There are 11 questions in the paper divided into three sections - Reading, Writing & Grammar, and Literature.
Section-wise Weightage
| Section | Topic | Marks |
| A | Reading Skills | 20 |
| B | Writing Skills with Grammar | 30 |
| C | Literature Textbooks and Extended Reading Text | 30 |
| Total | 80 |
The annual examination is of 80 marks, with a duration of three hours.
Section A: Reading
This section will have two reading passages.
Q.1: A Factual passage 300-350 words with eight very Short Answer type Questions. [8 marks]
Q.2: A Discursive passage of 350-400 words with four Short Answer type Questions to test inference, evaluation and analysis with four Very Short Answer Questions to test vocabulary. [12 marks]
Section B: Writing and Grammar
Q.3: Writing a diary/article in about 100-120 words based on visual or verbal cue/s. The questions will be thematically based on the prescribed books. [8 marks]
Q.4: Writing a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 200- 50 words. [12 marks]
The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas in class IX:
- Tenses
- Modals (have to/had to, must, should, need, ought to and their negative forms)
- Use of passive voice
- Subject – verb concord
- Reporting
- Commands and requests
- Statements
- Questions
- Clauses:
- Noun clauses
- Adverb clauses of condition and time
- Relative clauses
- Determiners
- Prepositions
The above items may be tested through test types as given below:
Q.5: Gap filling with one or two words to test Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions and Tenses. [3 marks]
Q.6: Editing or Omission [4 marks]
Q.7: Sentences reordering or Sentence Transformation in context. [3 marks]
Section C: Literature Textbooks
Q.8: One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/play for reference to the context. Four Very Short Answer Questions: two questions of one mark each on global comprehension and two questions of one mark each on interpretation. [4 marks]
Q.9: Four Short Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE AND MOMENTS to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas (30-40 words each) [2×4=8 Marks]
Q.10: One out two long answer type questions to assess how the values inherent in the texts have been brought out (BEEHIVE & MOMENTS). Creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts will be assessed. (100-120 words) [8 marks]
Q.11: One out of two Very Long Answer Questions on theme or plot involving interpretation and inference and character sketch in about 150-200 words based on prescribed extended reading text. [10 Marks]
Prescribed Books
Published by NCERT
- BEEHIVE - Textbook for Class IX
- MOMENTS - Supplementary Reader for Class IX
Extended Reading Texts (either one)
- Gulliver’s Travels (unabridged) by Jonathan Swift
- Three Men in a Boat (unabridged) by Jerome. K. Jerome