Amrjyot Tarun Mandal Shikshan Sanstha’s

Shri Swami Samarth English Medium School

Indrayaninagar, Bhosari, Pune-26.

I TERM (2016-2017)
Std: IX Subject: Personality Development Marks: 50

Q. 1(A) Fill in the blanks (5)

1) ……… hours of sleep is sufficient for us at night, (10, 8, 5)
2) Our kidneys, lungs and brain are our ……… organs. (internal, functional, external)
3) …… is one of the most well-known proponents of non-violence.
(Lala Lajpatrai, Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru)
4) …… water is breeding ground for mosquitoes. (stagnant, flowing)
5) …… cherished the dream of swaraj.
(Lokmanya Tilak, Sane Guruji, Mahatma Phule)
(B) State whether the following statements are true or false. (5)
1) Jealousy is a very positive emotion.
2) Social development begins at home.
3) We cannot see our mind.
4) Values play a great role in shaping a person’s character.
5) If you look attractive, it means that you have a good personality.
(C) Answer the following in one sentence. (Any four) (4)
1) What do IQ and EQ stand for?
2) Why should you not allow water to stagnate outside your house?
3) What is illusion?
4) What is adolescence?
5) List any four organs in your body those can’t be seen.
Q. 2(A) Write short notes. (Any five) (15)
1) Personal hygiene.
2) The subject you like most.
 3) Dignity of labour.
4) Importance of values.
5) Family.
6) How to deal with failures.
Q. 2(B) Answer the following in brief. (Any two) (6)
1) How should you maintain cleanliness of surrounding?
2) Explain the role of books in value inculcation.
3) What is difference between nuclear family and joint family?
Q. 3(A) Give reasons for the following. (Any three) (6)
1) We should not spit or defecate in open places.
2) We should attend career counselling sessions.
3) We must not believe superstitions.
4) We must not copy during test or examination.
(B) What will you do if (Any three) (9)
1) You get less marks in English than you expected.
2) You have seen your classmate steal pen of another student.
3) Your friends laugh at you because you prefer to remain at home rather than attending
parties.
4) Your parents want you to become a doctor, but you like Fine Arts.