class 9 examination

1. Read the passage given below carefully.

1. A youngster quit Facebook in December after spending over three years on social networking
site. With that one act, he bid a silent adieu to more than 300 contacts that he had added to his
account during the period. Last week a new feature on Facebook called timeline forced him to
reconsider the pros and cons of being on the networking site.

2. Everyone has some skeletons in their closet and I am just not comfortable with Facebook
digging out and displaying all the facts of my life on a bulletin board, says this youngster who
joined the network in July 2013.

3. Facebook, you see, had compressed the time, he spent on the site and arranged it in
chronological order. And while he initially liked the new neatly organised scrapbook like feature, he
wasn't happy to reveal posts from the past, those that, until recently, were hidden under layers and
layers of recent updates. Just clicking on a date on the timeline could transport his friends back in
time and enable them to view every embarrassing comment, link or photo he had posted on his
profile.

4. I think it's a recipe for disaster, he says. In 2013, I had some wall posts, which seemed
appropriate at a time, but now after a lapse of our years, I have moved on and don't want them to
be openly displayed for all to see.

5. And he is not alone. Many users, worried about how Facebook activity could possibly effect
their offline lives, are choosing to commit Facebook Suicide. While some have privacy concerns,
others feel that, the site that was meant to bring them closer to their friends actually does the
opposite - it reduces their friendship to something superficial.

6. Poking and liking are not enough to keep a friendship going, says a business analyst. Having
quit Facebook three years ago, she prefers meeting her friends face to face, instead of reading
their trite posts online. On Facebook, people hype everyday issues including what they ate and
where they went on daily basis, says this analyst who continues to use twitter.

7. Facebook has become a time sink and it could not justify the time I spent on it, he says, I spend
more

time calling up friends or relatives over the phone now......I also go out and meet people whenever

possible and have a good offline life. I do not regret the change. Today, Facebook has 800 million
users

of which 37 million are Indians. The site has become an online identity for most, and many of
those who

decided to quit cannot overcome the withdrawal symptoms and return.

Facebook, fully aware of its addictive powers, facilitates this return by allowing users to deactivate
their accounts but continues to store information on its servers so that they can return from their
break. whenever they wish.
Answer the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read.

(i) What did the youngster do with his Facebook account?

(a) He updated it

(c) He deactivated it

(ii) Supply points of justify the following.

Facebook is aware of its addictive power.

(b) He deleted it

(d) He made it private

(iii) For what reason did the business analyst quit Facebook?

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(iv) Choose the option that correctly states the meanings of 'digging out', as used in the passage.

1. To get something out of something

2. To accelerate any act or event

3. To find out a secret

4. To look for something old

5. To find something that you have not used or seen for a long time

6. To present an embarrassing information or photo

(a) 2 and 3

(b) Only 4

(c) 1 and 6

(d) Only 5

(v) Complete the following.

(vi) Why are people generally not comfortable with the new feature? How does it work?

(vii) Which of the characteristics can be apt for the lives of the people who had quit Facebook?

1. Embarrassing

3. Real

5. Social

(a) 2 and 4

2. Peaceful
4. Nostalgic

(c) 3 and 6

(viii) What are the concerns regarding Facebook?

2. Read the passage given below carefully

6. Addictive

(b) 3 and 5

(d) 1 and 5

(viii)What are the concerns regarding Facebook?

2.Read the passage given below carefully.

The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon recently admitted that untreated sewage from the city
mixes with treated wastewater in the drains into the Yamuna. The putrid river that flows through
New Delhi is only one of the severely polluted surface water bodies in the country. Today,
government agencies estimate that as much of 80% of India's surface water is contaminated and
most of it comes from sewage.

The effects of this contamination are immediately felt with the onset of the monsoons. No sooner
had the rains begun the reports of water-borne diseases like diarrhea and cholera breakouts
trickled in from Delhi, Pune, Varanasi and Chennai as broken water pipes and flooding allowed
fecal sludge mix into potable water.

The Central Pollution Control Board in 2009 calculated that major cities and towns together
generate more than 38 billion liters of sewage everyday, of which only 30% is collected. Less than
20% of this is treated because that's the treatment capacity available. The rest is just emptied into
rivers, lakes, seas and ponds.

A report by Water Aid India on fecal sludge management documents the chinks in India's sewage
system. Seventeen million, or roughly 20%, of urban households, lack sanitation facilities, the
report says. Among those that have access to sanitation only 32% are connected to a sewage
network, the rest depending on septic tanks and pit latrines. There are more numbers to raise a
stink about. More than 5 lakh pit latrines are unsanitary, being nothing more than open pits. More
than 9 lakh toilets empty directly into drains. Among the 18% of urban household that don't have
access to individual toilets, more than 12% resort to open defecation.

The story gets murkier beyond the numbers. Where sewers exist, they often leak or overflow.
Instead of being cleaned every few years, septic tanks are left to accumulate fecal sludge that
percolates into ground water. When the tanks are cleaned the black water is disposed off in fields
and water bodies, once again contaminating open fresh water.

The Water Aid report looks at sanitation systems in six states and offers a snapshot of how much
wastewater is dumped untreated. Delhi, for instance, uses 4,346 million liters of water per day of
which 87% returns as waste. However, Delhi has the capacity to treat only 61% of the total
wastewater it generates. The 51 class I cities in Maharashtra together consume three times as
much as Delhi does, turn 80% of that into sewage and treat less than half of their total wastewater.
The statistics are far worse for class II cities.
Even with the creation of the National Urban Sanitation Policy in 2008 and several thousands of
crores being spent by states on sewage networks, the problem has grown worse in the last five
years. The Water Aid report recommends enforcing a national building code, public promotion
campaigns and decentralising sewage treatment plants as remedies to the sewage problem.
Water experts, for

years have been calling for freeing up the flow of rivers to allow them to rejuvenate.

Answer the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read.

sample

3.

(i) Complete the sentence appropriately.

According to the passage, less than 50% of water used is treated in

(ii) Complete the sentence appropriately.

Among the urban household, most of the sanitation depends on

(iii) List reasons for a severe contamination of water in spite of available treatment facilities.

(iv) What is the reason for Yamuna being the most polluted rivers in the country?

(v) Why does the presence of Septic Tanks result in contamination of ground water?

(vi) Which of the following facts can be inferred from the given graph?

(a ) The sewage treatment capacity of the country needs to be increased. (b) The condition of
treatment of sewage is still better in Class II cities.

(c) The Maximum contamination of water takes place in Delhi.

d) The class I cities are the reason for contamination of water bodies.

( ) Why is the freeing of water bodies necessary today?

(vii (viii) What is true regarding the contaminated water?

(a) Only 20% of the contaminated water is treated

(b) Most of the contaminated water is dumped into the water bodies

(c) Contaminated water is the reason for the lack of potable water

(d) Both (a) and (b)

SECTION-B (GRAMMAR)

Attempt ANY TEN of the following questions

(a) take on

the company after the retirement of his father.

(b) take over

(c) takes upon

(d) shake on

00 Marks

Read the collyersation between two friends. Complete the sentence by reporting the other friend's
reply correctly.

Nitin: How are you feeling today?

Jatin: I am feeling better than yesterday.

Nitin asked Jatin how he was feeling that day. Jatin replied that

(i) Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line

If you come late, you (a) could not

be allowed to enter the hall.

(b) would not

(c) will not

(d) cannot

(iv) Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line They
checked his bag throughly and than allowed him to enter the hall.

Option

(a) his

(b) thoroughly

(c) than

(d) enter

Error

him

thorough

then

Correction
enters

(v) Complete the narrative, by filling the blank with the correct option.

As I was standing at the shore, I felt that I

away by the coming waves.

(d) can be sweeped , for the given paragraph.

(a) will being swept

(b) would be swept

(c) swept

(vi) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket (take) to drinking due to
stressful situation at home.

Many people

(vii) Report the dialogue between a son and a father, by completing the sentence.

Son: Why did you join the army?

Father: I wanted to serve the nation.

In response to the questions about joining the army, father said that he did so as

(viii) Identify the error in the given sentence from a school notice board and supply the correction.

All the students are request to assemble in playground by 9 AM.

Use the given format for your response.

Error

Correction

(ix) Ajit shared same information with Navin regarding a cricket match. Report Navin's question.

How many runs did Virat score?

(x) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.

I leave early today, ma'am?

(a) Would

(b) Must

(c) May

(d) Might

UNSOLVED

(xi) Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Priyanka and her
father Father: Are you preparing for the exam?
Priyanka: Yes, father. I am devoting 4 hours every day to prepare for it.
Father asked Priyanka if she was preparing for the exam. Priyanka replied in the affirmative and
said that everyday to prepare for it.

(a) she had been devoting 4 hours

(b) she was devoting 4 hours

xii) Identify the error on a shop's hoarding and supply the correction.

SECTION-B (CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS)

4. Write a descriptive paragraph in 100-120 words based on the personality shown in the visual
clue below.

OR

A free health camp was organised by your school during autumn break. Well known health
specialists were invited on this occasion. Write a description of the event.

The date - the venue - number of students and people who benefitted from this camp - purpose -
ChiefGuest

5. After the recent terrorist attacks in Hyderabad, you are in a state of shock and at the end of the
day you express your feelings of fear, shock and concern about the people whose dear ones died
in the blast. Write a diary entry in 100-120 words based on the visual given below and your own
ideas. You are Janvi/Kapil

OR

Complete the story in 100-120 words which begins as follows. When Karan reached near his
house from the school, he saw a crowd gathered there. Shocked_____________.
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