Unseen Passage for Class 9
Unseen Passage for Class 9 | Reading Comprehension PDF Class 9
So You Want to be a Cartoonist
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Q1: What, according to Laxman, is the challenge in creating a good cartoon?
(i) waiting for the right thought (ii) browsing newspapers to emerge. and television.
(iii) getting the right kind of (iv) good drawing and sketching training. skills.
Q2: Which of these words BEST describes this passage?
(i) humorous (ii) technical
(iii) challenging (iv) informative
Q3: Of the many qualities that cartoonists should have, which of the following is not referred to directly but can be inferred from the passage?
(i) knowledge of current (ii) knowledge of educational technologies. institutions.
(iii) knowledge of news and (iv) knowledge of different current affairs. languages.
Q4: According to the passage, which group of people is of the opinion that one cannot learn to make a cartoon in institutions?
(i) many struggling writers. (ii) highly creative artists.
(iii) well-respected cartoonist. (iv) all newspaper editors.
Q5: “Don’t take it for granted that you will become a cartoonist.” Choose the option that is closest in meaning to the sentence.
(i) Don’t assume that you will (ii) Don’t hope that you will become a cartoonist. become a cartoonist.
(iii) Don’t believe that you will (iv) Don’t imagine that you will become a cartoonist. become a cartoonist.
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Q1: What first drew Ulhas and his mother to the well?
(i) shelter from the heavy rain. (ii) the return journey home.
(iii) news of a small boy’s fall. (iv) the labourer’s screams.
Q2: What were Ulhas’ mother’s fears really associated with?
(i) the rusted rungs inside the wall. (ii) the risk to the life of the rescuer.
(iii) the churning water inside (iv) doubts about the safety the well. of the boy.
Q3: Which of the following could be a learning from the report?
(i) it is best not to involve oneself (ii) one should not take shelter even in situations involving others. beneath a bridge in the rain.
(iii) one cannot predict when an (iv) metal rungs alongside the wall of accident may befall any person. a well may not always be useful.
Q4: Which of these expressions best describes Ulhas in view of this incident?
(i) disregard for an elder’s (ii) disbelief in one’s own abilities. warnings.
(iii) faith only in prayers for (iv) concern for others with no success. expectations.
Q5: Which of these did Hariya’s father express on receiving his son?
(i) gratitude. (ii) relief.
(iii) anxiety. (iv) peace.
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Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet.
Q1: What are the initiatives to be taken up by the India Tourism Development Corporation to make the visitors feel welcome during the Commonwealth Games?
(i) training of drivers, CISF personals, dhaba owners and hotel staff.
(ii) promoting the sale of tourist books and brochures.
(iii) arranging audio cassettes and tapes on tourism.
(iv) constructing more bed and breakfast homes.
Q2: How have the western countries managed to offer aid and better facilities to their tourists?
(i) by providing good tourist books and brochures.
(ii) by providing well-behaved and courteous guides.
(iii) by training guides in several languages and group-guided trips at regular intervals.
(iv) by allowing foreign nationals to fend for themselves.
Q3: Apart from the guides and the guided tours, Archeological Survey of India has expressed the need for establishing ______________ at historical sites to help tourists.
(i) interpretation centres. (ii) rehabilitation centres.
(iii) cessation centres. (iv) training centres.
Q4: What steps have been taken by ASI to promote Delhi as a heritage site?
(i) making brochures very informative and training the residents.
(ii) bringing out more brochures and involving other agencies in planning and visitor management.
(iii) offering tourists all sources of comfort for their stay and visits to historical sites.
(iv) providing owners of bed and breakfast homes information about Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
Q5: _________________ are to be provided to residents who offer rooms to foreigners under ITDC’s plan.
(i) comfortable stay, friendly and hospitable treatment
(ii) etiquette training, hospitality treatment
(iii) better tourist guides and interpretation centres
(iv) visits to the golden triangle cities.
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His instruments are priced at hundreds of dollars each in the US, and are also sold in Switzerland, South America, Korea, Eastern Europe, Africa and Japan. They’re available in India at a fraction of the price.
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Shobha John/TNN
Write the option that you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheets
Q1: Why have some Indian doctors created their own surgical tools?
(i) they have no tools to perform specific surgeries
(ii) they have a hamstring problem
(iii) the tools they get from abroad cost four times as much
(iv) they can sell these tools at a very high price.
Q2: What has Dr Burjor P Banaji created?
(i) Lasik surgery
(ii) Max Eye Care Centre
(iii) two surgical instruments called Banaji Lasik Shield and Banaji Lasik Spatula and Canulae
(iv) more than a dozen instruments for operating on the eye.
Q3: Where does Dr Banaji get the instruments manufactured?
(i) India (ii) the United States of America
(iii) Switzerland (iv) Japan
Q4: The term hamstrung refers to ……………………………
(i) restricted (ii) helped
(iii) harmed (iv) liberated
Q5: What does the phrase slew of instruments refer to?
(i) a wide range of instruments (ii) instruments used for slaying
(iii ) tools of a similar nature (iv) surgical instruments
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hardest
Write the option that you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheets.
Q1: What qualities helped Hitchcock achieve success?
(i) his imagination, creativity and passion for life
(ii) his hard work, his imagination and his sense of humour
(iii) his creativity, his passion for life and his sense of humour
(iv) his imagination, his talent and his dedication
Q2: What is Alfred Hitchcock famous as?
(i) writer (ii) film producer
(ii) Television actor (iv) film actor
Q3: What did the typical Hitchcock-style of film-making include?
(i) fear and passion (ii) fear and humour
(iii) suspense and humour (iv) fear and suspense
Q4: What did Alfred Hitchcock do in United States?
(i) He produced films and read magazines
(ii) He produced films and television serials
(iii) He read magazines and saw films
(iv) He produced films and hosted a television show
Q5 What does the word swooning mean?
(i) fainting (ii) falling
(iii) hiding (iv) becoming conscious
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One went so far as to advise me to take eight bottles of whisky, for I should want them after leaving Aden. Another wanted me to smoke, for his friend was obliged to smoke in England. Even medical men, those who had been to England told the same tale. I replied that I would try my best to avoid all these things, but if they were found to be absolutely necessary I did not know what to do. I may here mention that my aversion to meat was not so strong then as it is now. I was even betrayed into taking meat about six or seven times at the period when I allowed my friends to think for me. But in the steamer, my ideas began to change. I thought I should not take meat on any account. My mother, before consenting to my departure, had exacted a promise from me not to take meat. So, I was bound not to take it, if only for the sake of the promise. The fellow passengers in the steamer began to advise us (the friend who was with me and myself) to try it. —
M K Gandhi.
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Q1: The advice the narrator received from his friends was NOT…………………..
(i) well-meaning (ii) uncalled for
(iii) sought after (iv) given by friends
Q2: When was the narrator offered the advice?
(i) when he was leaving for England
(ii) when he was in Aden
(iii) when he had started eating meat
(iv) when he was on the steamer
Q3: Why did the narrator’s friends advise him to take meat?
(i) everyone in England ate meat
(ii) meat would cause consumption
(iii) meat-eating would keep him healthy
(iv) he would find it tasty
Q4: The narrator was reluctant to eat flesh as ……………………….
(i) he had never eaten it before
(ii) he did not like the taste
(iii) it was not available on the steamer
(iv) he had promised his mother he would not do so
Q5: What does the term consumption here refer to?
(i) eat (ii) give up
(iii) a disease (iv) cold
