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OFFICE OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC INSTRUCTION KOPPAL
SSLC English II Lang. Model Question Paper-2
Class : 10 English SL Time : 2.30 hrs
Student Name R.No. Date Teacher Sign Marks Scored
80
General Instructions:-
Attempt all questions
15 Minutes is allotted a cool off time.
Your are not allowed to write during the cool off time. Read the instructions and questions carefully.
Section ‘A’
(Prose, Poetry, Supplementary reading and vocabulary)
Four Alternatives are given for each of the following questions/incomplete statemhohoents. Write the correct or the most appropriate answer in the space. 1x3=3
1 Are you ok? Said Baleshwar but there was no response. Why didn’t Roma respond?
a) She was unconscious b. She could not speak aloud c. She had no words to say d. She was afraid to talk to him
2. The people of the poor area in Tibet believed that happiness was
a. an old monster b. the snowy mountain c. the vast scree d.a beautiful bird
3. Columbus set out from spain to
a. for a long holiday b. to became a rich man c. to discover a new world d. to make new friends
Answer the following questins in 2-3 sentence each 2x4=8
4. As the night advanced, swami felt that something terrible would happen too him. What would it be? How would it happen?
5. How can you say that Pundit Ravi shaker was kind man?
6. Give a short description of the bird that Satish saw one d
7. How were the scientist able to work on a solution inspire of political and cultural difference?
Read the following extracts and answer the question given (qn.8,9,10)
8. “ Once clear of the devil’s track to nowhere, we’ll blow our way back home”
a. What does ‘Devil track to nowhere’ suggest about the thinking of seamen? 1 b. How did they prove to be wrong? 2
9. “The trees in that orchard archard are not mine”
a. According to Don Anselmo, who did trees belong to? 1 b.Why did he feel so? 2
10. “Every year people want to look for this bird. But not one of them did ever return”
a. Why did the bird look for the bird? 1 b. Why did they not return? 2
Answer the following questions in 6-8 sentences 4x1=4
11. How did the Bird of Happiness put an end to the hardship suffered by the people? Or
Narrate the circumstances that compelled satish stay in the house.
Poetry
12. “laugh till the game is played” this means that 1x3=3 a. we should laugh while we are playing b. we should laugh only at the end of the play
c. we should be serious when we are about to die d. we should laugh till the end of our life
13. What does Portia compare mercy to?
14. “The land says you own me” What does the word ‘own’ mean in the context?
Answer the following in 2-3 sentence each. 2x3=6
15. Do you find anything odd in the reply given by grandma? If so why do You think it is odd?
16. What message does the Jazz player want to convey?
17. When captain shouted ‘we are lost’. How did his daughter react?
Read the following extracts and answer the question given (qn. 18)
18. “with the tea cups circling around me like the planet round the sun.i’ll be centre of my gravity, a universe of one”
a. Where would the speaker experience this? 1 b. why would he feel so? 2
19. Quote from memory the eight lines of the poem beginning with 4x1=4
With heavy sighs………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………
Class : 10 English Test : 1 Roll No:
………………………………………………………can know
Or
What does Portia tell Shylock about quality of Mercy?
Supplementary Reading
Answer the following questions in 4-5 sentence 2x2=4
20. Babu and Manju were bit disappointed with the way students were marching. What was the reason? Or
What factors encouraged Dolma to take up basic mountaineering course?
21. The absence of mother from home taught the children something. what was that? Or
How did Dr. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandi try to wipe out castle discrimination from India?
Vocabulary
22. Fill in the blanks with do forms
1 Father – Teacher, why………………..my son score poor marks in Englsih?
Teacher- He writes sentences incorrectly.
23. Scramble the letters to form words meaning. Clues are given in brackets nwo ( posses)
24. Combine the word in column A with its collocative word in B 1
A B Freedom fighter
Boxer smimmer, wrestler]
25. How many syllables do the following word contain. 1 again
Section-B Reading
Sardar Vallabhai Patel was studying in high school at Nadial. One day a teachter Mr.Agarwala did not turn up on time to the class. One of the students, in the class started singing and others joined him. The teacher who had been chatting with his colleagues came in and scolded students. Sardar stood up and said,” we were singing because you didn’t come to the
class on time”. The teacher became angry and asked Sardar to go out. other student also with Sardar. The teacher reported the matter to head master. The head master called Sardar and asked him to Apologize. Sardar sir,” you are asking a wrong person to apologize. As the teacher did not come on time we were singing”. The teacher had to take the class without expecting apology from the students.
30. Read the give story. The bits of given story are jumpled. Arrange them in right order to complete the story. 2
She was greedy. She thought that there might me hundreds of golden eggs in the stomach of the goose. She thought that by killing the goose. She wood get hundreds of golden egg. She could sell them in the market and become rich. On the next day, she killed the goose. She found only one golden egg in the stomach. An old women liven in a village. She had a goose which laid a golden egg every day.she sold it in the market and earned her living.
A dialogue is given below. Read it and answer the questions that follow.
Mohan : let’s go to see a film in the evening. Sahana : I’d love to, but…………………….
Mohan : But what?
Sahana : I have an appointment with the dentist. Mohan : Oh, I see. You cant miss that.
31. Sahana did not like / liked going to film. (pick the correct answer)
32. Which word in the conversation means…..’a doctor who takes care of our teeth’? 1
Writing
A pharagraph is given below. It has four errors. Edit the paragraph. Clues are given. 4
33. Congratulations were showered on swami on next day. His classmates looked at him with rispect and his teacher pat him. His head master said that he was an true scout.
a. capital letter to be used. b. spelling to be corrected.
c. verbal mistake to be corrected. d. article to be corrected.
34. Imagine that you are Sham/ Shamita I main ii cross Vivekananda Nagar Hubli. 4
Write a letter to your mother asking blessing for the annual examination. Or
Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper complaining about constant electricity failure in your village
Grammar (Language Use)
35. Teacher: who has written book?
Student: Leela has written a book. The passive form of underline word is
a. A book is written by Lata b. A book had been written by Lata c. A book has been written by Lata d. A book wiil be written by Lata
36. Murthy plays football.
1 The correct ‘wh’ word for the above sentence is
2
a. What is Murthy playing? b. What did Murthy play? C. What will Murthy play? d. What does Murthy play?
37. We have been using a number if metals. For example, iron, steel, gold, silver etc.. steel is the most useful metal.this can also be said as.. (Pick out the best sentence)
a. Steel is very useful animal. b. Steel is as useful as other animal.
c. Steel is more useful than any other metal. d. Other metal are more useful than steel.
38. Students ride the cycle,………………………The correct question tag to be used to above sentence is a. does they? b. doesn’t they? c. do they? d. don’t they?
39. Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition and article. 2
At ……………….age of eighteen, Mohan was sent……………….England.
40. Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate tense form of the verbs given in brackets. 2
Jayalaxmi is a classical singer. She………………..(earn) money by giving tuitions. she……………..( be + go) to give a concert in a
town hall tomorrow.
41.Fill the blanks with the appropriate linking words choosing from the brackets. 2
Ramya can speak Hindi fluently…………….she can’t speak……………………… English……………..Kannada fluently. …………………
Kannadigas talk to him in Hindi. ( therefore, either, but, or)
42.Read the conversation. Based on it complete the reported forms given below. 2
Spoorti : How are You? Keerti : I’m fine, you?
Spoorti : I am fine ,why did you go to delhi last week? Keerti : I went to Delhi to meet the Minister.
Spoorti asked Keerti Why……………………………………………………….....................
keerti replied that …………………………………………………………………………………………….
Reference skill
43. Arrange the following words in the order in which they are put in diction 2 cancer, candle, canteen, cancel
44. Five people killed in the accident.
The source where we find the above line is……………………… 1
45. v r la8 2day decode the above sms it to sentence …………………………………………………………………………………………………
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