TS 9th Class English Important Questions 4th lesson Environment

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TS 9th Class English 4th Lesson Questions and Answers Telangana – Environment

Section – A : Reading Comprehension

Questions : (1 – 7), Marks : 10

A. Reading

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

We are a part of the Earth and it is a part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony, and the man, all belong to the same family. So, when the Great Chief in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land, he asks much of us. The Great White Chief sends word, that he will reserve us a place so that we can live comfortably to ourselves. He will be our father and we will be his children. So we will consider your offer to buy land. But it will not be easy. For, this land is sacred to us.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (4 × 1 = 4M)

Question 1.
Who are referred to as ‘we’ in the first line of the passage ?
A) The white people
B) The black people
C) The Indians
D) The Red Indians
Answer:
D) The Red Indians

Question 2.
Who are treated as sisters ?
A) the deer
B) the horse
C) the great eagle
D) the perfumed flowers
Answer:
D) the perfumed flowers

Question 3.
What is the offer of the Great White Chief ?
A) He wanted to buy the lands of the speaker and his people.
B) He wanted to sell the lands of the speaker and his people.
C) He wanted to cultivate the lands of the speaker and his people.
D) He wanted’ to build a factory in the lands of the speaker and his people.
Answer:
A) He wanted to buy the lands of the speaker and his people.

Question 4.
Why will it not be easy for the speaker to accept the offer ?
A) As the land is sacred to the speaker and his people.
B) As the speaker and his people don’t like to buy the lands.
C) As the speaker and his people don’t like to sell the lands.
D) As the speaker and his people feel that the lands are not fertile.
Answer:
A) As the land is sacred to the speaker and his people.

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. (3 × 2 = 6M)

Question 5.
Who is the speaker of the passage ? Who is referred to as the ‘Greeat Chief in Washington’?
Answer:
Chief Seattle is the speaker of the passage.
The Governor of Washington is referred to as the Great Chief in Washington.

Question 6.
Who, according to the speaker, will be their father ? ‘It will not be easy.’ What does ‘it’ refer to ?
Answer:
The Great White Chief (The Governor of Washington).
It refers to ‘buying the lands of the speaker and his people.

Question 7.
Why does the speaker say that the Earth is sacred to his people ?
Answer:
The land is the creation of God. It is the ash of Red Indian’s ancestors. It supports life. It has warmth. It is holy and pious. It is precious too. That is why Earth is sacred to the speaker and his people.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath – the beast, the tree, the man – they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the stench. But if we sell you our land, you must remember that the air is precious to us, that the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. The wind that gave our grandfather his first breath also receives his last sigh. And if we sell you our land, you must keep it apart and sacred, as a place where even the white man can go to taste the wind that is sweetened by the meadow’s flowers.

So we will consider your offer to buy our land. If we decide to accept, I will make one condition – the white man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers.

I am a savage and do not understand any other way. I have seen thousands of rotting buffaloes on the prairie, left by the white man who shot them from a passing train. I am a savage and do not understand how the smoking iron horse can be made more important than the buffalo that you kill only to stay alive.

What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of the spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (4 × 1 = 4M)

Question 1.
Why does the speaker call the white man ‘like a man dying for many days’ ?
A) Because the white man has no fresh air.
B) Because the white man has no buffaloes.
C) Because the red man has no fresh air.
D) Because the red man has no buffaloes.
Answer:
A) Because the white man has no fresh air.

Question 2.
How is the wind sweetened ?
A) by the shining water
B) by the rivers
C) by the meadow’s flowers
D) by the great people
Answer:
C) by the meadow’s flowers

Question 3.
How should the white man keep the land ?
A) sacred
B) fertile
C) barren
D) clean and green
Answer:
A) sacred

Question 4.
What would happen if all the beasts’were gone ?
A) Man would die from a great loneliness of the spirit.
B) Ecological balance will be disturbed.
C) A & B
D) None of the above
Answer:
C) A & B

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. (3 × 2 = 6M)

Question 5.
Who does the speaker belong to – the red man or the white man ? Who is referred to as like a man dying for many days ?
Answer:
The speaker belongs to the red man. The white man.

Question 6.
What do you understand the question, “What is man without beasts?” ?
Answer:
Man is nothing without the beasts.

Question 7.
The speaker says, I am a savage’. Who do you think is a savage, the Red Indian or the white ? Why ?
Answer:
I think the white man is a savage. Because at heart Red Indian is good, cultured and concerned. The white is civilized. But at heart he is a real savage.

Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage.

You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the Earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the Earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.

This we know – the Earth does not belong to man – man belongs to the Earth. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected.

Whatever befalls the Earth – befalls the sons of the Earth. Man did not weave the web of life – he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (4 × 1 = 4M)

Question 1.
What does the speaker want the other people to teach their children ?
A) The earth is their mother
B) The earth is sacred.
C) The ground beneath their feet is the ashes of the grandfathers.
D) The earth is their mother and the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of the grandfathers of the red men.
Answer:
D) The earth is their mother and the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of the grandfathers of the red men.

Question 2.
What happens whatever befalls the earth ?
A) The same befalls the sons of the Earth.
B) The same befalls the plants.
C) The same befalls the beasts.
D) The same befalls the insects.
Answer:
A) The same befalls the sons of the Earth.

Question 3.
What is the known fact in the above passage ?
A) The earth is our mother.
B) The earth does not belong to man – man belongs to earth.
C) The earth is sacred.
D) We must respect the land.
Answer:
B) The earth does not belong to man – man belongs to earth.

Question 4.
“Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” What do you understand from this line ?
A) Man did not weave the web of life.
B) He is merely a strand in the web. ,
C) If the man does any harm to the life on the earth, it will be harmful to himself.
D) Earth is rich with minerals.
Answer:
C) If the man does any harm to the life on the earth, it will be harmful to himself.

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. (3 × 2 = 6M)

Question 5.
What are ‘your children’ and ‘our children’ referred to ?
Answer:
‘Your children’ are the children of the white men and ‘our children’ are the children of the red men.

Question 6.
‘If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.’ How is this true ?
Answer:
The speaker says that the earth is the mother of many lives. If we harm mother earth, we harm ourselves. If something bad happens to the earth, it is bad to us. Hence if we spit upon the ground, we spit upon ourselves.

Question 7.
Is man the sole owner of the Earth ? Pick out the sentence from the above speech. A. No, man is not at all the owner of the earth.
Answer:
The sentence from the given speech :
This we know – the Earth does not belong to man – man belongs to the Earth.

Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage.

Even the white man, whose God walks and talks with him as a friend to a friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny. We may be brothers after all. We shall see. One thing we know, which the white man may one day discover – our God is the same God. You may think now that you own Him as you wish to own our land, but you cannot. He is the God of man, and His compassion is equal for the red man and the white. The Earth is precious to Him, and to harm the Earth is to heap contempt on its Creator. The whites too shall pass, perhaps sooner than all other tribes.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) fin your answer booklet. (4 × 1 = 4M)

Question 1.
Who cannot escape from the common destiny from the above speech ?
A) White man
B) Black man
C) Red Indian
D) Indian
Answer:
A) White man

Question 2.
Who may be brothers ?
A) The white man and the black man
B) The white man and the Red Indian
C) The American and the Indian
D) The black man and the Red Indian
Answer:
B) The white man and the Red Indian

Question 3.
What may the white man discover one day ?
A) God walks and talks with the white man only.
B) God walks and talks with the Red Indian only.
C) God walks and talks with the Indian only.
D) God is the same for the white man and the red man.
Answer:
D) God is the same for the white man and the red man.

Question 4.
What does the white man think about God ?
A) He owns the God as he wishes to own Red Indians’ land.
B) He cannot own the land of Red Indians.
C) God walks and talks with him as a friend to a friend.
D) A & C
Answer:
D) A & C

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. (3 × 2 = 6M)

Question 5.
Is it possible to own God for anybody ? How is God’s compassion for the red man and the white man ?
Answer:
No, God’s compassion is equal for the red man and the white man.

Question 6.
Why is the Earth precious to God ?
Answer:
Because he is the Creator of the Earth.

Question 7.
What is your opinion on doing harm to the Earth ?
Answer:
According to my view, the Earth is precious to God, and to harm the earth is to heap . contempt on its Creator.

Passage No. 5:

Read the following passage.

But in your perishing you will shine brightly, fired by the strength of the God who brought you to this land and for some special purpose gave you dominion over this land and over the red man. The destiny is a mystery to us, for we do not understand when the buffaloes are slaughtered, the wild horses tamed, the secret corners of the forest heavy with the scent of many men, and the view of the ripe hills blotted by talking wires. Where is the thicket ? Gone. Where is the eagle? Gone. The end of living and the beginning of survival.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (4 × 1 = 4M)

Question 1.
‘All belong to the same family.’ The speaker says this to mean ……….
A) all animals belong to one family.
B) all animals and plants belong to the same family.
C) all insects belong to one family.
D) everything on the earth belongs to one family.
Answer:
D) everything on the earth belongs to one family.

Question 2.
Who will shine brightly in his perishing ?
A) White man
B) Black man
C) Red Indian
D) Indian
Answer:
A) White man

Question 3.
What do you understand from the speech ?
A) Substance and perspective of Chief Seattle’s attitude towards Nature’
B) Substance and perspective of Chief Seattle’s attitude towards Nature and the whtie race
C) Substance and perspective of Chief Seattle’s attitude towards Red Indians
D) Substance and perspective of Chief Seattle’s attitude towards beasts
Answer:
B) Substance and perspective of Chief Seattle’s attitude towards Nature and the whtie race

Question 4.
What do we not understand ?
A) When the buffaloes are slaughtered
B) When the wild horses are tamed
C) When the secret corners of the forest heavy with the scent of many men
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. (3 × 2 = 6M)

Question 5.
Why does the Chief say, ‘the destiny is mystery to us’ ?
Answer:
Because Red Indians don’t understand why the white want to control them and they fail to understand why animals and trees are being killed and felled. Hence he says it is a mystery.

Question 6.
What is the special purpose mentioned in the passage ? Do they fulfil the God’s wish? Justify your answer.
Answer:
The purpose in which the white man brought to this land and gave him dominion over the land and over the Red Indian to save the nature.

No, they do not fulfill God’s wish despite they misuse the dominion given by God for them by destroying the nature and grabbing the Red Indians’ land.

Question 7.
What does the word ‘your’ refer to ? How can they shine brightly in their perishing?
Answer:
‘Your’ refers to white man.
They will shine brightly in their perishing, fired by the strength of the God.

Questions : (8 – 12), Marks : 5

B. Reading:

1. Read the following stanza.

River, river, little river!
Bright you sparkle on your way;
O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flowers and foliage glancing,
Like a.child at play.
River, river! swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;
Louder, faster, brawling, leaping,
Over rocks, by rose-banks, sweeping
Like impetuous youth.

Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3M)

Question 8.
The young river is compared to a ________
A) child
B) young man
C) man in his prime age
D) man meeting his destiny
Answer:
A) child

Question 9.
What is the similarity between a child and a young river ?
A) Both the river and the child dance and sparkle.
B) Both the river and the child rush louder, faster, brawling.
C) Both are deep, profound, appear to be still but are at work.
D) Both lose their existence.
Answer:
A) Both the river and the child dance and sparkle.

Question 10.
Little river, dancing, a child at play, by rose-banks, impetuous youth refer to
A) Word pictures
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Hyperbole
Answer:
A) Word pictures

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
Is the river like a child ? Why ?
Answer:
Yes, the river is like a child at the place of its birth. It dances arid shines like a child at play.

Question 12.
Why does the poet call it swelling river ?
Answer:
As the river progresses, other streams join it. It widens. It goes on expanding. Hence the poet calls it ‘swelling river’.

2. Read the following stanza.

River, river! brimming river!
Broad and deep, and still as time;
Seeming still, yet still in motion,
Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime.
rover, river! headlong river!
Down you dash into the sea,
Sea that line hath never sounded,
Sea that sail hath never rounded,
Like eternity.

Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3M)

Question 8.
The river in this poem is compared to
A) yellow pebbles
B) rose-banks
C) flowers and foliage
D) man in his various ages
Answer:
D) man in his various ages

Question 9.
‘Seeming still yet still in motion.’ What does the word ‘still’ mean in either case ?
A) motionless
B) even though
C) motionless, even though
D) even though, motionless
Answer:
C) motionless, even though

Question 10.
List the words in the poem which show the moment of the river.
A) tending
B) dash
C) hath
D) both A & B
Answer:
D) both A & B

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
How does the sea remind you of eternity ?
Answer:
The sea is almost endless. It is vast. It never dries up. Thus it reminds us of eternity.

Question 12.
What do the river and the sea remind the poet of ?
Answer:
The river reminds the poet of the ages of man’s life. The sea reminds the poet of the immortality after death.

C. Reading:

Questions : (8 – 12), Marks : 5

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage.

He stood on the grass verge by the side of the road and looked over the garden wall at the old house. It hadn’t changed much. The old house built with solid blocks of granite wasn’t altered at all. But there was a new outhouse, and there were fewer trees. He was glad to see that the jackfruit tree still stood at the side of the building casting its shade on the wall.

He remembered his grandmother saying: ‘A blessing rests on the house where the shadow of a tree falls.’ And so the present owners must also be receiving the tree’s blessings. At the spot where he stood there had once been a turnstile, and as a boy he would swing on it, going round and round until he was quite dizzy. Now the turnstile had gone, the opening walled up. Tall hollyhocks grew on the other side of the wall.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3M)

Question 8.
What was the person looking at ?
A) old house
B) grass verge
C) garden wall
D) tall hollyhocks
Answer:
A) old house

Question 9.
Who were the owners of the house once ?
A) The girl’s parents
B) The girl’s grandparents
C) The parents of the person who was standing on the grass verge
D) The friend of the person who was standing oh the grass verge
Answer:
C) The parents of the person who was standing on the grass verge

Question 10.
What changes did he notice ?
A) a new outhouse
B) fewer trees
C) garden wall
D) both A & B
Answer:
D) both A & B

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
Why was he glad ?
Answer:
He was glad to see the jackfruit tree still stood at the side of the building casting its shade, on the wall.

Question 12.
What was his grandmother saying ?
Answer:
A blessing rests on the house where the shadow of a tree falls.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

‘No, no. Not. after climbing the garden wall. Let’s just sit here for a few minutes and talk. I mention the jackfruit tree because it was my favourite place. Do you see that thick branch stretching out over the roof ? Half way along it there’s.a small hollow in which I used to keep some of my treasures.’

‘What kind of treasures?’

‘Oh, nothing very valuable. Marbles I’d won. A book I wasn’t supposed to read. A few old coins I’d collected. Things came and went. I was a bit of a crow, you know, collecting bright things and putting them away. There was my grandfather’s Iron Cross. Well, not my grandfather’s exactly, because he was British and the Iron Cross’ was a German decoration awarded for bravery during the War – the first World War – when my grandfather fought in France. He got it from a German soldier.’

Now answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3 × 1 = 3M)

Question 8.
’Let’s just sit here for a few minutes and talk.’ Who is the speaker ?
A) The middle-aged man
B) The girl
C) The girl’s father
D) The middle-aged man’s father
Answer:
A) The middle-aged man

Question 9.
Why did he mention the jackfruit tree ?
A) Because he likes jackfruit.
B) Because he likes to climb the tree.
C) Because it gives cool shade.
D) Because it was his favourite place.
Answer:
D) Because it was his favourite place.

Question 10.
Where did he keep his treasures?
A) in the hollow of the jackfruit tree
B) on the jackfruit tree
C) in the nest
Answer:
A) in the hollow of the jackfruit tree

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
What were his treasures ?
Answer:
The marbles he won, a book he wasn’t supposed to read and a few old coins.

Question 12.
Which grandfather’s thing did he put in the hollow ? How did his grandfather get it?
Answer:
He put his grandfather’s Iron Cross in the hollow. His grandfather got it from a German soldier.

Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage.

‘On the right day, at the right time, and with the right person,’ he said, getting up and placing the medal in her hands. ‘It wasn’t the Cross I came for. It was my youth.’ She didn’t understand that, but she walked with him to the gate and stood there gazing after him as he walked away. Where the road turned, he looked back and waved to her. Then he quickened his steps and moved briskly towards the bus stop. There was sprightliness in his step, and something cried aloud in his heart.

Dark dancing eyes, melon sweet lips, lissome limbs….

The mango scented summer breeze made the blood course in his veins, and he forgot, for a moment, that he couldn’t climb trees any more… ;

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices.
Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B) (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. (3×1= 3M)

Question 8.
‘She didn’t understand that…’ Who was ‘she’ in the passage ?
A) The girl
B) The girl’s grandmother
C) The middle-aged man’s mother
D) The middle-aged man’s grandmother
Answer:
A) The girl

Question 9.
What was she gazing ?
A) She was gazing after him as he walked away.
B) She was gazing at the jackfruit tree.
C) She was gazing at the old house.
D) She was gazing at the hollyhocks.
Answer:
A) She was gazing after him as he walked away.

Question 10.
Why did he look back ?
A) He wanted to see the old house once again.
B) He wanted to see the jackfruit tree once again.
C) He wanted to see the girl once again.
D) He wanted to see the hollyhocks once again.
Answer:
C) He wanted to see the girl once again.

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each. (2 × 1 = 2M)

Question 11.
What did she not understand ? Why was she not able to unerstand that ?
Answer:
She did not understand the words ’It wasn’t the Cross I came for. It was my youth.’ A child of twelve or thirteen could not understand such type of emotional feelings.

Question 12.
What did he do where the road turned ? What cry did he hear in his heart ?
Answer:
He looked back and waved to her. He heard the cry of his memories of the old house and the girl.

Section – B: Vocabulary and Grammar

Questions : (13 – 17), Marks : 5

Editing a passage:

Reading : A, B & C

Read the passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (13 – 17) at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet. (5 × 1 = 5 M)

Question 1.
(13) Every part of the Earth is sacred for my people. (14) Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clear and humming insect or holy in the memory and experience of my people. (15) The sap which coursed through the trees carries the memory and experience of my people. (16) The sap, which courses threw the trees, carries the memories of the red man. (17) We are a part of the Earth and it was a part of us.
Answer:
13) Every part of the Earth is sacred to my people.
14) Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clear and humming insect are holy in the memory and experience of my people.
15) The sap which courses through the trees carries the memory and experience of my people.
16) The sap. which courses through the trees, carries the memories of the red man.
17) We are a part of the Earth and it is a part of us.

Question 2.
(13) The water murmur is the voice of my father’s father. (14) The rivers of our brothers quench our thirsty. (15) The rivers carries our canoes and feed our children (16) If we sell you our land, you will remember to teach your children that the rivers are 1 our brothers, and yours, and you must henceforth give the rivers the kindness that you would give my brother. (17) The air was precious to the red man.
Answer:
13) The water’s murmur is the voice of my father’s father. .
14) The rivers of our brothers quench our thirst.
15) The rivers carry our canoes and feed our children.
16) If we sell you our land, you must remember to teach your children that the rivers are our brothers, and yours, and you must henceforth give the rivers the kindness that you would give my brother.
17) The air is precious to the red man.

Question 3.
(13) I am the savage and do not understand any other way. (14) I have saw thousands
of rotting buffaloes on the priarie, left by the white man who shot them from a passing train. (15)1 was a savage and do not understand how the smoking iron horse can be made more important than the buffalo that you kill only to stay alive. (16) What was man without the beasts ? (17) If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness in the spirit.
Answer:
13) I am a savage and do not understand any other way.
14) I have seen thousands of rotting buffaloes on the priarie, left by the white man who shot them from a passing train.
15) I am a savage and do not understand how the smoking iron horse can be made more important than the buffalo that you kill only to stay alive.
16) What is man without the beasts ?
17) If all the beasts were gone, man would die’from a great loneliness of the spirit.

Question 4.
(13) You must teach your children that the ground beneath your feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. (14) So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the Earth is rich from the lives of our kin. (15) Teach your children what we have taught ouY children, that the Earth was our mother. (16) Whatever befalls (he Earth befalls the sons of Earth. (17) If men spit on the ground, they spit upon themselves.
Answer:
13) You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers.
14) So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the Earth is rich with the lives of our kin.
15) Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the Earth is our mother.
16) Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.
17) If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.

Question 5.
(13) Even the white man, which God walks and talks with him as a friend to a friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny. (14) We can be brothers after all. (15) We shall seen. (16) One thing we knew, which the white man may one day discover our God is the same God. (17) You may think now that you owned Him as you wish to own our land, but you cannot.
Answer:
13) Even the white man, whose God walks and talks with him as a friend to a friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny.
14) We may be brothers after all.
15) We shall see.
16) One thing we know, which the white man may one day discover – our God is the same God.
17) You may think now that you own Him as you wish to own our land, but you cannot.

Question 6.
(13) He stood in the grass verge by the side of the road and looked over the garden wall at th£ old house. (14) It haven’t changed much. (15) The old house built with solid blocks of granite wasn’t altred at all. (16) But there was a new outhouse and’ there was fewer trees. (17) He was glad to see that the jackfruit tree still stand at the side of the building casting its shade on the wall.
Answer:
13) He stood on the grass verge by the side of the road and looked over the garden wall at the old house.
14) It hadn’t changed much.
15) The old house built with solid blocks of granite wasn’t altered at all.
16) But there was a new outhouse and there, were fewer trees.
17) He was glad to see that the jackfruit tree still stood at the side of the building casting its shade on the wall.

Question 7.
(13) I’m looking at the house,’ he say. (14) ‘Why ? Do you want to bought it ?’ (15) ‘Is it yours house ?’ (16) ‘Its my father’s.’ (17) ‘And what do your father do ?’ .
Answer:
13) I’m looking at the house,’ he said.
14) ‘Why ? Do.you want to buy it ?’
15) ‘Is it your house ?’
16) ‘It’s my father’s.’
17) ‘And what does your father do ?’

Question 8.
(13) ‘Oh, just middle aged, but feeling youth today.’ (14) And to prove it he decides he’d climb over the wall instead of going round to the gate. (15) He got up in the wall all right, but had to rest there, breathing heavily. (16) ‘Middle-aged man on the flying trapeze,’ he muttered to herself (17) ‘I’ll help him,’ she said and gave him her hand.
Answer:
13) ‘Oh, just middle aged, but feeling young today.’
14) And to prove it he decided he’d climb over the wail instead of going round to the gate.
15) He got up on the wall all right, but had to rest there, breathing heavily.
16) ‘Middle-aged man on. the flying trapeze.’ he muttered to himself.
17) ‘I’ll help you,’ she said and gave him her hand.

Question 9.
(13) He slithered down into a flower-bed, shattered the stem of a hollyhock. (14) As they walked along the grass he spotted a stone bench under a mango tree. (15) It Was the bench on which his grandmother used to rest, what,she was tired of pruning rose bushes and bougainvillaea. (16) ‘Let’s just sat here,’ he said. (17) ‘I don’t wanted to go inside.’
Answer:
13) He slithered down into a flower-bed, shattering the stem of a hollyhock.
14) As they walked across the grass he spotted a stone bench under a mango tree.
15) It was the bench on which his grandmother used to rest, when she was tired of pruning rose bushes and bougainvillaea.
16) ‘Let’s just sit here,’he said.
17) ‘I don’t want to go inside.’

Question 10.
(13) ‘On the right day, on the right time, and with the right person,’ he said, getting up and placing the medal in her hands. (14) ‘It wasn’t a Cross I came for. It was my youth.’ (15) She didn’t understand that, but she walks with him to the gate and stood ‘ there gazing after him as he walked away. (16) Where the road turned, he looked back and waved at her. (17) Then he quickened his steps and moved brisk towards the bus stop.
Answer:
13) ‘On the right day, at the right time, and with the right person,’ he said, getting up and placing the medal in her hands.
14) ‘It wasn’t the Cross I came for. It was my youth.’
15) She didn’t understand that, but she walked with him to the gate and stood there gazing after him as he walked away.
16) Where the road turned, he looked back and waved to her.
17) Then he quickened his steps and moved briskly towards the bus stop.

Questions : (18 – 22) MARKS : 2 1/2

Choose The Right Word:

Complete the passage choosing the right words from the box given below. Each blank is numbered. Write the correct words in your answer booklet. (5 × 1/2 = 2 1/2 Marks)

Question 1.

moving speech, protect, him, resonate, century, his People choose different ways to protect (18) the environment. Here is a speech delivered by a Red Indian Chief Seattle more than a century (19) ago to save his land. Chief Seattle became world famous for a moving speech (20) he made in 1854, just before his lands were taken from, him (21) and his people. Seattle’s words resonate (22) very well in the environmental community, and are in fact considered to be something like ‘a gospel of the greens’.

Question 2.

ghostly, events, that, heavenly, sacred, ancestors, ghastly

This shining water that (18) moves in streams and rivers is not just water but the blood of our ancestors (19). If we sell you land, you must remember that it is the sacred (20) blood of our ancestors. If we sell you land, you must remember that it is sacred, and you must teach your children that it is sacred and that each ghostly (21) reflection in the clear water of the lakes tells of events (22) in the life of my people.

Question 3.

most, more, savage, thousands, hundreds, by, how

I am a savage (18) and do not understand any other way. I have seen thousands (19) of rotting buffaloes on the prairie, left ! by (20) the white man who shot them from a passing train. I am a savage and do not understand how (21) the smoking iron horse can be made more (22) important than the buffalo that you kill only to stay alive.

Question 4.

kin, under, beneath, their, our, respect, the

You must teach your children that the ground beneath (18) their feet is the ashes of our (19) grandfathers. So that they will respect (20) the land, tell your children that the (21) Earth is rich with the lives of our kin (22).

Question 5.

who, whose, strength, perishing, special, over, through

But in your perishing (18) you will shine brightly, fired by the strength (19) of the God who (20) brought you to this land and for some special (21) purpose gave you dominion over this land and over (22) the red man.

Question 6.

at, by, in, much, more, solid, altered

He stood on the grass verge by (18) the side of the road and looked over the garden wall at (19) the old house. It hadn’t changed much (20). The old house built with solid (21) blocks of granite wasn’t altered (22) at all.

Question 7.

youth, crawl, climb, young, round, rest, heavily

‘Oh, just middle aged, but feeling young (18) today.’ And to prove it he decided he’d climb (19) over the wall instead of going round (20) to the gate. He got up on the wall all right, but had to rest (21) there, breathing heavily (22).

Question 8.

an, which, a, so, because, stretching, along

Let’s just sit here for a (18) few minutes and talk. I mention the jackfruit tree because (19) it was my favourite place. Do you see that thick branch stretching (20) out over the roof ? Half way along (21) it there’s a small hollow in which (22) I used to keep some of my treasures.’

Question 9.

winter, summer, crawling, climbing, up, soon, little

She sprang up (18) and ran across the grass, swift and sweet of limb. Soon (19) she was in the jackfrult tree crawling (20) along the projecting branch. A warm wind brought little (21) eddies of dust along the road. Summer (22) was in the air….

Question 10.

this, grazing, gazing, him, where, that, waved

She didn’t understand that (18), but she walked with him (19) to the gate and stood there gazing (20) after him as he walked away where (21) the road turned, he looked back and waved (22) to her.

Questions : 23 – 27, Marks : 2 1/2

Rewrite As Directed:

Some words in the given passage are underlined. Rewrite the underlined words in your answer booklet as directed. (5 × 1/2 = 2 1/2 M)

Question 1.
“How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth (23) of the land? The idea is strange (24) to us. If we do not own the freshness of air and the sparkle of water, how can you bought (25) them from us ? Every part of the Earth is sacred for (26) my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every transparent (27) and humming insect are holy in the memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of the red man.

Question 23.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
warm

Question 24.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
familiar

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
buy

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
to

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
clear

2. The mighty (23) White Chief sends word, that he will reserved (24) us a place so that we can live comfortably. (25) for (26) ourselves. He will be our father and we will be his children. So we will consider your offer to buy land. But it will not be easy (27).

Question 23.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
great

Question 24.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
reserve

Question 25.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
comfortable

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
to

Question 27.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
difficult

3. So we will consider your offer to buy our land. If we decide (23) to accept (24), I will made (25) one condition the white man should (26) treat the beasts off (27) this land as his brothers.

Question 23.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
decision

Question 24.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
reject

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
make

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
must

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
of

4. You must teach your children that the ground below (23) their foot (24) is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they will respect (25) the land, told (26) your children that the Earth is rich (27) with the lives of our kin.

Question 23.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
beneath

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
feet

Question 25.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
respectability / respectable / respectful

Question 26.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
tell

Question 27.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
poor

5. But in your perishing you will shine bright (23), fired by the strength (24) of the God who brought you to this land and to (25) some special (26) purpose give (27) you dominion over this land and over the red man.

Question 23.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
brightly

Question 24.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
strong

Question 25.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
for

Question 26.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
ordinary

Question 27.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
gave

6. He stood on the grass verge by the side of the road and looked at (23) the garden wall at the old house. It haven’t (24) changed much. The old (25) house built with solid blocks of .granite wasn’t modified (26) at all. But there was a new outhouse, and there were fewer trees. He was glad (27) to see that the jackfruit tree still stood at the side of the building casting its shade on the wall.

Question 23.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
over

Question 24.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
hadn’t

Question 25.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
new

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
altered

Question 27.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
gladly/gladness

7. ‘Well,’ she said finally (23). ‘If you don’t want to buy the house, what are you looking at ?’ ‘I used to lived (24) here once.’‘Oh!’‘Twenty-five years ago. As a boy. As a young man…. And then my grandmother’ died (25), and we sold the house and went away.’ She was quiet (26) for a while, taking with (27) this information.

Question 23.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
initially

Question 24.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
live

Question 25.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
death

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
silent

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
in

8. ‘Oh, just middle aged, but feeling young (23) today.’ And to prove it he decided he’d climb on (24) the wall instead of going round to the gate. He get (25) up on the wall all right, but had to rest there, breathing heavily (26) .‘Middle-aged man on the flying trapeze,’ he whispered (27) to himself.

Question 23.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
youth

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
over

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
got

Question 26.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
lightly

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
muttered

9. She sat besides (23) him on the bench. It was.March, and the mango tree was in flower (24). A sweet (25), rather heavy fragrance drench (26) the garden. They were silent (27) for some time.

Question 23.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
beside

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
blossom

Question 25.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
bitter

Question 26.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
drenched

Question 27.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
silence

10. ‘Yes, I was so excited (23) at the time, packing and saying goodbye to people and thinking about the ship I was going to travel (24) on that I simple (25) forgot (26) all about it.’ She was silent, consider (27), her finger on her lips, her gaze fixed on the jackfruit tree.

Question 23.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
excitement

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
sail

Question 25.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one.
Answer:
simply

Question 26.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word.
Answer:
remembered

Question 27.
Write the correct form of the underlined word.
Answer:
considering

Section – C : Creative Writing

Question : 28, Marks : 10

Major Discourses:

Question 1.
You with your friend, Prabhakar visited the zoo and feed distressed at the plight of the caged birds and animals.
Write a possible conversation between you and your Mend about this.
Answer:
You : Prabhakar, you know we get a first-hand knowledge about various birds and animals kept ¡n the zoo. It was good that we visited ¡t today. But I feel distressed at the plight of the caged birds and animals.
Prabhakar : It was sad seeing them hungry and skinny. Didn’t you. see that they looked helpless and sick?
You : Yes, I did see all this. I think these animals and birds are happy in their natural habitat. Freedom, you know, is the most dear to all.
Prabhakar : Yes, but zoos are very important for children and the people alike, to know about wildlife.
You : I agree with it. But the zoo authorities should keep these animals in a good health. I fail to understand what hinders the authorities to treat these caged animals like their own children.
Prabhakar : You are right.

Question 2.
Describe an incident that you have come across in your life through which you have witnessed the man’s cruelty towards animals.
Answer:
Only the other day I happened to watch a street corner show. I saw a bear man and the big bear, fully domesticated. The bear man was playing on the small drum and the bear was dancing to that tune majestically. The bear man had a small stick and the strings with which he handled the bear as he liked. This provided some entertainment to the children and other passers-by like me.

But I felt it differently. I saw that the bear was not healthy. There were small wounds on his legs. He had not been washed for long. Flies were covering his mouth. He gave out a kind of cry when the owner jabbed his stick onto his body. This showed the extent of cruelty that was there in his upkeep. Then I thought about the owners who had been earning their livelihood by making the bear entertain the public like the monkey men.

This all left a bitter taste in my mouth about how pitilessly we treat the animals. Animals are essential for the ecological balance of nature. But the greed or say compulsions of man make him ill-treat these dumb animals.

Question 3.
You returned to your village after 10 years. You wanted to visit your school on a Sunday. You saw the watcnman at the gate.
Write a possible conversation between you and the watchman.
Answer:
Watchman : Who are you sir? What are you looking at ?
You : I am looking at the school.
Watchman : Why, do you have any work in this school ?
You : No, I studied here, once.
Watchman : How many years back have you studied ?
You : 10 years ago. At that time another watchman was there. What happened to him ? Where is he ?
Watchman : He is retired. I am the new one.
You : Oh ! Shall I see the school again ?
Watchman : Would you like to come in and look more closely ?
You : Yes.
Watchman : Where do you live now, sir ?
You : In the city nearby to this village. The school hasn’t changed much. Only there are fewer trees more than previous ones.
Watchman : Yes, sir.
You : I used to climb this Banyan tree. I used to spend a lot of time under this tree in my leisure time.
Watchman : Oh! The tree is easy to climb also.
You : My friends and I used to play cricket on Sundays in this play ground. I like my RE.T sir and all my teachers. My headmaster is a man of principles.
Watchman : 1f you come on Monday, you can meet them. sir. Nobody has been retired since ten years.
You : Yes, of course. This evening itself ¡ am going to depart. But I am excited to recollect all my school days, How Pretty they are!
Watchman : Would you like to sit on the bench?
You : Yes. We don’t get this fresh air, nice fragrance of flowers ¡n cities.
Watchman : Yes, villages are pleasant.
You : It is not the village, it is not the school, It is my boyhood. I can’t forget my memories in this school. OK! Bye.
Watchman : Bye, sir.

Question 4.
Narrate your childhood memories and treasures.
Answer:
It is best said that the childhood days are the best days of anyone’s life. Some day or the other we all think life was more easy and fun in our childhood and we miss those days badly. I used to be good at a lot of things, I used not to fear of taking risks and used to celebrate every bit of life without any worry during my childhood. But as I grew up, I started getting busy with other stuff in my life.

My life changed and so did my priorities. When I think of my childhood memories, it leaves a sweet smile on my face. By this post I try to bring those memories of my childhood back. Cartoon was the favourite thing which I used to spend my complete day. Whether it was Tom & Jerry, Scooby Dooby Dov, The Mask, Mickey Mouse, Popeye, The Sailor Man I loved them all and had a proper schedule to watch them. And who can forget Pokemon ? I used to buy Cheetos just for Tazoos and flaunt them in front of my friends.

We used to count, who had the most. From morning to evening only playing cricket, that was life, was then in my childhood. My parents used to come in search of me where the hell I was playing. Pen fight was a favourite time-pass in school time. I used to use a heavy pen just to get an edge in this game over others. Brick game was my very personal childhood version of what is known as play station today. I used to write the letters ‘FLAME’ which was the best way to test friendship then.

I just loved to peel that dried Fevicol out of my hand. It looks as if you are removing your skin. The game hide and seek, seriously I missed it badly. Chor-Police game was a favourite time-pass in school time. Throwing stone in water and having competition with friends as to whose stone skimps the most time. And now we study the physics behind it. Chasing dragonfly which was a real fun, and we used to call them ‘helicopters then. And who can forget butterflies down the roads of my colony. I guess most of you have done this. I cannot forget making paper boats in rainy season and float them.

I remember very well. Once I was playing with sand and injured my finger and came to realise only when I was on my way home. I loved to make castles in sand with my friends and test whose castle was more stronger by destroying it. Most fun loving activity of my childhood was trying to design the best possible paper plane which could fly the longest distance among the planes made by others. I used to love making soap bubbles a lot in my childhood. I used to create as many bubbles as possible and try to chase each and every bubble to burst them. And finally criss-cross. It is the only game I still play sometimes with my friends. After memorising all these childhood memories, I think childhood is the most’happiest period of anyone’s life.

Question : 29, Marks : 5

Minor Discourses:

Question 1.
You have read the unit ‘Environment’. After reading it you want to launch a tree plantation drive. Imagine that you are the President of Green Club of your school. Write a notice for the stqdents of Class IX informing about the drive. Give all the necessary details.
Answer:

XYZ SCHOOL
NOTICE

15th November, 20xx

Let’s colour the Earth green. Students of Class IX are informed that the Green Club is launching a tree plantation drive in the vicinity of the school. Students interested in the drive can assemble in the school playground at 10 a.m. Plants will be arranged by the school.

For further details contact the undersigned.

X X X X X
President, Green Club

Question 2.
You have read the unit ‘Environment’. By the inspiration of Chief Seattle’s speech you want to say ‘No’ to poly bags. As a part of it you want to campaign in the nearby colonies. Write a notice as the Secretary of Eco Club of your school to request the students to come forward to make the campaign successful.
Answer:

ROYAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
NOTICE

10th January 20xx

“SAY NO TO POLY BAGS”. The Eco Club of our school is organising a campaign on 18th January 20xx to raise awareness against the use of poly bags. The campaign will begin from school at 10.a.m. in the nearby colonies. All the students are requested to come forward to make the city free of poly bags.

Gautam
Secretary, Eco Club.