9th Class English Past Paper 2017 Evening
Note: English second Time Paper of 9th Class.
Group-II (Subjective) 56 Marks
SECTION- I
Q.2 Answer any FIVE of the following questions: (10)
(i) Why was the Holy Quran sent in Arabic?
(ii) How did Hazrat Asma (R.A) console her grandfather?
(iii) As a citizen of Pakistan, what are your duties towards your country?
(iv) How can we become a strong nation?
(v) Why is the Sultan Ahmed Mosque also known as the Blue Mosque?
(vi) Why did the nurse say, “Where there is a will, there is a way”?
(vii) What are the effects of drug addiction?
(viii) How do you get the impression that Helen Keller was a great admirer of nature?
Q.3 Translate any TWO of the following paragraphs into Urdu. (4×4=8)
(a) Her grandfather, Hazrat Abu Quhafaa, was a disbeliever at that time. He was very old and had become blind. He said to her, “Asma, I think Abu Bakr has taken all the wealth, leaving you and your children empty-handed and helpless.” At this, she instantly ran to a corner of the home.
(b) Quaid-e-Azam was a man of strong faith and belief. He firmly believed that the new emerging state of Pakistan, based on Islamic principles, would reform society as a whole. In his Eid message in September 1945, Quaid-e-Azam said, “Islam is a complete code regulating the whole Muslim society, every department of life, collectively and individually.”
(c) It was the beginning of my profession as a nurse. I worked in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) neurology ward. As a young professional, I wished to save the world. I was excited to see patients making quick recoveries from devastating accidents, yet I was pained to nurse those who were struck with acute neurological disorders.
OR
Re-write any TWO of the above paragraphs into simple English.
Q.4 Write down the summary of the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost.
OR
Paraphrase the following lines into simple English with reference to the context:
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills.
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils.
Q.5 Use any FIVE of the following words/phrases/idioms in your sentences:
(i) Dignity
(ii) Entertain
(iii) Solitude
(iv) Accustomed to
(v) Along with
(vi) Meditation
(vii) Demolish
(viii) Generosity
Q.6 Write a letter to your friend requesting him/her to lend you some books.
OR
Write a story with the moral “Once a liar, always a liar.”
OR
Write a dialogue between a brother and a sister concerning time.
Q.7 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end:
For three years, the master and all his relatives lived in this valley. Many of the Muslims too joined them. All supplies to the valley were cut off. The Makkans saw to it that no food or drink reached the Banu Hashim. The poor Banu Hashim had to live on the leaves and roots of trees and bushes. The condition of the children was particularly pitiable. At last, some kind-hearted Makkans took pity on Banu Hashim. They tore to pieces the agreement hanging in the Kaaba. The hunger-stricken Banu Hashim were thus able to come back to their homes.
Questions:
(i) Who lived for three years in the valley?
(ii) What did the Makkans do?
(iii) Who joined the master and his relatives?
(iv) What was the condition of the children?
(v) Who took pity on Banu Hashim?
Q.8 Translate any FIVE of the following sentences into English:
(i) وہ با قاعدہ ورزش نہیں کرتا ہے۔
(ii) آج سخت گرمی ہے۔
(iii) استاد جماعت کو انگلش پڑھا رہا ہو گا۔
(iv) تم پانچ روز سے تقریر تیار کر رہے تھے।
(v) کیا جھیل میں پانی جم چکا ہے؟
(vi) اس نظم کا ترجمہ کیا جائے گا۔
(vii) امتحان شروع ہونے سے پہلے تمام امیدوار کمرہ امتحان میں آچکے تھے。
Exclusively for candidates whose Medium of Examination is English
Write TEN sentences about “A River in Flood.”
Q.9 Change the voice of the following:
(i) The teacher was helping the students.
(ii) The children are loved by the mother.
(iii) He had told me to do it.
(iv) He will write a letter.
(v) They are buying this house.