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Sample Paper 8
Class X Exam 2022-23
English-Language and Literature (184)
Time Allowed : 3 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. 15-minute prior reading time allotted for Q-paper reading.
2. The Question Paper contains THREE sections READING, GRAMMAR & WRITING and LITERATURE.
3. Attempt question based on specific instructions for each part.

SECTION A- READING SKILLS 20

I. Read the passage given below. 10
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1. Man does not Live by food alone. Water is vital to human health and fitness. Although it is not a nutrient
per se as are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals. It, in fact, is a key nutrient as no life
is possible without it. Whereas we can do for weeks without food, we cannot live without water longer
than a couple of days.
2. Water approximates 60 per cent of the body weight of human adults. The total amount of water in a man
weighing 70 kilograms is approximately a little over 40 litres. It is an excellent solvent - more substances
are soluble in water than in any other liquid known so far. This makes it an ideal constituent of the body
fluids which sustain life supporting chemical reactions. It dissolves varied products of digestion and
transports them to the rest of the body. Likewise, it dissolves diverse metabolic wastes and helps drain
them out of the body. Besides, it performs a variety of functions - some well known and well understood
while others not so well appreciated yet vita l. The no less important role of water is to distribute/
dissipate the body heat efficiently, thereby regulating body’s temperature. Water accomplishes this role
ideally because it has high thermal conductivity ensuring rapid heat transfer from one part to the other.
3. Above all, water has a high-specific heat, implying that it takes a lot of heat to raise the temperature of
water and likewise much heat must be lost to lower its temperature.
4. Drinking a lot of water is an inexpensive way to stay healthy. Even excess of water is harmless. Water
therapy - drinking a litre or so the first thing in the morning is kidney-friendly.
5. The water regulation in the body is affected by hypothalamus in two ways i.e., (i) by creating the
sensation of thirst which makes us drink water and (ii) by controlling the excretion of water as urine. If
water regulation fails, medical emergency ensues.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.

i. Water is vital to human health and fitness because:

(a) man does not live by food alone
(b) it is an excellent solvent
(c) we cannot survive for more than a couple of days without it
(d) it controls thirst and excretion of water as urine

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ii. Water is called a key nutrient because:

(a) it dissolves different products of digestion
(b) no life is possible without it
(c) it carries products to the rest of the body
(d) it raises temperature of the body

iii. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 2:
Water is an ideal constituent of the body fluids.

iv. Water regulates body temperature efficiently as:

(a) it circulates easily
(b) it has high-specific heat
(c) it dissolves food easily
(d) it has high thermal conductivity

v. What does the author means when he uses the word ‘regulation’ in the last para?
(a) Official rule
(b) Control
(c) Device for fair use
(d) Worn or used as per rules

vi. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

Water transports nutrients to the body.

vii. Which activity is considered as water therapy?

viii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from paragraph 3:
pitch : throw :: warm : _____
(Clue : Just like to pitch is a synonym of to throw, similarly to warm is a synonym of to...)

ix. Substitute the word ‘sustain’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 2:
This makes it an ideal constituent of the body fluids which sustain life supporting...

x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.

_____ is an inexpensive way to stay healthy.
(a) Water
(b) Minerals
(c) Vitamins

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(d) Proteins
II. Read the passage given below. 10
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1. People in only 12 out of 35 States (Figures are for undivided Andhra Pradesh) and Union Territories had
overwhelmingly chosen Hindi as the first choice for communication. Among the rest, while a few chose
Hindi as their second or third language of communication, a majority of them chose English, according
to the results of the 2011 language Census released in 2018. About 43.63% of the total population said
their mother tongue was Hindi.
2. Which Indian States are primarily Hindi-speaking according to the language Census?
3. The 2011 Census data shows that most Indian States, apart from a handful of States in northern and
central India, do not primarily speak Hindi but have adopted the language as a secondary language. Most
southern and north-eastern States are not Hindi-speaking and have adopted English as their secondary
language. The given map shows the State-wise percentage of people who stated that Hindi was their
first, second, or third choice of language. Most of the 12 States and Union Territories that chose Hindi
as their first choice were located in northern and central India - over 96% of the population in Uttar
Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh speak Hindi.
4. The share of Hindi-speaking people in Gujarat is significantly lower than most States. The southern and
north-eastern states, apart from Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, have the lowest proportion of Hindi-
speaking population among all states.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.

i. About how much percentage of population said that their mother tongue was Hindi?

ii. Which states have adopted English as their secondary language of communication?
I. Southern states of India
II. Northern states of India
III. North-Eastern states of India
IV. Central states of India
(a) I and II
(b) I and III

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(c) III and IV

(d) I, II and III
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iii. Name any two states or union territories that chose Hindi as their first language of communication.
1. __________
2. __________

iv. Hindi speaking population in Arunachal Pradesh is :

(a) lowest among the north-eastern and southern states.
(b) higher than other north-eastern states.
(c) lowest among the north-eastern states.
(d) higher than other north-eastern and southern states.

v. Which state has a more lower share of Hindi speaking people than any other state?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerela
(d) West Bengal

vi. People of most states and union territories located in northern and central India :
(a) speak their own mother tongue rather than English or Hindi to communicate.
(b) speak English as their first language of communication.
(c) chose Hindi as their first choice of language for communication.
(d) are divided in the usage of English and Hindi in their daily life for communication.

vii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

Over 96% of population in Southern India speaks Hindi as their first language of communication.

viii. According to 2011 census data, most Indian States, apart from a handful of States in northern and central
India,
(a) primarily speak Hindi and the rest have adopted it as a secondary language
(b) primarily speak Hindi
(c) have adopted English as a secondary language
(d) do not primarily speak Hindi but have adopted it as a secondary language

ix. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from paragraph 1:
mnemonics : memory :: phonetics : _____
(Clue : Just like mnemonics deals with memory, similarly phonetics deals with...)

x. According to the map, which state has the highest percentage of Hindi speaking population in India?

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III. SECTION B- GRAMMAR 10

Attempt ANY TEN of the following questions. 10
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i. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
The director had come out of the office before I _____.
(a) arrived
(b) arrive
(c) was arrived
(d) had arrived

ii. Read the conversation between a father and his son. Complete the sentence by reporting son’s reply
correctly.
Father : How was the paper?
Son : It was easy.

The father asked his son how the paper had been. Son replied that _____.

iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line.
I doubt, if it _____ be of any use telephoning them so late.
(a) would
(b) could
(c) should
(d) might

iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line:
A pleasure in being outdoors is fundamental for human happiness.
Option No. Error Correction
(a) being be
(b) A The
(c) is are
(d) in at

v. Complete the given sentence, by filling in the blank with the correct option :
When he died, Ramanujan _____ behind 3 notebooks.
(a) was leaving
(b) had left
(c) left
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(d) leaves
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vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket.
The furniture in his house _____ (look) impressive.

vii. Report the dialogue between Anita and Seema, by completing the narration.
Anita : Do you know how to swim?
Seema : Yes I know. I have learnt it during this summer vacation.

Anita asked Seema _____. Then Seema replied in affirmative and also added that she had learnt it during
the summer vacation.

viii. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction.
The movie, including all the previews, take about two hours to watch.

Use the given format for your response.

Error Correction

ix. Transform the following direct speech into reported speech:

He said to us, “Why are you all sitting about there doing nothing ?”

x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the sentence.
You _____ be hungry after all that walking.
(a) may
(b) must
(c) need
(d) can

xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between electrician and Mohan.
Electrician: When did your electricity go?
Mohan: It is not working since evening.

The electrician asked Mohan when his electricity had gone. Mohan replied that _____.

xii. Identify the error and supply the correction for the following sentence:
Countries near on equator are some warmer than countries farther to the North and South.

Use the given format for your response.

Error Correction

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IV. SECTION B- CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS 10

All the names and addresses used in the questions are fictitious. Resemblance, if any, is purely coincidental.

1. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5

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A. You are Aman/Amita, Blue Bells Public School, Delhi. Write a letter to UK Publishers, Pratap Vihar,
Delhi to place an order for English to Hindi, encyclopedia, fiction books etc. for your school library.
Request them for a catalogue, discount offered and other necessary details.

Or

B. You are Mohit/Mohini, a resident of 32/B, Ravi Nagar, Delhi. Last week, you came across an advertisement
pertaining to city tour of Kerala and wish to avail it during the vacations. Write a letter of enquiry to
the Tour Manager, Balaji Tours and Travels, Connaught Place, Delhi, enquiring about the itinerary for 7
children and 20 adult members.
2. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5
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A. The bar graph given below contains data related to the people’s opinion about their consideration for the
most important factor for success. Write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words after observing the
graph carefully and analysing; highlight the main features and make suitable comparisons
The Most Important Factor For Success

Or

B. The following pie charts show the percentage of students taking admission in different faculties of XYZ
University over a certain period of time. Write an analytical paragraph on your understanding of the
given data.

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SECTION C- LITERATURE 40
V. Reference to the Context. 10
1. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5
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1.A Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in
the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty
people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to
have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good
time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able
to get any closer, and that’s the problem. May be it’s my fault what we don’t confide in each other. In any
case that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they are not liable to change. This is why I’ve started
the diary.
(From the Diary of Anne Frank)

i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the extract:
Despite having thirty people around Anne feels lonely.

ii. When Anne is with friends, she can only think of:
(a) having a good time
(b) chatting
(c) laughing and laughing
(d) talking too much

iii. ‘I’ here refers to:

(a) Robert Frost
(b) Anne Frank
(c) Robin Klein
(d) Carolyn Wells

iv. Her problem of loneliness is that:

(a) she feels irritated
(b) she can’t manage a group

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(c) she can’t confide in her friend

(d) she feels over confidence

v. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word from the extract:
profuse : lush :: prosaic : _____
(Clue : Just like profuse means lush, similarly prosaic means ...)

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Or

1.B When he saw those photos, Ebright didn’t shout, ‘Eureka!’ or even, ‘I’ve got it!’ But he believed that, along
with his findings about insect hormones, the photos gave him the answer to one of biology’s puzzles: how
the cell can ‘read’ the blueprint of its DNA. DNA is the substance in the nucleus of a cell that controls
heredity. It determines the form and function of the cell. Thus, DNA is the blueprint for life. Ebright and his
college room-mate, James R. Wong, worked all that night drawing pictures and constructing plastic models
of molecules to show how it could happen. Together they later wrote the paper that explained the theory.
(The Making of a Scientist)

i. Choose the option that shows the picture of the type of task Ebright and Wong were engaged in, as per
the extract.

(a) Option (1)

(b) Option (2)
(c) Option (3)
(d) Option (4)

ii. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the extract:
Ebright was perhaps expected to shout ‘Eureka!’.
iii. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option:
“Thus, DNA is the blueprint for life”, is another way of saying that the DNA contains a genetic _____.
(a) experiment
(b) ultimatum
(c) takeaway
(d) plan
iv. Four newspapers published a headline about Ebright and Wong. Choose the option that published a
factually correct headline, as per the extract.
Newspaper 1 WONG DENIES CONTRIBUTING TO EBRIGHT’S THEORY

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Newspaper 2 EBRIGHT COLLABORATES WITH ROOM-MATE WONG

Newspaper 3 WONG AND EBRIGHT EXAGGERATE THEIR THEORYDEFY LOGIC

Newspaper 4 EBRIGHT AND WONG’S THEORY PROVED WRONG

(a) Newspaper 1
(b) Newspaper 2
(c) Newspaper 3
(d) Newspaper 4
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v. Compound words are those words which are formed by joining two separate words to create a new word
with an entirely different meaning.
List any two compound words from the above extract.
1. __________
2. __________
2. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given.
2.A “In a world of possessions, people will take”
Balls, Balls will be lost always, the little boy
And no one buys a ball back. Money is external.”
(The Boll Poem)

i. Name the poem and the poet.

(a) The Ball Poem, Leslie Norris
(b) Animals, John Berryman
(c) The Ball Poem, John Berryman
(d) Animals, Walt Whitman

ii. Where did the boy lost the ball?

iii. The poet speaks of a ball as a symbol of:

(a) wealth (b) childhood memories
(c) property (d) All of these

iv. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the extract;
No one will buy a ball back.

v. Which literary device is used here?

(a) Personification (b) Alliteration
(c) Imagery (d) Illusion

Or
2.B He stalks in his vivid stripes

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The few steps of his cage

On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
(A Tiger in the Zoo)

i. Who is ‘he’ here?

(a) Tiger (b) Human being
(c) Lion (d) Dragon

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ii. How does ‘he’ walk?

(a) Angrily (b) Fiercely
(c) Steadily (d) All of these

iii. List any two expressions the tiger expresses.

1. __________
2. __________

iv. Where is the tiger now?

v. Which literary device is used here?

(a) Personification (b) Repetition
(c) Imagery (d) Allusion

VI Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 40-50 words each. 4 # 3 = 12

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i. What brought a sudden change in the poet of ‘Dust of Snow’?

ii. What is the greatest wealth of a country according to Nelson Mandela?

(Nelson Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom)

iii. Describe the dreadful appearance of the pirate?

(The Tale of Custard the Dragon)

iv. What were Lencho’s feelings when he found the letter with money in it ? What did he do after opening the letter ?
(A Letter to God)

v. How did Chubukov react when Lomov told him that he had come to propose to his daughter, Natalya?
(The Proposal)

VII Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50 words each. 2#3 = 6
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i. How did Bholi’s teacher play an important role in changing the course of her life?
(Bholi)

ii. What did Griffin, the scientist, do to escape after setting the fire to his landlord’s house?
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(Footprints Without Feet)

iii. Why does Mrs. Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery”?
(A Triumph of Surgery)

VIII Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. 6

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i. Rajvir felt too excited on reaching Assam while Pranjol showed least interest in his excitement. What
could be the reason behind this ? Do you think it is appropriate on Pranjol’s part to react like this? Justify
you answer with reason.
(Glimpses of India)

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ii. Humour is the best medicine for every ailment in life. Is the poem humorous ? Give reasons for your
answer.
(How to Tell Wild Animals)
IX Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. 6
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i. Looking back at the story, when do you think Ausable thought up his plan for getting rid of Max ? Do
you think he had worked out his plan in detail right from the beginning ? Or did he make up a plan taking
advantage of events as they happened ?
(The Midnight Visitor)

Or

ii. Read the following quote.

“We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have,
the universe around us, we take these things for granted.”
Mitch Albom Matilda was never satisfied with her life and desired more. The given quote reflects her
character. Justify.
(The Necklace)

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