9th English PYQ 2022-2025 MAIN EXAM PAPER ALL QUESTIONS

MP Board Class 9th English Previous Year Questions (2022-2025)

Yahan aapko Class 9th English ke pichle 4 saalon ke sabhi important Questions, MCQs aur Extracts milenge. Ye content MP Board ke latest pattern par adharit hai.

Section-A (Reading)

Q. 1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
  • Sardar Patel was called 'the Iron man of India' (2022)
  • Sir Philip Sydney fell mortally wounded at the famous battle of Zutaphen (2023)
  • Chandrayaan-1 was India's first mission to the moon (2024)
  • A tree is a woody plant usually with a stem (2025)
Q. 2. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
  • Helen Keller lost her eye-sight and hearing at the age of two (2022)
  • Chewang Norphel came up with the idea of artificial glaciers (2023)
  • Education holds a crucial role in human life (2024)
  • Ramcharitmanas is the holy book of Hindus (2025)

Section-B (Writing)

Q. 3. Read the following passage and make notes on it and also give a suitable title to it:
  • Passage regarding planning to go on a vacation on foot (2022)
  • Passage regarding the creation and geography of Madhya Pradesh (2023)
  • Passage regarding Global Warming and human activities (2024)
  • Passage regarding Garbage as a great environmental hazard (2025)

Section-B (Writing)

Q. 4. Letter and Application Writing:
  • Write an application to the Principal of your school asking for three days leave, as you are ill. (2022)
  • Write an application to your principal requesting him for fee concession. (Vallabh Tiwari / Rajesh / Seema) (2023, 2025)
  • Write an application to your Principal requesting her to issue you School Leaving Certificate. (Nishu from Indergarh) (2024)
  • --- OR ---
  • Write a letter to your friend inviting him to attend your sister's marriage ceremony. (Rahul / Samarth / Manik) (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Write a letter to your friend thanking her for the birthday present. (Manas from Guna) (2025)

Section-B (Writing Continued)

Q. 5. Write an essay on any one of the following topics in about 150 words:
  • An Indian Festival / Deepawali (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Wonders of Science / Science and Technology / Science in our Daily Life (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Importance of Trees / Environmental Pollution (2022, 2024, 2025)
  • My Hobby (2022, 2023)
  • Value of Games and Sports (2024)
  • Man and Mobile (2023)
  • My Aim in Life (2025)
  • My Favourite Book (2025)
--- OR (Paragraph Writing) ---
  • Importance of English (2025)
  • Trees are Green Gold / Modern Technology (2023)
Q. 6. Look at the picture given below and write a short paragraph:
  • Importance of Trees / Environment Protection (Man cutting tree) (2022, 2024)
  • How to keep ourselves Fit and Healthy (Healthy Life Diagram) (2023)
  • Railway Station Scene (2025)

Section-C (Grammar)

Q. 7. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternative given in the brackets: Articles (a/an/the)
  • He is _______ engineer. (a/an/the) (2022)
  • _______ sun rises in the east. (a/an/the) (2023, 2025)
  • Mankunwar was _______ honest lady. (a/an/the) (2024)
Determiners (much/many/any/some)
  • There is not _______ water in the pool. (much/many/any/some) (2022, 2025)
  • How _______ pages did you read? (much/many) (2023)
  • Did you see _______ lion in the forest? (some/any) (2022)
  • Sujata did not buy _______ thing from market. (some/any/much) (2024)
Tenses & Verbs
  • Sharad/Neha _______ watching TV when the power went off. (was/were) (2022, 2024)
  • We were making kites when father _______. (arrive/arrived) (2023)
  • The patient had died before the doctor _______. (arrives/arrived) (2024)
  • Hindi _______ the official language of MP. (is/are/has) (2025)
Prepositions & Conjunctions
  • Christmas/Human Rights Day is celebrated _______ 10th/25th December. (in/on/at) (2023, 2025)
  • Rajesh is poor _______ honest. (but/and/so) (2025)
  • Anita is taller _______ Sanjay. (from/than) (2022)
Q. 8. Do as directed (Any five): Voice Change (Active to Passive)
  • He eats bananas. / Mother makes tea. (2022, 2025)
  • The boys are flying kites. / Rohan speaks English. (2023, 2024)
Negative & Interrogative
  • Rohan speaks English. / Sushil did his duty well. (Change into Negative) (2023, 2024)
  • I have taken tea. (Change into Interrogative) (2022)
  • Poorvi sings a song. (Change into Negative) (2025)
Sentence Combination (so...that, because, but, unless)
  • He is very lazy. He cannot get up in time. (Use so...that) (2024, 2025)
  • The train was delayed. The weather was bad. (Use because) (2023)
  • He worked very hard. He could not pass. (Use but) (2022)
  • If you work hard, you will pass. (Use unless) (2023)
Rearrange Jumbled Words
  • I/stand/on/one leg/can/. (2022)
  • Your book/?/Can/you/give me. (2023, 2024)
  • Hair/Pallavi/cut/her. (2025)

Section-D (Textbook MCQs)

Q. 9. Answer the following questions by choosing the correct option:
1. Where did Tommy find the book? (2022, 2024)
  • In a library
  • In his house
  • In his friend's house
  • In a public library
2. What does 'Yellow Woods' mean? (2023, 2025)
  • Falling leaves
  • Forest with yellow leaves in autumn
  • Wood of yellow color
  • None of these
3. Which award was given to Evelyn in 1991? (2022, 2025)
  • Soloist of the year
  • Painter of the year
  • Teacher of the year
  • Student of the year
4. What did Bismillah Khan play on 15th August 1947? (2023, 2024)
  • Pungi
  • Shehnai
  • Flute
  • Sitar
5. What did Kezia's grandmother ask her to make for her father's birthday? (2023, 2024)
  • A card
  • A pin-cushion
  • A gift bag
  • A photo frame
6. Who is the author of the lesson "My Childhood"? (2022, 2025)
  • A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Katherine Mansfield
  • Isaac Asimov
  • Deborah Cowley
7. What kind of a person was Santosh Yadav? (2023)
  • A rebel
  • A hard working
  • Determined
  • All of these
8. Why did the poet choose the second road? (2022)
  • Because it was better
  • Because it was grassier and wanted wear
  • Because it was easy
  • None of these

Question 10 (A): Prose Extracts (Beehive)

Extract 1: The Sound of Music
"Evelyn Glennie's loss of hearing had been gradual. Her mother remembers noticing something was wrong when the eight-year-old Evelyn was waiting to play the piano..."
1. Evelyn's deafness was first noticed at the age of: (2022, 2024)
  • Eight
  • Eleven
  • Two
2. Who helped her to continue with music? (2023, 2025)
  • Her mother
  • Ron Forbes
  • James Blades
3. What was Evelyn's mother's name? (2022)
  • Isabel Glennie
  • Deborah Cowley
  • Katherine
Extract 2: My Childhood
"Every child is born, with some inherited characteristics, into a specific socio-economic and emotional environment, and trained in certain ways by figures of authority."
1. From which lesson has this extract been taken? (2023, 2024)
  • My Childhood
  • The Fun They Had
  • The Little Girl
2. Who is the 'child' referred to here? (2024, 2025)
  • Albert Einstein
  • A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
  • Tommy
3. Abdul Kalam inherited 'honesty and self-discipline' from his: (2023, 2025)
  • Father
  • Mother
  • Teachers

Question 10 (B): Poetry Extracts (Beehive)

Extract 1: The Road Not Taken
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both..."
1. What does 'Yellow wood' represent? (2023, 2025)
  • Autumn season
  • Spring season
  • Winter season
2. Name the poet: (2022, 2025)
  • Robert Frost
  • Phoebe Cary
  • Coates Kinney
Extract 2: Wind
"Wind, come softly. Don't break the shutters of the windows. Don't scatter the papers. Don't throw down the books on the shelf."
1. Whom does the poet request to come softly? (2022, 2024)
  • The Rain
  • The Wind
  • The Storm
2. What should the wind not scatter? (2024)
  • Books
  • Papers
  • Windows

Question 10 (A): Prose Extracts (Beehive)

Extract 1: The Sound of Music
"Evelyn Glennie's loss of hearing had been gradual. Her mother remembers noticing something was wrong when the eight-year-old Evelyn was waiting to play the piano..."
1. Evelyn's deafness was first noticed at the age of: (2022, 2024)
  • Eight
  • Eleven
  • Two
2. Who helped her to continue with music? (2023, 2025)
  • Her mother
  • Ron Forbes
  • James Blades
3. What was Evelyn's mother's name? (2022)
  • Isabel Glennie
  • Deborah Cowley
  • Katherine
Extract 2: My Childhood
"Every child is born, with some inherited characteristics, into a specific socio-economic and emotional environment, and trained in certain ways by figures of authority."
1. From which lesson has this extract been taken? (2023, 2024)
  • My Childhood
  • The Fun They Had
  • The Little Girl
2. Who is the 'child' referred to here? (2024, 2025)
  • Albert Einstein
  • A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
  • Tommy
3. Abdul Kalam inherited 'honesty and self-discipline' from his: (2023, 2025)
  • Father
  • Mother
  • Teachers

Question 10 (B): Poetry Extracts (Beehive)

Extract 1: The Road Not Taken
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both..."
1. What does 'Yellow wood' represent? (2023, 2025)
  • Autumn season
  • Spring season
  • Winter season
2. Name the poet: (2022, 2025)
  • Robert Frost
  • Phoebe Cary
  • Coates Kinney
Extract 2: Wind
"Wind, come softly. Don't break the shutters of the windows. Don't scatter the papers. Don't throw down the books on the shelf."
1. Whom does the poet request to come softly? (2022, 2024)
  • The Rain
  • The Wind
  • The Storm
2. What should the wind not scatter? (2024)
  • Books
  • Papers
  • Windows

Section-D (Literature - Beehive)

Q. 11. Answer the following questions in about 30 words (Any six): Chapter 1: The Fun They Had
  • What is a tele book? (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • What did Margie write in her diary? (2025)
Chapter 2: The Sound of Music
  • At what age was Evelyn's deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed? (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • How does Evelyn hear music? (2023)
  • Who helped Evelyn to continue with music? (2025)
  • Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi? (2025)
  • Name five kinds of flutes. (2023)
Chapter 3: The Little Girl
  • Why was Kezia afraid of her father? (2024)
  • Who were the people in Kezia's family? (2022, 2023, 2025)
  • What gift did Kezia prepare for her father? (2023)
Chapter 4: A Truly Beautiful Mind
  • Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt? (2024)
  • What did the headmaster say about Einstein? (2023)
  • In what subject was Einstein much interested? (2025)
Chapter 5: The Snake and the Mirror
  • Describe the doctor's house. (2023)
Chapter 6: My Childhood
  • Where was Abdul Kalam's house? (2024)
  • How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages? (2023, 2025)
  • Who were Abdul Kalam's school friends? What did they later become? (2022, 2023)
Chapter 8: Reach for the Top
  • Why was Santosh Yadav sent to the local school? (2022, 2023)
  • What was the achievement of Santosh Yadav? (2025)
Chapter 9: The Bond of Love
  • How did Bruno and the author's wife react when they met at Mysore zoo? (2022, 2023)
Chapter 10: Kathmandu
  • What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a Porcupine? (2022, 2023, 2024)
Chapter 11: If I Were You
  • Why did the intruder not kill Gerrard immediately? (2024)

Section-D (Literature - Poetry)

Q. 12. Answer the following questions in about 30 words (Any Two): The Road Not Taken
  • Where does the traveller find himself? (2023)
  • What do yellow woods represent? (2024)
Wind
  • What should we do to make friends with the wind? (2024)
  • What does the poet advise in the poem 'Wind'? (2025)
Rain on the Roof
  • What sound do the raindrops make? (2023)
  • What do you mean by 'humid shadow' in the poem 'Rain on the Roof'? (2025)
The Duck and the Kangaroo
  • What did the duck promise the Kangaroo? (2022, 2023)
A Legend of the Northland
  • How did the Saint Peter punish the old lady? (2024)
  • What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for? (2025)
On Killing a Tree
  • How does a tree become strong? (2022, 2023)
The Snake Trying
  • How is the snake's body? (2022, 2023)

Section-D (Literature - Moments)

Q. 13. Answer the following questions in about 30 words (Any Two): The Lost Child
  • Who rescued the lost child? What did he offer to buy him? (2024)
  • What did the child see at the sweet meat shop? (2023)
  • When does the child realise that he has lost his way? (2025)
The Adventures of Toto
  • Why did grandfather decide to take Toto to Saharanpur? (2024)
In the Kingdom of Fools
  • Name all the people who are tried in king's court. (2022, 2023)
  • Who become the king and the prime minister of the kingdom? (2023)
  • Why does the disciple decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fools? (2025)
The Happy Prince
  • For whom does the prince send the sapphires? (2022, 2023)
The Last Leaf
  • Who was Behrman? / What was his ambition? (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • What illness did Johnsy have? Who looked after her? (2022, 2023)

Section-D (Literature - Moments)

Q. 13. Answer the following questions in about 30 words (Any Two): The Lost Child
  • Who rescued the lost child? What did he offer to buy him? (2024)
  • What did the child see at the sweet meat shop? (2023)
  • When does the child realise that he has lost his way? (2025)
The Adventures of Toto
  • Why did grandfather decide to take Toto to Saharanpur? (2024)
In the Kingdom of Fools
  • Name all the people who are tried in king's court. (2022, 2023)
  • Who become the king and the prime minister of the kingdom? (2023)
  • Why does the disciple decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fools? (2025)
The Happy Prince
  • For whom does the prince send the sapphires? (2022, 2023)
The Last Leaf
  • Who was Behrman? / What was his ambition? (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • What illness did Johnsy have? Who looked after her? (2022, 2023)

Section-D (Long Answer Questions)

Q. 14. Answer the following questions in about 75 words: Beehive: Prose
  • Where did Bismillah Khan play the Shehnai on 15th August, 1947? Why was the event historic? (2024)
  • How does Evelyn hear music? (2022, 2023)
  • What characteristics did Abdul Kalam inherit from his parents? (2022, 2023)
  • Who were Abdul Kalam's school friends? What did they later become? (2025)
  • Why does the world remember Einstein as a 'World Citizen'? (2025)
  • Why did the policeman stop the party of Westerners in the temple? (2022, 2023)
--- OR ---
  • What incident during the Everest expedition show Santosh's concern for her teammates? (2024)
Q. 15. Answer the following questions in about 75 words: Beehive: Poetry Central Ideas
  • Write the central idea of the poem "The Road Not Taken". (2023, 2025)
  • What is the message of the poem "Wind"? (2024)
  • What is the central idea of the poem "A Legend of Northland"? (2023, 2024)
  • What is the meaning of "bleeding bark"? What makes it bleed? (2022, 2023)
--- OR ---
  • How does the poet react to his loved one's death? (A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal). (2025)
  • Why does the poet want the snake to be spared? (2022, 2023)

Section-D (Long Answer Questions - Moments)

Q. 16. Answer the following questions in about 75 words: Moments: Supplementary Reader
  • "Toto was a pretty monkey." In what sense is Toto pretty? / Explain. (2023, 2025)
  • Justify the title of the story "The Kingdom of Fools" in your own words. (2024)
  • What are the precious things mentioned in the story 'The Happy Prince'? Why are they precious? (2022, 2025)
--- OR ---
  • What is Johnsy's illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live? (2023)
  • What is Behrman's Masterpiece? What makes Sue say so? (2022)
  • Why do the courtiers call the Prince "the happy prince"? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him? (2024)

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