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CBSE : 9 Unit test Date: June 27, 2023

Marks : 40 Duration : 75 minutes

Q1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow (5 marks):
Wangari Maathai devoted her life in protecting our planet and serving its people. As an academic, an activist and
the founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari believed that saving our planet and changing our world went
hand in hand. Through her work with the Green Belt movement, Wangari provided thousands of women with job
training and opportunities and was responsible for the planting of millions of trees in her native country, Kenya.
Wangari died of ovarian cancer in 2011, but not before leaving a substantial mark on the world she loved so
much.
Wangari was born in a small village in Kenya in 1940. When she was eight years old, her family decided to send
her to school. This was an unusual opportunity for girls in Kenya at this time but Wangari soon began to excel
academically. In 1960, she earned a scholarship that allowed her to travel to the United States and attend college.
She studied at a small Catholic school in Kansas where, in 1964, she earned her bachelor’s degree in biology.
From there, she moved to the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned a master’s degree in biological sciences.
After completing her master’s degree, Wangari briefly studied in Germany before returning to Africa, where she
continued her education at the University of Nairobi in her home country of Kenya. In 1971, she earned her
doctorate in veterinary anatomy, making her the first woman in all of East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate
degree. She continued to make history throughout her career in academics, eventually becoming the first woman
in the region to chair a department and the first to become an associate professor.
In addition to her work as a professor, Wangari was also extremely active with the National Council of Women.
In 1976, the same year she began chairing the Veterinary Anatomy department at the University of Nairobi,
Wangari began talking to the Council of Women about an idea that would form the basis of the Green Belt
Movement.
(i) The main purpose of Wangari Maathai’s life was to protect our ______
(ii) At what age, did Wangari Maathai go to school?
(iii) In 1976 Wangari Maathai seeded the idea of Green Belt Movement. (True/False)
(iv) Wangari believed that the world couldn’t be changed without
(a) women’s involvement (b) Green Belt Movement
(c) saving the planet (d) her contribution
(v) Identify the word from para 2 whose antonym is ‘common’.
(a) unusual (b) small (c) opportunity (d) excel

Q2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow (5 marks):
While we may not all possess the ability to paint the Mona Lisa, compose like Mozart, cook like Julia Child, or
write like Hemingway, every human being is born with a special talent. Some people are able to find and learn
to express their talents early on while others might discover them later in life. We are all creative beings, and
creative beings need to create as much as we need to eat, breathe and sleep. Creativity has different meaning
for different people and unfortunately, due to many factors (one’s upbringing, religion, busy schedule, et cetera),
that creativity is often stifled. Its importance is not valued as much as it should be, which can have a powerful
effect on one’s overall ability to achieve true happiness and success in life. If we stifle our creativity or discount
its importance, we create blockages in other aspects of life, which can hinder our ability to move forward in
different areas like health, work and personal relationships.
No matter how busy one’s schedule is, it is very important to schedule time for self-care, specifically for expressing
creativity. Trying out different hobbies is a great way to explore one’s creativity because it can be very enjoyable.
Some people find one hobby and fall in love with it so much it becomes their passion. For example, I love to play
with natural ingredients and blend essential oils. Making all-natural, organic skin care products and teaching the
recipes in my community workshops is one of my passions. Some people prefer to try different hobbies for shorter
periods of time, or change them up each season to stay interested and keep trying different things.
One great thing about hobbies is that there are no set rules. Each person gets to decide how often they want to
do it and whether they want to stick with it for a long time or move on to something else after trying it for a few
weeks or months.
Another valuable aspect of hobbies is that one can enjoy them quietly when enjoying some downtime alone, or
as a way to become involved with a community. Book clubs, art or cooking classes, writers’ workshops, knitting
circles, gardening clubs - nearly every type of hobby presents an opportunity to meet with other likeminded

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individuals and build relationships. This could be beneficial on both a personal and professional level. In any
business, especially the salon and spa business, teamwork is vital to success. Hobbies can be a great way to create
a community among co-workers either in or outside of the spa. Sometimes if co-workers are not getting along,
having them participate in a seemingly non-work-related hobby, where all participants are novices, can be great
for creating common ground. Oftentimes, the simple act of providing an opportunity for a person to find and
express his or her own inherent creative talents produces significant positive changes. When people experience
something as simple and profound as creating something beautiful from seemingly nothing, they begin to view
the world - and daily environments - in a fresh, new way.
(i) _______ was a great piano player (para 1)
(ii) The synonym of the word ‘stifled’ in para 1 is
(a) free (b) support (c) suppress (d) hide
(iii) The word in para 4 which means ‘deep and intense’ is
(a) novice (b) profound (c) inherent (d) significant
(iv) Give an antonym for the word ‘hinder’ in para 1.
(v) Identify the word in last para which means ‘the time when one is not working’.

Q3. Attempt ANY ONE of the following (5 marks):

A. You attended a leadership camp last week. Describe the event with the help of the hints given
below and your own ideas.
Hints : leadership camp - elected cabinet leaders of 30 schools - well-known leader as the trainer
- various activities to test skills - competitions - short trip to a nearby tourist spot - closing
ceremony

B. Thousands of kids across the country are making fast foods a staple of their daily lives at the
expense of the nutritious food they need if they are to have healthy futures. The matter has taken
a serious turn as for many this intake of junk food coupled with lack of exercise is leading to
obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and heart problems at an early age. Write a short paragraph
on ‘Growing Junk Food Menace in India’ in about 120 words.

Q4. Read the following dialogue and then complete the report given below. Write your answers
in your answer sheet with correct blank number. Do not copy the dialogue and the report.
(2 marks)
Teacher : Can you read what is written on this page?
Student : I can't read all the words.
The teacher asked the student (a) _________. The student replied that (b) _________.

Q5. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the
incorrect word and the correction against the correct blank number in your answer sheet as
given in the example. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. (½x6= 3 marks)
Error Correction
Pedestrians tops the list of fatal road casualties. tops top
They accounting for 34 percent of total deaths, (a) ________ ________
the survey show. This is followed by passengers (b) ________ ________
of motor vehicles but two-wheelers, who (c) ________ ________
accounts for 24 percent and 29 percent of the (d) ________ ________
deaths respectively. The survey, base on police (e) ________ ________
records, was conducting by the Institute of Road (f) ________ ________
Traffic

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Q6. Read the given extract and answer ANY ONE of the following (5 marks):
A. “A man isn’t smart enough.”
“Sure he is. My father knows as much as my teacher.”
“He knows almost as much, I betcha.”
Margie wasn’t prepared to dispute that. She said, “I wouldn’t want a strange man in my house to teach
me.”
Tommy screamed with laughter. “You don’t know much, Margie. The teachers didn’t live in the
house. They had a special building and all the kids went there.”
A) What does ‘Betcha’ mean?
(a) I bet you (b) I beat you (c) I will beat you (d) None of these
B) Who has been called a strange man in this extract?
(a) Doctor (b) Teacher (c) Driver (d) Conductor
C) What made Margie shocked?
(a) That a man used to teach kids (b) That an elderly woman lived in her home
(c) That women used to work as slaves (d) All of these
D) What did Margie think of a man?
(a) That he can’t be a doctor (b) That he can’t be smart
(c) That he can’t be a driver (d) All of them
E) Who is the author of this lesson?
(a) Charles Dickens (b) Isaac Asimov (c) Milton (d) None

B. The wind blows out weak fires.

He makes strong fires roar and flourish.
His friendship is good.
We praise him every day
A) What can wind destroy?
(a) Things that are weak (b) Things that are feeble
(c) Things that are frail (d) All of these
B) Which message does the poet convey in Wind?
(a) We should be mentally and physically prepared to accept all challenges.
(b) We should not be mentally and physically prepared to accept all challenges.
(c) We should be physically fit to accept all challenges.
(d) We should be mentally fit to accept all challenges.
C) Which literary device has been used in ‘The wind blows out weak fires’?
a) Repetition b) Assonance c) Anaphora d) Oxymoron
D) Who flourish in the strong wind?
a) Strong and Determined people b) Weak and feeble people
c) Lazy and Lethargic people d) All of these
E) Who is the poet of Wind?
a) Ruskin Bond b) T.S. Eliot c) Subramania Bharati d) Oscar Wilde

Q7. Answer ANY TWO questions in 40 – 50 words (6 marks):

1. After reading the poem “The Road Not Taken”, can you detail the tone in the entire poem?
2. Who revived the pungi and what shape did it take?
3. Why did Margie feel that children in old times had fun while studying in school?

Q8. Answer ANY ONE question in 40 – 50 words (3 marks):

1. What happened when the little child entered the grove? How did he enjoy there?
2. “An exhibition attracted a curious crowd of onlookers at the Dehra Dun railway platform”.
What was the cause of this exhibition?

Q9. Answer ANY ONE question in 100 – 120 words (6 marks):

1. Do you think the poem “Wind” is a didactic poem? What moral values does it preach?
2. What values of humanity are reflected through the character of the kind man in the
chapter “The Lost Child”?

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