MP Board Class 9th English Ardhvaarshik Paper 2024-25 PDF Download
MP Board Class 9th English Ardhvaarshik Paper 2024-25 PDF Download :-
Class 9th English Half Yearly Paper 2024-25 PDF Download:-
Half Yearly Examination – 2024-25
Class – 9th
Subject – English
Time : 3:00 Hours. Marks : 75 __________________________________________________
Instructions :
(1) All questions are compulsory.
SECTION - A (Reading)
Q.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below - (1×5=5)
Once Mahatma Gandhi’s father bought him the book “Shravana Pitribhakti Natak”. He
read it with great interest. He was very pleased when he saw the pictures of Shravan
carrying his blind parents to holy places. The pictures had a great effect on him. “Here is
an example for you to copy”. He said to himself. He could never forget Shravan’s love
for his parents. One day, Mahatma Gandhi got his father’s permission to see the play
Harishchandra. He liked the play so much that he watched it many times. He acted the
role of Harishchandra again and again. Day and night, he asked himself. “Why should
not all be truthful like Harishchandra?” the play made him cry. It inspired him to follow
the path off ‘Satya’ even in difficult times.
Questions -
(i) What did Mahatma Gandhi’s Father bring for him?
(a) a toy (b) a cycle (c) a book (d) a chocolate
(ii) Which play did Mahatma Gandhi see many times?
(a) Ramayan (b) Mahabharat (c) Harischandra (d) Satya
(iii) What was the effect of the play on him?
(a) sad (b) happy (c) angry (d) cry
(iv) The play inspired him to follow the path of .............
(a) kindness (b) satya (c) fantasy (d) nonviolence
(v) Find the noun form of the ‘permit’ in the passage.
Q.2 Read the following 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. However, 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.
Questions -
(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’
SECTION - B (Writing)
Q.3 Read the following passage and make notes on it and also give a suitable title to it - (4)
Travelling is a means of education. The real aim of education is character building. When
we travel, we have to put things in order. We have to buy our tickets and catch the train
at the right time. The rich men, can indeed, get all this done by their servants, but India is
a country of the poor. In journey we have to help ourselves. We learn many new things
by seeing different places and by conversing with people of all kinds.In Europe education
without travelling is considered incomplete. In ancient India great importance was given
to pilgrimage. Travelling in this country is a great pleasure.
Q 4 You are Amit Gupta studying in Govt. HSS Rewa. Write an application to your (4)
principal to issue Transfer Certificate as your father has been transferred to Shivpuri.
OR
You are Pawan Mishra, write a letter to your friend Deepak Verma inviting him to attend
your younger brother's birthday party.
Q.5 Paragraph on any one of the following topics in 180 words - (5)
(i) An Indian Festival (ii) Wonders of Science
(iii) Importance of Trees (iv) my Hobby
OR
Article on any one of the following topics in 180 words -
(i) An Indian Festival (ii) Trees are Green Gold
(iii) Environment Protection. (iv) Man, and Mobile
Q.6 On the basis of the picture given below, describe how we can keep ourselves fit and (3)
healthy? (In about 75 words)
SECTION - C (Grammar)
Q.7 Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternative given in the brackets - (Any five) (5)
(i) He is an American but his wife is....................European (a/an/the)
(ii) He wanted to………………..an engineer(become/becomes/becoming)
(iii) Health is……………than wealth. (good/better/best)
(iv) Christmas is celebrated………………25th December. (in/on)
(v) Every year thousands of people die…………………malaria (of/from/than)
(vi) I didn't buy……………………….mangoes. (some/any)
Q.8 Do as directed - (any five) (5)
(i) She helped him. (Change into simple present tense
(ii) your pen? / Can give me you (Rearrange jumble words into a meaningful sentence
(iii) They play football daily. (Change the sentence into negative)
(iv) The train was delayed. The weather was bad.
(Combine the sentences using 'because')
(v) He is very tired. He cannot work anymore. (Combine using 'so--that')
(vi) If it does not rain, the crops will fail. (Use "unless" in place of "if")
SECTION - D (Textbook)
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) Who is the poet of this poem ‘The Road Not Taken’?
(a) James (b) William James (c) William Wordsworth (d) Robert Frost
(iii) How old is Margie?
(a) 10 years (b) 11 years (c) 12 years (d) 13 years
(iv) What did Kezia’s grandmother ask her to make?
(a) chapati (b) snacks (c) a gift of pin cushion (d) none of these
Q.10 Read the following extracts from the prose and answer the questions given below -
(A) The Macdonalds lived next door. They had five children. Looking through a gap in the
fence the little girl saw them playing ‘tag’ in the evening. The father with the baby, Mao
on his shoul-ders, two little girls hanging on to his coat pockets ran round and round
the flower-beds, shaking with laughter. Once she saw the boys turn the hose on
him-and he tried to catch them laughing all the time.
Questions - (1×3=3)
(i) The Macdonalds had …………..children.
(a) one (b) two (c) four (d) five
(ii) The name of the baby with the father was ………….
(a) Mao (b) Macdonald (c) Tag (d) Rose
(iii) The little girl saw ……………
(a) children playing ‘tag’ (b) children playing cricket
(c) children playing ‘hide and seek’ (d) children playing cards.
(B) 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
Questions - (1×3=3)
(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 Answer the following questions in about 30 words - (any six) (6×2=12)
(i) What is a tele book?
(ii) Who helped evelyn to continue with music?
(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) What did Margie write in her diary?
(vii) Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Q.12 Answer the following questions in about 30 words - (any two) (2×2=4)
(i) How does the poet want the wind to come?
(ii) Where does the traveller find himself?
(iii) What sound do the raindrops make?
Q.13 Answer the following questions in about 30 words - (any two) (2×2=4)
(i) Describe Toto the monkey that Grandfather bought from the tonga-driver.
(ii) What didi the child see at the sweetmeatudp
(iii) How did Toto come to grandfather's Study, zoo?
Q.14 Answer the following question in about 75 words- (3)
Write the central idea of the poem 'The Road Not Taken.
OR
Write the central Idea of the poem 'Wind’
Q.15 Answer the following question in about 75 words- (3)
What is the message of the poem "Rain on the Roof"?
OR
Was the poet satisfied with his decision of taking the second road? Why or why not? why
Q.16 Answer the following question in about 75 words- (3)
Where did the lost child go towards the temple. What happened there?
OR
Do you think the title Isvactive the Storyteller' is appropriate?
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