sainikschoolamaravathinagar.edu.in Language & Social Entrance Exam Class IX Question Paper : Sainik School

Name of the School : Sainik School
Class : IX Std
Exam : Entrance Exam
Document Type : Model Question Paper
Name of the Subject : Language & Social Studies

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Language & Social Entrance Exam Question Paper :

Language : Section – I
Q1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
It all began more than 5,000 years ago in Egypt. At that time ancient Egyptians w r o t e o n materials m a d e f r o m the papyrus reed, a plant g r o w n i n the delta o f the Nile.

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This “plant paper” was made by laying strips of the stem tissue side by side. These were then struck together with a crude kind of paste made from bread crumbs soaked in
boiling water. Though papyrus travelled all over, it did not travel to Eastern Europe. Europeans had started using animal skins as their writing paper. This material was
called parchment and although it was expensive, it had several advantages over the humble papyrus. First, the parchment could be folded over without it cracking unlike papyrus

(a) What material was used by Egyptians to write on and how?
(b) How parchment was more easy to use than papyrus?
(c) Tsai Loon committed suicide because?
(d) How paper got a big boost after the year 1455?
(e) Pick out the words from the given passage which mean
(i) Unrefined
(ii) A collection of different things
(iii) Component
Q.2. Write a paragraph in about 100 words on arty one of the following topics.
Mobile Phones – A Boon or A Bane
(OR)
Cleanliness is next to Godliness
Q.3. Write a letter in about 120 words to the editor of a leading newspaper expressing your views on “Brain Drain”.
Q.4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions or adverbs given in the brackets.
(a) Summer has begun to set (out/in/by)
(b) The baby takes (down/after/up) her mother.
(c) Translate this passage from English (into/in/to) Telugu.
(d) When I parted (from/with/of) my mother, there were tears in my eyes.
(e) You are advised to learn this lesson word (by/to/for) word
Q. 7 Write one word for the following group of words.
(a) One who plays a game for pleasure and not professionally?
(b) A substance that kills germs.
(c) A place where young plants are reared.
(d) A speech made without preparation.
(e) A person who can neither read nor write

Part – B: Social Studies :
Q1. State True/False. :
(a)James Mill divided Indian history into three periods – Hindu, Muslim and British.
(b) The champaran movement was against Indigo plantation.
(c) In Meerut, an old Zamindar, Kunwar Singh, joined the rebel sepoys and battled with the British.
(d) Dharavi in Bombay is one of the world’s largest slums.
(e) Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in 1775.
(f) The largest state in India in terms of area is Rajasthan.
(g) Lake superior of North America is the smallest of five lakes.
(h) Shifting cultivation is known by the name of Jhumming in North-East India,
(j)) Switzerland has no known mineral deposit in it.
(k) On the basis of their development and use, resources can be grouped as. actual resources and local resources.
(I) There are 543 elected members in Lok Sabha.
(m) The Protection of women from Domestic Violence Act came into effect in 2010.
(n) Article 15 of the constitution states that untouchability has been abolished in India.
(o) The thinner most layer of the Earth is Core.
(p) Kolar gold mines are located in Andhra Pradesh.
Q2. Fill in the blanks. :
(a) Warren Hastings became the first Governor-General of India in
(b) Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan were the rulers of
c) A field left uncultivated for a while so that the soil recovers fertility is called
(d) is the closest celestial body to our earth.
(e) Coal and the petroleum are the examples of resources.
(f) A temporary alliance of groups or parties is called
(g) is our Defence Minister.
(h) The act of being fair or just and not favouring one side over another is being
(j) A non-government organisation which has been working to address the problem of sanitation