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High School Certificate Examination
SAMPLE PAPER
Subject – (English Special)
Time- 3 Hrs
Class – 10
Instruction :-
1. Attempt all the questions.
2. Q. No. 1 is of objective type which carries 1 marks each.
3. Q. No. 2 to 5 carries 2 marks each, which are to be answered in 5 to 6 sentences.
4. Q.No. 6 to 10 carries 5 marks each, which are to be answered in 2 to 3 sentences.
Ques 1:-(a) Choose the correct alternative- (1)
(i) The name of the writer of ‘Prankster of the sea’ is-
(a) R.K. Narayan (b) Jack Denton Scott
(c) Suresh Vaidya (d) Richard Gordon
(ii) The Character ‘Harman’ belongs to the lesson – (1)
(a) Out of Bussiness
(b) Among the head hunters
(c) The night the ghost got in
(d) How a client was saved.
(iii) Which forest is mentioned in the lesson ‘ Among the head hunters’ (1)
(a) Kaliranga forest (b) Sunderban forest
(c) Gir forest (d) Borneo forest
(iv) The word for ‘remove’ to get rid of is (1)
(a) Eliminate (b) Prevent
(c) Sublimate (d) Disintigrate
(v) The discoverer of malaria parasite is –
(a) Alexander Heming (b) Ronald Ross
(c) J.B. Pristly (d) Marie Curie
Ques 1:-(b) Fill in the blanks with the words given below- [1X5=5] (elucidates, characteristic, interfere, involves, magnitude)
(i) He decided not to marry for three more years because he is afraid marriage will _______________ with his research work.
(ii) Cloudy sky, strong winds, beary rains are the _______________ of mansoon weather.
(iii) His new job as Inspector of police ________________ a lot of touring.
(iv) Bertrand Russels is known as popular philosopher because he _________ _______ his ideas with examples from everyday life.
(v) Crimes of such _____________ were never committed as during the second world war.
Answer the following question (Q.2 to Q.6) in about 2-3 lines each.
Ques 2:- What is wonder thirst ? Explain (2)
Ques 3:- Why does the poet want to escape from human suffering ? (2)
Ques 4:- ‘Silver featherd sleep’ Explain (2)
Ques 5:- What are the narrow domestic walls according to R.N. Jagore ? (2)
Answer the following questions (Q.7 to Q.10) in about 5-6 sentences each.
Ques 6:- How were our present continents formed ? (5)
OR
What made RamaRao belive that God had shown him mercy ?
Ques 7:- How do porpoises fight and kill sharks ? (5)
OR
How does a malarial paralite enter a man’s blood ?
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Ques 8:- What sort of prisoners used to be sent to the Andamans ? (5)
OR
Describe a Tagin Village.
Ques 9:- Why did Grimsdyke become discontented with this life ? (5)
OR
Why was Thurber’s mother unable to use phone in her own house ?
Ques 10:- Why did Rustomji loose as well as partly save by the settlement of the case ? (5)
OR
Why was Jugah not frightened of the air craft.
Ques 11:- Give the meaning of the following words :- (any 5) (1×5=5)
Splash, tinkle, peer, gaze, creak, glare, tramp, cronic, senoir, scribbing.
Ques 12:- Add any of these prefixes (un, dis, in, mis or im) to form new words opposite in meaning. (any five) use, expensive, tidy, graceful, suitable, fortunate, behave, proper, credible, successful.
Ques 13:- Do as directed. (1×5=5)
(i) This is _____________ university. (Insert proper article)
(ii) There isn’t ____________ student in the class. (use suitable determiner)
(iii) You ______________ to obey your elders. (Insert proper modal)
(iv) Distribute the sweets ________________ the students. (Insert suitable preposition)
(v) This is the book _____________ I lost. ( use suitable relative pronoun)
OR
Do as directed.
(i) She is _____________ M.L.A. (Insert proper article)
(ii) There isn’t ___________ water in the tank. (Use suitable determiner)
(iii) He ______________ live in town when he was employed. (Insert proper model)
(iv) He died __________ his country. (Insert suitable preposition)
(v) I saw a man ____________ head was bald. (Use suitable relative pronoun)
Ques 14:- Do as directed. (1×5=5)
(i) The Tajmahal is the most beautiful building in India. (Change into comparative degree)
(ii) I should do my home work today . (Change into interrogative sentence)
(iii) The traveller said to the man, “Which is the nearest way to the station?” (Change the narration)
(iv) I was going to the cinema. (Change into past perfect tense)
(v) The boy is wearing a red shirt. The boy is my brother. (Combine the two sentences to form a complex sentence)
OR
Do as directed.
(i) Ram is more Intelligent than any other boy of the class. virendra (Change into Superlative degree)
(ii) They are very hard working people. (Change into interrogative)
(iii) The Teacher said to the student, “Why are you late ?” (Change the narration)
(iv) They had gone on a tour. (Change into past continouus tense)
(v) My sister live in Delhi. She is a great singer.
(Combine these sentences to form a complex sentence)
Ques 15:- Do as directed. (1×5=5)
(i) Avoid _____________ too fast. (use gerund)
(ii) I haven’t any money in my pocket. (Add question tag)
(iii) Did he go to school? (Change into Affirmative sentence)
(iv) He worked very hard .
He succeeded in the examination. (Combine the two sentences using Averbial clause of result)
(v) A dog that barks seldom bites.
(Rewrite the sentence using present participle)
OR
Do as directed.
(i) I do my work (Change into passive voice)
(ii) To hurt others is not good. (Rewrite using introductory ‘It’)
(iii) He is leaving for Mumbai. (Provide question tag.)
(iv) Unless you work hard, you cannot get success. (Rewrite using ‘if ‘ in place of ‘unless’)
(v) I love ______________ movies. (Use ‘watch’ as gerund)
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