Omission Exercises for Class 9 CBSE With Answers

Omission:

The following passages have not been edited. One word is missing in each of the lines. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after in your answer-sheet against the correct blank number.

Question 1.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
But the steamer, my ideas	(a) __________	__________	__________
began change. I thought	(b) __________	__________	__________
I should not take meat as promised	(c) __________	__________	__________
mother before she	(d) __________	__________	__________
consented my departure.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) but	aboard	the
(b) began	to	change
(c) as	I	promised
(d) consented	to	my
(e) promised	my	mother

Question 2.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Perfumes made from altar of roses, a	(a) __________	__________	__________
mixture of essential oils, obtained steam	(b) __________	__________	__________
distilling the crushed petals. Associated product is	(c) __________	__________	__________
rose water used religious,	(d) __________	__________	__________
cooking medicinal purposes.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) Perfumes	are	made
(b) obtained	from	steam
(c) product	formed	is
(d) used	for	religious
(e) cooking	and	medicinal

Question 3.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Children’s life at school must be	(a) __________	__________	__________
linked to their life outside school.	(b) __________	__________	__________
This principle marks departure	(c) __________	__________	__________
from legacy of bookish learning	(d) __________	__________	__________
and closes gaps the school,	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) outside	the	school
(b) marks	a	Departure
(c) from	the	legacy
(d) gaps	between	the
(e) home	and	community

Question 4.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Nanda Devi Temple Naini Lake was	(a) __________	__________	__________
damaged the time of the landslide in	(b) __________	__________	__________
1880. Subsequently was constructed once more.	(c) __________	__________	__________
This place worship	(d) __________	__________	__________
lies northern banks.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) Temple	Near	Naini Lake
(b) damaged	At	The time of
(c) subsequently	It	was
(d) place	of	worship
(e) lies	on	northern

Question 5.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Rain is always welcome after a	(a) __________	__________	__________
long dry spell. Waters the land	(b) __________	__________	__________
and relieves thirsty and	(c) __________	__________	__________
panting souls the desert.	(d) __________	__________	__________
The fresh look enlivens spirits	(e) __________	__________	__________
nature-lovers.

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) It	waters	the
(b) relieves	the	thirsty
(c) souls	of	the
(d) enlivens	the	spirits
(e) spirits	of	nature-lovers

Question 6.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Making a cartoon an art that	(a) __________	__________	__________
requires a combination hard work,	(b) __________	__________	__________
training a sense of humour.	(c) __________	__________	__________
Cartoonists say the cartoons that	(d) __________	__________	__________
make laugh the most are time-taking.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) cartoon	is	an
(b) combination	of	hardwork
(c) training	and	a
(d) say	that	the
(e) make	us	laugh

Question 7.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
The initial step making popcorn balls	(a) __________	__________	__________
is popping popcorn. Cover the bottom	(b) __________	__________	__________
of the pan cooking oil. Put the burner	(c) __________	__________	__________
on high, cover the pan and	(d) __________	__________	__________
wait for a couple minutes.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) step	in	making
(b) popping	the	popcorn
(c) pan	with	with
(d) on	the	high
(e) couple	of	minutes

Question 8.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
I aboard the train to Allahabad	(a) __________	__________	__________
and after dull hours reached	(b) __________	__________	__________
the confemce. A plethora activities	(c) __________	__________	__________
mesmerised audience. Then blaring	(d) __________	__________	__________
speakers resonated devotional songs.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) I	was	aboard
(b) after	the	dull
(c) plethora	of	activities
(d) mesmerised	the	audience
(e) resonated	with	devotional

Question 9.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
An ancient drain Scotland,	(a) __________	__________	__________
which undisturbed	(b) __________	__________	__________
until 1990 turning out	(c) __________	__________	__________
to goldmine’, said the archaeologists of	(d) __________	__________	__________
the Glasgow University, according a news report.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) drain	in	Scotland
(b) which	lay	undisturbed
(c) 1990	was	turning out
(d) to	be	goldmine
(e) according	to	a

Question 10.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Higher-order thinking, also known higher order thinking	(a) _______	_______	_______
skills is a concept education reform based	(b) _______	_______	_______
learning. The idea is some types of	(c) _______	_______	_______
learning more cognitive	(d) _______	_______	_______
processing others.	(e) _______	_______	_______

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) known	as	higher
(b) concept	of	education
(c) is	that	some
(d) learning	require	more
(e) processing	than	others

Question 11.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played two teams	(a) _______	_______	_______
of 11 players on a field at the centre of which is a	(b) _______	_______	_______
rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Each team takes turns	(c) _______	_______	_______
bat, attempting score runs,	(d) _______	_______	_______
while other team fields.	(e) _______	_______	_______

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) played	between	two
(b) players	each	on
(c) turns	to	bat
(d) attempting	to	score
(e) while	the	other

Question 12.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
A penthouse is apartment	(a) __________	__________	__________
that is on one of highest floors	(b) __________	__________	__________
of apartment building. Penthouses are typically	(c) __________	__________	__________
differentiated apartments	(d) __________	__________	__________
luxury features.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) is	an	apartment
(b) of	the	highest
(c) of	an	apartment
(d) differentiated	from	apartments
(e) apartments	by	luxury

Question 13.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Being fit means to physically, mentally emotionally sound,	(a) __________	__________	__________
with a purpose and goal life	(b) __________	__________	__________
It’s a journey not destination.	(c) __________	__________	__________
It stop when	(d) __________	__________	__________
you achieve target.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) to	be	physically
(b) goal	in	life
(c) not	a	destination
(d) it	doesn’t	stop
(e) achieve	the	target

Question 14.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Railways were first introduced India in	(a) __________	__________	__________
1853 Bombay to Thane. In 1951 the systems were	(b) __________	__________	__________
nationalised one unit, the Indian Railways,	(c) __________	__________	__________
becoming one of largest	(d) __________	__________	__________
networks the world.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) introduced	in	India
(b) 1853	from	Bombay
(c) nationalised	as	one
(d) of	the	largest
(e) networks	in	the

Question 15.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
India is country	(a) __________	__________	__________
infused with festive	(b) __________	__________	__________
spirit. Religion a living force here and	(c) __________	__________	__________
festivals are expression. “Why does India have	(d) __________	__________	__________
so festivals ?	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) is	a	country
(b) with	a	festive
(c) Religion	is	a
(d) are	the	expression
(e) so	many	festivals

Question 16.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
The tradition Kite	(a) __________	__________	__________
flying has followed	(b) __________	__________	__________
over generations. Those Muslims came to	(c) __________	__________	__________
India trade celebrated Makar	(d) __________	__________	__________
Sankranti, a Hindu festival way of flying kites.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) tradition	of	kite
(b) has	been	followed
(c) Muslims	who	came
(d) India	for	trade
(e) festival	by	way

Question 17.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Ulhas Mandlik, 35 is power-loom	(a) __________	__________	__________
owner Maharashtra. He and his	(b) __________	__________	__________
mother going homeward one evening	(c) __________	__________	__________
when heavy rain forced to take	(d) __________	__________	__________
shelter the bridge.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) is	a	power loom
(b) owner	in	Maharashtra
(c) mother	were	going
(d) forced	them	to
(e) shelter	beneath	the

Question 18.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
The leaves of banyan tree large, leathery	(a) __________	__________	__________
glossy green and elliptical shape. Like most	(b) __________	__________	__________
fig-trees, the leaf bud is covered two large	(c) __________	__________	__________
scales. As leaf	(d) __________	__________	__________
develops scales fall.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) tree	are	large
(b) elliptical	in	shape
(c) covered	with	two
(d) As	the	leaf
(e) develops	these	scales

Question 19.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
To take a dip the river	(a) __________	__________	__________
hang the chains that	(b) __________	__________	__________
have been fixed the stairs.	(c) __________	__________	__________
Pray that slush your feet	(d) __________	__________	__________
doesn’t make you lose balance.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) dip	in	the
(B) hang	to	the
(c) fixed	on	the
(d) slush	beneath	your
(e) lose	your	balance

Question 20.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
The summer sun sent scattered	(a) __________	__________	__________
rays through oak leaves.	(b) __________	__________	__________
The heat the afternoon	(c) __________	__________	__________
sent the animals the	(d) __________	__________	__________
glades shelter.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) sent	out	scattered
(b) through	the	oak
(c) heat	in	the
(d) animals	to	the
(e) glades	for	shelter

Question 21.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Kite flying a popular	(a) __________	__________	__________
sport that time and	(b) __________	__________	__________
while the girls knitted sewed	(c) __________	__________	__________
we boys climbed roofs	(d) __________	__________	__________
to enter competition.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) flying	was	a
(b) sport	at	that
(c) knitted	and	sewed
(d) we	the	boys
(e) enter	the	competition

Question 22.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
My grandmother I were good	(a) __________	__________	__________
friends. My Parents left me her.	(b) __________	__________	__________
They moved the city. She	(c) __________	__________	__________
used to wake me the	(d) __________	__________	__________
morning and get me ready school.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) grandmother	and	I
(b) me	with	her
(c) moved	to	the
(d) me	in	the
(e) ready	for	school

Question 23.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
The National flag of India is officially described in Flag	(a) _____	__________
Code of India follows : “The colour of the top panel	(b) _____	_____	_____
shall be saffron (Kesari) and of the bottom panel	(c) _____	_____	_____
shall be green. The middle panel shall white, bearing as its centre the design of Ashoka Chakra in	(d) _____	_____	_____
navy blue colour 24 equally spaced spokes.”	(e) _____	_____	_____

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) in	the	flag
(b) India	as	follows
(c) and	that	of
(d) shall	be	white
(e) colour	with	24

Question 24.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Thomas Alva Edison an American	(a) __________	__________	__________
inventor businessman who developed	(b) __________	__________	__________
many devices that influenced world.	(c) __________	__________	__________
He lit the world with invention	(d) __________	__________	__________
the electric light	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) Edison	was	an
(b) inventor	and	businessman
(c) influenced	the	world
(d) with	the	invention
(e) invention	of	the

Question 25.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
Mark Twain, had	(a) _____	_____	_____
earned reputation	(b) _____	_____	_____
as a humour writer, got invitation to address a	(c) _____	_____	_____
public meeting. He reached city on the day of	(d) _____	_____	_____
the meeting. He felt his programme not been publicised.	(e) _____	_____	_____

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) Twain	who	had
(b) earned	a	reputation
(c) got	an	invitation
(d) reached	the	city
(e) programme	had	not

Question 26.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
The Sahara sets standard for dry land. It is world’s	(a) __________	__________	__________
largest desert. Humidity drop	(b) __________	__________	__________
to low single digit. Some	(c) __________	__________	__________
people reach the end their lives	(d) __________	__________	__________
without a glimpse of water above.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) is	the	world’s
(b) Humidity	levels	drop
(c) to	a	low
(d) end	of	their
(e) water	from	above

Question 27.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
In 1983, the Taj Mahal became UNESCO World Heritage	(a) _____	_____	_____
Site. While the white domed marble mausoleum is most	(b) _____	_____	_____
familiar component of the Taj Mahal, it actually integrated complex structures. The construction began	(c) _____	_____	_____
around 1632 and completed around 1653,	(d) _____	_____	_____
employing thousands artisans and craftsmen.	(e) _____	_____	_____

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) became	a	UNESCO
(b) is	the	most
(c) actually	has	integrated
(d) and	was	completed
(e) thousands	of	artisans

Question 28.

	Word Before	Missing Word	Word After
The aim of Gita is not	(a) __________	__________	__________
so much teach	(b) __________	__________	__________
a theory as to enforce the practice dharma.	(c) __________	__________	__________
Dharma is what promotes worldly	(d) __________	__________	__________
prosperity spiritual freedom.	(e) __________	__________	__________

Answer:

Before Word	Missing Word	After Word
(a) of	the	Gita
(b) much	to	teach
(c) practice	of	dharma
(d) promotes	the	worldly
(e) prosperity	and	spiritual

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