Gap Filling Exercises for Class 9 CBSE With Answers

Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below. Write your answers in the answer sheets against the correct blank number. Do not copy the entire passage.

Question 1.
My friend Prakash, his brother and I decided to go (a) ________ a trek to the Himalayas. None of us had any experience, (b) ________ Prakash was acquainted with the do’s and don’ts (c) ________ such and expedition. In the few days left for preparation, we (d) ________ books available (e) ________ the subject.

(a) (i) on
(ii) in
(iii) for
(iv) to
Answer:
(i) on

(b) (i) that
(ii) who
(iii) and
(iv) but
Answer:
(iv) but

(d) (i) read
(ii) reading
(iii) reads
(iv) red
Answer:
(i) read

(e) (i) in
(ii) on
(iii) at
(iv) from
Answer:
(ii) on

Question 2.
Swashraya Vidyalaya is (a) ________ residential school (b) ________ orphans and poor children (c) ________ given free food, shelter and education. (d) ________ as the number of children admitted (e) ________ the school has increased, the school has to find additional sources of money.

(a) (i) the
(ii) one
(iii) a
(iv) an
Answer:
(iii) a

(b) (i) where
(ii) when
(iii) which
(iv) that
Answer:
(i) where

(d) (i) Even
(ii) If
(iii) Moreover
(iv) However
Answer:
(iv) However

Question 3.
When I started painting, I (a)_______ hesitant to apply the brush and rollers (b) ______ the building’s sandstone exterior (c) _______ of my inexperience. The family that owned the business (d) ______ that and (e) _______ day I finished my first side the nearby worker applauded my effort.

(a) (i) was
(ii) is
(iii) am
(iv) are
Answer:
(i) was

(b) (i) of
(ii) on
(iii) to
(iv) in
Answer:
(iii) to

(d) (i) know
(ii) known
(iii) knew
(iv) knows
Answer:
(iii) knew

(e) (i) a
(ii) the
(iii) an
(iv) his
Answer:
(ii) the

Question 4.
The first ever manned airplane (a)_______ can fly (b)_______ day or night (c) _______ solor power alone, (d) _______ in the dark (e) _______ a major south—western US airport.

(a) (i) and
(ii) but
(iii) who
(iv) that
Answer:
(iv) that

(b) (i) in
(ii) through
(iii) by
(iv) over
Answer:
(iii) by

(d) (i) land
(ii) landed
(iii) landing
(iv) lands
Answer:
(ii) landed

(e) (i) in
(ii) at
(iii) on
(iv) upon
Answer:
(ii) at

Question 5.
A mask is (a)______ to hide the identity of (b) ______ person wearing it. Criminals often wear it for this reason. Masks may also be worn (c) ______ have fun. At one time masked balls called masquerades (d) ______ very popular (e)______ Europe.

(a) (i) use
(ii) using
(iii) uses
(iv) used
Answer:
(iv) used

(b) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) his
Answer:
(i) a

(d) (i) was
(ii) were
(iii) is
(iv) are
Answer:
(ii) were

(e) (i) at
(ii) in
(iii) for
(iv) with
Answer:
(ii) in

Question 6.
King Bhoj wa (a) ______ wise and just ruler who (b)______ in Ujjain. He (c) ______ and encouraged great Sc olars, poets (d) ______ wise men (e)______ his court.

(a) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) him
Answer:
(i) a

(b) (i) was living
(ii) had lived
(iii) lived
(iv) has lived
Answer:
(iii) lived

(d) (i) but
(ii) that
(iii) the
(iv) who
Answer:
(iii) the

(e) (i) at
(ii) on
(iii) in
(iv) for
Answer:
(iii) in

Question 7.
The story of Robinson Crusoe (a) ______ based on a real life incident. (b) ______ son of a cobbler, Aiexander Selkirk, was a wayward young man with (c) ______ respect for authority Harsh conditions (d) ______ sea and the cruelty of the captains made the sailors miserable in those days. It was not surprising that Alexander became rebellious (e) ______ he became a sailor.

(a) (i) is
(ii) are
(iii) am
(iv) was
Answer:
(i) is

(b) (i) A
(ii) An
(iii) The
(iv) His
Answer:
(iii) The

(d) (i) at
(ii) on
(iii) in
(iv) with
Answer:
(i) at

(e) (i) when
(ii) while
(iii) as
(iv) where
Answer:
(i) when

Question 8.
In Uganda, small pox was a fatal disease. Once it struck a village, it (a) ______ through it like a plague, destroying hundreds, blinding and disfiguring (b) _____ rest. There (c) _____ no known remedy. It was the custom to put the sick (d) ________ little huts outside the village and abandon them to (e) ______.

(a) (i) spreads
(ii) spread
(iii) had spread
(iv) has spread
Answer:
(ii) spread

(b) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) his
Answer:
(iii) the

(d) (i) on
(ii) of
(iii) into
(iv) at
Answer:
(iii) into

(e) (i) death
(ii) dying
(iii) die
(iv) dies
Answer:
(iii) die

Question 9.
People today have (a)______ insensitive to (b) _____ suffering and injustice that surround (c) _______. They have (d) ______ the old ways (e) _____ giving and have not yet learnt the new.

(a) (i) becomes
(ii) becoming
(iii) became
(iv) become
Answer:
(iv) become

(b) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) his
Answer:
(iii) the

(d) (i) forget
(ii) forgotten
(iii) forgotten
(iv) forgetting
Answer:
(ii) forgotten

(e) (1) in
(ii) of
(iii) at
(iv) on
Answer:
(ii) of

Question 10.
Possible batting has (a) ______ mindless batting (b) ______ the power play overs (c) ______ IPL. Most of the teams preferred to keep wickets intact in (d) ______ first six overa (e)______ stepping on the gas pedal in the death overs.

(a) (i) replace
(ii) replaces
(iii) replaced
(iv) replacing
Answer:
(iii) replaced

(b) (i) in
(ii) on
(iii) during
(iv) at
Answer:
(iii) during

(d) (i) R
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) that
Answer:
(iii) the

(e) (i) after
(ii) before
(iii) by
(iv) since
Answer:
(ii) before

Question 11.
Documentation is a (a)______ essential part (b)______ any software. After consulting the documentation one will quickly get (c)______ idea of the scope of the software. The software should clearly (d) ______ the aims and objectives for which (e) ______ is made.

(a) (i) most
(ii) very
(iii) lot of
(iv) many
Answer:
(ii) very

(b) (i) in
(ii) of
(iii) at
(iv) upon
Answer:
(ii) of

(d) (i) mention
(ii) mentions
(iii) mentioning
(iv) mentioned
Answer:
(i) mention

(e) (i) it’s
(ii) they
(iii) all
(iv) it
Answer:
(iv) it

Question 12.
Growing old is inevitable but yoga (a) __________ all the symptoms (b) ______ ageing that (c) ______ old age so miserable. When the body (d) ______ to slow down, the heart does not (e) ______ blood very efficiently.

(a) (i) preventing
(ii) prevent
(iii) prevents
(iv) prevented
Answer:
(iii) prevents

(b) (i) in
(ii) at
(iii) of
(iv) on
Answer:
(iii) of

(d) (i) beginning
(ii) begins
(iii) begun
(iv) began
Answer:
(ii) begins

(e) (i) pump
(ii) pumps
(iii) pumped
(iv) pumping
Answer:
(i) pump

Question 13.
Any software (a) _______ is developed (b) _______ a particular purpose needs to be tested for its error-free operation. The designer programmer (c) _______ other consultants (d) _______ involved in the (e)_______ of the courseware.

(a) (i) it
(ii) which
(iii) since
(iv) as
Answer:
(ii) which

(b) (i) of
(ii) for
(iii) at
(iv) in
Answer:
(ii) for

(d) (i) is
(ii) are
(iii) am
(iv) was
Answer:
(ii) are

(e) (i) test
(ii) tested
(iii) testing
(iv) tests
Answer:
(iii) testing

Question 14.
Pesticides made with botanical oils (a) _______ derived from plants (b) _______ are known to have insecticidal properties. It is important to remember that just because (c) ______ pesticide is derived (d) ______ a plant does not mean that it is safe for humans (e) _______ other mammals or that it cannot kill a wide variety of other life.

(a) (i) is
(ii) are
(iii) am
(iv) are
Answer:
(ii) are

(b) (i) and
(ii) or
(iii) but
(iv) that
Answer:
(iv) that

(d) (i) for
(ii) from
(iii) into
(iv) after
Answer:
(ii) from

(e) (i) a
(ii) the
(iii) and
(iv) for
Answer:
(iii) and

Question 15.
Kansai International Airport (a)_______ opened for business (b)_______ 4th September 1944. It’s one of (e)_______ only two artificial (d) _______ visible from space. The (e)_______ is the Great wall of China.

(a) (i) is
(ii) was
(iii) were
(iv) are
Answer:
(ii) was

(b) (i) in
(ii) on
(iii) from
(iv) by
Answer:
(ii) on

(d) (i) structures
(ii) structure
(iii) structural
(iv) structurial
Answer:
(i) structures

(e) (i) next
(ii) first
(iii) other
(iv) others
Answer:
(iii) other

Question 16.
A new research (a) _______identified an essential circuit within the developing visual system that (b) _______ dictate (c) _______ the eyes connect to the brain, and has implications (d)_______ treating amblyopia. It is a vision disorder that (e) _______ when the brain ignores one eye in favour of the other.

(a) (i) has
(ii) will
(iii) was
(iv) of
Answer:
(i) has

(b) (i) was helped
(ii) are helped
(iii) helping
(iv) helps
Answer:
(iv) helps

(d) (i) since
(ii) for
(iii) of
(iv) from
Answer:
(ii) for

(e) (i) occurring
(ii) occurs
(iii) had occurred
(iv) on
Answer:
(ii) occurs

Question 17.
We often say (a) _______ society has degenerated. It is absolutely wrong. It is not society alone. All of us (b) _______ deteriorated. The desire to gain materialistic benefits has (e) _______ us lose our cherished values. There is a complete administrative, moral, and social failure. Today is (d) _______ time to (e) _______ vigilant and alert.

(a) (i) which
(ii) who
(iii) that
(iv) but
Answer:
(iii) that

(b) (i) is
(ii) was
(iii) has
(iv) have
Answer:
(iv) have

(d) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) his
Answer:
(iii) the

(e) (i) and
(ii) or
(iii) but
(iv) become
Answer:
(iv) become

Question 18.
Heat stroke occurs (a)_______ the body loses (b) _______ ability to regulate heat. As a result, the body (e) _______ severely over heated. If left untreated, (d)_______ can result in death (e) ______ minutes.

(a) (i) who
(ii) where
(iii) when
(iv) where
Answer:
(iii) when

(b) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) his
Answer:
(iii) the

(e) (i) gets
(ii) got
(iii) get
(iv) getting
Answer:
(i) gets

(d) (i) that
(ii) then
(iii) this
(iv) there
Answer:
(iii) this

(e) (i) with
(ii) within
(iii) after
(iv) before
Answer:
(ii) within

Question 19.
Tourism (a)_______ our country in (b)_______ ways. It generates jobs (c) _______ the people. We also (d)_______ a lot (e)_______ foreign exchange.

(a) (i) benefit
(ii) benefits
(iii) benefited
(iv) benefiting
Answer:
(ii) benefits

(b) (i) much
(ii) many
(iii) too much
(iv) plenty
Answer:
(ii) many

(d) (i) earn
(ii) earns
(iii) had earned
(iv) was earning
Answer:
(i) earn

(e) (i) in
(ii) at
(iii) of
(iv) by
Answer:
(iii) of

Question 20.
Not many people (a)______ the magnitude (b)______ the extent of the scientific-technological re solution in which we are involved. Today there is no other influence comparable (c) _______ science in changing the foundations of our lives. Our very existence is so completely dependent on science and technology that it (d) ______. 5e impossible (e)_______ materially alter our present methods.

(a) (i) appreciate
(ii) appreciating
(iii) appreciates
(iv) appreciated
Answer:
(i) appreciate

(b) (i) and
(ii) or
(iii) of
(iv) on
Answer:
(i) and

(d) (i) will
(ii) would
(iii) could
(iv) can
Answer:
(ii) would

(e) (i) by
(ii) with
(iii) to
(iv) on
Answer:
(iii) to

Question 21.
Insects (a) _______ small creatures. They (b) _______ mostly six legs (c) _______ a body divided (d) _______ three parts. Insects are everywhere and (e) ______ plenty.

(a) (i) is
(ii) are
(iii) was
(iv) were
Answer:
(ii) are

(b) (i) has
(ii) have
(iii) had
(iv) be
Answer:
(ii) have

(d) (i) by
(ii) in
(iii) of
(iv) into
Answer:
(iv) into

(e) (i) in
(ii) at
(iii) with
(iv) on
Answer:
(i) in

Question 22.
Los Angeles, Frank Gehry (a)______ well known (b)______ his striking and inventive creations. (e) ______ Bilbao, he has designed a truly iconic building that now (d) ______ the city on postcards (e) ______ photographs around the world.

(a) (i) am
(ii) is
(iii) are
(iv) were
Answer:
(ii) is

(b) (i) about
(ii) on
(iii) because
(iv) for
Answer:
(iv) for

(d) (i) represents
(ii) represent
(iii) represented
(iv) representing
Answer:
(i) represents

(e) (i) on
(ii) and
(iii) with
(iv) from
Answer:
(ii) and

Question 23.
Kodanadu lies (a)______ the southern bank of Periya (b) ______ the scenic beauty of the high ranges. It (c) _______ 45 km from Cochin city (d) _______. 12 km to (e) ________ east of Perumbavoor town.

(a) (i) in
(ii) near
(iii) on
(iv) by
Answer:
(iii) on

(b) (i) along
(ii) amidst
(iii) inside
(iv) beside
Answer:
(ii) amidst

(d) (i) even
(ii) to
(iii) as
(iv) and
Answer:
(iv) and

(e) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the
(iv) him
Answer:
(iii) the

Question 24.
Sir Winston Churchill (a) ______ was a British war leader, statesman, painter and writer was (b) ______ as (c) ______ greatest man ever to speak English language. But many call him the greatest English man (d) ______ the present century While in India, he taught himself (e) ______ write good prose and he developed a grand masterly style which captured the greatness of his times.

(a) (i) whom
(ii) who
(iii) which
(iv) but
Answer:
(ii) who

(b) (i) label
(ii) labels
(iii) labelled
(iv) labelling
Answer:
(iii) labelled

(d) (i) and
(ii) of
(iii) but
(iv) nor
Answer:
(ii) of

(e) (i) and
(ii) on
(iii) but
(iv) to
Answer:
(iv) to

Question 25.
Infants (a) ______ recognize words and sounds (b) ______ in the womb, according to a new stud which (c) ______that the brain area that processes sounds (d) ______active àiring the last three months (e) ______ pregnancy.

(a) (i) is
(ii) are
(iii) can
(iv) be
Answer:
(iii) can

(b) (i) who
(ii) and
(iii) which
(iv) while
Answer:
(iv) while

(d) (i) is
(ii) will
(iii) have
(iv) has
Answer:
(i) is

(e) (i) in
(ii) of
(iii) at
(iv) with
Answer:
(ii) of

Question 26.
My neighbour’s wife is a clever woman. She is rich and can easily (a) ______ servants but she does not keep any. She often stands (b) ______ the gate of her house. When she (e) ______ someone going to the shop, she calls out, ‘Listen, I have no onions. Will you (d) ______ some for me and some chillies too ? She smiles sweetly at them and thanks them profusely (e) ______ they bring her what she wants.

(a) (i) affording
(ii) to afford
(iii) will afford
(iv) afford
Answer:
(iv) afford

(b) (i) om
(ii) at
(iii) with
(iv) upon
Answer:
(ii) at

(d) (i) buying
(ii) buy
(iii) bought
(iv) brought
Answer:
(ii) buy

(e) (i) who
(ii) which
(iii) when
(iv) where
Answer:
(iii) when

Gap Filling Exercises for Class 9 CBSE With Answers

Class 9 English Question Answer