English Sample Paper PDF for Class 10 - Exam Questions

# GPH/E-6 ENGLISH ## Section A: Reading **Q.1.** Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. Every Indian contributes something as far as the defense of India is concerned. But the role which a soldier plays in defending and protecting the borders of India is really unparalleled...

# GPH/E-6 ENGLISH ## Section A: Reading **Q.1.** Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. Every Indian contributes something as far as the defense of India is concerned. But the role which a soldier plays in defending and protecting the borders of India is really unparalleled. On him depends the security and stability of the nation. A soldier is a man who keeps night long vigils on the borders even in the face of grave and great danger. He stands heroically before his enemies. A soldier faces death bravely. He fights to the last in order to save his motherland. He sacrifices everything for the sake of the nation. In war, he fights bravely, but at the same time he helps the civilian population. The role which Indian soldiers played during Indo-Pak War is an example. Our soldiers helped and assisted the civilian population of Pakistan. They offered them food and drinks and did not harm them. Thus, he acted in accordance with the noble military traditions. **Questions:** (5 x 1 = 5) 1. The soldier stands........ before his enemies. (a) hero (b) heroic (c) heroically (d) none. 2. He fights to save his- (a) motherland (b) mother (c) village (d) none. 3. Sometimes they assist........... population. (a) civil (b) civilian (c) citizen (d) none. 4. What is the role of an Indian soldier? 5. Give the opposite of enemy, great. **Q.2.** Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. An old shepherd was playing on a flute on the marshlands outside Rome. He played so sweetly that a lovely fairy came and listened to him. "Will you marry me, and play to me in my castle?" she said. "Yes, yes, lovely lady!" said the shepherd. The fairy put a ring on his finger. At once he became a handsome young man dressed in princely robes. "But I must first go to Rome and bid farewell to my friends", he said. The fairy gave him a golden coach with twelve white horses. As he rode in State to Rome, he met the young Queen of Italy, who invited him to her palace. The shepherd saw that he had won the Queen's heart. He resolved to marry her and become the King of Italy and let the fairy go. So, when he and the Queen were alone together, he knelt down and took her hand, saying: "Marry me, dearest and I will help you to govern Italy." But as soon as he spoke, he turned into an old and rugged shepherd. "What is this horrible beggar doing here?" cried the Queen. "Whip him out of the palace." **Questions:** 1. The fairy wanted to marry the shepherd because- 1 (a) he had saved her life. (b) he could play sweetly on his flute. (c) he was very handsome. (d) the shepherd loved her. 2. When the fairy put a ring on his finger, the shepherd- 1 (a) married her (b) disappeared (c) turned into a statue (d) changed into a handsome youth 3. The shepherd went to Rome in a- 1 (a) boat (b) cart (c) palanquin (d) coach 4. When the shepherd reached Rome, he- 1 (a) met his friends there. (b) sought his parents' permission to marry the fairy. (c) planned to marry the Queen of Italy. (d) met the King of Italy. 5. The Queen ordered the shepherd to be whipped out of the palace because he- 1 (a) turned old and ugly. (b) tried to steal her jewels. (c) refused to marry her. (d) revealed his plan to marry the fairy. ## Section B: Writing **Q.3.** Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 4 Why don't I have a telephone? Not because I pretend to be wise or pose as unusual. There are two chief reasons: because I don't really like the telephone, and because I find I can still work and play, eat, breathe, and sleep without it why don't I like the telephone? Because I think it is a fest and time-waster. It may create unnecessary, suspense and anxiety, as when you wait for an expected call that doesn't come, or irritating delay, as when you keep ringing a number that is always engaged. As for speaking in a public telephone box, that seems to me really horrible. You would not use it unless you were in a hurry and because you are in hurry you will find other people waiting before you. When you do get into the box, you are half asphyxiated by stale, unventilated air, flavored with cheap face powder and chain smoking, and by the time you have begun your conversation your back is chilled by the cold looks of somebody who is fidgeting to take your place. (a) Make the notes of the above passage. Give a title. (b) Write a summary the above passage. **Q.4.** Write an application to your principle requesting him to change of your subject. 4 OR You are Mukesh Dubey living at 8, Arvind Nagar, Ujjain. Write a letter to your friend inviting him to spend some days with you. **Q.5.** Write an essay on any one of the given topic in about 120-150 words. 5 (i) Disadvantages of Social Media (ii) Online Education (iii) The Television **Q.6.** The image appears to be of a cartoon or comic strip, with a series of panels: * The first panel shows a character looking glum. * The second panel shows the same character with an idea. * The third panel shows the idea realized. **Q.7.** Fill in the blanks: 5 (i) You are sitting ... Seeta and Geeta. (between, among) (ii) He is not suitable ... this post. (to, at, for) (iii) Mr. Das is a rich person ... not happy. (but, and, or) (iv) He is ... honest man. (a/an/the) (v) You have to wait ... the signal is green. **Q.8.** Do as directed: 5 (i) He saved money. He buys a car. (Combine using to) (ii) The/Taj mahal/I/seen/have? (Rearrange the words and make meaningful sentence) (iii) Yesterday, Ramu shut the door. (make negative) (iv) Pankaj flies kite. (Change into simple past) (v) That he is a doctor is certain. (Rewrite the sentence using it) **Q.9.** Tick the correct answer. 4 (i) Who was the most popular girl in snow? (a) Wanda (b) Peggy (c) Maddie (d) all of them (ii) How many shoes did Wanda say she had? (a) 50 (b) 100 (c) 10 (d) 60 (iii) The sight of ... maddened him. (a) his brothers flying (b) his siblings enjoying without him (c) food (d) all of the above (iv) What does depths of oppression create? (a) oppressed (c) hight of character (b) poverty (d) lack of freedom **Q.10.** Read the extract carefully and answer the following: 3 (A) 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 seen the sky towards the north-east. "Now we're really going to get some water, woman." The woman, who was preparing supper, replied, "Yes, God willing." The older boys were working in the field, while the smaller ones were playing near the house. Until the woman called to them all, "Come for dinner..." It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the north-east huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. **Questions:** 1. Why did Lencho see towards the north-east branches to? direction in the sky? 2. What did Lencho predict? 3. When did the rain start? (B) 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 scoolgirl. Oh well, it doesn't matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater needed to get all kinds of things off my chest. **Quesions:** 1. Name the chapter- 1 (a) A Letter to God (b) Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (c) Two Stories about Flying (d) From the Diary of Anne Frank. 2. Who is the author of 'From the Diary of Anne Frank'? 1 (a) Ruskin Bond (b) Anne Frank (c) Liam O' Flaherty (d) G.L. Fuentes **Q.11.** Answer the following questions in 30-40 words. (6 x 2 = 12) (i) Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like 'new coins'? (ii) Where did the ceremonies take place? Can you name any public building in India that are made of sandstone? (iii) Why does the narrator say, "I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota"? (iv) What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank? (v) Do you think Mr. Keesing was a strict teacher? (vi) Then think of five adjectives or adjectival expressions of your own to describe each character in the play. **Q.12.** Answer the following questions in 30-40 words (Any-2) (2 x 2 = 4) (i) Find the words that describe the two places, and arrange them in two columns. (ii) Do you think the boy has lost anything earlier? Pick out the words that suggest the answer. (iii) What does the poet compare their branches to? **Q.13** Answer the following in 30-40 words. (Any-2) (2 × 2 = 4) (i) Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now? (ii) How did the invisible man first become visible? (iii) What curious episode occurs in the study? **Q.14.** Answer the following question in 75 words. (i) How did Mandela's 'hunger of freedom' change his life? 3 OR (ii) What made Mr. Keesing allow Anne to talk in class? **Q.15.** (i) How does the poet describe the moon (ii) at the beginning of the third stanza, and (iii) at its end? What causes this change? 3 OR Why does the poet say, 'I would not intrude on him?' Why doesn't he offer him money to buy another ball? **Q.16.** How would you assess Griffin as a scientist? 3 OR What would you have done if you were in the narrator's place? **Q.3.** What did Anne Frank to do to take things off her chest? 1 (a) She would sleep a lot (b) She would eat a lot (c) She would play a lot (d) None of these.