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ENGLISH (ONLINE TEST SERIES) CLASS - IX
MAJOR TEST # 03 DATE : 19 - 01 - 2020
TIME : 3 HRS. MAX. MARKS : 80
8 THIS QUESTION PAPER IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS:
SECTION A : READING 20 MARKS
SECTION B : WRITING & GRAMMAR 30 MARKS
SECTION C : LITERATURE 30 MARKS
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :
8 ALL QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSORY.
8 YOU MAY ATTEMPT ANY SECTION AT A TIME.
8 ALL QUESTIONS OF THAT PARTICULAR SECTION MUST BE ATTEMPTED IN THE CORRECT ORDER.

SECTION-A
READING (20 MARKS)
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Many a time people feel fatigue because of poorly designed workspaces. Your desk, your chair,
your computer and keyboard - the placement, height, and angle of each of them - play a crucial
role in preventing muscle and eye strain. That is what has given rise to an interest in the study
of ergonomics, it is the applied science of equipment design at the workplace. Ergonomics is
intended to reduce fatigue and discomfort for people sitting and working in offices.
So why does it make sense for organizations to follow ergonomic principles? In a recent study,
it has been found that over 60% of individuals diagnosed with Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) had
received no training in strain injury at their offices and another 30% had received incorrect
ergonomic advice.
Another interesting find has been that employees who turn up to work in spite of being in pain
can cause massive productivity losses amounting to thousands of dollars annually. Research
findings have shown that most offices in India are operating with furniture that is a mismatch to
the highly networked work culture that exists and there is hardly any awareness among employees
about ergonomics and how it impacts them. This has resulted in an alarming 71% of employees
suffering from rapidly spreading Musculo Skeletal Disorders (MSD). The symptoms are back
pain, shoulder pain of varying intensity, leading to lowering of productivity of employees at
work.
To counter this problem, some companies have created volunteers who are part of a 'train and
trainers' initiative. They act as custodians of their bays and monitor their colleagues' postures and
advise them on a day-to-day basis. Talking about the part that employees can do to make their
workplaces comfortable, some experts say that from an employee's perspective having knowledge
of what is a safe working position, and what are the right ways of relieving fatigue, how the
current set-up can be optimized, what simple solutions can be incorporated, can go a long way
in creating a stress-free environment with healthy employees.

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Answer the following very short answer questions : (8 marks)
(a) What is the latest finding about workplaces?
(b) How can muscle and eye strain be prevented at the workplace?
(c) What is ergonomics?
(d) What are the findings about not conforming to ergonomic principles?
(e) What is the finding about furniture in Indian workplaces?
(f) What are the symptoms of Musculo Skeletal Disorders (MSD)?
(g) How are workplaces in India countering this problem?
(h) What are the simple steps for creating a stress-free environment with healthy employees?
2. Read the passage given below carefully.
(1) More than one hundred definitions of sustainable development exist, but the most widely used
one is from the World Commission on Environment and Development, presented in 1987. It
states that sustainable development is "Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Sustainable
development promotes the idea that social, environmental and economic progress are all
attainable within the limits of our Earth's natural resources. Sustainable development approaches
everything in the world as being connected through space, time and quality of life.
(2) In terms of the world being connected by space, consider the following: Pesticides sprayed in
Chile have the potential to harm fish stocks off the coast of Japan. The air pollution we emit in
Los Angeles affects the quality of air in Asia. On the flip side, clean air practices on one
continent will positively impact air quality across the ocean.
(3) The Earth's connection to time is demonstrated in how we, today, are either benefiting or
suffering from the choices of our grandparents and other ancestors. Their decisions about how to
farm their land, for example, continue to impact the agricultural practices of today. Looking to the
future, the economic choices we make and policies we endorse today will be the ones affecting
our children and grandchildren as adults.
(4) Sustainable development constantly seeks to achieve social and economic progress in ways that
will not exhaust the Earth's finite natural resources. The needs of the world today are real and
immediate, yet it's necessary to develop ways to meet these needs that do not disregard the
future. The capacity of our ecosystem is not limitless, meaning that future generations may not be
able to meet their needs the way we are able to now.
(5) The world's resources are finite and growth that is unmanaged and unsustained will lead to
increased poverty and decline of the environment. We owe it to future generations to explore
lifestyles and paths of development that effectively balance progress with awareness of its
environmental impact. In order to preserve the future, we must appreciate the interconnectedness
between humans and nature at all levels. Sustainable development practices can help us do this,
and through education and building awareness, preserving the future is within everyone's reach.
On the basis of your reading of the above passage, complete the following : (8 marks)
(a) What is sustainable development?
(b) How is everything in the world connected? Give one example.
(c) How is the Earth's connection to time demonstrated?
(d) What will unmanaged growth lead to?

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Choose the best alternative to answer the following. (4 marks)

(e) Choose synonym of 'adjusting'.
(1) impact (2) compromising (3) endorse (4) approaching
(f) Choose antonym of 'finite'.
(1) continue (2) unsustained (3) endless (4) unmanaged
(g) One word which means 'to be mutually joined or related'.
(1) sustainable (2) interconnectedness (3) awareness (4) demonstrated
(h) One word which means 'to publicly or officially say that you support of something or someone'.
(1) exhaust (2) endorse (3) impact (4) explore

SECTION-B

WRITING & GRAMMAR (30 MARKS)

3. Answer any one of the following questions. (8 marks)
You received a defective computer in response to your order from M/s L.R. & Sons, Main Market,
Bhopal. Write a letter to the dealer requesting him to change the defective computer at the
earliest. You are Haider Khan of 43-Bagh Wali Gali, Bhopal.
OR
A group of fifteen students from your class recently went to Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet the
President. Write your joyous experience through a diary entry.
4. Answer any one of the following questions. (10 marks)
Read through the news clipping given below about air pollution. Taking hints from the clipping,
write an article on 'Vehicular Pollution'.
• Nearly 40,000 people die of air pollution every year in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi,
Kanpur and Nagpur; 7,500 in Delhi alone.
• A study found a rise in coronary ailments within 24 to 48 hours after pollution levels increased in
Delhi.
OR
You saved your pocket money to buy one of your favourite books. You decided to read it on
Sundays. But one day on your way back from school you lost the book in your school bus and
couldn't find it. You pasted a notice on the notice board and finally someone returned it to you.
Write a story about the whole experience.
5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs given in brackets. (4 marks)
Once there (a) __________ (live) a man (b) __________ (name) Ramu. He (c) __________ (serve)
the king at the royal court but the king (d) __________ (dismiss) him from service on grounds
of treachery not (e) __________ (know) that he was falsely (f) __________ (accuse) but Ramu
(g) __________ (catch) the real thief and (h) __________ (present) him to the king who took
Ramu back in service.
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6. Read the conversation given below and complete the passage that follows. Write the answers
against the correct blank numbers. (4 marks)
Ravi : Where were you yesterday evening?
Vinay : There is an exhibition of rare painting at the Art Gallery. I had gone there.
Ravi : How well are you prepared for the entrance exam next week?
Vinay : I have been preparing for the whole week.
Ravi asked Vinay where he (a) _________ evening. Vinay replied that (b) _________ an
exhibition of rare paintings and (c) _________. Ravi wanted to know (d) _________ for the
entrance exam the following week. Vinay replied that he had been preparing for the whole week.
(a) (1) had been the previous (2) was he the previous
(3) he had been the previous (4) was the previous
(b) (1) there had been (2) there was
(3) there has been (4) there will be
(c) (1) he had gone there (2) he had had gone there
(3) I had gone there (2) he had been going there
(d) (1) how well he had prepared (2) how well had he prepared
(3) how well had he been prepared (4) how well he was prepared
7. The following passage has not been edited. One word is missing in each line against which a
numbered blank is given. Write the missing word alongwith the words that come before and
after it in your answer sheet. (4 marks)
Before Missing After
Passengers herded like cattle, (a) _______ _______ _______
could hardly get pure air breathe. (b) _______ _______ _______
Sweat was pouring down foreheads. (c) _______ _______ _______
More people standing on the path (d) _______ _______ _______
between seats than sitting on the seats. (e) _______ _______ _______
The road full of pot-holes. (f) _______ _______ _______
They were violently out of their seats. (g) _______ _______ _______
This is how passengers to their (h) _______ _______ _______
offices every morning.
(a) (1) the (2) a (3) an (4) that
(b) (1) for (2) with (3) in (4) to
(c) (1) that (2) those (3) their (4) them
(d) (1) was (2) would (3) could (4) were
(e) (1) the (2) a (3) an (4) that
(f) (1) are (2) were (3) was (4) is
(g) (1) shook (2) shake (3) shaken (4) sank
(h) (1) went (2) gone (3) give (4) go

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SECTION-C
LITERATURE (30 MARKS)
8. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow. (4 marks)
Every tinkle on the shingles
Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections
Weave their air-threads into woof,
As I listen to the patter
Of the rain upon the roof.
(a) What echoes in the poet's heart?
(b) What starts 'a thousand dreamy fancies'?
(c) What does a 'tinkle' do?
(d) Pick out the word from the stanza which is opposite of the word 'reality'.
(1) echo (2) shingle (3) fancies (4) recollections
OR
A slumber did my spirit seal —
I had no human fears.
She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years.
No motion has she now, no force –
She neither hears nor sees,
Rolled round in earth's diurnal course
With rocks and stones and trees.
(a) How many characters are there in this stanza?
(b) A slumber did my spirit seal—what kind of a slumber is this?
(c) Why can't she hear or see?
(1) she is blind (2) she is deaf (3) she is dead (4) none of these
(d) What actually is a 'slumber' here?
(1) spirit (2) diurnal (3) fear (4) deep sleep
9. Answer the following in 30-40 words. (10 marks)
(a) What did the Prince request the swallow to do with one of the sapphires from his eye?
(b) Describe the author's pet cat. When was she rescued?
(c) What did the doctor think of doing if the snake bit him?
(d) How did George and Harris feel while packing?
(e) Why does the intruder say, "They can't hang me twice"?
10. Answer any one of the following in 100-150 words. (8 marks)
The author finds a lot of confusion outside the temple in Kathmandu. What were the confusions
about?
OR
Narrate the incident of new teacher's behaviour in the classroom.
11. Answer any one of the following in 100-150 words. (8 marks)
Describe Sergie's meeting with the beggar.
OR
What did the guru and the disciple find in the city of fools? Would you advise anybody to live
in such a place?

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ENGLISH SOLUTIONS MAJOR TEST - 3
CLASS - IX  DATE : 19 - 01 - 2019

SECTION-A
READING (20 MARKS)
1. (a) The latest finding is that poorly designed workplaces can lead to fatigue.
(b) Muscle and eye strain can be prevented at the workplace by the correct placement, height
and angle of the desk, computer and chair.
(c) Ergonomics is the applied science of equipment design to increase productivity and cut down
fatigue.
(d) It was found that 60% suffered Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and 30% suffered due to
receiving incorrect ergonomic advice.
(e) Indian workplaces are operating with furniture mismatched to their highly networked work
culture.
(f) The symptoms of MDS are back pain and shoulder pain of varying intensity.
(g) Volunteers in offices monitor their own and their colleagues' postures.
(h) (a) Having the right ergonomic knowledge, (b) adopting the right posture, (c) optimizing the
present conditions.
2. (a) Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
(b) Everything in the world is connected through space, time and quality of life. For example,
pesticides sprayed in Chile have the potential to harm fish stocks off the coast of Japan. The
air pollution we emit in Los Angeles affects the quality of air in Asia. On the flip side, clean
air practices on one continent will positively impact air quality across the ocean.
(c) The Earth's connection to time is demonstrated in how we, today are either benefitting or
suffering from the choices of our grandparents and other ancestors.
(d) Since the world's resources are finite, the growth that is unmanaged and unsustained will lead
to increase poverty and decline of the environment.
(e) (2) compromising.
(f) (3) endless.
(g) (2) interconnectedness
(h) (2) endorse

SECTION-B
WRITING & GRAMMAR (30 MARKS)
3. 43-Bagh Wali Gali
Bhopal

18 March 20××

Mis L.R. & Sons'

Main Market, Bhopal
Sub : Defective Computer
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Dear Sirs
I am sorry to express my utter dismay at the poor quality of the computer supplied by you in response
to my order, dated 10th March, 20XX, vide cash memo no. 25987/69. On examination, we noticed
the following defect. and discrepancies in the computer supplied by you:
(i) The order was for Windows 8, Acer Computers. You have sent Windows 7 of the same brand.
The price difference of the two brands is quite substantial.
(ii) The screen is of poor quality and the display is quite hazy.
(iii)The sound system lacks depth and clarity.
Mis L.R. & Sons is a leading dealer in computers and the company enjoys a good reputation and
goodwill in the market. As the purchase is well within the warranty period, Ihope you will replace
the defective computer at the earliest.
Yours sincerely
Haider Khan
4. Vehicular Pollution
Increased vehicular traffic, haphazard urban settlements and poor roads lead to frequent traffic snarls
and road accidents as also vehicular pollution, which has assumed alarming proportions. It is
estimated that nearly 40,000 people succumb to air pollution every year in major cities of India.
High-level emissions of smoke and poisonous gases cause global warming and depletion of the
ozone layer, affecting the weather pattern. Summers are wanner and prolonged. Poisonous
particulate matter in the air leads to respiratory and eye-related problems. Even a rise in coronary
cases linked to an increase in pollution levels, was reported.
Thus, it is imperative that pollution control norms are implemented and defaulters booked.
Harsh
IX-B
OR
A LUCKY FIND
The money I had received on my 14th birthday, sufficed to buy the complete Harry Potter series.
I read it non-stop right through the weekend, but even by Sunday evening 1 had not finished the
last few pages of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. I carried the book to school and
showed it around on the school bus. When we reached school and began asking for the book, no
one owned up to having it.
I decided to put up a notice on the notice board and offered the finder a handsome treat of a
double ice cream and cold drinks alongside.
On the second day, a junior from the NCC squad walked up with the book. He had found it
thrown in the bushes behind the school garden. I thanked the boy very much and kept my
promise. My week's pocket money was gone in treating him. I felt a sense of relief as I put the
book safely back in my school bag.
For the first time I realized what it feels to lose something that is dear to oneself. That evening,
I finished the rest of the book and went to bed dreaming of Dumbledore and the Hogwarts
School.
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OR
Saturday, January 26,20XX
Home, 11:05 p.m.
As a team member of the special invitees honoured with India's Bravery Award, the high point of
our felicitations included a visit to Rashtrapati Bhavan and an audience with the President of
India. As soon as we entered the premises I was struck by the imperial and awe-inspiring facade
of the building and its plush interiors. The President congratulated US. We then posed for a group
photo with the dignitary and thereafter gorged ourselves on the delicious spread of cats. Finally,
I walked up to the President and requested him for his autograph. The evening ended with a
guided tour of the Mughal Gardens, making the visit a memorable and enriching experience to be
savoured for the rest of my life.
Signed

5. (a) lived (b) named (c) served (d) dismissed

(e) knowing (f) accused (g) caught (h) presented
6. (a) (3) he had been yesterday
(b) (2) there was
(c) (1) he had gone there
(d) (4) how well he was prepared
7. (a) (1) the (b) (4) to (c) (3) their (d) (4) were
(e) (1) the (f) (3) was (e) (3) shaken (f) (4) go

SECTION-C
LITERATURE (30 MARKS)
8. (a) The patter of soft rain on the roof echoes in the heart of the poet.
(b) The tinkling sound of the raindrops on the roof starts a thousand dreamy fancies.
(c) It creates an echo in the heart.
(d) (3) fancies
OR
(a) Two.
(b) It is the slumber of death.
(c) (3) she is dead.
(d) (4) deep sleep.
9. (a) The Prince requested the swallow to give the sapphire to the young man in the garret who
had become too cold to write further and fainted due to hunger. By selling the sapphire to
the jeweller, he would buy firewood to warm himself up and complete his play.
(b) The author's pet cat was a red tabby cat. It was rescued by the author when she was a kitten
and somehow she knew that the author was responsible for giving her a good life. The cat
was loved by the author very much.
(c) The doctor had a snake landed on his shoulder. He felt as if he was going to be bitten by
the snake. He thought of some anti-snakebite medicine. But he could not. He knew that there
was no medicine available for him. He called himself a stupid, foolish doctor.

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(d) George and Harris were not good packers. They were nervous and excited. In excitement,
they stepped on the things and messed up everything. They were in utter confusion. Jerome
tried to help them when they got irritated.
(e) The Intruder threatens Gerrard that he will murder him. Gerrard tells him that he should not
do this because he would be arrested and hanged for that crime. The intruder remarks that he
has already murdered someone.and would be hanged for that crime. Since he can't be hanged
twice he is not afraid of killing Gerrard.
10. The author found a lot of confusion outside the temple in Kathmandu. There were priests,
hawkers, devotees, tourists mingled with the birds and animals. The worshippers pushed one
another to be in the front line. Policemen were busy in dealing with the foreigners whom they
suspected to be non-Hindus. Temples should be quiet and peaceful. But the reality is just the
opposite. It is a common scenario that we have in our temples. We can see unruly devotees,
mismanagement and chaos all around in some of the prominent religious places. Beggars and
other self-proclaimed gods present a miserable scene all around. If wc want to be called religious
in the true sense, we must maintain and respect the sanity of the temples. We must be pure and
peaceful, both physically and mentally.
OR
When Abdul Kalam was in the fifth standard, a new teacher came to their class. He had a
conservative and narrow outlook. He saw Abdul Kalam sitting in the front row with Ramanadha
Sastry. He identified Abdul Kalam as a Muslim boy from the cap he was wearing. The teacher
could not digest a Muslim boy sitting with a Brahmin boy. He immediately asked Abdul to get
up and sit in the last row. The teacher believed in the prevalent social ranking. Abdul Kalam and
Ramanadha Sastry, both, felt very sad. No his action was not appropriate. After this incident, he
learnt that one must have respect for all religions. We should work for communal harmony.
11. Sergei met Lushkoff (the beggar) on a street. Lushkoff was posing as a village schoolteacher and
pleaded him to show mercy on him. Sergei looked at him. When he saw his overshoes, one of
which was high and the other low, he remembered that he had met him earlier.
He confronted Lushkoff and told him that when he had met him earlier, he was posing as a
student. Lushkoff was taken aback and said that it was not him.
Sergei called him a liear and a dishonest person and threatened to call the police. This made
Lushkoff admit that he was lying. He told him that he is neither a school teacher nor a student.
He said that he sang in a Russian choir and was expelled for drunkenness. He also explained
that if he told the truth no one would give him anything.
When Lushkoff urged him to work he said that he cannot find any work. So he offered him the
work of chopping wood at his house. Although he did not want to work, he accepted his offer
and went with him to his house.
OR
When the guru and his disciple arrived in the city, they found it beautiful. It was broad daylight.
Everyone was asleep. Even the animals, like cows, were asleep. They wandered around the town
and found it deserted. The shops were closed and nothing could be seen outside. As soon as the
sun set, the whole city woke up. Being hungry, they went to buy some eatables from a shop.
They were surprised to find that everything cost the same, a single 'duddu\ Both of them were
delighted to find iuch a cheap city. No, I would never advise anybody to live in such a place as
it seems 'tempting but in fact may pose problems anytime in the life. One should think twice
before making any hasty decision.'
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