2025 - 26 9TH FIRST TERMINAL MODEL QUESTIONS PDF DOWNLOAD
Questions 1-5.Read the excerpt from Dreams Realised and answer the questions that follow. (5×1=5)
Even celebrities who had heard
about him were eager
to meet him in person. Perhaps,
few would believe that when Gandhiji was told that Mr Charlie Chaplin
would like to see him, he innocently asked who that distinguished person was. But as soon as he was told that Mr Chaplin came from the people and lived for the people, and that he had made millions
laugh, he agreed to meet him. Chaplin had evidently
heard of Gandhiji’s
spinning wheel and the very first question
he asked was why Gandhiji was against machinery. The question delighted Gandhiji who explained to him in detail
why the six months’
unemployment of the whole peasant population of India made it important for him to restore
them. Gandhiji said, “In cloth and food every nation
should be self-contained. We were self-contained and want to be so again.”
1.Why did Gandhiji agree to meet Chaplin?
A) He was a leader of repute.
B) He was a man who lived for the ordinary folk, making them laugh.
C) He was an industrialist.
D) He was an acquaintance of Gandhiji.
2.What was the query made by Gandhi about Chaplin?
3.What was the topic of discussion between
Gandhi and Chaplin?
A) Gandhiji’s life in South Africa.
B) Gandhiji’s principles like non-violence and satyagraha.
C) Gandhiji’s resistance to mechanization.
D)
Chaplin’s films and their impact on society. 4.How did Gandhi respond
to the question
of Chaplin?
5. Identify the Noun Phrase and the Verb Phrase in the sentence
given below.
The renowned film maker, Chaplin had evidently
heard of Gandhiji’s spinning wheel.
Questions 6-9. Read the lines from the poem Nothing Twice and answer the questions that follow. (4×1=4)
The next day, though you're here with me, I can't help looking at the clock:
A rose? A rose?
What could that be? Is it a flower or a rock?
Why do we treat the fleeting
day
with so much needless
fear and sorrow? It's in its nature not to stay:
Today is always gone tomorrow.
With smiles and kisses, we prefer to seek accord beneath our star,
although we're different (we concur) just as two drops of water are.
6. Why does the poet use the reference
of rose and rock together
in the poem?
7. What does the expression ‘fleeting
day’ imply?
A)
The transient nature of time and acceptance of change.
B)
The permanence of time and resistance to change.
C)
The tendency to avoid the passage of time.
D)
A sense of loss
8. ‘I can’t help looking at the clock.’
Why does the poet say so?
9.
Identify the poetic device used in the line ‘Today is always gone tomorrow.’
10. Read the following lines from Nothing Twice and prepare a note of appreciation focusing on its theme, images and poetic devices. (1×5=5)
Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised
and leave without the chance to practise.
Even if there is no one dumber,
if you're the planet's biggest
dunce, you can't repeat the class in summer: this course is only offered once.
Questions 11-14. Read the passage and answer the questions given below. (4×1=4)
Many years ago, a Spanish officer
named Coronado heard the story of seven great cities. His friends told him that the walls of these cities are made of gold and the people
eat meat from golden plates, and dress well. They called these cities the Seven Cities of Gold. Coronado thought to himself that things in these cities must be worth a lot of money. So, he went to find
the Seven Cities of Gold. He took along three hundred men, many horses, and extra food. Coronado wanted to achieve his goal very badly. Coronado
and his men rode for many days. When they saw some cities, his men yelled out that they found the Seven Cities of Gold. But Coronado
wasn't happy because
those cities couldn’t be the Seven Cities of Gold, they were made of dirt. The cities weren't bright and golden.
They were dirty and brown. The people didn't eat meat from golden
plates. They ate vegetables from regular bowls.
They wore the most basic clothes. That night, the people of the cities entertained Coronado
and his men and served them food. They advised
Coronado to go home and told him that there was no gold there. Coronado was angry and left the city next morning. He looked back at the cities again. The sun reflected
light on the dirt houses.
Coronado thought he saw a bit of gold. "No," he corrected himself.
"It's just the sun." He turned away and went home.
11. What stories did Coronado hear some years ago?
12. What do we infer about Coronado
from the passage
given above?
A)
sluggish and callous
B)
ambitious and materialistic
C)
selfish and materialistic
D)
indifferent and lethargic
13. Why was Coronado unhappy?
A)
The cities were dull and dirty.
B) The cities weren’t
bright, but golden.
C) The cities were brown and untidy.
D)
The cities were tidy and brown.
i.
Only C is correct
ii.
Both A and C are correct
iii.
Both C and D are correct
iv.
Only D is correct
14. What did the people of the city advise Coronado
to do?
Questions 15-21. Answer all the questions.
15. A.The story Half a Day highlights the contrast between the narrator’s boyish perception of him and the reality of his aging and the passage of time. Based on your reading of the story, prepare a short essay on the topic ‘The fleeting
nature of time and the fast pace of societal
changes.’
OR
B.
The protagonist of the story The Toilet finds toilet as a place that safeguards her and foster her creativity. In the light
of your reading the story, prepare
a review of the story focusing on its theme, characterisation and development of the plot.
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