GRADE 10 SAMPLE QUESTIONS – 2020-‘21

ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

I. Read the passage carefully and learn the given graph:

The future of news is mobile:

1. While no real surprise for many today, Reuters confirms that mobile is the
most popular device for consuming news today. The computer has dropped
dramatically as the main device for news, going from 71% in 2013 to just 28%
on 2019.

2. Readers are still using computers to access news, but it is no longer their
preferred device. Instead, smartphones are winning, due in part to their
convenience and versatility. Tablet usage has remained stable in recent years.

3. This move of readers towards mobile has an impact on publishers, both for
revenue sources as well as content formats. Firstly, display advertising does
not work as well on the smaller screens of smartphones. This can continue to
encourage publishers to adopt reader revenue strategies instead. Secondly,
this move is causing publishers to change the content formats they used in the
print and desktop eras. Today we see publishers experimenting with
the Stories format, digital-only editions, or even mobile optimised e-Papers,
such as Twipe’s NextGen technology.
4. Ultimately, we can expect the publishers rethinking their mobile experiences
for readers. For example, today 70% of sample users are on mobile, so now
their strategy is focused on moving readers to apps , where they have much
better retention rates. With the growing importance of smartphones,
publishers will most likely increase the investment in their apps.
On the basis of your reading of the passage given above, answer the following
questions by choosing the most appropriate options from the given
choices: 1 × 10=10

(a)Who reported that mobile is the most popular device for consuming
news among the public?
(i) Smartphone companies
(ii) Computer suppliers
(iii) Tablet providers
(iv) Reuters

(b) Smartphones are overpowering other devices because of their

convenience and _____ in usage.
(i) incompetence
(ii) flexibility
(iii) maladroitness
(v) ineptness

(c) Usage of ______ is shown stable in recent years.

(i) Computers
(ii) Smartphones
(iii) Tablets
(iv) Smartphones and Computers

(d) The change in the attitude of readers towards mobile has an impact on
publishers’ ______
(i) revenue and customers.
(ii) marketing.
(iii) News text size.
(iv) revenue sources and content formats.

(e) Twipe’s NextGen technology is an example of _________.

(i) Text Editing tool
(ii) mobile optimised e-Papers
(iii) Stories updating site
(iv) NewGen mobile phones

(f) The publishers are investing on ______, where they think can have
better retention rates.
(i) networks
(ii) mobiles
(iii) apps
(iv) None of the above

(g) Find the meaning of the word, ‘revenue’ from para 4 and choose a
suitable antonym from the options given below.
(i) readers
(ii) earning
(iii) subscribers
(iv) expense

(h) In para1, the word ‘ dramatic’ means _____.

(i) surprise
(ii) noticeable
(iii) confirm
(iv) device

(i) In para2, ____ means ‘ flexibility’.

(i) access
(ii) versatility
(iii) stable
(iv) none of the above

(j) In para 3, _____ means ‘plan’.

(i) publisher
(ii) encourage
(iii) strategy
(iv) instead

(k) Find the meaning of the word, ‘investment’ from para 4 and choose a
suitable antonym from the options given below.
(i) divestment
(ii) business
(iii) subsidy
(iv) fund
(l) The given report is an example of _______ passage.

(i) factual
(ii) inferential
(iii) discursive
(iv) None of the above

II. Read the process given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most
appropriate words from the given options: (1×4=4)

Process of Operating an ATM:

• Find an ATM of any bank
• Enter your secret PIN
• Wait a little till your transaction is complete
• Get the currency
• Leave the ATM cabin.
• Take your ATM card and put it in the slot
• Select your option
• Collect your Card and Transaction Slip
• Never share your ID or password

For doing transactions through an ATM you are required to find an ATM of any
bank. First you (a) ______ to put your card (b) _____ the card slot and it is
followed by (c) ____ the secret PIN. You are supposed (d) ____ wait till your
transaction is complete. Then take the currency, collect your card and leave
the ATM cabin. Your ID or password must never be shared.

(a) (i) needed (ii) need (ii) have needed (iv) will need
(b) (i) on (i) at (ii) under (iv) in
(c) (i) entering (ii) have entered (iii) enter (iv) entered
(d) (i) for (ii) at (iii) to (iv) with