Guess Paper Year 2011
CBSE Class IX
Subject: English
(Set-1)

1. You like eating different cuisines and often visit your friend Rahul’s restaurant. You also know him personally. Write his bio-sketch in about 80 words, using the inputs given below:
Input:

• Runs a restaurant
• Quality food, different cuisines, reasonable rates
• Caters to different tastes, specializes in Punjabi food
• Restaurant hygienic
• Client satisfaction – main interest
• Diverse interests – singing, watching movies, discussing current topics

2. Complete the paragraph that follows. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct question number.

Father : Why are you so late?
Son : I was invited to my friend’s birthday party.
Father : Wherever you go, you should reach home before eight o’ clock.

The father asked his son (a) ____________________________________________________
The son replied (b) ____________________________________________________________
The father (c) ________________________________________________________________

3. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions:
In pursuit of his ambition, he worked hard. We had to give him credit for that. He borrowed training manuals and stayed up late at nights reading them.

(i) ‘In pursuit of his ….’ ‘his’ here refers to __________________.
(ii) What was ‘his’ ambition?
(iii) How did ‘he’ prepare himself for his aim?
(iv) Name the author of the lesson ‘The Man who knew too much’.

4. Why did the other Privates live in ‘terror’ of Private Quelch’s approach?

5. Why was the sergeant not enthusiastic about the interruption?

6. How did the Privates react to his transfer?