Class 10 English Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set B

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Sample Paper Term 1 Class 10 English With Solutions Set B

READING

Read the passage given below.

I.The funding crisis at many zoos has reopened the debate over the value of zoos and whether they should be allowed to exist at all. People who are in favour of zoos argue that they perform an essential role in conserving rare animal species.Conservationists estimate that today at least 1,000 species of animals are threatened. Over the past 20 years zoos have developed programmes designed to help preserve endangered species. This involves breeding animals in captivity in ‘captive breeding programmes’—and then reintroducing them into their natural habitats to replenish the number living in the wild.
II. Woburn Abbey, for example, saved a species called Pere David’s deer. The species went largely unrecorded in China from 1920, but a few of the animals were brought to Europe by a French missionary (Father David). Recently Woburn Abbey and other zoos began returning breeding couples of Pere David’s deer to the wild in China.
III. Zoos cooperate with each other in order to ensure the success of their breeding programmes. Animals are passed from one zoo to another in order to prevent inbreeding—breeding from closely related animals. If animals that are closely related to one another mate, there is a danger that they will produce deformed offspring.
IV. Supporters of zoos argue that they have an important role in educating children, millions of who visit zoos every year. Television-viewing is no substitute for encountering real animals, they argue. Zoos also carry out important research, for example, on the best conditions for rare species to reproduce.
V. If zoos were forced to close, it would be disastrous for world conservation, zoo supporters say. And most animals in captivity would have to be killed. “It does not take much imagination to realise that the closure of all zoos would mean the deliberate destruction of wildlife on a scale witnessed never before,” the National Federation of Zoos says.
VI. Opponents of zoos accept that some species have been saved from extinction by ‘captive breeding programmes’, but they argue that this offers no solution to the worldwide conservation crisis. The number of animals protected by zoos is tiny compared with the overall problem. It cost millions to save the Arabian oryx from dying out; but could that amount be found for every species that is endangered?
The value of zoo-breeding programmes is also questioned as some species, such as the African elephant, do not reproduce well in captivity.
VII. Captive animals are often kept in poor and inhumane conditions, opponents say. In the worst zoos, animals are still displayed for the entertainment of the public.Where animals are placed in impoverished and unsuitable surroundings, they often behave in abnormal and neuroticways. It is common for polar bears constantly to pace up and down or twist their heads and circle over and over again. This behaviour is now recognised by scientists as a sign of stress and frustration. When children visit zoos where animals are acting in neurotic and abnormalways, they are not being educated.Instead, opponents say, they are being given inaccurate information.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any eight out of the ten questions by choosing the correct option.

Question. Zoos provide a chance to encounter real animals, …………. .
a. but visitors do not always see the natural behaviour of animals.
b. which gives visitors a chance to take pictures with animals.
c. which can irritate the animals in the zoo.
d. None of the above

Question. What are the advantages of zoos?
a. Breeding of endangered species is done.
b. Children are educated about wildlife in zoos.
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above

Question. Do you think captive breeding programmes are 100% successful? Choose the answer with reference to the above passage.
a. Yes, because they help to save rare species.
b. Yes, because they prevent inbreeding.
c. No, because such programmes are a minute solution to the worldwide conservation of wild animals.
d. No, because they result in neurotic and abnormal behaviour in wild animals.

Question. Complete the conversation between two friends with reference to the above passage.
Jatin: I feel that zoos are a good way to educate children about animals; there they can watch and study animals’ behaviour. Also, zoos are helpful in conserving animals.
Rahul: You are right. Zoos help to save species from extinction …………. .
a. but can you see the way they are living; they are confined to an area, they do not have space to move, they are unable to act naturally.
b. the zoo keepers hit those animals and do not give them food.
c. but I still do not support zoos. I would have banned zoos if I had the power to do so.
d. the zoo keepers themselves kill many animals when they become old and sick.

Question. Which of the following species saved from extinction are mentioned in the above passage?
1. Polar Bear
2. Pere David’s Deer
3. Arabian Oryx
4. Red Panda
a. 1 and 2
b. 1, 2 and 3
c. 2, 3 and 4
d. 1, 3 and 4

Question. ‘Captive Breeding Programme’ is beneficial because …………. .
a. It involves breeding animals in captivity.
b. Then reintroducing them into their natural in the wild.
c. It helps to preserve endangered species.
d. All of the above

Question. What are the disadvantages of zoos?
a. Running conservation programme is very costly.
b. Captive animals are kept in very poor-condition.
c. Children are getting inaccurate information about animal behaviours.
d. All of the above

Question. Choose the option that does not correspond to the word ‘impoverish’.
a. Weaken
b. Strengthen
c. Exhaust
d. Poor

Question. How does cooperation of zoos support Captive Breeding Programme?
a. By exchanging animals of rare species.
b. By donating animals for the programme.
c. By preserving the animals from extinction.
d. By preventing inbreeding among captive animals.

Question. How would closing of zoos be disastrous?
1. It would be disastrous for world conservation.
2. It would cause deliberate destruction of wildlife on a large scale.
3. Most animals in captivity would have to be killed.
a. Only 1 is correct
b. 2 and 3 are correct
c. All are correct
d. 1 and 2 are correct

Read the passage given below.

I.Access to primary education is a basic right of every child. An effective primary education can build a solid foundation and open avenues for future success. With its profound implications on both the individual and society, primary education plays a crucial role in reducing extreme poverty and promoting social changes. The Sustainable Development Agenda acknowledges the importance of primary education in Goal 4 which stipulates that by 2030, the world should ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, including a target on universal access to primary education.
Though there are varying standards, primary education is typically designed for children 6 to 11 years of age.
II. Significant progress has been made toward achieving universal primary education.Globally, the adjusted net attendance rate reached 87 per cent in 2019 and about four out of five children attending primary education completed it. Additionally, over the past two decades, the number of out-of-school children was reduced by over 40 per cent. However, there is still a long way to go: 58 million children of primary school age remain out of school, with the majority of them coming from marginalised groups. In addition, recent Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) results show that many children do not have foundational reading and numeracy skills, highlighting the massive challenge to achieving inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
III. Globally, a lower proportion of children from the poorest families attend primary education compared with their wealthier peers. While almost all children from the top wealth quintile attend primary education, only 75 per cent of children from the bottom wealth quintile do.
IV. Across different regions, household wealth impacts primary school completion rates differently. West and Central Africa has the largest gap of 58 percentage points in primary school completion rates between the richest and poorest quintiles. In contrast, in East Asia and the Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean, children from the top and bottom wealth quintiles complete primary school at more similar rates, with a gap of just 13 percentage points.
V. In the past 20 years, the number of out-of-school children of primary education age fell by more than 40 per cent, from 99 million in 2000 to 58 million in 2019.
However, 54 per cent of these out-of-school children were girls. Despite this tremendous progress, the world must accelerate the pace at which the number of out-of-school children is reduced, as the total has remained stagnant since 2007.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any six out of the eight questions by choosing the correct option.

Question.The word ‘Foundational’ corresponds with the word …………. .
a. Inessential
b. Superficial
c. Fundamental
d. Secondary

Question. How much decline in the number of out-of-school children of primary education age is seen in the past two decades?
a. From 109 million in 2000 to 99 million in 2019
b. From 99 million in 2000 to 58 million in 2019
c. From 99 million in 2000 to 68 million in 2019
d. From 99 million in 2000 to 45 million in 2019

Question.“West and Central Africa has the largest gap of 58 percentage points in primary school completion rates between the richest and poorest quintiles.” – refers to
a. The number of West and Central African poor children was 58 percentage points lower than that of wealthier peers.
b. The number of West and Central African poor children was at 58 percentage points.
c. The number of West and Central African poor children was 58 percentage points higher than that of wealthier peers.
d. None of the above

Question. What do you think could be the reasons for not completing primary education?
1. Poverty       2. Inaccessibility
3. Feasibility   4. Discrimination
5. Child labour and trafficking    6. Displacement
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 3, 4, 5 and 6
c. 1, 4, 5, and 6
d. All of these

Question. What is the target related to primary education?
1. By 2030, the world should ensure inclusive and equitable quality education.
2. Promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, including a target on universal access to primary education.
a. Both 1 and 2
b. Only 1
c. Only 2
d. None of these

Question.“In 2019, about four out of five children attending primary education completed it” suggests that
a. Less than 80% children completed primary education
b. Almost 100% children completed primary education
c. More than 80% children completed primary education
d. About 80% children completed the primary education

Question.How is primary education critical to both an individual and a society?
a. It can help in reducing extreme poverty.
b. It can help in bringing out social changes.
c. It can help in building foundation for kids.
d. All of the above

Question. …………. and …………. have the highest rates of primary education completion in the rich quintile.
a. South Asia and Middle East and North Africa
b. Latin America and the Caribbean and West and Central Africa
c. Latin America and the Caribbean and East Asia and the Pacific
d. Eastern and Southern Africa and East Asia and the Pacific

GRAMMAR AND WRITING

Grammar
Answer any five out of the six questions by selecting the most appropriate option for each.

Question. You …………….. have a university degree.
a. need
b. mustn’t
c. needn’t
d. dare

Question. The plane …………….. by two hours.
a. will have taken off
b. will be took off
c. will take off
d. will be taking off

Question.  …………….. students succeeded in passing than last year.
a. Few
b. Fewer
c. Little
d. Much

Question. The industrialist and the politician …………….. to the function.
a. was invited
b. has been invited
c. have been invited
d. is invited

Question. Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence.
The mother said to her son, ‘Change your shoes.’
a. The mother said to her son to change his shoes.
b. The mother asked her son to change his shoes.
c. The mother asked her son to change your shoes.
d. The mother ordered her son to change his shoes.

Question. Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence.
Ashish said to me, “I shall go to the market today.”
a. Ashish told me that he would go to the market that day.
b. Ashish asked me that he would go to the market that day.
c. Ashish told me that he shall go to the market today.
d. Ashish told me that he would go to the market today.

Writing
Answer any five out of the six questions given, with reference to the context below.
You have to write a letter to newspaper editor to raise the issue of insensitive use of loudspeakers in metro cities. You are Krishna, residing in Delhi.

Question. Which of the following is required for the letter?
a. Formal tone
b. Rude words
c. Strong vocabulary
d. Long sentences

Question. What should come in the place of sender’s details?
a. Krishna, Delhi
b. Kishan Kunj
c. 47-A, Kishan Kunj, Delhi
d. Krishna, 9876XXXXXX

Question. Choose the correct subject for the letter.
a. Use of loudspeakers
b. Loud speaker in metro cities
c. Intensive use of loudspeakers in metro cities
d. None of the above

Question. Complete the closing line for the letter.
…………….. do something to regulate the use of loudspeakers.
a. The authorities
b. It’s time for authorities
c. It is high time that authorities
d. The government should

Question. Choose the correct opening line for the letter.
a. Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper I want to raise the issue of insensitive use of loudspeakers in metro cities.
b. I want to raise the issue of insensitive use of loudspeakers in metro cities.
c. I am raising the issue of insensitive use of loudspeakers in metro cities by your newspaper.
d. I want my letter to be published in your newspaper about blaring of loudspeakers in metro cities.

LITERATURE
Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow.

On the day of the inauguration, I was overwhelmed with a sense of history. In the first decade of the twentieth century, a few years after the bitter Anglo-Boer war and before my own birth, the white-skinned peoples of South Africa patched up their differences and erected a system of racial domination against the dark-skinned peoples of their own land. The structure they created formed the basis of one of the harshest, most inhumane, societies the world has ever known. Now, in the last decade of the twentieth century, and my own eighth decade as a man, that system had been overturned forever and replaced by one that recognised the rights and freedoms of all peoples, regardless of the colour of their skin. (Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Question. The last decade of the twentieth century depicts the time from ………… .
a. 1981 to 1990
b. 2001 to 2010
c. 1991 to 2000
d. 1981 to 2000

Question. The system of racial domination against the dark-skinned people was called as ………… .
a. The policy of Apartheid
b. Racial discrimination
c. Inhumane system
d. Harshest system

Question. The word ‘overwhelm’ does not correspond to
a. Dumbfound
b. Callous
c. Overcome
d. Affect

Question. Choose the statement(s) which is/are not true in the context of the above extract.
1. White-skinned peoples of SouthAfrica patched up their differenceswith the Blacks.
2. Nelson Mandela was 86 years old when he became the President of South Africa.
3. White created the most inhumane and harshest environment for the Blacks.
4. Apartheid took place few years after the Anglo-Born war.
5. Blacks were not allowed to live a normal life.
a. 2, 3 and 5
b. 1, 2, 4, and 5
c. 1 and 2
d. None of these

Question. Why did the speaker call that structure ‘one of the harshest and the most inhumane’?
a. It was biased against the Blacks of the country.
b. The Blacks were not given even their fundamental rights.
c. The ones who protested were separated from their families as a punishment.
d. All of the above

Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow.

I’m not so worried about my girlfriends and myself. We’ll make it. The only subject I’m not sure about is Maths. Anyway, all we can do is wait. Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart. I get along pretty well with all my teachers. There are nine of them, seven men and two women. Mr. Keesing, the old fogey who teaches Maths, was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much. After several warnings, he assigned me extra homework. An essay on the subject, ‘A Chatterbox’. A chatterbox — what can you write about that? I’d worry about that later, I decided. I jotted down the title in my notebook, tucked it in my bag and tried to keep quiet.
(From the Diary of Anne Frank)

Question. What do we get to know when Anne says the following? I’m not so worried about my girlfriends and myself.
Choose one from the following to answer.
a. Anne is confident of her friends and herself moving to the next form.
b. Anne is confident of getting passed in all the subjects.
c. Anne is sure that half of her class won’t be promoted to next form.
d. Anne is sure Mr. Keesing will pass her in maths

Question. How was the punishment of Mr. Keesing strange?
a. He asked Anne to keep jogging till the class was over.
b. He asked Anne to not study in his class.
c. Despite being a Maths teacher, he asked Anne to write an essay in punishment.
d. Despite being a Maths teacher, he asked Anne to go out of the class.

Question. Select the option which displays an example of ‘jot down’.
a. While I was talking to the doctor, he was busy reading something which made me feel like he wasn’t listening very carefully to me.
b. Sure, you can see my notes but I wrote briefly only a few ideas since I prefer to just listen carefully during lectures.
c. Don’t wory, it’s not unusual for a psychiatrist to write elaborated notes during your consultation.
d. Could you repeat quickly the questions so we can revise before the exam?

Question. The phrase ‘to lose heart’means ………… .
a. Become discouraged
b. Become excited
c. Become sad
d. Become hopeless

Question. What did Anne argue in her essay?
1. That she has inherited talking trait from her mother.
2. She could not rectify it.
3. Talking is a trait of students.
a. Only 2
b. Only 3
c. 1 and 2
d. All of these

Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow.

An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;
A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now
He senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions. (The Ball Poem)

Question. What kind of world is it?
a. A world of possessions
b. A materialistic world
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of these

Question. Which ultimate grief has fixed the boy?
a. Loss of his ball
b. Loss of his dear one
c. Loss of his toys
d. None of the above

Question. What is the boy learning?
a. The meaning of personal loss
b. How to cope with the loss
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of these

Question. The mood of the boy is ………… .
a. Shocked
b. Crying
c. Upset and grief stricken
d. Shivering

Question. Why is another ball worthless for the boy?
1. Because it cannot replace the memories attached with the lost ball.
2. Because he cannot afford to buy a new ball.
a. Only 2 is correct
b. Only 1 is correct
c. Both 1 and 2 are correct
d. Both 1 and 2 are incorrect

Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow.

I found myself in the maidan and sat down on a bench. The night was chilly — it was early November — and a light drizzle added to my discomfort. Soon it was raining quite heavily. My shirt and pyjamas stuck to my skin, and a cold wind blew the rain across my face. I went back to the bazaar and sat down in the shelter of the clock tower.
The clock showed midnight. I felt for the notes. They were damp from the rain. Anil’s money. In the morning he would probably have given me two or three rupees to go to the cinema, but now I had it all. (The Thief’s Story)

Question. The word ‘drizzle’ does not correspond to the word
a. Sprinkle
b. Spray
c. Shower
d. Rainfall

Question. Select the correct option for (1) and (2).
(1) Hari Singh was sitting under a clock tower at midnight.
(2) He was trying to hide after stealing money from Anil.
a. (1) is true (2) is false
b. (2) is the result of (1)
c. (1) contradicts (2)
d. Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract

Question. What was Hari Singh thinking while sitting in the shelter of clock tower?
1. “Education can one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees.”
2. “I cannot cook his meals, run to the bazaar.”
3. “I should go back to Anil for the sake of learning to read and write.”
4. “I cannot learn to write whole sentences any more.”
a. 1 and 4
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 2, 3 and 4
d. 1, 3 and 4

Question. Arrange the following events in series.
1. He could not board the train
2. Hari Singh went to the bazaar.
3. He went to Anil’s room.
4. Hari Singh went to the clock tower.
5. Hari Singh stole money.
6. Hari Singh went to the station.
a. 623514
b. 561243
c. 132456
d. 231546

Question. According to the speaker, how would Anil react when he would know about the theft?
a. Would show a touch of sadness for the loss of trust.
b. Would show fear for the loss of money.
c. Would show anger for the loss of money.
d. Would show acceptance for the loss of money.

Attempt the following questions.

Question. “The field was white, as if covered with salt.” Which figure of speech is used in the given line?
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Personification
d. Alliteration

Question. When the young seagull’s brother caught his first herring, how did their parents react?
a. They criticised him.
b. They shouted at him.
c. They did not like it.
d. They made praising sounds.

Question. “All of a sudden Mrs. Hall heard a sniff close to her ear.” – Who sniffed near Mrs. Hall?
a. Clergyman
b. Griffin
c. Staff of the inn
d. A ghost

Question. “Yeah, velvet too. A hundred dresses,” Wanda would repeat stolidly. – What does the word ‘stolidly’mean?
a. Showing anger
b. Showing irritation
c. Showing little emotion
d. Showing fear

Question. The pilot of old Dakota was in the storm for …………….. .
a. Half an hour
b. Less than half an hour
c. More than half an hour
d. An hour

Question. Who was Tristan in the story ‘A Triumph of Surgery’?
a. Mr. Herriot’s companion
b. Greyhound
c. A dog at the surgery
d. Another name for Tricki

Question. How did Wanda’s house remind Maddie of Wanda?
1. The house and its sparse little yard looked shabby but clean.
2. Wanda also used to wear a faded blue cotton dress, shabby but clean.
a. Only 1 Is correct
b. Both 1 and 2 are correct
c. Only 2 is correct
d. Both 1 and 2 are incorrect

Question. Why do you think the tiger in the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’ stares at the brilliant stars?
a. Because they entertain him.
b. Because they are shining freely in the sky.
c. Because he likes to watch them.
d. Because he loves their brightness.

Question. Why doesn’t the poet write about a more ‘beautiful’ tree such as a maple or an oak or a pine instead of a hemlock tree in the poem ‘Dust of Snow’?
1. A hemlock tree is a poisonous tree.
2. Other beautiful trees symbolise beauty and happiness.
3. Frost wanted to symbolise the feelings of sadness and regret.
a. Only 1 is correct
b. 1 and 2 are correct
c. 2 and 3 are correct
d. All are correct

Question. For the poet, what do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stand for? Fill in the blanks.
Fire = Greed, Avarice, Desires, (i) ………….
Ice = Cruelty, Hatred, (ii) …………. , Insensitivity.
a. (i) Conflict, (ii) Intolerance
b. (i) Coldness, (ii) Indifference
c. (i) Rigidity, (ii) Fury
d. All of these