Jeenspsu 17

CBSE English X
Sample Paper 17 Page 1
Sample Paper 17
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

1. Detachment is not physically renouncing our possessions, profession, home and family as many of
us think. It is the ability to let go of all the desires, habits, emotions, thoughts, speech and behaviour
patterns that are negative or detrimental to our well-being in any way. Detachment and discrimination
are interdependent; they mutually strengthen each other and empower us. The more we are able to
discriminate, the more we are able to segregate our harmful desires and discard them. The more mental
trash we discard this way, the more we empower our faculty of discrimination.
2. There is a simple technique we can all practise to strengthen our discrimination and detachment and get
rid of unnecessary desires. This will generate the awareness we need to control our senses and mind and
make them stop churning out desires every moment. To practise this technique, we should select a quiet
place when we have some leisure time.
3. Sit down with a few sheets of paper and pen or a computer and make two lists. In the first list, understand
and write down your most important goal or agenda in this life. Then meticulously add all the other goals
that you would like to achieve. While you make this list, you shouldn’t think only about yourself. Include
what you would like to contribute to the welfare of your dependents, children and their forthcoming
generations.
4. Once you complete this, set it aside and begin the second list. List all your desires here. They may be
big or small, important or insignificant, right or wrong, demonic or divine. Just remove the lid on the
Pandora’s Box and allow them all to spill out freely. Don’t try to censor or edit the list of desires at this
stage. Complete the list first. After you have made an exhaustive list, go over it to see which of these
desires are truly necessary, conducive to your meditation, helpful and favourable to you and beneficial
to others.
5. If you have been serious and honest in doing this exercise, you will have long lists of goals and desires
and many of them may be selfish or detrimental to your goal of meditation, visualisation, self-realisation,
peace, happiness and bliss. This exercise will help you develop frankness and honesty with yourself.
You will touch your true feelings and bring many of your hidden ambitions and desires into the open.
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Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
i. Why does the writer say that detachment is empowering?

(a) It helps us to physically renounce our possessions.
(b) It strengthens our sense of discrimination.
(c) It helps us get detached from family and relations.
(d) It makes us let go of our desires.
ii. Select the option that does not correspond to the following relationship below. Detachment and
discrimination are interdependent.
(a) Both have a symbiotic relationship.
(b) Both complement each other.
(c) Both are locked in an inequitable equation.
(d) It is a reciprocal relationship.
iii. Select the option that displays what the writer projects, with reference to the following: Just remove the
lid on the Pandora’s Box and allow them all to spill out freely.
(a) encouragement (b) caution
(c) provocation (d) honesty
iv. Complete the following with a word or phrase from paragraph 1.

Opinion Reason
_______ Isolate something
v. The writer correlates detachment and discrimination and says that we should make serious efforts to
strengthen them (Paragraph 2). State the most important outcome of this process.
vi. Based on your reading of the text, list 2 reasons why the writer implies that human mind is full of trash.
1. __________
2. __________
vii. What advantage does the writer says we will earn if we are meticulous in making the lists of goals we
wish to achieve in our lives?
viii. The writer asks us to pen down our personal goals in the second list and labels it the Pandora’s Box.
(Para 4)
Select the point of comparison between the two.
1. both aid in survival
2. both contained all kinds of life experiences
3. both contained demonic wishes
4. both contained divine desires
(a) only 2 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 and 4 (d) all of these

CBSE English X Sample Paper 17 Page 3
ix. Supply 1 point to justify the following.

Awareness puts a lid on our mind which keeps churning out desires every moment.
x. Evaluate the INAPPROPRIATE outcome after the completion of both the lists.
(a) They may be censored or edited.
(b) They are conducive to our meditation.
(c) They are beneficial to others.
(d) They contain goals that are truly necessary.
II. Read the passage given below. 10

1. Social distancing practices are changes in behaviour that can help stop the spread of infections like
curtailing social contact among seemingly healthy individuals. It can delay transmission and reduce the
size of an outbreak. You can lower your risk of infection by minimising contact with others. Avoiding
public spaces, social gatherings, or crowds, will lower the chance of exposure to the Coronavirus and
the infectious flu.
2. Other measures include working from home if possible, organising meetings via video calls and avoiding
unnecessary use of public transport, says Stuart Neil at King’s College London.
3. Social distancing “should be approached sensibly and rationally”, says Neil. If you do have to be out
and about, the WHO recommends maintaining a distance of at least 1 metre between yourself and
anyone who is coughing or sneezing. You should avoid physical contact with others in social situations,
including handshakes, hugs and kisses.
4. It has already affected the global economy because people are staying at home and demand for goods
and services has fallen.
5. Concerns have also been expressed that social distancing could lead to increased loneliness, especially
amongst older people who are at a higher risk of severe Covid-19.
6. It is recommended to separate yourself from the people you live with as much as possible. If you can’t
avoid sharing a bathroom or toilet, clean these areas regularly. If you have Covid-19 or suspect it, avoid
transmitting the disease to others, particularly if you are caring for someone vulnerable.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 1.

Even healthy individuals need to curtain social contact during the pandemic.
ii. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blank.

From paragraph 1, we can infer that the Coronavirus gets transmitted more due to people-to-people
_____.
iii. Complete the following co-relation correctly with a word from paragraph 1.
The greater the social distancing, the _____ the chances of transmission of the infection.

iv Select the correct interpretation of the following sentence: Social distancing “should be approached
sensibly and rationally”, says Stuart Neil. (Para 3)
(a) We should maintain a distance of one metre with everyone and also at home.
(b) We should avoid moving out at all.
(c) We should maintain a distance of one metre with someone sneezing and coughing.
(d) We should lock ourselves at home.
v Select the chart that appropriately represents the trend of economic forces of demand and supply from
2019 onwards, as per Paragraph 4. The lighter shade is demand and the darker shade is supply.
vi. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct synonym of the underlined word.
Concerns have also been expressed that social distancing could lead to increased loneliness, especially
amongst older people who are at a higher risk of severe Covid-19.
(a) acute (b) rigid
(c) unyielding (d) unembellished
vii. Substitute the word ‘vulnerable’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from
paragraph 6.
The priority should be to avoid transmitting the disease to others, particularly if you are caring for
someone vulnerable.
viii. List any two symptoms of Coronavirus mentioned in the passage.
ix. Mention one example of how the demand for goods and services has fallen during Covid-19.

x. Select the option that titles paragraphs 1-3 appropriately, with reference to information in the text.
(a) 1. social distancing
2. rationalisation
3. protocol it infected
(b) 1. cause and effect
2. social distancing
3. time for action
(c) 1. cause for concern
2. protocol it infected
3. social distancing
(d) 1. public transport
2. cause and effect
3. mental health
III. SECTION B- GRAMMAR 10

Attempt ANY TEN of the following questions. 10
i. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete a report on road accidents in India.
Today, road accidents _____ India a dubious distinction. She has the worst road traffic accident rate.
(a) are earning (b) have earned
(c) earn (d) might have earned
ii. Read the conversation between a mother and her daughter. Complete the sentence by reporting the
mother’s question correctly.
Mother : Why are you looking so worried?
Daughter : My exams are approaching.
The mother looking at her daughter’s anxious face asked _____ to which the daughter replied that her
exams were approaching.
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line, from a health magazine.
As per the advisory issued by the government, proper distancing, regular service of the buses and their
proper disinfection _____ be ensured.
(a) ought (b) must
(c) need to (d) have to
iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from a story.
He would not be sad at the loss of money, but for the loss of trust.
Option No. Error Correction
(a) would will
(b) be remain
(c) at for
(d) for about

v. Complete the given narrative, by filling in the blank with the correct option.
She felt that her pet _____ survive, if he did not see her daily.
(a) did not (b) shall not
(c) cannot (d) would not
vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct word/s, for the given portion of a letter.
I would _____ your attention to the violation of advisory on getting the booster dose for Covid-19.
vii. Report the dialogue between a mother and her sons, by completing the sentence.
The mother waved her hand and said sadly, “It looks like the Gods have abandoned us”.
The eldest son said, “Gods reside in you, mother. Until you are around, Gods are around”.
In response to their mother’s lament that the Gods had abandoned them, the eldest son assured her that
_____.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence, from a story published in a popular magazine and supply the
correction. The man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain over his
body, and when he returned, he was thoroughly wet.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
ix. Anil shared some information with Tariq about a holiday on a cruise. Report Tariq’s question.
Did you enjoy sailing the sea on a cruise?
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the last line in an article on the rights of
women published in a national daily.
Stand up for your rights because nobody else _____.
(a) can
(b) should
(c) would
(d) will
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between Shelly and her friend Tanvi.
Shelly said to Tanvi, “Can you solve this particularly tough question in linear equations?”
Tanvi, “It would be a shame if I can’t because I have been taking tuition all summer vacations.”
Shelly asked Tanvi if she could solve that particularly tough question in linear equations. Tanvi answered
that it would be a shame if she _____ tuition all summer vacations.
(a) can’t because she had been taking
(b) can’t because she has been taking
(c) couldn’t because she had been taking
(d) couldn’t because she was taking

xii. Identify the error on a shop’s hoarding and supply the correction, for the following sales offer.
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Use the given format for your response.
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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
A. You are Reena/Raju of 85, Ramesh Nagar, New Delhi. You have come across a poster promoting social
distancing.
Write a letter in 100-120 words to the General Manager, DTC, complaining about violation of advisory
on social distancing in buses in your area and urging him to take urgent steps in this matter.
O
B. You are Anshul/Anshika, a student of class X and resident of 56 D, Ring Road, ITO, New Delhi, and
wants to be a choreographer. Write a letter in 100-120 words to the Director, National Institute of
Choreography, Noida, seeking information about their online course, admission procedure, eligibility
criteria and other necessary details.

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

A. Colours play a very important role in our life. They have a healing power also. Read the pie chart given
below and write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words on colour therapy.
O
B. For a tourist, the ease of travelling to a country makes travel pleasurable and smooth. It makes a visitor
go back to the destination again. In order to make the trip to India worth its while, the GOI has introduced
a visa-on-arrival facility for travellers from many countries and the list keeps getting longer every year.
Analysing the data in the graph above, write an analytical paragraph. Give it a suitable heading.

SECTION C- LITERATURE 40
V. Reference to the Context 10

3. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5
A. “Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.” The woman who was preparing supper, replied,
“Yes, God willing”. The older boys were working in the field, while the smaller ones were playing near
the house until the woman called to them all, “Come for dinner”. It was during the meal that, just as
Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the north-east huge mountains of clouds could
be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The man went out for no other reason than to have
the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body, and when he returned he exclaimed, “These aren’t raindrops
falling from the sky, they are new coins. The big drops are ten cent pieces and the little ones are fives.”
(A Letter to God)
i. Lencho had some expectations that day. Which one of the following expectation he did not have?
1. A good harvest
2. Rain
3. Food
4. None of the above
(a) option 1 only
(b) option 2 only
(c) option 1, 3 and 4 only
(d) option 4 only
ii. The woman was preparing the supper. What was going on in her mind?
iii. Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only.

Lencho’s _____ could easily be seen when ‘The man went out for no other reason than to have the
pleasure of feeling the rain on his body’.
iv. What according to Lencho was going to happen?

(a) Heavy rains
(b) Hail storm
(c) Raindrops as new coins
(d) Heavy clouds in North East
v. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘predicted’ as used in line 5 of the
extract.
(a) Nostradamus predicted fall of Twin towers long back.
(b) Nostradamus had predicted just as happened in the US.
(c) Nostradamus predicted for many countries not only the US.
(d) Nostradamus had predicted important happenings way ahead of time.

O
B. “But, my dearie, I thought it would make you happy. You never go out, and this is an occasion, and a
fine one! Everybody wishes one, and it is very select; not many are given to employees. You will see the
whole official world there.”
She looked at him with an irritated eye and declared impatiently, “What do you suppose I have to wear
to such a thing as that?”
He had not thought of that; he stammered, “Why, the dress you wear when we go to the theatre. It seems
vet), pretty to me... “He was silent, stupefied, in dismay, at the sight of his wife weeping. He stammered,
“What is the matter? What is the matter?”
(The Necklace)
i. Select the option that correctly captures the usage of the word ‘irritated’ from line 6 of the extract.
(a) Her husband got irritated due to Matilda’s behaviour.
(b) Matilda was irritated in her poor lodging.
(c) Matilda was irritated as she was not able to get the invitation.
(d) Matilda gave an irritated look as she was not happy with the invitation.
ii. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the text.
frown : smile :: dismay _____.
iii. Select the option that displays the reason why the lady was unhappy with the situation.
(a) She lived in a poor lodging.
(b) Matilda felt she was meant for a rich living.
(c) She did not have appropriate dresses and jewels.
(d) Her husband did not look after her well.
iv. According to the extract, what put Matilda’s husband in a dilemma?

1. That invitation was not apt for their stature.
2. Why his wife was not happy with the invitation
3. Matilda could not realise his efforts.
4. According to her she was not well equipped
5. Her husband was not holding a good position in the official world Select the correct option.
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 4
(c) Only 3 (d) 2, 3 and 5
v. The narrator uses certain words and phrases in the given extract to reflect what state of Matilda’s
husband’s mind, mention any two.
1. __________
2. __________

4. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5

2.A I sit inside, doors open to the verandah
Writing long letters
In which I scarcely mention the departure
of the forest from the house.
The night is fresh, the whole moon shines
in a sky still open
the smell of leaves and lichen
still reaches like a voice in to the rooms.
(The Trees)
i. Complete the sentence appropriately.

It is clear that Simile is the poetic device used for ‘reaches like a voice_____’ because _____.
(Clue : explain how Simile applies here)
ii. The poet has used a poetic device in the given lines. What effect does she wish to create by its use?
Writing long letters, In which I scarcely _____.
(a) emphasis (b) comparison
(c) rhythm (d) music
iii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE : The extract uses trees as a symbol for
rebellious people.
iv. Select the appropriate option to complete the sentence, according to the extract.
The idea that has been ‘trees are struggling to come out of their artificial habitat’ is _____.
(a) unnatural (b) scary
(c) magical (d) legendary
v. How does the use of olfactory image impact this extract?

(a) It helps the reader to relate better.
(b) It simplifies the meaning.
(c) It builds momentum.
(d) It makes the lines lyrical.
O
2.B “Never shall a young man,
Thrown into despair
By those great honey-coloured
Ramparts at your ear,
Love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair”
(For Anne Gregory)

i. What is the poet’s tone in the extract?

1. Thoughtful
2. authoritative
3. didactic
4. cautious
5. argumentative
Select the appropriate option.
(a) 1 and 4 (b) 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 5 (d) 1 and 5
ii. What causes the young men to`despair’, according to the extract?
iii. Identify the reason for Anne to be careful, as per the extract.
(a) She needs to look after her hair, as they make her look beautiful.
(b) Her desire to be loved for inner beauty.
(c) Young men will not love her but fall for her hair.
(d) She needs to love only herself.
iv. Complete the analogy about the speaker’s hair.

yellow : blonde :: apple _____.
v. Select the sentence in which the word ‘rampart’ is used in the similar manner as in line 4 of the extract.
(a) It is surrounded by a rampart and moat, with five gates, and contains fine palaces.
(b) Its ramparts are of stone, and its north rampart coincides with the great wall of Hadrian.
(c) It stretched from sea to sea and consisted of a wall and a rampart.
(d) The whole circuit of outer. rampart is around 600 ft.
VI Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 40-50 words each. 4 # 3 = 12
i. What kind of suffering is reflected in the Sermon?

(The Sermon at Benares)
ii. Why was Pranjol not excited on seeing the tea garden?
(Glimpses of India)
iii. A ball is an easily available, inexpensive thing. Then, why is the boy so sad to lose it?
(The Ball Poem)
iv. What are the three things that can’t happen in a treeless forest?
(The Trees)
v. What was Lomov’s opinion about Squeezer?

(The Proposal)

VII Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50 words each. 2#3 = 6
i. What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin?

(The Necklace)
ii. Why did Bholi’s parents think her a dumb cow?
(Bholi)
iii. Why did Mrs Pumphrey suffer in the absence of Tricki?
(A Triumph of Surgery)
VIII Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. 6

i. Valli and Amanda, two young girls who are brought up in different environment. Assume they both meet
each other while Valli is riding the bus and Amanda is one of the passengers and they have a conversation
about their lifestyle and feelings. Write this conversation as per your understanding of ‘Madam Rides the
Bus’ and Amanda’.You may begin like this:
Amanda: You are so fortunate that you can do whatever you want to.
Valli: Oh? I think, I love to be adventurous and love to take risks. _____.
(Madam Rides the Bus)
O
ii. “For most gulls it was not flying that mattered, but eating. For this gull, it was not eating that mattered
but flight’. If you had to use the message of the given quote based on His First Flight to understand the
motto of Mandela’s life it signifies his struggle for his men’s freedom, how will you elaborate it? Also,
how it would have been tough for Mandela not to think only about his interests.
(Two Stories About Flying)
IX Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. 6
i. Science can be a terrible master, it is good till the man does not become a slave to it and uses it for
fulfilment of mean desires. Analyse this in detail, with reference to the character of Griffin of ‘Footprints
Without Feet’.
O
ii. “Scientists work to discover answers often times for years and with numerous failures.” Analyze this
quote with reference to ‘Making of A Scientist’.
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Sample Paper 17 Page 1

SECTION A- READING SKILLS 20

I. Read the passage given below. 10

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i. Why does the writer say that detachment is empowering?

iv. Complete the following with a word or phrase from paragraph 1.

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ix. Supply 1 point to justify the following.

II. Read the passage given below. 10

i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 1.

ii. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blank.

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III. SECTION B- GRAMMAR 10

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

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V. Reference to the Context 10

iii. Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only.

iv. What according to Lencho was going to happen?

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iv. According to the extract, what put Matilda’s husband in a dilemma?

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4. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5

i. Complete the sentence appropriately.

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i. What is the poet’s tone in the extract?

iv. Complete the analogy about the speaker’s hair.

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

i. What kind of suffering is reflected in the Sermon?

v. What was Lomov’s opinion about Squeezer?

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i. What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin?

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