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Q. 1. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each of the line against which a blank is given. Underline the incorrect word and write the correct word in the space provided. (4)
A blonde woman boards a airplane. A. _______________ She is extremely exhausting B. _______________ and just wanted to take a nap. C. _______________ She eventually found her seat and sits D. _______________ down next to the very curious young man. E. _______________ He want to test her, by playing cards, F. _______________ and possibly make much money out of it. G. _______________ So he asks her that she wants to play a H. _______________ game with him.
Q. 2. In the following passage one word has been omitted from each line. Write the missing words. The first one has been done for you. (4)
The ocean plays essential role in the world's A. _______________ climate system, absorbing half the heat B. _______________ from sun. The heat escapes to warm the C. ______________ atmosphere, mainly through evaporation either locally or months years later having D. ______________ transported by ocean currents thousands E. ______________ of kilometers. The upper three meters of ocean F. ______________ can hold more heat the entire atmosphere, and G. ______________ sea surface and subsurface temperatures now H. _____________ used by meteorologists when they make climate forecasts.
Q. 3. Read the following conversation and then report what was said by completing the following passage.
Professor: I have made a new invention! (5) Student: What will it do? Professor: It allows people to look through brick walls! Student: What is it called? Professor: It's called a window!
A professor told his student that (a) ______________________________________________________. The student wanted to know (b) __________________________________________________________. The professor informed that it would allow people (c) ______________________ through the brick walls. The student got excited and inquired (d) ______________________________________ called. The professor replied that it (e) __________________________________ a window.
Q. 4. Complete the following dialogue by filling in the gaps in any suitable way. Write your answers in the space provided. Do not copy the whole sentence. (4)
Anu : Are you joining school picnic trip? Anmol : No, (a) ______________________________. Anu : Oh, I am sorry to know it. Anmol : Don’t worry about me. Enjoy and have a great fun! Anu : (b) _________________________ you. Anmol : I too. Aey! Tell, are carrying camera with you? Anu : I don’t have any. Anmol : (c) __________________________________? Anu : That would be fine, thanks! I’ll catch pics for you. Anmol : Take it, its my brother’s camera so please (d) _______________________. Anu : Yes, sure.
Q. 5. Rearrange the words to form meaningful sentences. (3)
1. has / the / god / web / with / of / woven / sorrows / life / different / joys / colors / and / of
2. Sure / night / a / to / if / falls / day / is / dawn
3. always / for / golden / of / wait/ should / love / we / and / the / days / prosperity.
6. In the following passage one word has been omitted from each line. Mark the place where you think a word has been omitted and write the omitted word in your answer sheet against the correct blank number.
(½x8=4 marks)
It is essential to teach a child to (a) faith in himself. The teenagers today (b) are filled with uncertainty insecurity. (c) A few words of faith can wonders (d) to help a child be achiever. He must be (e) told God and His power so that (f) he faith on Him and learns to rely (g) on him. The child must told about what (h) God can do for him.
7. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. Write the answer against the correct blank numbers in your answer sheet. (1x4=4 marks) a) water / the baby / in the / here / plays / sits and b) long enough / the mother / him / does not / to weary / there / leave him. c) older / at low tide / as / wade about / allowed to / he is / he grows. d) look out / water / keep a / into deep / sharp / does not stray / so that he / his elders.
8.Read the newspaper headlines and complete the sentences below. Write the answer in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Do not copy the whole sentence. (½x6=3 marks)
1) IDOLS IMMERSED IN RIVER
The ten-day Durga-puja festival comes to an end today with_________________ in the river Ganga.
2) MINISTER RESIGNS : PARTY CONFUSED
The sudden (a)________________ of a senior cabinet minister caused (b)__________ among the party cadres.
3) “DEAD” BABY FOUND ALIVE : HOSPITAL ATTACKED
A government hospital in Uttar Pradesh (a)_______________ by a mob after an infant declared dead by a doctor (b)__________________ alive at the burial ground.
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1 The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. underline the word that you have supplied. 1/2 x7= 3 ½ If you has a credit card (i) you can bought train tickets (a) in just punching a few numbers (b) from a landline but mobile phone. (c) Online ticketing have been d) very successful between the young e) people who is using computers in f) their offices.
- Read the dialogue and complete the passage given below. Write the correct answer in your answer- sheet against the correct blank number. Do not copy the whole sentence. 3 Kumar : Where are you going now? Gulab : I am going to look after my grandfather. Kumar : What happened to him? Gulab : He was suffering from high fever. Kumar asked Gulab a) _________________________. Gulab replied that b) ___________________________. Kumar further asked him c) _______________________. Gulab told him that he had been suffering from high fever. 3. The underlined words in the following passage have been used inappropriately. Replace them with their appropriate forms. Write your answers in your answer sheet with correct number. Do not copy the whole passage. ½x4= 2 Everyone has the right to (a) free of opinion and (b) express. This right includes freedom to hold opinion without (c) interfere and to give (d) inform and ideas through any media.
- Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet. 3 a) important / a / diet / eating / is / balance b) daily / should / children / read / and / magazines / newspapers. c) with their / friends / should / discuss / topics / they / interesting.
- Given below are instructions for doing an activity in the class. Use these to complete the paragraph that follows. Write the correct answer in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Do not copy the whole sentence 3 a) Divide the children into groups. b) Assign them a topic like water safety, bus safety and fire safety. c) guide them to enact their ideas in the form of a play. In order to conduct the activity in the class the children (a) __________________ into groups. They (b) ____________________ like water safety, bus safety and fire safety. After they have decided the role they (c) _________________ in the form of a play.
- Fill in the blanks with suitable verb forms :- Children can be made to (a) __________ (practice) sitting, standing and (b) _______ (move) with confidence. They practice how to (c) ___________(look) and speak to impress the audience. They will enjoy (d) _________ (speak) from the stage. ½x4=
- You don't approve of the ways of people as they waste a lot of water in different activities. Even the taps in schools are not closed properly, thereby, wasting the valuable water due to negligence and carelessness. You wish to spread awareness among students about it. Write down your views appealing students of your school to conserve water and to save it for future in an article for school magazine/in a letter to the Editor of a Newspaper/in a letter to your friend in about 125-150 words. (8) OR Imagine you are Rahul, 1234, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, who met a Ginnie, while going to school. Rahul requested the Ginnie to fulfill his wishes which the ginnie promised to fulfill. In a letter to your cousin, Reema, share your experience of meeting with Ginnie in about 125-150 words. (8)
- The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each of the lines against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied: ½x7=3½ Chocolate can make peoples happy (i) ____________ Chocolate are also considered very (a) ____________ good in health .One (b) ____________ bar off chocolate (c) ____________ have more protein than one banana. (d) ____________ You might had heard people saying (e) ____________ that chocolates spoils the teeth. (f) ____________
- Read the Dialogue and complete the passage given below. Write the correct answer in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Do not copy the whole sentence: Anuja : Doctor, please help me. Doctor : Why are you crying? Anuja : I have stomach ache. Doctor : Don’t worry, take this tablet. Anuja requested the doctor _____________________. The doctor asked her why _____________________. Anuja replied _______________________________. The doctor asked her not to worry and to take that tablet.
- The underlined words in the following passage have been used inappropriately. Replace them with their appropriate nouns/. Write your answers in your answer sheet with correct number. Do not copy the whole passage. “Science and You’ is a a)_____________(collect) of eight chapters .This is a b))_____________(smaller) book containing c)_____________(wonder) languages of science .The writers give a sense of d)___________(nation) pride and expose young students to the scientific scene in India. ½x4= 2
- Look at the words and phrases given below .Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. 3 (a) A/flew/garden/into/day/a/butterfly/one. (b) big/to/she/sunflower/a/flew. (c) sparkle/did/mala’s/why/eyes/?
- Fill in the blanks with the suitable Non-Finites/verbs : After a)_______ (search) for a long time,they found the dead body of a big animal. They became very happy on( b)_________(find) it, but they had nothing to c)________(cut) it and they could not eat it without d)________ (cut ).They were looking for something to cut it when a leopard happened to come there. ½ x4 2
SECTION B
(WRITING)
Value Points :- Maintenance of health - important Junk food - an enemy of health Disease prone - unhygienic Costly - wastage of money Use of preservatives, oil, salt, colour etc. Tell upon our liver, kidney, nerves and teeth affects our general health badly Less nutritive To develop taste for healthy homemade food is beneficials NOTE : The points given above are suggestive only Any. other relevant point given by the students must be accepted. Formal Letter Objective : 1. To use an appropriate style and format to write a formal letter to the principal, Letter to the editor (Letter of complaints, seeking information)
- To plan, organize and present ideas coherently. Marking should be in accordance with the following writing assessment scale Content : 4 marks Fluency & Accuracy : 3 marks Format : 1 mark Total = 8 marks OR Value Points:- D B C 0D C 7 AHidden talent of the students comes to the fore D B C 0D C 7 Abuilds confidence D B C 0D C 7 Aneed of the hour D B C 0D C 7 Aenriches creativity 98 No. Expected Answer / Value Points No D B C 0D C 7 Adevelops healthy competitive spirit D B C 0D C 7 Aencourages team spirit D B C 0D C 7 ACreates awareness about current happenings (Any three) NOTE : 1. The points given above are suggestive only Any other relevant point given by the students may be accepted.
- If only the format is given and no content is given, no marks to be awarded.
- Under content, credit should be given for the candidate’s creativity in presenting his/her ideas.
- Content - 4 marks Fluency - 2 marks Accuracy - 2 marks Value Points:-
- Water conservation - need of the hour.
- Wastage is harmful
- Water pollution
- acute shortage in remote areas
- Awareness compaigns. OR D B C 0D C 7 AMeeting with ginnie D B C 0D C 7 Aproblems faced by Rahul D B C 0D C 7 Adescription of ginnie D B C 0D C 7 AWishes of freedom from books D B C 0D C 7 Asolution of problem.
- The students will write appropriate instructions in grammatically correct language. Content - 2 Expression - 2 4 OR 99 No. Expected Answer / Value Points No Report D B C 0D C 7 Adisplay of Books D B C 0D C 7 AVariety of books D B C 0D C 7 APublishers D B C 0D C 7 AA number of interesting programmes SECTION C (Grammar)
- Objective –To use grammatical items accurately and appropriately. To test the use of Tense, Connectors ,’Be’form. Marking –1/2 mark for each correct answer. ½x6 = 3 For the mark to be awarded ,both the underlining and correction must be correct. The correction must correspond to the part underlined. a) chocolate is also b) good for health c) bar of chocolate d) than has more e) might have heard f) chocolate spoils the
(d) Wanda Petronski won the girl’s medal at last for drawing one hundred wonderful and different designs of dresses. 101 No. Expected Answer / Value Points No
- Character skectch of Natalya
- Quarrelsome and fond of arguing on petty matters
- Over ambitious
- Proud of her possessions
- Impatient
- Full of vanity Mijbill the OTTER
- Kept the otter in an 18 inches box
- hid the box under the seat
- Shocked to see the otter trying to get out of the box.
- Airhostess advised to place the otter on his knees.
- Mij jumped out of the box and ran in the aeroplane
- The passengers were panicked
- Mij landed in a tray of soup.
- (a) Both of them are not able to establish the superiority of their dogs as CHUBUKOV stops both of them and scolds them for fighting for animals. 2 (b) Lomov is suffering from the heart problem and is unable to take any stress. 2
- (a) He’s a tiger in the cage (b) to control his strength (c) To entertain the visitors at zoo. (d) To save his species. OR (a) They are in the cracks on the veranda floor? (b) They try to separate themselves from their mainstream / they try to liberate themselves. 1 (c) Simile is the figure of speech e.g. like newly discharged patients. 1
No. Expected Answer / Value Points No OR In favour D B C 0D C 7 AIncrease competitive spirit D B C 0D C 7 AHelps in differentiating and ranking D B C 0D C 7 ADecides eligibility for higher education D B C 0D C 7 AGives a purpose to study and concentrate / target to achieve D B C 0D C 7 AHelps in self-evaluation / opportunity to improve. Against D B C 0D C 7 ANot a true test of one’s abilities D B C 0D C 7 ACan cause depression / frustration / suicides D B C 0D C 7 ANo Creativity - only mugging up D B C 0D C 7 A3 hours in sufficient to judge full year’s progress D B C 0D C 7 ASubjectivity in evaluation D B C 0D C 7 AMatter of luck / chance
- Students will write instructions to prepare a telephone in a proper sequence in grammatically correct english Content 2 Expression 2 4 OR Value Points:- Various schools - Participate in colourful display some interesting and creative ideas Visitors Content - 2 expression - 2 4 81 No. Expected Answer / Value Points No SECTION C Grammar
- Objective : To use grammatical items accurately and appropriately To list the use of tense, connectors, be form. Marking : ½ mark for each correct answer. For the mark to be awarded, both the underlining and the correction must be correct. The correction must correspond to the part underlined. (a) can buy train tickets (b) by just (c) landline or mobile (d) ticketing has been (e) successful among the
No. Expected Answer / Value Points No (b) The Postmaster and the other employees of the Post office collected the money as much as they could and sent that to Lencho in order not to shake his faith in god. 1 (c) He wrote to God that next time the money should be sent to him not through mail as post office employees were a bunch of crooks. 1 (d) One sentence will be made.
- Objective : To test knowledge and extrapolation of the text. Content - 3 Expression - 3 6 Value Points :-
- Left him alone
- flew to a big plateau
- warned him of the consequences
- Taunting him about his cowardice
- took no notice of his requests
- mother picked up a piece of fish in her beak
- brought it within the reach
- motivated the young sea gull to fly OR
- Valli - a very young girl
- decides to go for a bus journey
- enjoys watching out of window
- horrified to see the dead cow
- scared to go out of the bus
- a. i. To prove that his dog was superior to that of Natalya. ii. To show that he belonged to a rich family. b. He wanted him to give him the hand of his daughter Natalya. 84 No. Expected Answer / Value Points No
- Objective :- To test local and global understanding of the poem. (a) 1 Ink (black kitten) 2 Blink (grey mouse) 3 Mustard (Yellow dog) 4 Custard (the dragon) 1 (Any two) (b) He drank a drink from his pocket bottle and fired two shots 1 (c) Custard ate him up. 1 OR (a) Fire stands for greed, conflict, fury, intolerance, hatred. (Any one) 1 (b) Ice stands for insensitivity, coldness, indifference, rigidity (any one) 1 a,b,a,a,)................................ fire a
................................ ice b ................................ desire a ................................ fire a (c) He hates insensitivity and indifference of the people which is represented by ice. 1
- (a) It comes quietly like a cat 1 (b) He is helpless 1 (c) because it is half dazed and unable to have vitality of a healthy tree. 1
- Realization of his mistake
- took greater interest in experiments
- continued his work meticulously
- won many other prizes. content - 4 expression - 4 8 OR
- Matilda’s constant discontentment
- her sense of frustration 85
- borrowing the diamond necklace
- forgetful about the diamond necklace
- Had to buy a new necklace
- Inability to tell the truth to her friend.
- No body hated or insulted her 4 OR
- Because there were books about everything. They illustrated, educated punctuated and decorated.
- Because he was unable to move 3 OR
- Because Lutkins himself befooled him and took him to different places. No. Expected Answer / Value Points No 86 Class X ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Time: 3 hrs Max. Marks: 100
General Instructions: a. This paper consists of four sections: i. Section A Reading 20 ii. Section B Writing 20 iii. Section C Grammar 15 iv. Section D Text Books 45
i. a church ii. a Budhist temple iii. an indicator of the level of oxygen in air iv. an indicator of level of water in streams. (1) g. What are the things the author equipped himself with on the second day? Why does he say 'with high spirit'? (2) h. Find the words in the passage which mean the same as following: (2) i. got down from ii. strange iii. admired iv. moving to and fro
- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: Sabrimala is in the Western Ghats and is named after Sabari,-the tribal woman mentioned in the Ramayana, who attained salvations after her meeting with Ram. Sabarimala is believed to be the abode of lord Ayappa and is visited by about one crore pilgrims every year. For 41 days devotees follow a controlled life style. They No. Questions No 88 eat only vegetarian food, refrain from consuming alcohol or tobacco, and follow personal cleanliness and celibacy. Pilgrims wear only black clothes and don't share. Irrespective of caste, creed, social status or religious belief, anyone can worship at the temple. All pilgrims are referred to as 'swami' during the pilgrimage. Offerings to Ayyappa are tied in a bag with compartments known as irumudi. This contains a ghee-filled coconut, betel leaves and nuts, and incense sticks. Pilgrims carry the offerings on their heads throughout the arduous journey chanting the slogan' swamiye saranam Ayyappa' which means 'oh Ayappa; I seek refuse in you'. The 18 steps to the temple represent the 18 puranas. Close to the temple's entrance, there is a temple to a Muslim disciple. Vavar Swamy while those of two tribal chiefs, kadutha swamy and karuppa swamy, are positioned on either side of the steps. a. How did the pilgrim centre Sabrimala get its name? (1) b. What is the controlled life style followed by the pilgrims. (1) c. What is the significance of 'irumudi'? (1) d. Why does the writer call the journey arduous? (1) e. Write any two special features of the pilgrimage. (2) f. Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following: i. house ii. a place of worship (2) SECTION B- WRITING 20 MARKS
- Your cousin is a brilliant student but he is not keeping good health because he
avoids homemade food and is very fond of eating outside. Write a letter telling him/ her about the harmful effects of junk food and advising him/her how to maintain good health in not more than 100 words. You are Arpil/Arpita of C-8 Lawrence Road, Delhi. (8) OR Write a letter to the Principal of your school requesting him/her to introduce interhouse activities like quiz programmes, debates, recitation, essay-writing, painting and sports explaining how it may be beneficial for all-round development of their personality. You are Vineet/Vineeta, the head boy/girl of New Modern School, Amritsar. (8) No. Questions No 89
- You don't approve of the ways of people as they waste a lot of water in different activities. Even the taps in schools are not closed properly, thereby, wasting the valuable water due to negligence and carelessness. You wish to spread awareness among students about it. Write down your views appealing students of your school to conserve water and to save it for future in an article for school magazine in about 125-150 words. (8) On the basis of the picture given above imagine yourself Rahul who met a Ginnie, while going to school. Rahul requested the Ginnie to fulfill his wishes which the ginnie promised to fulfill. Write an interesting article on 'My meeting with Ginnie' describing ginnie and your wish fulfillment in about 125-150 words. (8)
- Given above is a picture describing the boy trying to fly a kite. Write instructions for your cousin to fly a kite in about 50-60 words. (4) No. Questions No Rahul Genie 90 OR You recently visited the 'World Book Fair' organized at Pragati Maidan and found it quite an enriching experience. Write a report in about 50-60 words
so as toencourage other students to visit it. (4) SECTION C- GRAMMAR 15 Marks
- The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each of the lines against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied: ½x6 3 Chocolate can make peoples happy. ____________ Chocolate are also considered very (a) ____________
b) Join both the ends with each other. c) Draw a line in the middle along the strip and cut it with scissors. First of all a long strip of paper a)__________.Both the ends b) __________with each other .Then a line c)____________ in the middle along the strip and is cut with a pair of scissors..
- Fill in the blanks with the suitable Non -Finites : After a)_______ ( search) for a long time ,they found the dead body of a big animal .They became very happy on( b)_________( find)it ,but they had nothing c)________(cut) it and they could not eat it without d)________(cut ).They were looking for some thing to cut it when a leopard happened to come there. ½ x4 2 SECTION D TEXT BOOKS 45 marks
- Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: Mark! While relatives are looking on and lamenting deeply, one by one mortals are No. Questions No 92 carried off, like an ox that is led to the slaughter. So the world is afflicted with death and decay, therefore, the wise do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world. Not from weeping nor from grieving will anyone obtain peace of mind; on the contrary, his pain will be the greater and his body will suffer. He will make himself sick and pale, yet the dead are not saved by his lamentation. He who seeks peace should draw out the arrow of lamentation, and complaint, and grief. He who has drawn out the arrow and has become composed will obtain peace of mind; he who has overcome all sorrow will become free from sorrow and be blessed.” a. Why did Buddha give this sermon to Kisa Gotami? 1 b. What fact of life did Buddha convey to Kisa Gotami in this sermon? 2 c. Who can obtain peace of mind in this world? 1 d. Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as following: 1 i. killing of animals etc. ii. feeling sorry/sorrowful
- Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: For girls, this contest consisted of designing dresses and for boys, of designing motor boats. Probably Peggy would win the girls medal. Peggy drew better than anyone else in the room. At least, that's what everybody thought. She could copy a picture in a magazine or some film star's head so that you could almost tell who it was. Oh, maddie was sure Peggy would win. Well, tomorrow the teacher was going to announce the winners. Then they'd know. The next day it was drizzling, Maddie and Peggy hurried to school under Peggy's umbrella. Naturally on a day like this, they didn't wait for Wanda. Petronski on the corner of Oliver Street. a. How was Wanda different from other girls? 1
b. What did Wanda mean when she said that she had hundred dresses all lined up in the closet? 1 c. Write down the correct option for the following: 1 They didn’t wait for Wanda petronski because i. It was raining heavily. ii. They were curious to know the result of the contest. iii. Wanda was absent from school for many days. d. Who had won the girls' medal at last? Why? 2 No. Questions No 93
- Answer the following question in about 80-100 words: 6 Imagine you are the airhostess of the flight on which Maxwell flew with his otter. Narrate the events on board the plane. OR Give the character sketch of Natalya in about 100 words.
- Answer any one of the following questions in 30-40 words each: 4 a. Whose dog turns out to be superior? How? b. What is the ailment that Lomov is suffering from?
- Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: But he's locked in a concrete cell, His strength behind bars Stalking the length of his cage, ignoring visitors. i. Who does 'he'refer to in the stanza? 1 ii. Why is 'he'locked? 1 iii. Explain: 'stalking the length of his cage 1 iv. Why is he ignoring visitors? 1 OR All night the roots work To disengage themselves from the cracks in the Veranda floor the leaves strain towards the glass small twigs stiff with exertion long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof like newly discharged patients Half dazed, moving to the clinic doors. No. Questions No 94 No. Questions No a. Where are the trees in the poem? 1
