HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION 2012-13

MM. 100
Instructions :-
1. All questions are compulsory
2. Read the instructions given with questions carefully before attempting them.
3. Marks of each questions are indicated against it.
SECTION A
Q.1. (A) Fil in the blanks with correct words given in the brackets :- 05
i. He is good ___________ English ( at, in, with)
ii. When he was young he _________ Cross the river. (Can, could, may)
iii. ________ Ramayana is a holy book of Hindus. (a, an, the)
iv. He has _______ books (Much, Many, none)
v. He will not leave the place _________ I come back. (until, because, as)
(B) Match the coloum ‘A’ with column ‘B’ and rewrite. 05
A B
i) Jovial a large bag
ii) Relucland Very Cheerful and friendly
iii) Sack Farmur
iv) Danger Unwilling
v) Peasant a dark under ground room
used as a prison.
(C) Choose the correct alternative from the following questions and write them
in your answer sheet - 05
i. The poet of the poem ‘Light the lamp of they lar’ is _____
a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
b) Lord Tennyson
c) William words worth.
ii. The writer of the ‘Discovery of india is ____
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Abdul Kalam
 iii. Happiness is _____
a) an inner state of mind
b) given by external things
c) given by our friends
iv. At the time of salary, we prided ourselves on our _____
a) fertile land
b) spiritual greatners
c) material well being
v. It is natural for one to _________
a) dislike one’s own country
b. Like one’s own country
c. Criticiz one’s own country.
(D) Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against the sentences. 03
i. Subuddhi bought pay to fill his house.
ii. Bhama shah was a true pateriot.
iii. The power of Determination is a real story.
Q.2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.
A man without discipline is like an engine without a brake, a society that has
no rules or whos membres do not confirm to its rules soon falls to pieces. In games
to discipline is like an engine without a brake, a society that has no rules or whose
members do not confirm to its rules soon falls to pieces. In games to discipline is
necessary. Every player has to obey his captain and carry his commands whether he
likes them or not. But discipline is more necessary in the army An army without
discipline is no better than a lawless mob. In not run if the boys do not observe the
rules and regulations of the institution teaching is impossible if they boys do not
keep discipline in the class.
Questions :-
1. What is a man without discipline?
2. What happens to a society without discipline ?
3. Find out words from the passage that mean similar to :
a. Essential needful _____
b. Orders _______
Q.3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end –
A cheerful person is always more disposed to be happy than miserable. He
tends to look at the bright side of things and thus often derivers pleasure from
circumstances which would ordinarily sadden a person A cheerful beggar is happiers
than low spirited millionare. As a source of happiness neither wealth nor fame nor
beauty nor power nor even health can be compared even for a moment with
cheerful temperament. A great advantage of cheerfulness is that it enables man to
do is work more efficiently and prevents him from being easily exhausted. The
labourer who whistles over his work goes hameless tired ad can work harder that
another who braod are real or imaginary troubles.
Question –
i. Who is more happy ?
ii. What is the tendency of a cheerful person ?
iii. What can not be compared with cheerful moment ?
iv. Pickout the suffix used in the following words. ___
a). happiness _______
b) Cheerful _______
Q.4. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
One night as Disk lay fast asleep into his drawsy eyes. A great still light began
to creep from out the silent skies. It was the larly moon’s far when. He raised his
dreamy head, Her surge of silver filled the pune and streamed across his bed, So, for
a while, each gazed at each.
Dick and the solemn moon till, climbing slowly on her way, She vanished and
was gone.
Questions –
1. What made Dick wake up at night?
2. Why do you think Dick gazed at the moon?
3. What happened to the moon later ?
4. Pick out four objectives from the poem ?
 SECTION – B
Q.5. You are shantance, living at 52, surya nagar Dewas, Write a letter to your friends,
sonu congratulating him on passing the higher Sec School Examination with the first
division.
or
You are chareel sharma, a student of class X-A in st. mary H.S. School, Dhar
your father has been transferred to Jabalpur, write an application to your principal
requesting him to issue you your school leaving certificate.
Q.6. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below :
If you have a telephone in your house, you will admit that it rings when you
least want it when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation, or
when you are just going out, or when you are in your both. Are you strong – minded
enough to ignore it to say to yourself, An well, it will be the same in a hundred years
time’? you are not You think there may be some important news or message for you.
Have you never rushed dripping from the both, or cheuring from the table, or angry
from bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number ?. You were told the truth. In
my opinion all telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course your telephone
rings and you decide not to answer it. then you will have to listen to a stupid bell
ringing and ringing in what is supposed to be the privacy of your own home you
might as well buy a bicycle bell and ring it yourself.
Questions
1. Make notes on the above passage and given title too.
2. Write the summary of the passage.
Q.7. You, along with some of your friends, went on a picnic last week. Write a paragraph
on ‘How I Enjoyed the picnic’.
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or
Write an essay on any one of the following topics in about 200 words.
a. Science Advantages and dis advantages.
b. Importance of games and sports
c. An Indian Festival
d. My Hobby.
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SECTION C
Q.8. Do as directed (Any – 5)
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i. When my friend called I was (sleep) (Rewrite the above sentence using the
correct form of the verb given in bracket)
ii. Who broke the jug?
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(Change into passive voice)
iii. The boy is my friend. He is wearing a red shirt.
(Combine the sentences using a relative clause)
iv. Mr Sharma teaches me english.
(Change into present perfect Tense).
v. Unless you work hard You can not pass
(Rewrite the sent using ‘If’ in place of ‘Unless’)
vi. I saw the room. The room was locked.
(Combine the two sent, into a simple sentence)
Q.9. Translate into english (any-5)
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3. vkt lkseokj gS A
4. o"kkZ gks jgh FkhA
5. og dy bUnkSj tk,xkA
6. rqe dgk¡ jgrs gks \
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SECTION D
Q.10. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end –
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“Mamta, I want you to start practising your gaml sereously from today. I am taking
you in a basketball team”.
These words of the basketball coach surprised everyone selections had been going
on for the schools basket ball team and the coach had chosen Mamta who had
joined the school only a month before.
Mamta could not believe on her ears. She had wanted to play basketball since she
joined the school, but none of the girls in her class was ready to teach her. In fact
 some of the girls in the team had even laughted at her when they heard that the
previous school in which she had studied did not even have a basketball court?
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Questions –
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1. Whom did the basketball coach ask to start practising the game seriously?
2. When had mamta joined the school.
3. What did Mamta want since she joined the school ?
4. Which school did not have a basketball court ?
5. Find out the words, from the passage that mean similar to __
a. Amazed _____
b. Prepared ____
Q.11. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below :
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But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive
somehow, to the amazament of the physician, he did survive. When the mortal
danger was past, he again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The
mother was told that since the fire had distrayed so much flesh in the lower part of
his body it would have been better if he had died, since he was doomed to be a life
time cripple with no use at all of his lawer limbs. Once more the brave by made up
his mind the would. But unfortunately from the waist he had no motor ability. His
this legs just dangled there, all but lifeless.
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Questions :
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1. What did the boy decide ?
2. Why was the physician amazed ?
3. What did the physician tell the boy’s mothers ?
4. What was the condition of his legs ?
Q.12. Answer the following questions in 50-60 words.
Why did pratap singh call Bhamashab the “Saviour of Mewar?
or
How did Raosakta react for Bhama Shah?
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Q.13. Write answer in about 25-30 words what title did Pratap Singh give to Bhama Shah
and why ?
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or
What did Bhama Shah bring with him?
Q.14. Read the extrat carefully and answer the questions given below :
Come to me O-ye children?
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For I hear you at your play, And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished
away.
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Questions –
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1. Whom does the poet address the poem?
2. What were children doing at the time?
3. What has vanished away?
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In my house, with thine own hands,

hight the lamp of they love!
They transmeeting lamp entrancing, wondrous are its ways.
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2. Who does “They” refer to ?

3. Which lamp does the poet pray to god to light?
Q.15. Answer any two of the following questions
a. What does the poet say about books ?
b. What does the poet want to know about the wind?
c. Who is noble, brave and wise as per the poem, ‘Anger’?
Q.16. Write the central idea of the poem ‘wind’
Q.17. Compare peace with anger.
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Q.1. (A)
i. in
ii. could
iii. The
iv. many
v. until
(B)
i. Very cheerful and frendly
ii. Unwilling
iii. a large bag
iv. a dark underguarend room used as a prison.
v. Farmer
(C)
1. a. Rebindranath Tagore
2. b. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. a. An inner state of mind
4. b. Spiritual greatness
5. b. Like one’s own country.
(D)
i. False
ii. True
iii. True
Q.2. 1. A man without discipline is like an engine without a brake.
2. A society that has no rules or is without discipline soom falls to pieces
3. a. necessary
b. commands
Q.3. i. A cheerful person is more happy.
ii. the tendency of a cheerful person is to look at the bright side of things/
 iii. Walth, power, fame, beauty or health can not be compared with cheerful
moment.
iv. a. _ness
b. ___ ful (Full)
Q.4. 1. The silvery light of the moon made Dick wake up at night.
2. Dick gazed at the moon to see her beauty.
3. She vanished later
4. Still, silent, lovely, dreancy.
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SACTION B
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Q.5. 52 SuryaNagr Dewas
10th March 12.
My deat sonu,
I am extremely happy to know that you have passed the H.S. School Exam in
st
the 1 division. Please accept my congratulations for your well – deserved success.
Please convey my regards to your parents.
I hope you will keep writing to one

Your Sincerely
Shantanu
or
Patten
1 mark for solutation
4 marks for body
1 mark for subscription
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Q.6. 1. Title – Nuisance
Notes –
• Telephone at home causes problems
• may ring while you are
i) asleep ii) middle of meal etc iii) in bathroom
• Difficult to ignore
 i) expert some impt. news, ii) message
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bullets or numbering

• Stupid bell ringing causes

i) lose of privacy ii) place.
2. Summary
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It can be marked according to word limit/no, corect sentece formation etc. It
should be short and crisp.
Q.7. Note :-
Paragraph include the following points
1. Introduction
2. About picnic spot
3. Care and work
4. about interesting places
5. conclusion.
or
a) Science ………..
1. Introduction
2. Uses
3. Advantage and disadvantage
4. Conclusion

b) Impt of games …………..

1. Introduction
2. Impt of games & sports
3. Advantages/disadvantage
4. conclusion

c) An Indian …….
1. Introduction
2. Why do we celebrate
3. When do we celebrate
4. Reason
 5. Conclusion

d) My Hobby
1. Introduction
2. My Hobby
3. Conclusion

Essay should be written upto the point, correct sentence formation necessary points
and quotations, no repeat of sent)
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SECTION C
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Q.8. Do as _______
i. When any friend called me I was sleeping.
ii. By whom was the jug-broken?
or
Who was the jug broken by ?
iii. The boy who is wearing a red shirt is my friend.
iv. Mr. Sharma has taught me english.
v. If you can not work hard you can not pass.
vi. I saw the room locked.
Q.9. 1. I am going to home.
2. What is your name?
3. Today is Monday
4. It was raining.
5. He will went to Indore tomorrow.
6. Were do you live ?
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SECTION D
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Q.10. 1. Mamta ____________
2. Only a month before __________
3. She wanted to play basket ball ____________
4. Mamtas previous school ________
5. a. surprised
b. ready
Q.11. 1. The boy decided that the would not die, but survive
2. The physician was amazed to see that the boy really survived.
3. The physician told the boy’s mother that the fire had dutroyed so needs flesh
in the lower part of his body, it would have been better if he had died.
4. His this legs just dangled here, all but lifeless.
Q.12. Pratap singh had lost all hope to liberate Mewar. He was in exite Bharmashah gave
all his gold and wealth to him to raise an army and fight the enemy. It is because
Pratap Singh called ________
or
Bhama shah had arranged sixty braves horsenen for every mile from the camp to
Dawer seeing this man agement Rao sokta react that if Akbar knew, he would
exchange half his captains for such a one. Birbal was a mere shadaw of shrewd
Bhamashah.
Q.13. Pratap singh hacted Bhama Shah as ‘Saviour of Mewar’. He also called him a golden
counsellor and the noblest man because he gave all the hoarded wealth to liberate
Mewar.
or
Bhama shah brought all his gold and property to offer to Pratap Singh.
Q.14. i. The poet addresses the poem to children
ii. They were playing.
iii. The questions that perplexed the poet have vanished away.
or
i. Rabindra nath Tagore
ii. They refers to God
iii. The poet prays to God to light the lamp of his love.
Q.15. a. The poet says that books are dull and endless strife
b. The poet wants to know about the wind if it is young or old.
c. A man who conquers and rules himself is noble. brave and wise.
Q.16. The wind makes the kites go up and the birds fly in the sky. It blows all day long.
When it blows fast, it makes a loud sound. The wind remains unseem, though it
makes greed things happen. Sometimes it bring disaster and Sometimes it is cool and
pleasant.
Q.17. Peace is frank, waven and soft Anger is ugly and hard, Peace adds beauty and wharm
to the face, Anger snatches it.