English Remedial 9th

MODULE FOR REMEDIAL CLASSES

SAMAGRA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SESSION - 2023-24
CLASS - IX
SUBJECT - ENGLISH
SAMAGRA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN, DIRECTORATE OF

PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, BHOPAL (M.P.)
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Marking Scheme
Class 9th
Section A - Reading Skill

1 &2 Reading comprehension through unseen passages. 10 Marks
Two unseen passages to assess comprehension, interpretation, inference and vocabulary. The
passage may be factual, descriptive, literary or case based. Multiple choice questions/ objective type
questions will be asked.
Section - B Writing Skills
3. Note Making based on a passage. 4 Marks
Note Making
For correct Title 1 mark
Numbering and Indenting 1 mark
Key/Glossary/use of abbreviations 1 mark
Notes 1 mark
4. Letter writing. 4 Marks
Formal / informal letter to enable the students to identify the elements of a letter and to apply
them and compose a letter. They must be able to produce clear and coherent writing in which the de-
velopment, organisation and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.
For correct format 1 mark

Content/body 2 marks
Expression 1 mark
5. Long Composition. 5 Marks
Writing an essay/article/ paragraph to enable the students to learn presentation of a coherent
argument in response to a stimulus or question and develop research, communication skills, creative
and critical thinking, organization of thoughts etc.
Language 1 mark
Content 2 marks
Expression(grammatical accuracy, coherence, 2 mark
appropriate words, spelling and punctuations)
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Section A (10 Marks) (Reading)
1 Q.1 Unseen Passage 5
2 Q.2 Unseen Passage 5
Section B (16 Marks) (Writing)
3 Q.3 Note Making (Title + Notes) 4
4 Q.4 Letter Writing (Formal / Informal letter) 4
5 Q.5 Long Composition (Essay/Article/Paragraph) 5
6 Q.6 Picture Guided Composition 3
Section C (10 Marks) (Grammar)
7 Q.7 Fill in the blanks- 5
8 Q.8 Do as directed- 5
Section-D (39 Marks) (Textbooks)
9 Q.9 Textual MCQs (from 'Beehive"). 4
10 Q.10 (A) Extracts from Prose. (from 'Beehive')
(B) Extracts from Poetry. (from 'Beehive')
11 Q.11 Short answer type questions from 'Beehive'. 12
12 Q.12 Short answer type questions from 'Poetry'. 4
13 Q.13 Short answer type questions from 'Moments'. 4
14 Q.14 Long answer type questions from prose (Beehive) 3
15 Q.15 Long answer type questions from Poetry (Beehive) 3
16 Q.16 Long answer type questions from 'Moments'. 3
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Note-
S. Total
Discription Number of Question Marks
No Marks
I Objective type questions will be asked from
Two Unseen pasages 10 01 10
Fill in the blanks (Grammar) 05 01 05
Do as Directed (Grammar) 05 01 05
Textual MCQs 04 01 04
Extract from Prose 03 01 03
Extract from Poetry 03 01 03
II The word limit for these questions is
Very Short Answer-30 words 02
Short Answer-75 Words 03
Long Answer-Analytical Type -120 Words 04
Long Answer-Analytical Type-120 Words 05
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No. Page no.
1. Writing & Grammar Letter Writing & Grammar (Fill-Ups) 1
2. Reading Reading Comprehension 9
3. Writing Note-Making 14
4. Text Books Textual MCQs 16
5. Writing Essay 20
6. Text Books Extracts from Prose/Poetry 29
7. Grammar Do as directed 34
8. Text Books Short answer questions from Prose (Beehive) 36
9. Text Books Short answer questions from Poetry (Beehive) 40
10. Text Books Short answer questions from Moments 44
11. Writing Picture Guided Composition 46
12. Text Books Long answer questions from (Beehive & Moments) 48
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Section- Writing & Grammar
Letter Writing
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3- D;k vkius dksbZ i=@vkosnu i= fy[kk gS \
Letters nks izdkj ds gksrs gSa %&

(4) Informal Letters –
(1) ;g fe=] laca/kh vFkok fj’rsnkjksa dks fy[kk tkrk gSA
(2) bldh Hkk"kk vukSipkfjd gksrh gSA
(2) Formal Letters –
(1) ;g fdlh vf/kdkjh vFkok laLFkk dks lacksf/kr dj fy[kk tkrk gSA
(2) bldh Hkk"kk vkSipkfjd gksrh gSA
(3) lkekU; Hkk"kk esa bls Application Hkh dgk tkrk gSA
Informal letter
Informal letter ds Format dks fuEu iz’u iwNdj fodflr dj ldrs gSaA tSls &
zz What is your address?
zz What is the date today?
zz Who are you writing this letter to?
zz What is the message?
zz What is House No. Street, city, state postal code etc.
Application/Letter Marking Scheme:-

Sender’s / Receiver’s Address +Salutation - 1 mark
Body/content - 2 marks
Subscription - 1 mark
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Sender’s Address
Date FORMAT OF INFORMAL LETTER 1 mark
Salutation
Body of the letter (Depends on the content) 2 marks
Complimentary close
Subscription 1 mark
Name
Sample Informal Letter

1. You are Pratibha Dubey, living at A-10 Astha Parisar, Adhartal, Jabalpur. Write a letter to your
friend Aarti telling her about your summer holidays program and invite her to join you.
A-10 Astha Parisar

Adhartal Jabalpur
24 March, 2023
My dear Aarti
I have received your letter few days back. I was delighted to know that you have done your papers
well and your vacation has started.
So, I invite you to come to my place and spend your holidays with me.
I am sure you will like this place very much. Hope to see you soon.
Your loving friend

Pratibha
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2. You are Rohan. Write a letter to your friend Neeraj, congratulating him on his success in the
examination.
145 Shastri Nagar

Jabalpur
24 June, 2023
My dear Neeraj
Today, I saw your roll number in the ‘Pradesh Patrika’. You passed Secondary Examination with
first division. I congratulate you. I am proud of you. I feel very happy. You worked hard and got the
fruit. You should also work hard for the next examination. You will get a shining success. I again
congratulate you.
With love
Your loving friend
Rohan
3. You are Arpita living in Ujjain. Write a letter to your friend Sonia inviting her to your sister’s
marriage.
155 Station Road
Ujjain
10 March ,2023
My dear Sonia
I am happy to inform you that the marriage of my sister Sita, is on March 28th. I invite you to attend
this marriage. It will give me a good company. We have made almost all the arrangements. All the
friends and relatives have been invited. Please bring your camera with you. It will enable us to keep
memories of the marriage. Please, pay my respects to dear uncle and aunty. Love to Baby.
Awaiting your reply

Yours sincerely
Arpita
Key Points:-
1. Salutation –Dear, My loving friend ……………., (Greeting)
2. Opening –
a. How are you?
b. I hope that you are doing well.
c. I am well here and hope the same for you.
Write 3-4 lines according to subject (friendly tone)
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3. Ending –
a. See you soon,
b. With regards
c. Lots of love
d. Best wishes
e. I am looking forward to meeting you soon.
Practice-
Fill in the Blanks and complete the following letter.
……………………
……………………
……………………
………..Deepti
………………………………. You will be glad to know that my elder brother/sister is going to be married
next week on 20th November 2018.
…………………………………. to attend the marriage ceremony ………………………………
………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
Format for Formal Letter

To,
Address of sender
Date :-
Address of receiver 1 mark
Subject :-
Salutation
Body of letter (Content as per the question) 2 mark
Thanking you
1 mark
Sender’s name
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Sample Application
1. Write an application to the principal of your school asking three days leave as you are ill.
25 May, 2023
The Principal
Govt. H.S. School
Bhopal
Subject: An application for leave
Sir,
I am a student of class 9th. I am ill. I cannot come to school for three days. I want three days leave.
Kindly grant me leave for three days.
Thanking you
Yours obediently
Name
2. You are Reeta studying in Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Shajapur. Write an application to the principal
of your school requesting him to issue a character certificate.
158, Rajeev Nagar

Shajapur
15 January, 2023
The Prinrcipal
Govt. Sr. Sec. School
Shajapur
Subject: An application for Character Certificate
Sir,
I am a student of class 9th. I have to leave the school for some reason. I can not continue my study
here. I have to take admission in another school and have to submit my character certificate.
So, I request you to issue my character certificate. Thanking you
Yours obediently
Reeta
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3. You are Dipesh Bilwal, a student of class 9th. Your father has been transferred to Indore. Write
an application to your principal requesting him to issue your Transfer Certificate. (T.C.)
253, Bapu Nagar

Bhopal
22 August, 2023
The Principal
Govt. Sec. School Bhopal
Subject : To issue Transfer Certificate
I am a student of class 9th. My father has been transferred to Indore. I cannot continue my study
here. I need my transfer certificate.
So, I request you to issue my Transfer Certificate.
Yours obediently
Dipesh Bilwal
4. You are Naveen Sharma, a student of class 9th. Your father is a poor farmer. Write an applica-
tion to your principal requesting him to grant you full fee concession.
132 Nayapura
Gwalior
12 December, 2023
The Principal
Govt.H.S. S Padma Gwalior
Subject: Application for full fee concession
I am a student of class IXth. My father is a poor farmer. His income is Rs. 3,000/- a month.He cannot
pay my fee. I want to continue my study.
So, I request to grant me full fee concession.
Yours obediently
Naveen Sharma
Parts of an Application ¼,d çkFkZuk&i= ds Hkkx½

1. Sender’s Address ¼Hkstus okys vFkok fy[kus okys dk irk½ lcls igys application fy[kus okys
dk irk fy[kk tkrk gSA
2. Date ¼fnukad½ bl çdkj fy[ksa&21 March ,20XX
3. Receiver’s Designation ¼çkIrdrkZ dk in½] Name of the School ¼fo|ky; dk uke½ Village/
Town/City dk uke fy[ksaA
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4. Salutation ¼lEcks/ku½ % bl çdkj fy[ksa Sir/Madam

5. Subject ¼fo"k;½ % çkFkZuk i= fdl fo"k; esa gS] ;gk¡ fy[kk tkrk gSA bls salutation ls igys
Hkh fy[kk tk ldrk gSA
6. Communication ¼lwpuk lEçs"k.k½&;g Hkkx application dk eq[; Hkkx gksrk gSA ç'u ds
vuqlkj blesa subject matter ¼fo"k; oLrq½ fy[kuh gSA /;ku j[ksa] okD; NksVs cuk,¡ o O;kdj.k]
dh –f"V ls lgh cuk,¡A ç'u o communication esa relevancy ¼laxrrk½ gksuh pkfg,A ,d
;k nks NksVs&NksVs paragraphs gh cuk,¡A vkSipkfjd Hkk"kk dk ç;ksx djsaA
7. Courteous Ending f'k"V lekfIr½&blesa Thanking you fy[ksaA
8. Complimentary Phrase ¼lEekulwpd okD;ka'k½&blesa yours obediently fy[ksaA
9. Name of the Student/Signature fo|kFkhZ dk uke@gLrk{kj½&blesa fo|kFkhZ viuk uke @
gLrk{kj fy[ksaA
10. Class of the Student ¼fo|kFkhZ dh d{kk½&blesa fo|kFkhZ viuh d{kk fy[ksaA
Section-(Grammar)
1. _______ Sun rises in the East. (a/an/the)
2. I didn’t buy ____ mangoes. (some/any)
3. He is ______ engineer. (a/an/the)
4. We _____to watch the movie yesterday. (go/went)
5. There is not _____ water in the pool. (much/many
6. They ____ completed their work. (has/have)
7. Christmas is celebrated _ 25th Decmber. (in/on)
8. How---- pages did you read? (much/many)
9. The bank ----- some interest for your money. (give/gives)
10. The rainy season starts _____________the summer. (before/after)
11. Hindi ____the official language of Madhya Pradesh. (is/are)
12. Sharad--------watching TV when the power went off. (was/were)
13. He is an American but his wife is ------ European (a/an/the)
14. Honesty is ------- best policy. (a/an/the)
15. Walk carefully ------- you will fall down. (but/ and/ otherwise)
16. ------ she works hard, she will fail. (If/Unless)
17. Anita is taller ------ Sanjay (from/than)
18. How ------ water is left in the bottle? (much/many)
19. We need -----money (some/any)
20. _____ I take your pen? (may/can)
21. Ravan was killed _____ Ram (from/ by)
22. We were making kites when Father______(arrive/arrived)
23. He wanted to ______ an engineer(become/becomes/becoming)
24. ______ is a good exercise (Walk/Walking)
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25. The book is ____the table. (on/upon)
26. I am not going to office ______ I am ill. (and/so/because)
27. Sumit is the ______ student in the school. (wise/wiser/ wisest)
28. He is _____ M. A. in English (a/an/the)
29. Health is ____ than wealth. (good/better/best)
30. Every year thousands of people die_____ malaria (of/from/than)
31. Physics ----- not a difficult subject. (is/are)
32. The chair was------ by the student. (break/broken)
33. We ____ wear mask in crowded places. (should/used / ought)
34. How _____ students are present today? (many/much)
35. How ______ sugar do you take in tea? (much/many)
36. They have been playing here _____ morning. (since/for)
37. We have been studying in this college _____ three years. (since/for)
38. Did you see ______ lion in the forest? (some/any)
39. He did not work hard _____ he failed. (so/because)
40. _____ you taken my pen? (have/has/did)
41. When Rahul was two, he __________ already speak very well. (might, could, can)
42. We __________ always respect our elders. (can, should, could)
43. Each winner ………………………… given a prize. (was, were, has)
44. Sona and Kavita …………………………. close friends. (is, are, have)
45. Bhopal has----- most ideal climate. (a,an,the)
46. I __________ this book since morning. (have been reading, has been reading, have had read)
47. Nowadays, she ---her drawing board to school. (carry, carries, carried)
48. I’m sorry, I can’t pay for your lunch. I have------ money. (little, a little, few)
49. He ---------------wear a helmet when he rides his bike. (ought, must, should)
50. Plants ------------have light and water to grow. (ought, must, should)
Answer key
Grammar (Fillers)
1 the 11 Is 21 By 31 Is 41 could
2 any 12 Was 22 Arrived 32 Broken 42 should
3 an 13 A 23 Become 33 should 43 was
4 went 14 The 24 Walking 34 Many 44 are
5 much 15 Otherwise 25 on 35 Much 45 the
6 have 16 Unless 26 Because 36 Since 46 have been reading
7 On 17 Than 27 Wisest 37 For 47 carries
8 Many 18 Much 28 An 38 Any 48 little
9 Gives 19 Some 29 Better 39 So 49 must
10 after 20 may 30 of 40 have 50 must
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Reading
Reading Comprehension : (2 passages X 5 Marks each = 10 Marks)

Comprehension ds fy, ikB~;Øe esa 10 vad vkoafVr gS ftlesa 2 Unseen Passages fn;s
tkrs gSA izR;sd passage esa 5 questions objective type gksrs gSA fo|kfFkZ;ksa ds fy;s ;g lsD’ku
vR;Ur gh vklku ,oa scoring gkssrk gSA D;ksafd izR;sd question dk answer mlh Passage esa gkssrk
gSA
zz Q.1. Unseen Passage (5 Marks)
zz Q.2. Unseen Passage (5 Marks)
Nk= fn;s x, passage dks /;ku ls i<s vkSj passage }kjk çLrqr lkekU; fopkj ij igqaps A
• ç'uksa dks vPNh rjg i<sA
• Passage dks nwljh ckj i<s vkSj çklafxd 'kCnksa vkSj okD;ka'kksa dks js[kkafdr djs tks mÙkj
fudkyus esa enn djsaA
• ç'uksa dk mÙkj ljy]laf{kIr vkSj Li"V Hkk"kk esa gksuk pkfg, bl ckr dk vH;kl djsA
• NksVs NksVs okD; cukus dk vH;kl djs A
• Vocabulary dks gy djus ds fy,] Nk= 'kCn dks vFkZ ls cnydj vkSj okD; dks fQj ls i<+
dj ;g ns[ks ds fd D;k ;g leku vFkZ cukrk gSA
• Multiple choice questions ds fy, vçklafxd fodYiksa dks gVk nsa vkSj fudVre laHkkfor
fodYi ij igqapsaA
Nk= viuh le> Comprehension dks ij[kus ds fy, Yes/No Type questions iwN ldrs gSA
1. bl [k.M ds vH;kl gsrq Nk= Wh questions tSls What, Why, When, Where, How, Whom,
Who, Whose dk vFkZ le>sa buls 'kq: gksus okys iz’uksa dk mÙkj nssA
2. Passage esa iwNs x, iz’uksa ds mÙkj nsus dk dkS’ky (skill) fuEufyf[kr Question words ds
ek/;e ls le>as rFkk vH;kl djsaA
What - D;k - object oLrq
Where - dgka - place LFkku
When - dc - time le;
Which - dkSulk - thing oLrq
Who - dkSu - person O;fDr
Why - D;ksa - reason dkj.k
How - dSls - manner rjhdk
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mnkgjk.kkFkZ Who ls izkjaHk gksus okys iz’uksa dk mÙkj lacaf/kr okD; ds drkZ ls izkIr
gksxkA
Rahul teaches English.
Q. Who teaches English?
Ans. Rahul
blh izdkj Where ls izkjaHk gksus okys iz’uksa dk mÙkj lacaf/kr okD; esa fn, x, LFkku
ls çkIr gksxkA
Boys were playing in the playground.
Q. Where were boys playing?
Ans. in the playground
blh izdkj When ls izkjaHk gksus okys iz’uksa dk mÙkj lacaf/kr okD; esa fn, x, le; ls
çkIr gksxkA
I get up at 5 a.m. daily.
Q. When do you get up daily?
Ans. 5 a.m.
blh izdkj vU; Wh question words dk vH;kl djsa d{kk 9oha dh Bridge Course Book esa
fn, x, Passages dk vH;kl djsaA
Sample Passages for Practice
Passage-1
Lalita sowed some tomato seeds in her garden. The seeds grew into little plants after a few
days. She removed every weed. She never allowed any insect near her pet plants. When the days
were hot, she watered the plants. She put compost under the plants. The flowers grew and be-
came big. The tiny green tomatoes began to show. Lalita and her sister watered the plants daily. A
very large beautiful tomato grew in the plant. Her father said, “It is the finest tomato I have ever
seen”. The sisters were very happy.
(i) What did Lalita sow in her garden?

a) Plants b) seeds c) trees d) grass
(ii) What did she not allow?
a) birds near plants b) insects near plants
c) flies near plants d) pets near plants
(iii) What did she put under the plants?
a) Water b) Compost c) Weeds d) Flowers
(iv) Which of the following is similar in meaning to ‘tiny’?
a) large b) big c) small d) giant
(v) Why were the sisters happy?
a) because flowers grew in their garden b) because a tomato grew in their garden
c) because plants grew in their garden d) because their father was happy
Ans. i-b, ii-b, iii-b, iv-c, v-b
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Passage-2
Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. When areas in and around Leh began to expe-
rience water shortages, life didn’t grind to a halt. Why? Because Chewang Norphel, a retired civil
engineer in the Jammu and Kashmir government came up with the idea of artificial glaciers. Lada-
kh, a cold desert at an altitude of 3,000-3,500 metres above sea level, has a low average annual
rainfall rate of 50 mm. Glaciers have always been the only source of water. Agriculture is complete-
ly dependent on glacier melt unlike the rest of river/monsoon fed India. But over the years with
increasing effects of climate change, rainfall and snowfall patterns have been changing, resulting
in severe shortage and drought situations. Given the severe winter conditions, the window for
farming is usually limited to one harvest season.
(i) What kind of landform is Ladakh?

(a) Hot desert (b) Cold desert
(c) Dry desert (d) Hot and Dry desert
(ii) Who was Chewang Norphel?
(a) a retired principal (b) a retired activist
(c) a retired social worker (d) a retired civil engineer
(iii) Ladakh is at an altitude of ............... metres above sea level.
(a) 2000-2500 b) 1500-2000 (c) 3000-3500 (d) 2500-3000
(iv) Find the word in the paragraph which means the same as ‘a body of dense ice’.
(a) river (b) desert (c) glacier (d) all the above
(v) Severe shortage of water is the result of-
(a) climate changes (b) changes in rainfall
(c) changes in snowfall patter (d) all the above
Ans.i-b, ii-d, iii-c, iv-b, v-d
Passage-3
There seems to be a general opinion in this country that Sardar Patel was slightly of harsh
and rough temperament. Men called him the ‘Iron man of India’. He was no doubt, an iron man in
the sense that one could rely on him for strict and efficient administration. But as a man, to those
who had the good fortune of coming into close contact with him, he was kind and considerate. At
time, he even became emotional where his personal friends and followers were concerned. How-
ever, it goes without saying that the Sardar Patel had the great skill for organizing affairs. He knew
the way of picking people and putting them in their proper place. Once he judged a man and found
him correct, he trusted him fully and got him to do anything he wanted.
Question:
(i) Sardar Patel was called------------ of India.
(a) diamond (b) iron man (c) steel man (d) all of these
(ii) Sardar Patel had the great skill for------
(a) making (b) keeping (c) organising (d) all of these
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(iii) Which of these is the opposite of the word ‘rough’?
(a) harsh (b) solid (c) smooth (d) kind
(iv) One could rely on him for strict and efficient:
(a) treatment (b) work (c) administration (d) arrangement
(v) Find out the word from the passage which means-‘luck’
Ans. i- b, ii-c, iii-, iv-c, v- fortune
Passage-4
Helen Keller lost her eye-sight and hearing at the age of two because of an illness. She be-
came deaf. She also lost the ability to speak, for we learn to speak by imitating what we hear. At
first, it seemed impossible that she would never understand other’s or be understood by them.
Hers was thus a lonely world. But she was helped by a wonderful teacher named Miss Sullivan who
had herself been blind as a child but recovered her eye-sight by an operation. Miss Sullivan volun-
teered to help Helen and taught her to speak, read and write. Helen later went to a university and
gained a degree. She then spent the rest of her life working to help the blind and the deaf.
(i) We learn to speak---

(a) by reading (b) by writing (c) by imitating (d) all of these
(ii) Miss Sullivan helped Helen to------------
(a) speak (b) write (c) read (d) all of these
(iii) Who was Helen’s teacher?
(a) Mary (b) her mother (c) Miss Sullivan (d) Her father
(iv) When did Helen Keller lose her eye-sight and hearing?
(a) at birth (b) at the age of two (c) at the age of four
(v) Which word in the passage means ‘One who is not able to see’?
(a) deaf (b) sight (c) blind
Ans.i- c, ii- d, iii-c, iv-b, v-c
Passage-5
Once, an ant who had come to drink at a stream fell into the water and was carried away
by the swift current. He was in great danger of drowning. A dove, perched on a nearby tree, saw
the ant’s danger and dropped a leaf into the water. The ant climbed onto this and was carried to
safety. Sometime after this, a hunter, creeping through the bushes, saw the dove asleep and took a
careful aim with his gun. He was about to fire when the ant, who was nearby, crawled forward and
bit him sharply on the ankle. The hunter missed his aim and the loud noise of the gun awakened
the dove from her sleep. She saw the danger and flew swiftly away to safety. Thus, the ant repaid
the dove for having saved its life in the foaming current of the stream.
(i) The ant came to the stream to-

(a) to drink from it (b) look at the swift current
(c) fall into it (d) carry back some water.
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(ii) The ant repaid the dove by-

(a) bring the hunter (b) biting the hunter
(c) biting the dove (d) None of these
(iii) The dove dropped a leaf into the water to -
(a) save the ant (b) help itself
(c) drown the ant (d) perch on it
(iv) The word ‘aim’ in this passage means –
(a) to have an ambition (b) to point a gun at something or someone
(c) to look at something (d) to try to reach somewhere
(v) The dove was in danger because-
(a) a hunter wanted to care for it (b) it had fallen off the branch
(c) there was a bush nearby (d) a hunter was about to shoot it
Ans: i- a,ii-b,iii-a,iv-a,v-d
Note Making based on a Passage

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1. For correct title - 1 Mark
2. Numering and Indenting - 1 Mark
Total Marks = 04
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Writing
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Format of Note- Making
Title ............
1. Heading
1.1 Sub- heading
1.2 Sub- heading
1.3 Sub- heading
2. Heading
2.1 Sub- heading
2.2 Sub- heading
2.3 Sub- heading
3. Heading
3.1 Sub- heading
3.2 Sub- heading
3.3 Sub- heading
Use of abbreviations:
zz Acronyms like RADAR, UNESCO, UNICEF, AIDS
zz Latin symbols like e.g., etc., i.e.
zz Mathematical symbols such as +(positive), -(negative) =(is equal to), > (is greater than), <(is
smaller than) ……(circle) etc. and numeral for nurn-bers (22 for twenty two)
zz Shortened forms like govt., exam., univ., etc.
Make your own abbreviations:

1. Use the first few letters of the word
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For example
yy imp for ‘important’
yy info for ‘information’
yy eval for ‘evaluation’
yy dev for ‘development’

2. by writing first and last letters – Dr. Mr. etc;
3. Remove all (or most of) the vowels from the word
yy mngmt for ‘management’
yy mkt for ‘market’
yy dvpt for ‘development’

4. Standard Abbreviations
yy M.P. for Madhya Pradesh
yy E for East
yy W for West
Solved Example
There are many different kinds of musical instruments. They are divided into three main
classes according to the way they are played. For example, some instruments are played by blow-
ing air into them. These are called wind instruments. In some of these the air is made to vibrate
inside a wooden tube and these are said to be of the woodwind family. The examples of this family
are the flute, the clarinet and the bassoon. Other instruments are made of brass: the trumpet and
the horn are examples. There are also various other wind instruments such as the mouth organ
and the bagpipes.
Some instruments are played by banging or striking them. One obvious example is the drum,
of which there are various kinds. Instruments like this are called percussion instruments.
Title- “Musical Instruments”

Notes-
1. Kinds of musical instruments
1.1 Wind inst.(flute)
1.2 Percussion inst.
1.3 Stringed inst.
2. How to play it
2.1 By blowing air
2.2 By banging or striking
Abbreviation key- Inst- Instrument
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Text Books
Textual MCQs from Beehive
Textual MCQs from Beehive

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Textual MCQs for Practice

1. What did Tommy find?
(a) an old book with yellow crinkly pages (b) a tele book
(c) a brand-new book (d) a diary
2. Where did Tommy find the book?
(a) in the library (b) in Margie’s house
(c) in his house (d) in his friend’s house
3. How old is Margie?
(a) 10 years (b) 11 years (c) 12 years (d) 13 years
4. What does Yellow woods mean?
(a) falling leaves (b) forest with yellow leaves
(c) wood yellow in colour (d) none
5. Who is the poet of this poem ‘The Road Not Taken’?
(a) James (b) William James
(c) William Wordsworth (d) Robert Frost
6. Which award was given to Evelyn in 1991?
(a) painter of the year (b) teacher of the year
(c) soloist of the year (d) student of the year
7. Which foreign languages did Evelyn learn?
(a) French (b) Chinese (c) Basic Japanese (d) Both (a) and (c)
8. Where did Bismillah play the Shehnai on 15th August 1947?
(a) Ganga Ghat (b) Banaras (c) Red Fort (d) Montreal
9. Which national award was conferred on Ustad Bismillah Khan?
(a) Padmashri (b) Padma Bhushan (c) Padma Vibhushan (d) all of these
10. Shehnai is a refined version of which instrument?
(a) musical instrument (b) mouth organ
(c) Guitar (d) Pungi
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11. Where was the Shehnai played traditionally?

(a) In temples (b) in wedding ceremonies
(c) auspicious ceremonies (d) all the above
12. Who breaks the shutters of the window?
(a) Children (b) A girl (c) A naughty boy (d) Wind
13. Kezia’s father could not play because
(a) He was a giant (b) He was old
(c) He was too tired after work (d) He had no holidays
14. Why did Kezia tear the papers?
(a) to play (b) to clean her room
(c) to fill the cushion (d) all of these
15. What did Kezia’s grandmother ask her to make?
(a) chapati (b) snacks
(c) a gift of pin cushion (d) none of these
16. What revives the sweet memories in the poet’s mind?
(a) Busy schedule (b) Daily routine
(c) Raindrops falling on the roof (d) None of these
17. What does starry spheres mean?
(a) light (b) Sky filled with stars
(c) circles (d) all of these
18. Who are darling dreamers in the poem?
(a) Children (b) Mothers (c) Family members (d) Poet’s memories
19. What did Albert’s classmates call him?
(a) a genius (b) dull (c) brother Boring (d) stupid
20. What did Einstein love to play with?
(a) Plastic Toys (b) Mechanical toys (c) Friends (d) his sister
21. Who is the author of the lesson “My Childhood”?
(a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Katherine Mansfield
(c) Isaac Asimav (d) Deborah Cowley
22. Where was Kalam born?
(a) Rameswaram, Madras State (b) Tamil Nādu
(c) Karnataka (d) Chennai
23. Who was Kalam’s close friend?
(a) Ramanadha Sastry (b) Samsuddin
(c) His father (d) his brother
24. What are the things in nature that a man needs to live with?
(a) sun (b) air (c) water and plants (d) all of these
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25. How is man’s vision clouded?
(a) by hate and narrow thinking (b) by other people (c) by other countries
26. Why did the poet want to go to Innisfree?
(a) He wanted to relive his past.
(b) to enrich his spirit and feel light away from the noise of the city
(c) to have a change of mood
(d) to explore something new
27. How was the woman punished by St. Peter?
(a) He made her homeless.
(b) He cursed a hard life and scanty food.
(c)He took away all the comforts of human life.
(d) All of the above
28. Which incident showed that Santosh was concerned about her team mates?
(a) giving artificial respiration to them (b) help during climbing
(c) giving sticks during climbing (d) greeting during climbing
29. Why did Santosh leave home for Delhi?
(a) to roam about
(b) to meet a friend
(c) to get proper education and avoid marriage
(d) to tease her parents
30. What happened when Santosh scaled up the mount Everest for the first time?
(a) she won
(b) she hoisted the flag
(c) she became the youngest woman to achieve the feat.
(d) None of the above
31. Sharapova loved reading novels of
(a) Sydney Sheldon (b) Charles Dickens
(c) William Shakespeare (d) Arthur Conan Doyle
32. What’s Sharapova’s mantra for success?
(a) being competitive (b) working hard (c) respecting her job (d) All of the these
33. What helps the tree to grow?
(a) earth (b) air (c) gardener (d) none
34. How do the trees die?
(a) when they don’t get water (b) when they don’t get manure
(c) when their roots are uprooted (d) when we cut it with knife or jab
35. What does the poet equate killing trees with?
(a) killing animals (b) killing insects (c) killing human beings (d) None
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36. Whom did the author get by accident?

(a) a dog (b) baby tiger (c) a sloth bear (d) none
37. Whom did the author present the bear as a gift to?
(a) his friend (b) his children (c) his parents (d) his wife
38. What was the name given to the bear?
(a) Tinu (b) Chiku (c) Bruno (d) Merino
39. How do the trees die?
(a) when they don’t get water
(b) when they don’t get manure
(c) when their roots are uprooted
(d) when we cut it with knife or jab
40. What was the intruder carrying in his channel?
(a) a stick (b) a gun (c) a knife (d) a swor
41. Why does the author find himself unable to tear away from the square?
(a) The flute music was very sweet. (b) There were many things to eat.
(c) He was watching a magic show. (d) He was buying flutes.
42. Which famous Hindu temple is situated in Kathmandu?
(a) Jagannath (b) Kedamath (c) Pashupatinath (d) Deenanath
43. Kathmandu is the capital city of -
(a) China (b) Nepal (c) Bhutan (d) Bangladesh
44. What sealed the poet’s spirit?
(a) a joke (b) a victory (c) a slumber (d) a prize
45. When did the intruder enter Gerrard’s house?
(a) when he was sleeping (b) early morning
(c) when he was about to leave for a rehearsal (d) midnight
Answer key (MCQs)

1-a 6-c 11-d 16-c 21-a 26-b 31-d 36-c 41-a
2-c 7-d 12-d 17-b 22-a 27-d 32-d 37-d 42-c
3-b 8-c 13-c 18-a 23-a 28-a 33-a 38-c 43-b
4-b 9-d 14-c 19-c 24-d 29-c 34-c 39-c 44-a
5-d 10-d 15-c 20-b 25-a 30-c 35-c 40-b 45-c
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Writing
Essay Writing
Essay Writing
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Collection of ideas
Questions
Q.1 What is the importance of festival? Ans. - Festivals are an important part of our life. All the
festivals recharge us for our daily routine.
Q.2 Which is the festival of light? Ans. - Diwali is the festival of light. It is a great Indian
festival.
Q.3 When do we celebrate Diwali? Ans. - We celebrate Diwali in the month of October or
November or Amavasya of Kartika month every year.
Q.4 Why do people celebrate Diwali? Ans. - It is believed that Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya
after fourteen years of exile.
Q.5 How do people prepare for it? Ans. - People clean and white wash their houses. They
paint and decorate their shops as well. They buy dec-
orative items, new dresses, sweets and fire crackers.
Q.6 How do we celebrate Diwali? Ans. - People worship GoddessLakshmi on this day.
They decorate their houses with electric series, earth-
en lamps and flowers. Some people give presents to
their friends and relatives.
Q.7 What are the advantages of it? Ans. - Diwali is enjoyed by the people of all religions
which strengthens the National unity. Indians living in-
foreign countries also remember their motherland by
celebrating Diwali. Cleaning of houses and surround-
ings is also an advantage of Diwali.
Q. 8 What are the disadvantages of it? Ans. - Some people gamble and drink on this day. It is
a bad practice.Playing with crackers carelessly affects
badly over ones pocket, property and environment.
Q. 9 Why do you like to celebrate Diwali? Ans. - Diwali is a festival of national importance.
It brings similar happiness for the rich and poor. If
planned properly then sweets, crackers, new dresses
and gifts make this festival memorable.
3 Organization of ideas and drafting :

Organize all the information to write the first draft.
4 Editing :
After writing this information ,edit the write up so that the missing information can be added.
5 Redraft :
After editing, rewrite the refined content which will be in the form of a composition. The final
draft may be like this-
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An Indian Festival Diwali

Introduction: Festivals are an important part of our life. All the festivals recharge us for daily
routine. Diwali is a great Indian festival. It is the festival of light; we celebrate Diwali in the month of
October or November on the Amavasya of Kartik month every year.
Reason of Celebration: It is believed that on this day Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya from his
fourteen years exile. People of Ayodhya gave him a warm welcome. They decorated their houses with
earthen lamps and distribute sweets. So we celebrate this day in his memory.
Preparations: People clean and white wash their houses. The shops are painted and reset. Dec-
orative items make the market look very beautiful.
The Celebration: Diwali starts with Dhanteras. On this day, people buy new clothes, utensils and
crackers. They buy sweets, fruits, crackers and gifts to present their friends and relatives. On the day
of Amavasya, people worship Goddess Lakshmi. They pray to her to shower her blessings and wealth
upon them. The Diwali night becomes the brightest night because of electric series, earthen lamps,
decorative lightings etc. Children burst crackers.
Advantages: Diwali is enjoyed by all the people of every caste and religion. It strengthens the
national unity. People in foreign countries also remember their motherland by celebrating Diwali.
Disadvantages: Some people gamble and drink on this day. This certainly is a bad practice. Like-
wise bursting crackers carelessly causes great damage and loss of property and environment.
Conclusion: Diwali is a festival of national importance. It brings happiness for both the rich and
the poor. We should be careful in planning the expenditure for it to make it memorable.
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Text Books- (Extracts from Prose & Poetry)

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Extracts from prose (Beehive) for practice-

Passage-1
As for music, she explains, “It pours in through every part of my body. It tingles in the skin,
my cheekbones and even in my hair.” When she plays the xylophone, she can sense the sound
passing up the stick into her fingertips. By leaning against the drums, she can feel the resonances
flowing into her body. On a wooden platform she removes her shoes so that the vibrations pass
through her bare feet and up her legs.
Questions:
1. The lesson from which the above extract has been taken is-
(a) The Fun They Had (b) The Little Girl
(c) The Sound of Music (d) My Childhood.
2. What is Xylophone?
(a) a musical instrument (b) a farming tool
(c) a kitchen equipment (d) none of the above
3. The noun form of ‘wooden’ is-
(a) wood – like (b) woody
(c) wood (d) woods
Answers :- 1. The Sound of Music 2. a musical instrument 3. wood
Passage-2
At the age of 14, Bismillah accompanied his uncle to the Allahabad Music Conference. At
the end of his recital, Ustad Faiyaz Khan patted the young boy’s back and said, “Work hard and
you shall make it.” With the opening of the All India Radio in Lucknow in 1938 came Bismillah’s big
break. He soon became an often-heard shehnai player on radio.
Questions:
1. At what age did Bismillah accompany his uncle to the ‘Allahabad Music Conference’?
(a) at 15 (b) at 17 (c) at 14 (d) at 18
2. When did Faiyaz Khan praise Bismillah Khan?
(a) in the beginning of his recital
(b) at the end of his recital
(c) during the recital
(d) not at all.
3. Which instrument did Bismillah Khan play?
(a) Violin (b) Flute (c) Sitar (d) Shehnai
Answer :- 1. (c) at 14 2. (b) At the end of his recital 4. (d) Shehnai
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Passage-3
In 2001, Ustad Bismillah Khan was awarded India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
With the coveted award resting on his chest and his eyes glinting with rare happiness he said, “All
I would like to say is: Teach your children music, this is Hindustan’s richest tradition; even the West
is now coming to learn our music.”
Questions:
1. Which award was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan?
(a) The Bharat Ratna (b) The Arjuna Award
(c) FilmFareAwards (d) Padmashree
2. ………….. is Hindustan’s richest tradition.
(a) Dance (b) Music (c) Cricket (d) Painting
3. The antonym of the word ‘happiness’ is-
(a) Sadness (b) Kindness (c) Foolishness (d) Selfishness
Answers :- 1. (a) The Bharat Ratna 2. (b)Music 3. (a)Sadness
Passage-4
The Macdonalds lived next door. They had five children. Looking through a gap in the fence
the little girl saw them playing ‘tag’ in the evening. The father with the baby, Mao, on his shoul-
ders, two little girls hanging on to his coat pockets ran round and round the flower-beds, shaking
with laughter. Once she saw the boys turn the hose on him-and he tried to catch them laughing
all the time.
Questions:
1. The Macdonalds had …………..children.
(a) one (b) two (c) four (d) five
2. The name of the baby with the father was ………….
(a) Mao (b) Macdonald (c) Tag (d) Rose
3. The little girl saw ……………
(a) children playing ‘tag’ (b) children playing cricket
(c) children playing ‘hide and seek’ (d) children playing cards.
Answers :- 1. (d) five 2. (a)Mao 3. (a) children playing ‘tag’.
Passage-5
In 1900, at the age of 21, Albert Einstein was a university graduate and unemployed. He
worked as a teaching assistant, gave private lessons and finally secured a job in 1902 as a technical
expert in the patent office in Bern. While he was supposed to be assessing other people’s inven-
tions, Einstein was actually developing his own ideas in secret. He is said to have jokingly called his
desk drawer at work the “bureau of theoretical physics.”
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Questions:
1. At the age of 21, Einstein was a university…………
(a) graduate (b) scholar (c) doctor (d) lawyer
2. Einstein worked as a technical expert in …………….
(a) Berlin (b) London (c) Paris (d) Bern
3. Einstein also worked as-
(a) an office boy (b) a security officer
(c) a teaching assistant (d) a professor
Answers :- 1. (a) graduate 2. (d)Bern 3. (c) a teaching assistant
Passage-6
Every child is born, with some inherited characteristics, into a specific socio-economic and
emotional environment, and trained in certain ways by figures of authority. I inherited honesty and
self-discipline from my father; from my mother, I inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness
and so did my three brothers and sister. I had three close friends in my childhood- Ramanadha
Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan. All these boys were from orthodox Hindu Brahmin families.
Questions:
1. Abdul Kalam had …………….. close friends.
(a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four
2. Abdul Kalam inherited ……….. from his father.
(a) honesty and self-discipline (b) deep kindness
(c) fath in goodness (d) self character formation
3. How many brother and sisters did Abdul Kalam have?
(a) two brothers and two sisters (b) one brother and three sisters
(c) two brothers and two sisters (d) three brothers and a sister
Answers :- 1. (c) three 2. (a) honesty and self-discipline 3. (d) three brothers and a sister
Passage-7
The girl was given the name ‘Santosh’, which means contentment. But Santosh was not al-
ways content with her place in a traditional way of life. She began living life on her own terms from
the start. Where other girls wore traditional Indian dresses, Santosh preferred shorts. Looking
back, she says now, “From the very beginning I was quite determined that if I chose a correct and
a rational path, the others around me had to change, not me.”
Questions:
1. The meaning of the word ‘Santosh’ is -
(a) tradition (b) beginning (c) determination (d) contentment
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2. Santosh lived her life-
(a) on her own terms
(b) to please others
(c) as her father wanted
(d) as her friends suggested
3. Santosh preferred wearing-
(a) traditional dresses (b) trousers
(c) shorts (d) Indian dresses
Answers :- 1. (d) contentment 2. (a)on her own terms 3. (c) shorts
Passage-8
Margie was scornful. “School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school.”
Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher
had been
giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her
mother had
shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the County Inspector.
He was a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires. He
smiled
at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart. Margie had hoped he wouldn’t
know
how to put it together again, but he knew how all right, and, after an hour or so, there it
was again
Questions:
1. Why did Margie hate school more than ever?
(a) She disliked her classmates
(b) She had been receiving too many tests
(c) The County Inspector was coming to visit
(d) Her mother was unhappy with her performance
2. How did Margie feel when the mechanical teacher was repaired?
(a) Relieved (b) Excited (c) Disappointed (d) Surprised
3. What does the word “scornful” mean?
(a) Full of joy (b) Full of fear (c) Full of anger (d) Full of contempt
Answers :- 1. (b) She had been receiving too many tests
2. (c) Disappointed
3. (d) Full of contempt
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Passage-9
It was a hot summer night; about ten o’clock. I had my meal at the restaurant and returned
to my room.
I heard a noise from above as I opened the door.The sound was a familiar one. One could
say that
the rats and I shared the room. I took out my box of matches and lighted the kerosene lamp
on the table. The house was not electrified; it was a small rented room. I had just set up medical
practice and
my earnings were meagre. I had about sixty rupees in my suitcase. Along with some shirts
and dhotis,
I also possessed one solitary black coat which I was then wearing.
Questions:
1. Why did the narrator have a small rented room?
(a) He was on vacation
(b) He was visiting friends
(c) He had just set up medical practice
(d) He was unable to afford a larger place
2. From which lesson the above passage has been taken?
(a) My Childhood (b) If I were you
(c) The Little Girl (d) The Snake and the Mirror
3. What valuable possession did the narrator have?
(a) Expensive jewelry (b) A collection of books
(c) A black coat (d) A suitcase full of money
Answers :- 1. (d) He was unable to afford a larger place
2. (d) The Snake and the Mirror
3. (c) A black coat
Passage-9
I look at the flute seller standing in a corner of the square near the hotel. In his hand is a
pole with an attachment at the top from which fifty or sixty bansuris protrude in all directions, like
the quills of a porcupine. They are of bamboo: there are crossflutes and recorders. From time to
time he stands the pole on the ground, selects a flute and plays for a few minutes. The sound rises
clearly above the noise of the traffic and the hawkers’ cries. He plays slowly, meditatively, without
excessive display. He does not shout out his wares. Occasionally he makes a sale, but in a curiously
offhanded way as if this were incidental to his enterprise. Sometimes he breaks off playing to talk
to the fruit seller. I imagine that this has been the pattern of his life for years.
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Questions:
1. What does the flute seller have in his hand?
(a) A pole (b) A guitar (c) A trumpet (d) A drum
2. How many bansuris protrude from the attachment at the top of the pole?
(a) Twenty to thirty (b) Fifty or sixty
(c) Ten or fifteen (d) A hundred or more
3. How does the flute seller play the flute?
(a) Loudly and energetically
(b) Quickly and playfully
(c) Slowly and meditatively
(d) Quietly and timidly
Answer :- 1. (a) A pole 2. (b) Fifty or sixty (c) Slowly and meditatively
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Extracts from Poetry
Extracts from Poetry

Name of the poem Name of the poet
The Road not Taken. Robert Frost
Wind Subramania Bharati
Rain on the Roof Coates Kinney
The Lake Isle of Innisfree William Butler Yeats
A Legend of the Northland Phoebe Cary
No Men Are Foreign James Kirkup
On Killing a Tree Gieve Patel
A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal William Wordsworth
Extracts from Poetry for Practice: -

Extract -1
When the humid shadows hover
Over all the starry spheres
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
What a bliss to press the pillow
Of a cottage- chamber bed
And lie listening to the patter
Of the soft rain overhead!
Questions:
(i). From which poem the above extract has been taken?
(a) The Road Not Taken (b) Rain on the Roof (c) Wind
(ii). The opposite of the word ‘bliss’ is-------
(a) wish (b) curse (c) desire
(iii) Where do the shadows hover?
(a) on pillow (b) on starry spheres (c) on rainy tears
Answer :- i-b, ii-b, c-a
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Extract-2
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And locked down once as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth
Questions:
(i) What does ‘yellow wood’ mean?
(a) spring (b) autumn (c) winter
(ii) Why was the traveller feeling sorry?
(a) because he could not travel
(b) because he could not travel both the roads
(c) because he could travel
(iii) From which poem the above lines have been taken?
(a) Wind (b) The Road Not Taken (c) Rain on the Roof
Answer :- i-b,ii-b,iii-b
Extract-3
Now in memory comes my mother
As she used in years agone,
To regard the darling dreamers
Ere she left them till the dawn:
O! I feel her fond look on me
As I list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
Questions:
(i) Which sound is the poet listening to?
(a) sound of wind
(b) sound of insects
(c) sound of rain
(ii) The sound reminds the poet of-
(a) his father (b) his mother (c) his brother
iii) Which word in the extract means “the ability to remember things”?
Answer :- i-c, ii-b, iii-memory
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Extract 4
Wind, come softly
Don’t break the shutters of the windows
Don’t scatter the papers
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
Questions:
(i) Whom does the poet request in the above lines?
(a) rain (b) wind (c) storm
(ii) What does wind do?
(a) shakes trees (b) breaks windows (c) breaks doors
(iii) Which of these means “thrown in different directions”?
(a) break (b) scatter (c) throw down
Answer :- i-b, ii-b, iii-b
Extract 5
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
Questions:
(i) What does the poet mean by “peace comes dropping slow”?
(a) Peace is gradual and calm
(b) Peace is hard to achieve
(c) Peace is rare and precious
(d) Peace is fleeting and uncertain
(ii) What is a linnet?
(a) a type of fish (b) a type of bird
(c) a type of insect (d) a type of flower
(iii) How does the poet feel about the lake of Innisfree?
(a) He feels angry.
(b) He feels hopeful.
(c) He feels sad.
(d) He feels curious.
Answer :- i-a, ii-b,iii-b
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Extract 6
He came to the door of a cottage,
In traveling round the earth,
Where a little woman was making cakes,
And baking them on the hearth
And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done.
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
Questions :-
(i) What did Saint Peter ask for from the woman?
(a) a slice of bread (b) a glass of water
(c) a single cake (d) a bowl of soup
(ii) What is a” hearth”?
(a) a place to eat meals (b) a place to sit
(c) a place for rest (d) a place to make fire for cooking
(iii) Where did Saint Peter reach while travelling round the earth?
(a) He came to a church. (b) He came to an inn.
(c) He came to a cottage. (d) He came to a village
Answer :- i-c, ii-d, iii-c
Extract 7
It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it.
It has grown Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing Years of sunlight, air, water,
And out of its leprous hide Sprouting leaves
Questions:
(i) The tree has come out of –
(a) the water (b) the sunlight (c) the earth (d) the air
(ii) Where do the leaves come from?
(a) the crust (b) the earth (c) the roots (d) the tree
(iii) What does the word ‘jab’ mean in the given passage?
(a) to stab (b) to jump (c) to joke (d) to jog
Answer :- i-c, ii-d, iii-a
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Extract 8
Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign
Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.
They, too, aware of sun and air and water,
Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d.
Questions:
(i) What does the passage say about the land our “brothers” walk upon?
(a) It is foreign and unfamiliar
(b) It is hostile and dangerous.
(c) It is similar to the land we all share.
(d) It is only accessible to those in uniforms.
(ii) What does the passage imply about death?
(a) Death is unavoidable for all.
(b) Only strange and foreign people die.
(c) Uniforms protect individuals from death.
(d) Death is caused by war and conflict.
(iii) What provides nourishment for people in times of peace?
(a) Uniforms and garments.
(b) War and conflict.
(c) Harvests and crops.
(d) Winter and starvation.
Answer :- i-c, ii-a, iii-c
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Grammar
Do as directed examples for practice-

Rearrange jumble words into a meaningful sentence-
1. our / we / protect / should / forests.
Ans. We should protect our forests.
2. your pen? / Can / give me / you
Ans. Can you give me your pen?
3. on/camel/has/hump/its/a/big/back
Ans. Camel has a big hump on its back.
4. coloured bus/children/we saw/full of/a yellow
Ans. We saw a yellow coloured bus full of children.
Change the Tense
5. She helped him. (Change into simple present tense)
Ans. She helps him.
6. Mohan is making tea. (Change into past continuous tense)
Ans. Mohan was making tea.
7. Bismillah Khan has given many memorable performances. (Change into past perfect tense)
Ans. Bismillah Khan had given many memorable performances.
8. She took good care of her health. (Change into present perfect continuous tense)
Ans. She has been taking good care of her health.
9. Children are playing in the park. (Change into present perfect tense)
Ans. Children have played in the park.
Make Negative
10. Simran knows the answer to the questions.
Ans. Simran does not know the answer to the questions.
11. Anita cut her finger.
Ans. Anita did not cut her finger.
12. The young boy was flying a kite.
Ans. The young boy was not flying a kite.
13. They play football daily.
Ans. They do not play football daily.
Change into interrogative
14. I have taken tea.
Ans. Have you taken tea?
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15. Einstein was celebrated as a visionary.

Ans. Was Einstein celebrated as a visionary?
16. She likes to dance.
Ans. Does she like to dance?
17. He finished his work.
Ans. Did he finish his work?
18. They wake up at 5 a.m. in the morning.
Ans. Do they wake up at 5 a.m. in the morning.
Combine sentences-
19. The train was delayed. The weather was bad. (Combine the sentences using ‘because’)
Ans. The train was delayed because the weather was bad.
20. He worked very hard. He could not pass the exam. (Combine the sentence using ‘but’)
Ans. He worked very hard but he could not pass the exam
21. He is rich. He is not happy. (Combine the sentences using ‘yet’)
Ans. He is rich yet he is not happy
Combine using ‘so---that’ -
22. He is very tired. He cannot work anymore.
Ans. He is so tired that he cannot work anymore.
23. The parcel was very heavy. I could not lift it.
Ans. The parcel was so heavy that I could not lift it.
Rewrite using ‘Unless’ in place of ‘If’
24. If you don’t study regularly, you won’t learn your lessons.
Ans. Unless you study regularly, you won’t learn your lessons.
25. If it does not rain, the crops will fail.
Ans. Unless it rains, the crops will fail.
Change into passive voice
26. He eats bananas.
Ans. Bananas are eaten by him.
27. He is selling some toys.
Ans. Some toys are being sold by him.
28. Someone has stolen my laptop.
Ans. My laptop has been stolen .
29. The hunter killed the lion.
Ans. The lion was killed by the hunter.
30. Somone has cleaned the doors.
Ans. The doors have been cleaned .
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Text Books
Short answer type questions for
practice from Prose (Beehive)
Lesson 1 : The Fun They Had

1. What did Margie write in her diary?
Ans. Margie wrote in her diary about the real book that Tommy had found.
2. What is a tele book?
Ans. A telebook is a book that can be read on screen.
3. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
Ans. Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers. They had large black screens on which all the
lessons were shown and questions were asked.
4. What had the mechanical teacher been giving to Margie?
Ans. The mechanical teacher had been giving Margie test after test in Geographhy.
5. What things about the book did Margie and Tommy find strange?
Ans. They found it strange that the words printed on a book stood still instead of moving the way
they did on a screen.
Lesson 2 : The Sound of Music
Part-I
6. How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of music?
Ans. When Evelyn went there, she was around seventeen years old.
7. When was Evelyn’s deafness noticed?
Ans. Evelyn’s deafness was noticed when she was eight years old.
8. Who helped Evelyn to continue with music?
Ans. Ron Forbes helped Evelyn to continue with music.
9. How did Evelyn hear music?
Ans. Evelyn heard music by sensing the notes in different parts of her body.
Part-II
10. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?
Ans. Aurangzeb banned the playing of the pungi because it had a shrill and unpleasant sound.
11. How is a Shehnai different from a Pungi?
Ans. Shehnai is an improved version of pungi. It is a natural hollow stem pipe with seven holes
on its body.
12. How many holes does a Shehnai have on its body?
Ans. It has seven holes on the body of the pipe.
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13. Which highest civilian award in India was conferred on Bismillah Khan?
Ans. In 2001, Ustad Bismillah Khan was awarded India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
Lesson 3 : The Little Girl
14. Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
Ans. Kezia’s family had her grandmother, mother and father.
15. What gift did Kezia prepare for her father?
Ans. Kezia made a pin-cushion as a birthday gift for her father.
16. What was the little girl’s fault when she appeared before her father?
Ans. Kezia had mistakenly torn the important papers that had her father’s great speech for the
Port Authority. She had stuffed them in the pin-cushion.
17. Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Ans. Kezia was afraid of her father because he was very strict. He never expressed his love for
her.
Lesson 4 : A Truly Beautiful Mind
18. What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office?
Ans. Einstein called his desk drawer at the patent office “Bureau of Theoretical Physics.”
19. Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?
Ans. Einstein wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt to warn about the destructive effect of bomb.
20. In what subject was Einstein highly gifted?
Ans. Einstein was highly gifted in mathematics.
21. In what subject was Einstein much interested?
Ans. Einstein was interested in physics.
Lesson 5 : The Snake and the Mirror
22. What two important decisions did the doctor take while he was looking in the mirror?
Ans. He decided to shave daily and grow a thin moustache. His second decision was that he
would always keep an attractive smile on his face.
23. Why did the snake leave the doctor’s arm?
Ans. The snake left the doctor’s arm because it saw its reflection in the mirror and was fascinat-
ed by it.
24. How did the snake change the writer’s opinion about himself?
Ans. The writer was proud of being a doctor. The snake made him humble.
25. What sounds did the doctor hear? What did he think it was? How many times did he hear
it?
Ans. The doctor thought it was the sound of rats. He heard it three times.
26. How did the doctor react when he encountered the snake?
Ans. He neither jumped nor cried. He sat on the chair holding his breath. His mind was active
though his body was still.
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27. Why could the doctor not sleep in his room?
Ans. It was a hot summer night. His room had no electricity.
Lesson 6 : My Childhood
28. Where was Abdul Kalam’s house?
Ans. Abdul Kalam’s house was on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram.
29. How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
Ans. Abdul Kalam earned his first wages by distributing newspapers.
30. How did Sivasubramania Iyer do his best to break social barriers?
Ans. Sivasubramania Iyer invited Kalam to have a meal in his house.
31. Who were Abdul kalam’s school friends?
Ans. Ramanandhasastry, Aravindan, and Sivaprakasan were his school friends.
32. What do you think Dinamani is the name of?
Ans. Dinamani is the name of a newspaper.
33. What characteristics does Kalam say he inherited from his parents?
Ans. He inherited humility, honesty and integrity and kindness from his parents. He was self-dis-
ciplined because of his parents’ exemplary life.
Lesson 8 : Reach for the Top
Part I
34. How did Santosh begin to climb mountains?
Ans. First she began to climb hills in the village. Then she took admission in Uttar Kashi’s Institute
of mountaineering.
35. What shows Santosh’s concern for the environment?
Ans. When Santosh returned from the Mount Everest, she had collected 500 kgs. of garbage
from the Himalayas. She wanted to keep it clean.
36. Why was Santosh Yadav sent to the local School?
Ans. She was sent to the local village school due to the prevailing custom in the family.
37. What was the achievement of Santosh Yadav?
Ans. Santosh Yadav scaled Mt. Everest twice. It was a great achievement.
Part II
38. Who is Maria Sharapova?
Ans. Maria Sharapova is a Russian tennis player.
Lesson 10 : Kathmandu
39. Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu?
Ans. The author visited the Pashupatinath temple and the Baudhnath stupa.
40. What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?
Ans. Vikram seth compares the fifty or sixty bansuris sticking out in all the directions from the
pole of a flute seller to the porcupine’s quills.
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41. With whom did the author visit the two temples in Kathmandu?
Ans. The author visited the two temples with Mr. Shah’s son and his nephew.
42. What did the two monkeys do?
Ans. They fought and chased one another around temples.
Lesson 11 : If I Were You
43. What was Gerrard’s profession?
Ans. Gerrard is a dramatist.
44. Who was the Intruder in Gerrard’s house?
Ans. The Intruder, who broke into Gerrard’s house, was a criminal.
45. Why does the Intruder intend to kill Gerrard?
Ans.The Intruder intended to kill Gerrard because he wanted to take his identity and escape
capture by the pol
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Text Books
Short answer type questions for
practice from poetry (Beehive)
Poem 1 - The Road Not Taken : Robert Frost

1. Where does the traveller find himself? What problem does he face?
Ans. The traveller finds himself at a point where two roads diverge. His problem is that he can’t
decide which road he should take.
2. Which of the two roads did the poet choose and why?
Ans. He chose the road that was less traveled and more challenging.
3. What do yellow woods represent?
Ans. The yellow woods represent the season of autumn. Yellow refers to the yellow leaves that
fall during the autumn.
4. What does grassy mean in the poem?
Ans. It means that the road he chose was full of grass and wasn’t stepped by anyone till now.
Summary : The poet talks of choices and the uncertainty of the future. It explores the idea
of making decisions and the impact those decisions can have on one’s life The speaker, faced with
the decision of which path to take, contemplates the consequences of each choice. The speaker
ultimately chooses the less traveled path.
Poem 2 - Wind : Subramania Bharati

5. How does the poet want the wind to come?
Ans. The poet wants the wind to come slowly and not to destruct anything.
6. What does the wind god do?
Ans. According to the poet, the wind god blows away and smashes the weak crumbling build-
ings, doors, rafters, timber, bodies, lives, and hearts.
7. How does the wind become the cause of rain?
Ans. It blows the heavy dark clouds filled with water over to other areas which brings rain.
8. What does the wind symbolise?
Ans. The wind symbolizes power. We must have strong hearts as well as willpower to face any
troubles or hardships of life.
Summary : The poet describes the power of the wind and calls wind destructive. He links
the destructive power of the wind with the difficulties of life. He says that weak people breakdown
easily, but stronger people emerge out stronger. Also, the poem gives a very important lesson that
we should be mentally tough and physically strong in order to survive the hardships of life. How-
ever, a weak person crumbles and breakdown like an old building.
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Poem 3 - Rain on the Roof : Coates Kinney

9. What sound do the raindrops make?
Ans. The raindrops make sound of patter on the roof.
10. What makes an echo in the poet’s heart?
Ans. The sound of raindrops on the roof makes an echo in the poet’s heart.
11. What is the single major memory that comes to the poet?
Ans. The single major memory that comes to the poet is that of his mother and her fond look.
12. Who are the ‘darling dreamers’ the poet refers to?
Ans. ‘Darling Dreamers’ refers to the poet and his siblings when they were children and had
sweet dreams.
Summary: The poet tries to describe how he feels on a rainy day. The poet states that whenever
it rains he starts to recall all his past memories. While lying on his bed in the cottage he listens to the
pitter-patter sound of the rain. As he listens to the sound of the rain he starts to remember his old days
when he was a little boy. He remembers his mother who is not with him now, but her memories will
always be with him.
Poem 4 - The Lake Isle of Innisfree : William Butler Yeats

13. Why does the poet want to go to Innisfree?
Ans. The poet wants to go to Innisfree to enjoy its natural beauty.
14. What kind of place is Innisfree?
Ans. Innisfree is a natural place which is full of beauty and peace.
15. Why does the poet want to go to Innisfree?
Ans. The poet wants to go to Innisfree to enjoy its natural beauty.
16. How is the city life different from the life at the Lake of Innisfree?
Ans. The poet does not like city life. The pavements are dull and grey. There is chaos all around.
But there is nature’s beauty all around in Innisfree.
Summary: The poet dreams of escaping from the busy streets of London. He remembers
Innisfree, as a perfect little island that fulfilled all his needs. The poet declares that he will arise
and go to Innisfree, where he will build a small cabin “of clay and wattles made”. He wants to live
the country life to get away from the fast life.
Poem 5 - A Legend of the Northland : Phoebe Cary

17. Why are the people in the Northland not able to sleep throughout the night?
Ans. The people of Northland are not able to sleep as the nights are very long and cold during
winter.
18. What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for?
Ans. Saint Peter asked the old lady for one of her baked cakes.
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19. How did St. Peter punish the old lady?
Ans. St. Peter punished the old lady by changing her into a bird.
20. Why was Saint Peter tired and hungry?
Ans. St. Peter was returning after his lengthy journey. He had fasted and had not consumed any
food or water.
Summary : “A Legend of the Northland” is a ballad poem that tells a story about the North-
ern region near the North Pole. The poem talks about a little woman who was punished by saint
Peter for refusing to give him any one of the cakes that she had baked. In the story, Saint Peter
reaches the cottage of the little woman after travelling around the world. He was very tired and
hungry. Saint Peter asked her to give him one cake but the little woman’s greed and selfishness did
not allow her to do so.
Poem 6 - No Men Are Foreign : James Kirkup

21. How does the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same?
Ans. The poet suggests that all people on earth are the same as all of us breathe the same air
and live in the same ways.
22. What does the poet say about hating our brothers?
Ans. According to the poet, hating our brothers is hating ourselves.
23. When do we defile the earth?
Ans. When we take arms against each other and start a war against each other we defile the earth.
Summary: The poem “No Men are Foreign” celebrates the unity of humanity. It highlights
that every person living on this earth is like a brother or sister, and we all share a common bond.
We all have bodies and share fundamental needs like sunlight, air, water, and clothing to cover
ourselves. However, it’s saddening that we often harbor hatred and engage in conflicts with one
another. By working together, we can build a world where love and understanding prevail, and
where the bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood are celebrated,
Poem 7 - On Killing a Tree : Gieve Patel

24. How does a tree become strong?
Ans. A tree feeds on the earth’s crust, consuming nutrients from the earth. The tree also absorbs
years of sunlight, air and water.
25. How does the tree heal itself?
Ans. The tree in the poem heals itself by “absorbing years of sunlight, air, water.”
26. How does a tree grow to its full size?
Ans. The tree grows to its full size by absorbing years of sunlight, water, and air. It slowly grows
out of the earth and sprouts leaves.
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Summary: The poem “On Killing a Tree” reminds us about the importance of trees. It tells us
that trees are living beings, just like humans, and cutting them down is like harming a life. When
a tree is cut, it doesn’t die right away. It has the ability to grow back from where it was cut. To
completely destroy a tree, it needs to be uprooted, which means taking it out of the ground that
supports it. This act is like killing the tree because it can no longer survive without its roots in the
Earth. The poem wants us to understand that trees are crucial for our environment and we should
treat them with care and respect.
The poem wants us to understand that trees are crucial for our environment and we should
treat them with care and respect.
Poem 8 - A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal : William Wordsworth

14. What changes did the slumber bring in the poet’s feelings?
Ans. The slumber brought peace to his mind.
15.What caused the slumber of the poet?
Ans.The death of his beloved caused the slumber of the poet.
16. What does the poet mean by ‘spirit’ and in what state was it?
Ans. In the poem the word ‘spirit’ refers to the mind of the poet. It was in deep slumber.
Summary: The poem “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal” is about the author’s beloved Lucy
passing away. It talks about how her death affected the author’s feelings and thoughts. After Lucy’s
death, the author’s spirit feels sealed and numb, like in a deep sleep. Before this happened, the
author didn’t really think about the harsh realities of life. He took life for granted and didn’t fully
understand its fragility. He realized that life is uncertain and precious, and he should have appre-
ciated the time he had with her.
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Text Books
Short answer type questions
from ‘Moments’
1. What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair?
Ans. On his way to the fair the child sees toys, balloons of different colours, garland of gulmohur,
a swing and a snake-charmer playing a flute
2. When does the child realise that he has lost his way?
Ans. He realises that he has lost his way when he asks for permission to go on the roundabout
and there was no reply from his parents.
3. Who rescued the lost child? What did he offer to buy him?
Ans. The man in the shrine rescued the lost child. He took him to the nearest roundabout swing
and offered to buy him flowers, balloons and sheets.
4. What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
Ans. The two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the kingdom of fools are –
I. The people in this kingdom do all their work at night.
ii. Everything in this Kingdom cost the same - a single duddu. It doesn’t matter what or
how much one buys.
5. Why does the disciple decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fools?
Ans. The disciple decides to stay in the kingdom of fools because he finds everything cheap in
the Kingdom of fools. He only wants good and Cheap food.
6. Who became the king and the prime minister of the kingdom?
Ans. Guru became the king and his disciple take over the post of minister.
7. Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress?
Ans. The Happy Prince sent a ruby for the seamstress because she was very poor and could not
feed her child who was suffering from fever.
8. What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?
Ans. When the swallow flies over the city, it sees the stark contrast of plenty and poverty. The
beggars sitting at the gates of the rich men’s houses.
9. For whom does the prince send the sapphires?
Ans. The Happy Prince sends sapphires to a young girl and a writer.
10. What illness did Johnsy have? Who looked after her?
Ans. Johnsy was suffering from pneumonia. Her friend Sue looked after her.
11. Who was Behrman?
Ans. Behrman was a sixty-year-old painter whose only ambition was to paint a masterpiece.
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12. What did Sue feel when she saw the last leaf on the creeper?
Ans. She was extremely worried that the leaf would fall off by morning, and if Johnsy saw that,
she would not survive
13. What did Zan notice one Sunday afternoon?
Ans. He saw smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling and filling the room very quickly.
14. Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
Ans. Lushkoff has become a beggar not by circumstance but by choice.
15. Why does Lushkoff agree to chop wood for Sergei?
Ans. Lushkoff agrees to chop wood for Sergei because he fears that if he doesn’t, Sergei would
report to the police.
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Writing Picture Guided

Composition
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gksrk gS&
1. Language 1 mark
2. Content 1 mark
3. Expression (grammatical accuracy, coherence, appropriate words, spelling 1mark
and punctuations)
zz Nk= Lora=rkiwoZd Lo;a picture dk o.kZu djus esa l{ke cus A

zz Nk= picture dk voyksdu djs A
zz Picture esa D;k D;k fn[kkbZ ns jgk gS mls note djs A
zz ns[kus ds ckn tks fopkj vk jgs gS mUgsa uksV djs A
zz NksVs NksVs sentence cuk,A
You can describe the picture with the help of the following questions-
Questions
zz What is in the picture?
zz What is happening?
zz What is the main subject of the picture?
zz What is in the background?
Practice Questions-
1. On the basis of the picture given below, describe how we can keep ourselves fit and healthy? (In
about 75 words)
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2. Last you went on a picnic with your family. Look at the picture given below and write a short par-
agraph about how you enjoyed your picnic.
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Text Books
Long answer type questions from
(Beehive & Moments)
Beehive- (Prose)
Nk= long answer type question dks gy djus ds fy, iwjs lesson dks /;kuiwoZd i<dj eq[;
fo"k;&oLrq] ?kVukvksa rFkk ik=ksa dks ;kn j[ksA lesson ds tks short answer type question vkius
rS;kj fd, gS mUgsa vk/kkj cuk dj vki cM+s mÙkj fy[kus dk ç;kl dj ldrs gSA Keywords dks
;kn j[ksA
Some practice questions with answers :-

1. Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?
Ans. Margie hated school because it was not fun. A mechanical teacher used to teach her everyday
at a fixed time. But now she hated it more than ever because her geography teacher has been giving
her tests frequently in the geography sector. She thought that the old schools must have fun because
they had a human teacher instead of mechanical teacher, all students used to study the same thing
together, they played they laughed and they use to go home together.
2. How does Evelyn hear music?
Ans. Evelyn Glennie is a famous musician who cannot hear in the same way most people do. Despite
her deafness, she has become incredibly successful in the music world. When Evelyn plays or listens
to music, she pays attention to how it feels physically. She can sense vibrations and the way different
instruments make her body react. By feeling these vibrations, she can understand the rhythms and
melodies of the music. Evelyn also uses her eyes to help her understand music. She watches other
musicians carefully and can read sheet music, which shows the notes and rhythms of a song.
3. How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy?
Ans. One night Kezia had a nightmare which made her too terrified. She was crying out of fear. When
she woke up, she found her father beside her bed with a candle in his hand. He asked her what the
matter was. When he came to know about her nightmare, he blew out the candle, bent down, and
caught up the child in his arms. He carried her to the big bedroom. He laid her on the bed and pulled
the covers up around her. Apart from this, he lay down beside her.After this incident she started seeing
her father as a human being.
4. Why does the world remember Einstein as a “world citizen”?
Ans. Einstein is remembered as a “world citizen” because of his efforts towards world peace and
democracy. He was concerned about the results of the atomic bomb. He even wrote a longs letter to
the United Nations and proposed the formation of a world government to control the use of nuclear
weapons. This shows him as a world citizen who was concerned about humanity.
5. Why did Abdul Kalam want to leave Rameswaram? What did his father say to this? What do
you think his words mean?
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Ans. Rameswaram was his hometown, and he had a deep emotional attachment to the place. How-
ever, due to limited educational opportunities in Rameswaram at that time, he had to leave his home-
town to pursue higher education. When Abdul Kalam expressed his desire to leave Rameswaram for
further studies, his father, Jainulabdeen, was initially hesitant and reluctant to let him go. His father
was a devout Muslim and the Imam of a local mosque. He had limited means, and he wanted Abdul
Kalam to contribute to the family income by selling newspapers. However, realizing his son’s passion
for learning and understanding the importance of education, Jainulabdeen eventually gave his consent
and supported Abdul Kalam’s decision to leave Rameswaram. His father’s words signify parental love,
encouragement, and belief in the potential of his son to achieve great things.
6. What incidents during the Everest expedition show Santosh’s concern for her team-mates?
Ans. Santosh was helping her teammates. During the 1992 Everest expedition, Santosh provided spe-
cial care to a climber who lay dying at the South col but she couldn’t save him. However, she managed
to save another climber, Mohan Singh by sharing her oxygen with him.
7. How does the author describe Kathmandu’s busiest streets?
Ans. The author describes the busiest streets of Kathmandu very interestingly.He says there
are small shrines and flower adorned deities.There are fruit sellers, film rolls, chocolates,
hawkers selling postcards, western cosmetics and Nepalese antiques.He also hears and enjoys
the film songs played at different shops.He describes the street cows roaming.
Some practice questions-
Beehive (Poetry)
1. What do the two roads stand for?
2. What should we do about our body and heart?
3. Why does the poet call the sound of the rain as ‘refrain’?
4. Why does the poet call harvests ‘peaceful’ and war as ‘winter’?
5. What is the meaning of bleeding bark? What makes it bleed?
Moments
1. What do you think happens in the end of the story ‘The Lost Child’? Does the child find his
parents?
2. What are the Guru’s words of wisdom? When does the disciple remember them?
3. What are the precious things mentioned in the story ‘The Happy Prince’? Why are they pre-
cious?
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CLASS-9
MODEL PAPER
Class-IX
Subject-English
Time 3:00 Hours Max. Marks -75
Instructions: -
zz All questions are compulsory.
zz Marks are indicated in front of each question.
SECTION-A (READING)
Q-1 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1×5=5)
We are living in the Age of Science. Everyday new inventions are being made for the good of
humanity. The scientific inventions began after the Industrial Revolution of 1789. Within these 200
years, science has made a wonderful progress. The aeroplane is one of the most important inventions
of science during the Modern Age. It is the fastest means of transport known so far. An aeroplane re-
sembles a flying bird in shape. Inside there are seats for the passengers and a cabin for the pilot. This
cabin is called a cockpit. It has an engine that is worked by petrol. It is all made up of metal and can fly
at a very high speed. Before taking off it runs on the runway for some distance to gather speed. Then it
suddenly hops up the earth and takes off.
(i) The scientific invention began after the Industrial Revolution of ___.
(a) 1889 (b) 1879 (c) 1789 (d) 1779
(ii) The cabin for the pilot is called a ___.
(a) cube (b) cockpit (c) cubicle (d) chamber
(III) An aeroplane has an engine that is worked by___.
(a) petrol (b) steam (c) diesel (d) gas
(iv) Which of the following is the fastest means of transport?
(a) motor vehicle (b) ship (c) train (d) aeroplane
(v) We are living in the ___.
(a) Age of Industrialisation (b) Modern
(c) Age of Inventions (d) Age of Science
Q-2 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1×5=5)
Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband,
Pierre, she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and
other radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie’s had an amicable collaboration. Marie was born in
1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a Professor of Physics. At an early age, she displayed a
brilliant mind and a casual personality. Her great exuberance for learning prompted her to continue
with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when she learned that the uni-
versity in Warsaw was closed to women. Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left
Poland in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French University, where she earned her master’s degree and
Doctorate in Physics.
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(i) Where did Marie earn her master’s degree from?

(a) a university in Warsaw (b) a university in Sorbonne
(c) a university in Poland (d) none of these
(ii) What was Marie’s father?
(a) a doctor (b) an engineer (c) a professor (d) a scientist
(iii) Marie __ left Poland and travelled to France to enter the Sorbonne.
(a) showed intelligence (b) behaved
(c) boldly (d) was distressed
(iv) Marie Curie’s doctorate was in which academic discipline?
(a) Cancer Studies (b) Radiation Chemistry (c) Medicine (d) Physics
(v) Write the noun form of the word ‘discover’
SECTION- B (WRITING)
Q.3 Read the following passage and make notes on it and also give a suitable title to it. (4)
Biogas is a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide, the major
constituent being methane. Biogas is produced by anaerobic degradation of animal wastes (sometimes
plant wastes) in the presence of water. Anaerobic degradation means break–down of organic matter by
bacteria in the absence of oxygen. Biogas is a non-polluting, clean and low-cost fuel which is very useful
for rural areas where a lot of animal waste and agricultural waste are available. India has the largest
cattle population in the world (240 million) and has tremendous potential for biogas production. From
cattle dung alone, we can produce biogas of a magnitude of 22,500 mm3 annually. Air-tight digestion/
degradation of animal waste is safe as it eliminates health hazards which normally occur in case of di-
rect use of dung due to direct exposure to faecal pathogens and parasites.
Q.4 You are Nishi Kaurav studying in Govt Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Morena. Write an appli-
cation to your principal for School Leaving Certificate. 4 marks
or
You are Aarav Parihar residing at N/32 Nehru Colony, Devas. Write a letter to your father requesting
him to send you Rs. 500 for purchasing some books.
Q.5 Write an essay on the any one of the following topic 5 marks
a) An Indian Festival b) Wonders of Science
c) Importance of Trees d) My Hobby
Q.6 On the basis of the picture given below, describe how we can keep ourselves fit and healthy?
(In about 75 words) 3 marks
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SECTION-C (GRAMMAR)
Q-7 Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternative given in the brackets. (any five) 1×5=5 marks
(a) _______ Sun rises in the East. (a/an/the)
(b) I didn’t buy ____ mangoes. (some/any)
c) He is ______ engineer. (a/an/the)
(d) We _____to watch the movie yesterday. (go/went)
(e) There is not _____ water in the pool. (much/many
(f) They ____ completed their work. (has/have)
Q.8 Do as directed (any five) 1×5=5 marks
(a) your pen? / Can / give me / you (Rearrange the jumbled words into a meaningful sentence)
(b) He worked very hard. He could not pass the exam (Combine the sentence using ‘but’)
(c) Ankit played Hockey (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(d) Rohan speaks English. (Change the sentence into negative)
(e) They walked in the dark. (Change the sentence into Past Continuous Tense)
(f) Ajay is ill. He has not come to school today. (Combine the sentences usi
SECTION-C (LITERATURE)
Q.9 Answer the following questions. 1×4= 4 marks
(i) Where did Tommy find the book?
(a) in the library (b) in Margie’s house
(c) in his house (d) in his friend’s house
(ii) We can make friends with wind, if we are______.
(a) true (b) honest (c) respectful (d) strong
(iii) What did the grandmother give to Kezia when she was sobbing?
(a) a clean hanky (b) a chocolate (c) an ice-cream (d) a toy
(iv) Who is the author of the lesson “My Childhood”?
(a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Katherine Mansfield
(c) Isaac Asimav (d) Deborah Cowley
Q.10 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below- 1×3=3 marks
At the age of two-and-a-half, Einstein still wasn’t talking. When he finally did learn to speak,
he uttered everything twice. Einstein did not know what to do with other children, and his playmates
called him “Brother Boring.” So, the youngster played by himself much of the time. He specially loved
mechanical toys. Looking at his new-born sister, Maja, he is said to have said: “Fine, but where are her
wheels?”
Questions:
(i) By what age did Einstein not learn to speak?
( A) three and half years (B) four and half years (C) two and a half years
(ii) What did Albert’s classmates call him?
(A) a genius (B) dull (C) brother boring
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(iii) What did Einstein love to play with?

(A) plastic toys (B) mechanical toys (C) friends
(B) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below- 1×3=3 marks
When the humid shadows hover
Over all the starry spheres
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
What a bliss to press the pillow
Of a cottage- chamber bed
And lie listening to the patter
Of the soft rain overhead!
Questions:
(i) From which poem the above extract has been taken?
(A) The Road Not Taken (B) Rain on the Roof (C) Wind
(ii) The opposite of the word ‘bliss’ is-------
(A) wish (B) curse (C) desire
(iii) Where do the shadows hover?
(A) on pillow (B) on starry spheres (C) on rainy tears
Q.11 Anwer the following questions (any 6)- 2×6=12 marks
(i) What is a tele book?
(ii) Where did Bismillah khan get his big break?
(iii) Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
(iv) Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?
(v) Where was Abdul Kalam’s house?
(vi) How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
(vii) What did Margie write in her diary?
Q.12 Answer the following questions in about 30 words- (any 2) 2×2=4 marks
(i) What should we do to make friends with the wind?
(ii) Where does the traveller find himself?
(iii) What is the single major memory that comes to the poet?
Q.13 Answer the following questions in about 30 words- (any2) 2×2=4 marks
(i). In the fair the child wants many things. What are they?
(ii)..What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
(iii)..Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress?
Q.14 Answer the following question in about 75 words- 3 marks
Why does the world remember Einstein as a “world citizen”?
Or
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Why did Abdul Kalam want to leave Rameswaram? What did his father say to this? What do
Q.15 Write the central idea of the poem ‘Rain on the Roof.’ 3 marks
Or
What are the things the wind does in the poem? What does the poet say to the wind god winnows?
Q.16 What are the Guru’s words of wisdom? When does the disciple remember them? 3 marks
Or
What are the precious things mentioned in the story ‘The Happy Prince’? Why are they pre-
cious?
(i) What should we do to make friends with the wind?
(ii) Where does the traveller find himself?
(iii) What is the single major memory that comes to the poet?
Q.13 Answer the following questions in about 30 words- (any2) 2×2=4marks
(i) In the fair the child wants many things. What are they?
(ii) What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
(iii) Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress?
Q.14 Answer the following question in about 75 words- 3marks
Why does the world remember Einstein as a “world citizen”?
or
Why did Abdul Kalam want to leave Rameswaram? What did his father say to this? What do
Q.15 Write the central idea of the poem ‘Rain on the Roof.’ 3 marks
Or
What are the things the wind does in the poem? What does the poet say to the wind god
winnows?
Q.16 What are the Guru’s words of wisdom? When does the disciple remember them? 3 marks
Or
What are the precious things mentioned in the story ‘The Happy Prince’? Why are they
precious?
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SAMAGRA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN, DIRECTORATE OF

Section A - Reading Skill

For correct format 1 mark

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d{kk & 9oha iw.kkaZd & 75

No. Page no.

1. Writing & Grammar Letter Writing & Grammar (Fill-Ups) 1

2. Reading Reading Comprehension 9

4. Text Books Textual MCQs 16

6. Text Books Extracts from Prose/Poetry 29

8. Text Books Short answer questions from Prose (Beehive) 36

9. Text Books Short answer questions from Poetry (Beehive) 40

10. Text Books Short answer questions from Moments 44

11. Writing Picture Guided Composition 46

Section- Writing & Grammar

Letters nks izdkj ds gksrs gSa %&

zz Who are you writing this letter to?

zz What is the message?

zz What is House No. Street, city, state postal code etc.

Application/Letter Marking Scheme:-

Date FORMAT OF INFORMAL LETTER 1 mark

Body of the letter (Depends on the content) 2 marks

Sample Informal Letter

A-10 Astha Parisar

Your loving friend

145 Shastri Nagar

Awaiting your reply

…………………………………. to attend the marriage ceremony ………………………………

Format for Formal Letter

Address of receiver 1 mark

Body of letter (Content as per the question) 2 mark

158, Rajeev Nagar

253, Bapu Nagar

Parts of an Application ¼,d çkFkZuk&i= ds Hkkx½

4. Salutation ¼lEcks/ku½ % bl çdkj fy[ksa Sir/Madam

Reading Comprehension : (2 passages X 5 Marks each = 10 Marks)

(i) What did Lalita sow in her garden?

(i) What kind of landform is Ladakh?

(i) We learn to speak---

(i) The ant came to the stream to-

(ii) The ant repaid the dove by-

Note Making based on a Passage

1. passage dks vPNh rjg ls de ls de rhu ckj i<sA

Format of Note- Making

Make your own abbreviations:

yy info for ‘information’

yy eval for ‘evaluation’

yy dev for ‘development’

yy mkt for ‘market’

yy dvpt for ‘development’

Title- “Musical Instruments”

Textual MCQs from Beehive

Textual MCQs for Practice

11. Where was the Shehnai played traditionally?

36. Whom did the author get by accident?