MP Board Class 9th English Ardhvaarshik Paper 2023-24 PDF Download
MP Board Class 9th English Ardhvaarshik Paper 2023-24 PDF Download :-
Class 9th English Ardhvaarshik Paper 2023-24 PDF Download :-
Half Yearly Exam 2023-24
Class-IX
Subject-English
Time 3:00 Hours Max. Marks : 75
Instructions :
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Marks are indicated in front of each question.
SECTION-A (READING)
Q-1 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1×5=5)
There seems to be a general opinion in this country that Sardar Patel was
slightly of harsh and rough temperament. Men called him the ‘Iron man of India’.
He was no doubt, an iron man in the sense that one could rely on him for strict
and efficient administration. But as a man,to those who had the good fortune of
coming into close contact with him, he was kind and considerate. At time, he
even became emotional where his personal friends and followers were
concerned.How- ever,it goes without saying that the Sardar Patel had the great
skill for organizing affairs. He knew the way of picking people and putting them.
in their proper place. Once he judged a man and found him correct, he trusted
him fully and got him to do anything he wanted.
Question:
(i) Sardar Patel was called------------ of India.
(a) diamond. (b) iron man (c) steel man (d) all of these
(ii) Sardar Patel had the great skill for------
(a) making (b) keeping (c) organising (d) all of these
(iii) Which of these is the opposite of the word ‘rough’?
(a) harsh (b) solid (c) smooth (d) kind
(iv) One could rely on him for strict and efficient:
(a) treatment (b) work (c) administration (d) arrangement
(v) Find out the word from the passage which means-‘luck’
Q-2 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1×5=5)
Helen Keller lost her eye-sight and hearing at the age of two because of an
illness. She be-came deaf. She also lost the ability to speak, for we learn to.
speak by imitating what we hear. At first, it seemed impossible that she would
never understand other’s or be understood by them. Hers was thus a lonely
world. But she was helped by a wonderful teacher named Miss Sullivan who
had herself been blind as a child but recovered her eye-sight by an operation.
Miss Sullivan volun- teered to help Helen and taught her to speak , read and
write.Helen later went to a university and gained a degree.She then spent the
rest of her life working to help the blind and the deaf.
Question :
(i) We learn to speak---
(a) by reading (b) by writing (c) by imitating (d) all of these
(ii) Miss Sullivan helped Helen to------------
(a) speak. (b) write (c) read (d) all of these
(iii) Who was Helen’s teacher?
(a) Mary. (b) her mother. (c) Miss Sullivan. (d) Her father
(iv) When did Helen Keller lose her eye-sight and hearing?
(a) at birth (b) at the age of two (c) at the age of four
(v) Which word in the passage means ‘One who is not able to see’?
(a) deaf (b) sight (c) blind
SECTION- B (WRITING)
Q.3 Read the following passage and make notes on it and also give a suitable title to it. (4)
There are many different kinds of musical instruments. They are divided into
three main classes according to the way they are played. For example , some
instruments are played by blow-ing air into them. These are called wind
instruments. In some of these the air is made to vibrate inside a wooden tube
and these are said to be of the woodwind family. The examples of this family are
the flute, the clarinet and the bassoon. Other instruments are made of brass: the
trumpet and the horn are examples. There are also various other wind
instruments such as the mouth organ and the bagpipes. Some instruments are
played by banging or striking them. One obvious example is the drum, of which.
there are various kinds. Instruments like this are called percussion instruments.
Q.4 You are Nishi Kaurav studying in Govt Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Morena (4)
Write an appli-cation to your principal for School Leaving Certificate.
OR
You are Aarav Parihar residing at N/32 Nehru Colony, Devas. Write a letter to
your father requesting him to send you Rs. 500 for purchasing some books.
Q.5 Write an essay on the any one of the following topic (5)
(a) An Indian Festival (b) Wonders of Science
(c) Importance of Trees (d) My Hobby
Q.6 On the basis of the picture given below, describe how we can keep ourselves fit (3)
and healthy? (In about 75 words)
SECTION-C (GRAMMAR)
Q-7 Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternative given in the brackets.(any five).(1×5=5)
(i) _______ Sun rises in the East. (a/an/the)
(ii) I didn’t buy ____ mangoes. (some/any)
(iii) He is ______ engineer. (a/an/the)
(iv) We _____to watch the movie yesterday. (go/went)
(v) There is not _____ water in the pool. (much/many
(vi) They ____ completed their work. (has/have)
Q.8 Do as directed (any five) (1×5=5)
(i) your pen? / Can / give me / you
(Rearrange the jumbled words into a meaningful sentence)
(ii) He worked very hard. He could not pass the exam
(Combine the sentence using ‘but’)
(iii) Ankit played Hockey (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(iv) Rohan speaks English. (Change the sentence into negative)
(v) They walked in the dark. (Change the sentence into Past Continuous Tense)
(vi) Ajay is ill. He has not come to school today. (Combine the sentences usi
SECTION-D (LITERATURE)
Q.9 Answer the following questions. (1×4=4)
(i) Where did Tommy find the book?
(a) in the library (b) in Margie’s house
(c) in his house (d) in his friend’s house
(ii) We can make friends with wind, if we are______.
(a) true (b) honest
(c) respectful (d) strong
(iii) What did the grandmother give to Kezia when she was sobbing?
(a) a clean hanky (b) a chocolate
(c) an ice-cream (d) a toy
(iv) Who is the author of the lesson “My Childhood”?
(a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Katherine Mansfield
(c) Isaac Asimav (d) Deborah Cowley
Q.10 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below- (1×3=3)
At the age of 14, Bismillah accompanied his uncle to the Allahabad Music Conference.
At the end of his recital, Ustad Faiyaz Khan patted the young boy’s back and said,
“Work hard and you shall make it.” With the opening of the All India Radio in Lucknow
in 1938 came Bismillahs big break.He soon became an often-heard shehnai player on
radio.
Question :
(i) At what age did Bismillah accompany his uncle to the Allahabad Music Conference?
(a) at 15 (b) at 17 (c) at 14 (d) at 18
(ii) When did Faiyaz Khan praise Bismillah Khan?
(a) in the beginning of his recital
(b) at the end of his recital
(c) during the recital
(d) not at all.
(iii) Which instrument did Bismillah Khan play?
(a) Violin (b) Flute (c) Sitar (d) Shehnai
(B) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below- (1×3=3)
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And locked down once as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth
Question :
(i) What does ‘yellow wood’ mean?
(a) spring (b) autumn (c) winter
(ii) Why was the traveller feeling sorry?
(a) because he could not travel
(b) because he could not travel both the roads
(c) because he could travel
(iii) From which poem the above lines have been taken?
(a) Wind (b) The Road Not Taken (c) Rain on the Roof
Q.11 Anwer the following questions (any 6) (2×6=12)
(i) What is a tele book?
(ii) Where did Bismillah khan get his big break?
(iii) Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
(iv) Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?
(v) Where was Abdul Kalam’s house?
(vi) How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
(vii) What did Margie write in her diary?
Q.12 Answer the following questions in about 30 words- (any 2) (2×2=4)
(i) What should we do to make friends with the wind?
(ii) Where does the traveller find himself?
(iii) What is the single major memory that comes to the poet?
Q.13 Answer the following questions in about 30 words- (any2) (2×2=4)
(i) In the fair the child wants many things. What are they?
(ii) What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of
Fools?
(iii) Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress?
Q.14 Answer the following question in about 75 words- (3)
Why does the world remember Einstein as a “world citizen”?
OR
Why did Abdul Kalam want to leave Rameswaram? What did his father say to this?
What do you think his words mean?
Q.15 Write the central idea of the poem ‘Rain on the Roof.’ (3)
OR
What are the things the wind does in the poem? What does the poet say to the wind
god winnows?
Q.16 What are the Guru’s words of wisdom? When does the disciple remember them? (3)
OR
What are the precious things mentioned in the story ‘The Happy Prince’? Why are they
precious?
(i) What should we do to make friends with the wind?
(ii) Where does the traveller find himself?
(iii) What is the single major memory that comes to the poet?
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