PERIODIC TEST-1 (2017-2018)

NAME:  _______________                              R.NO:  ____                               DATE: 14-7-2017

CLASS:  IX                                                         MARKS:  40                             TIME : 1 ½  Hr.

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

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General Instructions:

1.       This paper consist of three sections –

Section A –  Reading                           : 05 Marks

Section B –  Writing & Grammar     : 17 Marks

Section C –  Literature                       : 14  Marks

2.       Attempt all the questions

3.       Do not write anything on the paper

4.       All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper.

SECTION A- (READING)

1.                     Read the following passage

EDUCATION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

Education is not something primarily associated with school or technical college or university. It takes place mainly at home. Its really fundamental component is the habit of communication established in extreme infancy, within the first year of life before the child begins to talk at all. At this stage, the purpose of education is to link things together. The separation of identity comes much later. After a child grows up into an adult, he begins to differentiate things and learn of their relative value. Again it is at home that a child learns the basis of human behaviour. He learns to obey the elders. He learns to observe discipline, as acts of indiscipline are punished. He learns to articulate himself without self-consciousness and also he learns to consider and evaluate the opinions of other members of the family. This is the reason why, those children whose education has been faulty at home, turn out to be bad students at school or college. They do not absorb what is taught, primarily because the habit of learning has not been inculcated in them. They also turn out to be bad citizens since being a good citizen requires certain traits which can be learnt in early childhood at home

1.1   Answer the following questions :                                                                                                                                ( 6 X 1 = 6) 

      a. Education is primarily associated with

               i) School                     ii) home          iii) play-ground                             iv) university

b. The habit of linking things together is formed in-

               i)   University            ii) childhood   iii) the very first year of life      iv) school

c. Traits which make people good citizen can be learnt in

               i) The office             ii) the restaurant            iii) the gymnasium        iv) home           

d. After a child grows up, he begins to ___________________________________________

e. Which is the most important education? ________________________________________

f. A good citizen requires ______________________________________________________

SECTION B- (WRITING & GRAMMAR )

2.       You are Sushmita/ Sumit, student of class IX. You participated in an event promoting ‘Plantation of trees’ for greener city. Write a diary entry in 100-120 words sharing your experience.                                                                                   (8)

3.                      The following passage has not been edited. One word is missing from each line. Write the missing word along with the before and after words.                                                                                                                        ( 6 x ½ = 3)

                                                                                                                          Before                  missing                after

                      The small town was the                                            (e.g.)   __was__________at____________the_

foot of the mountains. Most the                              (a) ____________________________________

people farmers. There were traders also               (b) ____________________________________

 in town. Though not rich, they were                     (c) ____________________________________

happy joyful. At one                                                   (d) ____________________________________

time the peace broken by                                         (e) ____________________________________

several robberies. The people frightened.             (f) ____________________________________

4.                     Fill in the blanks with the correct option of verb.                                                                           ( 5 x 1 = 5 )

a.          Look at these black clouds; it _______________________(will / is going to ) rain.

b.          Let’s go quickly! The programme ___________________ (will / is going to) start.

c.          Salim _____________________ (will be/ am) passing your house, as it on his way.

d.          We are all sure that Lalita ____________________ (passes / will pass) the exam.

e.          Unless we ________________________(start / will start ),e can’t reach the airport.

5.                     Rearrange the following words to form meaningful sentences.                                                  ( 4 X 1 = 4)     

a.    important / it / to / is / rules / observe / traffic

b.    by / childhood / are / memories / everyone / remembered

c.    must / used / phones / not / mobile / driving / while / be

d.    carefree / some / of / recall / my / I / can / times

SECTION C- (LITERATURE)

6.                     Read the following extract and answer any one of the following.                                              (4 X 1=4)

a.       Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

                                And sorry I could not travel both

                     And be one traveler, long I stood

                     And looked down one as far as I could

                    To where it bent in the undergrowth;

i)        What do you mean by ‘yellow wood’?

ii)       The speaker is feeling sorry because ________________

iii)     Why is the poet confused?

iv)     Where is the poet standing ?                    

Or

b.       ‘I could have asked somebody in this village but I was too embarrassed to do so. I felt so very dependent and helpless. We are well-off, but what use is money when I cannot be independent’?

i)        Who is the speaker of the above lines?

ii)       Whom is the speaker talking to?

iii)     When did the speaker feel “very dependent and helpless” 

iv)     Antonym of ‘helpless’ is _________________

7.            Answer any five questions in 30-40 words.                                                                                 (5 X 2 = 10)

a.  What do the two roads symbolize in the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’?

b.   How is the journey of the brook  similar to human beings?

c.   Which incident made the grandmother realise the importance of education?

d.  Why did the grandmother touched the feet of her granddaughter. How did she justify this gesture of hers?

e.  What are the different things that the brook draws along with it as it flows?

f.   Describe the two roads that the poet comes across.