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Sample Paper 28
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

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I. Read the passage given below. 10

1. Broadly speaking, Reading Comprehension (RC) passages can be classified in a few categories. Fact
based RC is the simplest form of RC. These types of passages have a lot of information in the form of
names, numbers, etc. In this type of passages one should read very fast.
2. Inference based RC is the toughest form of RC. Here the passage is fairly tough to understand. This
includes passages on topics like Religion, Spirituality, Philosophy, etc. Most of the students will not be
comfortable attempting these passages at least in RC. The reading speed is fairly slow in this type of
passages. The way to master this type of passages is to read them again and again while practicing.
3. Topic based RC includes passages on any particular topic like economics, astrology, medical science,
etc. Generally what makes these passages tough is usage of technical terms. If a topic is new to us then
the presence of technical terms scares us even if they are defined in the passage. For success in this
type of passages we need to have an understanding of the definition of the term if it is defined in the
passage. Read that definition twice if you need to. But don’t worry about technical terms if they are not
defined in the passage. Assume them to be non-existent and proceed. The key principle in tackling
these passages is not to go to the next line unless the previous line is clear.
4. Reading the passage first and then questions is the most popular strategy for RC. While answering the
question you may come back to the passage to find answer as you have just read the passage initially
and not crammed it. But you should not come back for each and every question. If you come back for
majority of questions then you haven’t read the passage properly. The key to success for this strategy is
that you should understand the passage very well. We will suggest students to follow this technique
from the beginning and work upon this.
5. Reading questions first and then the passage is the strategy followed by a few students. They just look
at the questions and not options. The objective is that after seeing the questions when you read the
passage then you read only that part carefully where the answer is given. The flaw with this is that you
will not be able to remember all the questions.
6. Besides this, this strategy fails when there are questions that require understanding of the
passage.
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i. Why does the writer say that fact-based passages are the easiest to understand?
(a) You can read them fast.
(b) You can skip vital information.
(c) They are loaded with names and numbers.
(d) They are simple to read and understand.
ii. Select the option that corresponds to the meaning of ‘non-existent’ as given in the passage.
(a) This phone number is non-existent.
(b) Values are non-existent in his character.
(c) Some of the animal species have become non-existent in recent times.
(d) Rowling’s novels also have many creatures non-existent in real life.
iii. Select the option that displays what the writer projects, with reference to the following. Inference based
RC is the toughest form of RC.
(a) These RC are slow to read and understand.
(b) These RC are particularly tough for all age groups.
(c) These RC should be read again and again.
(d) Mastering them requires practice.
iv. Complete the following with a phrase from paragraph.

Opinion Reason
Conscientiousness of the mind
v. The writer shares a popular strategy to tackle comprehension passages for reading (Para 4). Pick the
strategy that is best suitable.
(a) To read questions first and then the
passage. (b) To read passage first and then
questions.
(c) To understand the passage and then answer questions.
(d) To read only part of the passage which pertains to the question asked.
vi. Based on your reading of the text, list 2 key principles suggested by the writer to tackle topic-based
reading comprehensions.
1.
2.
vii. What connect does the writer draw out between reading questions first, followed by the passage.
viii. According to the author, each category of the comprehension passages comes up with its own set of
difficulties. What is the essence of his discourse?
(a) means and ways of understanding passages
(b) ways to look for answers
(c) understand the importance of options in answers
(d) to offer different strategies for different passages

ix. Supply 1 point to say what is implied when the author says ‘toughest form of reading comprehension’?

x. Evaluate the INAPPROPRIATE reason for the tackling of reading comprehension passages.
(a) Read the fact-based passages fast.
(b) First read the questions, then the passage.
(c) Do not come back to the passage for every answer.
(d) Read inference-based passages many times.
II. Read the passage given below. 10

1. The revolution in information technology (IT), far from helping India to leapfrog to a post- industrial
society, threatens to rupture the social fabric by enriching a few at the cost of many.
2. In a very short time and quite unexpectedly, India has risen to considerable eminence in the world of
information technology. This year, software products are expected to account for $ 5.7 billion in
exports and will account for a quarter of the growth in the economy, which is expected to grow nearly
seven per cent. Within eight years, predicts a recent study by McKinsey and Co. and the National
Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom), India’s annual IT exports could hit $ 50
billion about 33 per cent of global software exports. Such a surge is expected to generate 2.2 million
jobs—and push our growth rate near the double digits that many East Asian Tigers enjoyed before the
1997 crash.
3. For the rapidly growing middle class, which was desperate to make its presence felt but remained
mired in the great Indian out back of the global economy and regretfully watched the industrial
revolution pass it by, this is the moment they have been waiting for. When countries like Japan and
Germany, the objects of Indian admiration, should come knocking on our doors to solicit our talent to
invigorate their industry, it is indeed redemption of sorts. And IT is the cause of it all.
4. The big question is, will IT do an encore for India as a nation, and not just for a wafer thin percentage
of
IT-literate Indians, mostly the poster boys of the IITs?
5. IT has, as yet, failed to touch the lives of the average citizen and India is nowhere close to being a
knowledge economy or society. As per the International Data Corporation (IDC), in a survey of 55
countries, India ranks 54th on its Information Society Index.
6. The fact is, it is a straightforward reflection of the deep inequality of our education system which
breeds a few ‘geniuses’ at the cost of the entire nation. A study by former director of the National
Centre for Software Technology, R. Narasimhan, points out that nowhere is the digital divide more
glaring than in IT education. The report warns that India’s ‘obsession’ with the software industry and
its exports orientation is leading to the churning out of unemployable students on one hand and bright
whiz-kids on the other. While the latter are lured away by overseas employers, the former remain
unemployable.
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.
The IT revolution threatens to boomerang in India.
ii. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

From paragraph 4, we can infer that the IT revolution has brought for the miniscule percentage of
IIT poster boys but the Great Indian middle class.
(a) distinctiveness, shackled

(b) glorification, bypassed
(c) modernity, facilitated
(d) diversity, eased

iii. Select the option that busts the hype around IT sector according to the study by R. Narasimhan.
(a) our IT whiz-kids are a miniscule community
(b) our economy is obsessed with IT exports
(c) our IT professionals are obsessed with foreign jobs
(d) our education system is obsessed with IT
iv. Select the correct option to complete the following sentence.

India’s rise in the world of Information Technology has not only been but also .
(a) quick, accidental
(b) volatile, freakish
(c) rapid, unforeseen
(d) instantaneous, expected
v. Select the chart that appropriately represents the value of exports in the IT sector now and as projected
in the future according to the author.
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
vi. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option.

It is truly a occasion that developed nations like Japan and Germany are scouting our country for
IT professionals.
(a) momentous
(b) trivial
(c) frivolous
(d) primary
vii. Substitute the word ‘infatuation’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following, sentence from
para 6.
The average Indian’s infatuation with the movie stars is seen to be believed.
viii. List any two examples cited by the author to explain India’s great digital divide. (Para 6)
1.
2.
ix. List one reason why the author highlights the sorry fact about India’s 54th rank 54th on the Information
Society Index.
x. Select the set of titles of major paragraphs in the passage that are arranged in a proper sequence, with
reference to information in the text.
(a) 1. The rise of India in the IT world
2. The Indian middle class
3. India and ISI
4. The great digital divide
(b) 1. The Indian middle class
2. The rise of India in the IT world
3. India and ISI
(c) 1. India’s software exports
2. IIT’s poster boys
4. India and ISI
(d) 1. India and ISI
3. The rise of India in the IT world
III. SECTION B- GRAMMAR

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Attempt ANY TEN of the following questions. 10
i. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
Jasprit Bumrah two wickets before rain the play.
(a) took, interrupted
(b) had taken, spoiled
(c) was taking, interrupted
(d) will take, disrupts
ii. Read the conversation between a mother and her son. Complete the sentence by reporting the dialogue.
Mother : Where did you go around noon?
Son : I was with Ajay at his house watching a movie.

Mother asked Rahul around noon. Rahul replied that with Ajay at his house watching a
movie.

iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line, from a health magazine.
Rue herb benefits are varied and plentiful- it with nutrients like antioxidants, minerals,
and vitamins that are beneficial to humans.
(a) has many (b) is full
(c) is encumbered (d) is loaded
iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from an
academic report.
It is quite clear that those students who are research for a Ph.D. read more articles than either junior
lecturers or other students.
Option No. Error Correction
(a) quite quiet
(b) those these
(c) research researching
(d) than then
v. Complete the given narrative, by filling in the blank with the correct option.
The modern agricultural practices, excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides adversely
the soil.
(a) has affected (b) have affected
(c) has effected (d) have been effecting
vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the concluding portion of a
letter.
It is high time that the concerned authorities should wake up to this social problem and try to rein in
the rising prices so that the middle class (do) suffer.
vii. Report and complete the dialogue between two sisters, by filling up the blanks.
Manorama : Where are you going to?
Anu : I am going to the market. Do you want anything?
Manorama asked Anu Anu replied that she was going to the market and further asked .
(a) where she was going, if/whether she wanted anything.
(b) where was she going, if/whether she wanted anything.
(c) where was she going? if/whether she had wanted anything.
(d) where was she going, if/whether she had wanted anything.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence, from a newspaper report and supply the correction.
There have also been several films, television and theatrical productions, and even an opera, based over
the novel.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction

ix. Faiz shared some information with Tariq about his long holiday. Report Tariq’s question.
Tariq : ?
Friend : I have been travelling for a month so, I am tired.
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the slogan by the MODAL.
The company able to sell as many products if they don’t find the right marketing professionals
quickly.
(a) couldn’t be (b) might be
(c) wouldn’t be (d) shouldn’t be
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between a teacher and her class.
Children : We all pledge to save our trees because they are the lungs of the city.
Teacher : Let us start today by planting a sapling each.
The children pledged to save trees as Then the teacher said that .
xii. Identify the error in an advertisement for a cosmetic item and supply the correction, for the following
sales offer.
This colon will last the entire day. Available @ 15% off!
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. Your grandfather is very upset about the rising prices and keeps thinking of his olden times when
things were very cheap.
You are convinced that inflation has made life difficult for common man. Write a letter in 100-120
words
to the Editor of a national daily describing the difficulties faced by poor families. You are
Prabhat/Prerna of 679, Lajpat Nagar-I, New Delhi.

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B. Write a letter to a national daily, expressing your opinion and views on the increased human
dependence on technology. Right from a small child to an adult, or even an old man, everyone wants
gadgets only— cell phone, I-pod, laptop, etc. This also has a negative effect on social relationships.
Using your own ideas write the letter in 100-120 words. You are Sambhav/Sunayna of 230, Lajpat
Nagar-II, New Delhi.
2. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5

A. The pie chart below shows the main reasons why agricultural land becomes less productive. The table
shows how these causes affected three regions of the world during the 1990’s. On the basis of the pie
chart, write an analytical paragraph on ‘Causes of Worldwide Land Degradation’.
Causes of Worldwide Land Degradation
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B. The pie charts below illustrate the number of journal articles read per week by all students, PhD
students, and junior lecturers at an Australian university.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where
relevant. Write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words that how these articles can help students?

SECTION C- LITERATURE 40
V. Reference to the Context 10
3. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5

1A. Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never
written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be
interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like
writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was
feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless,
wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have
more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly
referred to as a
‘diary, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of
difference.
(From the Diary of Anne Frank)
i. Why was writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne?

1. She had never written anything before.
2. She didn’t know how to write.
3. Neither she nor anyone else would be interested in it.
4. She had to get it off her chest.
(a) option 1 only
(b) option 2 only
(c) option 3 and 4 only
(d) option 4 only
ii. Why no one would be allowed to read her diary?
iii. Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only.

Anne decided to write the diary when she felt a bit .
iv. What according to the extract was the reason for Anne believing in her diary the most?
(a) Diary was locked in the vault.
(b) Diary had a password.
(c) Diary would patiently listen to whatever she said.
(d) She will not allow anyone to read it.
v. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘depressed’ as used in the 5th line
of
the extract.
(a) The place where he lived appeared depressed and desolate.
(b) Helen was depressed after her result.

(c) Little girl in the room felt depressed as her mom got late.
(d) Depressed state of mind his not good.

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1B. She learned the odious work of a kitchen. She washed the dishes. She washed the soiled linen, their
clothes and dishcloths, which she hung on the line to dry; she took down the refuse to the street each
morning and brought up the water, stopping at each landing to catch her breath. And, clothed like a
woman of the people, she went to the grocer’s, the butcher’s and the fruiterer’s, with her basket on her
arm, shopping, haggling to the last sou of her miserable money.
(The Necklace)
i. Select the option that correctly captures the usage of the word ‘odious’ from first line of the extract.
(a) The judge described the crime as odious.
(b) His attention turned to the odious favour.
(c) He had to repay the odious debt to the Council.
(d) He is an extremely odious man.
ii. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the text.
Dried : Leaves :: Soiled .
iii. Select the option that presents the reason for Matilde’s being a woman of people.
(a) She was concerned about people.
(b) She had to catch her breath every minute.
(c) She worked with a lot of women.
(d) Matilde worked like woman of people.
iv. According to the extract Matilde haggled for everything she bought mention the reason.
1. She was a miserly lady.
2. She did not want to waste her hard earned money.
3. Matilde had to struggle as she was short on money.
4. Matilde worked for the grocer.
5. Her master scolded her for spending more money.
Select the correct Option.
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 4
(c) Only 3 (d) 2, 3 and 4
v. The narrator uses certain words and phrases in the given extract to reflect the condition of
Matilde mention any two.
1.
2.
4. Attempt ANY ONE of two extOacts given. 5

2.A Belinda lived in a little white house,
With a little black kitten and a little grey mouse,
And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon, And a realio, trulio, little pet dragon.
(The tale of Custard the Dragon)

i. Complete the sentence appropriately.

It is clear that ‘Repetition’ is the poetic device used for the word ‘little...’ Because .
(Clue : explain how Repetition applies here)
ii. The poet has used a poetic device in the given lines. What effect does he wish to create by its use?
Poetic License in ‘realio, trulio,’ is .
(a) Disregard for rules of languages
(b) comparison
(c) sarcasm
(d) rhythm
iii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE.

The poem ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’ is a fable.
iv. Select the appropriate option to complete the sentence, according to the extract.
The idea that has been reflected ‘little pet dragon’, is .
(a) humorous (b) philosophical
(c) apprehensive (d) imaginary
v. What is the poet’s point view about Belinda?

(a) She is soft hearted person.
(b) Belinda has many little pets with her.
(c) Belinda is a princess.
(d) Belinda loves playing with her pets.
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saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down
the street, and then
Merrily over - there it is in
the water!
No use to say ‘O there are
other balls.
(The Ball Poem)
i. What is the poet’s tone in the extract?

1. Authoritative
2. Alarming
3. reflexive
4. didactic
5. commanding
Select the appropriate option.
(a) 2 and 3 (b) 3 and
4 (c) 2 and 5 (d) 1
and 5

ii. What message does the poet convey in the given extract?
iii. Pick out the words/phrases reflecting the state of the boy in the extract.
(a) Merrily bouncing.
(b) In the water.
(c) No use to
say. (d) I saw it
go.
iv. Complete the analogy about the trait of the animal from the extract.
Sadly : Staring :: Merrily .
v. Select the sentence in which the word ‘bouncing’ is used in the similar manner as 6th line of the
extract. (a) He was bouncing a tennis ball against the garage door.
(b) Children love to bounce on the bed.
(c) Her curls bounced as she jumped.
(d) Prices of commodities bounced feverishly.
VI Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 40-50 words each. 4 # 3 = 12
i. Describe the narrator’s experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm.
(Two Stories About Flying) (Madam Rides the Bus)
ii. What does Valli tell the elderly man when

(The Tale of Custard the Dragon) (For Anne Gregory)
he calls her a child? iii. How did Custard

(The Proposal)
prove ‘the cowardly dragon’ try to be untrue? iv.
What did the religious man tell the poet?
v. Why did Chubukov thank Lomov for

proposing to his daughter?
VII Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50 words each. 2#3=6
i. How do Matilda replace the necklace?

iii. Why does Mrs Hall find the scientist
eccentric?
ii. How was Tricki treated in the first two days
of his visit to the surgery?

(The Necklace) (A Triumph of Surgery)
(Footprints Without Feet)

VIII Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. 6
i. Coorg and Assam both are known for plantation of Coffee and Tea respectively. Though India is
known for its tea plantation yet coffee is considered to be the drink of the elite.
Prepare a set of dialogues between a Coorgi and an Assamese based on the parts of the chapter
‘Glimpses of India’. You may begin like this :
Coorgi : Hello, good morning! Are you from Assam, I am from Coorg.
Assamese : Good morning! Yes I am from Assam, .
ii. “The message conveyed in the chapter ‘Mijbil The Otter’, We should be good, and polite to our pets so
that they will feel good and comfortable to live, was not followed by Belinda in the case of her pet
Custard, The Dragon. If you had to use the message with reference to both the chapters how will you
elaborate it? Also, how it is relevant to both.
IX. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words.
i. “Education can change a person’s perspective towards life and takes care of all the
deficiencies?
Comment with reference to the chapter ‘Bholi’.
(Bholi)
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ii. ‘Misunderstanding of Cultural differences between various races can cause confusion and
conflict.’ Comment, based on the chapter ‘The Book that Saved the Earth’.


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Class X Exam 2022-23

SECTION A- READING SKILLS

I. Read the passage given below. 10

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II. Read the passage given below. 10

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

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iv. Select the correct option to complete the following sentence.

vi. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option.

III. SECTION B- GRAMMAR

Attempt ANY TEN of the following questions. 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

3. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5

i. Why was writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne?

ii. Why no one would be allowed to read her diary?

iii. Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only.

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4. Attempt ANY ONE of two extOacts given. 5

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i. Complete the sentence appropriately.

iii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE.

v. What is the poet’s point view about Belinda?

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(The Ball Poem)

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

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ii. What does Valli tell the elderly man when

he calls her a child? iii. How did Custard

prove ‘the cowardly dragon’ try to be untrue? iv.

What did the religious man tell the poet?

v. Why did Chubukov thank Lomov for

i. How do Matilda replace the necklace?

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