. I’m sure he could have tied the torn pieces of your blazer into a rope, and made his escape from the window!”
(i) who is speaking these words to whom in the aboce extract?
(ii) who is referred to as ‘he’ in this extract?
(iii) Find a word from the extract which means the same as ‘school uniform jacket or coat’.
(iv) What does it reflect: ” Given Time ….. from the window”?

Question 9.
Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40 words each. (2×5 = 10)
(i) How did the doctor escape from the snake’s grip?
(ii) What harm does the wind do when it blows hard?
(iii) How does Gerrard convince the intruder to follow his plan and he would be ‘safe’? How had the teeth and gums of Bill Bryson got blue?
(iv) Why did the servants of the king catch the disciple?
(V) Describe the feeling of separation when Bruno and the narrator’s wife separated.

Question 10.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-150 words. (8)
“If you work hard and know where you’re going, you’ll get there”, says Evelyn Glennie.
Do you think she worked hard? Taking the moral lesson from the above sentence spoken by Evelyn, write your views on ‘No pains, no gains’.
Or
In the poem, A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal’, something happens between the first stanza and the second. Some transition has occurred that is not explicitly stated but is meant to be understood while reading the poem. What is this transition and what values does this bring out in the author?

Question 11.
Answer any one of the following questions in 100-150 words. (8)
“Building up of a story is a skillful art”, elaborate the statement taking clue from the chapter ‘Iswaran the story teller’.
Or
What can the author Bill Bryson be assumed to be suffering from? Bring out your suggestions to make him act normally.

Answers.

Answer 1.
(i) In traditional India, the fertilisers and pesticides were obtained from plant and animal products.
(ii) In traditional India, Bullocks used to plough and cow dung was used in place of manure.
(iii) The government was forced to import foodgrains due to the ever increasing population and several natural calamities that had led to a severe food crisis.
(iv) The need of stronger and costlier fertilisers and pesticides has increased the cost of farming.
(v) Due to increased cost of farming, farmers fall into the trap of moneylenders who exploit them to end, forcing them to commit suicide.
(vi) Stringent standards for non-organic food in the European and US markets have led to rejection of many Indian food consignments in the past.
(vii) More than 2.5 million hectares of land is under organic farming and there are over 15000 organic farms in India.
(viii) Organic farming is a healthier and better alternative to chemical farming.
(ix) Increasing population and several natural calamities led to severe food crisis in India during 1950s and 1960s.

Answer 2.
2.1
(i) The key message given through the passage is the grim situation of artisans in India. People usually buy the readymade decorative pieces produced in factories whereas the traditional crafts from different states of India can replace them. Preserving the age-old skill is a big task. Artisans are losing the ability to create unique pieces in response to varying needs.
(ii) Some traditional works mentioned in the passage are the classic Odishi paintings from Odisha, the delicate woodwork of Bastar, the Bamboo products from the North-East, the fine metal work from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Terracotta and Kalighat paintings from West Bengal, the Chikankari work of Uttar Pradesh, the Madhubani paintings from Bihar, miniature paintings from Bundi and many others.
(iii) The problem faced by the artisans is that the market demands diversity. But, in a mad rush to produce for the market, the artisan does not get the time and support for quality and innovation. Due to this, many artisans have lost the ability to create unique pieces in response to varying needs.
(iv) The solution to this could be that the government can identify senior artisans and give them the resources and the time to bring about innovation. The mad rush has to be stopped in order to improve skills.
(v) According to the passage, ‘addressing the problem of climate change requires life style change’ is a well known fact.

2.2
(i) The word is‘handicrafts’.
(ii) The word is‘graceful’.
(iii) savvy
(iv) diversity
(v) elegant

Answer 3.
Sunday, 17th October, 2OXX
10:30 pm
Dear Diary
What a grand celebration it was! How we all enjoyed Mohit’s birthday today! When I went to his home, music was playing in the party hall. Mohit and his parents were extremely happy to see me! Many of our common friends had already arrived. How happy everyone appeared!
What a dazzling outfit Mohit was wearing! Mohit’s father bought him a lovely cake which • has his childhood picture. One of my friend and I put on the cake on Mohit’s face and had a joyful day.
We all wished Mohit ‘Happy Birthday’. The stage was then set for dancing. Everyone » present swayed to the magic of music and all of us danced with Mohit. After this, we all enjoyed a good feast. I can never forget this great day I It was one of the most thrilling day in my life time!
Ritvik

Or

Privatisation of Electricity Distribution is Necessary
by Amita, Class IX-A

Frequent power cuts are due to faulty planning, faulty distribution systems and massive power theft due to incompetence and corruption in the government agencies distributing electric power. The only solution to electricity woes is privatisation of distribution. Privatisation will ensure proper distribution of electricity due to the private players ensuring that there are no power thefts due to unauthorised connections. Private players work with a motive of profit and thus will not allow power thieves to go scot-free. This will ensure adequate power being available to authorised consumers, reducing power cuts drastically. Power companies will ensure that less power is wasted, as power wasted will be a total loss for them. They will also ensure efficient billing and better overall working of the electricity distribution system. They have money and power in their hand to impose a heavy fine on someone who will have been caught in electricity theft. Even people understand it very well that government will not interfere in their matter after the privatisation of electricity distribution because they, will also get a huge amount of tender in respect of privatisation.

Answer 4.
Once, on a stormy night, a traveller went to a dharmshala to seek shelter. He was highly disappointed to find the door locked. When he knocked at the door, the keeper of the dharmshala called out from inside, “I am sorry, I cannot open the door because I have lost the key. However, the door can be unlocked with a silver key. Do you have a silver key?” The traveller, who was quite intelligent, got the hint and pushed a rupee coin under the door. The keeper opened the door and let him in.

As soon as the traveller got inside, he said to the keeper, “I have left my box outside, please bring it”. The moment the keeper stepped outside, the traveller shut the door and locked it. ,
“What is this joke? Please open the door immediately”, shouted the keeper from outside.
“It is not a joke”, answered the traveller. “I am sorry, I have lost the key. The door can be opened only with a silver key.”

The keeper had to push the silver coin under the door. Thus, the traveller got his rupee back before he let the dishonest man in.

Or

I got up in the middle of the night. It was quite sultry and I was sweating. I switched on the light only to find that there was no electricity. I came out in my balcony to get some fresh air. It was quite breezy and pleasant. Suddenly, I heard a shriek coming from our owner’s house. As it was dark, I was confused about what to do. I tried to locate my torch and looked at my neighbour’s house. I could see two people who were holding my neighbour at gunpoint. His wife was crying and shrieking. I stepped inside my room and thought about what to do next. At that moment I heard the sound of a car driven by someone. It was a police car on patrol. I rang the emergency number on my mobile and signalled in the direction of my neighbour’s house to the driver of the patrol car. The miscreants were shocked to see the sudden arrival of the police. They tried to escape but the policemen caught them. I heaved a sign of relief. Suddenly, the electricity returned. The old couple saw me and thanked me for my presence of mind in alertirlg the police.

Answer 5.
(a) (i) was born
(b) (ii) when
(c) (iii) have got
(d) (iv) in
(e) (iv) Up

Answer 6.

Answer 7.
(a) if he was ready for the competition
(b) that he expected him
(c) to put in his best
(d) he might get success.
(e) expressed his gratitude by thanking his coach.

Section {C} Literature (Textbooks)

Answer 8.
(i) People harness the swift reindeer in the Northland.
(ii) The children of the Northland look like bear’s cubs because they wear funny, furry dresses.
(iii) Saint Peter visited the little woman in the poem.
(iv) A legend is an old traditional and popular story usually with a moral. This poem is a ‘curious’ and conventional story narrated to the children of the Northland. This poem is called a ‘legend’ because it preaches kindness towards our fellow beings.

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(i) The grandfather of the author is speaking to the author.
(ii) The person referred to as ‘he’ is Toto, a monkey.
(iii) The word is ‘blazer’
(iv) This line indiactes that Toto was so intelligrnt that with the passage of time, he would have made a lot of innovative ways to amuse the person.

Answer 9.
(i) When the snake coiled around the doctor’s left arm, he remained perfectly still. The snake, seeing its reflection in the mirror, uncoiled itself and moved towards the mirror. The doctor slowly got up and ran out of the room, thus escaping the snake’s grip.
(ii) Many times the wind blows very hard. Sometimes, it breaks the glasses or shutters of the windows. It can also scatter the papers all around or bring down the bookshelf or uproot the trees.
(iii) Gerrard tells the intruder that he himself is a criminal who is planning to run away the same night and the intruder can accompany him in the car. If he finds that he is being deceived, he can take both the car and gun. This convinces the intruder.
(iv) The teeth and gums of the Bill Bryson had got blue as he sucked the other end of a pen while writing. It resulted in leakage of the ink from the pen which coloured his teeth and gums blue.
(V) The merchant who was to be executed on the stake was too thin. On the king’s instructions, his servants looked for a fat man fit for the stake. The disciple had become fat due to overeating and was found fit for the stake. Thus, the servants caught him.
(V) Bruno and the narrator’s wife were very close to each other and shared a bond of love. When they got separated, both of them felt very sad, worried and didn’t eat for a few days. The separation was too painful for both of them.

Answer 10.
Yes, Evelyn Glennie really worked very hard in her life. She was a deaf but never felt regreted for this. She was determined to achieve her goal as she wanted to be a musician. For her efforts, she was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Prestigious Soloist of the Year Award in 1991. So, it can be said that only those who work hard get glory and success in life. Nothing great can be achieved without efforts. God also appreciates those who labour hard. Students can never succeed with flying colours unless they have really worked hard throughout the year. Farmers cannot reap a rich harvest without putting in their utmost efforts while working in the fields. Prosperous businessmen have to work hard to earn more profits. Let us all remember that life never offers a ‘free lunch’ and that there are ‘no gains’ in life without pains.

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In the first stanza, the author admits that he was in a trance so that he does not fear the death of one’s near and dear ones. Between the first and the second stanza, some transition occurs which is not explicitly stated but it appears that a person very close to the poet has actually passed away. The narrator then reacts to her death by saying that her eternal absence has in fact become an eternal presence. This brings out the value in the author that he is able to accept her death as a fact of life and will be able to live without her. He consoles himself by saying that she is still alive in nature and is beyond life’s and trials. Such thoughts gives him a peace of mind. In the end,he realises that death makes the end of all fears as earthly years and usual fears seem to have no effect on his beloved.

Answer 11.
Story building is a skillful art and a story-teller should have good oratorical skills. He should know how to build up suspense in his stories so that the listeners can keep their interest in it. The story-teller should vary the tone of his voice according to the situations, he creates in his story. A good sense of humour is also an assest which he can use to make his stories enjoyable and interesting. He can use dramatic gestures to make his stories sound realistic.
Iswaran always prepared the ground by looking something special for the spirits besides giving background information like the site being a graveyard earlier, etc. To build suspence, they would also stop abruptly to complete his daily chores. On resuming, he would describe in such a way as if it was being telecast live. In between, he would also enact certain episodes to make his story look absolutely true. He was an excellent story-teller supports the view that story building is a skillful art.

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It can be inferred after reading the incidents in the story that Bill Bryson was suffering from forgetfulness and social anxiety. At a social gathering or event, he found himself victimised and alone. He was low on confidence and due to his inferiority complex, he got frustrated in the end. He became a centre of joke and people laughed at him all the times.
This can be proved as the incidents, where he committed blunders, happened when either he was travelling or he was in other’s company. For example, he ended up being at the wrong place while searching for the washroom at a cinema hall or forgot his room members while staying at different hotels. Once he dropped soft drink on a fellow passengers when he was travelling in an aeroplane.
He also got his teeth, lips and chin coloured blue for he was sucking the other end of the pen. He can act normally provided he learns to stay calm and for that he must try yoga, deep breathing and meditation, He should considers other as normal human beings and should n’t afraid of them. He also needs to be careful while eating and drinking in public. Last but not the least, he must have firm faith in himself to overcome his inferiority complex and social anxiety.

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