Students must start practicing the questions from CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 English with Solutions Set 9 are designed as per the revised syllabus.
CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 English Set 9 with Solutions
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
- 15 Minute prior reading time allotted for Q-paper reading.
- The Question Paper contains THREE Sectians-Reading, Grammar & Writing and Literature.
- Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part.
Section – A
Reading Skills (20 Marks)
Question 1.
Read the passage given below. (1 x 10 = 10)
(1) The Indian subcontinent consists of a number of separate linguistic communities each of which shares a common language and culture. The people of India speak many languages and dialects which are mostly varieties of about 14 principal languages. Some Indian languages have a long literary history-Sanskrit literature is 3.000 years old and Tamil 2,000. India also has some languages that do not have written forms.
(2) The number of people- speaking each language varies greatly. For example, Hindi has more than 250 million speakers, but relatively few people speak Andamanese. Although some of the languages are called ‘tubal’ or ‘aboriginal’. Their populations may be larger than those that speak some European languages. For example, Bhili and Santali. Both tribal languages, each has more than 1 million speakers, Gondi is spoken by nearly 2 million people.
(3) India’s schools teach 58 different languages. The nation has newspapers in 87 languages, radio programmes in 71, and films in 15.
(4) The Indian languages belong to four language families: Indo-European.
Dravidian. Mon-Khmer, and Sino-Tibetan. Indo-European and Dravidian languages are used by a large majority of India’s population. All language families divide roughly into geographic groups. Languages of the Indo-European group are spoken mainly in northern and central regions.
The languages of southern India are mainly of the Dravidian group. Some ethnic groups in Assam and other pails of eastern India speak languages of the Mon-Khmer group. People in the northern Himalayan region and near the Burmese border speak Sino-Tibetan languages.
(5) Speakers of 54 different languages of the Indo-European family make up about three-quarters of India’s population. Twenty Dravidian languages are spoken by nearly a quarter of the people. Speakers of 20 Mon-Khmer languages and Sino-Tibetan languages together make up about 2 percent of the population.
(6) Official language: Hindi is the principal official language of India. Sanskrit and 16 regional language are also official languages English has the status of an ‘associate’ language. Hindi is the native language of more than a third of India’s people, and many others speak Hindi as a second language. Only about 2 percent speak English, but it serves as a common language among most educated Indians, and people use it for many official and administrative purposes.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the given questions.
(A) According to the author, select the correct statements from the given options.
(I) The Dravidian language is spoken in western India.
(II) The Indo-European language is mainly spoken in the northern and central regions.
(III) Sino-Tibetan language is spoken by people near the Burmese border arid northern Himalayan region.
(IV) Assam and Northen India speak the Mon-Khmer dialect.
(a) (I) and (IV)
(b) (I) and (II)
(c) (III) and (IV)
(d) (II) and (III) [1]
Answer:
(a) (I) and (IV)
(B) According to the passage, ………………… and ………………… are considered to be the official languages of India. [1]
Answer:
Hindi, Sanskrit; 16 regional Languages
(C) List a reason why English language used in India.
(1) …………………… [1]
Answer:
English language is used in India for official and administrative purposes.
(D) Which word from the passage means ‘a form of a language spoken in one area of a country’? [1]
Answer:
Dialect
(E) Choose the language from the following that is spoken by almost 2 million people.
(a) Santali
(b) Gondi
(c) Bhili
(d) Sanskrit [1]
Answer:
(b) Gondi
(F) Fill in the blank with the correct option.
The nation has newspapers in …………………… languages.
(a) 43
(b) 50
(c) 25
(d) 87 [1]
Answer:
(d) 87
(G) According to the passage, only about ………………. per cent of Indians can speak English language. [1]
Answer:
2.
(H) Choose the statements from the given option that are INAPPROPRIATE.
(I) Speakers of 54 different languages of the Indo-European family make up about three quarters of India’s population.
(II) Twenty Dravidian languages are spoken by three-quarters of India’s population.
(III) Slndia’s school teach 85 different languages.
(IV) Speakers of 20 Mon-Khmer languages and Sino-Tibetan languages together make up about 2 percent of the population.
(a) (I) and III
(b) (II) and (III)
(c) (II) and IV
(d) (I) and (II) [1]
Answer:
(b) (II) and (III)
(K) Most educated people still use Hindi as their preferable language. True/false. [1]
Answer:
False.
Explanation: It is given in the passage that the most common language among the most educated people of India is English, not Hindi.
(L) Complete the given analogy correctly with a word from the passage.
Choices: varieties :: improperly: ……………….. [1]
Answer:
Roughly
Question 2.
Read the passage given below. (1 x 10 = 10)
(1) By generating a means of employment for people with excellent artistic abilities and incredible imagination, the animation industry is growing into a multi-crore industry with vast carreed prospects. The animation is the linking and the manipulation of still images to create an illusion of motion. Images, graphics, test, and audio are brought together to create a live moving picture on the screen. Thus the animator, who is an expert in animation art gives life to a character using a blend of imagination and technology.
(2) Aspirant animators must have a passion and a flair for drawing and creative imagination. In addition, they must also posses an advanced level of technological understanding. An animator must have good communication skills because the field requires him to meet and interact with large number of people.
(3) In present scenario, animation has a plethora of opportunities in areas like films, cartoons, advertisements, television, and product designing. The animation industry can be broadly classified into categories like SD and 2D animation, gaming, multimedia, web designing, and visual effects.
(4) In india, the animation industry is glowing immensely thus making the country a destination of the outsourcing of animation work The reasons for this mainly are skilled workers and low cost of production basides the rice of the gaming industry. Apart from this, the Indian audience is showing keen interest in animated movies and commercials which has led several production houses to produce a greater number of animated movies.
(5) Being aware of the increasing popularity of the animation industry, educational institutions across the country are beginning to include animation courses in their programme. A number of animation institutes have also come up in India which will help students both in grooming their institutes have also come up in India which will help students both in grooming their creative skills as well as in their placements.
(6) The magical world of animation is thus becoming one of the fastest and most lucrative industries in India. Despite a humble start in the year 1974 with the educational animation film ‘Ek Anek Aur Ekta’, the animation industry in India is a well-established career option today.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the given questions:
(A) According to the passage, an animotor
(a) shows interest in animated movies and commercials.
(b) gives life to a character using a blend of imagination and technology.
(c) works towards the low cost of production.
(d) destroys still image. [1]
Answer:
(b) gives life to a character using a blend of imagination and technology.
(B) Which was the first educational animated film, made in India? [1]
Answer:
Ek Anek aur Ekta
(C) The animation institutes help the students in ………………. and ………………… [1]
Answer:
Placements; grooming their creative skills
(D) List three things the aspiring animators
1. ……………….
2. ……………….
3. ……………….
Answer:
1. Passion.
2. A flair for drawing.
3. Creative imagination.
(E) The given chart shows an ………………. trend in the field of animation. [1]
Answer:
upward
(F) The animation industry had a slow start in India. (True/false) [1]
Answer:
True
(G) Choose the correct set of qualities that a good animator must provides.
(I) Passion and flair for drawing and creative imagination
(II) Flair for creative writing
(III) Commercial work experience
(IV) Must have good communication skills
(V) Advanced level of technological understanding
(a) I, IV and V
(b) I, III and IV
(c) I, III and V
(d) II, III and IV [1]
Answer:
(a) I, IV and V
(H) State any two categories of animation industry. [1]
Answer:
Gaming and visual effects
(I) Based on your reading of the passage, which two sentences from the following are TRUE?
(I) The animation destroys still images to create an illusion of motion.
(II) In India, the animation industry is growing immensely, thus making the country a destination for the outsourcing of animation work.
(III) An animator must hpve good wiring skills because the field requires him to write creative content.
(IV) Aspirant animators must have a passion and a flair for the drawing and creative imagination.
(a) (I) and (III)
(b) (II) and (IV)
(c) (I) and (II)
(d) 00 and (III) [1]
Answer:
(b) (II) and (IV)
(J) …………………. are brought together to create a live moving picture on the screen.
(a) Images, graphics, text and audio
(b) Graphics, text, 3D and 2D animation
(c) Web designing, multimedia, text and images
(d) Images, gaming, multimedia and audio [1]
Answer:
(a) Images, graphics, text and audio
Explanation: Its given in the passage that images, graphics , test and audio are brought together in order to make a line moving picture. Hence, (a) is the right answer.
Section – B
Grammar (10 Marks)
Question 3.
Attempt ANY TEN of the given questions.
(A) Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks to complete the passage:
A K Ramanujan was an India poet & …(i)…. of Indian literature who …(ii)… in both English and Kannada. He was a philologist, folksist, translator and playwright.
(i) (a) a scholar
(b) the scholar
(c) an scholar
(d) of scholar
Answer:
(a) a scholar
(ii) (a) write
(b) written
(c) wrote
(d) writes [1]
Answer:
(c) wrote
(B) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option:
This time tomorrow, I ……………….. on the beach.
(a) am lying
(b) will lie
(c) will be lying
(d) was lying [1]
Answer:
(c) will be lying
(C) Complete the sentence with the right modal
She said that she ………………. help me.
(a) will
(b) shall
(c) would
(d) should [1]
Answer:
(c) would
(D) Fill in the gap with the right option. Phone me when you …………… time.
(a) have
(b) would have
(c) will have
(d) had [1]
Answer:
(a) have
(E) Fill in the blank with the correct option.
I will follow you wherever you …………………
(a) go
(b) goes
(c) will go
(d) went [1]
Answer:
(a) go
(F) The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the error and write its correction against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the correction. The first one has been done for you.
| Error of | Correction in | ||
| The history of chocolate began of Mesoamerica. | Example | ||
| Fermented beverages make from chocolate date | (i) | ……………………. | ……………………. |
| back to 450 BC. The Mexico believed when cacao seeds | (ii) | ……………………. | ……………………. |
| were the gift of Quetzalcoatl, the god of wisdom, but | (iii) | ……………………. | ……………………. |
| the seeds, once, were used as a form of currency. |
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| (i) make | made |
| (ii) when | that |
| (iii) but | and |
(G) ………………. people don’t trust estate agents.
(a) Every
(b) Most
(c) Any
(d) Much [1]
Answer:
(b) Most
Explanation: ‘Most’ is the correct determine to be used with ‘people’. Hence, (b) is the right answer.
(H) Half of the population ………………… against the bill.
(a) has
(b) was
(c) have
(d) might [1]
Answer:
(b) was
(I) One of the glasses …………………… empty.
(a) is
(b) were
(c) are
(d) shall be [1]
Answer:
(a) is
Explanation: As we are talking about ‘one’ of the glasses, it becomes singular. Hence, (a) is the right answer.
(J) ………………….. cherries are delicious.
(a) These
(b) Every
(c) All
(d) This [1]
Answer:
(a) These
(K) I don’t know where Mia is. She …………………. be at her friend’s house.
(a) might
(b) shall
(c) can
(d) must [1]
Answer:
(a) might
Explanation: As the location of Mia is unknown, it is only a ‘possibility’ that she could be at her friend’s home. Hence, (a) is the right answer.
(L) Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete the narration.
Salim and salma were talking to their grandfather. He was telling them about our ancestors. He told them that they were not different from them. He also told them that learning from first-hand experience like visiting a historical site or a Museum helps one gain more information. To this, Salima (i) …………….. she remembers what she learnt about the city History Museum.
Choose the correct option for (i)
(a) added that
(b) replied to
(c) jelt that
(d) answered to [1]
Answer:
(a) added that
Explanation: As Grandpa was sharing his ideas about learning, Salma added her input too. Hence, (a) is the right answer.
Creative Writing Skills
Question 4.
Attempt ANY ONE of the following in 100-120 words.
You are Sujal/Sujata of Pragya Public School, Nangal, Punjab. You had arranged a trip for fifty students to Nainital during summer vacations for ten days with Mount Travels and Tourism. The arrangements done by the travel agency were far below standard.
The accommodation and food facilities were inferior in quality. Write a letter of complaint to the director of the agency to stop duping tourists with false promises as it tarnishes the image of locals. Write this letter in 100-120 words.
OR
India is a heavily populated country. The lack of proper sanitation and hygiene results in various diseases. India has a serious sanitation challenge: around 60% of the world’s open defecation takes place in India. Poor sanitation causes health hazards including diarrhoea and deficiencies in physical development and cognitive ability, particularly in children under 5 years of age.
You are Nitish/Nikita, head boy/girl of Anand Public School, Jaipur. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner, highlighting the problem and suggesting practical ways to ensure public sanitation and the right to dignity and privacy. (100-120 words). [5]
Answer:
Pragya Public School
Nangal,
Punjab
13th September 20XX
The Managing Director
Mount Travels and Tourism
Punjab
Subject: Stop duping tourists with false promises
Respected Sir/Madam,
Through this letter, I would like to file a complaint against your travel agency. Your agents had arranged a trip to Nainital for Pragya Public School. You promised that you would provide us with the best package but unfortunately it did not meet our expectations.
The seats of the bus were uncomfortable. We booked a bus for 40 students but you provided us a mini bus of 30 seats. Many students had to travel standing. Even the refreshments given to the students seemed stale and unhealthy. Moreover, the accommodation arrangements were far from satisfactory and had no proper ventilation. The supervisors were not willing to serve. Many of them used abusive language with us.
Your high profile leaflet duped us. In practice, it has no existence. I request you to lodge my complaint and look into the discrepancies of your agency.
Yours sincerely
Sujal / Sujata Ahuja
OR
321/3, Anand Vihar
Jaipur
15th July 20XX
The Municipal Commissioner
Jaipur Municipal Corporation
Jaipur
Subject: Unsanitary conditions in the city Respected Sir/Madam
Through this letter, I wish to draw your attention to the poor sanitary conditions in the city.
Sanitation in India is a multifold problem. Poor urban planning is compounded by migrations to cities, which increases the slum population. Water scarcity, inadequate rural infrastructure, illiteracy, and homelessness are some problems to consider. To tackle all these problems, the following steps should be implemented.
For tackling migration, appropriate city planning is needed. The authorities need to ensure clean water and sanitation services in all houses. The government can also establish multiple public toilets, which will prevent public defecation that spread infections.
Processing of sewage can help in multiple ways as the residual organic waste can be separated from the water and be used for creating organic fertilisers. This also helps to decrease water pollution. I hope your department will take these suggestions into consideration and improve our condition.
Yours sincerely
Nitish / Nikita
Question 5.
Attempt ANY ONE of the following in 100-120 words.
A recent survey to identify how students between the ages of 13-19 years use their leisure time revealed some startling results. Taking help from the given visual inputs, write a paragraph in 100-120 words on how students of public and government schools utilise their time.
OR
Read the following excerpt taken from an article which appeared in a weekly journal. “Home appliances play a major role in the domestic life of the modern man. It has always had a significant place in the life of man ever since the Stone Age when man began to use tools.
Today, twenty- first-century human beings use more sophisticated tools and home appliances for his/her daily life. The more we try to make our life convenient and comfortable, the more significant the role of appliances turns out to be in determining the lifestyle of a man.”
The following bar graph shows the result of a survey for the years 2010-2019 to understand the usage of utilities across a state. Write a paragraph in 100-120 words analysing the data and how this reflects on the improved lifestyle of people. [5]
Answer:
Spending Habits
Lifestyle magazine conducted a survey to analyse the spending habits of people from March-April. The spending pattern fluctuates with each month, but expenditure on utilities gets the lion’s share. In January, people spend the most on entertainment when welcoming the new year. People also spend on dining out, buying utilities and household goods.
In February, with exams round the corner, the focus shifts to studies and people spend less on entertainment. With the financial year and the academic year ending in March, people again spend on dining out and entertainment to celebrate their victories. The one constant is that each month, a big chunk of money goes towards buying utilities. While the spending on household items varies each month, it does not have a big share of the spending. The one thing that is constant is the spending power of the middle classes.
OR
Utilities or Necessities?
The bar chart shows the result of a survey conducted in 2010 – 2019 indicating percentages of utilities being used by the households. The chart clearly shows that television was the most popular utility item. The fascination for TV remains steadfast with channels to suit each person’s temperament and taste.
The increasing sales of vacuum cleaners and washing machines are clear pointers that doing such chores manually remain difficult. Refrigerators appeared to have gained popularity among the poor. The telephone gained popularity with people ready to spend on this necessity.
However, despite the new variety of cars, the sales did not show an upward trend. The high cost might be a deterrent. Purchase of central heating was limited to the rich. However, the sales did pick up and showed improvement from 1997 and by 2000 as almost 50% of the households had it.
Section – C
Literature (40 Marks)
Question 6.
Attempt ANY ONE of the given extracts. (1 x 5 = 5)
When the train had gone, I found myself standing alone on the deserted platform. I had no idea where to spend the night. I had no friends, believing that friends were more trouble than help. And I did not want to make anyone curious by staying at one of the small hotels near the station. The only person I knew really well was the man I had robbed. Leaving the station, I walked slowly through the bazaar.
In my short career as a thief, I had made a study of men’s faces when they had lost their goods. The greedy man showed fear; the rich man showed anger; the poor man showed acceptance. But I knew that Anil’s face, when he discovered the theft, would show only a touch of sadness.
Not for the loss of money, but for the loss of trust. I found myself in the maidan and sat down on a bench. The night was chilly – it was early November – and a light drizzle added to my discomfort. Soon it was raining quite heavily. My shirt and pyjamas stuck to my skin, and a cold wind blew the rain across my face.
(A) How would Sunil feel after the robbery? [1]
Answer:
As the narrator of the story tells us that the man he had robbed, had trusted him far more than anything else and the robbery was a theft of trust more than the robbery of money. When a person is robbed off with trust he neither feels greed, anger nor fear. He feels sad.
(B) Choose the option that lists the set of statement that are NOT TRUE according to given extract?
(1) writer’s clothes were stuck due to rain.
(2) writer found himself standing alone on platform.
(3) friends are a trouble than being friend indeed.
(4) the rich men showed after theft
(5) it was the month of July.
(6) the poor men showed acceptance after theft
(7) the greedy man showed anger after theft
(a) (1) and (2)
(b) (3) and (4)
(c) (5) and (7)
(d) (6) and (7) [1]
Answer:
(c) (5) and (7)
Explanation: The writer tells us that his clothes were stuck due to cold winter rains. Hence, (1) is correct but (5) is incorrect. In the very first sentence the writer tells us that he was standing on a deserted platform, so, (2) is also correct. The writer, as he was a thief, couldn’t have friends as they could create trouble for him. Hence, the (3) is also correct. (4) and (6) are also correct as the writer tells us about his study of men’s faces. (7) is incorrect as the writer says that the greedy man showed fear on discovering theft. Hence, the answer is (c).
(C) Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s (F) and opinion/s of the student below:
(1) Anil experienced the tons of trust after the robbery.
(2) Friends are more trobule than being helping hand.
(3) Anil was sad after the robbery.
(4) It was running normally.
(a) F – (1) and O – (2)
(b) F – (3) and O – (4)
(c) F – (2) and O – (1)
(d) F – (4) and O – (3) [1]
Answer:
(c) F – (2) and O – (1)
Explanation: The writer tells us that he found friends to be more of trouble, so, (2) is a fact. (1) is opinion as the author never tells us how Anil actually felt after being robbed. So, here (c) is the answer.
(D) Which word does ‘deserted’ NOT correspond to?
(a) left
(b) abandon
(c) happy
(d) alone [1]
Answer:
(c) happy
Explanation: Deserted means a place where no one lives. A place that is abandoned or alone. A place which everyone has left. In a deserted place a person is never happy. Hence, (c) is the correct answer.
(E) “a touch of sadness”. Pick a sentence that closely relates to the contextual word ‘touch’.
(a) her touch gives me chills.
(b) Avoid touching during the quarantine period.
(c) He has a touch of anger in his message.
(d) Temperature today touched 49° in Delhi. [1]
Answer:
(c) He has a touch of anger in his message.
Explanation: In the given sentence the author uses the word touched in the context that it is psychological and mild. The sentences in option (a) & (b) refer to physical touch in their context and the sentence in option (d) uses the word touched in the context that the temperature reached 49°. Only the sentence in option (c) relates to the contextual meaning as given by the author. So, the correct answer is (c).
OR
Little Sulekha could not speak till she was five, and when at last she learnt to speak, she stammered. The other children often made fun of her and mimicked her. As a result, she talked very little. Ramlal had seven children-three sons and four daughters, and the youngest of them was Bholi. It was a prosperous farmer’s household and there was plenty to eat and drink.
All the children except Bholi were healthy and strong (since Bholi fell of the cot once and her brain part was damaged). The sons had been sent to the city to study in schools and later in colleges. Of the daughters, Radha, the eldest, had already been married. The second daughter Mangla’s marriage had also been settled, and when that was done, Ramlal would think of the third, Champa. They were good looking, healthy girls, and it was not difficult to find bridegrooms for them.
(A) What damaged some part of brain of Bholi?
(a) option (1)
(b) option (2)
(c) option (3)
(d) option (4) [1]
Answer:
(b) option (2)
Explanation: As Bholi fell from a cot and damaged her brain, the image in (b) relates to that the most so, the correct answer is (b).
(B) What was the profession of Sulekha’s father? [1]
Answer:
numberdar of village.
(C) The statement is TRUE about little Sulekha is:
(a) little Sulekha used to cry out.
(b) little Sulekha used to stammer.
(c) little Sulekha used to chance.
(d) little Sulekha used to sleep a lot [1]
Answer:
(b) little Sulekha used to stammer.
Explanation: As given in the story, Sulekha started speaking very late and then also she used to stammer. Hence the answer here is (b).
(D) It was not difficult to find out bridgegrooms for Ramlal’s girls as they were …………………. [1]
Answer:
attractive and physically fit
Explanation: As Ramlal was a healthy and prosperous farmer, there was an abundance of food and milk. So, all his kids were healthy and girls were good looking too.
(E) The extract uses the phrase, “fun of her”. Which of the following expression is incorrect with respect to the word ‘fun’?
(a) option (1)
(b) option (2)
(c) option (3)
(d) option (4) [1]
Answer:
(d) option (4)
Explanation: The phrase ‘fun of’ is used when we intend to tell that something seemingly amuses others. Shoes, behavior, etc. of others are amusing to others. But, money is never the centre of amusement. Hence, here the answer is (d).
Question 7.
Attempt ANY ONE of the given extracts. (5 x 1 = 5)
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
(A) The poet say that “of a day, i had need”. What does the word ‘sued’ mean here? [1]
Answer:
ruined
Explanation: The poet says that he was having a bad day when the crow suddenly shook ice on him and changed his mood. This saved his day. Sued here therefore, means ruined.
(B) What is the rhyming scheme of the given stanza? [1]
Answer:
a b a b, a b a b
(C) The poet brings out the contrast between ………………… and ………………… [1]
Answer:
hatred, desire
(D) What is the poet NOT likely to say to the readers?
(a) His mood is uplift by the snow on his shoulder.
(b) The crow symbolises sorrow.
(c) The poet has composed fire with hatred and desire.
(d) The poet is extremely joyful [1]
Answer:
(d) The poet is extremely joyful.
Explanation: As the crow shooks snow over the poet’s shoulder, his otherwise regretful mood changed into a happy one. The crow is used as a symbol of sorrow. So, (a), (b) & (c) are not the answers. Here the answer is (d) As poet feels rejoiced but is not extremely joyful.
(E) What do crow and hemlook tree symbolise?
(a) happiness
(b) celebrations
(c) sorrow
(d) death [1]
Answer:
(c) sorrow
Explanation: Hemlock tree is a poisonous tree. It is a symbol of death and sorrow. Similarly a crow is also thought to be connected with sorrow. Hence, the answer here is (c).
OR
He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge.
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!
But he’s locked in a concrete cell,
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage.
Ignoring visitors.
(A) Why would the animal be “ lurking behind shadoes” in the forest?
(a) to attack a prey
(b) as it would be hunted by another animal
(c) as it would be running from hunters
(d) as it would be realising [1]
Answer:
(a) To attack a prey
Explanation: Lurking behind means to hide behind and shadows here refers to trees of the forest. A tiger in the forests hides behind trees when he has to attack his prey. So, (a) is the correct answer.
(B) By ignoring virtuous’ what is the poet trying to say? The poet is trying to say that ………………. [1]
Answer:
the tiger knows its power is situated
(C) The word “stalking” DOES NOT mean:
(a) walking in silently
(b) growing
(c) walking angrily
(d) leaping [1]
Answer:
(b) growing
Explanation: Stalking means to walk closely behind someone. So, (a), (c) & (d) are not the answers. The answer here is (b).
(D) What does poet mean by saying, “his strength behind bars”? [1]
Answer:
The poet mean to say that the strength of tiger is subsided behind the bars
Explanation: The tiger is a mighty animal. He is more powerful than almost any of the other wild animals. But now he is caged behind the bars. The poet says that it is not the tiger but his power that has been imprisoned.
(E) Identify the word that DOES NOT indicate the real aura of tiger in the jungle.
(a) powerful
(b) terrorising
(c) courageous
(d) docile [1]
Answer:
(d) docile
Explanation: Tiger is a powerful animal, he has terror. He is also courageous. So, (a), (b) & (c) are not the answers. The answer here is (d). Since, docile means submissive, which a tiger is not.
Question 8.
Answer ANY FOUR questions in 40-50 words each. (4 x 3 = 12)
(A) Why was the author following the black aeroplane? [3]
(B) According to the poem ‘Fire and Ice’, how will the world end twice? [3]
(C) What stops the poet from helping and comforting the young boy in The Ball Poem’? [3]
(D) What were Lencho’s feelings when he found the letter with money in it? What did he do after opening the letter? [3]
(E) What did the young seagull do to attract his mother’s attention? [3]
Answer:
(A) As the storm hit, the author realised that his compass wasn’t working and he had no way of escaping when help appeared in the form of the black aeroplane and the pilot was eager to help the author. The author was following the black aeroplane in order to reach his destination safely.
(B) The poet Robert Frost believed that the end of the world will happen because of fire, which symbolises desire, and if the world had to end twice, then ice, symbolising hatred, is equally powerful as there is enough hatred in the world. This hatred will destroy the world.
(C) The Little boy is distraught at the Loss of his ball. He cherished the ball as he had some great times with it. The poet is moved seeing the boy’s misery. However, he does not comfort or help the boy because he feels that this loss would teach the boy to be responsible and take better care of his things.
(D) In the beginning, Lencho was very happy and satisfied to have received the letter. But when he counted the money and found it less, he became very angry. He wrote another letter to God, demanding thirty more pesos and to send the money directly to him as the postal officials had stolen it as they were a bunch of crooks.
(E) The seagull’s whole family had flown away and he was standing alone. So, to attract his mother’s attention, he stood on the brink of the ledge on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing. He closed one eye and pretended to be falling asleep.
Question 9.
Answer ANY TWO questions in 40-50 words each. (2 x 3 = 6)
(A) Why did Richard Ebright raise a flock of butterflies? [3]
(B) How did the dogs welcome Tricki at the surgery? [3]
(C) Why was Matilda’s friend astonished to see her at the end of the story? [3]
Answer:
(A) Richard would catch a female monarch, take their eggs, and raise them in his basement through their life cycle, from egg to caterpillar to pupa to adult butterfly. Then he would tag the butterflies’ wings and let them go. All of this to study their migration.
(B) The household dogs surged round the vet to have a look at Tricki. However, when Tricki looked at the noisy pack with his dull eyes, the dogs sniffed around him for a few minutes and decided that he was an uninteresting object. They ignored him thereafter.
(C) Jeanne was astonished to see Matilda as she could not recognise her, as she seemed an old and worn out poor woman contrary to the beautiful and joyous lady she had been in the past.
Question 10.
Answer ANY ONE the following in 100-120 words.
As the bus traverses through various landscapes, so we observe a scenic change in Valli’s moods. Trace the various changes that Valli goes through as she takes upon the memorable journey.
OR
“No, you’re simply joking, or making fun of me. What a surprise! We’ve had the land for nearly three hundred years, and then we’re suddenly told that it isn’t ours! Ivan Vassilevitch, I can hardly believe my own ears. These Meadows aren’t worth much to me. They only come to five dessiatins, and are worth perhaps 300 roubles, but I can’t stand unfairness. Say what you will, I can’t stand unfairness.”
Natalya has a unique personality as portrayed in the play, The Proposal With reference to the play and the dialogue given above, substantiate her character traits. [6]
Answer:
Valli, the whimsical child had meticulously planned the journey. Filled with enthusiasm and high spirits, on her journey to the town, Valli laughed with glee when she saw a young cow, tail high in the air, running right in the middle of the road,in front of the bus. The more the bus honked, the more frightened the cow became and it galloped faster right in front of the bus. Valli found this to be very funny, and she laughed and laughed until there were tears in her eyes.
However, while returning, she saw the same young cow lying on the road as it had been struck by some fast moving vehicle. Valli was immediately filled with sadness. The lovable, beautiful creature looked horrible as it lay dead with a fixed stare. The memory of the dead cow haunted her and dampened her enthusiasm. Thus, Valli had gone through various mood changes in accordance with the Landscape.
OR
Short tempered and instinctive, NataLya has a dominant personality in the play. As evident in the given dialogue, she is assertive and argumentative. A good looking educated girl, she is desperate to fall in love. As described by Chubokov, she is a lovesick cat who would let go off the argument only because it involved a prospective partner.
According to Lomov, she does not seem educated as she is abusive and cannot control her speech. She quarrels with Lomov over meadows as she says that she does not Like unfairness but when she comes to know that Lomov had come to propose to her, she changes her attitude and regrets Losing an opportunity. She is, therefore, an opportunist. When Lomov returns, she begins all over again to fight with him on the issue of their respective dogs. Although she states in the given dialogue that she can’t stand unfairness, but her behaviour towards Lomov and her arguments are quite unfair.
Question 11.
Answer ANY ONE of the following in 100¬120 words.
‘A mentor is the one that guides a person achieve all that he desires, through his expert directions and experience.’
In the light of the given statement, evaluate how Dr. Urquhart proved to be Richard Ebright’s true mentor.
OR
The lady disregarded the notion of ‘honour among thieves’. What does that mean? [6]
Answer:
Richard had become bored collecting butterflies. His mother got him a book on the migration of butterflies. He came in contact with Dr. Urquhart through the book. Dr. Urquhart directed him to study the migration pattern of butterflies.
When he did not win any prize in the science fair in seventh grade, he again wrote to Dr. Urquhart to guide him. The scientist gave him many suggestions for new experiments. Richard performed these experiments throughout the high schooL and won many prizes. Later, he worked on why bright spots are found on a monarch pupa, motivated by Dr. Urquhart. It led to the discovery of a new hormone. The discovery of this new hormone further Led to an important theory. The theory was about how ceLLs read their DNA. In this way, Dr. Urquhart proved to be his true mentor.
OR
The phrase “honour among Thieves” means that the thieves share a sense of trust and camaraderie among them. One thief wiLL never rob the same area or break the trust of another thief. However, the young Lady, who too was a thief pretended to be the owner of the house and innocentLy asked Horace Danby to break open the safe as she wouLd need the jeweLs to wear to the party that day.
Horace Danby trusted that Lady which Let him to prison. He readiLy opened the safe on the Lady’s demand as she promised to save him from the poLice in return. Later, the Lady escaped and the poLice arrested Horace. This way, she disregarded the notion of ‘honour among thieves’.