AP SSC 10th class English-1 Model paper 2015-16 English Medium Set 4

Part – A

(1-10) Answer ANY FIVE of the following questions in two or three sentences each.

1.What is the role of Nick’s father in making him independent? (Attitude Is Altitude)

2.What does Stanley Houghton satirise in his one act play ? (The Dear Departed – Part II)

3.Why did the author think that he was physically useless ? (The Journey)

4.What is the theme of ‘Rendezvous with Ray’? ( Rendezvous with Ray)

5.What made ‘Maya Bazaar’ a landmark film ? (Maya Bazaar)

6.Continent on Bayaji’s last wish: ‘Sons, I want you to build a storeyed house.’(The Storeyed House)

7. What was Kalam’s opinion on the society ol Rameswaram? (My Childhood)

8.Why did the white man feel surprised at the narrator’s outburst? Eventually, he also smiled. Why? (Jamaican Fragment)

9.Comment on the line “The only sin of the infant-Being Born”. (Abandoned)

10.What is the tone of the poem “Once upon a Time” ? (Once upon a Time)

11.Read the following stanza.
Once upon a time, son,
they used to laugh with their hearts ‘
and laugh with their eyes:
but now they only laugh with their teeth,
while their ice-block-cold eyes ,
search behind my shadow. (Once Upon a Time)
Now answer the following questions.
(a)Who does the word ‘they’ refer to?
(b)What does phrase laugh with their hearts’ mean?
(c)What does laughing with the teeth imply? ‘
(d)How does the poet describe the eyes?
(e)What do the eyes do ?

12.Read the following lines.
“I was here on a quest to know the world and in the process know myself. I did not come here to convert. In fact, I am the one who got converted”, he said. (Rendezvous with Ray)
Now answer the following questions.
(a)Who does the word ‘he’ refer to?
(b)What does the word ‘here’ refer to?
(c)What does the speaker ultimately intend to do? .

13.Read the following lines.
You may go in for a storeyed house only if you don’t wish to stay in this village.(The Storeyed House – II)
Now answer the following questions.
(a)Who is the speaker of these words?
(b)Who is going to build a storeyed house?
Part – B

16.a) Murthy takes after his mother.
b)Murali will take over his mother in the business.
Q.Who resembles his mother ? Ans:_____________ .
(or)
Report the following into Indirect Speech.
Sudha said to her friend, ‘ Please lend me Rs. 500.’
Ans:_________________________________________________________

17.Suresh has left the school just now. He is a clever student.(Combine using ‘who’)
Ans:_________________________________________________________

18.The teacher asked me to go and sit on the back bench. (Change into ‘passive voice’)
Ans: _________________________________________________________

19.He woke up early. He missed the bus. (Combine using ‘though’)
Ans: _________________________________________________________

20.Fill in the blanks with the forms of the verbs given in brackets.
………………… Madhu………………….. (not arrive) yet?
Ans: __________________________________________________________

21.Fill in the blanks choosing the right words/phrases from those given in the brackets.
a)I submitted my project work several days ____________the deadline
(instead of/ ahead of / in spite of)
b)I usually go for shopping ____________friends on Saturdays
(according to / in spite of / along with)
c)The physical director of our school selected me_____________________ my friend,Ganesh for tomorrow’s match. ( in spite of / in place of / ahead of)
d)_____________ his poverty, he completed his Ph.D. in English. (In place of/ For the sake of/ In spite of)

23.Fill in the blanks with the words opposite in meaning to those underlined.
(a)Parents wish their children to prosper. They always bless their children. They never____________ them.
(b)Everyone needs to lead a contented life with what one has.__________________ life will make them unhappy.
(c)Internet offers us a lot of adv However, there are some______________ too.
(d)Your language should be formal when you talk to officers. You can use________________ language with your friends.

24.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the underlined words.
(a)In order to get an admission in the IIT Bombay, you have to do well___________ . You need good academic guidance for^–
(b)The teaching in this college practically does not suit the present market. Though it is theoretically sound, it lacks_____________________
(c)I am well acquainted with the city. Moreover, my________________ in the city will help me settle quickly. .
(d)Suresh has compiled a series of essays on environmental problems. The___________is excellent.

26.Complete the following words by using ea, ie, ai, ia or ae.
(a) scr____ med (b) Phocomel____

27.Complete the following words with the letters given in brackets.
(a) absolute________ (ly / lly) (b) ad_________ (age / ege) –

28.One word in each set is wrongly spelt. Rewrite it correctly in the space provided.
(a)important peasant gaint incident _________
(b)audience difference residence balence _________

29.Look at the two sets of words given below. In each set, the letters underlined in the two words are pronounced in the same way. Find the words and copy them out.
a) daughter amount beauty audience Ans…………………..
b) myself cycle yes badly Ans…………………..

31.Your friend is going to visit Bengaluru. Advise him to learn a few words of Kannada before he goes.
Ans. _________________________________________________

33.Change the following into a polite request.
You to a stranger in a packed bus : Move a bit.
Ans: _________________________________________________

Answers

Part – A

1.What is the role of Nick’s father in making him independent?
Ans.Nick’s father did his best to make him independent. He put Nick in water when he was just 18 months old. He taught him typing with his small foot on his hip. He encouraged Nick to get into football and skating. He joined Nick in a mainstream school.

2.What does Stanley Houghton satirise in his one act play ?
Ans.Stanley Houghton satirises the degradation of moral values in the modern middle class society. It throws light on the increasing trend in the society of leaving elderly generation abandoned and neglected.

3.Why did the author think that he was physically useless ?
Ans.The author had never got used to physical labour having stayed in hostels right from his childhood. He thought that his education had made him shun physical labour.

4.What is the theme of ‘Rendezvous with Ray’?
Ans.The theme of ‘Rendezvous with Ray’ is to picturize the illustrious life of Ray and to explain the experiences of Roberge with Ray.

5.What made ‘Maya Bazaar’ a landmark film?
Ans.Maya Bazaar became a landmark movie because of the sterling performances of great film stars. Apart from that the director K V Reddy had full control over every frame of the film. It is a blend of supreme artistical talent and technical brilliance of the unit.

6.Comment on Bayaji’s last wish: ‘Sons, I want you to build a storeyed house.’
Ans.Bayaji’s last words are like a mantra suggestive of the rise of Dalit empowerment. Digging the foundation of a regular storeyed-house symbolises the Dalit digging into the foundation of the villain of the tragedy, the caste system.

7.What was Kalam’s opinion on the society of Rameswaram?
Ans.According to Kalam, the small society of Rameswaram was very rigid in terms of the segregation of different social groups. The people had a strong feeling of unity, brotherhood and nationalism. The society encouraged communal harmony.

8.Why did the white man feel surprised at the narrator’s outburst? Eventually, he also smiled. Why?
Ans.The narrator, without any greetings and self-introduction and without enquiring about his awareness of the game, made his outburst and imposed all his feelings of the game on the white man. It made the white man surprised. The narrator’s imputation of deep motives to children’s actions and his over ambitious desire of his creed’s growth to rule the world must have made the white man smile at the narrator.

9.Comment on the line “The only sin of the infant-Being Born”.
Ans.This goes out to the little babies……………. innocent, tiny, tender souls who have been abandoned by their families or their parents. There are so many babies found abandoned in trash cans and garbage bins on the streets in India for no fault of theirs. Few are saved but most die a painful death crying into the cold night. Doomed to death even before they could learn to live. The poet questions us whether it was their sin to be born into this world an infants.

10.What is the tone of the poem “Once upon a Time” ?
Ans.This is a sombre and emotional poem with a strong moral message.

11.a) Who does the word ‘they’ refer to?
Ans.People once upon a time.
b)What does phrase ‘laugh with their hearts’ mean?
Ans.It means that they laughed heartily.
c)What does laughing with the teeth imply?
Ans.The laughter was artificial.
d)How does the poet describe the eyes?
Ans.Ice-block-cold-eyes.
e)What do the eyes do ?
Ans.They search behind the poet’s shadow.

12.a) Who does the word ‘he ‘ refer to?
Ans.Fr. Gaston Roberge.
b)What does the word ‘here’ refer to?
Ans.Bengal.
c)What does the speaker ultimately intend to do?
Ans.He wanted to know himself.

13.a) Who is the speaker of these words?
Ans.Kondiba
b) Who is going to build a storeyed house?
Ans.Bayaji

Part – B

Ans.(1) B (2) A (3) B (4) B (5) A

Ans.(i) C (ii) D (iii) A (iv) E (v) B

16.a) Murthy takes after his mother.
b)Murali will take over his mother in the business.
Q.Who resembles his mother ? Ans:_____________ .
(or)
Report the following into Indirect Speech.
Sudha said to her friend, ‘ Please lend me Rs. 500.’
Ans:Murthy
(Or)
Sudha requested her friend to lend her Rs. 500.

17.Suresh has left the school just now. He is a clever student.(Combine using ‘who’)
Ans:Suresh who is a clever student has left the school just now

18.The teacher asked me to go and sit on the back bench. (Change into ‘passive voice’)
Ans: I was asked by the teacher to go and sit on the back bench.

19.He woke up early. He missed the bus. (Combine using ‘though’)
Ans: Though he woke up early, he missed the bus

20.Fill in the blanks with the forms of the verbs given in brackets.
………………… Madhu………………….. (not arrive) yet?
Ans: Has, not arrived

Ans.(a) detailed (b) proudly (c) finally (d) order

Ans.

26.Complete the following words by using ea, ie, ai, ia or ae.
(a) scr____ med (b) Phocomel____
Ans.(a) screamed (b) Phocomelia

27.Complete the following words with the letters given in brackets.
(a) absolute________ (ly / lly) (b) ad_________ (age / ege)
Ans.(a) absolutely (b) adage

28.One word in each set is wrongly spelt. Rewrite it correctly in the space provided.
(a)important peasant gaint incident _________
(b)audience difference residence balence _________
Ans.(a) giant (b) balance

29.Look at the two sets of words given below. In each set, the letters underlined in the two words are pronounced in the same way. Find the words and copy them out.
a) daughter   amount beauty audience Ans…………………..
b) myself   cycle   yes   badly   Ans…………………..
Ans.(a) daughter   audience (b) myself   cycle

Ans.did, do, does, done

31.Your friend is going to visit Bengaluru. Advise him to learn a few words of Kannada before he goes.
Ans.Learn a few words of Kannada. (Or)
It would be better for you to learn a few words of Kannada.

Ans.

33.Change the following into a polite request.
You to a stranger in a packed bus : Move a bit.
Ans:Please, move a bit. (Or)
Would you mind moving a bit ?

Ans.

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