Odisha Board Class X English Past Paper 2024 PDF

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Here is the converted text in markdown format: ### Page 1 - No. of Questions: 50 - No. of Printed Pages: 8 - Roll No.: ___________ - Time: 1 Hour - Secretary - 2024 - Annual HSC - CLASS – X - SLE - Question Booklet Number - SET: C - Full Marks: 50 #### Special Instructions to the Invigilators The candidates shall take a Question Booklet (PART-I-OBJECTIVE) after the examination of this subject is over. It is important that the invigilators should verify the Booklet of the candidates before leaving the examination hall/room. #### Part I- Objective (MCQ) - Objective Question Booklet - AR/AXR – 07 – SLE - SL – English - Set : C - Instruction to Candidates This Question-Booklet contains 50 multiple choice questions. The candidates are required to answer the questions as per the instructions given in the OMR Sheet. AR/ANR - 07 - SLE (P-1) https://www.odishaboard.com ### Page 2 SET: C PART-1 ENGLISH Each question has **four** alternative options. Choose the correct one and darken the appropriate circle in the OMR Sheet completely with **Blue/Black** point pen. Do not put any mark against the question in this booklet. Each question carries 1 (one) mark. Answer **all** questions. Time: 1 Hour Full Marks: 50 1. Why, as thought by the speaker, are the flower-children in such a hurry? (A) / To do their lessons (B) To enjoy their holidays (C) To welcome the storm-clouds (D) To get their home in the sky 2. What does the teacher do when the flower-children come out to play before it is time? (A) Makes them sit in a corner (B) Makes them stand in a corner (C) Makes them stand in the rain (D) Makes them stand in the sun 3. What does Vicky consider insulting to him? (A) / sitting in a formalin jar (B) being called a 'specimen' (C) people's staring at him again and again (D) having a tumour within 4. How does Vicky's brilliant brain feel in the formalin jar? (A) happy (C) disdainful ( sad (D) respectable 5. What is the other name of old Agartala? (A) Haveli (B) Puran Haveli (C) Imphal (D) Siligudi 6. What, according to Lord Eustace Percy, should be kept untarnished? (A) Brain (B) Health (C) Reputation (D) Character 7. What are the little things which C.F. Alexander mentions in the poem, 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'? (A) Rushes (B) Meadows (C) Trees ) Flowers and birds 8. How does C.F. Alexander describe the summer sun? (A) As painful (B) As enjoyable (C) As unwelcome (D) As unbearable AR/AXR-07-SLE (P-1) https://www.odishaboard.com ### Page 3 SET: C 9. Where, as mentioned in the poem 'The Solitary Reaper', does the nightingale sing? (A) Among the farthest Hebrides (B) In some Oasis amoung the Arrabian deserts ( In the Highlands (D) In the deep valley 10. What kind of a song, according to Wordsworth, is the solitary reaper signing? (A) Patriotic (B) Religious ( Sad (D) Funny 11. Who gave the King the correct information about the grain as big as a hen's egg? (A) A traveller (B) An old peasant (C) The old peasant's father (D) The old peasant's grandfather 12. Which of the following was not a sattement made to the King by the old peasant's grandfather? (A) Buying and selling of bread was not a sin (B) Land was Free (C) Land was free (D) Labour was the only thing people called their own 13. Where did Timothy sleep at night? (A) In the drawing room (B) In the Cook's Quaters (C) In the gardener's quarters (D) In the grandfather's bedroom 14. Why did the grandfather want to see the superintendent of the zoo? (A) To talk to him about Timothy's wellbeing (B) To know about Timothy's illness (e) To tell him to transfer Timothy to another cage, away from the leopard (D) To know about Timothy's behaviour towards the zoo-keepers 15. Do unto others as they would do unto you. The underlined clause is an adverb clause of ________. (A) time (B) manner (C) condition (D) cause 16. If Ⅰhad not seen you, Ⅰ ______ you to my party. (A) wouldn't have invited (B) wouldn't invite (C) won't have invited (D) will not invite AR/AXR-07-SLE (P-1) https://www.odishaboard.com ### Page 4 SET: C 17. What did Sergei advise Lushkoff before he took leave of him? (A) To tell the truth (B) To be honest with life (C) To follow the right path (D) To work hard and not to drink 18. What brought about a change in the heart of Lushkoff? (K) Sergei's Kindness (B) Olga's words and noble deeds (C) Sergei's threatening to call the police (D) His getting a job as a notary 19. Please look _________ the word in the dictionary. (A) out (B) for (C) up (D) in 20. The police are investigating the matter. The underlined word can be replaced by ________. (A) looking up (B) looking after (C) looking for (D) looking into 21. He taught **Me** English in the school. Pick out the direct object in the above sentence. (A) English (B) Me (C) School (D) The Schoo 22. It is a very beautiful night. It can be changed into an exclamatory sentence as ______. (A) How a beautiful night it is! (B) What a beautiful night it is! (C) What a beautiful night is it! (D) How beautiful night is it 23. It is true that he has joined the army. The underlined clause is a noun clause acting as _______. (A) An object of a transitive verb (B) An object of a preposition (C) The complement of a verb (D) An expression in opposition to the Subject 24. He was interested in what I said. The underlined clause is a noun clause acting as ________. (A) An object of a preposition (B) Ann object of a transitive verb (C) The subject of a sentence (D) The complement of a verb AR/AXR-07-SLE (P-I) https://www.odishaboard.com ### Page 5 SET: C 25. The Governor and Chancellor of the university _______ come. (A) have (B) has (C) are (D) were 26. Students as well as the headmaster _______ present at the meeting. (A) was ( is (C) were (D) have 27. What, accoring to Eustace Percy, should the students avoid in their leisure hours? (A) Reading good books (B) Pursuinginteresting hobbies (C) Mere idling (D) Smoking 28. Which are rated the first among the industries that discharge high amounts of smoke and ash into the air? (A) Chemical industries (B) Cement industries (C) Steel and ore processing industries (D) Thermal power stations 29. People say he was an honest officer. It can be changed into passive voice as ________. (A) It is said that he was an honest officer (B) It was said that he was an honest officer (C) It is said that he is an honest officer (D) He was said to have been an honest officer 30. He objected to my proposal. It can be passivised as _________. (A) My proposal is objected to (B) My proposal is objected (C) My proposal was objected to (D) My proposal was objected 31. Ⅰ saw hm _______ the evening of 15th August. (A) on (B) in (C) at (D) by 32. Safety rules prescribe precautions _______ fire. (A) for (B) about (C) to. (D) against 33. What according to Gandhiji, was the Persian teacher like ______? (A) Very strict (B) Lenient (C) A discplinarian (D) A hard taskmaster AR/AXR-07-SLE (P-1) https://www.odishaboard.com ### Page 6 SET: C 34. What pained Gandhiji deeply? (A) The fine imposed on him (B) His being convicted of lying (C) his receiving corporal punishment (D) His being late for gymnastics class 35. Which of the following are responsible for 60 percent of air pollution in variousparts of the world? (K) Atumobiles (B) Steel industries (C) Cement industries (D) Thermal power stations 36. How did Lencho feel when he counted the money? (A) Happy (B) Grateful (C) Angry (D) Suprised 37. Ⅰ _______ my dog for a walk every morning before it died. (A) took (B) was taking (C) had taken (D) had being taking 38. Ⅰ _______ for you all this morning. (A) waited (B) have being waiting (C) was waiting (D) had waited 39. What, according to Lencho, were the big drops of rain like? (A) Ten cent cold Coins (B) Ten cent silver Coins (C) Frozen Pearls (D) Ten cent new Coins 40. What, according to the speaker in'The Flower-School', do the branches do in the forest when the rains come? ( A) They rustle in the wind (B) They clap their hands (C) They clash together (D) They rush out in dresses of pink and yellow 41. Ⅰ' m afraid you would regret _______ her Money. (A) to lend (B) to lending (C) having lent (D) Lend 42. He was made _______ the truth (A) To tell (B) To telling (C) Telling (D) Tell https://www.odishaboard.com ### Page 7 SET: C 43. What, according to the daughter in 'Village Song', have Cadence of Sorrow? (A) Cradle-songs (B) Bridal-songs (C) Forest-notes (D) Bridal-songs and cradle songs 44. What does the experssion "river-isles" in "village song" mean? (A) Islands by the river-side (B) Islands in the river (C) A river flowing by the islands (D) A river flowing between the islands 45. On which trip did Samjhoo Shahu put a double load on the bullock one evening? (A) Third (B) fourth (C) Second (D) Fifth 46. Why was Algu initially unwilling to be the Panch? (A) Because he was afraid of Jumman (B) Because he disliked Jumman. (C) Because he considered himself unfit for the job (D) Because Jumman and he were Close freinds 47. She said", What a dreadfull sighr!' Choose the reportred speech of the above the sentence (A) She exclaimded that whar a dreadfull sight (B) B) She exclaimded that whar a dreadfull sight it was (C) She exclaimded that it was a very dreadfull sight (D) She exclaimdedthat it is a very dreadfull sight 48. He said to Me; 'Do tou Know him? It dan be changed into reported speech as _______. (A) He told me if Ⅰ knew him. (B) He asked me if Ⅰhad known him. (C) He asked me if Ⅰhave Known him (D) He asked me if Ⅰknew him. 49. In which state is Hundread-drum festival Celebrated? (A) Meghalaya (B) Manipur (C) Tripura (D) Nagaland 50. Which nitual is relieved to help the people of Manipur nise. (A) to a higher plane in life? (B) Climbing the nearest tree (C) Hunting and food gathering (D) Climbing the nearest hilltop (E) Beating drums https://www.odishaboard.com