44 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) VI. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. (From the Diary of Anne Frank) 36. Why does Anne feel the following? …… no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. (i) People knew she had a family. (ii) People rejected the idea of loneliness. (iii) She had several friends. (iv) She had a cheerful personality. (v) Her life was comfortable. Choose the correct option from the following (a) (i) and (v) (b) (i), (iii) and (iv) (c) (ii) and (iii) (d) (ii), (iv) and (v) 37. Select the most appropriate option for (i) and (ii). (i) …… on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. (ii) Anne doesn’t truly connect with anyone. (a) (i) is true and (ii) is false. (b) (ii) is the opposite of (i). (c) (i) furthers the meaning of (ii). (d) Both (i) and (ii) cannot be inferred from the extract. 38. From the options given below, identify Anne’s tone in the extract. (a) Restless (b) Dissatisfied (c) Scared (d) Hurt 39. Select the option which displays an example of ‘having a good time’. (a) He is out for a picnic with his (b) He is studying hard for the periodic friends and they are laughing and test the following day to improve singing together. his scores. Latest CBSE SAMPLE PAPER (c) He is trying to convince his father (d) He just rescued an injured puppy to purchase the latest video and is tending to its wounds. games for him. 40. What do we get to know about Anne when she says the following? I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things Choose one from the following to answer (a) She is proud of her ways. (b) She is struggling to strike conversations. (c) She is unsure of her own thoughts. (d) She is unable to have a satisfying conversation.
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 45 VII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. Money is external. He is learning, well behind his desperate eyes, The epistemology of loss, how to stand up Knowing what every man must one day know And most know many days, how to stand up (The Ball Poem) 41. The poet says money is external. What does it mean in this extract? (a) Money helps us purchase materials that make life worth living. (b) Money promotes materialism and hunger for power among youngsters. (c) Money only impacts a person’s external environment. (d) Money buys materialistic things and can be earned again, when lost. 42. What does the boy learn by losing the ball, according to the extract? (i) Loss is the unavoidable truth of life. (ii) Material objects can be replaced. (iii) Money buys happiness. (iv) Losses in life can be prevented with care. (v) Life continues despite losses. (a) (i), (ii) and (v) (b) (ii) and (iv) (c) Only (i) (d) (iii) and (v) 43. The boy is learning how to stand up …… . This means that he is learning to be ………… in the face of difficulties. (a) patient (b) resilient (c) defensive (d) judgemental 44. Which option lists who is speaking these lines? (a) An observer (b) The boy’s parent (c) The ball salesman (d) A friend 45. According to the poet, from whom do we mostly learn about loss? (a) Elders (b) Experiences (c) Books (d) Teachers VIII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. I followed casually. Latest CBSE SAMPLE PAPER “Hello again,” he said. I gave him my most appealing smile. “I want to work for you,” I said. “But I can’t pay you.” I thought that over for a minute. Perhaps I had misjudged my man. I asked, “Can you feed me?” “Can you cook?” “I can cook,’’ I lied again. “If you can cook, then maybe I can feed you.” He took me to his room over the Jumna Sweet Shop and told me I could sleep on the balcony. But the meal I cooked that night must have been terrible because Anil gave it to a stray dog and told me to be off. But I just hung around, smiling in my most appealing way, and he couldn’t help laughing. (The Thief’s Story)
46 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 46. Even though Hari Singh followed Anil casually, it was a/an ………… . (a) careless action (b) staged move (c) unusual decision (d) bold step 47. From the following options, identify Hari Singh’s intention behind the appealing smile. (a) Deceit (b) Harm (c) Hatred (d) Jealousy 48. Select the option listing Anil’s charac- teristics, as revealed in the extract. (i) Unassuming (ii) Kind (iii) Determined (iv) Naive (v) Humourous (a) (ii) and (iii) (b) Only (v) (c) (i), (ii) and (iv) (d) Only (ii) 49. Select the most appropriate option based on (1) and (2). (i) Anil gave his meal to a stray dog. (ii) Hari Singh did not know how to cook. (a) (ii) is true and (i) is false. (b) (ii) is the result for (i). (c) (ii) is the cause for (i). (d) (ii) is false and (i) is true. 50. The phrase hung around suggests that Hari Singh continued to ………… (a) smile (b) cook (c) appeal (d) linger IX. Attempt the following. 51. Lencho is ……… when he says, “that’s what they say: no one dies of hunger.” (a) doubtful (b) stressed (c) confused (d) dismissive 52. Which option correctly replaces the underlined phrase in the give line from Fire and Ice? I hold with those who favour fire. (a) am as experienced as (b) strongly disagree with (c) have the same opinion as (d) habitually avoid Latest CBSE SAMPLE PAPER 53. The purpose of the treatment, given to the young seagull by his parents, was to ………… . (a) teach him a lesson about the importance of food. (b) inculcate obedience towards them. (c) let him overcome his fear. (d) improve his relationship with his siblings. 54. Peggy often gave a nudge to one of her friends when she spoke to Wanda in the school yard. This meant that she wanted her friend to …………… . (a) stop talking to Wanda and move on (b) observe and partake in the joke on Wanda (c) ignore the complete situation with Wanda (d) interrupt any reply that came from Wanda 55. In the poem Dust of Snow, which negative symbols have been used to create a positive effect? (a) Hemlock tree; crow (b) Crow; snow (c) Snow; hemlock tree (d) Crow; dust
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 47 56. Mandela refers to liberty as ‘newborn’ because it (a) was dependent on others for growth and guidance. (b) had recently been attained with lots of struggle. (c) made people experience infant-like excitement. (d) arrived unexpectedly for everyone. 57. In the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’, what does the tiger’s ‘quiet rage’, indicate? It indicates that the tiger’s anger is (a) forgotten (b) provoked (c) suppressed (d) opposed 58. Identify the option that aptly describes Griffin. (a) Greedy, yet kind (b) Proud and honourable (c) Considerate and selfless (d) Brilliant, but lawless 59. Anil’s carelessness made stealing from him ………… for Hari Singh. (a) uninteresting (b) difficult (c) systematic (d) predictable 60. What does the exclamation, “This is a triumph of surgery”, by Mrs. Pumphrey, mean? (a) The surgery was successful. (b) The mistress could take back her pet. (c) The doctor was a great veterinarian. (d) The planned venture was fruitful. ANSWERS 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (b) 11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (d) 16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (d) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (a) 31. (c) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (d) 41. (d) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (a) 45. (b) 46. (b) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (c) 50. (d) 51. (d) 52. (c) 53. (c) 54. (b) 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (c) 58. (d) 59. (a) 60. (d) EXPLANATIONS I. 1. (a) According to the author, a balance in 6. (b) Workaholic is the correct answer. It Latest CBSE SAMPLE PAPER our emotions, is the greatest lesson being is made up of two words; work + taught by nature. alcoholic. 2. (c) Suitable answer for the given dialogue 7. (c) The author wants us to imbibe being with reference to paragraph II is ‘respect acceptive, resilient and perceptive. the origins from where we have grown.’ This is because the given passage tells us 8. (d) The changing of seasons show that that nature teaches to be remain grounded nothing lasts forever. The snow melts in like the roots of the trees. the warmth of spring to give birth to fresh green leaves. In autumn these leaves age 3. (d) The line ‘Everyone is dependent on into shades of gold only to be buried in the each other’ best conveys the message - ‘I cold grave of winter. am because we are.’ 9. (d) In the sixth paragraph the writer 4. (c) The birds and squirrels display selfless advises us to have free time for ourselves, assistance to help others when they warn to do whatever makes us feel happy, and others of possible danger. This shows that spend time with nature to learn the most one life extinguished for the betterment of valuable lessons of life. others is a small price to pay. 10. (b) Albert Einstein quote “Look deep into 5. (b) ‘The thief knew that remaining hidden nature, and then you will understand was the best strategy to avoid being everything better” best expresses the caught’ is the option that can replace the central idea of the passage. word ‘lurking’ in the given passage.
48 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) Latest CBSE SAMPLE PAPER II. 11. (d) The purpose of the research by IV. 25. (d) (i), (iii) and (iv) is the correct answer, Publishers Association was to study i.e., The newspaper’s name, Debashree’s the connection between books and films. address and formal tone are required for the letter. 12. (a) (i) is the result of (ii). The revenues generated at the box office have increased 26. (d) The appropriate subject for this because majority of the top films in the UK letter should be: Inconvenience Faced by are based on published material. the Differently-abled at Tourist Spots. 13. (b) A major chunk of sales happened in 27. (c) Debashree should include the following 2017 is the correct meaning of the state- points to elaborate the difficulties faced by ment “The sales of the book in 2017 alone the differently-abled tourists accounted for 23% of all sales since 1992.” • Absence of ramps for wheelchairs 14. (b) According to the research, the films • Tourist guides untrained in sign based on books have greater success language because the films get the advantage of the fame of the books. • Lack of braille-script tourist pamphlets 15. (d) (i), (ii) and (iv) is the correct answer. 28. (b) ‘(i) perceptions and attitudes (ii) The given sentence ‘Films adapted from cautioning the authorities’ is the correct books also tend to have a richer, more answer. fully-developed story to draw on’ means that the plot and the storyline of such films 29. (c) The correct concluding point is: I hope are better. The characters are likely to be my views get published in the columns of more vivid. The settings and costumes are your newspaper so that this issue may adapted from the book. garner more public support and awareness. 16. (a) The maximum TV serials in UK in the year 2017 were based on books. Therefore, yes, to Option (ii) because of the tone of polite expectation. 17. (a) This passage lists an example proving that TV dramas based on literary works 30. (a) The concluding line should be ‘I hope have increased the immediate sales of the that my letter will help spread awareness book. about the issue’. 18. (c) ‘There is a two-way relationship between V. 31. (c) The unintended effect of the long books and the screen’. This is so because oppression was that it influenced a both gain from each other’s popularity. generation to fight against injustice. III. 19. (b) The hospital board clearly mentioned 32. (d) Men of such extraordinary courage that you must not smoke in the hospital as refers to the people who demonstrated it is a health hazard for all. ‘Must not’ utmost strength to oppose the system. shows the obligation of not smoking. 33. (a) Nelson Mandela compares his 20. (a) There’s never much petrol left after countrymen to diamonds. Rahul uses the car. ‘Much’ is used with non-countable noun ‘petrol’. 34. (b) When Nelson Mandela says, “I have seen men and women risk and give their 21. (c) I am taking driving lessons now. lives for an idea.”, he means that they are Hopefully, I will have taken my driving committed. test by November. The event is fixed to happen by November, so ‘will have taken’ 35. (b) The antonym of depths is the heights, is the correct answer. similarly the antonym of compassion is oppression. 22. (b) The correct answer is ‘Sunitha asked Venkat how much the rent for his flat was.’ VI. 36. (b) Anne felt that no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in 23. (d) The correct answer is ‘She said that she the world because people knew she had a had told Damanjit to send an e-mail to me family. She had several friends. She had a three days before.’ cheerful personality. Thus, option (b), (i), (iii) and (iv) is the correct answer. 24. (d) The dog had hidden under the chair before the children arrived. The given 37. (c) (i) furthers the meaning of (ii), i.e., on sentence is in past tense, therefore, ‘had the surface Anne seem to have everything, hidden’ is the correct answer. except her one true friend. This is because she didn’t truly connect with anyone.
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 49 38. (b) Anne’s tone in the extract is 50. (d) The phrase hung around suggests that Latest CBSE SAMPLE PAPER dissatisfied. Hari Singh continued to linger. 39. (a) ‘He is out for a picnic with his friends IX. 51. (d) Lencho is dismissive when he says, and they are laughing and singing “that’s what they say: no one dies of together.’ is an example of ‘having a good hunger.” time’. 52. (c) ‘have the same opinion as’ can replace 40. (d) When Anne says, “I can’t bring myself the underlined phrase in the given line to talk about anything but ordinary from Fire and Ice, I hold with those who everyday things”, it means she is unable to favour fire. have a satisfying conversation. 53. (c) The purpose of the treatment, given to VII. 41. (d) The poet says money is external. It the young seagull by his parents, was to let means money buys only materialistic him overcome his fear. This was because things and can be earned again, when the young seagull feared that his wings lost. would not support him when he would fly. 42. (a) According to the extract, the boy learns 54. (b) Peggy often gave a nudge to one of her the following by losing the ball friends when she spoke to Wanda in the school yard. This meant that she wanted • Loss is the unavoidable truth of life. her friend to observe and partake in the • Material objects can be replaced. joke on Wanda. • Life continues despite losses. 55. (a) In the poem Dust of Snow, hemlock tree and crow are the negative symbols used to Thus, option (a), (i), (ii) and (v) is the create a positive effect. correct answer. 56. (b) Mandela refers to liberty as ‘newborn’ 43. (b) The boy is learning how to stand up… because it had recently been attained with This means that he is learning to be lots of struggle. resilient in the face of difficulties. 57. (c) In the poem, A Tiger in the Zoo, the 44. (a) An observer is speaking the above lines. tiger’s ‘quiet rage’, indicates that the tiger’s anger is suppressed since he was locked in 45. (b) According to the poet, we mostly learn a small cage in a zoo. from our own experiences about loss. 58. (d) Griffin was a brilliant scientist, but VIII. 46. (b) Even though Hari Singh followed Anil lawless person. He used his invention of casually, it was a staged move because he becoming invisible for doing lawless wanted to rob Anil. deeds. 47. (a) Hari Singh’s intention behind the 59. (a) Anil’s carelessness made stealing from appealing smile was deceit. him uninteresting for Hari Singh. This took all the fun out of theft. 48. (c) Anil was unassuming, kind and naïve. Thus, option (c), (i), (ii) and (iv) is the 60. (d) The exclamation, “This is a triumph of correct answer. surgery”, by Mrs. Pumphrey, means that the planned venture was fruitful. 49. (c) (ii) is the cause for (i), i.e., Anil gave his meal to a stray dog because Hari Singh did not know how to cook.
50 CBSE Sample Paper English Class X (Term I) SAMPLE PAPER 1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE A Highly Simulated Practice Questions Paper for CBSE Class X (Term I) Examination Instructions 1. The Question Paper contains three sections. 2. Section A READING has 18 questions. Attempt a total of 14 questions, as per specific instructions for each question. 3. Section B WRITING & GRAMMAR has 12 questions. Attempt a total of 10 questions, as per specific instructions for each question. 4. Section C LITERATURE has 30 questions. Attempt 26 questions, as per specific instructions for each question. 5. All questions carry equal marks (0.80 mark each). 6. There is no negative marking. Roll No. Maximum Marks : 40 Time allowed : 90 min Section A READING I. Read the passage given below. I. Corruption, terrorism, communalism, greed for power and wealth and the list of ailments that affect modern society continue. More than half the population of India is below the age group of 25 and the future of the country will only be bright if youngsters are equipped to deal with these ailments. II. A child is a storehouse of potential and it is important to nurture and develop these attributes since a very young age. Since, they spend much of the time in school, the curriculum in school should be such that it enables children to understand, care and practise ethical values like respect, justice and civic sense. Education should aim to develop a sense of rights and duties as well as moral values like honesty, responsibility and respect for others. III. Moral education should be directed towards enhancing a child’s ability to critically analyse situations, make decisions, empathise with people and work in cooperation towards a common goal. IV. As a means of direct instruction to students, schools are very influential in the character development of a child and the methods of education affect the development of morally upright citizens who can bring about the much needed change in the country. V. The youth of today have to face a lot of problems like drug abuse, violent behaviour and family issues. If they are not taught morals, they would fail to differentiate between good and bad values. Hence, they would be incapable in dealing with different types of issues. A sound moral base would help a child
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 51 make the right decisions, especially in an era where the youth is increasingly coming under the negative influence of the media. VI. Schools in India have introduced moral education as part of their curriculum because they realise that morally sound citizens are the need of the hour. Since most children look up to their teachers as role models, it is most appropriate that they be the facilitators of moral values. VII. Thus, schools should focus more on the personality development of children since it is one of the most important responsibilities of a school. Schools should take the initiative to mould children into better human beings so that they can make the world a better place to live in. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any eight out of the ten questions by choosing the correct option. 1. According to the author, what, from the following, should be taught to children from childhood? (a) Education (b) Discipline (c) Moral values (d) Lawless actions 2. Select the option that suitably completes the dialogue with reference to paragraph II. Karan: Do you know about the brutal criminal case that happened in our own city? Shyam: Yes, news about this pathetic incident is printed on the front page of today’s newspaper. Karan: Our society is going through an extremely bad phase. The human beings have forgotten their moral qualities. Shyam: Yes, moral education is the only way towards the negativity free human society in the future. ..................... . (a) Besides moral education, academic education should also get a priority from the smaller ages. (b) Government should take major decisions about spreading moral education. (c) Besides academic education, moral education should also get a priority from the smaller ages. (d) Okay now I have to go to my tuition class. I will talk to you later. 3. Why is it important to inculcate moral values since childhood? (a) Because children are the future of a country. (b) Because they are under constant negative influences of social media. (c) Because they have to face many problems in life. (d) All of the above 4. Select the option that conveys the message in – ‘morally sound citizens are SAMPLE PAPER 1 the need of the hour.’ (a) Government should take major decisions about spreading moral education. (b) Better human beings can make the world a better place to live in. (c) Developing moral qualities is the only way to solve these social issues. (d) Moral citizens can only be possible by giving moral education to the mass population. 5. According to the passage, moral education helps children in ................ , decision- making, cooperation and ................ . (a) Critical analysis of situation, empathy (b) Acting morally, ethics (c) Acting ethically, respecting others (d) Analysing the problem, acting as one wishes
52 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 6. What kind of problems are being faced by today’s youth? 1. Drug abuse 2. Family issues 3. Violent behaviour 4. Peer pressure 5. Influence of social media (a) 1, 2, and 4 (b) 3, 4, and 5 (c) 1, 3 and 5 (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 7. Which moral values are important for children to learn? (a) Honesty, violence, responsibility, crime (b) Crime, respect for others, bad behaviour, common sense (c) Honesty, responsibility, respect for others, civic sense (d) Responsibility, crime, respect for others, bad behaviour, civic sense 8. Choose from the quotes given below which can represent the central idea of the passage. (a) “Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering nowhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr. (b) “People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.” – Stephen King (c) “A quiet conscience makes one strong” – Anne Frank (d) “Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers and most of us are always strangers to other people.” – Bill Moyers 9. Assonance is resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants (e.g. sonnet, porridge ), but also from the use of identical consonants with different vowels (e.g. killed, cold, culled). From the options given below, select an assonance phrase that appears in the para II. (a) Education should aim to develop (b) Since a very young age (c) A child is a storehouse of potential (d) Spend much of the time in school 10. Select the option with the underlined words that can suitably replace facilitator (paragraph VII). (a) Traditionally, for many school learners the physical process of writing is an inhibitor. (b) I feel that, between them, they could really make a complete team of penal reformers and crime preventers. (c) In a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment to progress. (d) He is remembered fondly as a mentor and friend by several generations of students in this school. SAMPLE PAPER 1 II. Read the passage given below. 1. Through the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, the countries of the world have resolved to achieve universal access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation and hygiene to all by 2030. The aim is to ensure the consumption of safe drinking water, practice safe sanitation and hygiene, resulting in lower exposure to a contaminated environment, resulting in lower morbidity and mortality, especially amongst children. II. The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched by the Government of India on 2nd October, 2014 to achieve the vision of ‘Swachh Bharat’ by 2nd October, 2019. The Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin-SBM (G) endeavours to accelerate rural sanitation coverage, reduce open defecation and improve management of solid and liquid
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 53 wastes in rural areas. The implementation of SBM (G) is the responsibility of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS). The MDWS, while issuing guidelines for Open Defecation Free (ODF) verification stressed on “safe technology option which aimed at no contamination of surface soil, ground water or surface water; excreta management inaccessible to flies or animals; no human handling of fresh excreta and freedom from odour and unsightly condition”. Over the past 4 years, over 92 million new households have received access to household toilets and by the end of the SBM G programme, all 16.5 million rural households will have such access. However, the issue is of usage and thus, the goal is to create ODF communities and villages, with no one defecating in the open. III. The status of ODF villages published on the website of MDWS indicates that as on 01.04.2019, over 99% of rural HHs in India have toilet access. The declared ODF villages at all India level accounted to 556,824 spreading over 247,723 Gram Panchayats, 6,031 Blocks and 616 Districts. IV. UNICEF in India accords high priority to the provision of safe sanitation and water services to people in rural areas and has over the past many years aided through catalytic technical support to MDWS, Government of India and 15 state governments in the implementation of the various sanitation programmes and since 2014, specifically to the SBM (G). With the progress of the SBM (G) and declaration of ODF communities, there is an emerging question on whether the campaign to eliminate open defecation and create ODF communities is resulting in the decrease in faecal contamination in the environment. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any six out of the eight questions by choosing the correct option. 11. The purpose of the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission (G) was to ................. . Choose the correct option. 1. accelerate rural sanitation coverage 2. reduce open defecation 3. improve management of solid and liquid wastes in rural areas (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3 12. Select the option that is true for the two statements given below. (1) The goal is to create Open Defecation Free (ODF) communities and villages. (2) There will be a decrease in the faecal contamination in the environment. (a) (1) is the result of (2). (b) (1) is the reason for (2). (c) (1) is independent of (2). (d) (1) contradicts (2). 13. Select the option that gives the correct meaning of the following statement. SAMPLE PAPER 1 “By the end of the SBM-G programme, all 16.5 million rural households will have toilet access.” (a) By 2nd October, 2019, there will be villages with no one defecating in open. (b) By the end of the programme, rural households will be defecating in open. (c) By 2nd October, 2019, there will be enough toilets in the households. (d) By the end of the programme, there will be no villages in India with access to toilets. 14. The passage provides data that proves that ........... . (a) There is an increase in usage of toilets among rural households. (b) Over 99% of rural households have access to toilets. (c) There is an increased access to toilets among rural households. (d) There is a decrease in open defecation.
54 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 15. On which of the following goals, ODF guidelines are based? 1. Universal access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. 2. Lower exposure to a contaminated environment. 3. Lower morbidity and mortality, especially amongst children. (a) 1 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 16. Select the option what the given sentence refers to. “Over the past 4 years, over 92 million new households have received access to household toilets.” (a) There is an increase in building of toilets inside households. (b) There is an increase in construction of community-shared toilets. (c) There is an increase in usage of toilets among rural households. (d) There is an increase in the access to toilets but are not being used by the villagers. 17. The government is successful in providing access to toilets to over 99% of rural households because ............ . Select the correct option. (a) villagers also want to have access to toilets to minimise the negative impact of open defecation. (b) villagers are cooperative. (c) government is giving false data. (d) rural households have become educated. 18. According to the passage, who is responsible for the progress of Swachh Bharat Mission? (a) Open Defecation Free communities and villages (b) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (c) UNICEF (d) Sustainable Development Goals Section B GRAMMAR AND WRITING Grammar III. Answer any five out of the six questions by selecting the most appropriate option for each. 19. .......... of the mango trees in their garden bear fruit twice a year. (a) A little (b) Much (c) More (d) Some SAMPLE PAPER 1 20. Is it true that the students from the Space Research Centre ............. this evening? (a) was arriving (b) are arriving (c) is arriving (d) were arriving 21. Every day I go to school in a bus but today I .............. by car because the bus operators are on strike. (a) am going (b) am going to go (c) will be gone (d) have gone
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 55 22. Choose the correct option to change the following sentence into indirect speech. My friend said to Deepak, “Have you ever been to Agra?” (a) My friend told Deepak if he had ever been to Agra. (b) My friend asked Deepak had he ever been to Agra? (c) My friend asked Deepak if he had ever been to Agra. (d) My friend asked Deepak if he have ever been to Agra. 23. Choose the correct option to change the following sentence into indirect speech. Reema said, “Alas! Karina’s mother is suffering from cancer.” (a) Reema exclaimed with sorrow that Karina’s mother was suffering from cancer. (b) Reema exclaimed that alas! Karina’s mother was suffering from cancer. (c) Reema exclaimed with joy that Karina’s mother was suffering from cancer. (d) Reema exclaimed with sorrow that Karina’s mother is suffering from cancer. 24. The kids .............. really hard for the show. Now, don’t cancel it, please. (a) had worked (b) has been working (c) have worked (d) had been working Writing IV. Answer any five out of the six questions given, with reference to the context below. You are Amita staying at Sunrise Apartments, Gymkhana Road, Pune, Mumbai. You have to write a letter to the editor of Hindustan Times about the problems faced by residents of the colony due to the three open manholes on the main road leading to your colony. 25. Which of the following are required by Amita for this letter? 1. Date on which letter is written 2. Expected reply from the editor 3. Informal language 4. Amita’s address 5. Newspaper office address 6. Fees for getting her letter published (a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 2, 4 and 6 (c) 1, 4 and 5 (d) 2, 3 and 5 26. As per the given options which of the following should come last in the letter? (a) Date (b) Sender’s address (c) Salutation (d) Subject 27. Select the option that correctly shows the subject of the letter. SAMPLE PAPER 1 (a) Open manholes on the main road (b) Problems caused by open manholes (c) Problems appearing in Sunrise Apartments, Gymkhana Road, Pune (d) Open manholes in Sunrise Apartments, Gymkhana Road, Pune 28. Select the option which can complete the problems described by Amita in her letter. These open manholes (i) ................. for the residents of the apartment. Moreover, our colony has no street lights, since past two months. There are (ii) ................. even on the main road leading to our apartment. With the open manholes and lack of street lights, accidents are on a rise. The road gets dark after seven in the evening. People fear going out, not only to avoid accidents but also to avoid (iii) ................. . The open manholes not only emit bad smell and cause pollution but are also a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
56 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) (a) (i) problems, (ii) street lights, (iii) being prey to unsafe environment (b) (i) are becoming traps, (ii) no street lights, (iii) being prey to unscrupulous elements (c) (i) are turning into death traps, (ii) street lights, (iii) being prey to unsafe elements (d) (i) are death holes, (ii) flash lights, (iii) being prey to malicious elements 29. Which of the following should be the concluding portion in the letter? 1. I would like to request you to publish the issue in your newspaper so that the higher authorities can take an immediate action. 2. You should publish this in your newspaper so that everyone can be aware and avoid coming to this colony at night. (a) Yes to option (1) because of its polite tone (b) Yes to option (2) because of its authoritative tone (c) No to option (1) because of its soft and informal tone (d) No to option (2) because of its strict and formal language 30. Choose the most appropriate concluding line for the letter. (a) Hoping for an action! (b) Hoped to have an action! (c) Hoping for an early action! (d) Hoping for a severe action! Section C LITERATURE This section has sub-sections – V, VI, VII, VIII & IX. There are a total of 30 questions in this section. Attempt any 26 questions from the sub-sections V to IX. V. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was a single hope: help from God. “Don’t be so upset, even though this seems like a total loss. Remember, no one dies of hunger.” “That’s what they say: no one dies of hunger.” All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write. The following Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write a letter which he himself would carry to town and place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to God. (A Letter to God) SAMPLE PAPER 1 31. “But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley” –‘all’ referred to .............. . (a) Lencho (b) Post office employees (c) Lencho and his family (d) None of the above 32. Why was Lencho made to remember that no one dies of hunger? Choose the correct option. (a) Because his crops were destroyed by the hail. (b) Because he had a loss in business. (c) Because he lost all his money in gambling. (d) Because somebody burgled his house.
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 57 33. When Lencho thought about the help from God, “whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience”, he meant that ................. . (a) God could help him with money. (b) God is omniscient. (c) Somebody would send him money if would write a letter to God. (d) God can see inside his conscience. 34. Why is the term ‘solitary house’ mentioned in the above extract? 1. Lencho’s house was the only one in the valley. 2. Lencho’s house was in the end of the valley. 3. Lencho stayed separately in his own house. (a) Only 2 is correct (b) Only 3 is correct (c) Only 1 is correct (d) All are correct 35. Select the suitable word from the extract to complete the following. Belief : ................. : : Isolated : Solitary. (b) Instructed (a) Heart (d) Conscience (c) Hope VI. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. The first period was a study period. Maddie tried to prepare her lessons, but she could not put her mind on her work. She had a very sick feeling in the bottom of her stomach. True, she had not enjoyed listening to Peggy ask Wanda how many dresses she had in her closet, but she had said nothing. She had stood by silently and that was just as bad as what Peggy had done. Worse. She was a coward. At least Peggy hadn’t considered they were being mean but she, Maddie, had thought they were doing wrong. She could put herself in Wanda’s shoes. (The Hundred Dresses – II) 36. Why did Maddie have a very sick feeling in the bottom of her stomach? 1. She was not feeling well. 2. She had an upset stomach due to cafeteria’s lunch. 3. She was feeling guilty for not taking stand for Wanda. 4. She was feeling sad for not stopping Peggy from teasing Wanda. (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4 37. Select the most appropriate option for (1) and (2). SAMPLE PAPER 1 1. Maddie could put herself in Wanda’s shoes. 2. Maddie used to wear Peggy’s old dresses after being modified by her mother. (a) (1) is true and (2) is false. (b) (2) is the opposite of (1). (c) Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract (d) (2) is the cause for (1). 38. Why did Maddie always remain silent when Wanda was being teased? (a) She thought that Wanda deserved that behaviour. (b) She felt scared in front of Peggy. (c) She thought Peggy would start teasing her. (d) She didn’t want to interfere.
58 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 39. What do we get to know about Peggy from the line, “At least Peggy hadn’t considered they were being mean”? Choose one from the following to answer. (a) Peggy was proud of her actions (b) Peggy was unable to analyse her actions (c) Peggy was naïve (d) Peggy was a rude and mean student 40. From the options given below, identify Maddie’s tone in the extract. (a) Dissatisfied (b) Scared (c) Guilty (d) Insulting VII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. A Tiger in the Zoo He stalks in his vivid stripes The few steps of his cage, On pads of velvet quiet, In his quiet rage. He should be lurking in shadow, Sliding through long grass Near the water hole Where plump deer pass. 41. ‘On pads of velvet quiet’ means (a) The tiger has velvety paws. (b) There is a velvet carpet in his cage. (c) The tiger is walking quietly because of his velvety soft paws. (d) All of the above 42. What does the poet mean by ‘he should be lurking in a shadow’? 1. The tiger should be in the jungle hiding in the shadow of long grass. 2. The tiger should hide behind the long grass. 3. The tiger is like a shadow in the dark. (a) Only 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2 and 3 (d) Only 1 43. The rhyming scheme of the above extract is ............ . (a) Abcb (b) Abab (c) Abba (d) Abcd 44. Select the option which displays an example of ‘in his quiet rage’. (a) He just rescued an injured puppy and is tending to its wounds. (b) Afterwards, they described their emotions as suppressed anger, fear and fury at the fact that people could behave in such a manner. SAMPLE PAPER 1 (c) Feeling scared about what could go wrong is preventing an increasing number of wannabe entrepreneurs from setting up in business, new research claims. (d) He had not gone farther to the end of the innkeeper’s field, when to his surprise he found that the road forked. 45. Choose the option which shows the contrast used by the poet between the first four lines and last four lines of the above extract. (a) Life in a cage vs life in a jungle (b) Life in a zoo vs life in a village (c) Life in a village vs life in a cage (d) Life in a city vs life in a jungle
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 59 VIII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. Mrs Pumphrey wrung her hands. “Oh I will, Mr Herriot. I’m sure you are right, but it is so difficult, so very difficult.” She set off, head down, along the road, as if determined to put the new regime into practice immediately. I watched their progress with growing concern. Tricki was tottering along in his little tweed coat; he had a whole wardrobe of these coats — for the cold weather and a raincoat for the wet days. He struggled on, drooping in his harness. I thought it wouldn’t be long before I heard from Mrs Pumphrey. The expected call came within a few days. Mrs Pumphrey was distraught. (A Triumph of Surgery) 46. Why was it difficult for Mrs. Pumphrey to follow Dr. Herriot’s advice? (a) Because she could not deny anything to Tricki. (b) According to her, Tricki was suffering from malnutrition. (c) As per Mrs. Pumphrey, Tricki needed extra meals between main meals. (d) All of the above 47. Choose the option with underlined word that can replace the word ‘wring’ in the above extract. (a) They are always trying to take out additional funds from the government. (b) On occasions Mr. Parry was seen to twist his hands as he struggled with his emotions. (c) One minute they’re all sweet and caring and the next they stab you in the back. (d) It was followed by a roaring crash that seemed to rend the very heavens. 48. Select the most appropriate option based on (1) and (2). (1) Mrs. Pumphrey was overfeeding her dog. (2) Dr. Herriot was concerned about Mrs. Pumphrey and her dog Tricki. (a) (2) is true and (1) is false. (b) (2) is the result for (1). (c) (2) is the cause for (1). (d) (2) is false and (1) is true. 49. What can we infer about Mrs. Pumphrey’s reaction on Dr. Herriot’s advice? (a) Overlooking (b) Insulting (c) Hurt (d) Helpless 50. What did Mrs. Pumphrey tell Dr. Herriot about Tricki’s health on the call? Complete the conversation between them by choosing the correct option. Mrs. Pumphrey: Hello, Mr. Herriot. ..................... . Mr. Herriot: Oh okay, Mrs. Pumphrey. I am coming to you as soon as possible. 1. Tricki is not eating anything. 2. He is having bouts of vomiting. 3. He spends all his time lying on a rug, panting. 4. He doesn’t want to go for walks, doesn’t want to do anything. (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4 SAMPLE PAPER 1 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 IX. Attempt the following. 51. “But no one really thought much about Wanda Petronski, once she sat in the corner of the room.” This means that students of Room Thirteen ............... . (a) did not care much about Wanda’s presence. (b) did not know who Wanda was. (c) did not talk to Wanda. (d) did not befriend Wanda.
60 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 52. Anne Frank wrote her diary while in hiding with her family in Amsterdam during the (a) German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. (b) German occupation of the Netherlands in World War I. (c) British occupation of South Africa after Anglo-Boer war. (d) None of the above 53. Anil in the end of the story ............... . (a) gave Hari Singh his final pay. (b) gave a fifty rupee note to Hari Singh as his salary. (c) gave note to Hari Singh saying the he knew about the robbery. (d) gave note to Hari Singh that he had forgiven him for stealing money. 54. The poet said, “what is the boy going to do?” in the poem “The Ball Poem”. Why did he ask so? (a) Because the boy had lost his ball. (b) Because the ball of the boy had fell into water. (c) Because the boy had tore his ball. (d) Because the boy got a new ball. 55. Choose which of the following can be associated with the pilot of Dakota plane? (a) Risk-taker, determined, family man (b) Coward, confused, follower (c) Risk-taker, follower, determined (d) Foodie, risk-taker, confused 56. Why did the poet regret his day in the poem ‘Dust of Snow’? (a) Something bad has happened to him. (b) He was guilty of something. (c) Not mentioned in the poem. (d) He was upset because of his family. 57. Mandela says that his boyhood freedom was an illusion because 1. his freedom to live with dignity and self-respect had already been stolen from him without him realising. 2. all the Blacks were deprived of basic humane society. 3. his desire for staying out at night, living on his own conditions were not the actual freedoms. (a) Only 1 (b) Both 1 and 2 (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) None of these 58. The young seagull’s mother screamed at him derisively on asking for food because ......... . (a) she wanted him to come to her and get her food. (b) she wanted him to remain on the ledge. (c) she wanted him to feel guilty for not flying with the family. (d) she was teasing him with food as he was hungry so that he would fly to her. SAMPLE PAPER 1 59. According to Robert Frost, fire and ice are equivalent to ............ in the poem ‘Fire and Ice’. (a) Human emotions: love and hate (b) Hot and cold temperatures of earth (c) Self-destructing human emotions: desire and hatred (d) All of the above 60. When did the author say the following line? If only Griffin had managed to wake up in good time all might have been well. (a) When Griffin was caught by clergyman and his wife. (b) When Griffin was caught by the constable Mr. Jaffers. (c) When Griffin was caught by the staff of the big London store. (d) When landlord threw Griffin out of the house.
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62 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) Answers 1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (d) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (b) 21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (c) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (a) 30. (c) 31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (c) 35. (d) 36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (c) 41. (c) 42. (d) 43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (b) 49. (a) 50. (d) 51. (a) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (b) 55. (a) 56. (c) 57. (c) 58. (d) 59. (c) 60. (c) EXPLANATIONS SAMPLE PAPER 1 1. (c) According to the author, moral values this school.” The underlined word ‘mentor’ should be taught to children from childhood. can replace the word facilitator in para VII. 2. (c) “Besides academic education, moral 11. (c) The purpose of the launch of Swachh education should also get a priority from the Bharat Mission (G) was to accelerate rural smaller ages.” is the correct answer. sanitation coverage, reduce open defecation and improve management of solid and liquid 3. (d) It is important to inculcate moral values wastes in rural areas. since childhood because of the following reasons: 12. (b) (1) is the reason for (2), i.e., the goal is to • Children are the future of a country. create Open Defecation Free (ODF) communi- • They are under constant negative influences ties and villages so that there will be a decrease of social media. in the faecal contamination in the environment. • They have to face many problems in life. 13. (a) “By 2nd October, 2019, there will be 4. (b) “Better human beings can make the world a villages with no one defecating in open.” gives better place to live in” conveys the message in the correct meaning of the following statement – ‘morally sound citizens are the need of the - “By the end of the SBM-G programme, all hour.’ 16.5 million rural households will have toilet access.” 5. (a) According to the passage, moral education helps children in critical analysis of situation, 14. (b) The passage provides data that proves that decision-making, cooperation and empathy. over 99% of rural households have access to toilets. 6. (d) The problems faced by today’s youth are: • Drug abuse 15. (d) ODF guidelines are based on the following • Family issues goals: • Violent behaviour • Peer pressure • Universal access to safe drinking water and • Influence of social media adequate sanitation. 7. (c) Honesty, responsibility, respect for others, • Lower exposure to a contaminated civic sense are the moral values that are environment. important for children. • Lower morbidity and mortality, especially 8. (a) The quote by Martin Luther King Jr. amongst children. “Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering 16. (c) The given sentence “Over the past 4 years, nowhere.” gives the central idea of the over 92 million new households have received passage. access to household toilets.” refers that there is an increase in usage of toilets among rural 9. (c) “A child is a storehouse of potential” is an households. example of assonance because the vowel ‘o’ is repeating in the words ‘storehouse of 17. (a) The government is successful in providing potential’. access to toilets to over 99% of rural households because villagers also want to have 10. (d) “He is remembered fondly as a mentor and access to toilets to minimise the negative friend by several generations of students in impact of open defecation. 18. (b) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is responsible for the progress of Swachh Bharat Mission.
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 63 19. (d) ‘Some’ should be used here to denote a 36. (c) Maddie had a very sick feeling in the SAMPLE PAPER 1 small quantity. bottom of her stomach because she was feeling guilty and sad for not taking stand for Wanda 20. (b) ‘Are arriving’ is the correct option because and for not stopping Peggy from teasing ‘student’ is a plural subject. Wanda. Hence, option (c), 3 and 4 are the correct statements. 21. (a) ‘Am going’ should be used to denote an action happening in present. 37. (d) (2) is the cause for (1), i.e., Maddie could put herself in Wanda’s shoes because she used 22. (c) “My friend asked Deepak if he had ever to wear Peggy’s old dresses after being been to Agra.” is the correct reported speech. modified by her mother. 23. (a) “Reema exclaimed with sorrow that 38. (c) Maddie always remained silent when Karina’s mother was suffering from cancer.” is Wanda was being teased because she was the correct reported speech. worried that Peggy and the other girls would start teasing her too. 24. (c) ‘Have worked’ is the correct answer because the action has been completed just 39. (b) The lines tells us that Peggy was unable to before the present moment. analyse her actions. 25. (c) Amita requires the following for her letter: 40. (c) Maddie was guilty of everything that had • Date on which letter is written happened to Wanda. • Amita’s address • Newspaper office address 41. (c) “On pads of velvet quiet” means that the tiger is walking quietly because of his velvety 26. (c) ‘Salutation’ should come last as per the soft paws. given option. The correct order is : Sender’s address ® date ® subject ® salutation. 42. (d) By the line ‘He should be lurking in shadow’, the poet means that as the tiger is a 27. (a) The correct subject is: Open manholes on wild animal, he should live in the jungle and the main road leading to Sunrise Apartments, hide in the shadow of long grass to hunt the Gymkhana Road, Pune. deer. 28. (b) ‘(i) Are becoming traps, (ii) no street lights, 43. (a) The rhyming scheme of the above extract is (iii) being prey to unscrupulous elements’ is ‘abcb’. the correct answer. 44. (b) Option (b) displays an example of in his 29. (a) “I would like to request you to publish the ‘quiet rage’. issue in your newspaper so that the higher authorities can take an immediate action” is 45. (a) Life in a cage vs life in a jungle is the the correct concluding portion because of its contrast used by the poet between the first polite tone. four lines and last four lines of the above extract. 30. (c) ‘Hoping for an early action!’ is the correct concluding line. 46. (d) Mrs. Pumphrey found it difficult to follow Dr. Herriot’s advice because she could not 31. (c) The statement, “But in the hearts of all who deny anything to Tricki and thought that he lived in that solitary house in the middle of the was suffering from malnutrition and thus, valley” –‘all’ referred to Lencho and his family. needed extra meals. 32. (a) Lencho was made to remember that no one 47. (b) On occasions Mr. Parry was seen to twist dies of hunger because that night all his crops his hands as he struggled with his emotions. were destroyed by the hailstorm. The underlined word ‘twist’ can replace the word ‘wring’ in the given extract. 33. (b) When Lencho thought about the help from God, “whose eyes, as he had been instructed, 48. (b) (2) is the result for (1), i.e., Dr. Herriot was see everything, even what is deep in one’s concerned about Mrs. Pumphrey and her dog conscience” he meant that God is omniscient. Tricki because Mrs. Pumphrey was overfeeding her dog. 34. (c) Lencho’s house is referred to as a ‘solitary house’ because it is the only one in the valley. 49. (a) Mrs. Pumphrey overlooked Dr. Herriot’s advice and kept overfeeding her pet dog 35. (d) Belief : Conscience : Isolated : Solitary. This Tricki. is because ’isolated’ and ‘solitary’ are synonyms and so do ‘belief’ and ‘conscience’.
64 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 50. (d) Mrs. Pumphrey told the following 56. (c) The poem ‘Dust of Snow’ does not problems to Dr. Herriot: mention the reason behind the poet regretting the day. • Tricki is not eating anything. 57. (c) Mandela says that his boyhood freedom • He is having bouts of vomiting. was an illusion because whatever he thought of freedom in his early age had proved to be • He spends all his time lying on a rug, false. panting. He realised that his freedom to live with • He doesn’t want to go for walks, doesn’t dignity and self-respect had already been want to do anything. stolen from him as all the Blacks were deprived of basic humane society. Whatever 51. (a) “But no one really thought much about freedoms he got like staying out at night, Wanda Petronski, once she sat in the corner of living on his own conditions were not the the room.” This means that students of Room actual freedoms. Thirteen did not care much about Wanda’s presence. 58. (d) The young seagull’s mother screamed at him derisively on asking for food because she 52. (a) According to the chapter ‘From the Diary of was teasing him with food as he was hungry Anne Frank’, she wrote the diary when she so that he would fly to her. was in hiding with her family in Amsterdam during the time when the Germans occupied 59. (c) According to Robert Frost, fire and ice the Netherlands in World War II. are equivalent to self-destructing human emotions: desire and hatred, in the poem ‘Fire 53. (b) Anil in the end of the story gave a fifty and Ice’. rupee note to Hari Singh as his salary. 60. (c) The author said the given line when Griffin 54. (b) In the poem ‘The Ball Poem’, the boy’s ball was caught by the staff of the big London falls into water so the poet wonders what the store. boy will do now having lost a precious thing. 55. (a) The pilot of Dakota plane was a risk-taker, determined and family man. SAMPLE PAPER 1
65 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) SAMPLE PAPER 2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE A Highly Simulated Practice Questions Paper for CBSE Class X (Term I) Examination Instructions 1. The Question Paper contains three sections. 2. Section A READING has 18 questions. Attempt a total of 14 questions, as per specific instructions for each question. 3. Section B WRITING & GRAMMAR has 12 questions. Attempt a total of 10 questions, as per specific instructions for each question. 4. Section C LITERATURE has 30 questions. Attempt 26 questions, as per specific instructions for each question. 5. All questions carry equal marks (0.80 mark each). 6. There is no negative marking. Roll No. Maximum Marks : 40 Time allowed : 90 min Section A READING I. Read the passage given below. I. What is Discipline? Is it absolute freedom to do what a person wants? Is freedom regardless of consequences? Does it mean corrective action after a problem occurs or a wrong is done? Is it imposition? Is it abuse? Does it take away freedom? II. The answer is none of the above. Discipline does not mean that a person takes a belt and beats up kids. That is madness. Discipline is loving firmness. It is direction. It is prevention before a problem arises. It is harnessing and channelising energy for great performance. Discipline is not something you do to but you do for those you care about. III. Discipline is an act of love. Sometimes you have to be unkind to be kind: Not all medicine is sweet, not all surgery is painless, but we have to take it. We need to learn from nature. We are all familiar with that big animal, the–giraffe. A mama giraffe gives birth to a baby giraffe, standing. All of a sudden, the baby falls on a hard surface from the cushion of mama’s womb and sits on the ground. The first thing mama does is to get behind the baby and give him a hard kick. The baby gets up, but his legs are weak and wobbly and the baby falls down. Mama goes behind again and gives him one more kick. The baby gets up but sits down again. Mama keeps kicking till the baby gets on its feet and starts moving. Why? Because mama knows that the only chance of survival for the baby in the jungle is to get on its feet. Otherwise it will be eaten up by wildcats and become dead meat. IV. Children brought up in a loving, disciplined environment end up respecting their parents more and become law–abiding citizens. The reverse is just as true. Good parents are not afraid of momentary dislikes by children to enforce the subject.
66 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) Allowing a child to eat a box of chocolate could lead to sickness. At the same time, the discipline of eating one or two pieces a day can be an enjoyable experience for a longer time. Our instinct makes us do whatever we want regardless of the consequences. Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired but controlling the desire. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any eight out of the ten questions by choosing the correct option. 1. According to the author, which of the following is not discipline? Choose the correct option. (a) Giving absolute freedom to children (b) Continuous hitting or abusing a child (c) Imposing everything (d) All of these 2. Why do you think a mama giraffe kicks her baby immediately after birth? 1. To make the baby stand on its feet. 2. Mama giraffe knows the harsh reality of this brutal world. 3. Mama giraffe knows that if baby will not stand it will be eaten up by wildcats and become dead meat. (a) Only 1 (b) 1, 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 2 (d) 2 and 3 3. Choose the option that lists the quote best expressing the central idea of the passage. (a) “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” – Abraham Lincoln (b) “Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.” – Robin Sharma (c) “Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don’t talk back.” – W.K. Hope (d) “Discipline is rarely enjoyable but almost always profitable.” – Darrin Patrcik 4. Choose the option which conveys the message in – ‘Discipline is loving firmness’. (a) Discipline is becoming strict. (b) Discipline means to become strict for the good of children. (c) Discipline is becoming strong. (d) Discipline is becoming emotionally strong. SAMPLE PAPER 2 5. Complete the dialogue between a student and a teacher with reference to above passage. Student : Why does every teacher stress us to be disciplined? Teacher : Because discipline can change your life completely ........... . (a) You should follow strict rules. (b) If you are disciplined, you can take out time to play and study and do other works. (c) You should understand the importance of discipline. (d) If you are disciplined, you are able to understand what you should do and what you should not. 6. Which of the following statements is True regarding disciplining children? 1. Discipline means not only absolute freedom but also a corrective action after a problem occurs. 2. Discipline brings true freedom by controlling the desires. (a) Both 1 and 2 are true (b) Only 1 is true (c) Neither 1 nor 2 is true (d) Only 2 is true
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 67 7. What does the following line suggest – ‘Not all medicine is sweet’? SAMPLE PAPER 2 (a) Sometimes bitter medicines have to be taken in order to get healthy. (b) We require only strictness to make a child disciplined. (c) Sometimes being strict and firm is necessary to make the child disciplined and future ready. (d) There are sweet as well as bitter medicines. 8. Choose the option with underlined words that can replace the word ‘wobbly’ (para III). (a) I’m strong enough to lift that box without help. (b) The baby’s first shaky step almost sent her sprawling and he caught her arm quickly. (c) His tone was a firm statement that instructions would be followed henceforth. (d) They were unable to meet their mortgage repayments. 9. How does discipline help in one’s performance? (a) By harnessing and channelising the energy. (b) By giving punishments. (c) By making them strong. (d) By giving them many opportunities. 10. Which of the following is an example of discipline? (a) A mother hitting a child with a ruler to make her understand a problem in Maths. (b) A father buying his son whatever he demands. (c) A mother calmly explaining the wrong action done by a child and let him rectifies it. (d) A grandmother nagging a child for everything he/she does. II. Read the passage given below. I. Universal access to adequate sanitation is a fundamental need and human right. Securing access for all would go a long way in reducing illness and death, especially among children. ‘Safely managed’ sanitation services represent a higher service level that takes into account the final disposal of excreta, in addition to the “basic” service level which requires an improved sanitation facility (such as flush toilets or latrine with a slab) not shared with other households. II. Between 2000 and 2020, the global population increased by 1.7 billion people, but 2.4 billion people gained access to safely managed sanitation services, i.e. a basic facility where excreta are disposed in situ or treated off-site. Still, in 2020 3.6 billion people lacked safely managed services, of which approximately half (1.9 billion) had basic services. Among the 1.7 billion people lacking even basic services, 580 million shared improved sanitation facilities with other households, counted as ‘limited’ services and 616 million used ‘unimproved’ facilities. The data reveal pronounced disparities, with two thirds of people who still lacked even basic services lived in rural areas. Nearly half of them lived in sub-Saharan Africa. III. Almost all developed countries have achieved universal access, but sanitation coverage varies widely in developing countries. In 2020, 62 countries had achieved universal (>99 per cent) access to basic services. Yet, in 48 countries, less than half of the population had safely managed services. IV. Defecating in the open is an affront to dignity and risk to children’s nutrition and to community health. The elimination of open defecation is recognised as a top priority for improving health, nutrition and productivity of developing country populations and is explicitly mentioned in SDG target 6.2.
68 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) V. Among the 1.7 billion people without basic sanitation services in 2020, nearly a third (494 million) used no form of toilet and practised open defecation. In 55 countries, more than 5 per cent of the population practised open defecation in 2020. Open defecation is most widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, but is also high in Central and Southern Asia as well as Oceania. VI. In 17 countries, open defecation decreased by more than five percentage points between 2015 and 2020. Assuming current rates of progress continue the world and most SDG regions are on track to eliminate open defecation before 2030. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any six out of the eight questions by choosing the correct option. 11. The basic and fundamental human right as per the above passage is ............... . (a) Access to sanitation and hygiene (b) Access to sanitation and open defecation (c) Access to toilet and open defecation (d) None of the above 12. Select the option that is true for the two statements given below. (1) There is a need to eliminate open defecation. (2) There is need to improve health, nutrition and productivity of developing country populations. (a) (1) is the result of (2). (b) (1) is the reason for (2). (c) (1) contradicts (2). (d) (1) furthers the meaning of (2). 13. According to the passage, open defecation is widespread in the sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Southern Asia and Oceania due to ............... . (a) Lack of education (b) Lack of basic sanitation services (c) Lack of safely managed sanitation practices (d) All of the above 14. The statement “there is a wide difference between developed and developing countries in the sanitation coverage” means that (a) Nearly two-thirds of people still lack even basic services that live in rural areas. (b) 62 countries in the world have achieved universal access to basic sanitation services. (c) In 48 countries, less than half of the population has safely managed services. (d) 1.7 billion people are without basic sanitation services. 15. What are the consequences of insanitary conditions? 1. Illnesses 2. Deaths SAMPLE PAPER 2 3. Breeding grounds for mosquitoes 4. Contaminated food and water (a) 2 and 4 are correct (b) 1 and 3 are correct (c) All are correct (d) 2 and 3 are correct 16. According to the passage, ‘limited’ services referred to ............... . (a) The people who have access to only basic sanitation facilities. (b) The people who do not have access to even basic sanitation services. (c) The people who have access to toilets in the community. (d) The people who share improved sanitation facilities with other households.
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 69 17. According to the passage, ‘there is a direct relationship between sanitation and health of individuals’. This is so because (a) Unwashed hands will lead to diseases. (b) Unsanitary conditions are not good living conditions. (c) Unsanitary practices lead to unsanitary environment leading to various diseases and ill-health. (d) Health of individuals get affected by the conditions of the environment. 18. The data from the above study reveals ............. among the coverage of sanitation facilities among the rural and urban areas. (a) equity (b) disparity (c) unjust (d) distribution Section B GRAMMAR AND WRITING Grammar III. Answer any five out of the six questions by selecting the most appropriate option for each. 19. The Second Anglo-Maratha War .............. the power of the Maratha chiefs. (a) had shattered (b) has been shattering (c) has shattered (d) had been shattering 20. We’ll talk about it .............. later, I have an important piece of work to complete tonight. I can’t spare any time right now. (a) much (b) few (c) a little (d) little 21. The constellation they .............. to observe is clearly visible from here. (a) were going (b) are going (c) was going (d) is going 22. Choose the option which correctly changes the given sentence into indirect speech. She said to me, “You didn’t break the window, did you?” (a) She informed me whether I had broken the window. (b) She asked me you didn’t break the window, did you. (c) She told me that I had not broken the window. (d) She asked me whether I had broken the window. 23. Choose the option which correctly changes the given sentence into indirect speech. SAMPLE PAPER 2 My mother said, “May God bless you!” (a) My mother prayed to God for my well-being. (b) My mother said to God for my well-being. (c) My mother told God to bless me. (d) My mother asked God for my well-being. 24. It .............. since morning. (b) has been raining (d) is raining (a) had been raining (c) was raining
70 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) Writing IV. Answer any five out of the six questions given, with reference to the context below. Write a letter to M/s. H.M.T. Corporation Chandigarh, an online store from where you bought a wristwatch recently. The watch you received has many issues. You are Dipti Gupta, 450, Sector 20, Chandigarh. 25. Which kind of letter is this? (b) Letter of order (d) Letter of complaint (official) (a) Letter of enquiry (c) Letter of complaint (business) 26. Which of the following option is best suited to write the date in the letter? 1. March 1st, 2021 2. 1st March, 2021 (a) Yes to option 1 because of its new format. (b) Yes to both the option because both are correct formats. (c) No to option 2 because it is an old format. (d) No to both options because both are incorrect formats. 27. Choose the subject line for the letter. (a) Complaint regarding the watch. (b) Complaint regarding the replacement of watch. (c) Complaint regarding the functioning of the watch and its replacement. (d) Complaint regarding the functioning of the watch. 28. Which of the following details are required for the letter? 1. Date of purchase 2. Brand and model no. of watch 3. Attached copy of the bill 4. Warranty card (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 3 and 4 29. What problems should be included in the letter? (a) • Not working properly • Scratches on the dial • Packaging was not good • Broken steel strap • Negligence on part of the store (b) • Not working properly • Negligence on part of the store • Beautiful packaging • Broken glass (c) • Warranty card not given • Bill not given • No scratches however SAMPLE PAPER 2 (d) • Different color • Different dial • Looking beautiful • Good choice sent 30. Dipti has suggested a solution. Choose the correct option. To resolve the problem, I would appreciate you either changing the watch with a new fully functioning model or ................ . I look forward to your reply and a resolution to my problem and will wait until a week before seeking help from a consumer protection agency. (a) keep the product with you (b) I will keep it as it is (c) refund the amount in my bank account (d) None of these
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 71 Section C LITERATURE This section has sub-sections – V, VI, VII, VIII & IX. There are a total of 30 questions in this section. Attempt any 26 questions from the sub-sections V to IX. V. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. A few moments later we all lifted our eyes in awe as a spectacular array of South African jets, helicopters and troop carriers roared in perfect formation over the Union Buildings. It was not only a display of pinpoint precision and military force, but a demonstration of the military’s loyalty to democracy, to a new government that had been freely and fairly elected. Only moments before, the highest generals of the South African defence force and police, their chests bedecked with ribbons and medals from days gone by, saluted me and pledged their loyalty. (Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) 31. Which event is represented by the above extract? Choose the correct option. (a) Inauguration ceremony of the Union Building. (b) Inauguration ceremony of a non-racial democratic government. (c) Republic Day of South Africa. (d) Nelson Mandela’s political victory. 32. The most symbolic thing that happened on the inauguration ceremony was (a) Playing of two National Anthems - ‘Nkosi Sikelel –iAfrika’ and ‘Die Stem’. (b) People were now saluting and pledging their loyalty. (c) The military was making a chevron. (d) Dignitaries from more than 140 countries around the world were present at the ceremony. 33. ‘Days gone by’ refer to the days ................ . 1. When South Africa was not independent. 2. When South Africa was suffering from the policy of Apartheid. 3. When there was discrimination with Blacks in all aspects. 4. When ‘me’ was a rebel and freedom fighter. (a) 1, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 34. How was the mood of Mandela while describing the above event? (a) Overwhelmed (b) Jovial (c) Emotional (d) Sad 35. Complete the following by choosing the word from the extract. Glorious : Spectacular : : Adorn : .............. . (a) Precision (b) Perfection SAMPLE PAPER 2 (c) Awe (d) Bedeck VI. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. The sun was now ascending the sky, blazing on his ledge that faced the south. He felt the heat because he had not eaten since the previous nightfall. He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and standing on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing, he closed one eye, then the other and pretended to be falling asleep. Still they took no notice of him. He saw his two brothers and his sister lying on the plateau dozing with their heads sunk into their necks. His father was preening the feathers on his white back. Only his mother was looking at him. (His First Flight)
72 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 36. Select the most appropriate option for (1) and (2). 1. The mother seagull was watching the young seagull. 2. The mother seagull knew that he was hungry and not slept. (a) (1) furthers the meaning of (2). (b) (1) is true and (2) is false. (c) (2) is the opposite of (1). (d) Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract. 37. Why did the young seagull feel the heat of the blazing sun? 1. The young seagull had not eaten since the previous nightfall. 2. The sun was shining just above the ledge. 3. The young seagull was sensitive to heat. 4. He was punished by his family for not learning to fly. (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 3 and 4 (c) 1 and 4 (d) 2 and 3 38. How was the young seagull feeling on the ledge? (a) Alone (b) Satisfied (c) Happy (d) Fainting 39. What did the young seagull do when he was alone on the ledge? (a) He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge. (b) He stood on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing. (c) He closed one eye, then the other and pretended to be falling asleep. (d) All of the above 40. Select the option that displays an example of ‘take no notice’. (a) She turned her back on him in blatant disregard he wasn’t likely to misinterpret. (b) She totally ignored what I was saying. (c) Someone was building a log house so close that they could overlook her farm. (d) My attention wasn’t really on the game. SAMPLE PAPER 2 VII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. (The Ball Poem) In a world of possessions. People will take Balls, balls will be lost always, little boy. And no one buys a ball back. Money is external. He is learning, well behind his desperate eyes, The epistemology of loss, how to stand up Knowing what every man must one day know And most know many days, how to stand up. 41. What is the ball symbolic of in the above extract? (a) It means boy’s lost childhood. (b) It means that boy was playing with a ball. (c) It means that poet has lost something. (d) None of the above
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 73 42. Why did poet say ‘money is external’? (a) Because money is earned. (b) Because no one will give money to buy a new ball. (c) Because money cannot buy the memories attached with that ball. (d) All of the above 43. The word ‘epistemology’ means ............... . (a) Theory (b) Objectivism (c) Philosophy (d) All of these 44. Why did poet say that “People will take balls, balls will be lost always, little boy”? 1. People will snatch ball from the boy. 2. This is the world of possessions in which one has to learn to cope with the things lost. 3. One has to cope with losses, be it childhood, memories or anything else. 4. In this world of possessions no one cares about feelings of others. (a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 2, 3 and 4 45. When the poet said that the boy is watching with his desperate eyes, he meant that the boy had become .............. . (a) hopeless (b) distressed (c) aching (d) desirous VIII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow. This time he decided to try the stock of a theatrical company in the hope of finding not only clothes but also something that would hide the empty space above his shoulders. Shivering with cold he hurried to Drury Lane, the centre of the theatre world. He soon found a suitable shop. He made his way, invisible, upstairs and came out a little later wearing bandages round his forehead, dark glasses, false nose, big bushy side-whiskers and a large hat. To escape without being seen, he callously attacked the shopkeeper from behind, after which he robbed him of all the money he could find. (Footprints without Feet) 46. When did ‘he’ decide to try the stock of a theatrical company? SAMPLE PAPER 2 (a) When he became clotheless while escaping from the staff of the big London store. (b) When he could not find clothes in the big London store. (c) When he became clotheless. (d) None of the above 47. The phrase ‘made his way’ means that Griffin ............... . (a) Moved backwards. (b) Found his way to escape the Drury Lane. (c) Moved forward towards the theatrical company. (d) Moved ahead towards the owner of the shop.
74 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 48. Select the most appropriate option based on (1) and (2). 1. Griffin was shivering with cold. 2. It was mid-winter in London. (a) (2) is the cause for (1). (b) (2) is true and (1) is false. (c) (2) is false and (1) is true. (d) (2) is the result for (1). 49. Which of the following things did Griffin wear from the theatrical company? 1. Bandages round his forehead 2. Dark glasses 3. False nose 4. Big bushy side-whiskers 5. A large hat (a) 1, 2 and 5 (b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 50. From the following options, identify Griffin’s intention behind ‘callously attacking the shopkeeper’. (a) To enjoy (b) To hurt (c) To deceit (d) To escape IX. Attempt the following. 51. When did Anne Frank write her first diary entry? (a) 20th June, 1942 (b) 12th June, 1942 (c) 1st May, 1944 (d) 1st August, 1944 52. Hari Singh could read the faces of people which means that ............... . (a) he was a face reader (b) he was an experienced thief (c) he was an astrologer (d) he was an enlightened boy 53. Why had Wanda been absent from school for some days? 1. Because she was not well. 2. Because she was afraid of Peggy’s teasing. 3. Because she had moved to another city. (a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 2 (c) Only 3 (d) 2 and 3 54. The poetic device is used in the line ‘Shook down on me’ in the poem ‘Dust of Snow’ is .................. . (a) Alliteration (b) Metaphor (c) Simile (d) Assonance 55. What would a tiger do when he is free in a jungle? 1. He would hide and hunt deer. 2. He would terrorise the people with his big teeth and claws. SAMPLE PAPER 2 3. He would move freely within large jungles. 4. He would show his anger. (a) 2 and 4 (b) 1, 2, and 4 (c) 3 and 4 (d) All of these 56. The postmaster became ................ on reading the letter written by Lencho. (a) Grief-stricken (b) Serious (c) Happy (d) Regretful
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 75 57. “Within minutes, about thirty feet of gleaming black metal drew up outside the surgery.” Which figure of speech is used in the underlined phrase? (a) Synecdoche (b) Assonance (c) Simile (d) Metaphor 58. Identify the option that describes the atmosphere around Boggins Heights. (a) A forbidden place (b) A drizzly place (c) Damp and dismal (d) Haunted place 59. Suddenly I came out of the clouds and saw two long straight lines of lights in front of me. It means that the pilot of old Dakota saw ................ . (a) another plane (b) a runway (c) the Control Tower (d) None of these 60. Pick the words that can be related with ‘ice’ from the poem ‘Fire and Ice’. (a) Rigidity (b) Insensitivity (c) Coldness (d) All of these SAMPLE PAPER 2
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CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 77 Answers 1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (b) 29. (a) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (d) 36. (a) 37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (d) 40. (b) 41. (a) 42. (c) 43. (d) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (d) 50. (d) 51. (a) 52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (d) 55. (d) 56. (b) 57. (a) 58. (c) 59. (b) 60. (d) EXPLANATIONS 1. (d) According to the author of the passage, 11. (a) According to the first line of the passage, SAMPLE PAPER 2 discipline does not refer to giving children universal access to sanitation and hygiene is freedom to do as they please or even to beating the basic need and fundamental right of every them. Simultaneously, it does not mean that no human being. punishment should be given or that serious imposition of rules is not discipline. Hence, 12. (d) (1) furthers the meaning of (2), i.e., there is option (d) is the correct answer. a need to eliminate open defecation in order to improve health, nutrition and productivity of 2. (b) According to the passage, mama giraffes developing country populations. does it to ensure that the baby learns how to stand and survive in the wild. She does it so 13. (b) According to the passage, open defecation that the baby understands the harshness of the is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, Central world and knows that if it does not learn to and Southern Asia and Oceania due to lack of stand on its feet and walk, it will be eaten by basic sanitation services. wild animals. 14. (a) The statement “there is a wide difference 3. (c) A quote by W.K. Hope that “Self-discipline between developed and developing countries is when your conscience tells you to do in the sanitation coverage” means that nearly something and you don’t talk back.” correctly two-thirds of people still lack even basic conveys the central idea of the passage. services that live in rural areas. 4. (b) Option (b) “Discipline means to become 15. (c) Insanitary conditions can lead to illnesses, strict for the good of children” conveys the deaths, growth in number of mosquitoes and message in – “Discipline is loving firmness”. contamination of food and water. 5. (d) Option (d) is appropriate to complete the 16. (d) According to the passage, ‘limited’ given dialogue. services referred to the people who share improved sanitation facilities with other 6. (a) Discipline means enjoying freedom but households. with a corrective action if any problem arises due to enjoyment of that freedom. Also, true 17. (c) According to the passage, “there is a freedom can be achieved by being disciplined direct relationship between sanitation and and controlling unnecessary desires. health of individuals”. This is so because unsanitary practices lead to unsanitary 7. (c) The line – “Not all medicine is sweet” environment leading to various diseases and suggests that sometimes being strict and firm ill-health. is necessary to make the child disciplined and future ready. 18. (b) The data from the above study reveals disparity among the coverage of sanitation 8. (b) “The baby’s first Shaky step almost sent her facilities among the rural and urban areas. sprawling and he caught her arm quickly.” The underlined word ‘shaky’ can replace the word 19. (a) ‘Had shattered’ is the correct answer ‘wobbly’ in para III. because the action has already been completed in the past. 9. (a) Discipline helps in one’s performance by harnessing and channelising the energy. 20. (c) ‘A little’ is the correct answer as it is used with non-quantifiable noun such as time. 10. (c) “A mother calmly explaining the wrong action done by a child and let him rectifies it.” 21. (b) ‘Are going’ is the correct answer because is an example of discipline. here the subject ‘they’ is a plural subject.
78 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) SAMPLE PAPER 2 22. (d) ‘She asked me whether I had broken the 35. (d) Glorious : Spectacular : : Adorn : Bedeck. window.’ is the correct indirect speech. This is because glorious and spectacular are synonyms so do adorn and bedeck. 23. (a) The indirect speech is: ‘My mother prayed to God for my well being.’ 36. (a) (1) furthers the meaning of (2), i.e., the mother seagull was watching the young 24. (b) ‘Has been raining’ is the correct answer seagull as she knew that he was hungry and because the action of raining that started in not slept. the past is still continuing in the present moment. 37. (c) The young seagull felt the heat of the blazing sun because he had not eaten, since, 25. (c) The given letter is a letter of complaint the previous nightfall as he was punished by (business) because it is about a defective his family for not learning to fly. product received. 38. (a) The young seagull was feeling alone on the 26. (b) Both the formats of the date are correct. ledge. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer. 39. (d) When the young seagull was alone on the 27. (d) The appropriate subject line is: Complaint ledge he stepped slowly out to the brink of the regarding the functioning of the watch. ledge and stood on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing. He then closed one 28. (b) Following details are required for the letter: eye, then the other and pretended to be falling • Date of purchase sleep. • Brand and model no. Of watch • Attached copy of the bill 40. (b) “She totally ignored what I was saying.” is • Warranty card an example of ‘took no notice’. Thus, option (b) is the correct answer. 41. (a) According to the poem ‘The Ball Poem’, ‘ball’ symbolises the boy’s childhood which is 29. (a) Following problems should be included in now lost and nothing can bring it back. the letter: • Not working properly 42. (c) By ‘money is external’, the poet meant • Scratches on the dial that though money can buy a new ball, it • Packaging was not good cannot buy the memories attached with the • Broken steel strap lost ball. • Negligence on part of the store 43. (d) ‘Epistemology’ refers to the theory or Thus, option (a) is the correct answer. objectivism and philosophy of knowledge. Hence, all of the options correspond to the 30. (c) ‘refund the amount in my bank account’ is word ‘epistemology’. the correct answer. 44. (d) The poet suggests that people will always 31. (b) The given extract mentions the be greedy of other people’s materialistic inauguration ceremony of a non-racial possessions, and that one will always lose democratic government under the leadership these possessions and thus, should learn how of Nelson Mandela. to cope with that loss. Thus, option (d) is the correct answer. 32. (a) According to the story ‘Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’, the most symbolic 45. (b) When the poet said that the boy is watching thing that happened on the inauguration with his desperate eyes, he meant that the boy ceremony was the playing of two National had become distressed. Anthems - ‘Nkosi Sikelel –iAfrika’ and ‘Die Stem’ 46. (a) According to the story ‘Footprints without Feet’, Griffin, the man mentioned in the 33. (d) In the phrase ‘days gone by’, the days extract, decided to try the stock of a theatrical when South Africa was not independent and company after he lost his clothes while suffering from Apartheid is being referred to. escaping from the staff of the big London store During those days, Blacks were discriminated who were chasing him. against and the speaker of the extract, Nelson Mandela, was a freedom fighter and rebel. 47. (c) The phrase ‘made his way’ means that Griffin moved forward towards the theatrical 34. (a) Mandela was overwhelmed while company. describing the above event.
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 79 48. (a) (2) is the cause for (1), i.e., Griffin was 55. (d) According to the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’, shivering with cold because it was mid-winter a tiger is a wild animal and thus, should live and he didn’t have any clothes on his body. and hide in the jungle where he can hunt deer and terrorize the people in the nearby 49. (d) According to the extract, Griffin came out village. In contrast to the zoo, in the jungle a of the theatrical company wearing bandages tiger can move freely in the space and show on his forehead, dark glasses, fake nose, big his anger. Hence, option (d) is the correct bushy side whiskers and a large hat. Hence, answer. option (d) is the correct answer. 56. (b) The postmaster became serious on reading 50. (d) Griffin wanted to escape the shop, that’s the letter written by Lencho because he was why he attacked the shopkeeper from behind. shaken by the strong faith that Lencho had in God. 51. (a) According to the chapter ‘From the Diary of Anne Frank’, Anne wrote in her diary for the 57. (a) ‘Gleaming black metal’ represent a car, first time on 20th June, 1942. therefore, synecdoche is used. 52. (b) Hari Singh could read the faces of 58. (c) The atmosphere around Boggins Heights people which means that he was an was described as damp and dismal. experienced thief. 59. (b) Suddenly I came out of the clouds and saw 53. (c) Wanda had been absent from school two long straight lines of lights in front of me. because she along with her family had moved It means that the pilot of old Dakota saw a away to another city. runway. 54. (d) ‘Assonance’ refers to the prominence of a 60. (d) Rigidity, coldness and indifference all are vowel sound throughout a line. It is used in the related with ‘ice’ in the poem ‘Dust of Snow’. line ‘Shook down on me’. SAMPLE PAPER 2
80 CBSE Sample Paper English Class X (Term I) SAMPLE PAPER 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE A Highly Simulated Practice Questions Paper for CBSE Class X (Term I) Examination Instructions 1. The Question Paper contains three sections. 2. Section A READING has 18 questions. Attempt a total of 14 questions, as per specific instructions for each question. 3. Section B WRITING & GRAMMAR has 12 questions. Attempt a total of 10 questions, as per specific instructions for each question. 4. Section C LITERATURE has 30 questions. Attempt 26 questions, as per specific instructions for each question. 5. All questions carry equal marks (0.80 mark each). 6. There is no negative marking. Roll No. Maximum Marks : 40 Time allowed : 90 min Section A READING I. Read the passage given below. I. Every form of human activity upsets or changes the wildlife complex of the area unceasingly and unavoidably. Man has destroyed many forms of wildlife for no reasonable purpose. Small sections of the community, for their own narrow, selfish ends, have destroyed many things of general interest. Expediency has often led man to make grave blunders in land use, habitat destruction, and the extermination of many forms of wildlife. II. In his everyday life, man’s attitude is determined in the main by purely practical considerations; ethical or moral considerations come afterwards. Looked at in this way, the disappearance from Britain of such animals as the wolf and wild boar can be more easily understood. In our intensively cultivated and over–populated country there was no room for such large mammals, the one a predator of big livestock and the other a pest to agriculture. Thus, man’s first attitude to animals is the result of their effect on his own survival, or what he considers to be their effect on his survival. III. Then there is his concern with sport. The animals he sets aside for this purpose are given special protection and war is waged unceasingly on any other creatures that may be a danger to them. This creates many problems and man has made serious errors in his destruction of predators. Until recent years all hawks and falcons were destroyed as “vermin” by game preservers. This meant the destruction of kestrels, which are useful to the farmer: it meant the destruction of owls, which are useful to the farmer; so here you had sport acting against the interests of food production.
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 81 Tragedy of all this is that all the killing of predators did not in any way improve SAMPLE PAPER 3 man’s sport. It has been clearly shown by modern research that eagles, hawks, falcons and predatory mammals have not the slightest effect on the numbers of game birds anywhere. IV. Broadly speaking, man wages war against the creatures which he considers harmful, even when his warfare makes little or no difference to the numbers of his enemies. And he encourages those creatures which are useful, even though their attacks on pests make little difference to the numbers of those pests. It would be true to say, therefore, that our attitude to song–birds, to most birds of prey and to many of our predatory animals, arises from the fact that they have either been proved useful or of no consequence. Either way, from this, we have developed the idea of conservation which means preserving what we have left of our heritage of wildlife and even finding room for rarities which may do a little damage on the side. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any eight out of the ten questions by choosing the correct option. 1. According to the author, what has been man’s attitude towards wildlife? (a) Man is selfish and self–centred. (b) For him it is practical aspects first and then other things. (c) He can kill any animal, over–cultivate crops, cut forests and all this for his survival (d) None of the above 2. The justification given for the killing of wolves and wild boar in Britain was that .............. . (a) Man’s perception is to preserve only those animals that have practical implications (b) The wolf was considered a predator of livestock (c) The wild boar was considered a pest to agriculture (d) All of the above 3. Complete the conversation between human and Mother Nature based on the above passage. Mother Nature If everyone has progressed doesn’t it become everyone’s duty to become a conservationist. Human Yes but all are so busy I can’t tell everyone to leave other things and start helping in conservation. Mother Nature So you mean to say that I will die because ................ . (a) you humans do not have time to help me out (b) you humans will do what you can but can’t collectively help me out (c) you humans can’t collectively help me out (d) you humans will keep exploiting me and my creations 4. Why has man been killing predators? (a) He thinks that they are a danger to the birds useful in sports. (b) He thinks that they are a danger to human survival. (c) He thinks that they are a danger to the pest survival. (d) All of the above 5. Choose the option with underlined words which is closest in meaning to the word ‘unceasingly’ (Para I). (a) The troops were forced to surrender the fort. (b) The company has consistently underrated the importance of a well-trained workforce. (c) The service contracts of all directors with the company are terminable on 2 months’ notice. (d) High yielding and indeterminate varieties appear to be more susceptible.
82 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 6. Which of the following statements are true in the context of the above passage? 1. Conservation is an idea to preserve our heritage of wildlife from the damaging effect of human activity. 2. Killing of predators by the man, who are a danger to the birds useful in sports has had no effect on the number of game birds. (a) Only 1 is true (b) Only 2 is true (c) None of them is true (d) Both 1 and 2 are true 7. The word ‘endangering’ does not correspond to ................ (a) Threatening (b) Preserving (c) Imperial (d) None of these 8. The line – “man wages war against the creatures which he considers harmful” means that (a) Man does not respect the other species present on this planet. (b) Man start killing wildlife without any definite cause (c) Man is a coward being taking advantage of other species (d) Human beings is the most selfish race on earth 9. Choose the quote that best expresses the central idea of the passage. (a) “All must pay the debt of nature.” – Annie Proulx (b) “Art is a man’s nature; nature is God’s art.” - Philip James Bailey (c) “Modern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side.” - E. F. Schumacher (d) “Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul.” – Francis Hodgson Burnelt 10. Synecdoche occurs when a part is represented by the whole or, conversely, the whole is represented by the part. For example: Wheels = a car. From the options given below, select a Synecdoche word that appears in the para IV. (a) Creatures (b) Man (c) War (d) Enemies SAMPLE PAPER 3 II. Read the passage given below: I. Child marriage is a violation of human rights, but is all too common. Marriage before the age of 18 is a fundamental violation of human rights. Many factors interact to place a child at risk of marriage, including poverty, the perception that marriage will provide ‘protection’, family honour, social norms, customary or religious laws that condone the practice, an inadequate legislative framework and the state of a country’s civil registration system. While the practice is more common among girls than boys, it is a violation of rights regardless of sex. II. Child marriage often compromises a girl’s development by resulting in early pregnancy and social isolation, interrupting her schooling, limiting her opportunities for career and vocational advancement and placing her at increased risk of domestic violence. Although the impact on child grooms has not been extensively studied, marriage may similarly place boys in an adult role for which they are unprepared, and may place economic pressures on them and curtail their opportunities for further education or career advancement.
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 83 III. Although marriage is not mentioned directly in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, child marriage is linked to other rights – such as the right to freedom of expression, the right to protection from all forms of abuse, and the right to be protected from harmful traditional practices – and is frequently addressed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. IV. Across the globe, levels of child marriage are highest in West and Central Africa, where nearly 4 in 10 young women were married before age 18. Lower levels of child marriage are found in Eastern and Southern Africa (31 per cent), South Asia (28 per cent), Latin America and Caribbean (22 per cent), and the Middle East and North Africa (15 per cent). V. The prevalence of child marriage is decreasing globally, with the most progress in the past decade seen in South Asia, where a girl’s risk of marrying in childhood has dropped by more than a third, from nearly 50 per cent to 30 per cent. VI. Still, the total number of girls married in childhood stands at 12 million per year, and progress must be significantly accelerated in order to end the practice by 2030 – the target set out in the Sustainable Development Goals. Without further acceleration, more than 150 million additional girls will marry before their 18th birthday by 2030. Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any six out of the eight questions by choosing the correct option. 11. Which of the following child rights is mentioned in the passage? (a) Right to be protected from harmful traditional practices (b) Right to information (c) Right to education (d) All of the above 12. Select the correct option for (1) and (2). (1) Girls are married off before the age of 18. (2) Child marriage can result in early pregnancy and social isolation. (a) (1) is the result of (2) (b) (2) is the result of (1) (c) Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the passage (d) (1) and (2) are opposite 13. Which of the following regions has the lowest percentage of women aged 20 to 24 married before age 15? (a) Eastern and Southern Africa (b) South Asia (c) Middle East and North Africa (d) Latin America and Caribbean 14. If the trend of child marriage continues at the same pace, ................ girls will be SAMPLE PAPER 3 married before the age of 18 by the year 2030. (a) More than 12 million (b) More than 150 million (c) Less than 200 million (d) 150-250 million 15. Choose the factors that contribute to child marriage. 1. Poverty 2. Perception that marriage will provide ‘protection’ 3. Family honour 4. Social norms
84 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 5. Customary or religious laws that encourage the practice (a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 (b) 1, 3, 4 and 5 (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) All of these 16. How are boys affected by child marriage? (a) Child marriage may place social pressures on them (b) Child marriage can expand their opportunities for further education or career advancement (c) Child marriage places boys in an adult role for which they are unprepared (d) None of the above 17. What is the percentage of child marriage in West and Central Africa? (a) 40% (b) 30% (c) 50% (d) 60% 18. What does the following line refer to? “A girl’s risk of marrying in childhood has dropped by more than a third.” (a) There is 1/3rd decrease in child marriage among girls. (b) There is more than 1/3rd decrease in child marriage among girls. (c) There is 1/3rd risk of marrying a girl in childhood. (d) There is less than 1/3rd risk of marrying a girl in childhood. Section B GRAMMAR AND WRITING Grammar III. Answer any five out of the six questions by selecting the most appropriate option for each. 19. He has hardly read ............. books during summer vacations. (a) many (b) any (c) some (d) much 20. Honesty is his policy and politics ............. a corrupt game these days. (a) was (b) are (c) is (d) were 21. ............. you please ............. your e-mail address as soon as possible? (a) Could, send (b) Can, sends (c) Could, sends (d) Can’t, sent 22. The Prime Minister ............. for Russia tomorrow on a 5 day state visit. SAMPLE PAPER 3 (a) will have left (b) was leaving (c) had been left (d) is leaving 23. Choose the option that correctly changes the given sentence into indirect speech. “When I was in school, I used to skip a few classes”, said the retired IAS Officer. (a) The retired IAS Officer confessed that when he was in school, he used to skip a few classes. (b) The retired IAS Officer asked when he was in school, he used to skip a few classes. (c) The retired IAS Officer said that when he had been in school, he used to skip a few classes. (d) The retired IAS Officer concluded that when he has been in school, he used to skip a few classes.
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 85 24. Choose the option that correctly changes the given sentence into indirect speech. The music teacher said to the children, “Do not get carried away and get out of the tune.” (a) The music teacher warned the children from getting carried away and from getting out of tune. (b) The music teacher told the children not to get carried away and not to get out of tune. (c) The music teacher said to the children that do not get carried away and get out of tune. (d) The music teacher warned the children against getting carried away and getting out of tune. Writing IV. Answer any five out of the six questions given, with reference to the context below. You are Kanishk of A-28 Aurobindo Marg, Delhi. You have to write a letter about your concerns on the sale of alcohol to underage people. 25. Whom will you write the letter? (b) Police Commissioner (d) Owner of the liquor shop (a) Editor of a newspaper (c) Chief Minister of Delhi 26. What should come in place of sender’s address? Choose the most appropriate option. (a) Aurobindo Marg, Delhi (b) A-28, Delhi (c) A-28 Aurobindo Marg, Delhi (d) Delhi 27. Which of the following option should be selected as the opening line of the letter? (1) Through the columns of your esteemed daily I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards the problem of selling alcohol to underage people. (2) Through the columns of your esteemed daily I want the higher authorities to impose a ban on sale of liquor to the underage people. (a) Yes to option (2) because of the authoritative tone. (b) Yes to option (1) because of the polite tone. (c) No to option (1) because of requesting and informal tone (d) No to option (2) because of firm tone 28. Elaborate your concerns by choosing the correct option. (a) • Increased consumption of alcohol by underage people • The sellers do not ask for age of proof • The sellers get easily bribed • Underage do not know when to stop once starts drinking Negative consequences – uncontrolled behaviour, emotional and social problems, etc. (b) • Underage do not know when to stop once starts drinking SAMPLE PAPER 3 • Negative consequences – uncontrolled behaviour, emotional and social problems, etc. (c) • Increased consumption of alcohol by underage people • The sellers do not ask for age of proof • The sellers get easily bribed (d) • Increased consumption of alcohol by underage people • Underage do not know when to stop once starts drinking
86 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 29. Complete the concluding line of the letter. .............. towards stopping the sale of alcohol to the underage people. (a) I want my letter is given an appropriate space in your newspaper. (b) Give my letter an appropriate space in your newspaper. (c) I shall be grateful if my letter is given an appropriate space in your newspaper. (d) I shall be grateful if my letter helps. 30. Identify the complementary closing for the letter. (a) Thanking you (b) Thanking you Yours Sincerely Yours sincerely XYZ Kanishk (c) Yours lovingly (d) Thanking you XYZ Kanishk Section C LITERATURE This section has sub-sections – V, VI, VII, VIII & IX. There are a total of 30 questions in this section. Attempt any 26 questions from the sub-sections V to IX. V. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow: Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year -old schoolgirl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest. ‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding. (From the Diary of Anne Frank) 31. Why does the writer feel she had a greater need to get all kinds of things off her chest? (a) She had no friends to confide in (b) She had no one to talk to (c) She was all alone in this world (d) All of these 32. What does the line ‘Paper has more patience than people’ mean? (a) One can write anything on paper (b) One can our one’s heart on paper (c) Paper cannot be judgemental (d) Both (b) and (c) SAMPLE PAPER 3 33. Choose the option that shows the meaning of ‘brooding’ as it is used in the above extract. (a) The Darian he remembered had never been hesitant like this man. (b) She found him in the kitchen, thinking deeply over a cup of coffee. (c) She had been careless and left the window unlocked. (d) She was utterly confused about what had happened. 34. Anne Frank was sitting ............ . (b) at her home (d) at her friend’s home (a) at her father’s office building (c) in a hiding in Amsterdam 35. Why was writing a diary strange experience for the speaker? 1. Because it was her first time writing a diary 2. Because she felt no one would be interested in musings of a 13-year old girl (a) Only 1 is true (b) Both 1 and 2 are true (c) Neither 1 nor 2 is true (d) Only 2 is true
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 87 VI. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow: Wanda didn’t have any friends. She came to school alone and went home alone. She always wore a faded blue dress that didn’t hang right. It was clean, but it looked as though it had never been ironed properly. She didn’t have any friends, but a lot of girls talked to her. Sometimes, they surrounded her in the school yard as she stood watching the little girls play hopscotch on the worn hard ground. (The Hundred Dresses – I) 36. Why did girls surround Wanda in the schoolyard? (a) To talk to her (b) To play with her (c) To tease her (d) None of these 37. Select the correct option for (1) and (2). (1) Wanda did not have friends at school. (2) Everybody in her class found her name funny. (a) (1) is true and (2) is false (b) (1) is the result of (2) (c) (2) is true and (1) is false (d) (2) contradicts (1) 38. Which two names did students of Room 13 find funny? 1. Thomas and Wanda 2. Wanda and Allen 3. Erik and Petronski 4. Wanda Petronski and Willie Bounce (a) 2 and 3 (b) Only 3 (c) Only 4 (d) 1 and 2 39. How would you describe Wanda? Choose from the options given below. (a) Shy, reserved, did not say anything (b) Poor, Polish girl, mean, weak (c) Smart, shy small (d) Bold, bully, coolest girl of the class 40. What does the following line mean? She didn’t have any friends, but a lot of girls talked to her. (a) The girls talked to Wanda during classes only. (b) The girls talked to Wanda because she brought them food. (c) The girls talked to Wanda to take her help in studies. (d) The girls talked to Wanda to tease her. VII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow: (Dust of Snow) SAMPLE PAPER 3 The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree 41. Crow is considered to be a/ an ................. . (a) bad omen (b) good omen (c) evil (d) poison 42. Who is the writer of the above extract? (b) Robert Frost (d) Carolyn Wells (a) Leslie Norris (c) John Berryman
88 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 43. What is the symbolic meaning of the poem? 1. We should not regret for past 2. We should move on 3. We should think of crow 4. We should take notice of things happening around us (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 4 (c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4 44. Choose the statement that is True about the above extract. (a) The rhyming scheme of the above extract is abab. (b) A hemlock tress is a symbol of bad omen. (c) Alliteration is used in the poem. (d) All are true 45. Why is hemlock tree considered to be an ill omen? (a) It is a poisonous tree. (b) It is found in cold places. (c) It is a very tall tree. (d) It is said to be haunted by ghosts. VIII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow: I was still a thief when I met Anil. And though only 15, I was an experienced and fairly successful hand. Anil was watching a wrestling match when I approached him. He was about 25 — a tall, lean fellow — and he looked easy-going, kind and simple enough for my purpose. I hadn’t had much luck of late and thought I might be able to get into the young man’s confidence. “You look a bit of a wrestler yourself,” I said. A little flattery helps in making friends. “So do you,” he replied, which put me off for a moment because at that time I was rather thin. “Well,” I said modestly, “I do wrestle a bit.” “What’s your name?” (The Thief’s Story) 46. What does the line “I hadn’t had much luck of late” mean? (a) The speaker did not have good luck in the past (b) The speaker did not get a chance to steal recently (c) The speaker is experiencing bad luck since sometime (d) None of the above 47. Why did the speaker want to win Anil’s confidence? (a) Anil was his ideal (b) Anil was stupid enough to trust the speaker (c) The speaker wanted to rob Anil (d) The speaker was just flattering Anil SAMPLE PAPER 3 48. Select the correct option for (1) and (2). (1) Anil was watching a wrestling match. (2) Hari Singh took advantage and robbed Anil’s room. (a) (1) is the result of (2) (b) (1) is the cause for (2) (c) (1) contradicts (2) (d) (1) is true (2) is false. 49. “Anil looked easy-going, kind and simple enough for my purpose” - which of the given characteristics describe Anil based on the above statement. (a) Debonair (b) Trustful (c) Fiddly (d) Ignorant
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 89 50. Choose the quote which expresses the meaning of the statement – “A little flattery helps in making friends.” (a) “Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.” – Joyce Brothers (b) “I know imitation is the highest form of flattery, but stealing one’s identity is totally different.” – AnnaLynne McCord (c) “Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.” - Josh Billings (d) “Nowadays flattery wins friends, truth hatred.” – Terence IX. Attempt the following. 51. Which figure of speech is used in the following line “From what I’ have tasted of desire I hold with those who favour five” is ............. . Choose the correct option. (a) Enjambment (b) Assonance (c) Imagery (d) Personification 52. What did Tricki do when he see Mrs. Pumphrey after his ‘hospitalisation’? 1. He licked her face 2. He swarmed over her 3. Barked to show his excitement (a) Only 1 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) All of these 53. Imagine yourself as the pilot of old Dakota. Suppose you get the chance to meet the pilot of the black aeroplane who helped you in the storm, what would you say to him? Complete the dialogue. Hello, I’m the pilot of old Dakota you saved in the storm. ............... By the way what is your name? (a) Thank you for your help! I owe my life to you. (b) Thanks! (c) Oh sorry wrong person! (d) None of the above 54. “An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy” – What is the meaning of the underlined phrase? (a) The boy is standing without any movement (b) The boy is stick to his place (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above 55. When Nelson Mandela says, “I was simply the sum of all those African patriots who SAMPLE PAPER 3 had gone before me” he means that ............... . (a) he is alone equivalent to those African patriots who had gone before him. (b) he is the result of the sacrifices of all the African patriots who had gone before him. (c) he is the most sacrificing person among all the African patriots who had gone before him. (d) he is the one who motivated everyone to sacrifice their lives and families for the struggle of freedom.
90 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 56. Match the following words used in poems from ‘First Flight’ with their symbolic meanings. List – I List – II (Words) (Symbolic Meanings) A. Hemlock tree 1. Regret B. Fire 2. Bad omen C. Ice 3. Personal losses D. Ball 4. Desires 5. Hatred Codes A B CD A BC D (b) 5 421 (d) 1 452 (a) 1 3 4 5 (c) 2 4 5 3 57. “A stranger of such uncommon appearance set all tongues wagging” – what is the meaning of the underlined phrase in context of the story “Footprints without Feet”? (a) People are talking a lot about something (b) People are wagging their tongues (c) Dogs are wagging their tails (d) None of these 58. What is the irony in the story “A Letter to God”? (a) Those who helped Lencho got the blame of stealing money. (b) Those who stole got the appreciation of helping. (c) God didn’t help Lencho. (d) Lencho’s corn fields were destroyed by the hailstorm. 59. Which concrete cells are being talked about in the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’? (a) Prison (b) Cage in zoo (c) Hunter’s trap in jungle (d) All of these 60. Select the correct option for (1) and (2). (1) The young seagull was left alone on the ledge. (2) His family flew off to other country. (a) (1) is the result of (2) (b) (2) is true (1) is false (c) (1) is true (2) is false (d) (1) contradicts (2) SAMPLE PAPER 3
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92 CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) Answers 1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (d) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (b) 20. (c) 21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (d) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (b) 31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (c) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (d) 41. (a) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (a) 46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (d) 49. (b) 50. (d) 51. (a) 52. (d) 53. (a) 54. (a) 55. (b) 56. (c) 57. (a) 58. (a) 59. (b) 60. (c) EXPLANATIONS SAMPLE PAPER 3 1. (c) According to the passage, man has 9. (c) Quote by E.F. Schumacher - “Modern man destroyed many things for his own selfish talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if interests. He has made many mistakes in his he won the battle, he would find himself on use of land, clearing of the forest and killing of the losing side.” correctly expresses the central many animals in the name of his survival. idea of the passage. 2. (d) The justification given for the killing of 10. (b) ‘Man’ is the synecdoche word which wolves and boars in Britain is that the former is represents the whole mankind. a predator of big livestock and the latter is a pest to agriculture. And also, that man’s 11. (a) According to the given passage, children’s attitude towards animals is resulted from how rights mentioned in the Convention on the they affect his survival or how beneficial they Rights of the Child include right to be prove to be. protected from harmful traditional practices. 3. (b) “you humans will do what you can but 12. (b) (2) is the result (1), i.e., when a girl is married can’t collectively help me out” is the correct in her childhood, the child marriage may lead to answer. early pregnancy and social isolation. 4. (a) According to the passage, man has been 13. (c) According to the data, Middle East and killing predators because he thinks that they North Africa have the lowest percentage of are a danger to the birds used in sports. women aged 20 to 24 married before the age of 15. 5. (b) “The company has consistently underrated the importance of a well-trained workforce.” 14. (b) If the trend of child marriage continues at the The underlined word ‘consistently’ means same pace, more than 150 million girls will be non-stop which is same as unceasingly. married before the age of 18 by the year 2030. 6. (d) According to the passage, killing of 15. (d) According to the given passage, the factors predators has had no effect on the number of that contribute to child marriage are poverty, game birds and conservation of wildlife refers the perception that marriage provides to the preserving of their heritage from the ‘protection’, safeguarding the family honor, damaging human activities. Hence, both the social norms, customary or religious laws that statements are true. allow the practice. Hence, option (d) is the correct answer. 7. (b) ‘Endangering’ means putting someone at risk or in danger. ‘Preserving’ meaning 16. (c) According to the passage, child marriage conserving or keeping something safe from places boys in an adult role for which they are harm and injury, is opposite in meaning to unprepared. endangering. 17. (a) There are 40% of child marriages in West 8. (d) The line – “man wages war against the and Central Africa. creatures which he considers harmful” means that humankind is the most selfish race on 18. (b) The line - “A girl’s risk of marrying in earth. childhood has dropped by more than a third” refers that there is more than 1/3rd decrease in child marriage among girls.
CBSE Sample Paper English Language & Literature X (Term I) 93 19. (b) ‘Any’ is the correct answer. It is used after 35. (b) It was a strange experience to write a diary SAMPLE PAPER 3 the word ‘hardly’ to depict ‘nothing’ or for Anne because she was doing it for the first ‘minimal’ of something. time and she did not expect anyone to be interested in musings of a 13-year old girl. 20. (c) ‘Politics’ is a singular subject, so ‘is’ should be used here. 36. (c) According to the story, Peggy and her friends used to surround Wanda in the 21. (a) Since the given sentence is a request, ‘could’ schoolyard and tease her about her clothes and should be used to start it and it takes the first shoes. form of the verb (V1), i.e., ‘send’. 37. (b) (1) is the result of (2), i.e., Wanda did not 22. (d) ‘is leaving’ is the correct answer because have any friends at school because everyone the event is fixed to happen on the next day. thought that her name was funny. 23. (a) The correct indirect speech is – “The retired 38. (c) Students of Room 13 found Wanda IAS Officer confessed that when he was in Petronski’s and Willie Bounce’s name funny. school, he used to skip a few classes.” 39. (a) According to the story Wanda is described 24. (d) The correct indirect speech is – “The music as a shy girl or reserved nature, who did not teacher warned the children against getting speak much or say anything. carried away and getting out of tune.” 40. (d) The line – “She didn’t have any friends, but 25. (a) The letter will be written to the editor of a a lot of girls talked to her” means that the girls newspaper. talked to Wanda to tease her. 26. (c) ‘A-28 Aurobindo Marg, Delhi´ will come in 41. (a) ‘Bad omen’ is appropriate to fill the blank place of sender’s address. in the given sentence. 27. (b) Option (1) shows the better opening line 42. (b) The given extract is written by Robert because of its polite tone. Frost. 28. (a) Option (a) shows the better elaboration of 43. (c) The poem suggests that we should not concerns for the sale of alcohol to the underage overthink and regret the events of the past and people. learn to move on from them. It also tells us that we should be aware of things happening 29. (c) “I shall be grateful if my letter is given an around us no matter how minute. appropriate space in your newspaper” is the correct expression for the concluding line. 44. (d) All the statements listed are true. 30. (b) Option (b) shows the correct 45. (a) Hemlock tree is considered to be an ill complementary closing for the letter. omen because it is a poisonous tree. 31. (a) The writer feels that she has a greater need 46. (b) The line “I hadn’t had much luck of late” to get all kinds of things off her chest because means that the speaker, Hari Singh, hadn’t got she didn’t have any friends to share her a chance to steal in the past few days. feelings with. 47. (c) The speaker, Hari Singh wanted to win 32. (d) The line “Paper has more patience that Anil’s trust and confidence so that later he people” means that one can write anything on could rob him. a paper without being scared for the secret to be disclosed and the paper won’t be 48. (d) (1) is true (2) is false. judgemental unlike people. 49. (b) “Anil looked easy-going, kind and simple 33. (b) ‘Brooding’ means to be engaged in deep enough for my purpose” – shows that Anil was thought about something that makes a person trustful. sad. Hence option (b) “She found him in the kitchen, thinking deeply over a cup of coffee.” 50. (d) The quote by Terence - “Nowadays flattery is the correct answer. wins friends, truth hatred” expresses the meaning of the statement – “A little flattery 34. (c) According to the chapter ‘From the Diary of helps in making friends.” Anne Frank’, Anne was hiding in a house in Amsterdam during the time she was writing 51. (a) The figure of speech is used in the line her diary. “From what….favour fire” is enjambment.
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