CALCUTTA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

oyaamb ORIENTATION EXAMINATION 2022-2023

Pa CLASS-X
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(ENGLISH PAPER-1)
Maximum marks: 80

Time allowed: Two hours

Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minuter

This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.

Thistime given at the head of this paperis thetimeallowed for writing the answers,
Attempt alL5 questions.
Theintended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets ().

You are advised to spendminutes

no more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20
in answering Question 2.
Question 1

(Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) (20)

Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following:

Describe how modern gadgets have changed the lifestyle of the people in the last
10years.
i) Express your views either for or against the statement: "Competition is good for the
development of teenagers."
il) Freeddom comes with responsibility. Narrate an incident, which made you realise the
significance of this statement.
iv) Write a short story which illustrates the truth of the statement, "Better to wear out than
to rust out."
 v) Study the picture given below. Write a short
the picture suggests to you. Your story or description or an account
of wha
or may take composition may be about the
subject the picture
of
suggestions from it.

Question 2
(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.)
Select any one of the following:
Write a letter to your friend, describing (10)
the subjects that have planned to study after
ICSE and also include your career plans for the future. you
b) You stayed in a hotel in Shimla for four days. While
checking out, you left your digital
camera behind at the reception. Write a letter to the Manager of the
hotel, requesting
him to locate the digital camera and if he succeeds in finding it, to send it to you by
courier. Also mention specifically that you would pay for the expenses incurred. Give
relevant details of the instrument which you think will aid in tracing the item.

Aúestion 3
(5+5)
I. Your school is organising the Annual Sports Day. Write a notice to be put up in your school,
informingthe students of the event and inviting them to give their names for participating in
various sports events to be held at the school grounds on the occasion of the Annual Sports Day
of your school.

I1.Writean email to a famous cricketer to be the Guest of honour at the Annual Sports Day of
your school.
Question 4
the questions that follow:
carefully and answer
Read the following passage
a tiger. The compelling
intention that she should hunt
Packletide's pleasure and
It was Mrs. acclaim but her intense dislike for
was neither adventure
nor
her sudden deviation
motive for had talked about nothing
an Algerian aviator,
on a recent flight with
Loona Bimberton. Loona, to perform a better
and Mrs. Packletide had resolved
else but a personally procured tiger-skin
feat to counter her claim to fame.
and
harvest of press photographs
Mrs. Packletide had distinct images of a heavy
In her mind, would occupy most of the
Curzon Street. A tiger-skin rug
the grand lunch at her house in Bimberton's honour. The icing
on

and all of the conversation, all of course in Loona

foreground for Loona Bimberton's
next
by her
the cake would be a tiger claw brooch specially designed
birthday.
Mrs. Packletide offered
a
soon as
circumstances occurred faster than usual. As
Propitious and commercial instincts of
of shooting a tiger, the sporting
thousand rupees for the opportunity
soared like never before. A senile and infirm tiger which had
villagers from a nearby village The animal now confined
was often spotted in the vicinity of the village.
abandoned game-killing to
made suitable arrangements
to the smaller domestic animals. The villagers accessible food
its appetite shoot. Enough easily
keptsatisfied till the memsahib's
ensure that the tiger was
to scare the beast away.
However,
was left in open spaces and all precautions were taken not
encounter.
were all anxious lest he
should die of old age before the august
they Mebbin
her paid companion Miss
The brave Mrs. Packletide and
The momentous night arrived. goat was tethered at
erected for hunt. A persistently bleating
crouched on the platform specially at some distance, as
only to lay flat on the earth
the correct distance. The tiger came prowling, Aftera long wait the tiger slowly
the grand attack.
snatching a short rest before commencing
if the next moment the tawny
rifle flashed out with a loud report,
ambled towards its victim, the bushes began celebrating
The party of villagers hiding in nearby
beast lay lifeless on the ground. now surely coming.
killed the tiger, and their money was
and cheering. Memsahib had finally
who noticed that the mortal bullet
had
excitement and clamour it was Louisa Mebbin
Amidst the heart-failure. Anyhow Mrs. Packletide
the old tiger had succumbed to
hit the goat and evidently the fiction, anxious for their
was the possessor of a
dead tiger. The villagers connived at
well.
thousand rupees and all ended
Mrs. Packletide, a few
in the honour of the brave hunter
Following several balls and parties as the price of
demanded a weekend cottage from her
weeks later, Miss Mebbin discreetly its heavy
secret. Mrs. Packletide
abandoned big-game shooting, owing to
keeping her dark
incidental expenses.'
in the passage)
choose the correct meaning (as used
For each word given below
from the options provided: (3)

1. Foreground (line-5)
distance
A) Objects which appear ata
b) The part of a view that seems nearest
c) Objects that aren't clearly visible
d) Objects that are distracting

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 2. Propitious (line-7)
a}-Signs indicating øffailure
b) Situations that help in showing valour
)Thingsindicative of success
dChallenging situation

3. Momentous (line-14)
a) Leading to temporary effects
b) Leaving no impact
c) Misleading
d) Important in terms of future consequence

ii) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.

a) What made Mrs. Packletide desperate to shoot a tiger? (2)
b) What precautions were taken by the villagers before the shooting
expedition? (2)
c) How did the tiger react immediately after it 'came prowling'? (1)
d) What plans were made by Mrs. Packletide to belittle Loona Bimberton's achievements ?
(2)
e) How did Miss Mebbin benefit from the expedition? (2)
iit) In not more than 50 words describe Mrs Packletide's adventure on the 'momentous night'
and the role of the villagers in making it successful by stating the reason behind it. (8)

Question5

i) Fill in each of the numbered blank with the correct form of the word given in brackets.
Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase
appropriate to the blank space. (4)
Example: comes
Every year on June 5, the world _O(come) together to observe 'World Environment Day" to
promote and encourage 1(environment) responsibility and 2(conserve) of natural
resources.
The need is to understand and shoulder the responsibilities that each one of us has towards
Mother Nature. The economy is important but so is the need to understand the 3(carry)
capacity of Nature. The Covid-19 pandemic has 4(expose) all the myths and realities
5(regard) our developmental agendas and has 6(render) us vulnerable in every
aspect. Expansion of economics has to be hand in hand _7 (keep) in view the environmental
constraints in mind and not. _8(meddle) with them in any way.

ii) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

(4)
a) He is an honest man, he lives honest work.
b) The street opened into a small square.
c) The army put the rebellion.
d) She ran an old friend in the town.
e) He set for Mumbai on Sunday.
) She is sensible the value of good deeds.
9)They toyed the idea of buying a new house.
h) Rohan bore t h e first prize in
sports.
 complete sentence without using and, but
ii) Join the following sentences to make one
or so. Choose the correct option. (4)

1. He is naive. He will believe anything.

a) He is too naive to believe everything.

b) He is naive enough to believe anything.
e He is naive and he will believe everything.
) Hé will believe everything for he artful. isn't
2. Could he give us a loan?I did not know.

a) I didn't know that he would give a loan.

b) I did not know who would give a loan to us.

I did not know if he could give us a loan.

dI didn't know whether the loan would be given.

3. Nita is efficient. Sara is equally efficient.

a) Both Nita and Sara are efficient.

b) Sara is more efficient than Nita.
e) Nita isn't as good as Sara in efficiency.
d) Nita is as efficient as Sara.

4. They bought a new car. They can travel long distances.

a) Their new car helps them to travel together.
) Since they have boughta new car, they can travel long distances.
) If they want to travel long distances, they use their car.y
d They bought a new car so that they can travel together. y

iv) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make
other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each
sentence. Choose the correct option. (8)
1. "Why didn't I get a computer before?" thought the accountant. (The accountant
wondered........)
a) The accountant thought how he longed for a computer.
-b) The accountant wondered how badly he needed a computer.
T h e accountant wondered why he had not got a computer before.
-} The accountant wanted to get a computer from before.

2. If you had not studied hard, you would not have succeeded in life.
(Use: Otherwise)
a} You had not studied hard, otherwise you would have succeeded.
Studying involves hard work; otherwise you cannot succeed.
You need to study hard, otherwise you won't succeed.
You had studied hard; otherwise you would not have succeeded in life.

3. You have to order something or you have to leave the restaurant.

(Begin: Unless...)
a Unless you stop ordering, you will have to leave the restaurant.
bUnless you order something, you will have to leave the restaurant.
Unless you want to leave the restaurant, you will have to decide your order.
Unless you are hurrying to leave, you will have to finish your order.

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 ran on the field. (Begin: Hardly.)
As soon as the sports meet ended, the children
meet end when the children started leaving.
a) Hardly did the sports ended.
children run when the sports meet
b) Hardly did the ended when the children ran on the field.
c)Hardly had the sports meet
meet ended.
d) Hardly did anyone stop when the sports

wealth but he was not happy.

He had plenty of
(Begin: In spite..nn)
a) In spite of being unhappy, he was rich.
b) In spite of not being poor, he was not happy.

c) In spite of having enough, he was unhappy.

d) In spite of having plenty of wealth, he was not happy.

mountaineer. (Begin: There was no....)

Every one of them was an experienced
better than other mountaineers.
There was no one who was
a) mountaineer among them.
There was no one who was an inexperienced
b)
There was no one who was a mountaineer among them.
c) mountaineer among themn.
There was no one who was an experienced
d)
month-end. (Begin: You can't....)
Your rail season-ticket is valid till the
7.
season-ticket after its expiry.
a) You can't avail yourself of the
season-ticket before the given time limit.
b) You can't renew the
the ticket after the completion of the year.
c) You can't avail yourself of season-ticket after the month-end.
rail
d)You can't avail yourself of your

Listen attentively so that you might not miss out something. (Rewrite using lest)
8.
lest you should miss out something.
Listen attentively
things.
Listen attentively lest you wouldn't forget important
You should listen attentively
lest not to forget things.
not remember everything.
d You shouldn't be inattentive while listening lest you might