Download CBSE Guess Papers English Class IX (9th) 2008
Sample Paper – 2008
Class – IX
Subject – English
(SET-1)
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
This paper consists of four sections.
Section A – Reading 20 marks
Section B – Writing 30 marks
Section C – Grammar 20 marks
Section D – Literature 30 marks
2. Do not write anything in the question paper.
3. All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written in the answer sheet provided to you.
4. Attempt all questions in each section before going on to the next section.
5. Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.
6. Strictly adhere to the word limit given with each question. Marks will be deducted for exceeding the word limit.
SECTION A – READING A.1. Read the passage given below: (12 marks)
1. Decision – making is a very vital part of our lives. This is because what we are today is largely a result of the decisions we took in the past. Similarly, whatever happens tomorrow will be a result of the decisions we take in the present.
2. It is not possible to reverse the wrong decisions taken in the past but it is possible to train ourselves into becoming a good decision – maker for the future. If we don’t, we’ll end up doing what we’ve always done and thus get what we’ve always got. Philosopher Walter Kaufman has called this Decidophobia.
3. All sorts of decisions – big or small, relevant or irrelevant, conscious or unconscious – punctuate our lives. Sometimes, we don’t even relies we are taking a decision.
4. Those who avoid taking a decision leave everything to chance and float along life with a ‘what will be, will be’ attitude.
5. To enhance our decision-making, we must, first of all gather as much information as possible about the issue before we make our decision. We might be heading for a failure if our decisions are based on half-baked information.
6. If you have a set of guiding principles for your life, decision-making becomes a lot easier. For example, if you value integrity and honesty and consider them to be of vital importance, you will never waver.
7. Sometimes decisions are very difficult to make, especially when the odds seem to be against us. In this case, giving ourselves a little time to decide wouldn’t be a bad idea at all. Circumstances may change with time and then it may be easier to see which action is more preferable to the others.
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