Rbse Board Class 9th English Annual Exam Paper 2026 imp.

Village Swaraj is that it is complete Republic; independent of its neighbours for its vital wants, and yet dependent for many other in which dependence is necessary. Thus the first concern of every village will be to grow its own food crop and cotton for its clothes. It should have a reserve for its cattle, recreation and playgrounds for adults and children. Then if there is more land available, it will grow usually money crops. The village will maintain a village theatre, school and public hall. It will have its own water works ensuring clean supply. This can be done through controlled wells and tanks. Education will be conducted on a co-operative basis. There will be no castes, such as we have today. Non-violence with its technique of Satyagraha and Non-cooperation will have the sanction of the village community.
There will be compulsory service of village guards who will be selected by rotation from the register maintained by the village.
       The government of the village will be conducted by the Panchayat of five persons annually elected by the adult villagers, male and female, possessing minimum prescribed qualifications.

       On Saturday morning the postman delivered a large parcel for Tommy. The parcel contained a birthday present and it had arrived just in time.
       Tommy looked at the stamps on the packet. “It’s from Uncle Bill” he shouted excitedly. Even though Uncle Bill was in America, he had not forgotten Tommy’s birthday.
       Mother made Tommy not to open the parcel until the following day. “Your birthday is not till tomorrow.” She said, “You should open it in the morning together with your other presents.”
       The next day, father was just as excited as Tommy when they discovered that the parcel contained an electric train set. “Let’s go upstairs and put it together”, father said.
       Tommy remained with his father for about an hour but finally got bored with the train set and went into the living room.
       At about lunch time, Tommy’s mother came into the ‘living room’. “Where is your father?” she asked, “I have been looking for him everywhere.” “He’s upstairs, mum”, Tommy answered. “He put my train set together this morning and he has been playing with it ever since.”

In 2001, Ustaad Bismillah Khan was awarded India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, with the coveted award resting on his chest and his eyes glinting with rare happiness. He said, “All I would like to say is teach your children music. This is Hindustan’s richest tradition, even the West is now coming to learn our music”.
       In spite of having travelled all over the world – Khansaab as he is fondly called – is exceedingly fond of Banaras and Dumraon and they remain for him the most wonderful towns of the world. A student of his once wanted him to head a Shehnai School in U.S.A. and the student promised to recreate the atmosphere of Banaras by replicating the temples there.
       But Khansaab asked him if he would be able to transport River Ganga as well. Later he is remembered to have said, “That is why whenever I am in a foreign country, I keep yearning to see Hindustan. While in Mumbai, I think of only Banaras and the holy Ganga. And while in Banaras, I miss the unique Mattha of Dumraon”.