PA-1 Assessment (2021-22)
Class: IX Subject : ENGLISH
MM: 50 Time: 1hr.30mins
Part-A: Reading
Ques.1 Read the passage given below.
1. The seasonal problem of water taps running dry is plaguing most of our major cities. With the
bigger rivers flowing in trickles and ponds and wells reduced to clay-pits, village women in
remote areas have to fetch every drop of water for drinking, cooking, washing and so on, across
large distances. This has only worsened a perennial problem, that of widespread pollution of
water, rendering it unfit for human consumption. The monsoons and the attendant floods will
not solve this problem.
2. The Delhi Administration is seriously worried about the threat to civic health posed by the
polluted waters of the Yamuna. Two main tanks are to be set up to treat sewage. At present,
only 60 percent of the 200 million gallons of the city’s sewage receives any kind of treatment
before it is dumped into the river which supplies water not only to this city but to innumerable
towns and villages downstream. The Ganga, the Yamuna, the Kaveri, in fact all our important
rivers serving many urban conglomerations, are fast becoming a major source of diseases.
3. A comprehensive bill introduced in the Parliament recently, envisages the setting up of central
and state boards for the prevention and control of water pollution. But it will obviously take
some time before legislation is passed and effectively implemented. Meanwhile the problem
continues to swell. According to a survey of eight dwelling countries conducted a couple of years
ago,90 percent of all child deaths were due to water borne diseases. It is the same unchanged
story today.
4. In a country like India, a burgeoning population continuing to use the open countryside as a
lavatory means that with every dust storm and rain, human excreta laden with germs and
parasites find their way to ponds, shallow wells and even the streams and rivers. Only 18
percent of the rural folk have access to potable water.
5. A new threat that has already assumed alarming proportions is from industrial waste which is
generally dumped untreated into the nearest river. For instance, every kilogram of process
hide,30-40 litres of foul smelling, waste water has to be disposed off. There are at least 900
licensed tanneries in the organised sector. Putrefied paper and jute waste, metallic waste from
straw board and textile mills,sulphur,ammonia, urea,metallic salts and corrosive acids all find
their way to the rivers of India.
6. It is important not only to make new laws to ensure purity of water,but also to realize the
urgency of implementing them ruthlessly, if we are to a national health disaster cutting across
the barrier between towns and the countryside.
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions: (10)
(i) Which problem is highlighted in the given passage?
(a) Reduction of groundwater
(b) Droughts
(c) Water pollution
(d) All of these
(ii) According to the passage, women in rural areas...
(a) Try to obtain as much usable water
(b) Have to travel long distances to get water
(c) Cause water pollution
(d) Die due to thirst
(iii) Which of these is a threat to the residents of Delhi?
1.Zero ground water level
2.Lack of potable water
3. Lack of the treatment of sewage
4. Yamuna is over-polluted
5. Open untreated water
6. Water borne diseases
(a) 1,3 and 5 (b) 3 and 4 (c) 1,2 and 6 (d)3,5 and 4
(iv) The Delhi Administration is worried about........
(a) Threat to civic health posed by polluted waters of Yamuna
(b) The rivers are becoming a major source of diseases.
(c) Lack of water treatment facilities
(d) Both (a)and (b)
(v)What is the purpose of the bill mentioned in the passage?
(a)It creates financial scope for water treatment facilities.
(b)It creates a Central and State Boards for control of water pollution
(c)It looks into the effective implementation of legislation
(d)It looks into the proper treatment of water bodies.
(vi) According to the passage, what can cut through the barrier between towns and villages?
(a) Number of child deaths
(b) Water pollution
(c) Decreasing potable water
(d) Civic health problems
(vii) Why are most child deaths in India due to water borne diseases?
(a) Due to lack of potable water
(b) Due to open lavatory system
(c) Lack of proper sanitation and hygiene
(d) Chemicals found in water
(viii) The industrial waste dumped in the river is/are
(a) Putrefied paper
(b) Metallic waste
(c) Corrosive acids
(d) All of these
(ix) Which of the following will be the most appropriate title for the passage?
(a) The Inevitable Evil of Pollution
(b) Water Scarcity
(c) Water Pollutions
(d) Tackling Water Pollution
(x) The phrase “is passed and effectively implemented “ refers to the implementation of
(a)Amendment Laws
(b)Legislations
(c)Legal punishments
(d)All of these
Ques.2 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Margie even wrote about it that night in her diary. On the page headed 17th May, 2157,she wrote,
“Today Tommy found ar real book!”
It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his
grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper.
They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words
that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to- on a screen, you know. And
then when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had had when
they read it the first time. (5)
1. What strange thing did Margie find one day?
(a)A new computer
(b)A newspaper
(c)A book with fixed words
(d)A new game
2. How is the old book different from E-book?
(a)Cannot be read on computer
(b)Has non-moving/fixed words
(c)It plays music
(d)Has pictures in it
3. Which word in the passage means the same as humorous?
(a) Real
(b) Funny
(c) Awful
(d) Wrinkled
4. How long ago were the old schools around?
(a) Centuries ago
(b) Fifty years ago
(c) Thousands of years ago
(d) Ten years ago
5. The author of this lesson is....
(a) Isaac Asimov
(b) Katherine Mansfield
(c) Robert Frost
(d) William Shakespeare
Ques.3 Fill in the blanks in the paragraph given below with the help of the options that follow: (5)
Reading is one of the best hobbies (i).........you can adopt. (ii)......not only helps you to pass your leisure
time usefully (iii)......keeps you well informed. (iv)......develop it(v).......reap success besides enjoying life.
(i) That, if, so,when
(ii) That, it, which, what
(iii) But, although, but also, that
(iv) It, since,because, so
(v) To, if, for,as
Ques.4 Fill in the blanks in the paragraph given below with the help of the options that follow (5)
English has travelled to various parts (i)......the world and many words from various languages came to
be a part of (b).......language. Trade,immigration, conquests (iii).......colonisation (iv).....some of the
factors that (v).......encouraged this.
(i)in, of, from, by
(ii) a, an, the, our
(iii)or, but, along,and
(iv)are,were, has,is
(v)has, had,have,was
Part B: Writing and Literature Books
Ques.5 ‘Sports injuries put an unwelcome end to the career of sportsmen'. Ponder over this problem
and write an article for your school magazine in 100-120 words using hints given below. Give a
suitable title. (4)
• Injuries
• Quit before retirement
• Psychological counselling
• Mental preparedness
• Reiki
• Healing
Ques.7 Answer the following questions in 20-30 words each: (4)
a.Why did the child make no request for the garland, balloons and burfi?
b. Why was Toto’s presence kept a secret from grandmother?
Ques.8 Answer the following questions in 40-50 words each: (5)
a.What kind of refrain is the poet referring to when he says,’As I list to this refrain ‘?
b.Give the central idea of the poem Wind.
Ques.9 Answer the following questions in 40-50 words each: (5)
a.Grandfather was a great lover of animals. Describe.
b. How do you know that the lost child was a nature lover?
Ques.10 Answer the following questions in 100-120 words each.: (7)
(a) For which causes did Evelyn perform? What values does she depict by doing so?
(b) Toto’s mischiefs are beyond imagination. Write at least five points to support your answer.
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