Category: Class 10

RAJASTHAN BOARD EXAMINATION, 2016

CLASS 10th

ENGLISH 

TIME : 3¼ HOURS                                                                                                               MAXIMUM MARKS : 80

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE EXAMINES : 

(1) Candidates must first write their Roll Nos. on the question paper. 

(2) All the questions are compulsory. 

(3) Write the answer to each question in the given answer-book only. 

(4) For questions having more than one part, the answers to those parts must be written together in continuity. 

(5) Write the correct serial number of each question as mentioned in the question paper. 

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SECTION-A 

(Reading)  

Questions 1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 

It was almost a quarter past six in the morning when we, I and my father, left home to take  the train. The right time of the train was 7 am. and the distance of the railway station from my home was nearly 5 kms. My father rode his bike at the best speed he could. It was almost seven when we reached the station. My father instructed me to rush through the fly-over-and board the train on platform number 2. I followed his advice and rushed up stairs with my back-pack (satchel). I heard the train blowing its whistle. I began to run. As soon as I reached the platform the train began to move. I jumped into the compartment nearest to me. I thanked God that I could board the train. After occupying a seat I thought of informing my father of my boarding. As I thrusted my hand into my jeans I was hocked for my mobile was not there. Being puzzled I did not know what to do. I requested one of the co-passengers to allow me to make a call from his mobile. He readily lent it to me. I informed my father first of my losing the mobile and then of the safe boarding the train for 

Delhi. Hearing this, the co-passenger told me that I had boarded the wrong train and the train for Delhi was running late and I was travelling in the opposite direction. He advised me to get off at the next station which was ten kilometers away. I was too puzzled to think. I waited for the next station in a big anxiety. The train reached the next station and I was lucky to get a local train back to the station I had come from. 

(i) What was the time of departure for the speaker’s train?  

(ii) At what time did the speaker reach the station?  

(iii) What was the first shock for the narrator?  

(iv) How did the narrator manage to make her father a call?  

(v) How was the narrator able to return to the boarding station?  

(vi) Write the word from the passage which means ‘getting on to the train’.  

(vii) Write the word from the passage which means ‘fear’.  

 

Questions 2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 

Instead of climbing Everest from Tibet in the north, as earlier expeditions had done, John  Hunt decided to approach it from the south. He started from Kathmandu in March. For seventeen days the party walked through lovely country, with forests, rivers and magnificent flowers, birds and butterflies. Then on March 25 they had their first view of Everest. They made a camp and spent several days getting used to the height and to climb with oxygen masks. Then they set out to face the first real difficulty, the Khumba glacier, an enormous mass of ice, several hundred meters thick, with huge cracks in it down which a man could easily be lost. In three days they had climbed over the glacier. Then they continued up the long valley to Everest, struggling with fearful cliffs, dangerous glaciers and very bad weather. Finally, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing climbed to 8504 meters and then cut out a tiny platform in the ice where they ate meal and spent the night. At 6:30 in the morning of 29 May,1953 they started off. Soon they came face to face with a wall of rock twelve meters high and so ice-coated that they could not climb it. They thought they were defeated but then Hillary discovered a cut in the rock to reach the top of the World. 

(i) How was this expedition different from the earlier ones?  

(ii) Why does the author call ‘Kathmandu’ a lovely place?  

(iii) How long did the party take to reach the top?  

(iv) Why did the team stay for several days after 25 March?  

(v) Who were the first two persons to reach the top?  

(vi) Write the word from the passage which means ‘a journey for a certain purpose’.  

(vii) Write the word from the passage which means-‘food’.  

 

SECTION-B 

(WRITING) 

Questions 3. You are Gagan/Gayatri, a resident of Banetha village. Write a letter to your friend living in Jaipur giving your consent to attend his/her sister’s marriage.  

(i) the train you choose 

(ii) the date and time of the train’s arrival 

(iii) other companions going with you. 

OR 

Your school team is going to play a district level tournament. Write an e-mail to the principal of your school at pringss@gmail.com asking him to issue your team a new games-kit. You are the captain of the team. 

 

Questions 4. Write a paragraph in about 60 words with the help of the outline given below:  

A Birthday Party 

Day, date and place – no. of friends – programmes – entertainment – gifts 

OR 

Write a paragraph in about 60 words on ‘India is a great Country’. 

 

Questions 5. Write a paragraph in about 75 words using the visual aid given below:  

OR 

Write a paragraph in about 75 words on the topic ‘A Visit to a museum’. 

 

SECTION-C 

(GRAMMAR) 

Questions 6. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets. 

(i) The movement of the earth on its axis…………day and night. (cause) 

(ii) The carpenter ……….the new furniture for my shop last year. (prepare) 

(iii) No body will leave the hall if the policemen………. . (not allow) 

(iv) Himanshu ………up the water bottle when the school bell rang. (fill) 

(v) The manager ………….the bonus next week. (give) 

(vi) After the storm………..the traveller went away. (stop) 

(vii) The police team ………..the thieves who had escaped from the prison. (search) 

(viii) Look at the evening star. How beautifully it……….. (shine) 

 

Questions 7. Rearrange the following words/phrases to make meaningful sentences:

(i) Hina / my help / called / because / me / needed / she 

(ii) So that / read / quiet / can / I / keep 

 

Questions 8. Join the following sentences using the given relative pronoun: 

(i) Ravi helped the begger. The begger was lame. (who) 

(ii) Pratibha sold the parrots. I liked the parrots. (whom) 

 

Questions 9. Change the following sentences into indirect speech: 

(i) She said to the boy, “Come here”. 

(ii) Narendra said to his neighbour, “Where is your new car? ” 

(iii) The begger said to me, “I am very hungry.” 

(iv) He said to the conductor, “I have lost my ticket.” 

 

Questions 10. Change the following sentences into passive voice : 

(i) We flew kites. 

(ii) Shushma is preparing sweets. 

 

Questions 11. Fill in the blanks with suitable modals choosing from the brackets:  

[ may, must, should, ought to ] 

(i) To keep one’s property safe, one………..guard it well. 

(ii) We have a staircase and a lift both. Since you are sick. You………take the lift. 

(iii) An obedient son……….follow his parents commands. 

(iv) ………….I come in, sir? Asked the stranger. 

 

SECTION-D 

(TEXT BOOK) 

Questions 12. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 

The house – the only house in the entire valley – sat at the crest of a low hill. From this height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a good harvest. The only thing the earth needed was a downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho – who knew his fields intimately – had done nothing else but see the sky towards the north east.  

(i) How many houses were there in the valley? 

(ii) What things were visible from this height? 

(iii) What did the field of ripe corn need? 

(iv) Write the word from the passage which means ‘the top part of a hill’. 

 

Questions 13. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 

I get along pretty well with all my teachers. There are nine of them, seven men and two women. Mr. Keesing, the old fogey (fogey) who teaches Maths, was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much. After several warnings, he assigned me extra home work. An essay on the subject ‘A Chatterbox’. A chatter box – what can you write about that? I’d worry about that later, I decided. I jotted down the title in my notebook, tucked it my bag and tried to keep quiet.  

(i) How many male teachers were there in school? 

(ii) Why was Mr. Keesing annoyed with the speaker? 

(iii) What punishment did the speaker get? 

(iv) Write the word from the passage which means ‘a talkative person’. 

 

Questions 14. Answer any one of the following questions in about 60 words:  

(i) What was the reason for singing two national anthems? [Nelson Mandela: Long walk to freedom] 

(ii) How did the family cheer the young seagull on the success of his first flight? [His First flight] 

 

Questions 15. Answer any one of the following questions in about 30-40 words:  

(i) Write three sentences about Squeezer – the dog? (The Proposal) 

(ii) Write three qualities of Lomov. (The Proposal) 

 

Questions 16. Explain any one of the following stanzas with reference to the context:  

(i)

All right the roots work 

to disengage themselves from the cracks 

in the veranda floor. 

The leaves strain toward the glass 

small twigs stiff with exertion 

long – cramped boughs shuffling under the roof 

likely new discharged patients 

half – dazed moving 

to the clinic doors. 

(ii)

But if it had to perish twice, 

I think I know enough of hate 

To say that for destruction ice 

Is also great 

And would suffice. 

 

Questions 17. Answer any two of the following questions in about 30-40 words: 

(i) What does ‘Fire’ and ‘Ice’ stand for? [Fire and Ice] 

(ii) What quality of the Hyenas is different from crocodiles? [How to Tell Wild Animals] 

(iii) Write two differences between humans and animals mentioned in this poem. [Animals] 

 

Questions 18. Answer any one of the following questions in about 80 words:  

(i) What treatment was given to Tricki? [A Triumph of Surgery] 

(ii) What happened to Mrs. Hall when she went to Griffin’s room? [Foot prints without feet] 

 

Questions 19. Answer any one of the following questions in about 30-40 words:  

(i) Why did Hari (the thief) come back to Anil? [The Thief ’s Story] 

(ii) How can books be good friends? [The Book that Saved the Earth] 

 

Questions 20. Answer any one of the following questions in about 20-25 words  

(i) What did Ausable and Fowler see as they switched on the light? [The Midnight Visitor] 

(ii) Who was Lutkins. [The Hack Driver] 

 

Questions 21. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: 

A lot of responsibility comes with a driver’s licence. You have to drive safely, obey the traffic laws and respect the rights of other drivers. Not only should you concentrate on your driving, you should also be well aware of the other vehicles around you. Driving safely also includes how and where you park your car. Passengers in your car put their safety in your hands and expect you to drive safe as well.  

(i) What else is connected with issue of a driver’s licence? 

(ii) What is the duty of a driver? 

(iii) What should a driver be well aware of? 

(iv) Why do the passengers expect the driver to drive safely? 

 

ENGLISH (V2)

SECTION-A 

(Reading) 

 

Q.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : 

After the emperor had left, a crowd of people came to see me. I was a novelty in that  island because these people had never seen someone of any size before. Some of the tiny people aimed arrows at me. One arrow nearly shot into my eye. These people were handed over to me to punish as I pleased. To give them a fright, I pretended I was going to eat one of them, and I put the others in my pocket. When I took out my penknife, they were terrified but I cut the cords of each of these tiny people and put them on the ground. People went to tell the Emperor who in return for my kindness to his people decided that I would not be killed. On the Emperor’s orders, six cows and forty sheep were to be milked everyday to provide me with milk. My clothes were made by three hundred tailors and I was to have six hundred attendants to look after me. I was to be taught the Local language by six teachers. 

(i) Why did a crowd of people come to see the author?  

(ii) Where did the arrow shoot the speakers?  

(iii) How did the author frighten the people who were shooting arrows at him?  

(iv) How did the speaker terrify the little people?  

(v) What did the Emperor decide?  

(vi) Write the word from the passage which means ‘very small’?  

(vii) Write the word from the passage which means ‘give’?  

 

Q.2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 

Once upon a time there lived a famous holy man. He was a very religious and learned person. His name was Rudra. One day, he decided to go to another village. He took with him only three things. The first was a lamp so that he could read the holy books in the evening. The next was a cock to wake him up in the morning so that he could offer his prayers. The last was a donkey who could carry him on its back. After travelling for many miles, he came to a small village. Nobody gave him shelter there. So he went out of the  village and sat under a tall tree. Rudra had no food to eat and nothing to drink. He lit the  lamp to read the holy book but a strong wind blew out the lamp. He said, “God is great and whatever he does must be for the best. “And he stretched himself out on the cold earth and went to sleep. Next morning when he woke up the sun was shining brightly. He saw some villages coming towards him. “Are you all right?, they asked him. “No, I’m not, “Complained Rudra. “You wouldn’t give me any shelter. So I had to sleep under this tree without any food or drink. And the wind blew out my lamp so I could not read my holy book.” “Is that all?” cried the villagers. “During the night some robbers attacked us and took away everything we had. Anyone who tried to stop them was beaten up and three men were killed. Rudra once again knelt on the ground and thanked god. 

(i) What three things did Rudra take with him?  

(ii) Where did Rudra stay?  

(iii) What did Rudra eat ?  

(iv) What do Rudra believe in ?  

(v) What did the villagers tell Rudra in the morning ?  

(vi) Write the word from the passage which means ‘lay down’.  

(vii) Write the word from the passage which means bowed down on knees ?  

 

SECTION-B 

(WRITING) 

Q.3 Write a letter to your uncle informing him about your improvement of performance in II term tests. Suppose you are Garima/Gaurav. You may use the following hinds/clues:  

(i) Your performance in the earlier tests. 

(ii) The subject that you improved upon. 

(iii) Your efforts for the improvement of performance. 

OR 

Write an application to the principle of Government Senior Secondary School, Bari 

requesting her/him to inform you about the payment of the scholarship of the last year. 

 

Q.4 Write a paragraph in about 60 words with the help of the outline given below :  

Quiz competition/Contest 

Date – place – time – topic – eligibility – number of rounds – reward – winner. 

OR 

Write a paragraph in about 60 words on the topic. ‘The player/sport person I like most’. 

Q.5 Write a paragraph in about 75 words using the visual aid shown in the picture below : (5) 

OR 

Write a paragraph in about 75 words on the topic SUPW Camp. 

 

SECTION-C 

(GRAMMAR) 

 

Q.6 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets: 

(i) Ekta was reading the newspaper when Nidhi ………….. her room. (enter) 

(ii) The minister for Defence ………….. Dr. Kalaam on the grand success of the missile. (Congratulate). 

(iii) Rajiv dropped his mobile while he ………….. the bus. (board) 

(iv) Last Sunday when Kiran ………….. food in the kitchen one of her friends came to visit her. 

(v) Please avoid ………….. here. It is a library. (talk). 

(vi) Neetu ………….. her painting before she went to market. (complete) 

(vii) Priya left her home early in the morning today. Nobody ………….. where has she gone. (know) 

(viii) Put on your helmets you ………….. to enter the danger-zone now’ said the watchman. (go) 

 

Q.7 Re-arrange the following words/phrases to make meaningful sentences:

(i) On the poor /have / pity / a little. 

(ii) is quaking / its boots / our / in / entire class. 

 

Q.8 Join the following sentences using relative pronouns given in brackets:

(i) The merchant cheated him. (who) 

(ii) The woman was selling balloons. The police caught her. (whom) 

 

Q.9 Rewrite the following sentences changing them into indirect speech :

(i) The young seagull said, “I am too young to fly.” The young seagull said……………………… 

(ii) Santosh said to me, “Will you bring me a gift?” santosh asked me ………………. 

(iii) The doctor said to the lady, “Take the medicine daily”. The doctor advised the lady.………………… 

(iv) Vivek said to Ajay, “Where do you live?” Vivek asked Ajay. ……………….. 

 

Q.10 Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct passive forms:- 

(i) The thief …………….. yesterday and was prisoned. 

     (a) is caught           (b) is being caught 

     (c) was caught       (d) has been caught 

(ii) Honest …………….. the best policy even today. 

     (a) is-considered        (b) had been considered 

     (c) was considered     (d) was being considered 

 

Q.11 Fill in the blanks choosing suitable nodals from brackets: 

[I will, must, may, should doctor to patient] 

(i) …………….. take the medicines regularly you 

(ii) …………….. also take rest. If you have to see me, you 

(iii) …………….. give me cell, I 

(iv) …………….. not charge for visiting you at your place. 

 

SECTION-D 

(TEXT BOOK) 

 

Q.12 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 

Inside the clouds, everything was suddenly black. It was impossible to see anything  outside the aeroplane. The old aeroplane jumped and trusted in the air. I looked at the  compass. I couldn’t believe my eyes; the compass was turning round and round and round. It was dead. It would not work! The other instruments were suddenly dead, too. I tried the radis. 

(i) Where was the aeroplane ? 

(ii) What happened to the aeroplane ? 

(iii) How did the speaker know that the compass was dead? 

(iv) Write the word from the passage which means ‘lifeless’. 

 

Q.13 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : 

Wande didn’t have any friends. She came to school alone and went home alone. She always were 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 worm hard ground. 

(i) Why did Wande come to school alone ? 

(ii) How was her dress ? 

(iii) What were the girls doing on the ground ? 

(iv) Write the word from the passage which means ‘losing colour’. 

 

Q.14 Answer any one of the following questions in about 60 words.  

(i) What made Lencho for ‘the post office employees are a bunch of crooks? (A letter to God) 

(ii) How as the young seagull forced to fly ? (His first flight)  

 

Q.15 Answer any one of the following questions in aboard 30-40 words : 

(i) What is the cause of the first quarrel between natelya and lomor ? 

(ii) How does the play end ? 

 

Q.16 Explain any one of the following stanzas with reference to the context.: 

(i)

The fog comes 

On little cat feet, 

It sits looking 

Over harbor and city 

On silent haunches 

And then moves on. 

 

(ii)

But I can get a hair-dye 

And set such colour there, 

Brown, or black, or carrot, 

That young men in despair 

May love me for myself alone 

And not my yellow hair.” 

 

Q.17 Answer any two of the following question in about 20-30 words: . 

(i) What does dust of snow indicate (Dust of Snow) 

(ii) Why does Amanda wish to be a sole inhabitant of see? (Amanda) 

(iii) Why was the dragon named ‘Custard’? (The tale of the custard Dragon) 

 

Q.18 Answer any one of the following questions in about 80 words : 

(i) Why did Trick I fall ill ?(A Triumph of Surgery) 

(ii) How did Matilde pay for the lost necklace ? (The Necklace) 

 

Q.19 Answer anyone of the following question in about 30-40 words:  

(i) What kind of person was ‘Max’? (The Midnight. Visitor) 

(ii) Why did Alright try to find out the cause carnival disease? (The making of a Scientist) 

 

Q.20 Answer any on the following questions in about 20-25 words: 

(i) How did Horace Danby Manage to continue with his hobby ? (A Question of Trust) 

(ii) Why did Ram lal send Bholi to school ? (Bholi) 

 

Q.21 Write a short speech in about 80 words on ‘The importance of Traffic lights’. 

RAJASTHAN BOARD EXAMINATION, 2018

CLASS 10th
ENGLISH

TIME : 3¼ HOURS                                                                                                               MAXIMUM MARKS : 80

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE EXAMINES : 

(1) Candidates must first write their Roll Nos. on the question paper. 

(2) All the questions are compulsory. 

(3) Write the answer to each question in the given answer-book only. 

(4) For questions having more than one part, the answers to those parts must be written together in continuity. 

(5) Write the correct serial number of each question as mentioned in the question paper. 

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Section – A 

(Reading)

(Marks : 14)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Passage 1 : It was Holi, the festival of colours and gaiety, and there was a big party in the house. Guests came and went but the party continued. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, “Come in !” and a small man opened the front door and came in. Nobody knew him, but the host went to meet him and took him in. The man sat there happily for half an hour and ate. Then suddenly he stopped and looked at the host. “Do you know?”, he said, “Nobody invited me to the party. I don’t know you. I don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests. My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but your guests’ car was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him and my wife waiting in our car for me to come back !” 

Questions :1. What was going on in the house ? 

Questions :2. What did the host do when the small man entered the house ? 

Questions :3. Who invited the small man to the party ? 

Questions :4. Where was the small man’s wife while he was in the house ? 

Questions :5. Find words in the passage which mean – 

                          (a) cried loudly 

                          (b) a person who attends the guests 

 

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions : 

Passage 2 : The great advantage of early rising is the good start, it gives us in our day’s work. The early riser has done a larger amount of hard work before other men have got out of bed. In the early morning, the mind is fresh, and there are few sounds or o distractions, so that the work done at that time is generally well done. In many cases, the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in the fresh morning air and this exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that will last until the evening. By beginning so early he knows that he has plenty of time to do thoroughly all the work he can be expected to do and is not tempted to hurry over any part of it. All his work being finished in time, he has a long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed. 

Questions : 6. Why can we work better in the morning ? 

Questions :7. Why is an early riser able to take rest in the evening ?  

Questions :8. Which is the most beneficial time for taking exercise ?  

Questions :9. What are the two advantages of early rising ? 

Questions :10. Find words from the passage which mean –  

                           (a) strength

                           (b) benefit 

 

Section – B 

(Writing) 

Questions :11. Imagine that you are Nikhilesh living in Govt. Hostel, Jaipur. Write a letter to your father requesting him for permission to go for a historical tour. You may touch upon the following points : 

(i) The place where will you go. 

(ii) Duration of the tour. 

(iii) How much money do you need ? 

(iv) Who are going with you on the tour ? 

OR 

Write an email to the Editor of the Times of India expressing your views on the importance of trees in our life. 

 

Questions :12. Write a short paragraph in about 60 words on any One of the following :

‘My Favourite Teacher’ 

OR 

Write a paragraph in about 60 words with the help of the outline given below : 

‘Morning Walk’ 

Morning walk – cool breeze – birds chatter – red-coloured rising sun – refresh and fill energy – good for health – close to nature. 

Questions :13. Write a paragraph in about 75 words on the personality given in the picture : 

 

Section – C 

(Grammar) 

Questions :14. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets : 

(i) What is your mother _________ (do) ? 

(ii) Rahul and his family _________ (travel) in America for two weeks now. 

(iii) We _________ (stay) with my uncle next week. 

(iv) My uncle, who lives in Mumbai _________ (send) me a new watch last week. 

(v) Water in the sea and on the ground constantly _________ (evaporate) due to the heat of the Sun. 

(vi) I often _________ (play) basketball after school. 

(vii) The train has not _________ (leave) yet. 

(viii) Nitu _________ (sing) a song now. 

 

Questions :15. Join the following sentences using the relative pronouns/adverbs given in brackets : 

(i) This is the road. This road leads to Jaipur. (that) 

(ii) Satish is my brother. His essay has been selected for the competition. (whose) 

 

Questions :16. Change the following sentences into passive voice : 

(i) They found him guilty of murder. 

He …………………………………. 

(ii) Please, hang this picture on the wall. 

You are requested ………………………………… 

 

Questions :17. Rewrite the following sentences by changing them into indirect speech : 

(i) The principal said to the teacher, “How many students are there in your class ?” 

The principal asked ……………………………… 

(ii) My friend said to me, “I have bought a new book for you.” 

My friend told, …………………………………. 

(iii) The old woman said to me, “Please help me.” 

The old woman requested me …………………………… 

(iv) I said to him, “I have a message for you.” 

I told him ………………………………….. 

 

Questions :18. Fill in the blanks choosing suitable modals from bracket : 

(can, could, should, would) 

(i) I _________ run fast when I was young. 

(ii) Mohan is sick. You _________ go and see him. 

 

Section – D 

(Text Book)

Questions :19. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : 

Begin, therefore, your day with prayer and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening. Close the day with prayer, so that you may have a peaceful night from dreams and nightmares. Do not worry about the form of prayer. Let it be any form; it should be such as can put us in communion with the Divine.  

(i) What is the author’s advice to us ? 

(ii) What is the benefit of prayer done before going to bed ? 

(iii) What form of prayer is necessary for us ? 

(iv) Write the word from the passage which means : “dreadful dreams” 

 

Questions :20. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : 

In the world, as we grow up, we see a great deal of violence, at all levels of human existence. The ultimate violence is war – the killing for ideas, for so called religious principles, for nationalities, the killing to preserve a little piece of land. To do that, man will kill, destroy, maim and also be killed himself. There is enormous violence in the world, the rich wanting to keep people poor and the poor wanting to get rich and in the process, hating the rich. And you, being caught in society, are also going to contribute to this. 

(i) What is ultimate violence ? 

(ii) Why do the poor hate the rich ? 

(iii) How much violence do we see around us ? 

(iv) Write from the passage the word which means : “wound seriously” 

 

Questions :21. Answer any one of the following two questions in about 60 words :

(i) What disastrous event took place in Marvar when Jambaji was 25 years old ? (The Tale of the Bishnois) 

(ii) Why did the gentleman accept the stranger as his true son ? 

 

Questions :22. Answer any one of the following questions in about 30-40 words : 

(i) How does Think – Tank describe the earth ? 

OR 

(ii) How does Think – Tank wish to be saluted ? 

 

Questions :23. Explain any one of the following stanzas with reference to the context :

(i) My courage revived, in my fortune’s despite, 

And my hand was as strong as my spirit was light; 

It raised me from sorrow, it saved me from pain; 

It fed me, and clad me, again and again. 

(ii) This Dog and Man at first were friends; 

But when a pique began; 

The Dog, to gain his private ends, 

Went mad, and bit the Man. 

 

Questions :24. Answer any two of the following questions in about 30-40 words : 

(i) How does a person suffer who avoids taking risks ? (Risks) 

(ii) How is the lotus considered as a cultural symbol in the Indian Society ? (The Lotus) 

(iii) What inspiration do we get from the poem ? (My Good Right Hand) 

 

Questions :25. Answer any one of the following questions in about 80 words : 

(i) How did Anil change Hari Singh’s character ? (The Thief’s Story) 

(ii) Why did Rosamond decide to buy the purple jar instead of a new pair of shoes ? (The Purple Jar) 

 

Questions :26. Answer any one of the following questions in about 30-40 words : 

(i) What do you think about freedom in teenagers ? (Growing up Pains) 

OR 

(ii) Did Private Quelch really know ‘too much’ ? (The Man Who Knew too Much) 

 

Questions :27. Answer any one of the following questions in about 20-25 words : 

(i) Who took away the ear-rings ? How ? (Uttanka’s Gurudakshina) 

(ii) What did the peasant say when he lost his breakfast ? (The Imp and the Peasant’s Bread) 

 

Questions :28. Write a speech in about 80 words on the responsibilities if you are issued a driving licence. 

 

:ANSWER: 

 

Section – A 

(Reading)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 

Passage 1: It was Holi, the festival of colors and gaiety, and there was a big party in the house. Guests came and went but the party continued. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, “Come in!” and a small man opened the front door and came in. Nobody knew him, but the host went to meet him and took him in. The man sat there happily for half an hour and ate. Then suddenly he stopped and looked at the host, “Do you know?”, he said, “Nobody invited me to the party. I don’t know you. I don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests. My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your guests’ car was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back!” 

1. What was going on in the house? 

Ans : A big party was being held in the house to celebrate holi, the festival of colours and happiness. 

2. What did the host do when the small man entered the house? 1 

Ans : When the small man entered the house, the host went to meet him and took him in. The host gave him food. 

3. Who invited the small man to the party?  

Ans : Nobody invited the small man to the party. 

4. Where was the small man’s wife while he was in the house? 

Ans : While her husband was in the house,his wife was inside the car that was unable to come out as one of the guest’s cars was parked in front of their gate. 

5. Find words in the passage which mean – 

(i) cried loudly (ii) a person who attends the guests 

Ans : (i) Shouted (ii) Host 

 

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions : 

Passage 2: The great advantage of early rising is the good start, it gives us in our days work. The early riser has done a larger amount of hard work before other men have got out of bed. In the early morning, the mind is fresh, and there are few sounds or other distractions, so that the work done at that time is generally well done. In many cases, the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in the fresh morning air and this exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that will last until the evening. By beginning so early he knows that he has plenty of time to do thoroughly all the work he can be expected to do and is not tempted to hurry over any part of it. All his work being finished in good time , he has a long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed. 

6. Why can we work better in the morning? 

Ans : We can work better in the morning because the mind is fresh and there are few sounds or other distractions. 

7. Why is an early riser able to take rest in the evening? 1 

Ans : An early riser is able to take rest in the evening because all his work is finished in good time. 

8. Which is the most beneficial time for taking exercise? 1 

Ans : Morning is the most beneficial time for taking exercise. 

9. What are the two advantages of early rising? 2 

Ans : The two advantages of early rising are: 

1. Good start in day’s work. 

2. Time to take exercise. 

10. Find words from the passage which mean – 

(i) Strength (ii) Benefit 

Ans : (i) Energy (ii) Advantage 

Section – B

(Writing)

(Marks : 14) 

11. Imagine that you are Nikhilesh living in Govt. Hostel, Jaipur. Write a letter to your father requesting him for the permission to go for a historical tour. 5 You may touch upon the following points : 

(i) The place where you will go. 

(ii) Duration of the tour. 

(iii) How much money do you need? 

(iv) Who are going with you for the tour? 

Ans :

Govt Hostel,

Jaipur

15 April 20__

My dear Father,

I hope you are in a good health and spirit. I received your letter yesterday and was very happy to know that you recovered from a prolonged disease. 

              You will be pleased to know that our school is organizing a historical tour to Chittaurgarh for a week. They will set out on the 1st June by bus. Our class teacher and the history teacher are going with them. They will visit Vijay Stambh, Chittaurgarh Fort, Padmini’s Palace, Rana Kumbha Palace and other place of historical importance of Chittaurgarh. I have a keen desire permit me and send to 2500/- go with for them. the same. I request With you best to regards to dear mother and love to Golu.

Your affectionately

Nikhilesh 

OR 

Write an e-mail to the Editor of the Time of India expressing your views on the importance of trees in our life. 

Ans : 

To	editor@toi.com
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Subject	Importance of Trees in our Life.
	Dear Sir,  It will be very kind of you if you please my views regarding importance of trees in our life. Trees are a part and parcel of earthly life. All life directly or indirectly owes its existence to them. They release oxygen which we need for our life. Many living species life in trees as they form the natural habitat of many animals, birds and insects. They offer us cool shade during summer and during rainy season, we take shelter under the trees. They prevent land erosion and guard us against pollution. Thus, trees keep up the ecological balance. But this increasing deforestation is causing many imbalance in nature. So I would like you to publish more and more articles on trees so that more and more people get aware of the importance of trees. Your Faithfully  Dhiraj Rathore  Jaipur

 

12. Write a short paragraph in about 60 words on any one of the following :  ‘My Favourite Teacher’ 

Ans : 

My Favourite Teacher 

My favourite teacher is Anjali Sharma. She is my class teacher. She is very disciplined and punctual. She does her all the works and projects related to the class at right time without getting late. I like her very much as she tries very easy ways to teach us good things. We enjoy her class. She teaches us English subject. She also guides us very well during any school or inter-school competition of dance, sports, academic, etc. 

OR 

Write a paragraph in about 60 words with the help of the outline given below : ‘Morning Walk’

Morning walk ………. cool breeze Morning Walk ………. birds chatter ………. red coloured rising sun ………. refresh and fill energy ………. good for health ………. close to nature. 

Ans : 

Morning Walk 

Morning walk is the best exercise for our health. It keeps our mind and body fit. In the morning, cool breeze blows. We can enjoy the chattering of birds. The red-coloured rising sun can be seen in the morning. There is very little pollution, so we can breathe pure oxygen. It refreshes us and fills energy. It is good for health. It takes us close to nature. 

13. Write a paragraph in about 75 words on the personality given in the picture : 

Ans : 

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, popularly known as THE MISSILE MAN OF INDIA was born on October 15th, 1931 in the island town of Rameswaram, Tamilnadu. He is the 11th president of India. He was a professor, author and an aerospace scientist. He worked as a science administrator at DRDO and ISRO.He is also known as the missile man of India. He was the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. He was given the Bharat Ratna Award in 1997. He died on 27 July 2015 in shillong, Meghalaya, India. 

 

Section – C

(Grammar)

(Marks : 15) 

14. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets : 

(i) What is your mother ………. (do)? (ii) Rahul and his family ………. (travel) in America for two weeks now. (iii) We ………. (stay) with our uncle next week. (iv) My uncle, who lives in Mumbai ……… (send) me a new watch last week. (v) Water in the sea and on the ground constantly ……… (evaporate) due to heat of the Sun. (vi) I often ………. (play) basketball after school. (vii) The train has not ………. (leave) yet. (viii) Nitu ………. (sing) a song now. 

Ans : (i) doing 

(ii) have been travelling 

(iii) shall stay 

(iv) sent 

(v) is evaporating 

(vi) play 

(vii) left 

(viii) is singing 

15. Join the following sentences using the relative pronouns/adverb given in brackets: 

(i) This is the road. This road leads to Jaipur. (that) 

(ii) Satish is my brother. His essay has been selected for the competition. (whose) 

Ans : (i) This is the road that leads to Jaipur. 

(ii) Satish, whose essay has been selected for the competition, is my brother. 

16. Change the following sentences into passive voice : 

(i) They found him guilty of murder. He ………. 

(ii) Please, hang this picture on the wall. You are requested ……… 

Ans : (i) He was found guilty of murder. 

(ii) You are requested to hang this picture on the wall. 

 

17. Rewrite the following sentences by changing them into indirect speech : 

(i) The principal said to the teacher, “How many students are there in your class?” 

The principal asked ………. 

(ii) My friend said to me, “I have bought a new book for you.” 

My friend told, ………. 

(iii) The old woman said to me, “Please help me.” 

The old woman requested me ………. 

(iv) I said to him, “I have a message for you.” 

I told him ……… 

Ans : (i) The principal asked the teacher how many students there were in his class. 

(ii) My friend told me that he had bought a new book for me. 

(iii) The old woman requested me to help her.

 (iv) I told him that I had a message for him. 

18. Fill in the blanks choosing suitable modals from the bracket : (Can, Could, Should, Would) 

(i) I ………. run fast when I was young. 

(ii) Mohan is sick. You ………. go and see him. 

Ans : (i) Could (ii) Should 

Section – D

(Text Book)

(Marks : 37) 

19. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : 

Begin, therefore, your day with prayer and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening. Close the day with prayer, so that you may have a peaceful night from dreams and nightmares. Do not worry about the form of prayer. Let it be any form; it should be such as can put us in communion with the Divine. 

Questions : 

(i) What is the author’s advice to us? 

(ii) What is the benefit of prayer done before going to bed? 

(iii) What form of prayer is necessary for us? 

(iv) Write the word from the passage which means : “dreadful dreams”. 

Ans : (i) The author’s advice to us is that we should begin and close our day with prayer. (ii) The benefit of prayer before going to bed is that we may have a peaceful sleep free from dreams and nightmares. 

(iii) No form of prayer is necessary; it should be such as can put us in communion with the Divine. 

(iv) Nightmares. 

20. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : 

In the world, as we grow up, we see a great deal of violence, at all levels of human existence.The ultimate violence is war – the killing for ideas, for so called religious principles, for nationalities, the killing to preserve a little piece of land. To do that, man will kill, destroy, maim and also be killed himself.There is enormous violence in the world, the rich wanting ti keep people poor and the poor wanting to get rich and in the process, hating the rich. And you, being caught in society, are also going to contribute to this. 

Questions : (i) What is ultimate violence? 

(ii) Why do the poor hate the rich? 

(iii) How much violence do we see around us? 

(iv) Write from the passage the word which means : “wound seriously”. 

Ans : (i) War is ultimate violence. It is the killing for ideas, for so called religious principles, for nationalities and preserve a little piece of land. 

(ii) The rich want to keep people poor and the poor want to get rich so the poor hate the rich. 

(iii) We see a great deal of violence around us. 

(iv) Main. 

21. Answer any one of the following two questions in about 60 words : 

(i) What disastrous event took place in Marwar when Jambhaji was 25 years old? (The Tale of the Bishnois) 

(ii) Why did the gentleman accept the stranger as his true son? (A Man’s True Son) 

Ans : (i) When Jambaji was twenty-five years old, rainfall, that used to be already scarce, stopped completely. The drought continued for eight consecutive years. The cattle and people, both suffered greatly. People ate Khejdi pods and flour of dried ber seeds when grain stocks were exhausted. The starving cattle died and people hunted the last of the blackbucks. 

(ii) The gentleman accepted the stranger as his true son because he showed to others the same kindness that had been shown to him by the gentleman. Through a little kindness which the gentleman did to the thief so many years ago, other acts of kindness had been born and then there was no limit to the number of sons and grandsons and great grandsons of that one small deed of his. The stranger had been the means of passing on that kindness. 

22. Answer any one of the following questions in about 30-40 words : 

(i) How does Think – Tank describe the earth? (The Book that Saved the Earth) 

(ii) How does Think – Tank wish to be saluted? (The Book that Saved the Earth) 

Ans : (i) Think-Tank describes the earth as a ridiculous little planet’, ‘an insignificant place’ and ‘a primitive ball of mud’. According to him Earthlings are ugly with tiny whereas Martians are handsome creatures. 

(ii) Think – Tank wishes to be saluted in these words – ‘O Great and Mighty Think – Tank, Ruler of Mars and her two moons, most powerful and intelligent creature in the whole universe.’ 

23. Explain any one of the following stanzas with reference to the context : 

(i) My courage revived, in my fortune’s despite, And my hand was as strong as my spirit was light; It raised me from sorrow, it saved me from pain; It fed me, and clad me, again and again. 

(ii) This Dog and Man at first were friends; But when a pique began; The Dog, to gain his private ends, Went mad, and bit the Man. 

Ans : 

(i) Reference : These lines have been taken from the poem ‘My Good Right Hand’. The poem is composed by Charles Mackay. 

Context : All friends and acquaintances of the poet did not come forward to help him in his evil days. The poet had trust in God and on his own hard work. It made him courageous. 

Explanation : The poet says that his lost courage came back to him. It did not matter that the poet was still in his evil days. However he was strong in his hands. He was not disappointed. He was cheerful. All this brought him out of his evil days. All his troubles and difficulties left him. His faith in God and in his hare work gave him food and cloth well. 

(ii) Reference : These lines have been taken from the poem, ‘An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog’ composed by Oliver Goldsmith. 

Context : In this stanza the poet describes the rise and fall in the relationship between the man and the dog. 

Explanation : This stanza throws light on the relationship between the man and the dog. The man and the dog at first were friends. They loved each other. But, after some time they began to quarrel. They became enemies. The dog was angry now. He wanted to take revenge upon the man. He became mad. He hated the man so much that he bit the man. The poet says so in satire. In fact the dog was innocent, the man was a bad one. 

24. Answer any two of the following questions in about 30-40 words : 

(i) How does a person suffer who avoids taking risks? (Risks) 

(ii) How is the lotus considered as a cultural symbol in the Indian Society? (The Lotus) 

(iii) What inspiration do we get from the poem? (My Good Right Hand) 

Ans : (i) A person who avoids taking risks does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. She or he can’t learn from experiences or have real feelings. She or he can’t change, grow, love and live. 

(ii) It is so because the lotus has been a fovourite flower of Indian gods and goddesses. Both lord Vishnu and goddess Laxmi love this flower. The same way goddesses like Katyayani, Siddhidatri, and others hold lotus flower in their hands. 

(iii) We learn a lot of lessons from this poem. First, we should not depend too much on our friends and acquaintances for help. Self-help is the best help. Secondly, we should have courage and work hard by having full faith in God. God helps those who help themselves. Finally, we should learn from our adversities and try to help our friends in their need. Only then we can expect them help us. 

25. Answer any one of the following questions in about 80 words : 

(i) How did Anil change Hari Singh’s character? (The Thief’s Story) 

(ii) Why did Rosamond decide to buy the purple jar instead of a new pair of shoes? (The Purple Jar) 

Ans : (i) Hari Singh lied about his name and cooking but Anil did not mind it. He said he would teach him cooking. Anil also taught him how to write his name. Anil said he would soon teach him how to write whole sentences and to add numbers. Hari Singh made a rupee a day from buying the day’s supplies. Anil knew it but he didn’t mind it.Anil had given him a key to the door. Hari Singh stole Anil’s money and later put back it but Anil didn’t say anything. 

(ii) Rosamond’s shoes were quite worn out. One of the shoes had a great hole and she had to face problems while walking, but she decided to buy the purple jar because she thought that she would put flowers in the purple jar and put it one the chimney-piece. It would look very beautiful. When she had to decide she thought that her shoes were not so very bad and she might wear them a little longer. The month would soon be over. She could make them last to the end of the month. 

26. Answer any one of the following questions in about 30-40 words : 

(i) What do you think about freedom in teenage? (Growing up Pains) 

(ii) Did Private Quelch really know ‘too much’? (The Man Who Knew too Much) 

Ans : (i) I think positively about freedom in teenage. Amma is right to give Samir limited freedom. Appa is right to give Samir cautious freedom. Samir is right when he demands freedom of a grown up. Only required freedom should be given.

(ii) Yes, there are so many instances that show that he really knew too much. He knew almost everything on any given topic. He worked hard and studied to know about everything. 

27. Answer any one of the following questions in about 20-25 words : 

(i) Who took away the ear-rings? How? (Uttanka’s Gurudakshina) 

(ii) What did the peasant say when he lost his breakfast? (The lamp and Peasant’s Bread) 

Ans : (i) The Serpent King took away the ear-rings. He disguised as a man in rags and snatched the ear-rings when Uttanka was resting under a tree. 

(ii) To lose his breakfast the peasant said, ‘It cannot he helped. I shall not die of hunger. Whoever took the bread needed it.May it do him good’. 

28. Write a speech in about 80 words on the responsibilities if you are issued a driving licence. 

Ans :

Responsibilities with a driving licence 

Dear friends!

Today I am going to speak on the responsibilities if you are issued a driving license. In such conditions you must continue to demonstrate your ability to drive safely on the road. You will have to obey the traffic rules and respect the rights of other drivers. You should concentrate on your driving. You should be well aware of other vehicles around you. You should also try to know the real place for parking your bike/car. You need to have automobile insurance that covers any potential damages or injuries.

Thanks.