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 BARASAT PCS GOVT HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS – IX  |  ENGLISH (SECOND LANGUAGE)  |  RAY & MARTIN PRASHNA BICHITRA

QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS & SOLUTIONS

A. Reading Skill (Seen) — Prose

1. Read the text carefully and answer the questions that follow :

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.

"Ao, ao, come down," the vendor coaxed the monkey. He lifted the bananas higher up. The monkey responded by climbing down cautiously to a branch near the vendor.

The whole platform became silent and waited, with bated breath, for the impossible to happen. The vendor cooed in a soft voice, 'Ao, ao', to the monkey. The monkey, looking this side and that, accepted the bargain. It took over the bananas with his right hand and released the embroidered cap, slightly crumpled, with its left hand.

The spectators shouted in praise. The fruit vendor came and humbly offered the Sethji his cap. "They are hungry," he said, "so they disturb the passengers". "Acha," said the Sethji, and turned to go into the compartment. The vendor said, "Sethji, please give me two annas for the bananas which I had to offer to the monkey."

"Two annas! What impudence!" Sethji shouted each word in disgust at the grimy fruit vendor. "Please give him the money, Sethji," the rest of the compartment said. "Acha, here are four annas for you, porter, and an anna for you, fruit vendor!" Sethji said.

"But I carried two big pieces of luggage," the porter wailed.

"Go! Go! Crook!" Sethji thundered at the protesting porter. The porter left. The fruit vendor persisted, "Sethji, be just, I saved your honourable cap..." The businessman threw an anna towards him on the platform.

A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×5=5

(i) He told Sethji that he would rescue the cap. 'He' is a —

   (a) food seller,  (b) fruits vendor,  (c) goods' hawker,  (d) porter.

Ans: (b) fruits vendor

(ii) The spectators shouted in —

   (a) excitement,  (b) anxiety,  (c) praise,  (d) anger.

Ans: (c) praise

(iii) The porter carried —

   (a) three big pieces of luggage,  (b) one big piece of luggage,  (c) two big pieces of luggage,  (d) four small pieces of luggage.

Ans: (c) two big pieces of luggage

(iv) The businessman threw —

   (a) one,  (b) two,  (c) three,  (d) four — annas.

Ans: (a) one

(v) The monkeys were —

   (a) angry,  (b) naughty,  (c) sprightly,  (d) hungry.

Ans: (d) hungry

B. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements in the given boxes : 1×3=3

(i) The fruit vendor was pushing a little car.

Ans: False (F) [He was pushing his little cart]

(ii) The vendor stretched out his right hand for the cap.

Ans: False (F) [He stretched out his left hand for the cap, dangling bananas with his right hand]

(iii) The monkey took over the bananas with his right hand.

Ans: True (T) ["It took over the bananas with his right hand and released the embroidered cap..."]

C. Answer the following questions : 2×3=6

(i) When did the businessman feel relieved ?

Ans: The businessman felt slightly relieved when a fruit hawker came forward with his little cart and promised him that he would rescue his cap from the monkey.

(ii) How did the vendor coax the monkey ?

Ans: The vendor coaxed the monkey by cooing softly "Ao, ao, come down", He dangled a couple of bananas with his right hand and  lifted them higher up  offering a bargain while stretching out his left hand for the cap.

(iii) How did the vendor rescue the cap of the businessman ?

Ans: The vendor enticed the monkey by lifting bananas towards it. When the monkey climbed down to a nearby branch, it took the bananas with its right hand and released the embroidered cap into the vendor's outstretched left hand.

 B. Reading Skill (Seen) — Poetry

2. Read the following poem and answer the questions as directed :

Sun-warmed in the late season's grace

Under the autumn's gentlest sky

We walked and froze half-through a pace.

The great black snake went reeling by.

Head down, tongue flickering on the trail

He quested through the parting grass.

Sun glazed his curves of diamond scale

And we lost breath to see him pass.

What track he followed, what small food

Fled living from his fierce intent,

We scarcely thought; still as we stood

Our eyes went with him as he went.

Cold, dark and splendid he was gone

Into the grass that hid his prey.

We took a deeper breath of day,

Looked at each other, and went on.

A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×3=3

(i) The season, the poet speaks of is —

 (a) winter,  (b) summer,  (c) autumn,  (d) spring.

Ans: (c) autumn

(ii) Seeing the snake pass, by the beholders became —

  (a) agitated,  (b) breathless,  (c) tempted,  (d) none of these.

Ans: (b) breathless

(iii) The snake was going to its quest —

(a) straight,  (b) in a zigzag manner,  (c) in a circle,  (d) in a triangle.

Ans: (b) in a zigzag manner [reeling by]

B. Fill in the blanks with information from the above poem : 1×3=3

(i) The snake looked ...

Ans: (i) The snake looked cold, dark and splendid.

(ii) The snake was passing through ...

Ans: (ii) The snake was passing through the parting grass.

(iii) The snake was searching for its prey with ...

Ans: (iii) The snake was searching for its prey with head down and tongue flickering on the trail.

 C. Reading Skill (Unseen)

3. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below :

Calcutta : Twelve-year-old Niharika Das of Chinsurah, Hooghly, was the only girl in her class to skate. When most of her classmates at her school, Krishna Bhabini Nari Siksha Mandir in Chandernagore, were learning karate, swimming and other activities, Niharika took to her roller skates.

"My neighbour, a girl senior to me, took me to a cemented area near my home where students could skate. And that got me hooked since last year," she said.

From taking part in local competitions to winning a bronze in 1000m at the recently concluded Open National Roller Skating Championship in Raipur (11-14 year girls category), Niharika has come a long way with 7 rank in the championship.

"Skating is an interesting sport that makes me very happy. I am the only one in my class who is doing something different. I hope to represent my country at international meets one day," said the girl, who has also started practising at the state's first 200-metre skating rink at Eco Park that has been set up by the Bengal Skating Association, with the support of the State Government.

Seven skaters from the state got medals at the Raipur meet that took place from June 6 to 9. Around 57 skaters from the city and other districts had taken part, spelling a new world of opportunities.

"Skating and dancing are my hobbies," said seven-year-old Subhika Mukherjee of Class II, Delhi Public School, Megacity. The gold and bronze medalist at Raipur (from the 7-9 year girls category) is still basking in the joy of her first achievement. She began skating on the cemented grounds of her complex at the age of five.

— Adapted from an article published in 'The Telegraph' dated July 11, 2024

A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×6=6

(i) Niharika Das of Chinsurah, Hooghly was — years old.

   (a) 12,  (b) 13,  (c) 14,  (d) 15.

Ans: (a) 12

(ii) Niharika has won — in 1000m at the recently concluded Open National Roller Skating Championship in Raipur.

   (a) silver,  (b) gold,  (c) bronze,  (d) nothing.

Ans: (c) bronze

(iii) Niharika has also started practising at the state's first 200-metre skating rink at —

   (a) Ice-skating Rink,  (b) Millennium Park,  (c) Nicco Park,  (d) Eco Park.

Ans: (d) Eco Park

(iv) — skaters from the state got medals at the Raipur meet that took place from June 6 to 9.

   (a) Ten,  (b) Fifteen,  (c) Seven,  (d) Nine.

Ans: (c) Seven

(v) Subhika Mukherjee is a student of class —

   (a) III,  (b) II,  (c) IV,  (d) VII.

Ans: (b) II

(vi) Subhika Mukherjee began skating on the cemented grounds of her complex —

   (a) when she was a toddler,  (b) when she was in Class X,  (c) at the age of five,  (d) at the age of nine.

Ans: (c) at the age of five

B. Each of the following statements is either True or False. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False in the boxes on the right-hand side. Also pick out suitable line(s) or phrase(s) from the passage in support of your answers : 2×3=6

(i) There was no other girl in Niharika's class who practised skating.

Ans: [True (T)]

Supporting sentence: "Twelve-year-old Niharika Das of Chinsurah, Hooghly, was the only girl in her class to skate."

(ii) Niharika's classmates preferred karate and swimming.

Ans: [True (T)]

Supporting sentence: "When most of her classmates at her school... were learning karate, swimming and other activities, Niharika took to her roller skates."

(iii) Niharika practised on a green field near her house.

Ans: [False (F)]

Supporting sentence: "My neighbour, a girl senior to me, took me to a cemented area near my home where students could skate."

C. Answer the following questions : 2×4=8

(i) What is the name of Niharika's school ?

Ans: The name of Niharika's school is Krishna Bhabini Nari Siksha Mandir in Chandernagore.

(ii) What is Niharika's hope ?

Ans: Niharika hopes to represent her country at international skating meets one day.

(iii) Who has set up the 200-metre skating rink at Eco Park ?

Ans: The Bengal Skating Association, with the support of the State Government, has set up the 200-metre skating rink at Eco Park.

(iv) What are the hobbies of Subhika Mukherjee ?

Ans: The hobbies of Subhika Mukherjee are skating and dancing.

  Grammar and Vocabulary

4. Choose the correct alternatives to fill in the blanks : 1×3=3

Cheerful crowds ____________ (enjoys / enjoyed / will enjoy) the first Bank Holiday in England after the end of the European war on Monday, August 6, 1945. On that day, an American aircraft ____________ (dropped / had dropped / was dropping) one bomb on the Japanese town of Hiroshima. It ____________ (explodes / exploded / was exploding) 1000ft above the ground just when the 255,000 people of the city were starting on their daily jobs.

Ans: enjoyed ; dropped ; exploded

 "Cheerful crowds enjoyed the first Bank Holiday in England after the end of the European war on Monday, August 6, 1945. On that day, an American aircraft dropped one bomb on the Japanese town of Hiroshima. It exploded 1000ft above the ground just when the 255,000 people of the city were starting on their daily jobs."

5. Do as directed :

A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions : 1×3=3

It is easier ________ invent ________ new weapon than to use the same idea ________ peaceful purposes.

Ans: to ; a ; for

Complete text: "It is easier to invent a new weapon than to use the same idea for peaceful purposes."

B. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given in brackets : 1×3=3

(i) Do you know me ?  [Change the voice]

Ans: Am I known to you ?

(ii) Father said, "I am not going to office tomorrow."  [Change into indirect speech]

Ans: Father said that he was not going to office the next day (or the following day).

(iii) An apple is healthier than a mango.  [Turn into a negative sentence]

Ans: A mango is not as healthy as an apple.

C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the underlined words. Write the correct phrasal verbs in the boxes given on the right-hand side changing the form where necessary. There is one extra phrasal verb in the list : 1×3=3

[ List : take after, break out, come round, fall out ]

(i) The doctor said that the patient will recover soon. 

Ans: come round

(ii) Father had a quarrel with his brother. (had a quarrel / quarrelled)

Ans: fell out

(iii) The little boy resembles his father. 

Ans: takes after

6. Given below are the meanings of four words which you will find in the unseen passage in Question No 3. Find out the words and write them in the appropriate spaces : 2×4=8

(i) fixed with cement : 

Ans: cemented

(ii) ended : 

Ans: concluded

(iii) relishing : 

Ans: basking

(iv) accomplishment : 

Ans: achievement

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