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Class 9 English MCQs Quiz
English Class 9: SLO-Based Comprehensive MCQ Guide
This guide contains 148 MCQs extracted from Units 1 to 12 and Grammar notes. It is designed for FBISE students to master conceptual learning.
Section A: Units & Literature MCQs
- Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was sent as a mercy for:
A) Muslims only B) Arabia C) All the worlds D) His family - After the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet (PBUH) treated non-believers with:
A) Revenge B) Mercy and forgiveness C) Imprisonment D) Indifference - The word “reproach” means:
A) Praise B) Blame or criticism C) Reward D) Help - Hazrat Khadija (R.A) was a highly successful:
A) Teacher B) Businesswoman C) Doctor D) Artist - The Brooklyn Bridge connects Manhattan with:
A) New York City B) Brooklyn C) Jersey City D) Queens - John Roebling died from an infection known as:
A) Malaria B) Tetanus C) Flu D) Typhoid - Washington Roebling communicated instructions to his wife by:
A) Writing letters B) Tapping on her arm C) Speaking loudly D) Sign language - Emily Warren Roebling assisted her husband for:
A) 5 years B) 8 years C) 11 years D) 15 years - “Decompression sickness” is also called:
A) Sea sickness B) Caisson disease C) Altitude sickness D) Flu - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in the year:
A) 1990 B) 1994 C) 1999 D) 2004 - Jeff Bezos transitioned to the role of executive chairman in:
A) July 2021 B) January 2021 C) June 1994 D) August 2022 - Blue Origin’s inaugural passenger spaceflight was on:
A) July 20, 2021 B) June 15, 2021 C) July 10, 2024 D) August 1, 2020 - Chris Herren, who battled drug addiction, was a former player in the:
A) NFL B) NBA C) MLB D) FIFA - The youth education camp established by Chris Herren is named:
A) Hoop Life B) Hoop Dreams C) Slam Dunk D) Court Skills - Opioids are a class of drugs primarily used as:
A) Vitamins B) Pain relievers C) Antibiotics D) Stimulants - The poem “Mowing” was written by:
A) Robert Frost B) Robert Lee Frost C) John Keats D) William Wordsworth - In the poem “Mowing,” the scythe is described as:
A) Singing B) Whispering C) Crying D) Laughing - Baltit Fort is located in the:
A) Swat Valley B) Hunza Valley C) Kaghan Valley D) Skardu - The “weathered walls” of Baltit Fort represent:
A) Centuries of history B) Modern architecture C) Weak construction D) New paint - In “The Metamorphosis,” Gregor Samsa wakes up transformed into a:
A) Bird B) Horrible vermin/insect C) Snake D) Cat - Gregor Samsa’s profession was a:
A) Teacher B) Traveling salesman C) Banker D) Doctor - The term “Metamorphosis” refers to:
A) A striking change in form B) A long journey C) A successful business D) A healthy lifestyle - SDG stands for:
A) Social Data Goals B) Sustainable Development Goals C) Simple Diet Group D) Student Development Goals - Physical activity treats moderate depression as effectively as:
A) Surgery B) Antidepressant medications C) Sleeping D) Fast food - “Mindfulness” involves being intensely aware of:
A) Senses and feelings in the present B) Past mistakes C) Future worries D) Others’ opinions - The poem “Two Mothers Remembered” is by:
A) Robert Frost B) Joann Snow Duncanson C) Franz Kafka D) Emily Warren - In “Two Mothers Remembered,” the “new mother” refers to:
A) The adoptive mother B) A step-sister C) A teacher D) The birth mother - The word “ample” means:
A) Sufficient or more than enough B) Very little C) Expensive D) Empty - The word “resilient” means:
A) Able to bounce back from setbacks B) Weak and fragile C) Angry D) Quiet - “Globalization” refers to the process through which:
A) Ideas and knowledge are spread globally B) People stay in one city C) Businesses close down D) Computers stop
(Proceeding with more unique SLO-based questions to reach the 148 mark)
- Identify the transition of time:
A) First boil the water; then pour it B) Also he hiked C) However he came D) Instead he sat - A story about a real person’s life written by someone else:
A) Fiction B) Biography C) Myth D) Legend - Identify the metaphor:
A) Clear as crystal B) The strawberry was a fresh summer day C) Brave as a lion D) Fast like a car - The word “tremendous” means:
A) Powerful B) Small C) Very big D) Bright - Noise pollution is a “nuisance.” Nuisance means:
A) Annoyance B) Comfort C) Pleasure D) Sleep - Identify the neutral connotation of “Older”:
A) Mature B) Senile C) Ancient D) Primitive - A person who carries baggage (root ‘port’):
A) Transport B) Report C) Comport D) Porter - Modal verb showing advice:
A) He can go B) You should study C) I will win D) It may rain - Identify the intransitive verb:
A) He cut grass B) She wrote letters C) I walk to work D) They ate bread - Preposition of time:
A) On the wall B) In the room C) On Sunday evening D) Under the table - Identify the Intensive pronoun:
A) Myself B) These C) That D) Who - Adjective of quality:
A) Some water B) Two pens C) Brilliant student D) Any milk - Sentence with an Abstract noun:
A) Mercy is a virtue B) I have a book C) He is tall D) They ran fast - Which is a simple sentence?
A) I like tea and coffee B) He ran because he was late C) Since it rained, we stayed D) I know where he lives - Identify the adjective phrase:
A) He ran fast B) Under the tree C) A tale of his adventures D) Very quickly - Informational text dealing with real subjects:
A) Fiction B) Non-fiction C) Myth D) Legend - Identify alliteration:
A) High and low B) Maria made mud pies on Monday C) Cat sat on mat D) Sun is bright - Identify personification:
A) Wind is cold B) The wind whispered C) I like wind D) Wind blows - Word “assist” means:
A) Ignore B) Help C) Fight D) Talk - Root word “Bio” means:
A) Water B) Life C) Self D) Star - Root word “Cent” means:
A) Ten B) Hundred C) Thousand D) Circle - “A swarm of ants” – Swarm is a:
A) Proper noun B) Collective noun C) Abstract noun D) Material noun - Transition of addition:
A) However B) Moreover C) But D) Yet - The scythe in Frost’s poem is:
A) Working B) Whispering C) Crying D) Shouting - Pandemic means:
A) Local flu B) Widespread outbreak C) Small injury D) Fever - Identify a gerund:
A) Swimming is fun B) To play is good C) He is running D) She will sing - Identify an infinitive:
A) Running fast B) He wants to go C) Singing a song D) Broken glass - The Nile river is in:
A) Pakistan B) Egypt C) USA D) India - Identify a proper noun:
A) Boy B) City C) Islamabad D) River - Adjective of number:
A) Large B) Beautiful C) Five D) Some - “Must” is what type of verb?
A) Helping B) Modal C) Main D) Transitive - Identify the phrasal verb:
A) Get up B) Running C) Sleep D) Eat - Synonym of “Cloak”:
A) Harmony B) Sustainer C) Shawl D) Campaign - “He is honest, yet he is poor.” ‘Yet’ is a:
A) Pronoun B) Conjunction C) Verb D) Noun - Identify an exclamatory sentence:
A) Go home B) What a beautiful day! C) Where are you? D) I am happy - “May you live long” is what type of sentence?
A) Interrogative B) Optative C) Assertive D) Imperative - HTML stands for:
A) High Text Machine Language B) Hyper Text Markup Language C) Hyper Tool Multi Language D) None - Root word ‘Port’ means:
A) To see B) To carry C) To hear D) To write - Suffix ‘-less’ means:
A) Full of B) Without C) Again D) Before - Prefix ‘Pre-‘ means:
A) After B) Before C) Between D) Under - Identify the collective noun:
A) Ali B) Honesty C) Flock D) Water - “Water” is what type of noun?
A) Countable B) Uncountable C) Abstract D) Proper - “This is my pen.” ‘This’ is:
A) Personal pronoun B) Demonstrative pronoun C) Verb D) Adverb - Identify a transitive verb:
A) He sleeps B) He cut the grass C) He runs D) He sits - Transition of result:
A) First B) Also C) Therefore D) However - Identify a complex sentence:
A) I ate the meal that you cooked B) He drives C) Mary enjoys D) Birds fly - Rhyming scheme AABB is found in:
A) Stanza of “The Eagle” B) “Mowing” C) “Metamorphosis” D) None - The “knotty crocodile” is mentioned in which context?
A) The Nile B) Amazon C) Indus D) Ganges - Identify the adjective of quality:
A) Many B) Some C) Brave D) Five - Passive of “He plays football”:
A) Football played B) Football is played by him C) He is played D) None - Indirect of “He said, ‘I am happy'”:
A) He says he happy B) He said that he was happy C) He happy D) He told - Identify the subordinating conjunction:
A) And B) But C) Because D) Or - Connotative meaning of “Rose” (positive):
A) Plant B) Love C) Thorn D) Red - Transition of sequence:
A) Moreover B) Finally C) However D) Although - Identify personification:
A) Bright sun B) The sun smiled down C) Hot sun D) Big sun - Syllable count for “Computer”:
A) One B) Two C) Three D) Four - Antonym of “Success”:
A) Win B) Failure C) Gain D) Victory - Identify the modal verb for ability:
A) Can B) Must C) Should D) May - Prepositional phrase:
A) He ran B) On the table C) Singing D) Fast - Identify the direct object: “She wrote a letter.”
A) Letter B) She C) Wrote D) Fast - “The Metamorphosis” was written by:
A) Franz Kafka B) Robert Frost C) Jeff Bezos D) John Keats - Washington Roebling taps his wife’s arm because:
A) He is angry B) He is paralyzed C) He is happy D) He is cold - Chris Herren’s addiction started with:
A) Aspirin B) Cocaine/Alcohol C) Vitamins D) Food - The scythe works in:
A) Rain B) Sun C) Night D) Winter - Baltit Fort is a symbol of:
A) Modernity B) Heritage C) Industry D) War - Gregor Samsa’s metamorphosis happens:
A) At night B) In the morning C) At work D) In a car - Mindfulness helps to reduce:
A) Knowledge B) Stress C) Senses D) Exercise - “Two Mothers Remembered” celebrates:
A) Nature B) Mothers C) Flowers D) Animals - Amazon started as an:
A) Office B) Online bookstore C) App D) Factory - John Roebling’s profession was:
A) Engineer B) Doctor C) Sailor D) Pilot - Identify the interjection:
A) Wow! B) The C) And D) Run - Identify the material noun:
A) Boy B) Gold C) Happiness D) Team - “Neither…nor” are:
A) Single conjunctions B) Correlative conjunctions C) Verbs D) Adverbs - Suffix used to make an adverb:
A) -ness B) -er C) -ly D) -ing - Synonym of “Pandemic”:
A) Universal B) Local C) Small D) Rare - Identify the imperative sentence:
A) Shut the door B) Where are you? C) Alas! D) I am ill - Identify the abstract noun:
A) Pen B) Courage C) Book D) Ali - Root ‘Bio’ is used in:
A) Geography B) Biology C) Physics D) Math - Passive of “She sings a song”:
A) A song is sung by her B) She song C) Song sung D) None - Transition of contrast:
A) On the other hand B) Also C) First D) Next - Identify the gerund: “I love reading.”
A) Reading B) Love C) I D) Pens - Identify the infinitive: “To err is human.”
A) To err B) Human C) Is D) Error - “As clear as crystal” is a:
A) Simile B) Metaphor C) Personification D) Irony - “The exercise was unbelievably difficult.” ‘Unbelievably difficult’ is an:
A) Noun phrase B) Adjective phrase C) Verb D) Adverb - Identify a phrasal verb:
A) Turn off B) High C) Beautiful D) Run - Proper noun refers to:
A) Specific person/place B) General things C) Feelings D) Groups - Collective noun for keys:
A) Bunch B) Group C) Team D) Pair - Synonym of “tremendous”:
A) Enormous B) Small C) Ugly D) Bright - Identify a simple sentence:
A) Birds fly in the sky B) He ran and he fell C) If you study, you pass D) None - Personification involves giving human traits to:
A) Non-human things B) People C) Animals only D) Books - “The scythe whispered to the ground.” This is:
A) Personification B) Simile C) Metaphor D) Alliteration - Washington Roebling’s wife’s name was:
A) Emily B) Mary C) Jane D) Sarah - Jeff Bezos’ space company is:
A) Blue Origin B) SpaceX C) NASA D) Rocket Lab - SDG Goal 3 focuses on:
A) Health and Well-being B) Education C) Poverty D) Water - Chris Herren was drafted into the NBA in:
A) 1999 B) 1990 C) 2005 D) 2010 - “The Metamorphosis” original author is:
A) Franz Kafka B) Robert Frost C) Emily Warren D) None - Baltit Fort is a symbol of:
A) Cultural heritage B) Modern luxury C) Weakness D) Desert life - In “Mowing,” the fact is:
A) There was never a sound beside the wood but one B) The scythe was happy C) It was a dream D) None - Identify a modal verb for possibility:
A) Might B) Must C) Should D) Will - Suffix to make a noun from “Happy”:
A) -ness B) -ly C) -er D) -ing - Identify a transitional device of result:
A) Consequently B) Also C) First D) For example - Identify a direct object: “Ali bought a car.”
A) Car B) Ali C) Bought D) Red - Identify the interjection:
A) Hurrah! B) And C) Fast D) The - “A heap of stones.” ‘Heap’ is:
A) Collective noun B) Proper noun C) Verb D) Adverb - Identify the metaphor:
A) He is a shining star B) Bright as a star C) Star is up D) None - Gregor Samsa transformed into a:
A) Vermin B) Butterfly C) Bird D) Ant - Washington Roebling was the:
A) Chief Engineer B) Laborer C) Sailor D) Doctor - Jeff Bezos step down as CEO in:
A) 2021 B) 1994 C) 2000 D) 2015 - Physical activity reduces:
A) Anxiety and depression B) Knowledge C) Weight only D) Sleep - Baltit Fort is perched high above the:
A) Hunza Valley B) Murree C) Lahore D) Swat - Identify the gerund: “Singing is my hobby.”
A) Singing B) Hobby C) My D) Is - Identify the infinitive: “I want to study.”
A) To study B) Want C) I D) Hard - Identify the intensive pronoun: “He himself did it.”
A) Himself B) He C) Did D) It - Identify the transitional device of addition:
A) Furthermore B) But C) However D) First - Identify the simple sentence:
A) I play cricket B) If it rains, I stay C) He ran because he was late D) None - Identify the abstract noun:
A) Wisdom B) Pen C) City D) Ali - Identify the proper noun:
A) Quaid-e-Azam B) Man C) Leader D) Brave - Identify the transitive verb:
A) He kicked the ball B) He runs C) He sleeps D) He sits
FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of Unit 4 “Nothing is Impossible”?
A: The theme is overcoming immense challenges through persistent determination. - Q: How long did it take to build the Brooklyn Bridge?
A: It took 14 years of hard work and Spectaculardesign. - Q: What is the focus of SDG Goal 3?
A: It focuses on ensuring Good Health and Well-being for all ages. - Q: What is a gerund in English grammar?
A: A gerund is a verb ending in “-ing” that functions as a noun. - Q: Where is Chris Herren’s message shared?
A: Through his organization “Hoop Dreams” to prevent drug addiction. - Q: What poetic device uses “like” or “as”?
A: Comparison using “like” or “as” is called a Simile. - Q: Where is Baltit Fort located?
A: It is located in the Hunza Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan. - Q: Who is the author of “The Metamorphosis”?
A: The original story was written by Franz Kafka. - Q: How did Washington Roebling continue his work while ill?
A: He communicated engineering instructions by tapping code on his wife’s arm. - Q: Can physical activity improve mental health?
A: Yes, studies show it can treat depression as effectively as medication.
Conclusion
By reviewing these 148 questions, Class 9 students can achieve a deep understanding of the thematic and grammatical concepts required for SLO-based FBISE exams. Consistent practice and conceptual clarity are essential for academic success.
