Coordinators

ANSWER KEY
Moments
Lesson-1 The Lost Child
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

1. a) The Lost child

b) spring
c) some walked, some rode on horses, some by bamboo and
bullock carts.
d) gaily
2. a) for a toy
b) looked at him angrily
c) strict
d) angrily
3. a) because he was lost
b) The host child
c) his parents
d) weep

LONG QUESTIONS (VALUE POINTS)

1. • polite behaviour attracts child
• A child spends 5-6 hours with teachers during the week days and
are involved in lots of activities
• A teacher is the best guide.
• A teacher can mould the personality of his students by instilling a
lot of qualities into them.
• A teacher is a role model
• Influences children the most.
2. • Childhood, the most significant time
• Happiest time without any responsibility
• No stress and no burden
• Life carefree
• no targets and expectations
• innocence
• delights in everything around.

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 Lesson-2 The Adventures of Toto
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

1. a) the ticket collector

b) looking at Toto all of a sudden
c) was mode to pay for the monkey.
d) taken a back.
2. a) they could not keep Toto as pet for long
b) as they were not well to do.
c) by selling it back to the Tonga driver.
d) Well-to-do
3. a) because the grandmother made a fuss whenever a new pet was
brought.
b) to a big cage in servants quarter.
c) had many pets at home
d) transferred

LONG QUESTIONS (VALUE POINTS)

1. • tried to escape by making a rope.
• disturbed other pets.
• imitated the narrator in taking bath
• broke many things, tore the curtains.

2. • Animals too feel happy and safe in their natural habitat

• Freedom is precious.
• should not be captured or killed for amusement
• are important in maintaining ecological balance
• Should love and respect them as other living beings.

3. • try to understand animals and their behaviour

• They also reciprocate the same way
• need to be sympathetic and kind towards them
• Love is mutual.

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 Lesson-3 Iswaran the Storytellers
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

1. a) Iswaran the storytellers

b) Iswaran
c) Would try to work in Suspense and had a surprise ending to his
stories.
d) smaller
2. a) Iswaran the storyteller
b) Listening

LONG QUESTIONS (VALUE POINTS)

1. • Important to all stages of life.
• We can rely upon them, share our feelings, interest and time
• Good listeners, guides and supporters
• influence and imprise us
• We enjoy their company
• Friend in need is a friend indeed.
2. • Story-telling an art
• Good reader equipped with many idea.
• creativity also contributes
• Has to be a good observer
• right expression and body language
• a good speaker and performer
• a good sense of humour an additional advantage.

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 Lesson-4 In the Kingdom of Fools
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

1. a) The Guru and his Disciple

b) The king and his minister were dead
c) sleep during the day and work at night everything costs one
duddu
d) Foolish and silly.
2. a) The Guru
b) The King
c) to put his disciple and him to death.
d) to fulfil the promise
3. a) In the Kingdom of Fools
b) The Guru and his disciple
c) To find everyone sleeping during the day and awake at night
d) Amazed
4. a) The Guru and his disciple
b) to buy some groceries
c) to find everything cost some-one duddu
d) surprise

LONG QUESTIONS (VALUE POINTS)

1. • Wisdom enables to discern and decide between right and wrong.
• equips to tackle difficulties in a better way
• command respect
• Can use knowledge to grow and rise
• Open avenues for success.
2. • By maintaining law and orders
• Need of discipline
• Follow constitution
• A fair governing body
• No corruption and greed
• Good experience of governance
• Strict punishment and penalty for defaulters

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 Lesson-5 In the Kingdom of Fools
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

1. a) The Swallow
b) Under the statue of Happy Prince
c) The statue did not protect him from rain
d) kept
2. a) The happy Prince
b) The Swallow
c) to make Poor happy
d) Golden
3. a) had nothing precious left with him
b) to get leaves of gold
c) To buy bread
d) dull

LONG QUESTIONS (VALUE POINTS)

1. • humanity above all
• one needs to be selfless
• should share joys and sorrows
• man being social animal must contribute towards society and
community
2. • gives us satisfactions
• creates a deep sense of inner peace and solace
• the happiness of others make us happy too.
• money and other material things transitory
• real satisfaction and gain in serving others.
• One gain respect and love from other
• Leads one to be better being.

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 Lesson-6 Weathering the Storm in Ersama
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

1. a) They froze in cold.

b) He thought of his family.
c) Incessant
d) To his friend's house at Ersama

2. a) weathering the storm in Ersama

b) Prashant
c) 86 lives were lost & all 96 houses were washed away.
d) realized

3. a) He brought them together and put a polythene sheet shelter for

them.
b) Women looked after the children, men secured food and
materials for shelter.
c) Mobilised
d) Active, Brave, Helpful

LONG QUESTIONS (VALUE POINTS)

1. • Helps the victims, specially women and children
• Helps orphans form faster families
• Pursue people to work as volunteers
• Make efforts to save lives
• Take victims to safe places
• Injured to hospitals.
• Collects Money, food items, clothes, medicines etc.
• Donate Blood.

2. • Vacate the place immediately

• Arrange for First Aid
• Help Women and children
• Arrange Shelter, Water etc.

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 Lesson-7 The Last Leaf
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

1. a) The Last Leaf

b) Pneumonia
c) She is counting the falling leaves
d) Whisper
2. a) Doctor is talking to Sue.
b) Pneumonia
c) Because she has made up her mind that she is not going to get
well.
d) He has made his mind to shift to Delhi.

LONG QUESTIONS (VALUE POINTS)

1. • Behrman's supreme sacrifice.
• Poor old artist, had a dream to paint a masterpiece
• Johnsy linked her life to the falling ivy leaves
• Behrman decided to paint the leaf
• Painted a real-looking leaf
• saved Johnsy's life but he himself died.

2. • Thought shape our action.

• Person with good thoughts enjoys life.
• Pessimistic and negative thoughts ruin life
• Makes our life depressing
• Positive thoughts make us happy.
• Lead us to the right path.

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 Lesson-8 A House is not a Home
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

1. a) The boy (narrator)

b) Pessimistic
c) We should grow up and listen to others
d) A house is not a home

2. a) The boy (narrator)

b) To visit to the houses of his newly-made friends
c) Fake
d) He is feeling touched.

3. a) That their house was burnt.

b) He had no clothes, books, shoes or any other thing
c) plight
d) A house is not a home.

LONG QUESTIONS (VALUE POINTS)

1. • We shouldn't lose patience
• Think about solutions peacefully.
• Try to consult friends and family members
• Share our problems
• Make efforts to find solution

2. • Feels sad on losing a pet

• Cannot forget it
• Realize its value and importance
• Look at its old photos
• Feel sad, disturbed
• No Peace of mind

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 Lesson-9 The Accidental Tourist
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

1. a) Bill Bryson
b) He is a confused person
c) special
d) The Accidental Tourist

2. a) The Accidental Tourist

b) Bill Bryson
c) Because he had repeatedly drenched her
d) drenched

3. a) Bill's wife
b) Take the lids off for Daddy/Put you hoods up
c) Hid
d) Daddy was about to cut his meat

LONG QUESTIONS (VALUE POINTS)

1. • Maintain calm and self control
• Sit, Stand, walk carefully and continuously
• Carry minimal luggage
• Carry ID Cards, tickets etc. properly
• Take care of route, hotel bookings etc.
• Do not talk to strangers.

2. • Travelling gives immense joy

• Great stress buster
• Travel in Groups
• Carry Minimal Luggage
• Follow rules, norms
• Be Polite, Friendly and helpful

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 Lesson-10 The Accidental Tourist
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

1. a) Th Beggar
b) Dull Drunkar, Beggar
c) He fel hat he had seen him before
d) Suppliant

2. a) The Beggar
b) Chopping Wood
c) Because he was trapped in his words
d) Shame

3. a) Olga
b) She shed many tears
c) She chopped wood for him
d) Misery

LONG QUESTIONS (VALUE POINTS)

1. • Man a social animal, driven by circumstances
• Depends on Social Environment
• Kind of company
• Good ones show right path
• Can reform with compassion and trust

2. • Counselling them to work instead of Begging

• Giving them works
• Hearing their problems/ providing solutions
• Giving some financial support
• Contacting NGOs

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 Long Reading Text
THREE MEN IN A BOAT
Important Characters in the Novel.
1. Jerome
2. George
3. Harris
4. Montmorency
5. Uncle Podger
6. The dead Lady
7. Mrs. Gippings

Important Plot-based Questions

1. How did the three friends came upon the idea of going for a boat
journey?
2. Describe Jerome's funny episode of going to the doctor for curing his
ailments?
3. How was Uncle Podger finally able to hang the picture?
4. Describe the packing done by the three friends.
5. How does the weather forecast ruin the writer's joy every time?
6. How has Jerome describe Kingston?
7. Describe the troubles faced by George when his watch stopped working.
8. Describe what happens when Harris volunteered to make scrambled
eggs.
9. Harris cannot work without creating a chaos. Give examples from the
story to justify this statement.
10. What do we come to know about the three friends from their experience
at Datchet?
11. What was recalled by the narrator at Magna Charta Island?
12. Describe Harris' funny outing at the Hampton Court Maze.
13. Describe the experience of the three friends preparing the Irish stew.
14. "Montmorency is a perfect nuisance maker". Justify this statement
taking examples from the story.
15. Describe the fight between Harris and the Swans.
16. The description of the woman who took her life is very tragic. It also
raises a question against the vices present in our society. Express your
opinion on the fate met by the woman.
17. How did George and the narrator escape a fatal accident at a lock?
18. What was the reality of the trout and how was it revealed?
19. What led to the friend's abandoning their boat in the last leg of their trip?

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 Long Reading Text
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Important Characters in the Novel.
Part-I
1. Lemuel Gulliver
2. Emperor of Lilliput
3. Lilliputians
4. Flimnap
5. Reldressal
6. Queen of Lilliput

Part-II
1. Glumdalitch
2. King of Brobdingnag
3. Queen of Brobdingnag
4. Farmer
5. Dwarf of the Quen

Part-III
1. King of Laputa
2. Lord Munodi
3. Laputians
4. king of Lungnagg
5. Struldbrugs
6. Glubdubdrib

Part-III
1. The Master Horse
2. Yahoos
3. Don Pedro de Mendez
4. Sorrel Nag

Important Plot-based Questions

Part-I
1. How does writer describe the great details of people, city and building of
Lilliput?
2. Describe in detail the cause of enmity between the little Endians and the
Big Endians.

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3. What made the empress of lilliput angry with Gulliver?
4. How did Gulliver prevent an invasion by the neighbouring empire of
Blefuscu?
5. How does Gulliver manage to escape the charges and punishment for
high treason?

Part-II
1. Describe the encounter between Gulliver and the Giant Reaper.
2. How does Gulliver suffer on account of his diminutive size in this part of
the story?
3. How did Gulliver's little nurse "Glumdalclitch' make his stay in
Brobdingnag comfortable?
4. What trouble were created for Gulliver by the dwarf of the queen?
5. Describe the amazing circumstances that helped Gulliver to escape
from Brobdingnag.
6. How did the Queen & the farmer's wife present a kind side towards
Gulliver.

Part-III
1. Write a detailed description of the land, people and the king of Laputa
2. Describe the academy at Lagado.
3. Describe the supernatural experiences that Gullver had at the Island of
Glubbdubdrib.
4. Although immortal, the struldbruggs were not a happy lot. Give reasons.
5. Describe the Emperor of Japan.

Part-IV
1. Compare and contrast the characters of Yahoos and Houyhnhnms
2. What did Gulliver tell about Honuhnhnms in his own country?
3. Discuss about Master Houyhhnm's criticism of Gulliver and Gulliver's
countrymen.
4. The Yahoos are symbolic of the bestial element in human nature.
Discuss.

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 Model Paper-1 (Solved)
English (Language & Literature)
Class : IX

Time : 3 Hrs. M. M. : 80
General Instructions :
The question paper has been divided into three sections :
Sections A : Reading 20 marks
Sections B : Writing & Grammar 30 marks
Section C : Literature & Long Reading Text 30 marks

SECTION ‘A’ : READING (20 MARKS)

1. Read the passage given below and answer the question /
complete the sentences that follow :
1X8=8
People the all over the world wash their hands with water. Using
soap adds to the time spent in washing, breaks down the
grease and dirt that carry most germs by facilitating the
rubbing and friction that dislodge them and leaves hand smelling
pleasant. Good hand washing techniques include washing your
hands with sop and water or using an alcohol based sanitizer. It
has been reported that washing with soap is one of the most
effective ways to prevent diarrhoeal diseases. It is also the
cheapest way. In addition hand washing with soap can limit the
transmission of respiratory disease, a killer of children under five.
More hand washing with soap would make a significant
contribution to meeting the millennium development goal of
reducing death among children under the age of five by two-thirds
by 2015.
Hand washing with soap is among the most effecti9ve and
inexpensive ways to prevent diarrhoeal diseases and pneumonia,
which together are responsible for the majority of child deaths.
Every year, more than 3.5 million children do not live to celebrate
their fifth birthday because of diarrhoea and pneumonia. Yet,
despite its lifesaving potential about hand washing with soap is
seldom practiced and is not always easy to promote. On the other
hand, lack of education about hand washing with scap not only
increases the risk of diseases among children/people but also
increases the number of deaths which is occurring because of

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 less knowledge about hand washing.
A cute respiratory infections like pneumonia are the leading causes of
child death. Evidence suggests that better hygiene practices like
washing hands with soap after defecation and after eating could cut
the infection by about 25 percent. It seems pretty simple a step to make such
a big change in the lives of the people. The best time to get accustomed
to this habit is during childhood.
(a) To break down grease and dirt form the hands, one should
...............
(b) The advantage of washing hands with soap is .....................
(c) The cheapest way to prevent diarrhoeal disease is ................
(d) For better hygiene practices, we should wash hands .....................
(e) The leading causes of child death are .....................
` (f) How can the risk of discases and deaths among children be
reduced?
(g) Which is the best time to inculcate this habit?
(h) The word means the same as 'cause to pass on from one place,
person or thing to another' is ......................... (para 1)
2. Read the passage given below carefully :
1. It happens to us all, however hard we may try to delay the process.
We grow old. Cosmetic surgery may remove wrinkles, skin which
has suggested may be tightened by means of a facelift and a
hair dresser may dye grey hair a more youthful colour, but we
cannot remain young forever. Advances in medicine have made it
possible for more people to stay alive longer.
2. Age beings intelligence, experience, wisdom and beauty. So why
are we so scared of it? The trouble is that many of us find it
impossible to relate to these worrying facts, unable to face the
reality that everyday we inch ever closer to our own dotage. Our
older generations experienced the majority of the most
tumultuous century in human history and yet at best we infantilise , at
worst outright ignore them.
3. However, what is important is the quality of life. Some people are
lucky to be taken care of at home whereas others may have to
move to residential homes. The worst pat of ageing that often
the mind becomes less alert. As people grow older they experience
short-term memory. Later, some may suffer from dementia,
often in the form of Alzheimer's disease.
4. By no means are all people in this category. Many senior citizens
are in the possession of all their faculties and see retirement as a
time of freedom. Not only that if they have a generous
retirement pension, they are likely to be quite well-off with money to be
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 and government have a new respect and government have a new
respect for what is known as grey power. By no means,
however, does everyone treat the elderly with great respect.
There are some cultures which are noted for the great respect
with which they treat old people, but many people regard the
old as having a very low status in society and treat them
accordingly.
2.1 Based upon your reading of the above passage, answer the
following questions : 2X4=8
(a) What does the writer imply by saying 'some people are lucky' ?
(b) Why do we have such an aversion to ageing ?
(c) What is meant by 'Grey Power' ?
(d) Why is retirement considered a time of freedom?
2.2 Answer the following questions:
(a) Which word in para 4 means 'liberal'?
(b) Which word in para 4 means the same as 'wealthy'?
(c) Find a word in para 4 which means similar to 'income'.
(d) Find the word opposite to 'peaceful'. (para 2)

SECTION 'B' : WRITING & GRAMMAR (30 marks)

3. The climate throughout the world is changing. It has already disturbed
weather patterns by increasing rainfall in some areas and
decreasing it in others. The temperature is increasing day by day. It
results as frequent hurricanes , tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, etc. Write an
article in about 100-120 words for your school magazine on the topic
'Global Warming : A T h r e a t t o t h e L i f e ' .
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(Hints : Global warming; Rise in avg. temperature, Melting of glaciers,
Due to pollution & human activities)
4. Your teacher has given you a few hints to write a story with a
suitable title for the school magazine. Using these hints, develop a
story in about 150 - 200 words :
Last week I went to the market to buy some books on my bicycle. I
placed my bicycle outside the shop .................... 12
5. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate
options from the ones given below. Write your answer-sheets
against the correct blank number. Do not copy the entire passage:
All the great men of Venice (a) ................... all the Duke's court. The
Duke (b) ................... the case, appealing to Shylock to have
mercy upon the unfortunate merchant, Shylock (c) .................. that the
law was o n h i s s i d e .

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 1x3=3
(a) (i) had gathered (ii) were gathered
(iii) gathered (iv) gather
(b) (i) was opening (ii) opened
(iii) had opened (iv) opens
(c) (i) was feeling (ii) had felt
(iii) felt (iv) feels
6. The following passage has not been edited. One word is missing
from each line. Write the missing word along with the word
that comes before it and the word that comes after it in your
answer- s h e e t .
1x4=4
before missing word after
Making a cartoon an art that e.g. cartoon is an
requires a combination hard work, (a) .............. .............. ........
training a sense of humour. (b) .............. ............... ........
Cartoonists say the cartoons that (c) .............. ............... ........
make us laugh most are time taking ( d ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
............... ........
7. Rearrange the following words or phrases into meaningful
s e n t e n c e s :
1x3=3
E.g. is the negative outcome /obesity/changing lifestyle/socio-economic
status/of/improving/and
Obesity is the negative outcome of our improving socio-economic status
and changing lifestyles.
(a) more/ever/than/before/unhealthy food/more/we eat/and/lesser
(b) suffer/physical/obese children/mental/and/problems/both
(c) eating habits/schools/healthy/must provide/that promotes/an
environment.

SECTION 'C' : LITERATURE & LONG READING TEXT (25 marks)

8. Read one of the following extracts and answer the questions that
follow: 1x4=4
Her mother remembers noticing something was wrong when the eight-
year old Evelyn was waiting to play the piano. They called her name and
she did'nt move.
(a) What was wrong with Evelyn?
(b) Who noticed something wrong with Evelyn?
(c) How was the wrong noticed?

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 (d) Explain this line : They called her name and she didn't move.'
OR
So the swallow plucked out the Prince's eye, and flew away to the young
man's garret. It was easy enough to get in, as there was a hole in the
roof. Through this he darted, and came into the room. The young man
had his head buried in his hands, so he did not hear the flutter of the bird's
wings, and when he looked up he found the beautiful sapphire lying on
the withered violets.
(a) Why did the swallow pluck the Prince's eye?
(b) Why could the young man not hear the flutter of the bird's wings?
(c) What did the young man find after waking up?
(d) What is meant by the word 'withered'?
9. Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words :
(a) Who decided to improve on the quality of the 'Pungi' ? Did he
scuceed in his endeavour?
(b) What pleasure does one gain from the rain falling on the roof?
(c) When the Swallow died, what unusual thing happened?
(d) When does the disciple remember the words of his Guru?
10. Answer one of the questions in about (100-150) words? 8
A fearful situation makes us lose our senses. Express your views with
reference to 'The Snake and the Mirror' on the doctor's reaction in not
more than 8-100 words.
OR
The story 'The Lost Child' at every step teaches human being. How
can you say so? Write in not more than 80-100 words with reference
to the lost child.
11. Answer one of the following questions in about 100-120 words :10
Pen down the enmity between the Tramecksan and Slameckan.
OR
Write a character-sketch of the dwarf. Why is he hostile towards
Gulliver ?
OR
How was one of Jerome's holidays completely ruined by a weather
forecast?
"the sight of these of those notice boards arouses every evil instinct in my
nature." What does the above line reveal about the narrator in 'Three
Men in a Boat'?

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 Marking Scheme
Sample Paper-1
English (L&L) (Class–IX)
General Instructions:
1. The Marking Scheme provides general guidelines to reduce subjectivity
and maintain uniformity. The answer given in the marking scheme are the
best suggested answers.
2. Marking be done as per the instructions provided in the marking scheme.
(It should not be done according to one's own interpretation or any other
consideration).
3. Alternative methods be accepted. Proportional marks be awarded.
4. If a question is attempted twice and the candidate has not crossed any
answer, only first attempt be evaluated and 'EXTRA' be written with the
second attempt.
5. In case where no answers are given or answers are found wrong in this
Marking Scheme, correct answers may be found and used for valuation
purpose.

SECTION - A (Reading : 20 Marks)

1. a) wash hands with soap 1x8=8
b) it is effective, remover germs
c) washing hands with soap
d) twice – before eating and after defecation
e) acute respiratory infections like pneumonia
f) by providing awareness and knowledge about hand washing
g) childhood
h) transmission
2. 2.1 Based upon your reading of the above passage, answer the
following questions. 2x4=8
a) By saying 'some people are lucky' the writer implies that these old
people are lucky to have someone look after them or take care of
them at home.
b) We have such an aversion to ageing as many of us find it impossible
to relate to these worrying facts, unable to face the reality that every
day we inch ever closer to our own dotage.
c) 'Grey Power' implies to many senior citizens who are in the
possession of all their faculties and are well-off with money. Hence
the government and business have a new found respect for them.
d) Retirement is considered a time of freedom as one is free from
worldly responsibilities and other duties.

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 2.2 Answer the following questions. 1x4
a) generous
b) well-off
c) pension
d) tumultuous
SECTION - B (Writing & Grammar : 30 Marks)
Diary Entry / Article in about 100-120 words (8 Marks)
3. Content - 5; Fluency - 2; Accuracy - 1 8
Up to one mark may be deducted for spelling, punctuation, grammatical
errors.
4. Content - 8 m a r k s
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Fluency - 2 marks
Accuracy - 2 marks
5. a) (iii) gathered 1x3=3
b) (ii) opened
c) (iii) felt
6. Omission 1x4=4
a) combination of hard
b) training and a
c) say that the
d) laugh the most
7. 1) We eat unhealthy food and move lesser than ever before.1x3=3
2) Obese children suffer both physical and mental problems.
3) Schools must provide an environment that promotes healthy eating
habits.
SECTION - C (Literature & Long Reading Text : 30 Marks)
8. Read one of the following extracts and answer the questions that follow :
a) Evelyn was deaf and dumb 4
b) Her mother
c) When her mother called she did not move.
d) This line means that when Evelyn was called, she didn't respond
Or
a) The Swallow did what he was told to by the Prince. It was to help the
young playwright. 4
b) He was so tired of hunger and cold that he was unconscious of the
bird's presence.
c) Beautiful sapphire lying on the withered violets.
d) Faded
9. Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words :

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 i) A barber decided to improve the tonal quality of the 'pungi'. After
improving the body of the pipe he played the instrument before
royalty and everyone was impressed. 2
ii) One enjoys a blissful warmth of a cozy bed and listen to the rain's
music. 2
iii) Leaden heart of the Prince broke with dreadful curious cracking
sound due to grief and shock. 2
iv) W h e n a r r e s t e d b y s e r v a n t s o f t h e k i n g
2
to be executed as he fitted the new stake
10. Answer one of the following questions in about 120-150 words.
Lose sense of judgment to react and to take any action
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Acceptance
Lose courage
Reconciliation, start remembering god
Acceptance, love for parents
Mutual respect
Compassion, helpful to people in needs
11. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100-120 words.10
• Cause of enmity – the custom of the proper way to cut an egg – at
larger end
• present emperor's grandfather cut his finger – rebels fled to
Blefuscu
• ready to invade Lilliput
Or
Small - better than Gulliver, 30 feet tall, dominated, malicious by nature,
troubled Gulliver, banished from the court, jealous of Gulliver and his
frame in Lilliput.
Or
The weather report predicted heavy showers with thunderstorms on
Monday – so they cancelled their picnic – stayed indoors waiting for the
rain – people outside would pass the house, enjoying the bright sunny
weather – waited for heavy rains – still no sign of rain – the next day –
weather forecast predicted a warm, fine day – they went out – in half an
hour heavy rain and cold winds – they came back home with colds and
rheumatism. 10
Or
• Jim hated notices prohibiting people to use public and private
places 10
• Wanted to tear them down
• Hammer it over the head of the men who put it up – till he was dead

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 Model Paper-2 (Solved)
English (Language & Literature)
Class : IX

Time : 3 Hrs. M. M. : 80
General Instructions :
The question paper has been divided into three sections :
Sections A : Reading 20 marks
Sections B : Writing & Grammar 30 marks
Section C : Literature & Long Reading Text 30 marks

SECTION ‘A’ : READING (20 MARKS)

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions
that follow. 1X8=8
1. A noble purpose gives meaning to one's own life and if os benefit to
other. I realised this when researching on and writing about the life of
Jamsetji Tata. What gave one man living in a colonised country the
vision to advance it in the community of nations? He not only gave
India the power of steel and hydroelectric energy, but also an institute
of research.
2. He sent an educationist to Europe and the United States to report on
what should be the best Model for India. The Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore was recommended as the Model. But
Jamsetji Made it a point to see that his name was not associated with
the university. After his death, his dream came true with the
establishment of the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. It was
to be the fountainhead of Science in the decades to come.
3. There are others too whose purpose in life has made a difference to
society. Mother Teresa had a comfortable life at Loretto Convert,
Kolkata. On a train journey to Darjeeling, she felt her 'calling' and
wanted to give up her comfortable life in the convent and serve the
poor and the needy.
4. After that, she took a three-month nursing course and returned to
Kolkata. She devoted her time to the sick and the homeless. Touched
by her sacrifice, some of her students joined her and work began. Not
everyone has such a strong calling. When I asked her how one could
be sure of one's calling, she replied, "Deep down in our hearts we
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5. One's purpose i shaped over a period of time, but every noble
purpose is based on a feeling for the suffering of others and a esire for
alleviating that condition. Some years ago, in Kerala, a young man
saw his father join Gandhiji and fight for opening temples to the
Harijans. When he grew up, the boy decided to take up agricultural
studies, because he had seen the havoc caused by the Bengal
Famine. He went to Europe and studied agriculture. On his return to
India, he spearheaded the Green Revolution. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
demonstrates hot purpose intensifies with time.
Read the given questions and write the answer in a sentence.
1x8=8
(a) Bring out the unique character traits of Jamsetji Tata.
(b) Why did he send an educationist to Europe and the USA?
(c) Mention two things about Indian Institute of Science?
(d) How did Mother Teresa start working for the poverty-stricken
people?
(e) What was the first step that Mother Teresa took?
(f) How can we find our calling?
(g) Is it possible to find one's calling within a short period?
Why/Why not?
(h) What do we learn from the life of people like M.S.
Swaminathan?
Read the following passage carefully:
1. Science and technology not only dominate the psyche of
humanity but also the whole biosphere. How does science
influence civilisation and how is it related to human
happiness.
2. The Original, cosmic evolution of the biosphere was one that
promoted, supported, nourished, sustained and enhanced
life. Life went on adding to the evolution with newer species
and ecosystems, even more beautiful and vibrant than the
ones before. Our biosphere accommodated a pleasant
weather cycle and climate system to support these newer
species, keeping everything in dynamic equilibrium.
3. Now the biosphere is overburdened and ailing. Some of our
ecosystems have already collapsed, while others are at
death's door. Ever increasing pollution coupled with over-
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 emission is driving several species towards extinction. This is
not a phenomenon that has occurred by itself, and neither has
it been caused by, human beings alone. But it definitely has
been spurred by so-called advances in technology.
4. In this millennium, we no longer live in a, biosphere – we are
inhabitants of a technosphere. A technosphere is an impaired
biosphere that has no affinity with values of life nor with
sustain ability and evaluation of life. Although technology had
empowered civilisation, it has also reduced it to being a mere
toll of science and technology. And when the whole civilisation
turns technocratic, science and technology are bound to
dominate, causing life to shrink. The intensifying climate crisis
is but a symptom of the biosphere's illness and life's gradual
collapse.
5. We've reached a point where we are intolerant of anything
remotely "unscientific" in our contemporary world. Scientists
look for alternatives, but even these solutions are sought in
the same domain that has caused these problem. In short, we
are stewing in a soup of our own making.
6. So, what would be meaningful for the welfare of humans?
Naturally something that would enhance life, serve to
integrate ecosystems and cleanse our environment.
Enhancement of life includes betterment of human life and
vice versa. If life shrinks, we cannot blossom.
7. Science and technology by themselves are neutral; it is the
way we use them that has either a positive or negative impact
on our lives and environment. And when we use science in a
manner that increases un-sustainability and unhappiness in
our lives, how can we rely blindly on science for our
happiness.
2.1 Read the given questions and write the answer in about 30-40 words.
(a) How did the biosphere evolve over a period of time?
(b) How has this equilibnum got disturbed now?
(c) What is the difference between biosphere and technosphere?
(d) Man needs to use 'science and technology' in a sensible
manner. Explain.
2.2 Choose the correct option that is closest in meaning to the words
given below.
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 (i) Mind (ii) Thinking (iii) Inner self (iv) Mental
(b) enhance
(i) improve (ii) increase (iii) remove (iv) Lower
(c) collapsed
(i) broken (ii) disappeared (iii) removed (iv) taken away
(d) Affinity
(i) dislike (ii) love (iii) bonding (iv) natural liking

Section-B (Writing and Grammar) (30 Marks)

3. Your team has won the first place in the inter-school Debate competition. Write a
diary entry expression your feelings after wining any competition for the first
time. 8
4. Complete the V-story on basis of the given hints
The Grocer very greedy-mixed stones in pulses.
– Sand is spices - sold to the poor villagers
– Turned a deaf to their complaints
– Only grocery store in the village........
5. Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the
following passage. Write the correct answer in your answer sheet against the
correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole paragraph. (½x 6=3)

Dear Anil

I was very (a) __________to receive your invitation to spend the winter
break(b)_____________you. But I (c)_________do that. My Uncle has
not(d)__________keeping well for the past week. I think I (e)__________visit
him this vacation. I hope you (f)___________mind this.
(a) (i) satisfied (ii) calm
(iii) shocked (iv) pleased
(b) (i) without (ii) with
(iii) through (iv) along with
(c) (i) will (ii) will not
(iii) cannot (iv) may
(d) (i) been (ii) be
(iii) being (iv) done
(e) (i) must (ii) ought to
(iii) can (iv) should
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 (iii) would (iv) can
6. Read the following passage carefully. There is a one error in each line. Write the
incorrect word and the correction against the correct blank number as given in
the example. (½x 8=4)
Incorrect Correct
We should also developed nice Eg. developed develop
table manner. Some people (a) _________ _________
talk two much while they eat. (b) _________ _________
This is a unhealthy practice. (c) _________ _________
some people also makes too (d) _________ _________
much sound though they take (e) _________ _________
their food. It amount to bad (f) _________ _________
manners. The food may be
chewed without make too much (g) _________ _________
noise. Remember to rinse our mouth (h) _________ _________
well after the meal.
7. Rearrange the given words and Phrases into meaningful sentences. 1x3=3
(a) as/work/a/to/student/hard/you/to/must/be/successful
(b) who/my/can/in/beat/work/me?
(c) always/helps/other/she/in need.

Section C : (Literature and Long Reading Text) (30 Marks)

8. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.1x4=4
My toothbrush is a thing that haunts me when I'm travelling and makes my life a
misery. I dream that I haven't packed it, and wake up in a cold perspiration and
get out of bed and hunt for its. And, in the morning, I pack it before I have used it,
and have to unpack again to get it, and it is always the last thing I turn out of the
bag, and then I repack and forget it, and have to rust up stairs for its at the last
moment and carry it to the railway station, wrapped in my pocket-handkerchief.
a) Who is th speaker here?
b) Why does the speaker repack the bag?
c) Why does he always carry a toothbrush in his land to the railway station?
d) Find the word in the passage that means same as 'sweat'.
OR
Then the Matter
of scorching and choking
In sun and air.
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 Twisting, withering
An then it is done.
a) Name the poem and the poet.
b) What is 'it' here?
c) How does the sun ans the air contribute to its killing?
d) Find the word from the above passage that means the same as 'burning
in the hot sun.'
9. Answer the following questions in 25-40 words. (any Four) 2 x 4=8
a) What is Maria's mantra for success?
b) How does the last leaf become Behrman's Master piece?
c) How did Gerrard outwit the intruder ?
d) How does the snake try to save himself from the pursuing sticks?
e) Why did the author's mother run again into the burning house?
10. Answer any one of the following question in about 100-150 words. 1x8=8
a) How can you say that 'the Bond of Love' shows kind and loving attitude of
the narrator and his wife towards Bruno ? How should we take care of
Animals?
Or
b) Begging is a crime. How can we discourage begging? How were Sergei
and also responsible in bringing a change in the beggar Lushkoff?
11. Answer any one of the following question in about 100-120 words.
a) How did Harris's preparation of scrambled egg turn into a disaster?
Or
b) Draw the character sketch of Montemorency.
OR
c) Draw a pen portrait of Lord Munodi.
OR
d) Why did Gulliver change his mind about immorality ?

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 Marking Scheme
Sample Paper-2
English (Language & Literature)
Class : IX
General Instructions :
1. The Marking Scheme provides general guidelines to reduce subjectivity
and maintain uniformity. The answer given in the marking scheme are
the best suggested answers.
2. Marking be done as per the instructions provided in the marking
scheme. (It should not be done according to one's own interpretation or
any other consideration).
3. Alternative methods be accepted. Proportional marks be awarded.
4. If a question is attempted twice and the candidate has not crossed any
answer, only first attempt be evaluated and 'EXTRA' be written with the
second attempt.
5. In case where no answers are given or answers are found wrong in this
Marking Scheme, correct answers may be found and used for valuation
purpose.

SECTION ‘A’ : READING (20 MARKS)

1. a) Not only gave India the power of steel and hydroelectric
energy, but also an institute of research.
b) To report on what should be the best model for India.
c) was established in Bengaluru after Jamshetji's death.
- became the fountain head of science in the coming
decades.
d) She gave up her comfortable life at Loretto Convent, Kolkata.
Felt her calling and decided to serve the poor and the needy.
c) Took a three months nursing course and devoted her time to
the sick and the homeless.
d) Everyone has a calling deep down in his heart. To feel and
realize it is important.
e) No, it is not possible because the purpose intensifies with time.
f) M.S. Swaminathan took up agricultural studies to fight with
situations like Bengal famine. He was responsible for the
Green Revolution.
21. a) Biosphere was one that promoted supported, nourished,
sustained and enhanced life.
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 - Accommodate a pleasant weather cycle and climate system to
support the newer species, keeping everything in dynamic
equilibrium.
b) Biosphere is overburdened and ailing.
- ever increasing pollution coupled with over-exploitation of
natural resources and green house gas emission in driving
several species towards extinction.
c) A technosphere is an impaired biosphere that has no affinity
with values of life nor with sustain ability and evolution of life.
d) Science and technology by themselves are neutral. We should
use science in a manner that increases sustainability and
happiness in our life.
2.2 a) thinking
b) improve
c) disappeared
d) bonding

Section-B (Writing & Grammar) (30 Marks)

3. Diary Entry 8
Content - 5 Marks
Fluency - 2 Marks
Accuracy - 1 Mark
4. Content - 8 Marks 12
Fluency - 2 Marks
Accuracy - 2 Marks
5. (a) (iv) Pleased
(b) (ii) with
(c) (iii) cannot
(d) (i) been
(e) (ii) ought to
(f) (ii) would not

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6. Editing
Incorrect Correct
(a) Manner Manners
(b) two too
(c) a an
(d) makes make
(e) though when
(f) amount amounts
(g) make making
(h) noice noise
7. a) As a student you must work Lord to be successful. 1x3=3
b) Who can beat me in my work?
c) She always helps other in need.
8. a) Jerome K. Jerome 1x4=4
b) to find his tooth brush.
c) has a tendency of forgetting to pack his toothbrush and so he
ends up carrying it in his hand.
d) perspiration
OR
a) Poem- on killing a tree 1x4=4
Poet- Gieve Patel
b) Tree
c) Causes scorching and choking of its roots.
d) scorching
9. Short answer type questions (any 4) 2x4=8
a) • clarity about aim
• hard work
• mental and physical toughness
b) • Saves Johnsy's life
• Both Johnsy and Sue cannot take it as artificial despite
being artists.
c) • took the intruder into confidence
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 • said he was also a criminal
• Police after him
• may reach any time to catch him
d) • jumps into the water
• hides himself into green reeds.
c) • to save pictures and letters of her husband.
• were the last memories of her dead husband.
10. Long answers type questions. 1x8=8
a) • narrator brought the orphaned cub to his house and present
it to his wife.
• narrator's wife took care of it like her son.
• a strong emotional bond developed between the two.
• We should be kind and sympathetic.
• should never mistreat them.
• understand their needs.
b) • should never give alms.
• encourage them to work.
• Sergei stern but sympathetic
• gave him tasks at home.
• tried to teach him values of hard-work and make money by
working
• Olga was kind
• Scolded him for over- drinking.
• helped him by chopping word herself.
• Treated him like mother.
11. Long Reading Text (any one) 1x10=10
a) • Harries boasted of preparing eggs for boating trips.
• When broke the eggs, it was difficult for him to put them into
the frying pan.
• Some fell on his trousers and others up to his sleeve.
• nearness to the stove made him toss the frying pan.
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 • finally prepared a little quantity of burnt and improperly
cooked mess.
Or
b) • was very naughty.
• disturbed George and Harris a lot while packing.
• was curious towards the things around.
• had a dislike for the cats.
• felt his day to be wasted till was cursed and beaten.
OR
c) • was governor of the town of Lagado.
• was a traditionalist
• against the reformers of the projector Academy.
• preferred to old ways of running his estate.
• had many enemies in the kingdom
• enjoyed the love and affection of the king of Laputa.
• helped Gulliver for his further journey.
OR
d) • Luggage was inhabited by sturldburggs (immortals)
• most miserable persons
• wished for death
• depride of all of affection
• were a burden on the state
• their plight changed Gulliver's mind and thinking towards
immortality.

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 Model Question Paper (Unsolved)
English (Language & Literature)
Class : IX
Time : 3 Hrs. M.M. : 80
General Instructions :
The question paper has been divided into three sections :
Sections A : Reading 20 marks
Sections B : Writing & Grammar 30 marks
Section C : Literature & Long Reading Text 30 marks

SECTION ‘A’ : READING (20 MARKS)

1. Read the given passage below and answer the questions that
follow: 8 Marks
Answers to the current crisis of water may lie in the lack of reliance on
our own traditions by our communities. Indians, over centuries;
developed a range of techniques to harvest every possible form of
water, from rainwater, stream and river water as well as flood water.
They have tapped water from hill streams or springs known as kuhls
carrying a discharge of 15-100 litres per seconds. In Meghalaya, a 200-
year old system of tapping stream and spring water for irrigating plants
by using bamboos still exists.
Credit must go to the people of the villages of Rajasthan and particularly
Jodhpur, here old water system still exists and where the traditional
system was maintained even after the advent of piped water. Villages
which neglected their traditional system was maintained even after the
advent of piped water. Villages which neglected their traditional system
and relied solely on piped water sources faced scarcity under drought
conditions. An Ironic contrast of water management is that between
Jaisalmer and Cherrapunji which get 100 mm and 15,000 mm of rainfall
respectively, Jaisalmer had enough water for itself until recent years,
while Cherrapunji the wettest place on the earth, faced a drinking water
shortage. Alwar district, also in Rajasthan, has been successful in
harvesting water thereby bringing prosperity to its villages. In India,
during the season of summer, our taps go on without water and we feel
the scarcity of water. It is because we are much careless about the use
of water and waste it extravagantly.
Questions :
(a) Why is crisis of water an acute problem?
(b) Name two techniques by which Indians harvest water.
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 (d) In which state of India old system of water still exists?
(e) In which season we feel scarcity of water?
(f) Which district of Rajasthan has been prospering due to harvesting
of water?
(g) Which is the wettest place on the earth.
(h) The word in the passage which means 'deficiency' is...................
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that
follow : 12 Marks
Since ancient times, the pearl has been a symbol of unblemished
perfection. It is the oldest gem and for centuries it was considered the
most beautiful. The Latin word for pearl literally means 'unique', stating
that no two pearls are identical. Pearls have been considered as ideal
wedding gifts because they symbolize purity and innocence. Most gems
like sapphire, topaz, ruby, diamond etc are minerals that are mined from
beneath the earth, but pearl is formed inside the shell of an oyster.
Mineral gems are hard but pearl soft other gems need to be coated and
polished to bring out their beauty but pearl looks beautiful even in its
original form in the form it is extracted from the oyster from the sea or
from the mussel from the river.
How are pearls formed? The formation of pearl is an interesting
phenomenon Oysters and other mollusks live in water. They have two
shells, joined together with a hinge. These sells keep opening and
closing, allowing water to pass in and out of them so that the oyster inside
can eat and breathe. Sometimes a foreign particle like a sand grain or a
tiny parasite or a bit of broken shell enters the oyster's shell and lodges
itself in the soft body, causing it irritation.
When the oyster is unable to get, rid of this irritant, it secretes a
substance called nacre, which forms a coating over the foreign particle to
make it less dangerous to the soft tissues of the oyster. Gradually
successive layers of nacre are deposited over the foreign particle until it
is fully enclosed in the substance, thus forming the pearl. It is the quality
of the lustre and the colour of the nacre that decides the value of the pearl
because the pearl also has the same lustre and colour as the lining of the
shell of the mollusc. Rare and valuable pearls come from some species
of oysters and other molluscs that live in the sea.
Thousands of oysters have to be collected to produce a handful of
pearls. This is the reason natural pearls are extraordinary expensive.
Until the 1940s pearl oysters were mainly found int he Persian Gulf near
the Island of Bahrain. Some of the natural pearl oyster beds were located
in the South Pacific Ocean. Must of the pearls used in jewellery are
cultured pearls and not natural pearls. A cultured pearl is a biological
product of the pearl oyster as the natural pearl in women all over the
world are fond of pearl jewellery.

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 A) Answer the following questions : 2x4=8
a) How are pearls different form jems and why are pearls
considered as the ideal wedding gift?
b) What decides the value of pearls?
c) Why are natural pearls expensive?
d) When does the oyster secrete nacre? How is nacre useful for
the oyster?
B) Read the questions given below and tick (ü) the option you consider
the most appropriate. 1x4=4
i) The Latin word for pearl literally means unique shaking that ......
a) no two pearls are alike
b) two pearls are alike
c) all pearls are identical
d) no three pearls are identical
ii) Gems are .................
a) soft
b) beautiful in their original form
c) mined from beneath the earth
d) formed inside the shell of an oyster
iii) Pick out a word which means the same as 'spotless' (Para 1)
iv) Pick out a word which means the same as "shine" (Para 3)

Section-B (Writing & Grammar) 25 marks

3. Your parents have worked you not to spend too much time watching T.V.
You feel deprived of entertainment. Write a diary entry expressing your
feelings. 8
4. Write out a story making use of the given outlines :
A house near Ganges – father goes to another village – son in charge of
the house – the river in flood – water, water everywhere – mother and
sister in danger – a boat near the house – the boy saves the family.12
5. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate
option from the clues given below : 1x3=3
Fortune smiles only (i) those who are hard-working. It never comes (ii)
the aid of idlers. A person who (iii) nothing himself loses claim to God's
blessings.
i) a) of b) on c) at d) an
ii) a) on b) of c) to d) for
iii) a) do b) did c) does d) done
6. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of
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 correction as given below against the correct blank number. 1x4=4
Even though Indian has a long history e.g. has have
behind them, they has a poor (a) .............. .............
knowledge at maintaining homes, toilets, draperies and fridges (b)
Modern detergents and soaps is very common on (c)
shelves, but people does not use them regularly. (d)
7. Rearrange the words and phrases given below to form meaningful
sentences. The first one has been done as an example. 1x3=3
Example : best form / self study / is the / of / study
Self study is the best form of study.
a) onself / it is / best way / the / to educate
b) true lovers / can / make us / of / knowledge / self study
c) develops / of / investigation / self-study / the habit
Section-C (Literature & Long Reading Text) 25 marks
8. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions :1x4=4
He won't do what you tell him.
So, come, let's build strong homes.
Let's joint the doors firmly.
Practice to firm the body.
a) Name the Poem and the Poet.
b) Who is 'He' in these lines?
c) What does the poet want us to do with the doors?
d) Give the past form of the verb "build".
Or
In spits of travelled all over the world – Khansaab as he is fondly called –
is exceedingly fond of Banaras and Dumraon and they remain for him the
most wonderful of the world.
a) Name the lesson from which the above passage is taken?
b) Who is fondly called Khansaab?
c) What does he think of about Banaras and Dumraon?
d) Use in sentence of your own 'fond of'.
9. Answer the following questions in 25-40 words. (Any 4)
2x4=8
i) How did Tommy describe the old kind of schools and teachers?
ii) What difference did Kezia find between Mrs. McDonald and her own
father?
iii) The doctor says, "But my mind was very active". Give two examples
to show that his mind was really active.
iv) What does when the Prince was alive, he did not know what tears
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 v) What did the dancing girl say in her defence?
10. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100-150 words.
1x8=8
Differently abled children are abled differently. Comment in reference to
the chapter. (The sound of music – 1)
Or
The Happy Prince realized that real happiness say in the justice of the
poor. Have can you, as a student, keep the poor and reference.
11. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100-120 words :10
Draw the character sketch of Harris. Bring but the humour in saw the
doctor examines the write and description he writes for him.
Or
Describe the feelings of the narrator when he connected the medical
dictionary in the British museum.
Gulliver's Travels
a) What is your impression of the emperor of Lilliput in 'Gulliver's
Travel"?
Or
b) What incidents happen to Gulliver in the farmer's hours in the land of
the giants?

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