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English Paper I 1
English Paper I 1
ENGLISH Paper I
Class X
[ Maximum Marks: 40
(Third language)
Instructions:
1. This paper contains THREE Sections.
2. 15 minutes are allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2 hours for
writing the answers.
3. Answer all the questions on a separate answer booklet.
4. Make use of the last pages of the answer booklet for rough work, if necessary,
while answering the questions under Section - C.
Section - A: Reading Comprehension (15 Marks)
(1-7)
Read
ENVIRONMENT
the
following
excerpt
from
illiterate women.
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct
answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.
(4x1=4 Marks)
1. The treatment of the British Government with the local forests was
but they were very complicated Who / What is referred to as complicated in this
phrase? (A) The methods of planting trees
(B) The illiterate women
(C) The foresters
(D) The climatic conditions of that area
4.
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences in your own words.
Marks)
(3x2=6
The West has to learn a lot from India, and it has now been realised when people in the
United States and Europe are turning to the Indian way of life. Indian yogis and
maharishis, musicians and spiritual leaders, have all attracted them in a big way. A
significant move to project India's cultural unity has been the holding of Festivals of
India in various parts of the world. The West is fast inclining towards our spiritual values
which include meditation and contemplation, charity and love, universal brotherhood and
fear of God, piety and unselfishness, control of passions and peace of mind.
Our cultural unity is further exemplified by the temples of the South and of
Khajuraho, the caves of Ajanta and Ellora, which are shining examples of India's
proficiency in sculpture and architecture. Our music has come to enjoy worldwide
popularity.
Indian classical music, like the Indian dances, is built on the concept of ragas and
talas. Each raga is regarded appropriate to a certain time of the day or the night. There are
believed to be about 250 ragas in common use in the North as well as in the South.
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct
answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.
(3x1=3 Marks)
8.
a direction
the western part of India
the countries on the West
the western culture of India
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences in your own words. (2x1=2 Marks)
11. Why are the people of the West attracted towards Indian culture?
12. What is the similarity between Indian music and dances?
'I know what you're thinking,' I said. 'You're thinking that may be the black race is
superior
(18) the white, because you just
(19) the little dark youngster
on the lawn ordering the little white boy around. Don't think that; it's a game
_(20) play. Alternate days one is the boss, the other the servant. It's a grand game. I
used to
play it and may be so did you. Yesterday I saw the little white boy bossing
_(21)
dark one and I worried all day over the dark boy's realisation of his inferiority so young
in life! We are silly, we grown-ups,
(22) we?'
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
(A) of
(A) see
(A) he
(A) the
(A) shouldnt
(B) to
(B) saw
(B) she
(B) a
(B) wont we
(C) at
(C) seen
(C) they
(C) an
(C) arent
(D) than
(D) seeing
(D) them
(D) one
(D) isnt
Imagine that you are one of the eye witnesses of the above accident. Write a
description of the accident in your own words.
OR
Write an imaginary interview between you and a news reporter who has come
to cover the news of the accident.
24. Imagine that your school is going to conduct a science - fare for the classes 8, 9 and 10.
Prepare a notice to be circulated among the teachers and students to participate in the
programme.
(5 Marks)