Here is a model question paper for the Section C (Literature) of Class 9 English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attempt any one of the two extracts given below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. They, too, aware of sun and air and water,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Are fed by peaceful harvests by war\u2019s long winter starv\u2019d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their hands are ours and in their lines we read<\/p>\n\n\n\n A labour not different from our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) The people are aware of sun, air and water as they all \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n i) want their proper use<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) know that they are essential for our lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii) are important elements of nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv) exist on this earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) The expression \u2018are fed by peaceful harvest\u2019 implies<\/p>\n\n\n\n i) all people ate food that gives them peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) They can grow crops and reap harvest only in peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii) They grow peace and harvest it to be fed by<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv) If they are fed only, then they could remain<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) The poet compares war to<\/p>\n\n\n\n i) winter<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) starvation<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii) famine<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv) autumn<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) \u2018Lines in the hands\u2019 here indicate<\/p>\n\n\n\n i) Hard labour that makes the hands rough and lined<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) Fortune of the people<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii) Lines that tell the future of people<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv) Lines that tell the past of people<\/p>\n\n\n\n e) Identify the poetic device used in the last two lines<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. No motion has she now, no force<\/p>\n\n\n\n She neither hears nor sees<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rolled round in earth\u2019s diurnal course<\/p>\n\n\n\n With rocks and stones and trees<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) The poet\u2019s beloved has no \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. and no \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n i) money and joy<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) motion, force<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii) hands, legs<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv) None of the above<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) She could neither sees nor hear because she \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n i) is angry<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) is dead<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii) has no eyes and ears<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv) is poor<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) The last two lines of the poem suggest that she has become \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n i) alive<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) a part of the nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii) poor<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv) none of the above<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) What is meant by earth\u2019s diurnal course?<\/p>\n\n\n\n e) Write down the rhyme scheme of the given lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Attempt any one of the two extracts given:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. a) I\u2019m glad you\u2019re pleased to see me. I don\u2019t think you will be pleased for long. Put those paws up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n i) Who is speaking these lines and to whom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) Where is the conversation taking place and where is it situated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii) Why is the speaker so sure that \u2018his listener\u2019 won\u2019t be pleased for long?<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv) What does paws mean here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n v) Why is the speaker asking the listener \u2018to put those paws up\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) \u2018Poor thing, she\u2019s absolutely right\u2019, thought the King, weighing the evidence. \u2018We have got the real culprit at last.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n i) Who is \u2018she\u2019 referred in these lines?<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) What was she accused of?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iii) What was the evidence weighed by the King?<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv) Who was the real culprit at this stage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n v) What was done after this judgement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Answer any four of the following in 40-50 words each.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n i) Can a simple jab of the knife kill a tree? Why \/ Why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) Describe the things the author sees and the sound he hears outside of the temple of Pashupatinath. (Describe three examples for each)<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii) How did Pungi transform into a Shehnai?<\/p>\n\n\n\n iv) Who is Maria Sharapova? What does she say about her Russian origin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n v) How did the snake change the writer\u2019s opinion about himself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Answer any two of the following in 40-50 words each<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n i) Why did the town councilors decide to pull down statue of the happy Prince?<\/p>\n\n\n\n ii) How did Toto\u2019s love for taking bath almost led to his being half boiled?<\/p>\n\n\n\n iii) What gestures of his school mates touched the author\u2019s heart in \u2018A house is not a home\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Answer any one of the following in 100-120 words<\/p>\n\n\n\n How did Gerrard outwit the intruder and save himself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n What were the circumstances that changed Kezia to change her opinion about her father?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. Answer any one of the following in 100-120 words.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Compare the attitude of the child before and after his separation from his parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Last Leaf is a story of hope and will power that works more than the medicine to light the lamp of life of Johnsy. Elaborate on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is a model question paper for the Section C (Literature) of Class 9 English. Attempt any one of the two extracts given below. 1. 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