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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – II, 2012
EC 1011
ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE
Class - IX
Maximum Marks : 80 Time : 3 hours
Instructions :
The question paper is divided into four sections. Section A Section B Section C Section D : : : : Reading Writing Grammar Literature 20 marks 25 marks 20 marks 25 marks
SECTION - A (Reading – 20 Marks)
1. Read the following passage carefully : Within six months of becoming a graduate Chandran began to receive suggestions from relatives and elderly friends of the family as to what he should do with himself. Till this time it had never occurred to him that he ought to be doing any thing at all. But now, wherever he went, he was pestered with the question,” Now what do you propose to do?” “ I have not thought of anything yet.” “Why don‟t you go to Madras and study Law?” There was his uncle in Nellore who