This post is a specialized section on unseen passage English exercises designed for Class 9 students. These exercises aim to enhance your comprehension passage reading skills through multiple-choice questions and answers.
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Unseen Passage English 1: Comprehension and MCQs
Read the following unseen passage to test your comprehension passage reading skills:
Based on your comprehension of this unseen passage in English, answer the following questions:
1. Caged behind thick, glass the most famous dancer in the world can easily be missed in the National Museum, Delhi. The Dancing Girl of Mohenjo – Daro is that rare artifact that even school children are familiar with. Our school textbooks also communicate a wealth of our 5000 years heritage of art. You have to be alert to her existence there, amid terracotta animals to rediscover this bronze image.
2. Most of us have seen her only in photographs or sketches, therefore the impact of actually holding her is magnified a million times over. One discovers that the dancing girl has no feet. She is Wall, a little over 10 cm tall, the length of a human palm, but she surprises us with the power of great art, the ability to communicate across centuries.
3. A series of bangles of shell or ivory or thin metal clothes her left upper arm all the way down to her fingers. A necklace with three pendants bunched together and a few bangles above the elbow and wrist on the right-hand display almost modern art.
4. She speaks of the undaunted, ever hopeful human spirit. She reminds us that it is important to visit museums in our country to experience the impact that a work of art leaves on our senses, to find among all the riches one particular vision of beauty that speaks to us alone.
1. The Dancing Girt belongs to:
(i) Mohenjo-daro
(ii) Greek culture
(iii) Homo sapiens
(iv) Tibet
2.In the museum she’s kept among:
(i) dancing figures
(ii) bronze statues
(iii) terracotta animals
(iv) books
3.Which information is not given in the passage?
(i) The girl is caged behind glass
(ii) She is a rare artefact
(iii) School books communicate the wealth of our heritage
(iv) She cannot be rediscovered as she’s bronze
4.’Great AK has power because:
(i) It appeals to us despite a passage of time
(ii) It is small and can be understood .
(iii) It is seen in pictures and sketches
(iv) It’s magnified a million times
5. The jewellery she wears:
(i) consists of bangles of shall or very or this metal.
(ii) is a necklace with
(iii) Both (i) and (ii) are correct
(iv) Neither (i) nor (ii) is correct
6.She reminds us:
(i) of the never-say-die attitude of humans
(ii) why museums in our country are exciting
(iii) why she will make us come into money
(iv) of dancing figures
7.The synonym of the word ‘among’ in pan 1 is:
(i) amid
(ii) communicate
(iii) rediscover
(iv) heritage
8. The size of the dancing girl is equal to the length of human:
(i) body
(ii) hand
(iii) ear
(iv) palm
9.Our school textbooks communicate the ………… of our 5000 year heritage of art.
(i) history
(ii) wealth
(iii) culture
(iv) artefact
10.One discovers that the dancing girt has no:
(i) ears
(ii) eyes
(iii) feet
(iv) hands
11.The synonym of the word ‘undaunted’ is:
(i) hopeless
(ii) unafraid
(iii) fearful
(iv) scared
12.The antonym of the word ‘magnify’ is:
(i) amplify
(ii) enhance
(iii) verify
(iv) compress
ANSWERS:-
| 1.(i) Mohenjo-daro |
| 2. (iii) terracotta animals |
| 3. (iv) She cannot be rediscovered as she’s bronze |
| 4. (i) It appeals to us despite a passage of time. |
| 5. (i) consists of bangles of shell or very or this metal. |
| 6. (ii) why museums in our country are exciting |
| 7. (i) amid |
| 8. (iv) palm |
| 9. (ii) wealth |
| 10. (iii) feet |
| 11. (ii) unafraid |
| 12. (iv) compress |
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Unseen Passage English 2: Reading Comprehension Questions
Read the following unseen passage to test your comprehension passage reading skills:
1. The choices we make on a daily basis—lifting heavy objects correctly or dangerous situation—can either ensues potentially harmful circumstances.
2. You and I need to nuke a decision that our Ines in order. Exercising self-control establishing boundaries and borders in outlives most important things we can do. A life withal that’s tilled with carelessness.
3.We can think it’s kind of exiting to live life on the edge. We like images of ‘yeath’ That’s me Living on the edge Woo boo It is become a popular way too look at life. But if you see, even for our safety while we’ll go into the ditch. If we could get killed. And we like those lines because they help to keep us safe. Sometimes we, do not realise how lines help to keep us safe.
4. I am not proud of this but for the first 20 years of my life at work, , physically, most of the time. blow I have limits and that I’ve reached to ignore them and see if or how long I can I ran to doctors, trying to make myself feel better vitamins, natural stuff and anything I could get my et Some of the doctors would tell mc. “It’s just stress.- Just made me mad. I thought stress meant you don’t like u do or can’t handle life, and I love what I do. But I kept postbag myself, travelling, doing speaking engagements and so on—amply exhausting myself.
5. Finally, I understood I was living an unsustainable life and needed to make some changes in my outlook and lifestyle. You and I don’t have to be like everyone else or keep up with anyone else. Each of us needs to be exactly the way we are, and we don’t have to apologise for it. We’re not all alike and we need to find a comfort zone in which we can enjoy our lives instead of making ourselves sick with an overload of stress and pressure.
Based on your comprehension of this unseen passage in English, answer the following questions:
1.The reason why living on the edge has become popular, is because of the:
(i) constant need for something different
(ii) population being much younger
(iii) exhausting effort to make changes
(iv) strong tendency to stay within our limits
2.Choose the option that best captures the central idea of the passage from the given quotes.
(i) Option (1)
(ii) Option (2)
(iii) Option (3)
(iv) Option (4)
3. Which of the characteristics are apt about the writer in BM following context: “I know I have limits and that I’ve them, but I’m going to ignore them and see if or long I can get by with it.”
- Negligent
- Indecisive
- Spontaneous
- Reckless
- Purposeless
- Patient
(i) 2 and 5
(ii) 3 and 6
(iii) 1 and 4
(iv)2 and 3
4.Which of the following will be the most appropriate title for the passage?
(i) Much too soon
(ii) Enough is enough
(iii) How much is too much’
(iv)Have enough to do”
5.The phrase “potentially harmful circumstances” refers to circumstances that can:
(i) certainly be dangerous
(ii) be fairly dangerous
(iii) be possibly dangerous
(iv)seldom be dangerous
6. Select the option that makes the correct use of “unsustainable”, as used in the passage, to fill in the blank space.
(i) In the long run, the………… officials followed emergency procedures.
(ii) Emergency procedures were …… by the officials.
(iii) Officials reported an ,………….set of events during the emergency.
(iv)Officials admit that the emergency system is…………in the longer run.
7. The author attempts to the readers through this write-up.
(i) rebuke
(ii) question
(iii) offer aid to
(iv)offer advice to
8. The author uses colloquial words such as “yeah” and “Woo-hoo. Which of the following is NOT a colloquial word?
(i) Hooked
(ii) Guy
(iii) Stuff
(iv)Stress
9. What does the author mean when he says, “to get our lives in order?
(i) To resume our lives
(ii) To organise our lives
(iii) To rebuild our lives
(iv) To control our lives
10. Choose the option that correctly states the two meanings of ‘outlook’, as used in the passage.
1. A person’s evaluation of life
2.A person’s experiences in life
3.A person’s point of view towards life
4.A person’s regrets in life
5.A person’s general attitude to life
(i) 1 and 4
(ii) 2 and 3
(iii) 3 and 5
(iv)4 and 5
11.The author explains the importance of discipline and boundaries in our lives using the example of:
(i)road accidents
(ii) traffic rules
(iii) lines on the highway
(iv)safe driving
12.What is the messages conveyed in the last paragraph of the passage?
(i) Love what you do
(ii) Love yourself to love others
(iii) Be the best version of yourself
(iv)Be yourself
Answers:-
| 1.(i) constant need for something different. |
| 2. (iv) Option (4) |
| 3. (iii) 1 and 4 |
| 4. (iii) How much is too much’ |
| 5. (iii) be possibly dangerous |
| 6. (iv) Officials admit that the emergency system is……..in the longer run |
| 7. (iv) offer advice to |
| 8. (iv) stress |
| 9. (ii) To organise our lives |
| 10. (iii) (3) and (5) |
| 11. (iii) lines on the highway |
| 12. (iv) Be yourself |
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Unseen Passage English 3: Test Your Comprehension Passage Reading
Read the following unseen passage to test your comprehension passage reading skills:
1. Overpowering prey is it challenge for creatures that do not have Russell’s viper inject poison. Some be non-chemical method – rat snakes. Rid push their pity against the ground, while le power to crush their prey to death. But neatly divided into poisonous and non-poisonous categories.
2. Even speaks listed as non-poisonous aren’t completely free of common Sand Boa, for instance, produces secretions it poisonous to birds. So the species doesn’t take any It crushes its prey and injects poison as an extra step.
3. Do vipers need poison powerful enough to kill hundreds of rats the Just one drop? After all, they eat only one or two at a time.
4. while hunting animals try their worst to kill most efficiently, their prey use any trick to avoid becoming a meal, such as developing immunity to poison. For instance, Californian ground squirrels are resistant to Northern Pacific rattlesnake poison.
5. Competition with prey is not the only thing driving snakes to evolve more and more deadly poison. Snakes also struggle to avoid becoming prey themselves.
6. Some snake killers have partial immunity to poison. Famously, mongooses are highly resistant to cobra poison, and with their speed and agility, kill snakes fearlessly. It would be the death of cobras as species if they didn’t evolve a more deadly poison to stop mongooses.
7. Poison has another important role. It’s an extreme meat softener; specific enzymes break up the insides of the prey. Normally, a reptile depends on the sun’s warm rays to aid digestion.
8. But I wonder if we cannot use venom in our favour. In remote parts of India. local hospitality often involves leather-tough meat. I chew and chew until my jaws ache. If I spit it out or refuse, our hosts would he offended. I swallow like a python stuffing a deer down its throat and hope I don’t choke. If only I had poison.
Based on your comprehension of this unseen passage in English, answer the following questions:
1. For overpowering its prey, a rat snake uses a:
(i) chemical method
(ii) non-chemical method
(iii) Both (i) and (ii)
(iv)None of these
2.Vipers can eat ….. rats at a time.
(i) one or two
(ii) several
(iii) ten
(iv)twenty
3.Which species injects poison as an extra step?
(i) Viper
(ii) Cobra
(iii) Pyton
(iv) Sand Boa
4.Overpowering………. is a challenge for creatures that do not have limbs.
(i) a killer
(ii) humans
(iii) a python
(iv) prey
5.Poison………… meat.
(i) infamous taste of
(ii) hardens
(iii)softens
(iv)breaks down
6.Californian squirrels are ……….. rattle snake poison
(i) afraid of
(ii) helpless against
(iii) resistant to
(iv)indifferent to
7.While hunting animals try their worst to kill?
(i) efficiently
(ii) easily
(iii) Particularly
(iv)fearlessly
8.Snakes also struggle to avoid becoming themselves.
(i) killer
(ii) predator
(iii) prey
(iv)deadly
9.The synonym of the word ‘agility’ is:
(i) lethargy
(ii) swiftness
(iii) drowsiness
(iv)intelligence
10.The synonym of the word ‘deadly is:
(i) lethal
(ii) cruel
(iii) violent
(iv)brutal
11.The antonym of the word ‘resistant’ is:
(i) opposing
(ii) defiant
(iii) susceptible
(iv)unyielding
12.The antonym of the word ‘remote’ is:
(i) distant
(ii) near
(iii) isolated
(iv)unknown
Answers:-
| 1.(ii) non-chemical method |
| 2. (i) One or two |
| 3. (iv) Sand Boa |
| 4. (iv) prey |
| 5. (iii)softens |
| 6. (iii) resistant to |
| 7. (i) efficiently |
| 8. (iii) prey |
| 9. (ii) swiftness |
| 10. (i) lethal |
| 11. (iii) susceptible |
| 12. (ii) near |
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Unseen Passage English 4: Test Your Comprehension Passage Reading
Read the following unseen passage to test your comprehension passage reading skills:
1. A youngster quit Facebook in December after spending over three years on a social networking site. With that one act, he bid a silent adieu to more than 300 contacts that he had added to his account during the period. Last week a new feature on Facebook called timeline forced him to reconsider the pros and cons of being on the networking site. “Everyone has some skeletons in their closet and I am just not comfortable with Facebook digging out and displaying all the facts of my life on a bulletin board,” says this youngster who joined the network in July 2007 when he was in class Xl.
2. Facebook, you see, had compressed the time, he spent on the site and arranged it in chronological order. And while he initially liked the new neatly organised scrapbook-like feature, he wasn’t happy to reveal posts from the past that, until recently, were hidden under layers and layers of recent updates. Just clicking on a date on the timeline could transport his friends back in time and enable them to view every embarrassing comment, link or photo he had posted on his profile.
3. “I think it’s a recipe for disaster,” he says ” In 2007. I had some well posts, which seemed approprite at that time, but now after a lapse of four years. I have moved on and don’t went them to he openly displayed for all to see. And he is not alone, Many users worried about how Facebook activity could possibly after their offline lives, are choosing to commit ‘Facebook suicide.’
While some have privacy concerns, others feel that the site that was meant to bring them closer to their friends actually does the opposite — it reduces their friendship to something superficial “Poking and liking are not enough to keep a friendship going2 says a business analyst. Having quit Facebook three years ago, she prefers meeting her ‘real’ friends face-to-face, instead of reading their trite posts online. “On Facebook, people hype everyday issues including what they ate and where they went on a daily basis.” says this analyst who continues to use Twitter.
4.”Facebook has become a time sink and it could not justify the time I spent on it,” he says. “I spend more time calling up friends or relatives over the phone now. I also go out and meet people whenever passible and have a good offline life. I do not regret the change” Today, Facebook has 800 million users of which 37 million are Indi The site has become an online identity for most, and many of those who decide to quit cannot overcome the withdrawal symptoms and return. Facebook. fully aware of its addictive powers, facilitates this return by allowing users to ‘deactivate their accounts but continues to store information on its servers so that they can return from their break’, whenever they wish.
Based on your comprehension of this unseen passage in English, answer the following questions:
1. What does the youngster talk about in the passage?
(i) Life with addiction of using Facebook
(ii) His life experience with and without Facebook
(iii) Benefits of using Facebook
(iv)All of the above
2. What made him re-think his decision?
(i) Facebook activity
(ii) Hype created of everyday issues through Facebook
(iii) Facebook timeline
(iv)None of the above
3. Which of the following statements is not true?
(i) Facebook has compressed time
(ii) It is not easy to resist Facebook
(iii) It seems to justify our time using Facebook and making new friends
(iv)The site is an online identity for everyone
4. What new term does the speaker coin in the passage?
(i) A recipe for disaster
(ii) Facebook suicide
(iii) Both (i) and (ii)
(iv)None of these
5………..enables the people to view updates from past.
(i) Scrapbook-like feature
(ii) Everything arranged in chronological order
(iii) Posts in layers
(iv)All of the above
6. The same meaning of the word ‘feature’ is ………..
(i) feat
(ii) variety
(iii) type
(iv)characteristic
7.A word from paragraph 1 for ‘advantage’ is:
(i) adieu
(ii) reconsider
(iii) pros
(iv)comfortable
8. The opposite of ‘overcome is ………..
(i) conquer
(ii) yield
(iii) fear
(iv)beat
9.Which word is an antonym of word ‘cease in paragraph 3?
(i) Trite
(ii) Lapse
(iii) Continues
(iv)Displayed
10.What changes were observed in life of the youngster?
(i) Meeting friends in ‘real’ became possible
(ii) Time for calling friends become easier and possible
(iii) The boy is able to do more outing
(iv)All of the above
11.Why does the youngster call Facebook ‘a recipe for disaster’?
(i) Lives are affected offline
(ii) It weakens the bond of friendship
(iii) People have some privacy concern
(iv)All of the above
12.What comes as an advantage with a disadvantage in Facebook?
(i) Its updates are in chronological order
(ii) Hype is created on Facebook
(iii) It facilitates the return of the users
(iv)All of the above
ANSWERS:-
| 1.(ii) His life experience with and without Facebook |
| 2. (iii) Facebook timeline |
| 3. (iii) It seems to justify our time using Facebook and making new friends |
| 4. (ii) Facebook suicide |
| 5. (i) Scrapbook-like feature |
| 6. (iv) characteristic |
| 7. (iii) pros |
| 8. (ii) yield |
| 9. (iii) Continues |
| 10. (iv) All of the above |
| 11. (iv) All of the above |
| 12. (iii) It facilitates the return of the users |
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Unseen Passage English 3: Test Your Comprehension Passage Reading
Read the following unseen passage to test your comprehension passage reading skills:
1. The Road to ‘Success is not straight: there is a curve called failure, a loop called confusion, speed bumps called friends, caution-lights called family, and you will have flats called jobs. But if you have a spark called determination, an engine called perseverance, insurance called faith, and a driver called God, you will make it to a place called success!
2. In spite of all our planning and preparation, unexpected challenges are certain to arise. The bumps in the road are unavoidable, but you’ll never get to your destination if you aren’t willing to drive over them. The difference between a disaster and triumph lies in whether or not you’re prepared and willing to weather the storm. If you’re ready, those bumps will become stepping-stones.
3. The key thing to realise is that working harder is the same as working smarter. How do you work smarter? You just need to have the right skills. People want improved circumstances and better life without an improved self. They want victory without paying the price or making efforts. It really cannot happen without the other. Any improvements that have not been generated by improving yourself are superficial and short-lived. If you want to have a better future, you have to change yourself. Stop worrying about the various challenges that will come your way. Just believe in yourself and use them as stepping-stones.
4. ‘Success’ is getting whatever you want out of life without violating the rights of others. It is not an accident. Success is the result of our attitude and our attitude is a choice. Hence success is a matter of choice and not chance.
5. Today success represents a holistic and positive attitude to life. Attitude is everything. Success is not restricted within some kind of brick and mortar premises. It assumes the individuality of complete act executed with perfection; material achievements do not define life. We don’t remember sports stars for the products they endorse but the spirit of achievement they represent. In the abundance of positive attitude, lie the grandeur of a truly rewarding rich life.
6. Success can be measured from two standpoints—the external and the internal. Externally it is the measure of a job well done and recognition. Internally it is the feeling of achievement and wholeness derived from the completion of a task or fulfilment of desire.
Based on your comprehension of this unseen passage in English, answer the following questions:
1.Which is the most suitable title for the passage?
(i) Unexpected Challenges
(ii) The Road to Success
(iii) Working Smarter
(iv)Stop Worrying
2.Success comes to those who:
(i) can transform bumps to failure
(ii) can transform bumps to stepping-stones
(iii) do not have the right attitude
(iv)do not preserve
3.External success can be defined as:
(i) a feeling of triumph
(ii) feeling of dissatisfaction
(iii) the measure of a job well done and recognition
(iv)a feeling of achievement
4.Friends have been compared to:
(i) destination
(ii) caution lights
(iii) speed bumps
(iv) loops
5.Unexpected challenges are certain to:
(i) arise
(ii) be defeated
(iii) withdraw
(iv) go down
6.The bumps or hardships are the to success.
(i) destination
(ii) skills
(iii) stepping-stones
(iv) planning
7.’Weather the storm’ means:
(i) a difficult situation
(ii) to face any challenge that meets a person
(iii) to go out on a stormy day
(iv) an easy situation
8.Success Is a matter of:
(i) choke
(ii) rigid attitude
(iii) way to live
(iv) chance
9.The antonym or surplus’ in the passage in paragraph 5 is:
(i) abundance
(ii) represent
(iii) restricted
(iv) grandeur
10.The antonym of ‘commencement’ in the passage in paragraph 6 is:
(i)recognition
(ii) achievement
(iii) completion
(iv) success
11.The antonym of ‘deep’ in the passage in paragraph 3 is:
(i) harder
(ii) superficial
(iii) improvement
(iv) generated
12.The synonym of ‘victory’ in the passage in paragraph 2 is:
(i) planning
(ii) preparation
(iii) triumph
(iv) challenges
ANSWERS:-
| 1. (ii) The Road to Success |
| 2. (ii) can transform bumps to stepping-stones |
| 3.(iii) the measure of a job well done and recognition |
| 4.(iii) speed bumps |
| 5.(i) arise |
| 6.(iii) stepping-stones |
| 7.(ii) to face any challenge that meets a person |
| 8.(i) choice |
| 9.(iii) restricted |
| 10.(iii) completion |
| 11.(ii) superficial |
| 12.(iii) triumph |
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