Subject:- English Class:-IX Mock Paper Time :- 3 Hrs MM: 80

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. This paper is divided into 3 sections: A, B, C. All questions are compulsory.

2. Separate instructions are given in each section and question, wherever necessary.
Read these instructions very carefully and follow them.
3. Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

Section-A (Reading) (20 Marks)

Q.1. Read the passage given below carefully. 10 Marks

Many of us believe that ―small‖ means ―insignificant‖. We believe that small actions and
choices do not have much impact on our lives. We think that it is only the big things, the big
actions and the big decisions that really count. But when you look at the lives of all great
people, you will see that they built their character through small decisions, small choices and
small actions that they performed every day. They transformed their lives through a step-by-
step or day-by-day approach. They nurtured and nourished their good habits and chipped
away at their bad habits, one step at a time. It was their small day-to-day decisions that added
up to make tremendous difference in the long run. Indeed, in matters of personal growth and
character building, there is no such thing as an overnight success.

Growth always occurs through a sequential series of stages. There is an organic process to
growth. When we look at children growing up, we can see this process at work: the child first
learns to crawl, then to stand and walk, and finally to run. The same is true in the natural
world.

The soil must first be tilled, and then the seed must be planted. Next, it must be nurtured and
nourished with enough water and sunlight, and only then will it grow, bear fruit and finally
ripen and be ready to eat.

Gandhi understood this organic process and used this universal law of nature to his benefit.
Gandhi grew in small ways, in his day-to-day affairs. He did not wake up one day and find
himself to be the ―Mahatma‖. In fact, there was nothing much in his early life that showed
signs of greatness. But from his mid-twenties onwards, he deliberately and consistently
attempted to change himself, reform himself and grow in some small way every day. Day by
day, hour by hour, he risked failure, experimented and learned from mistakes. In small and
large situations alike, he took up rather than avoided responsibility.

People have always marvelled at the effortless way in which Gandhi could accomplish the
most difficult tasks. He displayed great deal of self-mastery and discipline that was amazing.
These things did not come easily to him. Years of practice and disciplined training went into
making his successes possible. Very few saw his struggles, fears, doubts and anxieties, or his
inner efforts to overcome them. They saw the victory, but not the struggle.
This is a common factor in the lives of all great people: they exercised their freedoms and
choices in small ways that made great impact on their lives and their environment. Each of
their small decisions and actions, added up to have a profound impact in the long run. By
understanding this principle, we can move forward, with confidence, in the direction of our
dreams. Often when our ―ideal goal‖ looks too far from us, we become easily discouraged,
disheartened and pessimistic. However, when we choose to grow in small ways taking small
steps one at a time, performing it becomes easy.

1.1 On the basis of your understanding of this passage, choose the most appropriate
option from the choices given.

1. The main idea of the first paragraph is that

a. Big things, big actions and big decisions make a person great.
b. Small actions and decisions are important in one‘s lives.
c. Overnight success is possible for all of us.
d. Personal changes are not important.

2. What does the writer mean by saying ̳chipped away at their bad habits‘ (Para 2)?

a. Gave up bad habits

b. Produced bad habits
c. Criticized bad habits
d. Did not like bad habits

3. Which of the following statements is true in the third paragraph?

a. Gandhi became great one in a day.

b. He avoided responsibility.
c. Every day Gandhi made efforts to change himself in some small way.
d. Gandhi was the Father of the Nation.

4. How did great people transform their lives?

a. Day - by - day
b. In small ways
c. One at a time
d. All of these

5. Growth consists of

a. organic process
b. sequence of stages
c. can be perceived in human and natural world
d. all of the above

1.2 Answer the following questions as briefly as possible. 1x3=3

a. How did Gandhi accomplish the most difficult tasks effortlessly?

b. What is the common factor in the lives of great men?
c. How can we achieve our ̳ideal goals‘?
1.3 .Pick out the words from the passage which are similar in meaning to the following:
1x2=2
a. take care of _______________ (Para 2)
b. deep, very strongly felt _______________(Para 5}

Q.2. Read the passage given below carefully. 10 Marks

To assess air pollution in India, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is executing a
nation-wide programme of ambient air quality monitoring known as National Air Quality
Monitoring Programme (NAMP). The network consists of 793 operating stations covering
344 cities/towns in 29 states and 6 Union Territories of the country.
Under N.A.M.P., three air pollutants viz., Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
and Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM/PM10) have been identified for regular
monitoring at all the locations. The monitoring of meteorological parameters such as wind
speed and direction, relative humidity and temperature was also integrated with the
monitoring of air quality. The monitoring of pollutants is carried out for 24 hours with a
frequency of twice a week, to have 104 observations in a year.
The monitoring is being carried out by CPCB; State Pollution Control Boards; Pollution
Control Committees; National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI),
Nagpur. CPCB co-ordinates with the other agencies to ensure the uniformity, consistency of
air quality data and provides technical and financial support to them for operating the
monitoring station. N.A.M.P. is being operated through various monitoring agencies, large
number of personnel and equipment are involved in the sampling, chemical analyses, data
reporting etc. It increases the probability of variation and personal biases reflecting in the
data, hence it is pertinent to mention that these data be treated as indicative rather than
absolute.

2.1. On the basis of your understanding of this passage, choose the most appropriate
option from the choices given. (1x5=5)

a). The monitoring of air quality twice a week is being accomplished by the following
agencies:
i) State Pollution Control Boards, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute,
National Air Quality Monitoring Programme and Central Pollution Control Board.
ii) Central Pollution Control Board, WHO, National Environmental Engineering Research
Institute and State Pollution Control Boards.
iii) National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, State Pollution Control Boards,
Pollution Control Committees and National Air Quality Monitoring Programme.
iv) Pollution Control Committees, Central Pollution Control Board, National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute and State Pollution Control Boards.

b). The maximum difference in the concentration of Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen
dioxide was in the year _____.
i) 2001 ii) 2004 iii) 2006 iii) 2012

c). Which of the following statements would be true for the year 2012?
i) The concentration of PM10 saw a spike whereas the concentration of Sulphur dioxide and
Nitrogen dioxide saw a steady decline.
ii) The concentration of Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide saw a spike whereas the
concentration of PM10 saw a steady decline.
iii) The concentration of Sulphur dioxide was observed to be the lowest in the last ten years.
iv) The concentration of Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide was similar to the one
observed in the year 2000.

d) Which of the following statements is not true with respect to the air quality in
Bangalore?
i) the concentration of Sulphur dioxide has no relation to the concentration of PM10.
ii) the measures taken by the agencies has not helped in bringing down the concentration of
Nitrogen dioxide.
iii) the agencies have failed dismally in controlling the concentration of PM10
iv) Except for PM10, the measures being taken by the agencies seem to have some impact on
the other two pollutants.

e) What does the PM in PM10 stand for?

i) Pertinent Mention ii) Particulate Matter
iii) Programme Monitoring iv) none of these

2.2. Answer the following questions as briefly as possible. 1x3=3

i). The National Air Quality Monitoring Programme monitors the ________________.
ii) Why does CPCB co-ordinate with other agencies?
iii) How many observations are made by the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme
annually?

2.3 .Pick out the words from the passage which are similar in meaning to the following:
(1x2=2)

a) appropriate _________________. b) surroundings _________________

Section-B ( Writing and. Grammar) (20 Marks)

Q.3. You are Aditya/Aditi of Gyan Gurukul School. Your friend has appeared for class 10
Board Examination this year. He has still not been able to make up his mind regarding the
choice of stream. Write a letter to your friend in about 100-120 words encouraging him to
choose a career in the field of artificial intelligence. (5)

Q.4. Given below is the beginning of a story. Complete it in about 100- 120 words. Give
a suitable title. (5)

It was festive time. There was a lot of excitement in the air. The sound of crackers could
be heard all around. Shreya was enjoying every bit of it. But all of a sudden ……

Q.5.(A).Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks. 1x3=3

i. Let’s not forget, “The best time to _______ a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time
is now.” So do your bit.
(a) planting (b) plant (c) had planted (d)will have planted

i. Everybody..........keen to participate in the upcoming nukkad natak.

(a) are (b) has (c) is (d) were
ii. The good news is that..........volunteers dropped out this month than the last two.
(a) fewer (b) less (c) few (d) a little

(B) Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks to complete the narration of the
conversation given below. 1× 3=3

Manu: Is there any problem with the car?

Woman: I've a flat tyre. But I just don't know how to change the tyre.
Manu: Let me give you a helping hand.
Woman: Oh, that's very nice of you. Thanks so much indeed. You were a great help.
Manu: It was my pleasure.

Manu saw a woman standing near her car by the road. He asked her (a) ___________ . The
woman replied she just didn't know how to change it but (b) ________________. Manu
offered to the lady a helping hand. The woman thanked him and said (c) ___________. Manu
replied that it was his pleasure to be of help.

(a) (i) is there any problem with the car. (ii) that there was any problem with the car

(iii) if there was any problem with the car (iv) if there is any problem with the car

(b) (i) that she had a flat tyre (ii) she had a flat tyre

(iii) she has had a flat tyre (iv) that she is having a flat tyre

(c) (i) that he had been a great help (ii) that he has been a great help

(iii) that he is a great help (iv) that he was a great help

 (C)The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line.
Identify the error and remember to write the incorrect word and the corrected word for
the same. The first one has been done for you.
4 Marks

Incorrect Correct
The news on felling of trees on of
on a large scale comes as the shock a)
because people all around has become b)
conscious in preserving ecological balance. c)
The forest department kept a strict vigil d)
on the activities of people.

Section- C (LITERATURE) 30 Marks

Q.6.(A). Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow: 5 Marks
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

i) Name the poet of the above stanza.

a) Robert Frost
b) Coates Kinney
c) W.B. Yeats
d) None of the above

ii) The tone of the poet in the last stanza is ______________.

a) Wistful
b) Sad
c) Nostalgic
d) Happy

iii) Select the option that is likely the dwelling place of the poet mentioned in the above
extract.
 (1) (2) (3) (4)

a) Image -1 b) Image -2 c) Image -3 d) Image-4

iv) Select the option that DOES NOT use the same poetic device that is true for ‘lapping with
low sounds’.

a) “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

b) “The fair breeze blow, the white foam flew
c) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
d) The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared

v) What does the poet recall about his Innisfree?

a) full of evening linnets’ wings
b) bee loud glade
c) singing of cricket
d) sound of the waves touching the shore
.

(B) Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow: 5 Marks

Your children are not your children . They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for
itself’.

a) Whom are these lines addressed to?

b) Who do these words originally belong to?
c) In what context have these lines been spoken?
d) What opinion do you form about Kalam’s father from these lines?
e) Find the word from the extract which means the same as ‘yearning’ _______.

Q.7. Answer ANY FOUR questions in about 40-50 words from (A) and ANY TWO
from (B).

(A) (ANY 4) 3x4=12

a) In the poem ‘Wind’, the poet uses the wind as a metaphor for the adversities of life.
Discuss.
b) The decisions taken by us in life often turn out to be of momentous significance,
which we come to realize much later. Comment on this statement in light of your
appreciation of the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’.
c) What is special about Evelyn Glennie that makes her stand out among all other
percussionists?
d) Why was Margie doing badly in Geography? What did the County Inspector do to
help her?
e) What is the impact of the tinkle of the rain drops on the poet’s heart in ‘Rain on the
Roof’?

(B) (ANY 2) 3x2=6

a) How did Ishwaran tackle the mad elephant?
b) What and why did the king and minister decide in secret ‘In the Kingdom of Fools’?
c) ‘Although Toto was troublesome, he provided entertainment for the family.’ Discuss.

Q.8. Answer any 1 question in about 120 words. 6 Marks

a) What researches and theories proved that Einstein was true genius? How was he rewarded
for his scientific achievements?

b) Suppose you are the new teacher who had sent Kalam to the last row in class. You realise
your mistake after the Hindu priest Lakshmana Sastry reprimanded you. Write a diary entry
in about 120 words expressing your regret.

Q.9. Answer any 1 question in about 120 words. 6 Marks

a) Why do you think the man’s attempts to soothe and comfort the lost child failed? What
does this tell you about the child-parent relationship?

b) A smile takes you miles in the hearts of people. Happiness lies in helping people, which
draws a smile on their face. Explain this in relation to the story ‘ The Happy Prince’.