Class 9 Ray and Martin Question Bank Page 10 2026 Second Summative : Pannalal Institution
Reading Skill (Seen))
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:
They had been on Venus all their lives. They had been only two years old when the sun last came out. They had long since forgotten the colour and the heat of how it really was. They played in the echoing tunnels of the underground city and sang of summer and the sun.
The rain stopped.
It was as if a hurricane had lost its sound. There were no motions or tremor but peace. The world grounded to a standstill. The silence was so immense one would feel as if the ears had been stuffed. The children put their hands to their ears. They stood apart. The door slid back. The smell of the silent, waiting world came to them.
A. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(i) The children sang of summer and the sun.
(ii) The rain stopped and felt like as if a hurricane had lost its sound.
(iii) The colour of the sun was flaming bronze.
B. Answer the following questions (Any two):
(i) Why were the children not able to remember the sun?
Answer: The children were only two years old when the sun last came out, so they had long since forgotten its colour, heat, and how it really was.
(ii) How immense was the silence?
Answer: The silence was so immense that one would feel as if their ears had been stuffed.
(iii) Briefly describe the atmosphere after sunrise.
Answer: After sunrise, the sky became blazing blue, the jungle burned with sunlight, and the children rushed out yelling into the summertime.
2.. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions given below:
Mild the mist upon the hill, Telling not of storms to-morrow; No; the day has wept its fill, Spent its store of silent sorrow.
Oh, I'm gone back to the days of youth, I am a child once more; And 'neath my father's sheltering roof, And near the old hall door.
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
(i) "No; the day has wept its fill," this is an example of —
Answer: (a) personification
(ii) The poet compares the incessant rain throughout the day with —
Answer: (d) weeping
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) Where was the mist spread?
Answer: The mist was spread upon the hill.
(ii) Where does the poet find herself?
Answer: The poet finds herself back in the days of her youth, near her father’s sheltering roof and the old hall door.
3. Reading Skill (Unseen) 3. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below :
It isn't easy to imagine life without plastic, furniture, bags, containers, toys and industrial equipments. All of it make life easier. Plastic is also extensively used for packaging and coverings.
Remember, though, that plastics are not naturally occurring compounds. They are artificially manufactured polymers.
Plastic is mouldable, but it is hardy and indestructable. This means it stays in our environment without being degraded. If you discard cloth or paper, it goes back into the soil. They are biodegradable. Plastic is not. If plastic is burnt in an attempt to destroy it, it releases toxic fumes.
Plastics tend to turn into toxic products when they are heated. This includes pouring hot liquids into plastic containers or bottles.
Children are exposed to plastics from a young age. They have plastic milk bottles, they play with plastic toys. Once they start going to school, they have plastic lunch boxes and water bottles.
Continuous exposure to plastics alters the immune system. We become more prone to allergies, fall sick often and take longer to recover.
Here are some ways to reduce plastic exposure: try to use water bottle or milk bottle made of glass, try to use stainless steel plates and tumblers for children, do not buy soft drinks in plastic bottles. If a plastic container is labelled single-use, do not reuse it.
- Adapted from an article published in 'The Telegraph', 6 March, 2024
A. True or False with Supporting Statements:
(i) Plastic is a natural polymer. — [ F ]
Supporting Statement: "Remember, though, that plastics are not naturally occurring compounds. They are artificially manufactured polymers."
(ii) Use of plastic affects immune system. — [ T ]
Supporting Statement: "Continuous exposure to plastics alters the immune system."
B. Cause and Effect Chart:
Cause Effect
(i) Plastic is heated. Plastics tend to turn into toxic products / release toxic fumes.
(ii) Plastic is hardy and indestructible / non-biodegradable. Plastic stays in our environment without being degraded.
C. Answer the following questions:
(i) Write two ways to reduce plastic exposure.
Answer:
Use water bottles or milk bottles made of glass or stainless steel.
Do not buy soft drinks in plastic bottles and avoid reusing single-use plastic containers.
(ii) Why is cloth or paper called ‘biodegradable’?
Answer: Cloth or paper is called biodegradable because if discarded, it goes back into the soil naturally without harming the environment.
4. Do as Directed (Grammar & Vocabulary)
(i) He loves to play football. (Turn into an interrogative sentence)
Answer: Does he not love to play football? (or "Does he love to play football?")
(ii) Tom, you will not die. (Turn into an affirmative sentence)
Answer: Tom, you will live.
(iii) I saw a wounded bird. (Make it a complex sentence)
Answer: I saw a bird which was wounded.
(iv) No response came from Sid. (Use the verb form of 'response')
Answer: Sid did not respond. (or "No one responded from Sid's side.")
(v) She asked me, "Would you like to have a cup of coffee?" (Change the mode of narration)
Answer: She asked me if I would like to have a cup of coffee.
5. Phrasal Verbs
(List: set up, make out, set in)
(i) The rainy season starts in July.
Answer: sets in
(ii) Puja could understand what her sister said.
Answer: make out
6. Vocabulary from Unseen Passage
(i) poisonous : toxic
(ii) capable of breaking down naturally : biodegradable
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