Practice Question for class 9, English
Subject: English
Full
Mark:75
Class: IX Time:
2:15 Hrs. Pass Mark:
30
Candidates are
required to give their answers according to the given instruction.
Attempt all the questions:
1. Read the poem given below and answer
the questions. 5
The wind and the leaves
“Come, little leaves,” said the wind one day
“Come over meadows with me and play
Put on your dresses of red and gold;
For summer is gone, and the days grow cold.”
Soon as the leaves heard the wind’s loud call,
Down they came fluttering, one and all
O’ver the brown field then they danced and flew,
Singing the soft little songs they knew.
Dancing and whirling, the little leaves went,
Winter had called them, and they were content.
Soon, fast asleep on their earthy beds,
The snow laid a coverlet over their heads. _George Cooper
A. Write similar meanings of given words on the basis of poem. 4x0.5=2
a.
pasture land b. flapping c. spinning
d. satisfied
B.
Answer these questions: 3x1=
3
a) What is the poem about?
b) Why do the leaves drop?
c) When did the snow lay the
bedspread over them?
2. Read the
dialogue between a reporter and a doctor and answer the questions that
follow. 10
Reporter: The term ‘bird flu’ is heard quite frequently
these days. Could you please tell us what exactly bird flu is, doctor?
Dr. Imran: Bird flu is the commonly used term for avian
influenza which is a viral infection transmitted from bird to bird.
Particularly, a deadly strain of bird flu- H5N1 continues to spread among
poultry in different parts of Asia and Europe.
Reporter:
What exactly is H5N1? Would mind telling us how it affects humans?
Dr. Imran:
Not at all. Technically, H5N1 is a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.
It’s as deadly to most birds as humans and other mammals that catch the virus
from birds. Although the virus is not easily transmitted in the same ways as
most human flu bugs, H5N1 has nearly killed 60% of those infected since the
first human case in late 90s. It is seen transmitted among people like butchers
and poultry farm workers who have had exceptionally close contact with the
infected poultry. Besides, no effective medicine has so far been discovered.
Reporter:
The spread of this flu seems to be so fast as if it is transferred by air. I
wonder if you could tell us how it spreads so fast.
Dr. Imran: Yes, certainly. Actually the flu
virus is not transmitted through respiration. Most notably the natural carriers
of bird flu viruses are migratory water fowls like wild ducks. The infection
can later spread from wild fowls to domestic ones. During 2011, the disease got
widely spread in Asia. Nepal too could not remain away from its dark shadow as
its carriers are the birds that may fly hundreds of miles in a single day.
A. Write ‘T”
for true and ‘F’ for or false statements.
5x1=5
a) Bird
flu is a viral infection disease.
b) Generally
bird flu transmits only bird to humans.
c) It
is less fatal to humans.
d) It has more chance
of transmitting to butchers and poultry farm workers who have close contact
with the infected poultry.
e) It also spread in
Nepal since the carriers were the poultry.
B. Answer the
following questions: 4x1=4
a) What
is bird flu?
b) Who are more prone
to get transmitted avian influenza virus?
c) Why
is bird flu not curable?
d) Does
it transmit through respiration?
e) Who
are the natural carriers of influenza virus?
3. Read the passage and answer the following questions: 10
What makes it
rain? Rain falls from clouds for the same reason anything falls to Earth. The
Earth's gravity pulls it. But every cloud is made of water droplets or ice
crystals. Why doesn't rain or snow fall constantly from all clouds? The
droplets or ice crystals in clouds are exceedingly small. The effect of gravity
on them is minute. Air currents move and lift droplets so that the net downward
displacement is zero, even though the droplets are in constant motion.
Droplets
and ice crystals behave somewhat like dust in the air made visible in a shaft
of sunlight. To the casual observer, dust seems to act in a totally random
fashion, moving about chaotically without fixed direction. But in fact dust
particles are much larger than water droplets and they finally fall. The cloud
droplet of average size is only 1/2500 inch in diameter. It is so small that it
would take sixteen hours to fall half a mile in perfectly still air, and it
does not fall out of moving air. Only when the droplet grows to a diameter of
1/125 inch or larger can fall from the cloud. The average raindrop contains a
million times as much water as a tiny cloud droplet. The growth of a cloud
droplet to a size large enough to fall out is the cause of rain and other forms
of precipitation. This important growth process is called “coalescence.”
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given and
rewrite the sentences. 5x1=5
a) The word
‘minute’ closest in meaning is ________ .
i. second
ii. tiny iii. slow iv. predictable
b) All ice crystals in clouds immediately don’t fall to earth as
________.
i. they are
balanced by the pressure of rain droplets.
ii. the effect
of gravity at high altitude is random.
iii. they are
kept aloft by air currents.
iv. the heat
from the sun’s ray melts them
c)
The word ‘constant motion’ closest meaning is_____.
i. regular wind
ii. descent
movement
iii. steady
movement iv. steady humidity
d) It can be inferred about drops of water larger than 1/125 inch in
diameter is_________.
i. they never
occur.
ii. they are
not affected by the force of gravity.
iii. in still
air they would fall to earth.
iv. in moving air they fall at a speed of
thirty-two miles per hour.
e) In this passage, the term
‘coalescence’ refers to __________.
i. the
gathering of small clouds to form larger clouds
ii. the growth
of droplets
iii. the fall
of raindrops and other precipitation
iv. the
movement of dust particles in the sunlight.
B.
Answer these questions: 5x1
= 5
a) What
is the reason to fall rain on earth?
b) Why
is there downward displacement zero?
c) What is a difference
between dust particles and water droplets?
d) When do droplets of water fall to
earth?
e) What is
precipitation?
4. Read the advertisement and answer the
following questions: 15
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Wanted
Mt. ‘Everest Peak’ is a reputed and established Travel
Agency. The agency is seeking to recruit competent, result oriented, self
motivated staff.
1. Post: Account Officer (one)
Qualification: B.Com or above
Preference: 3-5 years experience in Travel
Agency Accounting
Salary: Negotiable
2. Post: Ticketing
Officer (one)
Qualification: +2
Or above
Preference:
2-3 years experience in related field and able to handle computer
Salary: Negotiable
Interested candidates are
requested to send their application with one recent passport size photo and
complete bio-data to the following address not later than July 15, 2017.
To,
The Managing Director
P.O. Box 1234, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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A. Write the words from the above advertisement
which are similar in meaning to the following words: 4x1=4
a.
searching for b. employees c. capable
d.
resume
B. Write ‘T” for true and ‘F’ for or false statements. 3x1=3
a) Everest Peak Travel agency is newly established company.
b) Experience is compulsory for both posts.
c) Anyone can apply for the posts.
C. Answer the following questions: 4x2=8
a) How much salary has been offered to the
candidates?
b) What does a candidate need to submit with application?
c) What are the preferable requirements for the ticketing officer?
d) What is the dead line of sending application?
5. Write a message of condolence on the basis
of the following clues to be published in a newspaper. 5
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Reshma
Rajbanshi, student of grade IX, 15 years old, good at study and
extracurricular activities, popular among friends and teachers, killed in
motorcycle accident.
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6. Write a readable
story with the help of following outlines and give suitable title and moral
too. 5
A
merchant--load his donkey with salt--donkey slips into a stream on the way
weight becomes less--merchant reloads the donkey with salt-- donkey plays the
same trick-- merchant decides to teach a lesson--loads with sponges-donkey acts
to slip--sponges heavier with water--donkey realizes its mistake-moral.
7. Write a couple of
paragraphs ‘Role of political parties in development activities’. 6
8. Write an essay on
‘Our language and culture’ in about 150
words. 8
9. Reproduce the
following sentences as indicated in the brackets. 6x1=6
a) Someone loves cooking, ………? (question tag)
b) I am fine too. (into negative)
c) She hurt her friend badly. ( into yes/no
question)
d) He played volleyball yesterday. (into simple
future)
e) The doctor advised me to take medicine twice a day. (into direct
speech)
f) She gives me a pen. (into passive)
10. Choose
the following word/s from the brackets to complete the passage below: 10x 0.5 =5
Once I
determined to enjoy with my friend. I went to see my old friend Sandip ____
(who/whom/which) was a member of local council at that time. Sandip was
managing for a writer to give ______ (a/ an/the) talk _____ (in/on/off) modern
literature at the town library. Sandip was going to introduce the guest speaker
that evening. Since the guest had not yet arrived, I ______ (leaves
/leave/left) him and went in reading room. The room _________ (was occupied/
occupied/ had occupied) by audience. Sandip called me and enquired, “You’re a
teacher of English literature, _____ ?” (are you/aren’t you/ aren’t I). He
seemed worried. He explained that he ____ (received /receives/had received) a
message that the writer could not come.
Sandip asked me if I ____ (will mind/ would mind/would have minded)
acting as a speaker. Many a topic on modern literature _______ (was/ were/ are) to be presented to the
audience. Without preparation, I was made____
( to address/ address/ addressed) the audience.
The end
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