SSC (English Medium) 9th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Using the information given in the passage, write a short note on the following in your mother tongue.

The paintings of Raza

Using the information given in the passage, write a short note on the following in your mother tongue.

Gond art

Read the following from the Language Study pages:

• adjective clause
• adverb clause
• noun clause

Find one example of each from the passages. (Note the linking word when you do that.)

After your SSC Exams/Result, you may have to take a decision regarding the choice of a career. What factors will you consider?

Choose from the block below and complete the web-diagram.

1. Is the option easy/difficult?
2. Your capability
3. Your likes/dislikes
4. Friends’ decision
5. Parents’ profession
6. Your skills/inborn talents
7. Study the ‘Job Profile’ carefully
8. Easy money
9. Possible difficulties
10. Your ultimate aim

Read the poem again. Does it have a uniform rhyme scheme throughout?

Write down the rhyme scheme of every stanza separately.

• 1st stanza ______
• 2nd stanza ______
• 3rd stanza ______
• 4th stanza ______.

Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.

Choice of two options.

Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.

I made a rare choice.

Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.

Equally good options.

Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.

It was tempting and needed to be tried.

Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.

Some other time.

Rearrange the following facts in the proper order and fill in the flow chart.

1. He chooses the one barely travelled.
2. Choosing the lesser-used road has made a great difference.
3. He observed one, as far as he could.
4. The traveller came to a fork in the road.
5. He planned to travel along with the previous one some other time.

Form pairs or groups of four. Think of the situations when you have to choose between two things. Make a list of those situations. Some of them may be minor or trivial things - for example, what to wear when going out. Some choices may be related to important things, for example, having to decide between games and studies, whether to confront a close friend about something that he/she did, owning up to your mistakes, etc.

1. Discuss how to decide what to choose.
2. Write about what you feel when your decision proves right.
3. Write about what you feel when you regret the decision.

From any collection of classic poetry or the internet, find another famous poem by Robert Frost titled ‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’. Try to understand the symbolism used in that poem in 8-10 lines.

List the materials that man has used for the following purposes in the different ages.

List words from your mother tongue or from Hindi which do not have an exact English equivalent. Try to write their meaning in English.

Now, list at least twenty English words that do not have an exact equivalent in your mother tongue.

Browse the internet to find names of people /places, etc. in any language that is not familiar to you. Can you pronounce the names correctly? How will you find the correct pronunciation?

Read the remaining part of the original story.

Make as many 5 to 8 letter words as you can within 5 minutes, from the name.

How does the following character in the story live up to their name? Provide points from the story.

Tengumai Bopsulai