TUITION CLASS TEST – 2026

CLASS: IX

Time Allowed: 1½ Hours
Maximum Marks: 40

(11 × 2 = 22 Marks)

Q1. What did Tommy find in the attic of his house, and what did its pages look like?

Q2. Why did Tommy think printed books were a waste?

Q3. Why was Margie's mother unhappy with her performance in geography?

Q4. Who first noticed that Evelyn Glennie was losing her hearing, and how was the problem discovered?

Q5. Mention any two places where Evelyn Glennie gives free performances.

Q6. Why did Emperor Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?

Q7. Who transformed the pungi into the shehnai? Why was the new instrument called the shehnai?

Q8. What problem did the traveler face when he came to the fork in the road?

Q9. Which road did the traveler choose, and what was special about it?

Q10. Why does the poet want to live on the Lake Isle of Innisfree?

Q11. Where was the poet when he heard the lake water lapping in his heart?

(6 × 3 = 18 Marks)

Q12. How did the County Inspector repair Margie’s mechanical teacher? What did he tell her mother?

Q13. How were the schools and teachers of the past different from Margie’s school and mechanical teacher?

Q14. How did Ron Forbes help Evelyn Glennie learn to feel music through different parts of her body?

Q15. Why did Ustad Bismillah Khan refuse to settle permanently in America?

Q16. Why did the traveler think that he would probably never return to take the first road?

Q17. Describe the peaceful life that the poet wishes to enjoy on the Lake Isle of Innisfree.