C9 Solved Paper , September 2025

 C9 Solved Paper , September 2025

📌📌 Answer Key:

1.a) Reading Comprehension

i) What is the main reason for stress in students?

(a) The load of heavy syllabi

ii) What simple technique has been suggested in the passage to help the students keep relaxed?

(c) They should focus on one thing at a time

iii) _________ and _________ are two common problems that our forefathers were unfamiliar with.

(b) Tension and depression

iv) "Think of the one race you are running" means you should run only one race in a day.

(b) False

1.b) Poster Comprehension:

1. What is the poster all about?

(a) Government's initiatives for Agriculture

2. What is organic farming?

(c) sustainable and integrated farming

3. Which initiative is the electronic trading platform for crops?

(a) e-NAM

4. Why is storage and food processing necessary?

(b) to sustain and increase shelf life of crop

Section B - (Objective Type Questions)
 

i. What should one never sell? (Grooming of a Boy)

d) heart and soul

ii. Name the instrument made by Jagdish Chandra Bose. (Plants also Breathe and Feel)

b) Crescograph

iii. Where can god be found? (Open thy Eyes and See thy God )

a) among hardworking people

iv. Who punished the boy for stealing money from the farmer? (The Magic Violin)

c) magistrate

v. Who went with Cheena Paraya? (In the Flood)

d) all of them

vi. Who did Lencho write to for help? (A Letter to God)

c) God

3. English Main Course Book: Prose

(a) Answer any three questions in about 15-20 words each.

(b) Answer any one question in about 50 words.

4. English Main Course Book: Poetry

(a) Answer any two questions after reading the stanza

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b) Write the central idea of the poem 'No Men are Foreign'.

https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2024/12/c9-central-ideas.html

5. English Supplementary Reader

Answer any three of the following questions in about 15-20 words.

6. Section D- (Vocabulary)

(a) Convey the meaning of the underlined word:

a) The table has been set for the day party. : Ans. arranged

(b) Use the word 'book' as a noun and a verb

Noun: I read a fascinating book about ancient civilizations.

Verb: Please book your tickets in advance for the concert.

(c) Give the antonyms of the following words: before, high

Before: After

High: Low

(d) Give the synonyms of the following words: right, glad

Right: Correct, accurate

Glad: Happy, pleased

7 a. Translate any three of the following sentences from English to Punjabi/Hindi.

i) Your brother will live.

     ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਭਰਾ ਜਿਉਂਦਾ ਰਹੇਗਾ।

     तुम्हारा भाई जीवित रहेगा।

ii) All men are not true.

     ਸਾਰੇ ਆਦਮੀ ਸੱਚੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੇ।

     सभी पुरुष सच्चे नहीं होते।

iii) Money makes the mare go.

      ਪੈਸਾ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਕਰਵਾ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

      पैसा सब कुछ करवा देता है।

iv) It is of no use crying over spilt milk.

      ਬੀਤੀਆਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ 'ਤੇ ਰੋਣ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਫਾਇਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ।

      अतीत पर रोने से कोई फायदा नहीं है।

v) She did not weep.

     ਉਹ ਰੋਈ ਨਹੀਂ।

     वह रोई नहीं।

7(b) Translate any three sentences from Punjabi/Hindi to English:

i) ਮੈਂ ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਬੋਲ ਸਕਦਾ/ਸਕਦੀ ਹਾਂ।

→ I can speak English.

ii) ਨਿਸ਼ਾ ਚਿੱਠੀ ਲਿਖ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ। 

     Nisha is writing a letter. 

iii) ਕੀ ਗੁਰਮੁੱਖ  ਸੋ ਰਿਹਾ ਸੀ?

→ Was Gurmukh sleeping?

iv) ਤੁਸੀਂ ਆਪਣਾ ਘਰ ਸਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋਗੇ।

→ You will clean your house.

8. Do as directed:

1. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners.

a) I went to a shop and bought some honey.

2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Modals.

a) You should take some rest if you are not feeling fine.

b) May God bless you!

3. Fill in the blanks with suitable Prepositions.

a) The space shuttle landed on the moon.

b) Listen to your teachers carefully.

4. Fill in the blanks with suitable connectors.

a) I am ill so I can not come to school.

b) He is intelligent but lazy.

5. Specify whether the sentence is simple or complex.

God helps those who help themselves. 

Ans. Complex sentence.

6. Name the tense of the sentence.

Raman will go to the railway station. 

Ans. Future tense.

9. Writing Skill

a) Read the passages given below and make notes:

b) E-mail Writing 

c) Paragraph Writing:

https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2024/09/c9-paragraphs.html

d) Letter Writing:

Personal Letter: 

https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2024/09/personal-letters-c9.html

Or

Write a letter to the stationer for ordering stationery items

ABC Public School

Bathinda

23rd September 2025

M/s Sharma Stationers

Main Market

Bathinda

Subject: Order for stationery items

Respected Sir

We request you to kindly supply the following stationery items at the earliest for our school office:

i) Ball pens – 10 dozen

ii) Registers (200 pages) – 50 pieces

iii) Staplers – 5 pieces

iv) Whiteboard markers – 2 dozen

Kindly send the items in good condition and at the earliest possible. The payment will be made in cash on delivery.

Thanking you.

Yours faithfully

Principal

ABC Public School

Bathinda

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