Assignment for Class- IX

Subject- English Session- 2020

Name - Shreeya Deb Barma

Roll- 45 , Sec- B
Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most
appropriate words from the given Answer:----

the hot spicy

.A) Indian cuisines are known worldwide particularly for (1) ________
curries involving (2) ________
an excessive use of chilies and aromatic spices,
an
enough to stimulate one’s lost appetite. While cooking (3) ________ authentic
Indian recipe, one has to stick to traditional Indian spice mixtures or even
no use India.
better, single spices that are available in (4) ________

Options:
1. a / the / but / an
2. a / at / an / the
3. an / the / a / for
4. a / an / the / No use

B) When India got Independence from the British, most things associated
the British were done away with, but some of (2) ________
with (1) ________ the pretty
a
letter-boxes managed to survive. These letter-boxes have (3) ________
nostalgic aura about them. Some are over 150 years old. Now they all bear
the
the logo of (4) ________ Indian Postal Services.

Options:
1. and / an / a / the
2. an / the / but / an
3. a / an / the / nor
 4. a / an / the / and

C) Throughout the greater part (1) ________

from Bertrand Russell’s childhood, (2)
the most important hours of his days were those (3) that
________ ________…. he spent
alone in the garden full of different kinds (4) ________
of flowers.

Options:
1. of / to / off / from
2. in / the / these / this
3. which / when / his / that
4. of / on / in / for

his job of
D) A few days later, Munshi Prem Chand resigned from (1) ________
inspector of schools (2) ____________
after his
having worked in (3) ________________
department for 10 years. He was one of the (4) ______________
most important story
writers.

Options:
1. its / the / a / his
2. before / without / after / for
3. his / is / their / the
4. much / more / most / more over

E) Los Angeles’ architect, Frank Gehry is well known (1) ________

for his striking
and inventive creations. For Bilbao, he had designed a truly iconic building
represents
with photographs around
that now (2) ________ the city on postcards (3) ________
an
the world. He was (4) ____________ extraordinary architect.

Options:
1. about / on / because / for
2. represents / represent / represented / representing
 3. on / and / with / from
4. a / an / the / within

to
F) The brain uses energy (1) ________ exercise willpower. When the blood
sugar drops, your brain (2) ________
were unable to concentrate, so a small nibble
(3) ________
would nudge the brain back into self control mode. Every one should
(4) ____________
be careful about it.

Options:
1. at / in / to / with
2. was / is / are / were
3. could / can’t / would / can
4. be / been / have been / being

G) The Mahabharata (1)________________

is a record of human beings (2)
________________
their their human weaknesses. The Ramayana, on the other hand,
is the praise of (3) ________________
an ideal man which belongs (4)
to
________________ Lord Rama.

Options:
1. is / are / was / were
2. for / with / about / and
3. a / an / every / any
4. to / of / for / on

H) Sir Winston Churchill was a British statesman, painter and writer who
some have labelled as (1) _______________
the greatest man ever to speak English
of
language. But many call him the greatest English man (2) ________________ the
present century. While in India, he taught himself (3) _______________
to write
good prose and he developed a grand masterly style which captured the
greatness (4) ________________
of his times.
Options:
1. an / the / a / nor
2. and / of / but / nor
3. and / on / but / to
4. on / to / of / for

I) The greatest advantage (1) ________________

of early rising is the good start it
gives us in our day’s work. The early riser has done a large amount of hard
work (2) ________________
before other men have got out of their bed. In the early
morning, the mind is fresh and (3) ________________
there are few sounds or other
distractions, so that work done (4) _______________
at that time is generally well
done.

Options:
1. and / of / but / from
2. at / or / upon / before
3. there / this / that / those
4. at / for / from / on

J) My friend Prakash, his brother and I decided to go (1) ________

for a trek to
the Himalayas. None of us had any experience, but Prakash was acquainted
with such an expedition. In the few days left
with the do’s and don’ts (2) ________
for preparation, we (3) ________
red books available (4) ________
on the subject.

Options:
1. on / in / for / to
2. as / of / from / with
3. read / reading / reads / red
4. in / on / at / from
 has invented
K) David P. Abbot was a US magician who (1) ________ the basis of ball trick
back in 1907. He (2) ________
used to make a golden ball float around his parlour.
Abbot (3) ________
would absent mindedly leave the ball on a bookshelf. Guests
have found
would sneak over the left ball and (4) ________ it was much heavier than a
thread could support.

Options:
1. invent / was invented / invented / has invented
2. used / use / had / has
3. will / would / could / may
4. finds / found / find / have found

L) There are different facets (1) ________

of being a writer in (2) ________
this world
made of border crossers of various kinds. One is part of (3) ________
the diaspora,
but the homeland is never too far away (4) ________
in one’s writing.

Options:
1. for / in / to / of
2. a / an / the / this
3. the / this / his / a
4. on / in / with / for

M) The third phase (1)________

of metro in Delhi has begun. It (2)________
would be
this phase, the metro will cover almost the
completed in 2015. In (3)__________
many roads due to construction
whole city. There will be diversion on (4)________
there. This difficult phase will be a boon in future for the citizen.
Options:
1. for / of / from / about
2. would / could / shall / will
3. that / this / these / those
4. many / any / more / less

has become the crime capital of the country. Cases of

N) Delhi (1)________
by
robbery and chain snatching are increasing day (2)________ day. The criminals
it seems (3) _______
are not afraid of the police. Robberies (4)________
in broad day
lights are very common these days. The citizens do not feel safe in the city.

Options:
1. have / had / has / having
2. in / by / from / about
3. is / are / was / be
4. in / into / up / upon

O) Jean could not get (1) ________

any job as nobody would trust (2) ________
him
Consequently his life (3) became by
_________ a hell. A Bishop was moved (4) ________
seeing his pitiable condition. The Bishop let him into his house and asked
him the reason of his being so dejected.

Options:
1. some / many / much / any
2. his / he / him / himself
3. became / becomes / become / has become
4. at / on / in / by
P) Water is (1) ________
one of the essential and natural commodities that (2)
have not lost its significance with the passage (3) _________
_________ of time. No
doubt, a day without water (4) __________
makes life nothing short of a real hell.

Options:
1. some / none / once / one
2. had / have / has / having
3. of / off / over / in
4. made / making / makes / has made

Q) The naughty children walked (1) _____________

over flower beds, climbed the
fruit trees (2) _____________
and dug
plucked unripe fruits and they (3) _____________
pits on the garden path.

Option:
1. over / in / on / across
2. but / and / therefore / since
3. dig / digging / digs / dug

sending
R) They ordered the poor man about, (1) ______________ him on errands,
made him wash (2) ______________
some cow and lectured to him (3) ______________
on
how to grow a garden.

Options:
1. send / sent / sending / sender
2. a / an / some / the
3. over / from / on / in
S) Yesterday, a rich woman from West Bengal (1) _______________
came to Delhi to
a
buy jewellery. She was sitting outside (2) _______________ jewellery shop.
Suddenly two young boys came there (3) ______________
and snatched the chain
wearing She called the police (5) _______________
that she was (4) _______________ but the
snatchers had run away.

Options:
1. come / comes / came / coming
2. a / an / the / some
3. and / or / but / how
4. wear / wear / wore / wearing
5. so / because / but / only

T) Butterflies are abundant (1) _______________

in the Central African Republic. It
(2) _______________
is home to nearly 600 identified species. Many butterflies are
brilliantly coloured and small (3) _______________
while some are as big as saucers.
finds
Farmer Philippe (4) _______________ solace in collecting butterfly wings from
his fields and turning them into works of art. My favourite hobby, since my
childhood, is (5) _______________
catching butterflies.

Options:
1. in / from / for / into
2. has / is / was / are
3. if / therefore / so / while
4. find / to find / finding / finds
5. catch / caught / catching / has been catching

The End