DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, REWARI

WEEKLY TEST (27.10.20)

SUBJECT – ENGLISH
NAME:________________ CLASS – X TIME: 1 ½ hrs.
CLASS:_____SECTION:_____ MM:35 Marks

SECTION-A (READING) 8 Marks

Q.1.Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 8
1 After a hard day’s work you retire to your room, pick up a book and settle down for an hour of
quietness, when suddenly the peace is shattered by loud music from a nearby marriage hall. You try
not to let it bother you, but after a while you become angry. You clench your teeth. And then your
fists. You throw the books down. You threaten to go down and cut their wires. Have you ever
thought of this intrusion into your personal space as violence? And your own reaction, a violent one
too?
2. For most of us, our personal space is sacred. Whether that space is a luxuriously quiet room, a table
in the comer, or a moment of snatched solitude with a cup of coffee. The personal space we crave for,
needs quietness and solitude. But, much of our space is violated by noise: ringing telephones which
pierce our ears; blaring, deafening horns; loud, ear-splitting music; screeching of tyres; booming
voices and so much more—lack of space, congested roads, narrow corridors, flats built so close to
each other.
All of this violates our sense of space and need for site. Unable to bear the noise and the crowd, we
turn into himsa people, snapping at each other.
3. Perhaps you may not have thought that inconsiderate interruptions, rummaging through drawers that
are not yours, reading mail that doesn’t belong to you, listening at doors to private conversations as
his behaviour. These acts are violations of space and privacy and so it is violence. When our personal
space is disrupted, we become angry and this often leads to verbal or emotional violence.
4. A friend of mine needs to be alone in the front porch with his cigarette, coffee and newspaper.
Nobody would dare disturb him first thing in the morning during his time of solitude. His wife’s
space consists of watching her favourite TV serial at night. There have been many squabbles over
this as he often interrupts her asking for a drink, or expecting her to search for something he has
mislaid during that time. This insensitivity and lack of respect for her is a form of violence.
1.1 Based on your reading of the passage, answer the following questions. 4
(a) According to the writer, what does the loud music in the neighborhood represent?
(b) How does a man react when is exposed to noise and crowd?
(c) According to the writer, when does the husband in the fourth paragraph show himself!
(d) State a few ‘inconsiderate interruptions’ according to the author.
1.2 Do as directed: 4
(a) What is the word used for ‘retreat’ as given in the passage?
(i) favourite (ii) refresh (iii) retire (iv) ahimsa
(b) What do -‘squabbles’ mean?
(i) a noisy quarrel (ii) quiet disregard
(iii) dissatisfaction (iv) none of the above
(c) What does the term ‘ahimsa’ mean in the passage?
(i) violent behavior (ii) non-violent behaviour
(iii) considerate behavior (iv) friendly behaviour
(d) What does the phrase; ‘inconsiderate interruptions’ mean in the passage?
(i) asking for advice
(ii) purposefully disturbing someone
(iii) disturbing someone without any consideration for their time
(iv) none of the above

SECTION-B (WRITING &GRAMMAR) 13 Marks

Q2. You are Nisha/Nishant. As Secretary of the Literary Club of your school, you have been asked to
write a paragraph on the importance of reading. The following histogram clearly states how
irrelevant reading has become to the present generation. Taking ideas from the histogram, write
the paragraph in about 100 words. 5

Q3. Fill in the blanks in the paragraph given below with the help of the options that follow: 4
Squirrels are like acrobats. Some species are very mobile a)————-of their ability to glide.
These flying squirrels have gliding membranes b) ————spread from their wrists to ankles.
When they launch themselves c)————the air, they stretch their limbs d)———the gliding
membrane.

(a) (i) since (ii) as (iii) because (iv) so

(b) (i) who (ii) that (iii) whose (iv) whom
(c) (i) into (ii) at (iii) of (iv) by
(d) (i) spreading (ii) to spread (iii) will spred (iv) spreads
Q4. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the
error in each line. Write the error and its correction in the space provided. Do any four. 4

Common wealth golden medalist Heena eg. golden gold

Sindhu used to watch its uncle repair a) ——— ————
each kinds of guns in her neighbourhood b) ——— ————
and developed fancy for it. And in c) ——— ————
2006, where she took up shooting her d) ——— ————
family members didn’t think she should e) ——— ————
win laurels for her country
SECTION-C(LITERATURE) 14 Marks

Q5. (i) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follows: 8

The conductor nodded and she was overcome with sadness. What had been a lovable, beautiful
creature just a little while ago had now suddenly lost its charm and its life and looked so horrible...."

a) "She" overcame with sadness because ......

b) The creature was strucked by a _________
c) She is so sad because____________
d) The synonym of the word horrible is
(i) awful (ii) wonderful (iii) sad (iv) moderate

(ii) Poor Kisa Gotami now went from house to house, and the people pitied her and said, “ Here is
mustard- seed; take it! But when she asked , “did a son or a daughter, a father or a mother die in
your family?” they answered her, “Alas! the living are few, but the dead are many. Do not
remind us of our deepest grief.” And there was no house but some beloved one had died in it.

(i) Kisa Gotami went from house to house to take / get ________.
(ii) Did she get what she asked for ? (yes / no)
(iii) Kisa Gotami found _____ house where someone had not died.
(iv) Find the word from the passage which means the same as
‘pain/misery’.

Q6. Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words each: 6

i) Who was Valli?
ii) What was the most fascinating thing that Valli saw on the street ?
iii) Why was Gautama known as Buddha?