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ENGLI
SH–LanguageandLi
ter
atur
e
CLASS-
X
SET1

Ti
meAl
lowed:3Hr
s. Maxi
mum Mar
ks:80

Gener
alInstr
ucti
ons:
1.Thi spaperi
sdivi
dedintot wopar t
s:AandB.Allquest
ionsarecompulsory
.
2.Separ at
einst
ruct
ionsaregi venwitheachsecti
onandquestion,wher
ever
necessar
y.Readtheseinstructi
onsverycar
eful
lyandfoll
owt hem.
3.Donotexceedt heprescribedwor dli
mitwhil
eansweri
ngt hequesti
ons.

Par
tA(
40mar
ks)

1. Readt
hepassagegi
venbel
ow.
Iknowpov ert
yandmi seryandIqui teappreciatebyper sonalexperi
encewhati ti
st o
bepoor ,whati ti
st ohav enocl othes,whati tist ohav enobooks,whati ti
st o
str
ugglet hroughl i
fe,whati tistowal kt hrought hest r
eetswi t
houtanumbr ell
a,
withoutconv eyanceal ongmi lesondust yroads.Ihav ebeent hroughitallandIcan
understandt hedi f
ficult
iesthatmostofy ougr aduateshav etof acetoday.Iam
speakingfrom al ongex peri
enceof60y ears.Pleasedonoti maginethatallthe60
yearsaremi lkandr oses.Tobeabl etoaccompl ishsomet hing,Iwanttotellyouthat
youhav etogot hr
oughsuchexper iences.
Iadmi tsuccessi
nli
feisnotalwaystobeint
ell
igentorbestrong,anditi
st osome
extentabi tofagamble,butthosewhogottheirmindsri
ghtandt hosewhoknow
theirj
obsoonerorlater,wil
lsoonerper
hapsthanlatermaket hei
rwayi nli
fe.But
theyshouldnotbedisappoi
ntedift
heydonot
,theyhavetofaceupl i
feandtakeitas
theyfi
ndi t
.
WhatIsayisthatthegreatthi
ngsinl i
fearenotreal
lygreatthi
ngsi nli
fe.WhatIlove
i
st oenj
oythecommont hingsofli
fe.Iam happythatIam stil
labletosl eepatni
ght
provi
dedIhavethreemileswalkint heeveni
ng.Iam sti
llabletoenj oyagoodl unch
oragooddinner.Iam sti
llabl
etolookatt heblueskyandl i
keit.Istil
lli
ketowalkin
theopenfi
eldsandli
kethesmel loftheRagiortheJowar .
Wet hi
nkt hathappi
nessconsistsofgoi ngt opicturesandseeingthri
l
lingfil
msand
technicolourdramas.Notatall
,thegr eatthingsinl i
fearetheGod-gi
vent hi
ngswhich
costnot hing.Whatyouneedist hedesi r
et oappr eci
atethem.Ifyouhavey ourminds
andhear tsopen,youhav ear oundy ourt hingswhi chgi v
ey oujoy.Ther eisthe
but t
erfl
yj umpingaboutinflourishingcolour sonal lsi
des.Lookatt hewonder ful
thingthatGodhasgi venforourenj oyment.
Wehav etolovenatureandappr eciat
enatureandappreci
ateherwonder
fulgi
ft
s,of
natur
e’smarvell
ousingenui
ty,i
tsresourcef
ulness,andi
nfi
nit
evari
ety
.Iti
sthesame
thi
ngthathasinspi
redmeal lmyl i
fe. –C.V.
Raman
Ont
hebasi
sofy
ourunder
standi
ngoft
hepassage,
answerANYTENquest
ions
f
rom t
het
wel
vet
hatf
oll
ow. (
10x1=10)
(
i)HowhadC.
V.Raman’
schi
l
dhoodbeendi
ff
icul
t?
a)Hehadli
vedli
feasapoor
b)Hehadaccesstobooksonl
y
c)Hehadtorunonthestr
eets
d)Heneverdr
ankmilkasachil
d

(
ii
)Whyhasl
i
febeent
ermedasagambl
e?
a)Itdisappoi
ntsyoualways
b)Lifeisgoodtoonl yhar
dworki
ngpeopl
e
c)Evenani nt
ell
igentorstr
ongpersoni
sunsur
eofsuccess
d)CVRamanhasl ostmoneyi
nthisgamble

(
ii
i)
HowdoesC.
V.Raman’
sspeechi
nspi
reus?
a)Het
olduseasywaystoenj
oylif
e
b)Het
oldusoneneedstobepoortosucceedi
nli
fe
c)Het
oldustoworkdayandnight
d)Het
oldusthatl
i
feisnev
ereasy

(
iv)
Whataccor
dingt
oC.
VRamanconsi
stsofhappi
ness?
a)Seeingthri
ll
ingfil
msandt echnicol
ourdr
amas
b)Thingsthatcostmoney
c)God- gi
vengift
swhi chcostnothing
d)Agr aduatestudent’
sli
fe

(
v)Accor
dingt
othet
ext
,whatshoul
dwel
ove?
a)Li
fe
b)Gamble
c)C.
VRaman
d)Natur
e

(
vi)
Whi
chsmel
ldi
dhel
i
kei
nthef
iel
ds?
a)Butterfl
i
esinf
iel
ds
b)Ragi andJowar
c)Dinner
d)DustyRoads

(
vii
) Whathasi
nspi
redC.
VRamanal
lhi
sli
fe?
a)Gamble
b)Famil
y
c)Natur
e
d)Fi
lms
 (
vii
i
) Howmanyy
ear
sofexper
iencedoesC.
VRamanhav
e?
a)6years
b)60years
c)16years
d)66years
(
ix)Fi
ndasy
nony
m of-despai
r
a)di
sappoi nt
ment
b)hopelessness
c)misery
d)di
stress
(
x)Fi
ndanant
ony
m of-
endl
ess
a)l
imited
b)continuous
c)i
nfini
t e
d)unreachabl
e
(
xi)Thet
oneoft
hespeakeri
s-
a)humorous
b)anal
yti
cal
c)advi
sory
d)caut
ioni
ng

(
xii
) Whi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
snotat
ruest
atement
-
a)Wehav etolovenatureandappreci
atenatur
eandappr eci
ateher
wonderfulgi
fts
b)Wethinkthathappinessconsist
sofgoingtopictur
esandseeingthr
il
li
ng
fi
lmsandt echni
colourdramas.
c)Iam notabletolookattheblueskyandli
keit.
d)Iadmitsuccessinlif
eisnotalwaystobeint
ell
igentorbestr
ong.

2. Readt hepassagesgi venbel ow.

January26i scel ebrat edasRepubl icDayi nourcount ry.I
twasont hisday ,in1950,
thenew const i
tutionofi ndependentI ndiacamei ntof orceandI ndiabecamea
democr ati
cr epubl ic.TheConst i
tuentAssembl yheadedbyDr .Raj endr aPrasad,with
Dr.B.R.Ambedkarast heChai rmanoft heDr aft
ingCommi t
tee,tookmor ethantwo
yearstobr ingthewor ld’sl
engt hiestconst ituti
ont oitsf i
nalshape.
The enormous  taskbef oret heConst ituentAssembl ywast of ramet hebasiclaw
thatwoul df ormal izeI ndiaasat r
ul ydemocr aticnation.Democr acyi sapt l
ydefi
ned
asasy stem ofGov ernmentbyt hepeopl e,fort hepeopl eandoft hepeopl e.The
foundingf athersoft heConst i
tution,t her efore,hadt oensur et hatt hebasi claw of
the land cont ai ned suf f
ici
entpr ovisions f ort he fulfi
l
mentoft he democr atic
aspir
ationsoft hepeopl eofI ndianotonl yi nthepol it
icalspherebutal sointhesocial
and economi c spher es.Thatexpl ains t he inclusi
on ofa separ ate parti nthe
Const it
ution,calledt heDi r
ect ivePr inciplesofSt atePol icy.
Thesepr i
nciplessi gnifythef actthatt hef ramer soft heConst itutionwer ewel lawar e
ofthewi degapsandi nequal iti
est hatexi stedamongt hev arioussect i
onsoft he
Indi
an popul ati
on.TheConst i
tution maker shad t hewi sdom t o appr eciatet hat
poli
ticaldemocr acy i s meani ngl ess when an ov erwhelmi ng maj orit
y of t he
popul at
ioni shist ori
callytrappedi npov erty,il
li
ter
acy ,ill
-healthandsuper sti
tion.The
Cent r
alandSt ateGov ernment swer eexpect edtoframepol i
ciessot hatev eryci t
izen
i
sassur edofadecentl i
vingst andar di rr
espect i
veofsex,cast e,r eligi
on,language
andr egion.
Themaker sofourConst itut i
ondescr i
beI ndiaasaUni onofSt atesandnotasa
federation.Bei ngwel lconv ersantwi tht hedi ver
si t
yoft henat ioni nt ermsoft he
l
anguage,r eligion,cast eandr egion,andi tsimpl i
cat ionsont hei ntendedsoci o-
economi cdev elopmentoft hecount ryasawhol e,t hemaker soft heConst i
tution
optedf orapol i
ticalsy st
em i nwhi cht heCent ralGov ernmenti sequi ppedwi th
overwhel mingadmi nistr
ative,l egislativeandf i
nancialmuscl e.Mostoft henat i
ons’
poli
ciesandpr ogr ammesf orsoci o-economi cdev el
opmentor iginat eatt heCent ral
Gov ernment ,andt her esponsi bili
tyf orthei rsuccessf uli mplement ationi sent rusted
tothest ates.

Onthebasi
sofyourunderst
andi
ngoft
hepassage,
answerANYTENquestions
fr
om t
hetwelv
ethatfol
low. (10x1=10)
(
i)Thepr
ogr
ammesf
ort
hesoci
o-economi
cdev
elopmentor
igi
nat
eat
a)stat
elevel
b)regi
onallevel
c)dist
ri
ctl
ev el
d)centr
algov er
nmentl
evel

(
ii
)TheBr
it
ishhadl
eftbehi
nd
a)adevel
opedIndia
b)awealt
hyIndia
c)apover
ty-
str
icken,i
ll
i
terat
eIndi
a
d)astr
ongandheal t
hyIndia
(
ii
i)
Theconst
it
uti
on-
maker
sdescr
ibeI
ndi
aasa_
___
___
_.
a)Uni
onofstates
b)Uni
onofnati
ons
c)Uni
onofterr
itori
es
d)Uni
onofdist
r i
cts

(
iv)
Theconst
it
uti
on-makerstookmorethant
woy
ear
stobr
ingt
hewor
ld’
s
___
___
__const
itut
iontoit
sfinal
shape.
a)si
mplest
b)l
engthi
est
c)heav
iest
d)shor
test
(v
)Findt hewordf
rom thepassagewhi
chmeanst
hesameas 
recogni
zing
t
hegoodqual i
tyofsomebody .
a)ov er
look
b)appreci at
e
c)dispar age
d)condemn

(
vi)
Whoi
stheChai
rmanof
 t
heDr
aft
ingCommi
tt
ee?
a)Dr.B.
R.Ambedkar
b)Dr.Raj
endraPrasad
c)JawaharLalNehru
d)Sachchi
danandaSinha

(
vii
) Whoi
stheHeadof
 t
heConst
it
uentAssembl
y?
a)Dr.B.
R.Ambedkar
b)Dr.Raj
endraPrasad
c)JawaharLalNehru
d)Sachchi
danandaSinha

(
vii
i
) _ _____
__i
sequi
ppedwi
thov
erwhel
mingadmi
nist
rat
ive,
legi
slat
iveand
financi
almuscl
e.
a)Stat
eGov ernment
b)Constit
uti
on
c)CentralGover
nment
d)SupremeCour t

(
ix)
Whendi
dtheI
ndi
anConst
it
uti
oncamei
ntof
orce?
a)1949
b)1947
c)1948
d)1950
(
x)I
nhowmuchwast
imeourConst
it
uti
onmade?
a)I
ntwoyear
s
b)Moret
hantwoyear
s
c)I
noneyear
d)Moret
hanthr
eeyear
s

(xi
)Antony
m ofwor
d enor
mous:
a)insigni
fi
cant
b)mammot h
c)v ast
d)humongous
 (xi
i
) Sy nonym ofwor
d i
ncl
usi
on:
a)omi ssion
b)oversight
c)append
d)preclude

3. Readtheextract
sgivenbel
owandat
temptANYONEbyanswer
ingthe
quest
ionsthatfol
low: (
5x1=5)

(
A) “Pl
easedon’
tshout!Youcanshoutyour
sel
fhoar
sei
nyourownhousebut
her
eImustasky outorest
rai
nyoursel
f!
”

(
i)Whoisthespeakeroft
hegi
venl
i
nes?
a)Natal
ya
b)Lomov
c)Chubukov
d)Mrs.Chubukov

(
ii
)Whati st
hedisput
eover
?
a)OxenMeadows
b)Chubukov’
shouse
c)Bi
rchwoods
d)Burntmar
sh

(
ii
i)Whatdoesthewor
d ‘
rest
rai
n’mean?
a)Rest
rict
b)Obli
ge
c)Honour
d)Cheri
sh

(
iv)Whoi sthespeakerconv
ersi
ngwi
th?
a)Chubukov
b)Lomov
c)AntonChekov
d)Lomov’smot her

(v)Whi chwor dinthegivenli

nesmean harsh?
a)Restrain
b)Shout
c)House
d)Hoarse
OR
(
B)
Whilethecl asswascircl
ingtheroom,themonitorf
rom theprincipal’
sof f
ice
broughtMi ssMasonanot e.MissMasonr eadi
tseveral
timesandst udiedit
thoughtful
lyforawhi l
e.Thensheclappedherhands.“Att
enti
on, class.Everyone
backt otheirseat
.”Whent heshuff
li
ngoffeethadstoppedandt her oom wasst il
l
andqui et,
Mi ssMasonsai d,“
Ihavealett
erfrom Wanda’
sf at
hert hatIwantt o
 r
eadtoyou.”MissMasonst oodt her
eamomentandt hesilencei
nt heroom grew
t
enseandexpectant.Theteacheradjustedherglassesslowlyanddeliberatel
y.
Hermannerindi
catedthatwhatwascomi ng—t hislet
terfr
om Wanda’ sfather—
wasamatterofgreatimportance.Every
bodylist
enedcl oselyasMissMasonr ead
t
hebri
efnote.
(
i)Whydi
dMi
ssMasonr
eadWanda’
sfat
her
’sl
ett
ersev
eral
times?
a)Becauseshestudi
editthoughtful
ly
b)Forshestudi
editunatt
enti
vely
c)Becauseshecouldnotcompr ehendit
d)Becausei
twaswr it
tenveryshabbil
y
(
ii
)WhathappenedwhenMi
ssMasonst
art
edt
oreadt
hel
ett
er?
a)Shestart
edlaughing
b)Shestart
edcrying
c)Sheadjustedherglasses
d)Shecl
ear edherthroat

(
ii
i)
Findoutawor dfrom t
hepassagesi
mil
ari
nmeani
ngt
o knowi
ngl
y.
a)Deliberatel
y
b)Expect antl
y
c)Circli
ng
d)Thought ful
ly
(
iv)
Whatcany
ousayaboutWanda’
sfat
herf
eel
i
ngsashi
ghl
i
ght
edi
nthel
ett
er?
a)Hewasdel
ighted
b)Hewaspetr
ifi
ed
c)Hewasannoyed
d)Hewasthr
il
led
(
v)Whowr
otet
henot
e?
a)Wanda
b)Wanda’sf
ather
c)Peggy
d)Maddi
e

4.Readtheext
ract
sgi
venbel
owandat
temptANYONEbyansweringt
hequest
ions
thatf
oll
ow: (5x1=5)

(
A) Iwonderwher et
heygett
hoset
okens,
DidIpassthatwayhugeti
mesagoand
negl
igent
lydropthem.

(
i)Whois 
I 
her
e?
a)Thepoet
b)A l
it
tl
echi
ld
c)Ananimal
d)A bi
rd
 (
ii
)Whatdoest
hepoetwonder
?
a)Animal
sarefer
oci
ous
b)Animal
shavehumanvir
tues
c)Animal
sarechi
ldl
i
ke
d)Animal
sandhumansarenotver
yfr
iendl
ytoeachot
her

(
ii
i)Whatmakest hepoetlament?
a)Theunsympat het
icat
ti
tudeofhumans
b)Lackofinnocenceinhumans
c)Thev i
ndi
cti
venessandheartl
essnessi
nhumans
d)Alloft
hese

(
iv)
 Fi
ndf
rom t
hepassageawor
dwhi
chmeans 
enor
mous.
a)Huge
b)Wonder
c)Tokens
d)Negli
gence

(
v)Theword t
oken 
ref
erst
o__
___
___
.
a)Coins
b)Gif
thamper s
c)Vir
tues 
d)Symbols
OR
(
B) Somesayt hewor l
dwillendi
nf i
re
Somesayi nice
From whatI’
vetastedofdesi
reIholdwi
tht
hosewhof
avourf
ir
e

(
i)Namet
he 
poet
.
a)WaltWhi
tman
b)Rober
tFr
ost
c)Ruski
nBond
d)WBYeats
(
ii
)Whatdoest
hepoetcompar
e‘f
ir
e’wi
th?
a)hatred
b)unendingdesi
re
c)vi
olence
d)Allofthese

(
ii
i)
Traceawor df
rom t
heext
ractt
hati
sanant
ony
m of
 ‘
oppose’
.
a)hol d
b)t asted
c)end
d)f avour
 (
iv)Namet
hepoet
icdev
iceusedi
nthel
i
nes.
a)Oxymoron
b)Transf
err
edEpi
thet
c)Anaphora
d)Si
mi l
e
(
v)Whatmessagedoest
hepoetwantt
oconv
eyt
hrought
hesel
i
nes?
a)destr
ucti
oni sinevi
tabl
e
b)l
ifei
sunpr edictabl
e
c)ever
ythi
ngi stransi
tory
d)Both(a)and( c)
5.Choosethecorr
ectopti
ontofi
lli
nthebl
ankst
ocompl
etet
henot
eon
–Exchangeofgreet
ingcar
ds: (3X1=3)
Theexchangeofgreeti
ngsamongpeopl eisverycommon.The( i
)__
_ _
_ _
______
___
_
medium forthi
sisthegreeti
ngscard.Iti
s( i
i)
______
____
_____bypost.Iti
san
il
lust
ratedmessage(ii
i
)_____
_____
_____fri
endship,l
ove,af
fecti
on,goodwi l
l,
grati
tudeorsomesimilarsenti
ment.Greetingcardsareal
sosentt oconv ey
congratul
ati
ons,t
hanksorget -
wellmessages.
(
i)
___
___
___
___
___
_
a) popul
ar
b)mor epopul
ar
c)mostpopular
d)superpopul
ar
(
ii
)__
___
___
___
___
a)most
lysend
b)usual
l
ysent
c)of
tensend
d)r
egul
arl
ysent
(
ii
i)
___
___
___
___
__
a)whi
chexpr
ess
b)whi
chmi
ghtexpr
ess
c)t
hatexpr
esses
d)t
husexpr
esses
6.Chooset
hecor
rectopt
ionst
ocompl
eteRi
aandGr
andpa’
sconv
ersat
ion:
(3X1=3)
Ri
aandRaghavaccompani edthei
rgrandfat
hert
oabot ani
calgarden.Onseeing
di
ffer
entvari
eti
esofcact
i,Ri
aasked(i)__
____
___
____
______
____onlyinsoil
.Grandpa
i
i)
______
____
______
_alsogr
ewont rees.Riat
henenquir
ed(ii
i)
____
_ _
_____
_____
_ _
___i
n
cact
i.Gr
andpaanswer
edaf f
irmat
ivel
ythatf
lower
sofdif
ferentcol
our
sli
key
ell
ow,
redandwhit
eandofdissi
milarsi
zesbloomedonthecacti
.
(
i)
___
___
___
___
___
___
___
_
a)shal
ltheygrow
b)whethertheygr
ew
c)aret
heygr ow
d)wil
ltheygrew

(
ii
)__
___
___
___
___
_
a)advisedthatthey
b)orderedthatthey
c)suggestedthatthey
d)repl
iedthatthey
(
ii
i)
___
___
___
___
___
__
a)havefl
owersbloom
b)hasfl
owersbloom
c)shoul
dflower
sbl oom
d)wouldfl
owersbloom

7.Fi
lli
nthebl
anksbychoosi
ngt
hecor
rectopt
ionsf
orANYFOURoft
hesi
x
sent
encesgi
venbel
ow: (
4X1=4)
(
i)
Itwassodar
kthatIf
ell
downt
hest
air
slastni
ght
.I_
___
___
_thel
i
ght
.
a)needt
ofi
x
b)woul
dfi
x
c)hadt
ofi
x
d)shoul
dhav
efi
xed

(
ii
)Li
vingcel
l
sexisti
nav
ari
etyofshapes;
forexampl
e,t
hey_
___
___
_cube-
shapedorfl
at.
a)Wer
e
b)mustbe
c)hav
ebeen
d)maybe

(i
i
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