9th Class English Past Paper 2020
Note: English 1st Time Paper of 9th Class.
Group-I (Subjective) 56 Marks
SECTION- I
Q.2 Answer any FIVE of the following questions: (10)
(i) What are the two major means of communication? Give three examples for each.
(ii) What was the condition of mankind before the Rasool (ﷺ)?
(iii) Why did the Quaid have to take long tours during the early days of independence?
(iv) What happened when Abu Jehl asked about Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) from Hazrat Asma (RA)?
(v) Who started the construction of the Blue Masjid?
(vi) What are the effects of drug addiction?
(vii) How do you define noise pollution?
(viii) Who was Helen Keller?
SECTION-II
Q.3 Translate any TWO of the following paragraphs into Urdu:
(a) “Muhammad (ﷺ), however, was responsible for both the theology of Islam and its main ethical and moral principles. In addition, he played a key role in proselytizing the new faith and in establishing religious practices.”
(b) “The masjid has a spacious forecourt surrounded by a continuous vaulted arcade. It has ablution facilities on both sides. In the center, there is a fountain which is rather small in contrast with the magnitude of the courtyard.”
(c) “Drug addiction is really a very serious threat to any society. In Pakistan alone, there are almost five million drug addicts. Addicts undergo numerous economic problems.”
OR
Rewrite any TWO of the above paragraphs into simple English.
Q.4 Write down the summary of the poem “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth.
OR
Paraphrase the following lines into simple English with reference to the context:
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though:
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Q.5 Use any FIVE of the following words/phrases/idioms in your sentences: (5)
(i) Keep an eye
(ii) Nationalism
(iii) Influential
(iv) Spacious
(v) Surprise
(vi) Resolute
(vii) Alleviate
(viii) Delegation
Q.6 Write a letter to your friend requesting him/her to spend his/her spring holidays with you.
OR
Write a story with the moral “All that glitters is not gold.”
OR
Write a dialogue between two friends regarding asking one’s way.
Q.7 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end: (10)
Musa was the commander-in-chief, and the gates were in his charge . They had been barred when the Christians came in view, but Musa threw them open. Our bodies he said ‘will bar the gates’. The young men were kindled by his words, and when he told them, “We have nothing to fight for but the ground we stand on; without that, we are without a home or a country.” They were ready to stand with him. With such a leader, the Moorish cavaliers performed feats of bravery in the plain which went down in the annuals of history in golden words.
Questions:
(i) Who was the chief commander and what was in his charge?
(ii) When were the gates barred?
(iii) Who threw them open?
(iv) What did Musa say?
(v) What effect had his words on the young men?
Q.8 Translate any FIVE of the following sentences into English: (5)
(i) وہ اپنی آمدن سے زیادہ کیوں خرچ کرتا ہے؟
(ii) ہم کئی گھنٹے سے آپ کا انتظار کر رہے ہیں۔
(iii) میں نے اس کا مذاق نہ اڑایا۔
(iv) ہم پہلے ہی یہ خبر سن چکے تھے۔
(v) تم مکان کب خالی کرو گے؟
(vi) بارش دو دن سے ہو رہی تھی۔
(vii) فیس یہاں وصول نہیں کی جا رہی ہے۔
(viii) آپ کی درخواست پر غور کیا جا رہا ہے۔
ALTERNATIVE QUESTION FOR FOREIGN/ENGLISH MEDIUM CANDIDATES
Write TEN sentences about “Pakistani Women.”
Q.9 Change the voice of the following: (5)
(i) Naushaba is helped by Khurshid.
(ii) They are buying this house.
(iii) Why were they beating the boy?
(iv) The students were being taught by her.
(v) The sudden noise frightened the child.