Class 10 English Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set F

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Sample Paper Term 1 Class 10 English With Solutions Set F

READING

I. Read the passage given below.

1. The Indian subcontinent consists of a number of separate linguistic communities each of which shares a common language and culture. The people of India speak many languages and dialects which are mostly varieties of about 14 principal languages. Some Indian languages have a long literary history-Sanskrit literature is 3.000 years old and Tamil 2,000. India also has some languages that do not have written forms.

2. The number of people- speaking each language varies greatly. For example, Hindi has more than 250 million speakers. but relatively few people speak Andamanese. Although some of the languages are called ‘tubal’ or ‘aboriginal’ their populations may be larger than those that speak some European languages. For example, Bhili and Santali. both tribal languages, each has more than I million speakers, Gondi is spoken by nearly 2 million people.

3. India’s schools teach 58 different languages.The nation has newspapers in 87 languages, radio programmes in 71, and films in 15.

4. The Indian languages belong to four language families: Indo-European. Dravidian. Mon-Khmer, and Sino-Tibetan. Indo-European and Dravidian languages are used by a large majority of India’s population. All language families divide roughly into geographic groups. Languages of the Indo-European group are spoken mainly in northern and central regions. The languages of southern India are mainly of the Dravidian group. Some ethnic groups in Assam and other pails of eastern India speak languages of the Mon-Khmer group People in the northern Himalayan region and near the Burmese border speak Sino-Tibetan languages.

5. Speakers of 54 different languages of the Indo-European family make up about three-quarters of India’s population. Twenty Dravidian languages are spoken by nearly a quarter of the people. Speakers of 20 Mon-Khmer languages and Sino-Tibetan languages together make up about 2 percent of the population.

6. Official language: Hindi is the principal official language of India. Sanskrit and 16 regional language are also official languages. English has the status of an ‘associate’ language. Hindi is the native language of more than a third of India’s people, and many others speak Hindi as a second language. Only about 2 percent speak English, but it serves as a common language among most educated Indians, and people use it for many official and administrative purposes.

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

Question 1. According to the author, select the correct statements from the given options.
(I) The Dravidian language is spoken in western India.
(II) The Indo-European language is mainly spoken in the northern and central regions.
(III) Sino-Tibetan language is spoken by people near the Burmese border arid northern Himalayan region.
(IV) Assam and Northern India speak the Mon-Khmer dialect.
(a) I and IV
(b) I and II
(c) III and IV
(d) II and III

Answer

A

Question 2. ……………… are considered to be the official language of India.
(a) Hindi.
(b) Hindi, Sanskrit and 16 regional languages.
(c) English.
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer

B

Question 3. Choose the reason the English language used in India.
(a) Educating Indians
(b) Official and a dministrat ive purposes
(c) As an official la nguage
(d) Communication

Answer

B

Question 4. Select the word from passage that means ‘a form of a language that is spoken in one area of country’.
(a) Linguistic
(b) Dialect
(c) Language
(d) Literature

Answer

B

Question 5. Choose the language from the following that is spoken by almost 2 million people.
(a) Santali
(b) Gondi
(c) Bhili
(d) Sanskrit

Answer

B

Question 6. The nation has newspapers in ……………. languages.
(a) 43
(b) 50
(c) 25
(d) 87

Answer

D

Question 7. What percentage of Indians can speak the English language?
(a) 15%
(b) 12%
(c) 2%
(d) 20%

Answer

C

Question 8. Choose the statements from the given option that are INCORRECT.
(I) Speakers of 54 different langu ages of the Indo-European family make up about three quarters of India’s population.
(II) Twenty Dravidian languages are spoken by three-quarters of India’s population.
(III) SIndia’s school teach 85 different languages.
(IV) Speakers of 20 Mon-Khmer languages and Sino-Tibetan languages together make up about 2 percent of the population.
(a) I and III
(b) II and III
(c) II and IV
(d) I and II

Answer

B

Question 9. Select the option that suitably completes the dialogue with reference to paragraph 5.
Adam: Hey Sameena! Do you know that how many languages are being taught in the schools of India?
Sameena: I was puzzled when I got to know that India’s school teach ……………………. .
(a) 64 different langu ages
(b) 73 different langu ages
(c) 58 different langu ages
(d) 6 different langu ages.

Answer

C

Question 10. Choose the option that lists the quote best expressing the central idea of the passage.
(a) The old people must start talking and the young people must start listening.”  —Thomas Banyacya, Hopi
(b) “Losing the language means losing the culture. We need to know who we are because it makes a difference in who our children are.” —Dottie LeBeau
(c) “The most important thing to me is to teach the children, so that our culture never dies.”  —Blackhawk SanCarlos, Mohawk and Apache
(d) Hindi’s contribution to Indian culture and literature is unmatched —Sampurnanand

Answer

D

II. Read the passage given below:

1. Cricket is a global passion, played everywhere from test match arenas to village greens, tropical beaches and dusty bark lots. Cricket is the world s second most popular spectator sport after football.

2. The origin of cricket is somewhere in the Dark Ages. All research concedes that the game derived from a very old, widespread and uncomplicated pastime by which one player served up an object, be it a small piece of wood or a ball, and another hit it with a suitably fashioned club. Cricket was first recorded in 16th-century England, and it was played in grammar schools, farm communities and everywhere in between. But things really took off when 18th-century nobles realised it was a great sport.

3. The oldest surviving set of cricket laws dale from 1744 – primed on a handkerchief, naturally. It’s now in the MCC Museum at Lord’s in London. The oldest permanent fixture is the annual Eton v Harrow match, played since 1805. A young Lord Byron turned out for Harrow in the fi`t match, though history doesn’t record how poetic-or ‘‘mad, bad and dangerous” — his bowling was.

4. The first international match was in 1877 when Australia beat England in Melbourne. The match was dubbed a ‘Test’, since the grueling nature of playing over five days was deemed the ultimate ‘test’ for any side. But it was Australia’s first win on English soil – in 1882 at The Oval in London – that led to matches between the two nations being christened the Ashes. Following the defeat, newspaper published an obituary mourning ‘‘the death of English cricket”. adding that “the body will be cremated and the taken to Australia”.

5. A One Day International (ODI) cricket is a form of limited overs, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, usually 50. The Cricket World Cup is played in this format. The international one day game in a late twentieth-century development. The first ODI was played on 5th January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Control.

Class 10 English Sample Paper Term 1 With Solutions Set F

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

Question 11. Identify the match that Lord Byron played.
(a) Grammar School V Farm Communities
(b) Australia V England
(c) Eton V Harrow
(d) Option (a) and (b)

Answer

C

Question 12. Select the option that is true for the two statements given below.
(1) Australia beat England in Melbourne in the international cricket match
(2) The first International cricket match was played in 1877 between Australia and England.
(a) (1) is the result of (2).
(b) (1) is true and (2) is false
(c) (1) is independent of (2).
(d) (1) contradicts (2).

Answer

A

Question 13. Choose the countries that played the first international match.
(a) India and Australia
(b) India and England
(c) England and Australia
(d) England and South Africa

Answer

C

Question 14. Australia first won England soil in 1882 at Oval in London – that led to matches between the two nations being christened the:
(a) Ashes
(b) great sport
(c) dark ages
(d) history

Answer

A

Question 15. Pick the CORRECT statement from the following that is NOT TRUE according to the passage.
(a) The international one-day game is a late twentieth-century development.
(b) The first international match was in Melbourne
(c) Cricket was first played in gramm ar schools, farm communities and everywhere in between.
(d) The Cricket World Cup is played in a Test Match format

Answer

D

Question 16. Based on your reading of the passage, rearrange the following in a correct order as discussed in the passage given above.
(I) The first ODI was played on 5th January, 1971.
(II) The oldest permanent fixture is the annual Eton V Harrow match
(III) The origin of cricket is somewhere in the Dark Ages.
(IV) The first international match was in 1877.
(a) II, III, I, IV
(b) IV, III, II, I
(c) I, II, III, IV
(d) III, II, IV and I

Answer

D

Question 17. There are …………… overs in One Day International cricket.
(a) 50
(b) 15
(c) 40
(d) 6

Answer

A

Question 18. One can find the oldest set of cricket laws?
(a) 1744 – printed on a handkerchief
(b) 1877 – in Australia
(c) 5th January 1971 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
(d) In the Dark Ages

Answer

A

GRAMMAR AND WRITING

GRAMMAR

III. Answer ANY FIVE out of the six questions by selecting the most appropriate option for each.

Question 19. England, as well as other European countries, …………………. a tip-included policy.
(a) have
(b) has
(c) was
(d) were

Answer

B

Question 20. …………………. you …………………. reach the customer if you call him at midnight ?
(a) Will/be able to
(b) Is/been able to
(c) Have/been able to
(d) Was/being able to

Answer

A

Question 21. …………………. of you can be successful provided you work.
(a) Any
(b) Many
(c) Each
(d) None

Answer

A

Question 22. The house is almost finished. It …………………. be ready to move into by next month.
(a) might
(b) may
(c) should
(d) can

Answer

C

Question 23. We’ve got tea and coffee : …………………. would you like ?
(a) What
(b) why
(c) Which
(d) How.

Answer

A

Question 24. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option for the cloze passage:

The city of Tokyo celebrated its seventieth anniversary with pomp and splendour. Fighter jets flown across the sky and people were given freedom on buses and trains. The celebrations ended with a show of fireworks after a military parade. The sense of (i) …………… with a tribute video to its leader.
Choose the correct option for (i)
(a) pride reinforced
(b) pride must reinforced
(c) pride has reinforced
(d) pride had reinforced

Answer

D

WRITING

IV. Answer ANY FIVE out of the six questions given, with reference to the context below. You are Adil, a resident of New Heights, Noida. You have to write a letter to the Editor, ‘Deccan Herald’, Noida, highlighting the need to tap the sports talent at a young age by sports teachers, coaches, etc., so that it does not go unrecognized.

Question 25. Choose the CORRECT option that Anil would write as the subject of his letter. Subject: Need to “………………………………………”
(a) tap sports talent at young age
(b) highlight the imp ortance of sports
(c) give training to young people in sports
(d) recognize the necessity of sports in youth

Answer

A

Question 26. Adil expects more public support for his issue as the Letter to an Editor has the following as its reader:
(a) Editor
(b) Publisher
(c) Readers of the newspaper around the world
(d) Grievance Committee

Answer

C

Question 27. What is the best way for Adil to end the letter?
(a) Hope all is well.
(b) I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
(c) I would be grateful if this matter is brought to light.
(d) Please take care.

Answer

C

Question 28. Which of these is the correct chronological order for writing information in Letter to the Editor:
(i) describing the issue
(ii) stating concern
(iii) suggesting remedial action required
(a) (ii), (iii), (i)
(b) (i), (iii), (ii)
(c) (i), (ii), (iii)
(d) (ii), (i), (iii)

Answer

D

Question 29. Writing a letter to editor will help Adil to ……………………………………… .
(a)• Highlight the importance of sports at young age.
• garner more public support for his issue
(b)• look more concerned
• gain some limelight in the city
(c )• remove the teachers who aren’t focused on sports
• train the teachers
(d)• bring improvement in schools
• Solve the mid day meal problems

Answer

A

Question 30. Adil writes his letter to address the issue.
Select the option that helps to complete his introductory paragraph appropriately.

Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to (i) …………………… on the need to tap sports talent at young age to create a pool of brilliant sportspersons who can be groomed to achieve something big in their sports career.
choose the correct option for (i)
(a) express my views
(b) show my anger
(c) express my anxiety
(d) share my thoughts

Answer

A

LITERATURE

V. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow:

The following Sunday Lencho came a bit earlier than usual to ask if there was a letter for him. It was the postman himself who handed the letter to him while the postmaster, experiencing the contentment of a man who has performed a good deed, looked on from his office.
Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such was his confidence — but he became angry when he counted the money. God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested. Immediately, Lencho went up to the window to ask for paper and ink. On the public writingtable, he started to write, with much wrinkling of his brow, caused by the effort he had to make to express his ideas.
(Letter to God)

Question 31. Pick the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
(1) Lencho had no faith in God
(2) Lencho was extremely ecstatic to see the  amount
(3) Lencho was a naïve man
(4) Lencho was a diligent farmer
(5) Lencho was angry on the amount being sent by God
(6) Lencho had requested God to send him some amount
(7) Lencho wrote a letter to his friend asking for some money
(a) (1), (2) & (7)
(b) (2), (3) & (4)
(c) (5), (6) & (7)
(d) (1), (2) & (3)

Answer

A

Question 32. Select the option that correctly classifies fact/s and opinion/s in the statements given below:
(1) Lencho wrote a letter to God requesting him to send hundred pesos
(2) Lencho may have taken his friend’s help for food till the letter came
(3) Lencho firmly believed that God would help him
(4) Postmaster was a mature and kind hearted person as we could understand the problems of Lencho
(a) F- (1), (2) & (3) and O- (4)
(b) F- (1), (3) & (4) and O- (2)
(c) F – (1) & (2) and O- (3) & (4)
(d) F- (2) and O – (1) & (3)

Answer

B

Question 33. Choose the word that ‘denied’ does NOT correspond to.
(a) decline
(b) gainsay
(c) perform
(d) contradict

Answer

C

Question 34. What amount of money did Lencho receive?
(a) Thirty pesos
(b) Hundred pesos
(c) Seventy pesos
(d) Twenty pesos

Answer

C

Question 35. Identify Lencho’s emotions when he counted the money.
(a) astonished
(b) elated
(c) angry
(d) indifferent

Answer

C

VI. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow:

Suddenly I came out of the clouds and saw two long straight lines of lights in front of me. It was a runway! An airport! I was safe! I turned to look for my friend in the black aeroplane, but the sky was empty. There was nothing there. The black aeroplane was gone. I could not see it anywhere.
(The Black Aeroplane)

Question 36. What did the pilot see when he came out of the clouds ?
(a) an airplane
(b) the pilot of black areoplane
(c) a bird
(d) runway lights of an airport

Answer

D

Question 37. Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. One of the soldiers at the airport helped him.
2. The black aeroplane was a mystery.
3. The pilot spread a rumour regarding the black aeroplane.
4. The pilot wanted to thank the black aeroplane.
5. I was struck in big black clouds.
6. I landed safely because of my courage.
(a) 5 and 6
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 5

Answer

B

Question 38. Why did the narrator turn back after landing on the airport?
(a) To show runway to his friend
(b) To say thank you to the pilot of black aeroplane.
(c) To see his colleague in the black airplane
(d) To help his friend

Answer

B

Question 39. The phrase ‘sky was empty’ mean :
(a) Nothing was visible in the sky
(b) The weather was clear, therefore empty
(c) There was no other aeroplane in the sky
(d) The black aeroplane had landed

Answer

C

Question 40. Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s
(F) and opinion/s (O) given below.
(1) The pilot should be glad that he was safe.
(2) The pilot’s life was saved because of his strength and courage.
(3) I don’t think that the black aeroplane was a mystery.
(4) The pilot was being irresponsible by entering into the storm
(a) O-1, 2, 3, 4
(b) F- 2 and O- 1, 3, 4
(c) F- 1, 2 and O- 3, 4
(d) F-1, 3 and O-2, 4

Answer

B

VII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow:

But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
(Fire and Ice)

Question 41. Which of the following words does NOT relate to ‘destruction’?
(a) blizzard
(b) flood
(c) tornedo
(d) drizzle

Answer

D

Question 42. Pick the word that is NOT similar in meaning to the term ‘perish’.
(a) finish
(b) end
(c) endure
(d) expire

Answer

C

Question 43. Pick the CORRECT rhyme scheme of the stanza.
(a) abbbb
(b) ababa
(c) abbaa
(d) aaaba

Answer

B

Question 44. Select the term that poet has used to signify ‘ice’.
(a) anger
(b) cold feelings
(c) violence
(d) lowtemperature

Answer

B

Question 45. What does ‘it’ refer to in the line ‘But if it had to perish twice’?
(a) desires
(b) fire
(c) ice
(d) world

Answer

D

VIII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow:

Later, he patted me on the head and said never mind, he’d teach me to cook. He also taught me to write my name and said he would soon teach me to write whole sentences and to add numbers. I was grateful. I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve.
It was quite pleasant working for Anil. I made the tea in the morning and then would take my time buying the day’s supplies, usually making a profit of about a rupee a day. I think he knew I made a little money this way but he did not seem to mind.
(The Thief’s Story)

Question 46. Anil never ‘mind the way’ the narrator made profit from him. Why?
(a) because he was ignorant
(b) because he had no idea about it
(c) because he was generous and forgiving
(d) because it wasn’t Anil’s money

Answer

C

Question 47. Why did the narrator feel that it was quite pleasant working for Anil?
(a) narrator learned new skills
(b) narrator received a good salary for less work
(c) narrator got to eat nice food daily
(d) narrator had to do light work and nothing much

Answer

D

Question 48. What did the narrator think that he would become after being educated?
(a) achieve great success
(b) become a teacher
(c) be independent
(d) do huge robberies

Answer

D

Question 49. Pick the CORRECT reason that the narrator was ‘grateful’ for.
(a) Anil taught him many things
(b) Anil sharpened his stealing skills
(c) Narrator became a literate
(d) Narrator got a job because Anil

Answer

A

Question 50. ‘He’d teach me to cook’. Why would ‘he’ teach the narrator to cook?
(a) he wanted to make him learn a new skill
(b) the narrator lied that he knew to cook but failed
(c) the narrator asked him to teach him
(d) he wanted to train the narrator for a job

Answer

B

IX. Attempt the following.

Question 51. The postmaster and his fellow workers could only collect seventy pesos to the best of their capabilities. Why were they collecting money?
(a) for the party on the postmaster’s retirement
(b) to help their colleague
(c ) to help Lencho secretly
(d) to bribe the head master for promotions

Answer

C

Question 52. Wanda was a quite girl who didn’t talk much. This tells that Wanda was
(a) an extrovert
(b) an introvert
(c) a party animal
(d) a gossip girl

Answer

B

Question 53. Pick the option that is NOT considered as an inauspicious thing.
(a) hemlock tree
(b) crow
(c) the dust of snow
(d) dove

Answer

D

Question 54. The Ball poem teaches us that loss is an…………… part of life.
(a) happy
(b) inevitable
(c) sad
(d) exciting

Answer

B

Question 55. May 10, 1994 was the historic day. Why?
(a) Mandela sworn in as the first ever white president
(b) Mandela sworn in as the first ever Commissioner
(c) Mandela sworn in as a monk
(d) Mandela sworn in as the first ever black president

Answer

D

Question 56. Pick a quality that describes Mr. Keesing in the class.
(a) jolly
(b) stern
(c) wild
(d) lenient

Answer

B

Question 57. The seagull’s parents threatened him that if he would not try to learn flying, they would not
(a) treat him right
(b) consider them their child
(c) provide him any food
(d) let him live

Answer

C

Question 58. Symbolically, what does ‘ice’ NOT represent?
(a) coldness
(b) hatred
(c) jealousy
(d) excitement

Answer

D

Question 59. Tricki was ill. According to his owner, what was the reason of his illness?
(a) injury
(b) malnutrition
(c) fat
(d) lethargy

Answer

B

Question 60. Mrs. Hall was a landlady of ………… in the remote town of Iping.
(a) an Inn
(b) a hospital
(c) a store
(d) parlor

Answer

A