Dr. D. Y. Patil Public School, Pimpri, Pune - 18.

CBSE Affiliation No. 1130679

TERM II OPEN BOOK TEST-II 2021-2022
Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SUBJECT CODE: 184
Class: X Marks: 40
Date: 04/04/2022 Time: 2 Hours

General Instructions:
1. The Question Paper contains THREE sections-READING, WRITING & GRAMMAR and
LITERATURE.
2. Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part.
SECTION A- READING (10 marks)
1. Read the passage given below. 1*5
1. Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about
300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are
sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to
the ocean. More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents. This vast
amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all flora
and fauna are dependent. Thus, the hydrosphere permits organic existence.
2. The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any
other liquid. One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most
liquids contract on cooling. For this reason, ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the
bottom. If the ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for thin layer of
surface-melt water during the summer season. Thus, all aquatic life would be destroyed and the
interchange of warm and cold currents, which moderates climate, would be notably absent.
3. Another outstanding characteristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest
of all liquids and solids except ammonia. This characteristic enables the oceans to absorb and store
vast quantities of heat, thereby often preventing climatic extremes. In addition, water dissolves
more substances than any other liquid. It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great
storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents. In several areas of the
world these minerals are being commercially exploited. Solar evaporation of salt is wisely
practised, potash is extracted from the Dead Sea, and magnesium is produced from sea water along
the American Gulf Coast.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer ANY FIVE questions from the six given
below.
i. How does ocean water help in supporting life?
ii. What do you understand by the hydrosphere?
iii. How does water differ from other liquids when frozen?
iv. What is the unique characteristic of water with regard to heat capacity?
v. From where potash and magnesium is produced and how is salt extracted?
vi. Rewrite the following sentence by replacing the underlined phrase with a word that means the
same from para 1.
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 2. Read the case based factual passage given below. 1*5
1. India is home to 46.6 million stunted children, a third of world’s total as per Global Nutrition
Report 2018. Nearly half of all under-5 child mortality in India is attributable to undernutrition. Any
country cannot aim to attain economic and social development goals without addressing the issue of
malnutrition. Poor nutrition in the first 1000 days of a child’s life can also lead to stunted growth,
which is associated with impaired cognitive ability and reduced school and work performance.
Malnutrition in children occurs as a complex interplay among various factors like poverty, maternal
health illiteracy, diseases like diarrhoea, home environment, dietary practices, hand washing and
other hygiene practices, etc. Low birth weight, episode of diarrhoea within the last 6 months and the
presence of developmental delay are often associated with malnutrition in most developing nations
including India.
2. In present era malnutrition is reflected as double burden, one aspect is undernutrition and other
being overnutrition. But, in India and other low and middle-income countries (LMICs), basically
malnutrition is synonymous with protein energy malnutrition or undernutrition, which signifies an
imbalance between the supply of protein and energy and the body’s demand for them to ensure
optimal growth and function.
3. Globally, approximately 149 million children under-5 suffer from stunting. In 2018, over 49
million children under-5 were wasted and nearly 17 million were severely wasted. There are now
over 40 million overweight children globally, an increase of 10 million since 2000. It is estimated
that by 2050, 25 million more children than today will be malnourished.
4. India is one among the many countries where child undernutrition is severe and also
undernutrition is a major underlying cause of child mortality in India. In a recently released Global
Nutrition Report 2018, revealed the prevalence of stunting, wasting and overweight at national level
as 37.9, 20.8 and 2.4% respectively.
5. In India as per National Family Health Survey IV (2014-2015, recent in the series) 38.4, 21 and
35.7% of children below 5 years suffer from stunting, wasting and underweight respectively
(corresponding figure for NFHS III, 2005- 2006 were 47.9, 19.8 and 42.5% respectively).
Prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in India is 7.5%

6. In the 2018 Global Hunger Index, India ranks 103rd out of 119 qualifying countries. With
a score of 31.1, India suffers from a level of hunger that is serious. Figure given depicts
dimensions and indicators of Hunger index and its relationship with child malnutrition.
 On the basis of your understanding of the Passage, answer ANY FIVE questions from
the six given below.
i. What is a major underlying cause of child mortality in India.
ii. By what year is it estimated that globally 25 million more children will be
malnourished?
iii. What is an indicator of inadequate food supply?
iv. What does Undernutrition signify?
v. What did the Global Nutrition Report, 2018 reveal?
vi. What does the author mean by ‘underlying cause’

SECTION B- WRITING & GRAMMAR (10 marks)

3. Attempt ANY ONE from i and ii. 5

i. Study the graph given below. The graph shows birth and death rates in a country from 1901 to
2101. Write an analytical paragraph in not more than 120 words.

ii. You are Maya/Manish, Hostel Warden, Gandhi Bal Senior Secondary School, Mathura, Uttar
Pradesh. Write a letter to the Sales Manager, Bright Electronics and Domestic Appliances Ltd., New
Delhi, placing an order for fans microwaves, ovens and geysers that you wish to purchase for the
hostel.

4. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the
error and write its correction against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the
correction. The first one has been done for you. 1*3
Error Correction
Neil Armstrong were the commander of Apollo 11. E.g. were was
He was the first to walked on (a) ………. …………
the moon. What much people do not (b) ……….. …………
knew is that, unlike most of his fellow (c) ……….. …………
astronauts, he was the civilian and not part of a military

5. Read the following dialogue between Teacher and Children and complete the passage that
follows. 1*2
Teacher : Children, let us all pledge to save trees.
Children : Yes, mam, we all pledge to save our trees as the trees are the lungs of the city.
Teacher : Let us start today by planting a sapling.

The teacher asked all the children to pledge to save trees. The children replied affirmatively
(a) _____ as the trees are the lungs of the city. Then the teacher said that (b) _____.
 SECTION C- LITERATURE (20 marks)

6. Answer ANY SIX questions in 30-40 words each. 2*6

i. How did Kisa Gotami realise that life and death is a process?
ii. Justify the poet’s allusion to Rapunzel in ‘Amanda
iii. Why did Richard lose interest in tagging butterflies?
iv. Do you think M Loisel had an enjoyable evening at the ball? Give reasons for your answer.
v. Why does the hack driver offer to ask about Oliver Lutkins?
vi. How has the Coorgi tradition of courage and bravery recognised in modern India?
vii. How does Lomov react when Chubukov says that he is not used to misbehaviour by a
young man like Lomov?

7. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 120 words each. 4*2
i. Age is not a barrier when it comes to doing something different and great. Which
characteristics of Valli help her achieve the wonder of visiting the town at such a tender age?

ii. The poet in the poem Animals’ laments the loss of certain values on the part of human
beings, whereas animals seem to have retained them and are self-contented. Analyse the
cause of degeneration of values in today’s hard times.

iii. “Put the fear out of your heart and you will be able to speak like anyone else”. These
words of encouragement from the teacher highlight that change of social attitude and
encouragement can help a child like Bholi to become confident and face the world bravely.
Taking help from the lesson ‘Bholi’ write how the social attitude towards Bholi made her an
introvert. What should be done to help such children to face the world bravely?

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