English (General)
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 50
Instructions :
(i) Read the questions carefully and answer them.
(ii) All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Marks of each question are indicated against it.
1. What did Bairam Khan do with letters written to the neighbouring king why ? 2
2. How did Helen learn to read Braille ? 3
3. Why was Michael and Isabel Cottage called the Evening Star ? 2
4. How was Marie Curie honoured in America ? 2
5. What was Sohrab's last wish?
Or
Give one word for each of the following :
(a) Life story of a person written by himself.
(b) A place of safety for ships.
(c) A person unable to speak. 3
6. Why is the Nurse's heart filled with great joy ? 2
7. What woke up Upagupta from the sleep ? 2
8. In what kind of weather does the unknown rider pass by ?
Or
Who invited Johnny to tea? Why did he not accept the invitation ? 2
9. Do as directed :
(a) We should serve our country.
(Rewrite using have got to') 1
(b) the boys are writing answers.
(Add a question tag) 1
(c) Please come again. (Rewrite the sentence using do or
does for emphasis) 1
10. (A) Do as directed :
(i) Rustum should be killed.
(ii) Only then can our armies dream of victory. (Combine the pair of sentences using `unless') 1
(B) No other fruit is as sweet as mango. (Rewrite using Superlative degree) 1
(C) We will remain strong.
There is unity in our country. (Combine the pair of sentences using As long as) 1
11 Do as directed :
(a) To fall into a bad company is easy for a young man.
(Rewrite the sentences beginning with `It') 1
(b) (i) The river was shallow.
(ii) Mohan found this.
[Combine the sentences .into one sentence using the Pattern }. Noun + Verb + Noun + Adjective/Past Participle)] 1
(c) (i) All the students worked in the garden.
(ii) The Principal asked them to do so.
[Combine using the pattern (sub + get + object + to + verb)] 1
12 You are Mano; Gupta residing at Gandhi Gali. Agra. You need
some books. Write a letter to your father requesting him to send
you five hundred rupees.
Or
You are Sanjay Verma studying in Class X-A Govt. Boys Higher
Secondary School Vidisha. Write an application to the Principal to
grant you full fee concession. 5
13. Write an essay on any one of the following topics in about 200 words :
(a) Any Interesting Match
(b) A Visit to a Historical Place
(c The wonders of Science,
(d) Newspapers
(e) A Great Leader 8
14. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions
given below:
A woman once came to Buddha to ask him if he could give her any
medicine to restore her dead child to life. The holy man told her
that there was only one medicine which could save her son. He told her to bring a handful of mustard seed from a house where death had never entered. The sorrowing mother went from door to door seeking the mustard seed. But at every door she met with sad replies. One said, "I have lost my husband." Another said,
"Our youngest child died last year." She returned with a heavy
heart to the teacher who told her that she must not think much of her own grief since sorrow and death are common to all.
Questions :
(a) Why did a woman come to Buddha ? 1
(b) What did Buddha ask her to bring ? 1
(c) Where did the poor woman So ? 1
(d) What did the people tell her then ? 1
(e) What did her teacher tell her ? 1
15. Translate any five of the following sentences into English :5
