SEBA Model Question Paper : Class X Assam

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Model Question Paper
Sub : English (2nd language)
Class X
Marks : 80 (+20 internal) Time : 3 hours
(New Course)
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions. The candidates are required to write the answers in their own words as far as possible.

Section – A
1. “I could expect nothing more from you”. Who said this? 1
2. When did Gandhi pass the matriculation examination? 1
3. What did Bismark wish to be reborn as? 1
4. Who was Samuel? 1
5. Why were Grandfather and many others worried at the proposal to fire a salute of 60 guns on Jubilee Day? 2
6. Describe how “holes in the ozone” harm life on the earth. 2
7. Why couldn’t Grandfather escape from the bathroom through the inner door? 2
8. Why did Dave want Gandhi to study in England? 2
9. Choose the meaning of the words in italics in the following sentences from the alternatives given in brackets : 1/2 x 4=2
(i) Swami gave a lurid account of Samuel’s violence. (shocking / shaken / clear)
(ii) Swami went to school feeling that he is the worst perjurer on earth. (magician / liar / student)
(iii) I broke my way under iron railings and extricated the others. (fixed / skid / freed)
(iv) The prisoners, instead of making their escape, sat huddled on the road. (clustered/perplexed/relaxed)
10. Choose the correct statement from the following : 1
(i) The matriculation examination used to be held at 3 centres at that time.
(ii) The college in Bhavnagar was cheaper than that in Bombay.
(iii) Gandhi’s mother accompanied him to Bombay.
11. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow :
“Woe to the living creatures that fall in the track of some of these armies of cannibal ants. Nothing is safe from them. Some armies, as they march along, appear to be under the orders of the officers who run alongside the main body. In countries where such armies are on the march, it is no uncommon thing for a settler to wake up in the middle of the night and find the floor of his bedroom black with ants. Fortunately, ants hate kerosene. and in districts where the settler may expect such visitors the beds are made to stand in saucers of kerosene. This prevents the ants from attacking the sleeper.”
(i) What is meant by cannibal ants?
(ii) How do they march when they go in search of prey? 1
(iii) How can their attack be prevented? 2

Section – B
12. From the following words, choose a word that rhymes with ‘there’ and ‘feel’ : 1/2 x 2=1
dear, care, beer, hill, wheel, real
13. Write briefly about the place where Lucy lived. 2
14. How did the merchants adorn their stalls “In the Bazaars of Hyderabad? 2
15. Give a pen picture of the deserted banquet hall. 2
16. How does Professor Sheth view family planning? 2
17. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word given in brackets: 1+1=2
(a) The cheerful ––– now broken! (eyes, hearts, things)
(b) What do you–––, O ye peddlers? (grind, call, say)

Section – C
18. Write the story of the convict’s past as he narrates it to the Bishop. 5
Or
Why was the convict eager to go to Paris? Was he able to go to Paris? 5
19. Describe the country of the Cabuliwallah as imagined by the author.
Or
Describe the condition in which Mini’s father saw the
Cabuliwallah that morning when he was arrested. 5
Section – D
20. Change the voice of the following : 1+1=2
(a) The Indian team scored 3 goals.
(b) The culprit has been arrested.
21. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition : 1+1=2
(a) They deprived me………….. my rights
(b) We sympathized ……….. him in his sorrow.
22. Choose the right determiner from those given in brackets and fill in the blanks : 1/2 x 4=2
(a) I get ____ help from my mother than my father. (many/much/more)
(b) Five boys were seated on ____ bench. (any/every/each)
(c) Sixty minutes make ____ hour. (a/an/the)
(d) ____ poems he has written are of great excellence. (few/a few/the few)
23. Use the correct forms of tense of the verbs given in brackets: 1×2=2
(a) When I went in he (read) a book.
(b) He (go) to school on foot.
24. Change the forms of narration of the following : 1+1=2
(a) The teacher said, “Tomorrow is a holiday.”
(b) Ragini asked the boy what he was doing there.
25. Frame sentences using any one pair of the following to show their differences in meaning : 2
peace piece
hard hardly
cast caste
26. Correct the errors in the following sentences:(Any three) 1×3=3
(a) One of the boy is there.
(b) Six miles are a long distance.
(c) He is more older than his wife.
(d) Don’t make noise.
(e) You should write your answers with ink.
27. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into a single sentence : 1+1=2
(a) The man is very weak. He cannot walk.
(b) This is the girl. She stood first in the examination.
28. Make sentences to show the use of any two of the following phrases : 1+1=2
Look for bring up put off hanker after
29. Make a sentence in either of the following patterns : 1
(a) The teacher has given us homework.
or
(b) S+V+to infinitive.