Class 9 English Question Bank - UP Board (2026-27)

ENGLISH

QUESTION BANK CLASS IX

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SECTION- A

Reading

Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow, choosing the correct option:

1. This is the story of a man who thought that he had the right to do whatever he liked. One day, this gentleman was walking along a busy road, spinning his walking-stick round and round in his hand, and was trying to look important. A man walking behind him objected.

"You ought not to spin your walking-stick round and round like that!" he said. "I am free to do what I like with my walking-stick," argued the gentleman.

'Of course, you are," said the other man, "but you ought to know that your freedom ends where my nose begins."

1. The man thought that
2. he should follow the rules.
3. he could do whatever he liked.
4. he was free to spin his walking stick even on a road.
5. both- 'b' and 'c'

1. The man walking behind objected because
2. he did not like the walking stick.
3. he did not like the man.
4. he was getting disturbed by the man's spinning action.
5. he wanted to fight.

1. The incident teaches us that
2. rules must be followed by all.
3. everybody has rights and freedom.
4. our freedom should not interfere with freedom of other people.
5. All of the above.

1. Fuel is a material that is burned in order to get heat and light and also to generate power. The process of burning is a chemical reaction. A material combines with oxygen from the air and gives off energy. The energy is given off in the form of heat and light. Fuels can also be classified as solid, liquid and

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gaseous. Wood was one of the first fuels used by man. It was the easiest to get the cheapest. After wood started becoming scarce it was replaced by coal. Coal contains a high percentage of carbon. Carbon is the most important ingredient in most fuels. Fuels with a high percentage of carbon burn evenly and with a hot flame. The most important liquid fuels come from petroleum. However petroleum reserves are becoming exhausted with the passage of time.

1. Wood was replaced by other fuels because
2. wood was very costly.
3. other fuels were very cheap.
4. wood started becoming scarce.
5. wood was not as good as other fuels.

1. The energy is given off in the form of
2. heat only
3. satisfaction
4. power
5. heat and light.

1. The most important ingredient in most fuels is
2. hydrogen
3. oxygen
4. carbon
5. nitrogen

1. We left Dehradun early in the morning and stopped by for breakfast at Mussoorie. From Mussoorie the picturesque road heads north to Yamuna bridge, then to Barkot (where one road branches to Gangotri). The road winds along the Yamuna river through luxurious dense green vegetation to Hanumanchatti, the end of motorable road. The remaining journey has to be undertaken on foot or pony. Yamunotri is only 13 km. from Hanuman Chatti. But it is better to proceed another 6 km. and have the night halt at Janakibaichatti. The journey to Yamunotri is simply breathtaking. High snow-covered peaks all around, glaciers, streams and waterfalls, vibrant green foliage, and the pristine air are a sheer delight to tired city lungs. Yamunotri, 3322 metres above sea level, is located on the western bank of the great peak of Banderpunch (meaning – monkey's tail) which is 6315 metres high.

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1. Where did the travellers stop for breakfast?
2. Mussoorie
3. Gangotri
4. Barkot
5. Yamunotri

1. We cannot go by motor beyond
2. Mussoorie
3. Barkot.
4. Hanumanchatti
5. Yamuna Bridge

1. Which word in the passage is opposite of 'relaxed'?
2. Vibrant
3. Tired
4. Covered
5. Located

1. Marco Polo is indeed one of the greatest Explorers of all times. It was he who first made route across Asia to China and first told European about the court of Peking. Marco Polo was the first European to describe Burma, Tibet and India and told others of custom and manners of the people. He talked of Christians living in Abyssinia in Africa and described the cold Arctic countries of the white bear where people rode on reindeers and dog-sledges. It was as if a splendid new world had been opened before Europe and Marco Polo's descriptions steered men up to find out more about this outside world.

1. Marco Polo travelled to
2. Asia
3. Africa
4. Arctic regions
5. All of the above.

1. The first man to make a route across Asia to China was-
2. a Chinese.
3. an African.

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