Model Paper Class X E/M
Third
Language ENGLISH Paper-I
Time: 2 ½ Hours Max.
Marks :50
(1-8)
Answer
each of the following questions in about three sentences: (8X2=16)
1.
Do you think Schwamm did a good thing in
deciding to share a room with someone? Why?
(The Night at
the Hotel)
2. What
did Dr. Barnard learn from the two children? ( In Celebration of Being Alive)
3. What,
according to Mother Theresa , is the worst disease that any human being can
ever experience
(Mother Therese)
4. Why
does the keeper kill the animals and hang them on the tree? (The Gallows)
5. When
the tiger first met the deer, why didn’t it attack the deer? ( Fire in the Forest)
6.
Why did the Untouchable gift his land to
Vinobha? What did Vinobha do with it ?Why did he do so ? (Vinobha – A Portrait Sketch)
7. “The time, at last, has come to visit you, and I am
here,”-Who is the 'I' in the poem? Who is 'you' ? In what sense has the time
come? (Upagupta)
8.
What is
the author's concept of a citizen? What is the difference between a citizen if
the world and a citizen of a nation? Do you think you can be both at the same
time?
(Knowledge and Wisdom)
(9-24) . Write the answers to these questions in your
answer book
(9-13).
Choose the correct meanings of
the words on the left and write them in your answer book (5X½ = 2 ½)
9.
Decree : command request opinion argument
10.
Verdict : prediction prevention judgment announcement
11.
Tenacious : courageous courteous stubborn flexible
12.
Deserted : decorated diverted adopted abandoned
13.
Augment : insist increase decrease distribute
(14-18)Note
the meaning of each underlined word in the
sentence in which it occurs. Select the
option that conveys the meaning and write it down in your
answer book. (5X½ = 2 ½)
14. He has no inclination to study medicine.
a) Desire b) need c) intention d) idea
15.
He
received a mortal wound
soon after the battle began
a) causing death b) poisonous c) very slight d) fearful
a) causing death b) poisonous c) very slight d) fearful
16.
Since she was sent to India, she assiduously
Indianized herself.
a)Hopefully b)joyfully c)plentifully d)attentively
17.
The man was acquitted for the lack of
evidence.
a) Set free b)
imprisoned c) accused d) abandoned
18. In less than a minute, the horse began to trot.
a)force air violently b)scream c)run
with short steps d)rise on hind legs
(19-24). Choose the alternative
that best fits the blank in each sentence and write it in your answer book.
(6X½ = 3)
19.
All the characters in the drama are
-------------
a)imaginative b)
imagery c)imaginable d)imaginary
20. Every one is waiting for the ---------------
of the court.
a) Verdict b) argument c) client d)law
21. The stars are ---------- by
the clouds.
a) Obscured b) surrounded c) scintillated d)overturned
22. Be careful with the vase. It is
-------------
a)fragile b)docile c)volatile d)hostile
23. The food supplies are --------------
for the needs of all the people.
a)incomplete b)inadequate c)unequal d)inert
24. The boy ------------ when he saw a
stranger in his room.
a) Squealed b) startled c) wailed d) screamed
(25-28) Find the wrongly spelt word in each of the following sets and write
it correctly in your answer book . (4X½ = 2)
25. Necessary compulsary ordinary mercenary
26. Pummel channel colnel
laurel
27. Prevalent repellent pertinent beligerent
28. Venegeance permanence fragrance excellence
(29-36) Write out in your answer
book the words of your choice against the question numbers
(29-32) In each set, find the
word in which the underlined part is pronounced in the same way as in the key
word.
(4X½
= 2)
29. Parachute
: cashew
vision leisure fuss
30. Parted : wanted educate planned colored
31. Flame : made angle slap gauze
32. Author placid hall flour sour
(33-36). Find the words in each
that rhymes with the key word (4X½ = 2)
33. Glade : arcade charade trod award
34. Plight : slit brought twilight clot
35. Song : clang bang rang wrong
36. Seer : mare tier sure flier
37. Read the following passage in which the end of
each sentence is not indicated. Decide where each sentence ends. Write out the
last word of each sentence and the appropriate Punctuation marks (.), (?)
or (!): (4X½ = 2)
Yes she said there he is you are quite certain she
said simply I couldnt be mistaken sir
38. Rewrite the following sentence using commas,
full stop, exclamation / question / quotation marks wherever necessary and
rewrite the sentence in your answer book.: (3X½=1½)
No sir there was
moonlight and when the man looked up he had the lamplight on his face
(39-43) Read the sentence [a] then complete the
sentence [b] using the ideas in [a]. Keep sentence[b] as close in meaning as
possible to sentence [b]. Write the sentences in your answer book. (5x1=5 )
39. a.
Rajan was ill. He did not take a leave.
b.
Although ------------------------------------
40.a. It did not stop raining. We postponed our
tour.
b. If it
had stopped raining----------------------------
41.a.Sachin is one of the most popular Indian
cricketers.
b. Very
few ----------------------------------------------------
42.a. As
soon as the thief saw the police, he ran away.
b. No
sooner -----------------------------------------------
43. a. “Are you coming with us?” they said to me .
b. They
asked me ------------------------------------
44. Identify the part of each underlined word: (4x½=2)
I
continued down the road and my cousin went across the
field towards the ditch.
45. Rewrite the following sentences making the
necessary corrections:
(1x1=1)
Tell
me why are you late.
46. Rewrite the following passages making
improvements you think are necessary. \ (1x2=2)
The
doctor asked the patient to take rest. The doctor asked the patient to take the
medicines regularly. The doctor asked the patient to take mild food. The doctor
asked the patient to see him after five days.
(47-50). Read the following passage and answer the
questions given below it . (4x1=4)
Do you ever think of the
rivers of India? They are our greatest natural assets. Aren’t there hundreds of
them watering our land and making it green and fertile? Aren’t they natural
highways linking the towns with the villages? And isn’t there great beauty in
them? There is such variety too. There are navigable rivers, especially in
Bengal and Kerala. There are raging torrents which leap from the mountains down
to the deep gorges. There are huge rivers which sometimes burst their banks and
flood the countryside. And in tribute to their strength and beauty, we have
always held them sacred. To love India is to love her rivers, big and small.
47. What kind of rivers are there in India?
48. How
are the rivers helpful to us?
49. Why are rivers called ‘natural highways’?
50. Why
do we hold our rivers sacred?
51.
What would happen if rivers burst their banks?
52. Read the following passage
Thirty years ago, Rampur was backward and neglected.
There was no supply of drinking water and the villagers washed their cattle in
the only pond. There was no hospital or school, and no electricity either. Most
of the villagers were illiterate. Women were confined to housework and girls
were engaged in sibling care.
Today
Rampur is electrified, and a mobile dispensary visits every week. A primary
school is housed in a stone building. Apart form this, Adult Education Centers are
functioning. Those who are busy during day time can attend the centres in the
evenings. They are taught the basic
skills. An Early Child Education centre is functioning and the children below
school age are admitted in them. They are provided with nutritious food
including milk, eggs and fruit. Drinking water is on top. There will be soon a
branch of State of Hyderabad in the village, and this will be a great boon to
the farmers. Loans for farming operations will be readily available and the
grip of the moneylender on the farmers will be loosened.
Now read the following and find six statements
which are in agreement with the passage. Write only the letters of the
TRUE statements. (6x½=3)
a.
Rampur is backward and people are illiterate.
b.
Today girls are not allowed to go to school.
c.
Thirty years ago, all the villagers depended on the pond.
d.
There a hospital in Rampur today.
e.
Moneylenders are very kind and they help the farmers.
f.
Thirty years ago, women were doing only housework.
g.
Farmers can get loans in the bank with low rate of interest.
h.
Adult Education Centers function during day time.
i.
There is no change in the life of the villagers.
j.
Rampur stands as a model village.
(53-55) Read the following passage
There is an enemy beneath our feet. Everyone in the
world is threatened by him. The enemy is
the Earth itself. The power of a quake is more powerful than anything that a
man can produce. An earthquake strikes with immense power without warning. It strikes a modern city as well as a small
village. Gas mines burst, dams collapse, buildings fall and railway tunnels are
wrecked. If the quake starts at sea, tidal waves sweep the inland. If the quake
starts in mountains, avalanches roar down and thousands of houses disappear.
Now complete the following statements. In each
case, write down the letter of your choice in your answer book. (1X½ =1 ½ )
53.
According the passage,
a. earthquakes are
unpredictable
b. earthquakes are
unimportant
c. the damage caused by
earthquakes can be repaired without much effort.
54. If earthquake stats at sea
a. tsunami or tidal wave breaks
out
b. floods occur
c. dams collapse.
55. Avalanches
are caused by
a. earthquake at sea
b earthquake in mountains
c. earthquake in open land
M. Raghuram ( dcembnr@gmail.com)
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