ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER UP BOARD CLASS 10 

SECTION-A

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it:

"Socrates went round the town on foot and talked to people. The Athenians began to look for his familiar figure in the streets and to say to their friends, 'Yes, that's Socrates, come along and talk to him.' After sometime Socrates became famous as a teacher. He wandered along the roads and stood in the market places, talking to anyone who cared to greet him. His listeners were often confused after they had argued with him or answered his questions. Socrates told his countrymen that everyone must learn to think for himself, so that by using his reason he would have the power to see what was right, just, true and beautiful and so shape his own conduct. He wanted Athens to be a perfect state. He told everyone—both his pupils and his other followers—that this could only happen if every citizen educated his own mind to see what was right and noble."

(a) Why did Socrates wander along the streets and stand in the market places?

(b) How, according to Socrates, should man use his reason?

1. Answer one of the following questions in about 60 words:

   (a) How did the Yaksha reward Yudhishthira? Give reasons for rewarding him.

   (b) Sketch the character of the Postmaster in the story, 'A Letter to God'.

2. Answer two of the following questions in about 25 words each:

   (a) Why did Nehru want the major portion of his ashes scattered over the fields of India?

   (b) Whom did the old man want to give all his money to?

   (c) Why did Saraswati give man music and other fine arts?

3. Match the words of List A with their meanings in List B:

• in the course of $\rightarrow$ during

• talents $\rightarrow$ natural qualities

• sobbed $\rightarrow$ moaned

• owe $\rightarrow$ indebted

1. Read the following piece of poetry and answer the questions:

"Glad of all weathers,

Still seeming best,

Upward or downward,

Motion thy rest;"

(a) What is the state of the fountain in every weather?

(b) What lesson does the poet want to give us in the above stanza?

1. Give the central idea of one poem ('The Psalm of Life' / 'The Perfect Life') OR Write four lines from a poem in your textbook.

2. Answer two questions in ~25 words each:

   (a) Why did the teacher think that Edison was stupid and naughty?

   (b) How and why did the judgement seat of Vikramaditya disappear from the earth forever?

   (c) Why has Luz Long been called a fine example of Coubertin's ideal?

3. True / False:

   (a) Even in his childhood Edison loved to do experiments.

   (b) Winning is the most important thing in games and sports.

   (c) The judgement seat of Vikramaditya was a slab of white marble.

   (d) Edison bought toys with the pocket money his father gave him.

4. Multiple Choice:

   (a) Edison got a beating from his mother because: he had smashed the eggs and spoiled his shorts.

   (b) Jesse Owens was angry because: Negroes were supposed to be inferior to Aryans.

   (c) King Vikramaditya is famous for his: justice and learning.

   (d) When Edison went on asking questions in the class, the teacher thought that he was: stupid and naughty.

SECTION-B

1. Do as indicated:

   (i) loss his regretting seller the greedy cried. (Re-order words)

   (ii) Everybody knows him. (Change into Passive voice)

   (iii) The speaker said, "Forests prevent soil erosion." (Change into Indirect Speech)

   (iv) My father will go home, when the rain ______ (stop). (Use correct verb form)

2. (a) Preposition: He has been charged ______ theft.

    

   (b) Complete: He is working hard lest ______.

    

   (c) Complete spellings: (i) S_g_ (ii) Twel_th

   (d) Punctuate: i may be slow said the tortoise but i can win the race

    

3. Translate into English:

    

   ईश्वर महान हैं। वह सर्वव्यापी है। वह न्यायी हैं, वह दयालु हैं वह सर्व शक्तिमान है। उसने हमारे लिए चाँद बनाया है, उसने सूर्य बनाया है। आदमी घर बनाता है, आदमी ने कम्प्यूटर तथा परमाणु बम बनाया है परन्तु आदमी एक भी फूल नहीं बना सकता। हमें ईश्वर की पूजा करनी चाहिए। मैं उसकी प्रार्थना करता हूँ।

4. Letter / Application: Application to District Magistrate to ban loudspeakers during exams OR Letter to a friend about your school.

5. Composition (60 words): (a) My Father (b) A Rainy Day (c) A Journey by Train

6. Comprehension passage on Punctuality:

   (i) Whom does a businessman who is not punctual, cause inconvenience to?

   (ii) What is the reason of most of the failures?

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