CBSE PSA Class 9 English Sample Questions 2019

CBSE PSA Class 9 English Sample Questions 2016 - You can find here Sample Question Papers of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Problem Solving Assessment (PSA) Class 9 language convention (English medium) for Examination will be held in 2019.

✔ I have not met him ______________ he left school.

A. as
B. when
C. for
D. since

✔ The ____________ I purchased, had a tear.

A. clothing
B. clothes
C. dresses
D. cloth

✔ The car was leaking _______________

A. oils
B. much oil
C. some oils
D. oil

✔ He tried to prevent me ________ doing my duty.

A. against
B. at
C. with
D. from

✔ I would apologise if I _________ you.

A. was
B. are
C. am
D. were

✔ He has _______ ulcer on his leg.

A. an
B. every
C. big
D. a

✔ He promised _________ in this matter.

A. help
B. helping
C. to help
D. helped

✔ The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth, −89.2∘C, ___13____ in Antarctica on July 21st 1983. The continent also holds record for the highest known wind speed, 320km/h. More than 98% of Antarctica is covered with ice. These permanent glaciers contain about 70% of the ____14_____ fresh water. ___15____, Antarctica is considered a desert, as it receives under 200 mm of rain each year. In the interior, the average annual rainfall is only 50 mm, which is __16___ than the rainfall in the Sahara desert.  Which of these fits gap 13?

A. has been registered
B. is registered
C. was registered
D. were registered

✔ The wind, at first just a breeze, picked up and with it, came most clouds. A chill __17__ the air, and the moisture ___18___ into failing, fluffy snow. A few white snowflakes hung quivering in the air. They appeared to be engaged in a ballet as they ___19___ the earth. Within half an hour the landscape also underwent a magical transformation. The ground was ¬___20___ by a new skin and swirling clouds of snow obscured the surroundings.  Which of these fits gap 17?

A. drained
B. released
C. expelled
D. filled

✔ The wind, at first just a breeze, picked up and with it, came most clouds. A chill __17__ the air, and the moisture ___18___ into failing, fluffy snow. A few white snowflakes hung quivering in the air. They appeared to be engaged in a ballet as they ___19___ the earth. Within half an hour the landscape also underwent a magical transformation. The ground was ¬___20___ by a new skin and swirling clouds of snow obscured the surroundings.  Which of these fits gap 20?

A. fully extended
B. perfectly stretched
C. ultimately covered
D. finally surrounded

✔ The wind, at first just a breeze, picked up and with it, came most clouds. A chill __17__ the air, and the moisture ___18___ into failing, fluffy snow. A few white snowflakes hung quivering in the air. They appeared to be engaged in a ballet as they ___19___ the earth. Within half an hour the landscape also underwent a magical transformation. The ground was ¬___20___ by a new skin and swirling clouds of snow obscured the surroundings.  Which of these fits gap 19?

A. floated towards
B. plunged into
C. drafted around
D. drifted off

✔ Animal form is a novel written by George Orwell that ___21___ an animal revolt that occurs on Manor Farm. In the text, a boar called Old Major, ___22___ the farm animals for a meeting at which he describes a dream he has of a farm paradise where all animals live together without being controlled by humans. The animals set out enthusiastically to create the ___23___ farm imagined in Old Major’s dream. Initially the animals cooperate. However, as time passes, conflicts emerge between the animals that ___24___ the future of the farm.  which of these is the most suitable option for gap 23?

A. enjoyable
B. nice
C. perfect
D. pleasant

✔ The teacher made the student _______________ the lesson

A. repeat
B. repeated
C. has repeated
D. repeating

✔ ____________ we did not got to school.

A. it being a holiday
B. on holiday
C. since a holiday
D. being a holiday

✔ He would ____________ beg than steal.

A. nor
B. no longer
C. rather
D. not

✔ She should be ashamed ________ her actions.

A.in
B. by
C. at
D. of

✔ He _________ friends has come back.

A.or his
B. along with them
C. and his
D. along with his

✔ Nowadays, she________ her drawing board to school.

A.take
B. taken
C. carries
D. carried

✔ Neither he nor his servant _____________.

A.is left
B. has left
C. leave
D. has left

✔ Calcutta which is recently (1) ______ as Kolkata owes it emergence and phenomenal (2) ______ to the British who (3) _______ the immense (4) ____ of this eastern port

Which of these fits gap 3?
A.have realised
B. had realised
C. has realised
D. having realised

✔ I ___________ on this line before I realised my mistake.

A.am working
B. had been working
C. worked
D. was worked

✔ The doctor______ an operation.

A.performed
B. done
C. do
D. is performed

✔ I ________ we should accept the offer.

A.will think
B. would think
C. should think
D. think

✔ We rested _______ the shade of the tree.

A.under
B. in
C. ourselves under
D. ourselves in