G.S.

PUBLIC SCHOOL
A Senior Secondary School Affiliated To C.B.S.E., Up to 10+2, New Delhi
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Add: - Opp. Domchanch Thana, Domchanch, Koderma (Jharkhand)
PT 1 EXAMINATION , 2025-26
CLASS-IX TIME:-2 HR
SUBJECT: -ENGLISH F.M.:-40
Section A - Reading - 10 Marks
1. Read the passage and complete the sentences given below the passage by choosing the most appropriate
option from those given. (5 Marks)
Travelling is a pleasure. Particularly for the young, the desire to see new places and get the feel of a new
environment makes travel a wonderful experience. But do we make it trouble-free for others?
Don't start a conversation with the co-passenger without first knowing his willingness to converse with you. He/she
might like to read or have a nap and not necessarily be in a mood to talk. Place your baggage in the rack above your seat.
Don't encroach upon another's space. Also wait till the plane/bus/ train comes to a stop to pull your luggage out.
Be eco-friendly- remember that the place where you stand had been visited and has to be visited by thousands
more. Carry a plastic bag for waste on sight seeing trips; you can empty it later in a dustbin. "Sustainable Tourism" is the
only way to protect the resource and beauty of the earth.
If you want to enjoy the hospitality of friends or relatives residing in the place you visit, inform them in advance.
Don't drop in like a bolt from the blue.
Be considerate towards your hosts. Help your host/hostess in domestic chores. Go on sight seeing trips without
troubling them to come to your help. Use your own toiletries and towels. Use the telephone of your host sparingly and
only when necessary. Don't interfere in their domestic affairs unless you are asked to join. Don't expect your host to
attend to your needs all the time.) time.
1. How does Travelling give us happiness?
2. Why should we not bother our fellow passengers?
3. What do you understand with being eco-friendly in the passage?
4. How can one be considerate towards the hosts?
5. The antonym for 'sparingly' is....
a. liberally b. carefully c. necessary d. needful
2. Read the passage and complete the sentences given below the passage by choosing the most appropriate
option from those given. (5 Marks)
The ship is man's oldest and most important means of transportation. Today, thousands of ships cross oceans, sail
along sea coasts and ply inland waterways. Trade among countries depends heavily on ships. Many kinds of ships are
used to carry goods and people. Giant tankers haul petroleum, vegetable oil, wine and other liquids. Other vessels carry
cargoes such as grain, ore and sand. Passenger liners carry travellers across the oceans. Man's first 'ship' was probably a
log that he used to cross a river. He probably used his hands to paddle the log. Later, he learned to build rafts by lashing
logs together. In ancient Egypt, the people made their first rafts out of bundles of reeds. Later, they learned to lash
bundles of reeds together to make boats. By about 4000 B.C., the Egyptians had learned to build galleys. Galleys were
long boats powered by a row of paddles. By about 3200 B.C., the Egyptians had invented sails and therefore, they were
able to use the power of the wind to propel their boats. The basic pattern for ships became set with the invention of the
sail. Shipbuilders began concentrating on designing bigger and better ships.
The 20th century saw some of the biggest ships in the world. The three largest transatlantic liners launched to carry
passengers across the Atlantic during the 1960's were the 'Michelangelo', the 'Raffaello' and the 'Queen Elizabeth II'. The
ships of the future are expected to be even more efficient and will cost less to operate.
1. Why is the ship the most important means of transportation?
2. What was the origin of the man's first ship?
3. What were the Galleys?
4.What is the future of the ship?
5. The antonym of efficient is……. (a. un-efficient b.in-efficient c. non efficient d. dis-efficient)
Section B - Writing - 10 Marks
3.Taking help from the information given below and inventing your own ideas, write an article on Swachha Bharat
Abhiyan' or' Clean India Compaign' in 100-120 words.
Hints: 'Swachha Bharat Abhiyan *announced by the PM on 15th August, 2014 *launched on 2nd October addressed
public rally at Rajpath "himself swept a parking at Mandir Marg Police Station and pavement in Valmiki Basti *aims to
accomplish the vision 'Clean India' by 2019 *3 million govt. employees and students to participate *not only the
responsibility of 'Safai Kaamgar' responsibility of 1.25 billion Indians *invitations of nine people including Bollywood
Stars, Cricketers, industrialists. (5 Marks)
4. Taking help from the input given below write a story in about 120 words. (5 marks)
 Once a wise monkey lived on a big mango tree....
Outline: gave ripe mangoes to crocodile...took some for wife.....she was wicked...wanted to eat the heart of monkey
.....she invited monkey for dinner....crocodile gave in.....invited monkey for lunch...monkey on crocodile's back.....in he
middle of the road.../disclosed wife's plan...clever monkey told... heart hanging on the tree......back to the tree....climbed
again......laughed....friendship ended.
Section C - Grammar - 8 Marks
5. Fill in the blanks choosing the most appropriate words from the given options. (2 Marks)
Father wanted (a) .......... say something but the bus had started moving. I saw (b)........... father receding into the
distance.
I saw (c) ..........The road we had come by looked like a great motionless rope. Father (d)....... use the same road to go
back home.
(A) too/so/to/for
(B) his/my/her/him
(C) if/which/that/whether
(D) could/would /should /will
6. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write
the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number as given in the example.
Remember to underline the word that you have supplied: (3 Marks)
Chocolate can make peoples happy. -- peoples (error) - people (example)
(a) Chocolate are also considered very ____________ ____________
(b)good in health. One ____________ ____________
(c)bar off chocolate ____________ ____________
(d)have more protein than one banana. ____________ ____________
(e)You might had heard people saying that chocolates spoils the teeth. ____________ ____________
7. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences as shown in the example.
(3 Marks)
important/it/is/to observe/rules/traffic
It is important to observe traffic rules.
(a) not/children/below/of/the age/must/drive / eighteen years.
(b) protection/our/we/must/helmets/own/wear/for
(c) phones/must/used/not/mobile/be/driving/ while
Section D: Literature (12 Marks)
8. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (3 Marks)
Then took the other, just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same."
1: How was the other road?
(a) It was as fair as the first one, but more grassy and less used.
(b) It was as grassy as the first one.
(c) It was equally used as the first one.
(d) It also diverged at one point.
2: The second road presented a better claim than the first because:
(a) It had been used by many travellers.
(b) It was still grassy and had not been used by many travellers.
(c) It was more beautiful than the first one.
(d) It had less bends in it.
3: In what sense were the two roads similar:
(a) Both the roads were equally grassy and worn out.
(b) Both the roads were appealing to the poet.
(c) Both the roads led to the same destination.
(d) Both the roads were unattractive.
9. Answer any three in a short paragraph (about 30 words) (6 Marks)
a. Why did Margie's mother send for the County Inspector?
b. Who helped Evelyn to continue with the music and how?
c. Why does the world remember Einstein as a 'World Citizen'?
d. What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair?
e. In what sense was Toto "a pretty monkey."
10. Answer (Any one) in two or three paragraphs-. (3 Marks)
a. How does Evelyn hear music?
b. Kezia's efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him over, How did this happen?
c. Grandfather was a great lover of animals. Describe.