Class-10th 10th Board Booster 2.
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A Question of Trust & Analytical Paragraph Writing
Practice Sheet
1. The given pie chart shows the proportion of people
from different households living in a state of poverty
in the UK in the year 2002. Write an analytical
paragraph based upon the information provided in
about 100-120 words.
2. The following table shows details about the different
internet activities for six categories of people
according to different age groups. Study the table and
write an analytical paragraph based upon it in about
100- 120 words.
3. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that
follow: Fifteen years ago, Horace had served his first
and only sentence in a prison library. He loved rare,
expensive books. So, he robbed a safe every year.
Each year he planned carefully just what he would do,
stole enough to last for twelve months, and secretly
bought the books he loved through an agent.
(A) What does Horace like to collect?
(B) Why does he steal every year?
(C) Which word in the above extract means the same
as 'with a lot of alertness'?
(D) What is strange in the passage?
4. Read the given extract to attempt the questions
that follow: His fingerprints, for he had opened the
safe without gloves, were all over the room, and no
one believed him when he said 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.
(A) Though Horace Danby was a brilliant thief, he
was befooled? Who befooled her?
(B) How was he fooled?
(C) Which word in the extract means the same as 'a
place where all the valuables are kept in lock'?
(D) Does the 'title' of the story match?
Short Answer Type Questions:
5. Horace sneezed. Why did he do it?
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6. 'Horace Danby was good and respectable but not
completely honest.' Is this an apt description of
Horace? If yes, why?
7. Describe the lady in red.
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8. Why was Horace arrested when he had not stolen
anything? [Board Term I, 2016-17]
Long Answer Type Questions:
9. What was the passion of Horace Danby and how did
he satisfy it?
10. Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he
faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?
 ANSWER KEY
1. The given pie chart illustrates seven different
categories of households living in poverty in the UK
in the year 2002.
It is clearly evident from the pie chart that 26% of the
total poverty-stricken households were those of sole
parents who formed the majority. Single people
without children accounted for the second highest
proportion of 24%. In contrast to couples without
children who accounted for just 9%, couples with
children accounted for 15% of the poor households.
Single-aged persons formed 7%, whereas aged
couples formed 5% of poor households. Overall,
14% of all households in the UK were living in
poverty in the year 2002.
In all, the younger generation seemed to have a
greater poor percentage than their aged counterparts
and couples without children had better economic
conditions than those with children.
2. The given table suggests the internet activities of six
age groups ranging from teens to those in their
seventies for six different kinds of activities on the
internet.
The table shows that the younger generation is more
interested in online games and news, whereas the
older generation spends time on the internet in order
to research and buy products. It is evident from the
table that 81% of the teens mainly use the internet for
playing online games, and many are also interested
in news and downloads as well as in buying products.
The middle-aged group, that is, people in the age
group ranging from 20s to 60s is highly interested in
getting news, doing product research and buying
products, with the percentage ranging from 70-80%.
The internet activity which gets the least time is
searching for people. All the age groups spend less
than 30% of their internet time on the same. The
amount of time spent on downloads decreases with
age and gets as low as 6% for the people in 70s.
Overall, the table suggests that teenagers are most
likely to spend time playing games and doing
downloads. On the other hand, older people, on an
average, are interested in researching and buying
products. It is also significant to note that people
spend the least amount of time when it comes to
searching for other people online.
3. A. Horace Danby was fond of collecting expensive and
rare books.
B. As he was not rich enough to fund his wish so instead
of working hard or saving money, he would rob a
safe every year.
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C. The word in the above extract that means the same
as 'with a lot of alertness' is ‘carefully’.
D. The strange thing about the passage is to rob safe to
buy expensive books.
4. The young lady in red befooled him.
B. The lady pretended to be the owner of the house, and
made him open the safe without gloves, leaving his
fingerprints.
C. The word ‘safe’ in the extract means the same as 'a
place where all the valuables are kept in lock'.
D. Yes, it does as Horace opened the safe in trust. He
trusted the lady blindly and he should have been
more careful while robbing.
5. Horace did not sneeze deliberately, rather he suffered
from an attack of hay fever. There was a big bowl of
flowers kept in the drawing room that caused him to
sneeze.
6. This description is apt for Horace because he was a
fifty years old unmarried man who made locks to
earn his living. Moreover, he is successful enough at
his business to keep two helpers. He is a respectable
fellow in the society. He is not completely honest
because he robs a safe every year.
7. She was young and smart thief. She was very
graceful and impressive. She spoke to Horace in an
authoritative voice as if she were the mistress of the
house.
8. Horace was arrested because his finger prints were
all around the safe since he had opened the safe bare-
handed.
9. The passion of Horace Danby was collecting rare and
expensive books. To satisfy this passion, he needed
money and arranged it by robbing one safe every
year and then secretly buying the books through an
agent.
10. Horace Danby failed to get enough information
about real occupants of the house. He seemed to be
too occupied with collecting other little details and
information about house map wiring and the location
of valuable things.
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