ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE Class - IX Time: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 70

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1 ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE Class - IX Time: hours Maximum Marks: 70 Instructions: The question paper is divided into three sections. Section A : Reading & OTBA 20 marks Section B : Writing and Grammar 2 marks Section C : Literature 2 marks SECTION A (READING & OTBA: 20 Marks) 1(a) Read passage given below and answer the questions / complete the sentences that follow : 1. A Canadian study published in the journal 'Psychology and Aging' finds that older adults are more focused and attentive in the morning, and they perform better on demanding cognitive tasks during the morning hours. 2. Young adults (aged 19 to 0) and older adults (aged 60 to 82) did a series of memory tests while subjected to distractions in the morning and afternoon sessions. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) was used to scan the participants' brain while taking the tests to assess which areas of the brain were activated.. The findings strongly suggest that older adult's brain functions vary widely during the day. "Time of day really does matter when testing older adults. This age group is more focused and better able to ignore distraction in the morning than in the afternoon," the author said.. But the senior's brain images in the afternoon showed signs of idling-areas of the brain when a person is resting or thinking about nothing in general was activated. This could mean that the adults had difficulty focusing. When a person is fully focused, resting state activations are suppressed. So how does this study help seniors? According to the study author, older adults should schedule mentally challenging tasks, such as doing taxes, taking a test, trying a new recipe, or seeing a doctor about new health problem, during the morning hours. 1. According to the journal 'Psychology and Aging' the morning hours show the older adults as. 2. The findings of the FMRI revealed which areas of the brain.. "This age group is more focused and better able to ignore distraction in the morning than in the afternoon," the author said. Which age group does the author refer to? Page 1 of

2 . When are resting state activations suppressed?. Find a word from Para which means the same as 'to confuse with conflicting emotions.' 1(b) Read the following passage carefully : I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. I am not quite sure of the exact place or exact date of my birth, but at any rate I suspect I must have been born somewhere and at some time. As nearly as I have been able to learn, I was born near a crossroads postoffice called Hale's Ford, and the year was 188 or 189. I do not know the month or the day. The earliest impressions I can now recall are of the plantation and the slave quarters-the latter being the part of the plantation where the slaves had their cabins. My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings. This was so, not because my owners were especially cruel, for they were not, as compared with many others. I was born in a typical log cabin. I lived with my mother, a brother and a sister till after the Civil War, when we where all declared free. Of my ancestry I know almost nothing. In the slave quarters, and even later, I heard whispered conversations among the coloured people of the tortures which the slaves, including my ancestors on my mother's side, suffered in the middle passage of the slave ship while being conveyed from Africa to America. I have been unsuccessful in securing any information that would throw any accurate light upon the history of my family beyond my mother. She, I remember, had a half-brother and a half-sister. Answer the following questions briefly : 1. Where was the author born and when? 2. Where did he live with his mother, sister and brother?. What did he know about his mother's family?. What did the narrator recall about the plantations and slave quarters?. Find the word from the passage which means 'solitary'. 2 Theme : India s Tryst with Mars (+) a) You are one of the survivors of the cyclone Phailin. Describe how your rescuers depended on satellite information to carry out your rescue work. b) What are the amazing facts about Mom? (*Please ensure that open text of the given theme is supplied with this question paper) Page 2 of

3 SECTION B (WRITING & GRAMMAR: 2 Marks) Write a diary entry in words sharing your feelings on your sister's decision to study Fashion Designing at the PEARL INSTITUTE. You have a strong feeling that your sister has taken this decision out of peer pressure. You believe she would have done better in some other field. Complete the story in words on the basis of the beginning given below. There's a young man sitting on a park bench reading a newspaper and suddenly Choose the most appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the following paragraph. Madhubani painting is a style of painting, (a) in the Mithila region of Bihar state. Themes (b) around Hindu Gods and mythology, along with scenes from the royal court and social events like weddings. Generally no space is left empty; the gaps are (c) by paintings of flowers, animals, birds and even geometric designs. (a) (i) practice (ii) practicing (iii) practiced (iv) practices (b) (i) revolves (ii) revolve (iii) revolving (iv) revolved (c) (i) filling (ii) being filled (iii) to be filled (iv) filled 6 The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided against the correct blank number. Error Correction So you want other day off, shouted (a) the office manager on his clerk. (b) Which excuse you have now. You have (c) went for your uncle s funeral twice already. (d) 7 Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows. Write the answers against the correct blank numbers in your answer sheet. Do not copy the whole sentences. Teacher : Vinod, why are you late today? Vinod : I came on foot. I have an injury on my leg. Teacher : Yesterday also you come late to the English class. The teacher asked Vinod (a). He replied (b) and had an injury on his leg. The teacher told him (c) the previous day also. Page of

4 SECTION C (LITERATURE: 2 Marks) Read one of the extracts given below and briefly answer the questions that follow: 8 ' And have him sent back to prison, sent back to Hell. No Persome : It is a just punishment for me; I set too great store by them. It was a sin. My punishment is just, but oh God it is hard, it is very hard'. (a) Who is the speaker? (b) What sin has the speaker committed? (c) What is the antonym of 'punishment'? I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven By the gods. Nature then takes me, to adorn Her fields and valleys. (a) Name the poem and the poet of the above extract. (b) Who is I? Why is I being compared to silver threads? (c) What does 'to adorn' mean? Answer the following questions in about 0 to 0 words each: 9(i) Why were the doors and windows of the Bishop s house always left open? 2 9(ii) How did Colonel Allyn react when he met Pescud? 2 9(iii) Who plucks the pearls from the Crown of Ishtar and why? 2 9(iv) Why was it essential for the poet to visit the dentist in the poem, Oh! I Wish I d Looked After Me Teeth? 2 Answer one of the following questions in about 80-0 words You are John A. Pescud. Write an informal letter to your friend telling him how things changed for good as far as your meeting with Jessie and Colonel are concerned resulting in a happily ending. Page of

5 Rain is the most divine manifestation of nature. Elaborate with reference to the poem 'Song of the Rain'. Answer one of the following questions in about -200 words. 11 What great surprises await Gulliver when he arrives on the land of the horses? Munodi was a person of the first rank and had been relieved of this post for insufficiency. comment. Why was it not easy for the three friends to find a hotel at Datchet? How did they finally get one? The author Jerome jumps into the river and becomes a hero. Describe the incident highlighting the traits of his character. -o0o0o0o- Page of