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C l a s s : 1 0 t h std

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$ubject: ll Langr ENGLISH

T i r n e: 2 . 4 5 h r s .

Total Marks Obtained

Max. Marks.

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SECTION'A'
(Prose, Poetry, supple mentary reading & vocabulary)

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question.
Four alternativeste qiven for eachincompletestatement/
'Alphabet
alona ulith the Answer'
Choose the correctanswrptSndwrite it's
on the dotted lir,es Pr

1 . The Gentleman Don Anselmo was very fond of

(C) MoneY
(B) Land
A) Children

3x1=3

(D) Dress

Ans
2. Wangjia was senf by the peopte for some purpose. lf was
(B) to go on a long journey
A) to meet the monsters
(D) to learn more about the world
C) to meet the bird of happiness
Ans :
3. "Discipline is a thing of the past, Sir, if's you or Lts". Who said this ?
(D) Pedro
(B) Guillermo (C) Juan
A) Francisco
Ans

4x2=8

uestionsin 2 or 3 senfences each

U.

Answer the followin

4.

What did Swami feel w h e n h e s a w s o m e t h i n g m o v i n g i n

What did he do ?

Why were the peoplein the area of Tibet unhappy?

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Why was Smitha excited when she read the news paper
? Why cf
t h i n k h e r m o t h e r c au t i o n e d h e r t o b e q u i e t ?

7.

What does cofumbus feel in his worst enemy

? Why do you think

lll.

Read the fottowin

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"Take the girl to Airofi" suggested the cop.

"there,s a hospital there
a) Why did Bafeshwar not agree with this
?

extracts anll answer the

uestions that foilow

b) What did he do instead ?

9.

*'Thetrees
in that orchard are not mine,,"
a) According to Don Ansermo,who did the

trees belong to ?

b) Why did he feet so ?

1 0 . "You can learn a great deal of things j u s t

by reading,'
a) Why do you think Sathish's father encouraged
him to read ?

b ) H o w d i d r e a d i n g i n f f u e n c eS a t h i s h ?

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1 1 . NarrateSwami's dreadful experiencewhen he was lying under the bench'

OR
Narratethe circumst"nJ"= that compelled Satish stay in the house'

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Four alternatiyesare given for the following question/ incomplete statement.

Choose the correct answer :

than anythinge/se.
12. Grandmawas happierin..."..
(C) a tree
(B) a house
A) a lift

(D) a city

Ans

vL Answerthe following guesffonsin about a word, a phraseor a senfence each :

1 3 . TheBlackAmerican whileplaying fhe Saxophone,looks like.
(Completethe sentencewith the appropriate answer)

1x2=2

14. How does the blind boy comfort himself at the end ?

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15. How is mercy twice blessed according to the speaker ?

16. What are the activities which go on over the land ?

17. Give a short description of the Jazz player.

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1 8 . Read the extract and answer the questions that follow :

"Then we kissed the little maiden
And we spoke in better cheer"
a)

Who was the little maiden ?

b)

Why did they kiss her ?

19. Quote form Memorv :

Laugh and be merry

pageantof man
OR

why according to the poet should we laugh and be merry ?

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: SUPPLEMENTARYREADING: .
Vll. Answer the fotto
ZO.Wfty *"t" the students marching in the street ?
Why was it termed uncommon ?
OR
When did Dicky Dolma climb Mt. Everest ? How does she describe
this achievement?

2x2=4

21. Hanifuddinhad to battle with hardships right from his early age.
Give a few examples to illustratethis.
OR
,,DrAmbedkar was a voracious reader". Give some examples to support
this statement

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given below pick
the word that doesn,t
a) wriggte
suggest ,movement,
@ crawl
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(c) bright

rush

23. Write the opposite

words of the foltowing
:
a) enemy
(b) narrow :
?4, The spelting
of the word is jumbted.
Write the correct
word :

OBTHRE(worry / toubte)
=

25. Which one of

these words has
onry one syttabte tick
it and pick it out :
write, temple, sugges
t, ago

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27. Pickout the sentence which shows that

28. $heetal and Dheerajwere injured while dancing.

(Statewhether this is True/False)

29. What do saY about dance ?

A dialogue is given below, Read it and answer the questions that follow :
join us for the trip
Amritha : We're going on a trip to Shimla next week. Can you
Raveena: lt's not possible for me to join you for the trip
Amritha : Why is it not possible for you to do so ?
ltaveena : My aunt is coming from the USA.
A m r i t h a: W h e n i s s h e c o m i n g t o I n d i a ?
Raveena: She's coming this weak.

30. What is the plan of Amritha for the next week ?

31, Why is it not possible for Raveenato join Amritha ?

32. Look at the two lines

Write a sentence using
L I N EA :
L I N EB

'Longer than' based on what You see ?

3cm
5cm

3 3 . The aeroplanetook off I took on at the right time'

(Tick the right phrase and rewrite the sentence)

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Edit i t :
congraturationswere showered
on swami the next day. His cfassmates
looked at him with rispect and
his teacher pat him. His headmaster
said that he
was an true scout.
Clues :
a) capital fetter tobe used
c) verbal mistake to be corrected

(b) speffingto be corrected

(d) article to be corrected

e,
cousinsavithainvitinsherto attendyour
baby
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Write a letter to your father,tetfing OR

him your performancein formative
assessment
and summativeassessment gth
of
std. And teiling him about
your preparationfor 1OthStd
exams.

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36. Iwill perform it. (Choose fhe correct passive form of the sentence).
(B) lt would be performed by me
Al lt will be performed by me
(D) lt will have been performed by me
e) lt is performed by me
Ans :
37. lt is the best song I have ever heard.
(When it is written in the comparative degree the sentence would be)
A) lt is a better song that I have ever heard
B) lt is a good song that I have ever heard
C) lt is better than any other song I have ever heard
D) No other song I have ever heard is as good as this one.
Ans :
.......?
3 8 . F i n a l l yw e g o t d o w n t o b u s i n e s s .
The question tag to be used above is
(B) aren't we ?
(C) didn't we ?
A) dont' we ?

1
(D)

shouldn't we ?

Ans :

39. Swamialwaysslept besidehis grannyin the passage.

The'wh' questionto get the underlinedwords as answerfor the above
sentenceis (b) With whom did swami sleep?
a) Wheredid swami sleep ?
(d) Wheredid swami want to sleep ?
c) Who slept besidegranny?

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asked Suresh
Ramesh and Suresh greeted eachother' Ramesh
Suresh rePlied that he was and he
the verbs given in brackets :
4 2 . F i l l i n t h e b l a n k s c h o o s i n g right form of
(See) him riow. See, how he
You can

112x4=2

(wrinkle)

His face is

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words given in brackets:

43" Fill in the blanksusing the appropriatelinking
so, as, but)
(finallY,
wangjia wantedto find the Bird of Happiness
for manYdaYs
-chattenges
and

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he walkedeastwards

them
the monsterswere ferocious.He overcameall of
was found'
_ reachedthe placewherethe Bird of happines

w h i c h t h e ya r e
44. Arrangethe following words i n t h e o r d e ri n
Crest,Create,CreeP,Credit
Ans :

put in a dictionary:

of place in a country 4s. what source should you referto find the Location

46. Decodethe followingsms into sentence.

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Ans :

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