BDS International School

Revision Test (2021-22)

Class-X
English
Time Allowed: 40 min. Maximum Marks: 20
Instructions- Attempt all the questions.

Q1- Where was Lencho's house situated?

A) bottom of the hill B) top of a hill
C) top of a plateau D) in a city

Q2- What was the only thing that the Earth needed according to Lencho?
A) a shower B) a snowfall
C) strong winds D) sunlight

Q3- It was a celebration of South Africa's first ______ government.

A) autocratic, racial B) democratic, non-racial
C) democratic, racial D) monarch, non-racial

Q4- What was it that the nation needed to be liberated from?

A) poverty B) gender discrimination
C) deprivation D) all of the above

Q5- Whom did Mandela wanted to thank but couldn't?

A) his family B) white rulers
C) African patriots who no longer existed D) Military

Q6- What does "Dust of Snow" represent?

A) healing power of nature B) particles of snow
C) cool weather D) none of the above

Q7- Who is the poet of the poem "Dust of Snow"?

A) Leslie Norris B) Robert Frost
C) Carolyn Wells D) Robin Klein

Q8- What does the poet compare fire with?

A) hatred B) desire
C) hot D) both 1 and 3

Q9- What is the meaning of "perish"?

A) bloom B) rise
C) die D) glow

Q10- What would suffice if the world were to perish twice?

A) ice B) fire
C) hatred D) both 1 and 2

Q11- What is the name of the veterinary surgeon?

A) Tricki B) Mrs. Pumphrey
C) Hodgkin D) Mr. Herriot
Q12- What problem does Mrs Pumphrey think Tricki has?
A) diarrhea B) malnutrition
C) allergies D) all of the above

Q13- Who is Hodgkin?

A) dog owner B) gardener
C) Veterinary surgeon D) Dog

Q14- How has the narrator described Anil?

A) simple B) kind
C) easy-going D) all of the above

Q15- What was Anil doing when the boy met him?
A) cooking B) watching a match
C) playing D) writing an article

Q16- What did the boy ask Anil for?

A) to give him food B) to employ him
C) to give him money D) to teach him

Q17. He __________ in the States but he still does not have a command over the English language.
A) have been living B) has been living
C) have lived D) living

Q18. By the next month, we shall __________ the project.

A) has completed B) completing
C) completed D) have completed

Q19. How __________ she do that to us!

A. would B. must
C. could D. shall

Q20. We __________ always respect our elders.

A. can B. will
C. should D. could