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🏫 Hooghly Branch (Govt.) School

✨ English (Class IX) – Question Paper

Full Marks: 90 | Time: 3 Hours

1. Reading Skill (Seen)

Passage:

(Same passage about the businessman and the monkey)

A. Choose the correct alternatives: (1×6=6)

(i) A monkey leapt down from the —

✅ (c) top of the compartment

(ii) The businessman's face was covered with —

✅ (d) perspiration

(iii) The businessman shouted at the porter to —

✅ (b) go faster

(iv) The people on the platform were amused by the plight of the —

✅ (a) businessman

(v) The monkey snatched away the —

✅ (b) cap

(vi) The ______ offered his help to the gentleman.

✅ (c) fruit vendor

B. Complete the sentences: (1×2=2)

(i) A porter was carrying the businessman's luggage which included a big steel trunk, several small baskets, and a brass jug.

(ii) The businessman looked with a piteous and hopeless expression on his face.

2. Reading Skill (Seen Poem)

Poem:

Head down, tongue flickering on the trail...

A. Choose the correct alternatives: (1×4=4)

(i) With its tongue flickering, the snake was on a —

✅ (c) trail

(ii) In this poem 'trail' means —

✅ (b) path

(iii) The diamond scales of the snake glazed under the —

✅ (c) sunlight

(iv) The snake was searching in the grass for —

✅ (a) some small food

B. True/False with Supporting Lines: (1+1)×2=4

(i) The eyes of the poetess followed the path of the snake.

✅ True

Supporting Statement: “Our eyes went with him as he went.”

(ii) The poetess was alone.

✅ False

Supporting Statement: “We scarcely thought; still as we stood.”

3. Reading Skill (Unseen Passage)

(About malaria in Jalpaiguri)

A. Choose the correct alternatives: (1×6=6)

(i) The most feared disease in Jalpaiguri now is —

✅ (b) malaria

(ii) The district is observing ______ as anti-malaria month.

✅ (d) June

(iii) The district is disease-prone due to —

✅ (b) its geographical location

(iv) The worst affected areas are —

✅ (b) forest villages

(v) The monsoon refers to —

✅ (a) rainy season

(vi) The above text is a —

✅ (b) report

B. True/False with Supporting Statements: (1+1)×3=6

(i) Malaria usually spreads to Jalpaiguri from Nepal and Sikkim borders.

✅ False

Supporting Statement: “Malaria usually spreads to Jalpaiguri from Assam and Bhutan region.”

(ii) Jalpaiguri has 72 tea estates and 153 forest villages.

✅ False

Supporting Statement: “Jalpaiguri has 153 tea estates and 72 forest villages.”

(iii) The villagers are seeking the help of witch doctors or ‘tantriks’.

✅ True

Supporting Statement: “There are also reports about villagers seeking the help of witch doctors or ‘tantriks’.”

C. Short Answer Questions: (2×4=8)

(i) Why were the residents and authorities of Jalpaiguri more worried?

→ Because the disease had already claimed several lives in neighbouring Assam.

(ii) Why has Jalpaiguri become a malaria-prone region?

→ Because of its geographical location between the hills and plains that help in mosquito breeding.

(iii) What is one reason for the slow performance of the administration?

→ Paucity of funds and shortage of manpower in the malaria department.

(iv) What measures did the garden authorities take?

→ They started spraying DDT and distributing medicines with the help of the health directorate.

4. Grammar & Vocabulary

A. Fill in the blanks: (1×4=4)

A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions: (1×4=4)

Question:

Self-image is ______ most important possession ______ human beings. It is the way we view and regard ourselves ______ our own eyes and in the eyes ______ others.

Answer:

✅ Self-image is the most important possession of human beings. It is the way we view and regard ourselves in/with our own eyes and in the eyes of others.

✅ Final Answer:

the / of / in / of

B. Do as directed: (1×4=4)

(i) Has someone taken my wallet?

✅ Has my wallet been taken (by someone)?

(ii) He pretended to be falling asleep.

✅ He made a pretence of falling asleep.

(iii) Everybody wants to be free.

✅ Who does not want to be free?

(iv) The weather was foul. The masons left their work half-done.

The masons left their work half-done due to foul weather.

✅ Owing to foul weather, the masons left their work half-done.

C. Replace with phrasal verbs: (2×4=8)

(i) The whole stock was exhausted. → ✅ ran out

(ii) The police investigated the case. → ✅ looked into

(iii) We should shun bad habits. → ✅ give up

(iv) The workers have withdrawn the strike. → ✅ called off

D. Words from the passage: (2×4=8)

(i) Inhabitants → residents

(ii) Appeared → emerged

(iii) Scrutinized → examined

(iv) Dearth → paucity

1. Reading Skill (Seen)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

While all this was going on, I noticed a gentleman come up to our compartment. He looked like a businessman. He was dressed in a white muslin dhoti, a delicate tunic and an embroidered cap on his head. A porter was carrying his luggage which included a big steel trunk, several small baskets and a brass jug. The man was shouting at the porter to hurry up with the luggage. Suddenly a monkey leapt down from the top of our compartment and snatched away the fine embroidered cap of the businessman. The monkey then climbed up the 'neem' tree.

“What have you done!” The businessman shouted, in utter confusion. His round and smug face was covered with perspiration. The more he shouted at the monkey, the remoter the monkey became. It was the same monkey that had snatched the bather’s loincloth earlier.

The people on the platform were much amused by the plight of the businessman. He looked with a piteous and hopeless expression on his face. Meanwhile, a fruit hawker had come forward, pushing his little cart. He told the Sethji that he would rescue the cap. The businessman seemed slightly relieved. The vendor went ahead, dangling a couple of bananas at the monkey with his right hand. He stretched out his left hand for the cap. The monkey seemed to hesitate.

A. Choose the correct alternatives: (1×6=6)

(i) A monkey leapt down from the —

(a) tamarind tree (b) neem tree (c) top of the compartment (d) fruit cart

(ii) The businessman's face was covered with —

(a) a face shield (b) dust (c) dirt (d) perspiration

(iii) The businessman shouted at the porter to —

(a) go slow (b) go faster (c) run (d) go at a moderate pace

(iv) The people on the platform were amused by the plight of the —

(a) businessman (b) vendor (c) narrator (d) monkey

(v) The monkey snatched away the —

(a) loincloth (b) cap (c) brass jug (d) steel trunk

(vi) The ______ offered his help to the gentleman.

(a) narrator (b) people on the platform (c) fruit vendor (d) bather

B. Complete the following sentences: (1×2=2)

(i) A porter was carrying the businessman’s luggage which included ____________

(ii) The businessman looked with a piteous ____________

2. Reading Skill (Seen Poem)

Read the stanza and answer the questions:

Head down, tongue flickering on the trail

What track he followed, what small food

He quested through the parting grass.

Sun glazed his curves of diamond scale

And we lost breath to see him pass.

Fled living from his fierce intent,

We scarcely thought; still as we stood

Our eyes went with him as he went.

A. Choose the correct alternatives: (1×4=4)

(i) With its tongue flickering the snake was on a —

(a) quest (b) move (c) trail (d) go

(ii) In this poem 'trail' means —

(a) alley (b) path (c) grass (d) sand

(iii) The diamond scales of the snake glazed under the —

(a) moonlight (b) night sky (c) sunlight (d) shade of a tree

(iv) The snake was searching in the grass for —

(a) some small food (b) some friends (c) shelter (d) warmth

B. State True or False with supporting lines: (1+1)×2=4

(i) The eyes of the poetess followed the path of the snake.

Supporting Statement: _____________________________

(ii) The poetess was alone.

Supporting Statement: _____________________________

3. Reading Skill (Unseen Passage)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions:

With the monsoon round the corner, malaria has again emerged as the most feared disease in Jalpaiguri, the state’s worst-affected district. This time, residents and authorities are even more worried because the disease has already claimed several lives in neighbouring Assam. The district is aptly observing June as an anti-malaria month.

According to an officer attached to the anti-malaria campaign, about 28,000 people’s blood samples were examined over the past ten months, and at least 1,200 were found with malaria symptoms. “Twelve persons have died since January,” said the officer. Jalpaiguri, located between the hills and plains, allows rapid breeding of mosquitoes. The district has 153 tea estates and 72 forest villages. The Tea Association reports that DDT spraying and medicine distribution have begun.

However, the administration’s slow performance is due to a paucity of funds and manpower shortage. Some villagers even seek help from witch doctors (‘tantriks’) to prevent the spread of the disease.

A. Choose the correct alternatives: (1×6=6)

(i) The most feared disease in Jalpaiguri now is —

(a) dengue (b) malaria (c) pox (d) cholera

(ii) The district is observing ______ as anti-malaria month.

(a) January (b) June (c) October (d) December

(iii) The district is disease-prone due to —

(a) heavy rainfall (b) geographical location (c) mosquito breeding (d) both (b) & (c)

(iv) The worst affected areas are —

(a) coffee estates (b) forest villages (c) mountain valleys (d) all of the above

(v) The monsoon refers to —

(a) rainy season (b) summer (c) autumn (d) spring

(vi) The above text is a —

(a) paragraph (b) report (c) essay (d) notice

B. True/False with Supporting Statements: (1+1)×3=6

(i) Malaria usually spreads to Jalpaiguri from Nepal and Sikkim borders.

Supporting Statement: ________________________

(ii) Jalpaiguri has 72 tea estates and 153 forest villages.

Supporting Statement: ________________________

(iii) Villagers are seeking the help of witch doctors or ‘tantriks’.

Supporting Statement: ________________________

C. Short Answer Questions: (2×4=8)

(i) Why were the residents and authorities of Jalpaiguri more worried at the time?

(ii) Why has Jalpaiguri become a malaria-prone region?

(iii) What is one reason for the slow administrative performance?

(iv) What measures did the garden authorities take?

4. Grammar & Vocabulary

A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions: (1×4=4)

Self-image is ______ most important possession ______ human beings. It is the way we view and regard ourselves ______our own eyes and in the eyes ______ others.

B. Do as directed: (1×4=4)

(i) Has someone taken my wallet?

→ (Change the voice)

(ii) He pretended to be falling asleep.

→ (Use noun form of ‘pretended’)

(iii) Everybody wants to be free.

→ (Turn into interrogative)

(iv) The weather was foul. The masons left their work half-done.

→ (Join into a simple sentence)

C. Replace the underlined words with correct phrasal verbs: (2×4=8)

(i) The whole stock was exhausted.

(ii) The police investigated the case.

(iii) We should shun bad habits.

(iv) The workers have withdrawn the strike.

(List: set out, call off, give up, look into, run after, run out)

D. Find the words from the Unseen Passage: (2×4=8)

(i) Inhabitants: ___________

(ii) Appeared: ___________

(iii) Scrutinized: ___________

(iv) Dearth: ___________

5. Writing Skill

Q8. Suppose you have failed to submit your English project in time. Write a letter to the Head of the Institution stating the reason and requesting acceptance of the project. (10 Marks)

Q9. Write a report (within 100 words) on the District Youth Parliament Competition held in your school with great enthusiasm. (10 Marks)

Hints: Place, date, organiser, inauguration, guests, participation, winners, conclusion.

Q10. Write a paragraph (within 100 words) on A Memorable Day in Your Life. (10 Marks)

Hints: Description of the incident – your involvement – why memorable – conclusion.

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