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Sample Paper 29
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. If one is looking for the origins of today’s newspapers, then one should go back to the days of the
Romans under Julius Caesar. He started issuing handwritten public announcements which he called
Acta Diurma’, which means ‘Daily Events’. Then in 59 BC, he began issuing Acta Senatus’ which
contained a summary of the debates that were held in the Roman Senate. These were pasted on walls at
places where it was convenient for the public to read. But some government officials were dissatisfied
with this arrangement. They began objecting to the common people knowing too much about them and
the news bulletins were discontinued. In the present day, such a measure would be termed as
censorship, when people in power curb the power of the press.
2. Newspapers got a great boost thereafter, when in the 15th century in Europe, printing presses came
into use. The printed word became one of the most important means of communication. Large news-
sheets were produced and this was a precursor of today’s newspaper. The first newspapers as we think
of them, began in the 16th century. But these papers contained mainly commercial news. It was only
later that political news began appearing in newspapers and that too, when it had a direct impact on
commerce and trade. Finally, the first newspaper as we know it, was published in 1609, in German,
and was called the Avisa Relation oder Zeitung’.
3. In India, although printing on cloth, using wooden blocks was much in use, the link between
communication and printing remained unexplored. Urgent news was carried by relays of runners and in
the time of the Mughals, news writers, kept the emperor informed about conditions in distant parts of
the country. The technology of printing began in India when some Portuguese Jesuit priests imported
the first printing press in 1550, and used it to publish religious books and leaflets to spread Christianity
among people. The first news sheets came up when the British set up their presidency in Calcutta and
Madras. These news sheets were not for general circulation but were meant for informing their offices
in Calcutta and Madras about what was happening to their fellow countrymen in India.
4. But an adventurous individual among them, James Augustus Hicky, who had come to India to seek his
fortune, began printing the first newspaper. He brought out a paper titled the ‘Bengal Gazette’ or the
‘Calcutta General Adviser’, in 1780, which described itself as being ‘a weekly political and
commercial paper open to all parties but influenced by none.’ The paper contained
advertisements, commercial news, and government or party gossip. It became unpopular with the
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government and two years later, Hicky was jailed. Other newspapers sprang up in its place, but now
the government carefully watched its contents and often censored what was written.

Page 2 Sample Paper 29 CBSE English X
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.
i. Why does the author refer to ‘Acta Senatus’?

(a) These were the first public announcements shared by a king.
(b) They were the first newspapers.
(c) They were summary of the debates that were held in the Roman Senate.
(d) They were official laws or acts announced by the Roman government.
ii. According to the author, the fact that the earliest synopses of the Senate proceedings were discontinued
at the behest of some senators, have an analogy in modern times which is .
(a) Acta Diurma (b) editing
(c) newspapers (d) censorship
iii. Select the option that displays what the ‘Bengal gazette’ wanted to project, with reference to its tagline.
‘A weekly political and commercial paper open to all parties but influenced by none.’
(a) diversity (b) neutrality
(c) insularity (d) duality
iv. Complete the following with a word or phrase from paragraph 2.

Opinion Reason
That which establishes an antecedent
v. The writer says that the early newspapers in the 16th century were printed on large news-sheets. Which
social strata did they cater to?
vi. Based on your reading of the text, list 2 reasons why the British Presidency keeping a close watch on
news about them turned out to be a vain effort.
1.
2.
vii. What connection does the writer draw out between the relaying of news and governments before the
newspapers came into their own in India?
viii. The news sheets that were introduced in the British presidency in Calcutta and Madras were not meant
for general circulation. Which word matches with this statement? (Para 3)
(a) inclusive
(b) exclusive
(c) censored
(d) comprehensive
ix. Supply 1 point to justify the following: The Portuguese had another motive in their minds when they
imported printing press in India.

x. Given below is the list of relaying of news in India, as mentioned in the passage since the Mughals.
Evaluate the INAPPROPRIATE entry in this list.
1. relays of runners and news writers
2. religious books and leaflets to spread Christianity
3. news sheets for the British presidency
4. Bengal Gazette
5. Calcutta General Adviser
6. new newspapers
II. Read the passage given below. 10

1. It’s a proven fact that the content posted online has gotten less receptive from the audience as
compared to, say, over 10 years ago. The viewers are merely interested in 20 percent of what you post
and that too for a mere 8 sec.; this decreased from 12 seconds in the year 2000. This could have been
due to various reasons, like availability of more content, or perhaps people don’t really care that much
now. Digital marketers are faced with the problem of producing new and innovative ideas to get the
viewers hooked to the page in all this chaos of tons of content being posted for similar topics on a daily
basis.
2. DigiLife has produced an interesting infographic regarding this issue and it illustrates the pattern along
which people watch the content online. According to Time Magazine, as much as 55 percent of
American visitors only give a brief skim of 15 seconds on average to a page that they opt for. Hence,
you get an extremely limited time frame to impress the viewer before they close the tab. 69% of these
spend their time viewing the left half of the page and 30% viewing the right.
3. Videos are another matter altogether. In fact, the majority of videos published on YouTube aren’t even
in English. The same survey also found that even though there were significantly fewer videos in
English, English-language videos tend to receive around four times more views than videos in other
languages. You Tube content in the US outperforms even the country’s biggest news sites as the most
popular channels. YouTube’s billions of active users watch about a billion hours of videos every single
day. It’s the most visited website worldwide. India, America and Indonesia are the biggest fans of this
website.
4. What’s interesting is that TikTok is now the heartthrob of the teens, and the young crowd and a clear
favourite over even YouTube. The excitement on social media, it seems never ends!
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 rate of viewer interest when it comes to reading online content is steadily going down.
ii. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

From paragraph 1, we can infer that the and have perhaps led to the viewers becoming
less receptive.
1. availability of more content
2. failure of digital marketers
3. only 20% posts are interesting
4. chaos on websites
5. fatigue in viewers

(a) 2 and 3 (b) 1 and
4 (c) 1 and 5 (d) 3
and 5

iii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from paragraph.
The the similarity in content, the receptive is the viewer
iv. Select the correct option to complete the following sentence :

Content creators get a very small window to catch the attention of a viewer who on their page or
channel intentionally or upon it.
(a) come, get
(b) lands, stumbles
(c) reaches, trips
(d) arrives, falls
v. Select the chart that appropriately represents the trend of viewer receptiveness on online content pages
or channels. Paragraph 2.
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
vi. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option for the conclusion drawn based on the given statement.
English-language videos tend to receive around four times more views than videos in other languages.
(Para 3)
It is a testament to their .
(a) popularity (b) creativity
(c) admiration (d) status
vii. Substitute the word ‘beat’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from para
3. Some of the smaller movies have beaten those with megastars and emerged the popular choice of the
masses.
viii. List any two examples of the popularity of video content in the English language on YouTube as
referred to in Para 3.
1.

2.

ix. List one reason why the researchers think that the excitement on social media never ends.
x. Select the option that titles paragraphs 1-3 appropriately, with reference to information in the text.
(a) 1. Viewer reception
2. American viewers’ online behaviour
3. videos in English
(b) 1. DigiLife survey
2. Viewer reception
3. You Tube videos
(c) 1. Viewer reception
2. DigiLife survey
3. popularity of You Tube
(d) 1. Viewer reception
2. popularity of You Tube
3. DigiLife infographic
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.
A bank various kinds of loans to its account holders so that they set up a business, buy
property or a vehicle.
(a) will offer, will
(b) offers, can
(c) should offer, must
(d) will be offering, should
ii. Read the conversation between a judge and a lawyer. Complete the sentence by reporting the dialogue.
“Call the accused,” said the judge.
“My client is hospitalised for hypertension,” his lawyer informed the judge.
As soon as, the judge commanded the accused, his lawyer informed him that his client
for hypertension.
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line, from a health magazine on mental health.
Even highways have lines, which provide safety and if we go over one side, we’ll go into the ditch and
if we cross over the line in the middle, we get killed.
(a) should
(b) must
(c) could
(d) need not

iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from an
article on philosophy.
‘These sights of disease, misery and death quite moved him that he at once became a beggar and went
out into the world to seek enlightenment concerning the sorrows he had witnessed.’
Option No. Error Correction
(a) of about
(b) quite so
(c) into around
(d) had witnessed witnessed
v. Complete the given narrative, by filling in the blank with the correct option.
But I myself, traveling, doing speaking engagements and so on—I simply got exhausted and I
could do it no more.
(a) was being pushed
(b) am pushing
(c) had pushed
(d) kept pushing
vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the given portion of a letter
sent
to the maintenance office of a gated campus.
Subject : Flaunting of safety rules
There is no checking of visitors at the main entrance gate of our society. Thus, vendors and messengers
(wander) and have free access to the doorsteps of the residents.
vii. Report the dialogue between two friends- Venu and Kanan by completing the sentence.
Venu : How will standing in my rice field help you win a Nobel?
Kanan : I’ve heard that the people who have won Nobel prizes were all out ‘standing’ in various fields.
Venu asked his friend Kanan how would standing in his rice field get him a Nobel. Kanan replied that
that the people who Nobel prizes had been all out ‘standing’ in various fields.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence, from an article on environment and supply the correction.
This has been resulting in environmental degradation, over spilling of landfills and more dangerously, a
thoroughly careless mind-set in us.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
ix. Read the following lines and report the question asked by a surprised Shelley.
‘Bunny told Shelley that he was planning to participate in a swimming competition for beginners.’
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the sentence on a government campaign.
Many people have expressed their views on Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan and how, if
implemented sincerely at all levels, it produce a great change in the society.
(a) can (b) ought

(c) shall (d) needs to

xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between a doctor and a patient.
Doctor : You should take this medicine every day.
Patient : Should I take it before dinner or after dinner?
When the doctor advised the patient that medicine every day , the patient further asked him
before or after dinner.
x. Identify the error on a message found in a fortune cookie and supply the correction, for the following.
You will gain the admiration of your pears.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
IV. SECTION B- CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS

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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 have lost your original certificate of class X. You want to get the duplicate issued but you do not
know the procedure. Write a letter to the Chairman, CBSE, Preet Vihar enquiring about the
fee to be deposited, mode of payment, time taken by the board to issue duplicate certificate and any
other formalities. You are Kavya/Kavish, 76/B, Karma Apartments, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. (100-120
words)
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B. You are Pragya/ Prathmik, of 24/7, Mall road, Shimla. Write a letter in 100-120 words to the Editor of
The Daily News expressing your views on Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan and how, if implemented
sincerely at all levels, it can produce a great change in the society.
2. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5

A. Given below is an info graphic related to the cultural and leisure activities that boys and girls engage
in. Look at the pie charts and extract information to write an analytical essay in about 100-120 words.
Interpret, analyse and explain the information.
Boys’ CultuOal and LesiuOe Activities Girls’ Cultural and Leisure Activities

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B. We have the data for waste disposal from two years 1960 and 2011. You have to read and interpret the
graphical data of the pie charts and write an analytical paragraph in about 100-120 words. Compare,
contrast, understand and explain the given information in your own words.
Waste Disposal
SECTION C- LITERATURE
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V. Reference to the Context 10
3. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5

1A. Then she began to cry and tears flowed from her eyes in a helpless flood. She kept her head down as
she
sat in her corner not daring to look up at the girls who, she knew, were still laughing at her.
When the school bell rang, all the girls scurried out of the classroom, but Bholi dared not leave her
corner. Her head still lowered, she kept on sobbing.’
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i. Why didn’t Bholi dare to
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come out of her classroom?
1. She was not feeling d
well.
2. She had a complex that n
other girls would laugh at her. o
3. She lacked confidence.
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(b) option 2 only
(c) option 2 and 3 only
(d) option 4 only
ii. What made Bholi cry so

bitterly ?
iii. Fill in the blank with ONE

WORD only.
Bholi’s eyes were filled with
tears.

iv. What according to the extract was the reason for Bholi being so uncomfortable?
(a) She had been to teased by all.
(b) She was missing her parents.
(c) Bholi was not interested in coming to school.
(d) Bholi was scared and not confident of herself.
v. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘scurried’ as used in the 4th line of
the extract.
(a) The mouse scurried across the floor.
(b) Her mother followed her angrily as she scurried upstairs.
(c) I scurried down the lonely corridor.
(d) As the teacher left the room, the children scurried out to the field.
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1B. His fingerprints, for he had opened the safe without gloves, were all over the room, and no one
believed him when he said that the wife of the owner of the house had asked him to open the safe for
her. The wife herself, a gray-haired, sharp-tongued woman of sixty, said that the story was nonsense.
Horace is now the assistant librarian in the prison. He often thinks of the charming, clever young lady
who was in the same profession as he was, and who tricked him. He gets very angry when anyone talks
about ‘honour among thieves.
(A Question of Trust)
i. Select the option that correctly captures the usage of the word ‘charming’ from 6th line of the extract.
(a) Scores of charming lakes lie in a row.
(b) Charming are the ways of deceitful people.
(c) You can be charming when you want to be
(d) What a charming girl you are!
ii. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the text
Socks : feet :: : hands
iii. Select the option that presents the reason for Horace’s imprisonment.
(a) Horace was a thief.
(b) He had a heated argument with the lady.
(c) The story narrated by him was a nonsense.
(d) He was tricked by a lady from his own profession.
iv. According to the extract authorities did not believe in him, mention the reason.
1. His fingerprints were all over.
2. He was found with the booty with him.
3. The landlady had never asked him to open the safe.
4. His story was not accepted.
5. He was a was picked from the house.
Select the correct option
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 3 and
4

(c) Only 3 (d) 1, 3 and 4

v. The narrator uses certain words and phrases in the given extract to Horace’s mental state mention any
two.
1. .
2. .
4. Attempt ANY ONE of two extOacts given. 5

2.A The pirate gaped at Belinda’s dragon,
And gulped some grog from his pocket flagon,
He fired two bullets, but they did not hit,
And Custard gobbled him, every hit.
(The Tale of Custard, the Dragon)
i. Complete the sentence

appropriately.
It is clear that ‘Alliteration’ is the poetic device used in ‘gulped some grog...’ because .
(Clue : explain how alliteration applies here)
ii. The poet has used a poetic device in the given lines. What effect does he wish to create by its use?
‘Irony’ in Custard gobbled the pirate is .
(a) emphasis
(b) comparison
(c) creating comedy/empathy
(d) rhythm
iii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE.

Dragon was not treated well by members of the house.
iv. Select the appropriate option to complete the sentence, according to the extract.
The idea that has been reflected ‘He fired two bullets, but they did not hit’, is .
(a) didactic (b) humorous
(c) apprehensive (d) nagging
v. What is the poet’s point view about the pirate?

(a) He is a comic character.
(b) Pirate scared the dragon.
(c) Pirate attacked the house viciously.
(d) Pirate got nervous seeing Belinda’s pets.
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2.B The trees inside are h
moving out into the e
forest, the forest that r
was empty all these e
days n
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c
t
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i
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no sun bury its feet in
shadow
the forest that was
empty all these
nights will be full
of trees by
morning.

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

1. Authoritative
2. Alarming
3. reflexive
4. optimistic
5. commanding
Select the appropriate option.
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 5
(d) 1 and 5
ii. What does the poet convey in the given extract?
iii. Pick out the words/ phrases reflecting the mood of the poet in the extract.
(a) Empty
(b) Trees
(c) Insect
(d) Sun
iv. Complete the analogy about the trait of the animal from the extract.
Caterpillar : Cocoon :: : Nest
v. Select the sentence in which the word ‘Bury’ is used in the similar manner as 5th line of the extract.
(a) Let us bury the hatchet.
(b) Bury the brave with honour.
(c) Little child will bury his feet in sand.
(d) Bury the rotten vegetable, they stink
VI Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 40-50 words each. 4 # 3 = 12
i. What does the poet want to convey through the poem ‘Dust of Snow’?
ii. What was the young seagull’s experience
during his first flight? (Two Stories About Flying) (Glimpses of India)
iii. What were the bakers called? Describe (Amanda!)

their peculiar dress.
iv. Why does Amanda wish to be an

orphan?
v. What justification did Lomov give to Natalya and Chubukov to prove that he is the rightful owner of

Meadows?
(The Proposal)

VII Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50 words each. 2#3=6
i. Why did Hari Singh decide to come back to Anil?

(The Thief’s Story) (Footprints without Feet)
ii. Why did Griffin not get a suitable house to

(The Making of a Scientist)
live in?
iii. What lesson did Ebright learn when he did

not win at the Science Fair?
VIII Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. 6

i. Life is about losses and wins. A man is the one who learns to take them in a stride and stand up brave
in the face of every situation. Summarise this quote with reference to ‘The Ball Poem’ and the chapter
‘Sermon at Benaras’. Prepare a set of dialogues between the boy and Kisa to elaborate the point. You
may begin like this :
Kisa : It is difficult to hold your self and impossible to accept losing a loved one.
The Boy : Yes! True , .
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ii. Whenever we want to achieve something, difficulties always come in our way. Justify these
using examples from Valli’s desire to go to the city alone and accomplishing it at a young age of eight
and the young boy from the poem ‘The Ball Poem’.
If you had to use the message with reference to both the chapters ‘Madam rides the Bus’ and ‘The Ball
Poem’ how will you elaborate it? Also, how it is relevant to both.
IX Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. 6

i. “But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man was something else.” Hari Singh finally
accepted
the importance of education and honest living. How it can be explained in the case of ‘The Thief’s
Story’.
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ii. The story ‘The Midnight Visitor’highlights the theme that wisdom is more powerful than other
weapons.
Comment with reference to it.


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Class X Exam 2022-23

SECTION A- READING SKILLS

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i. Why does the author refer to ‘Acta Senatus’?

iv. Complete the following with a word or phrase from paragraph 2.

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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 :

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III. SECTION B- GRAMMAR

Attempt ANY TEN of the following questions. 10

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IV. SECTION B- CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS

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

ii. What made Bholi cry so

iii. Fill in the blank with ONE

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4. Attempt ANY ONE of two extOacts given. 5

i. Complete the sentence

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

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

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

ii. What does the poet convey in the given extract?

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

iii. What were the bakers called? Describe (Amanda!)

iv. Why does Amanda wish to be an

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i. Why did Hari Singh decide to come back to Anil?

ii. Why did Griffin not get a suitable house to

iii. What lesson did Ebright learn when he did

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

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

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