Rajasthan Board Class 10 English Exam

• A potential English exam paper for Rajasthan Board Class 10 students on March 6th consists of 80 marks.

Examination Instructions

• Write roll number on the question paper.
• All questions are compulsory.
• Write answers in the provided booklet.
• For questions with multiple parts, answer together.
• Write the correct serial number of each question.

Section A: Reading Comprehension

• Section A focuses on reading comprehension.

Passage 1: Florence Nightingale

• Florence Nightingale is the central figure.
• Nightingale was the first woman awarded the Order of Merit for nursing.
• She was born on May 12, 1820, to a wealthy family in Florence, Italy.
• Multiple-choice questions include identifying her profession (nurse), the Order of Merit (an award), her birthplace (Italy), the profession in which she became a legend (nursing), the opposite of "revoked," and a similar word for "icon."

Passage 2: Science and Technology

• This passage explores the impact of science.
• Science gives knowledge about nature and the means to control nature, impacting practical life.
• Relies on science for transportation.
• Related questions include:
  • What does science effect?
  • Practical affairs and everyday life
  • Which two areas of knowledge are talked about?
  • What about the end of the century, how did transport on land change verylittle?
  • Which inventions led to improvement in transport?
  • How could motor car, diesel engine and aeroplane be possible?
  • Which invention led to improvements in communications
  • What have the discoveries about electricity made possible?
  • The similar word of "In essence."
  • The opposite word of "External."

Section B: Writing

• Section B focuses on writing skills.

Letter Writing

• Two letter options:
  • A letter to a friend, conveying inability to attend a birthday due to exams and other constraints, but sending good wishes.
  • A formal letter to the Secretary of the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, in Ajmer, requesting an exam center change; the writer is Meenakshi.

Story Writing

• Focus on a story-writing task based on outlines.
• Choice of writing a story about a hare and a tortoise or a story that reflects on bad company.
• A title and moral are required.

Paragraph Writing

• Choose to write a paragraph (80 words):
  • Noise pollution (based on an image).
  • My Best Teacher.

Section C: Grammar

Fill in the Blanks

• Focuses on correct verb forms:
  • "People _____ Suresh Kumar Sarpanch last year" requires past tense (elected).
  • "India _____ freedom in 1947" requires the past tense (got).
• Includes multiple-choice verb selection:
  • “He _____ to school just now” (has gone).

Indirect Speech

• Focuses on conversion of these sentences:
  • "Sakshi said to me, 'I respect you.'"
  • “He said, 'Do not worry, my son.'

Subject-Verb Agreement

• Focuses on filling blanks with correct verbs:
  • "Answering the questions ____ very difficult" (is).

Passive Voice Conversion

• Active to passive examples:
  • "Kartik will write a letter." converted results in, "A letter will be written by Kartik."
  • "Please open your mobile."

Question Framing

• Framing questions:
  • Starts with: "How many..." for the sentence "I have three sisters."
• Add question tag to sentence:
  • "Manish will go to school."

Section D: Textbook-Related Questions

Passage Comprehension

• Includes:
  • Passage 1: About midway between Mcysore and the coastal ton of Banglore sits a region.
  • Passage 2: About outside of the house.
• Extract Based Comprehension

Short Answer Questions

• These are based on 20 to 30 words:
  • Who composes from Goa?
  • For what is Coorg famous?
  • How can Wally inform someone that there's a Mumma
  • Which sites change after the look to life?

Essay Style Answer Questions

• These are based on writing 80 words:
  • Why was the outer named after Maxwells?
  • Why was it difficult for Mandella to fullfill?

Character Sketch

• Write an 40 word answer that draws the character of the character sketch.
  • What are the four friends of Lindah?
  • What is the relationship between the old religious man and the poet

Poem Based Questions

• Extract from the poem
  • About the crocodials
  • What does the crocus tell us about the snow

Chapter Based Answer Question

• Which requires writing 80 words based on chapter:
  • What are gas is made by think tank about the books found on the earth?
  • Who was Griffin and what did he do in the story?

Chapter Questions

• Choose to answer any two of the following questions.
• Write a short paragraph, only 20 words.
  • Quality of science, it goes to the making of a scientist
  • The reason why a neighbor got a chance to ban with his plan.
  • How does he treat the dog.

Multiple Choice Questions

• Choose the correct answers from the multiple choice questions.