Class 9

Syllabus and Question Pattern| 9th class (2020-21) | Complete solution|CBSE|UP Board

• Section-A Reading Skills
• Section-B Writing Skills And Grammar
• Section-C Literature Textbook And Supplementary Reading

Part A- Reading Unseen Passage|Literature|Grammar (40 Marks)

Reading Unseen Passage

• Multiple Choice Questions based on a Discursive passage of 400-450 words to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary. Ten out of twelve questions to be answered. 10×1=10
• Multiple Choice Questions based on a Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data, chart etc.) of 200-250 words to test analysis and interpretation. Ten out of twelve questions to be answered. (10×1=10)

Literature Textbooks ( 10-Marks)

1. Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from drama/prose to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done. (5×1=5)
2. Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from poetry to test analysis and interpretation. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done (5×1=5)

Grammar (10-Marks)

Ten Multiple Choice Questions, out of twelve, to be answered. Questions shall be based on the following

1. Tenses
2. Modals
3. Subject-verb concord
4. Reported speech (Commands and requests, Statements, Questions)
5. Determiners

Part B-Writing and Literature (Mark 40)

Writing and Composition 10 Marks

1. Writing a Descriptive Paragraph (word limit 100-120 words) on a person or a diary entry based on visual or verbal cue/s. One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 Marks
2. Writing a story (word limit 100-120 words) on the basis of given cue/s . One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 Marks

Literature- Q&A (Marks-30)

In this section, four questions will be asked based on the literature textbook and extended reading text:

• Question number 8 has a choice between two extracts from poetry and play. Four objective type questions will be asked to test interpretation. It carries 4 marks in all.
• Question number 9 has five short answer type questions from literature textbook. Each question carries 2 marks.
• Question number 10 has a choice between two Long Answer type Questions from Beehive and Moment (Supplementary Readers) Without Feet. It carries 8 marks.

• Question number 11 also has a choice between two very Long Answer Questions based on prescribed extended reading text. It carries 10 Marks.

Beehive NCERT class 9th

Prose Section

1. The Fun They Had [Written by Isaac Asimov]
2. The Sound of Music [Written by Deborah Cowley}
   • Part 2nd Bismillah Khan.
3. The Little Girl [Written by Katherine Mansfield]
4. A Truly Beautiful Mind.
5. The Snake and The Mirror.[Written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]
6. My Childhood.[Written by A.P.J.Abdul Kalam]
7. Packing.[Written by Jerome K.Jerome.]
8. Reach for the Top. [Written by–
   • Santosh Yadav [Part One]
   • Maria Sharapova [Part Two]
9. The Bond of Love.[Written by Kenneth Anderson.]
10. Kathmandu [Written by Vikram Seth]
11. If I Were You.[Written by Douglas James]

Poetry Section

1. The Road Not Taken.[Composed by Robert Frost]
2. Wind.[Composed by Subramania Bharati]
3. Rain on the Roof.[Composed by Coates Kinney]
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree.[Composed by William Bulter Yeats]
5. A Legend of the Northland.[Composed by Phoebe Cary]
6. No Men are Foreign.[Composed by James Kirkup]
7. The Duck and the Kangaroo.[Composed by Edward Lear]
8. On Killing a Tree.[Composed by Gieve Patel]
9. The Snake Trying.[Composed by W.W.E. Ross]
10. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal.[Composed by William Wordsworth]

Moments NCERT Class 9th

1. The Lost Child by Mulk Raj Anand.
2. The Adventures of Toto by Ruskin Bond
3. Iswaran the Story Teller by R.K. Laxman
4. In the Kingdom of Fools by Kannada Folktale [ed] A.K. Ramanujan
5. The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
6. Weathering the Storm in Ersama by Harsh Mander.
7. The Last Leaf by O.Henry.
8. A House is Not a Home by Zan Gaudioso.
9. The Accidental Tourist by Bill Bryson.
10. The Beggar by Anton Chekhov.