SSLC Helper

SSLC, II LANGUAGE ENGLISH
PREPARATORY EXAMINATION - 2019
Prepared By
Ehthashamuddin. J. Sheikh, M.A., M.ED, IIST
# 116, T.K.A.R Building, G. Block,
Champion Reef’s (P.O), Kolar Gold Fields,
Kolar District, Karnataka State.
Mobile Number: - 9738483214
Preparatory Examination - 1
Class: 10th Std Subject: English Marks: 80 Time: - 2.30Hrs
BLUE PRINT
Sl Content Name Remembering Comprehension Expression Appreciation Total Total

No Question Marks
Prose MC VSA S.A S.A L.A MC VSA S.A S.A L.A MC VSA S.A S.A L.A MC VSA S.A S.A L.A
1. A Hero 1(2) 1 2
2. There’s a Girl by the Tracks! 1(3) 1(4) 2 7
3. Gentleman of Rio – En Medio 1(1) 1(3) 2 4
4. Dr. Ambedkar 1(1) 1 1
5. The Concert 1(2) 1 2
6. The Discovery 1(1) 1(3) 2 4
7. Colours of Silence 1(2) 1 2
8. Science and Hope of Survival 1(2) 1 2
Poetry
1. Grandma Climbs a Tree 1(2) 1 2
2. Quality of Mercy 1(4) 1 4
3. I am Land 1(3) 1 3
4. The Song of India 1(1) 1 1
5. Jazz Poem Two 1(2) 1 2
6. Ballad of the Tempest
7. The Blind Boy 1(4) 1 4
8. Off to outer space tomorrow mrng
Supplementary Reading
1. Narayanpur Incident 1(2) 1 2
2. On Top of the World
3. A Great Martyr ever cherished 1(2) 1 2
4. The Bird of Happiness
Vocabulary 2(2) 1(1) 1(1) 4 4

Reading 8(8) 8 8
Writing 2(8) 2 8
Editing 1(2) 1 2
Grammar (Language Use) 6(10) 6 10
Reference Skill 2(3) 1(1) 3 4
Total 1 5 4 3 19 6 12 4 6 16 4 43 80
BLUE PRINT

No Question Marks
1. A Hero 1(3) 1(1) 2 4

3. Gentleman of Rio – En Medio 1(3) 1 3
6. The Discovery 1(4) 1 4
8. Science and Hope of Survival 1(1) 1(2) 2 3
Poetry
2. Quality of Mercy 1(4) 1 4
3. I am Land 1(1) 1 1
5. Jazz Poem Two
6. Ballad of the Tempest 1(3) 1 3
7. The Blind Boy
8. Off to outer space tomorrow mrng 1(2) 1 2
3. A Great Martyr ever cherished
4. The Bird of Happiness 1(2) 1 2
Vocabulary 2(2) 1(1) 1(1) 4 4

Reading 8(8) 8 8
Writing 2(8) 2 8
Editing 1(2) 1 2
Total 1 5 6 4 3 19 6 6 4 6 16 4 43 80
BLUE PRINT

No Question Marks
1. A Hero 1(2) 1 2
3. Gentleman of Rio – En Medio 1(1) 1(3) 2 4
6. The Discovery 1(1) 1(3) 2 4
8. Science and Hope of Survival 1(2) 1 2
Poetry
2. Quality of Mercy 1(3) 1(4) 2 7
3. I am Land
5. Jazz Poem Two 1(2) 1 2
6. Ballad of the Tempest
7. The Blind Boy 1(4) 1 4
8. Off to outer space tomorrow mrng
3. A Great Martyr ever cherished 1(2) 1 2
4. The Bird of Happiness
Vocabulary 2(2) 1(1) 1(1) 4 4

Reading 8(8) 8 8
Writing 2(8) 2 8
Editing 1(2) 1 2
Total 1 5 2 4 3 19 2 12 4 6 16 6 43 80
PREPARATORY EXAMINATION - 1, 2018 – 19
Class: 10th Std Subject: S. L English Marks: 80 Time: - 2.30 mints
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Section – A
Prose
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following question/ incomplete statements. Write the correct or the most
appropriate answer in the space provided. (3×1=3)
1. The Gentleman, Don Anselmo, was very fond of……….

(a) Children (b) Money (c) The Land (d) Dress
2. Ambedkar described the civil disobedience, non-corporation and Satyagraha as the …….
(a) Grammar of anarchy (b) Rebellion (c) Revolution (d) Opposition
3. ‘Discipline is a thing of the past, Sir; it’s you or us’ who said this? ………
(a) Franciso (b) Guillermos Ires (c) Juan Patino (d) Pedro Qutirrez
II. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each: - (4×2=8)
4. ‘In the darkness Swami felt something was moving down’. What did he do then?
5. Satish saw a bird through the Window. How did the bird appear to him?
6. Smitha, on seeing the newspaper, almost shouted with excitement why she did react so?
7. What reward does scientist get from the study of science?
III. Read the following Extracts and answer the question that follows: - (3×3=9)
8. “Chacha, can I borrow your mobile?”

(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) Who does ‘Chacha’ refer to?
(c) Why did he borrow the mobile?
9. “I am your captain. Your duty is to obey me as mine is to obey the Royal Sovereigns of Spain who sent me?”
(a) Who does ‘I’ refer to?
(b) Who had to obey him?
(c) Why were they disobedient to him?
10. “I argued with him but it was useless. Finally he signed the deed and took the money but refused to take more
than the amount agreed upon?”
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) Did he take double the amount offered?
(c) Explain; but it was useless?
IV. Answer the following questions in about eight or ten sentences each: - (1×4=4)
11. After Roma made a full recovery, Baleshwar met her. Briefly describe how Roma thanked him, and What Baleshwar
said in reply?
Or
‘Satish Gujral became a great artist’ support this statement mentioning a few of his achievements.
Poetry
V. Four alternatives are given for each of the following question/ incomplete statements. Write the correct or the
most appropriate answer in the space provided. (1×1=1)
12. How according to the poet, can we better the world? The poet says we can do so with ………..
(a) Song (b) Dance (c) Joy (d) Wine
VI. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each: - (2×2=4)
13. What is uncommon about the desire or the quality of the grand mother?
14. Give at least two descriptions of the Jazz Player to show that he is sad while not playing the instrument.
VII. Read the following Extracts and answer the question that follows: - (1×3=3)
15. “It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes, Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes”
(a) What does ‘it’ refer to?
(b) How is he blessed?
(c) What does ‘Mighty’ mean in the context?
VIII. Quote from memory the eight lines of the poem beginning with: - (1×4=4)
16. O Say what is that …………………………….

…………………………………………………
..……………………………… Poor blind boy
You talk of wondrous ……………………….
…………………………...……. day or night?
IX. Answer the following questions in about eight or ten sentences each: - (1×4=4)
17. How does the speaker in the court try to convince Shylock that Mercy is twice blessed and is a divine quality?
OR
Explain briefly ‘Till the game is played’, ‘Till the music ends’ what does these phrase suggest?
X. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each: - (2×2=4)
18. Why had the students been marching? How was it an unusual march?
Or
When did Dicky Dolma climb Mt. Everest? How does she describe this achievement?
19. Hanifuddin had to battle with hardships right from his early age. Give a few examples to illustrate this.
Or
What do you like the most in the story? Support your answer giving reasons.
Vocabulary
XI. 20. Combine the word in Column ‘A’ with its collocative word ‘B’ (1×1=1)
A B
Commit answer, home work, mistake, wrong
21. Write the opposite of these words. (2×½=1)

A B
Interesting X ……… Important X ……….
22. The spelling of a word is Jumbled write the word. (1×1=1)

NATMUONI
23. Which word has one syllable? (1×1=1)

Interest, Furious, Surprised, Means
Section – B
Reading
XII. Read the passage and answer the questions: - (4×1=4)
Almost a year has passed since I came here at Headmaster’s kind invitation in order to cheer myself and cheer the hearts
of a few of my friends by singing some of our songs. The ten months that have passed have seen very terrible
catastrophic events in the word – ups and downs, misfortunes – but can anyone sitting here this afternoon, this October
afternoon, not feel deeply thankful for what has happened in the time that has passed and for the very great improvement
in the position of our country and of our home? Why? When I was here last time we were quite alone, desperately alone
and we had been so for five or six months; we were poorly armed; we are not so poorly armed today; but then we were
very poorly armed. We had the unmeasured menace of the enemy and their air attack still beating upon us, and you
yourselves had experience of this attack; and I expect you are beginning to feel impatient that there has been this long
with nothing particular turning up!
24. What is the event, which the above passage gives out some details?
25. After how much time has the speaker come again to the meeting place?
26. What was the aim for the arrival of the guest?
27. Explain ‘Catastrophic events’. ‘Air attack’, ‘Nothing particularly turning up’, and ‘Long lull’?
28. Rearrange the jumbled words into a meaningful sentence (1×1=1)

Want / you / do / What?
29. A dialogue is given below. Read it and answer the questions that follow (Questions 29 – 30)
Father: Father, I suggest we sell the Land

Grand Father: (Keeps silent for a moment) No, we should not
Father: But, Why?
Grand Father: It is inherited, it’s my prized possession
The silence of the Grand Father

Suggests his …………….. Willingness / Unwillingness to sell the land. Pick the correct answer (1)
30. Which word in the conversation above means poverty (1)
31. Look at the statements. Write a sentence using ‘Larger than’ based on the statement. (1)
Line ‘A’ Line ‘B’
3 Cms 5 Cms
Writing
XIII. 32. Given below is a profile of Dr. Nikhita. Write a paragraph using the clues given below (1×4=4)
Name : Dr. Nikhita

Age : 47 Years
Qualification : M.sc, PhD
Occupation : Professor of Physics in Delhi University
Hobbies : Watching birds, Reading Magazines
Reasons for Popularity : Soft Spoken, Warm – hearted and love to help students
Academic Achievements : Paper presentation on ‘Waste Managements’ Author of a book
‘Ecological Crises’
Or
Write a paragraph using the clues given below. You may add some points if necessary
Silly cricket – sang and danced all the summer – didn’t store food – winter came – dying of hunger – went to an ant – begged
for food – ant refused to help and asked the cricket to dance till winter away – moral.
33. Write a letter to your friend Suman / Sumana inviting him / her to spend a few days with you during
summer vacations (1×4=4)
(Or)
Write a letter to a friend inviting in a different state describing the places of tourist in your state.
Editing
The following paragraph has two errors. Edit the paragraph and rewrite it in the space provided using the
clues given below (1×2=2)
34. There had been an accident when he goes hiking with his father and brother inder. They were crossing a
rickety bridge over some rapids.
Clues:
(a) Tense form of verb to be corrected
(b) Use capital letters wherever necessary.
Grammar Use
(Language Use)
35. Let’s start now ………………..? (1×1=1)
The question tag to be used above in …………..
(a) Can we? (b) Shall we?
(c) Do we? (d) Must we?
36. We spoke in better cheer (1×1=1)

The correct ‘Wh’ question for the above statement is……………….
(a) How did we speak? (b) How do we speak?
(c) How have we spoken? (d) How are we speaking?
37. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions (4×1/2=2)
I was walking alone. I saw ………. Small crowd had gathered in front …… the park gate. I stood …… a while to watch
…….. scene.
38. Read the conversation. Based on it, complete the reported form given below (1×2=2)
Chand : Hello, Prashant

Prashant : How are you?
Chand : I am fine. Thank you. Are you working in this company?
Prashant : Yes, I am. I joined this firm last year
39. Fill in the blanks choosing the right form of the verbs given in brackets (2×1=2)
You can ………. (see) him now. See, how he is standing. His face ………….. (wrinkle)
40. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate linking words choosing from the brackets (4×1/2=2)
(after, and, So, that)
The summons came from the soviet president …… I had to go there. At the meeting, I was shown a letter from the American
president ……… to my surprise, ………... a few days, I was called to Geneva. The meeting was held so ……… we could
hold talks.
Reference skill
41. Arrange the following words in the order and which they are put in a dictionary. (4×½=2)
Adore, Address, Admire, Admit.
42. A message reads like this “Y R U Here” What does it mean? Write it in the normal way? (1×1=1)
43. A Thesaurus gives ………….. of words. (1×1=1)

(Fill in the blank)
**********************
KEY ANSWERS
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following question/ incomplete statements. Write the correct or the
1. A) Children
2. A) Grammar of Anarchy
3. A) Franciso
4. Swami saw something was moving down, he thought that his end had come, why should he wait? As it came nearer, he
hugged it and bites it with all his strength like a mortal weapon to escape from it.
5. Satish saw a bird through the window, it was a rare bird and he had never seen that type of bird before. That bird had a
longish tail and black crest. It had restless energy. Its eyes always kept moving here and there and bird was ready for flight
at any moment. So he was attracted by it.
6. Smitha read the news that Pandit Ravi Shankar will give a concert, next day at Shanmukhananda Auditorium. She and
her brother was fan of Ravi Shankar, so she shouted with excitement because it was the life time opportunity for them.
7. Science is an exciting adventure where major reward comes from the discovery itself. Scientists get freedom, camaraderic
and Independence. The honours and promotions will depend on himself more than in other occupations like lawyers and
business people.
8. (a) Baleshwar Mishra

(b) The Tempo - truck Driver
(c) He wanted to inform to Roma’s brother about Roma’s hospitalization due to an accident.
9. (a) Columbus
(b) The Sea men had to obey him
(c) Due to a long and continuous journey in the sea, they were tired. They wanted to go back home.
10. (a) The story teller argued with Don Anselmo

(b) No, Son Anselmo didn’t take double the amount offered because the trees and land didn’t belong to him.
(c) ‘It was useless’ because Don Anselmo refused to accept the offer.
11. Roma made full recovery in few days. She was thinking about the accident and felt that she couldn’t imagine what
would have happened if Baleshwar hadn’t been there. At that time Baleshwar met her. Roma thanked him and said if he
would not take such a risk, she was no more. She said that she could never repay him. For that Baleshwar said her that is
humanity and at that time she needed help, that day was Roma other day it could be some other helping is necessary those
who needed, especially timely help will save the life.
Poetry
most appropriate answer in the space provided.
12. A) Song
13. Grandma had the desire of climbing the tree. It is uncommon or unusual because even at the age of 62 she climbed a
tree. The poet termed this uncommon quality as genius.
14. When the Jazz player was not playing the instrument he was sad because he lost his interest in the life. He didn’t care
to wear the torn dress. He had more pain that could be seen in each wrinkle of his face.
15. (a) Mercy

(b) He is twice blessed. It benefits both persons who give and takes.
(c) Powerful / Strong
16. O say what is that thing call’d light,

Which I must ne’eren joy.
What are the blessings of the sight,
O tell your poor blind boy.
You talk of wondrous things you see,

You say the sun shines bright;
I feel him warm, but how can he
Or make it day or Night?
17. The well known poet William Shakespeare the speaker describes the quality of mercy through Portia and tried to
convince shylock that mercy is twice blessed.
The quality of mercy is not showered by force or compulsion. I showered like a gentle rain directly from heaven or
paradise to earth. When mercy is shown to somebody it is blessed and it comes from the others means taken or comes back
is also blessed. So mercy is twice blessed according to speaker. It becomes strongest, never ceased. According to the speaker,
mercy is the divine quality and greatest virtue of all.
18. A teacher in Narayanapur was arrested during Quit India Movement. He was the follower of Mahatma Gandhiji.
Narayanpur was a small town. The teacher’s wife, sons, daughter and most of the youngest believed in a different form of
resistance to the British. So they all decided to show their protest against British rule, so they marched. It was an unusual
because they marched in complete silence. There was no slogans, no shouts etc.
19. Hanifuddin had to battle with hardships right from his early age because he lost his father when he was eight years old.
He had to take the responsibility to look after his three younger brothers. His mother Hema Aziz had to touring job and was
very often. They had to do their work for themselves.
Vocabulary
A
Commit - mistake

A B
Interesting X Dull, Uninteresting Important X Unimportant
Mountain

Surprised
Section – B
Reading
24. German attack, on England in World War II and Conditions a year back and then.
25. After one year.
26. To cheer himself and others.
27. ‘Tragic Incidents’, ‘Bombardment’, ‘No event happening’, ‘Long Silence’.

What do you want?
29. Unwillingness (1)
30. Land (1)
31. Line ‘B’ is longer than Line ‘A’. (1)
Writing
XIII. 32. Given below is a profile of Dr. Nikhita. Write a paragraph using the clues given below (1×4=4)
Dr. Nikhita is a well-known personality in Delhi University. She is 47 years old and is an M.sc, PhD. She is serving as a
professor in Physics in Delhi University. Her hobbies are somewhat different from others as she like to watch birds in her
leisure tie. She enjoys reading magazines also. She is very popular among her students as she is soft person, warm hearted
and loves to help students. Recently she was landed for her paper presentation on ‘Waste Management’. She writes book
also. One of the books written by her is ‘Ecological Crisis’. She is such a kind lady that everyone wishes well for her.
33. (1×4=4)
Vandana
……………..
……………...
……………...
16th March, 2018.
Dear Suman,
I write this in order to……………………………………………....
…………………………………………………………………………..
Please do come and enjoy with us. I hope you will not disappoint me.
Yours Sincerely,
Vandana.
Editing
34. (a) Went (b) Inder

Grammar Use
(Language Use)
35. Let’s start now ………………..? (1×1=1)
(b) Shall we?

(a) How did we speak?
A, of, by, the
Chand and Prashant greeted each other. Chand asked Prashant whether he was working in that company. Prashant replied
he was and he joined that firm last year.
See, was wrinkled
So, and, after, that

Reference skill
Address, Admire, Admit, Adore.
42. Why are you here? (1×1=1)
43. A Thesaurus is a book of synonyms. (1×1=1)
**********************
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Section – A
Prose
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following question/ incomplete statements. Write the correct or the most
appropriate answer in the space provided. (3×1=3)
1. Swami had the habit of ……………………

(a) Sleeping beside his granny (b) sleeping beside his mother (c) sleeping with anybody (d) sleeping alone
2. Roma Talreja worked as a ………….

(a) Call centre employee (b) teacher (c) banker (d) Manager
3. The author was doing research on ………….

(a) Nuclear weapons (b) atomic energy (c) space discoveries (d) Theory of Seismic waves
4. How did the tempo truck driver help Baleshwar?

5. What made Smita excited when she read the day’s newspaper?
6. What made Satish feel that the silence was worse?
7. How can you prove that scientists are the most practical people in the world?
8. “A frightful proposition”
(a) For whom was it a frightful proposition?
(b) What was frightful?
(c) Why was it frightful?
9. “It took months of negotiation to come to an understanding with the old man”
(a) Who is the old man referred here?
(b) What was the negotiation about?
(c) Why do you think it took months to come to an understanding?
10. “He had an insatiable thirst for books”

(a) Who does ‘He’ refer to?
(b) What is the meaning of Insatiable?
(c) How can you say that he had a great thirst for books?
11. "Columbus had the will power and had the strength to face obstacles" Justify your answer.
Or
"Physical disability is no barrier to success to Satish". Justify.
Poetry
12. You cannot put a fence around the planet ……………

(a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
13. Identify the two speakers in the poem. What does the poet want to sing about?
14. As the astronaut is flying out of the earth he has doubts about his return. How does he convey this?
15. We were crowded in the cabin, not a soul would dare to sleep,
(a) Who are ‘we’ here?
(b) Why couldn’t they dare to sleep?
(c) Who is the poet of the poem?
16. The quality ……………………. strain’d;

…………………………………. heaven.
Upon the …………………………………
..……………………………………. takes
‘Tis mightiest ………………………….…
17. Summarize in your own words the substance of the poem ‘Grandma climbs a tree’.
OR
Write the substance of the poem ‘Jazz player Two’.
18. Why were the students marching in the street? Why was it termed uncommon?
Or
What was Dicky Dolma fascinated by since her childhood? Why?
19. The absence of mother from home taught the children something. What was that?
Or
What do you understand by happiness after reading the story ‘The Bird of Happiness’?
Vocabulary
A B
Fast Bus, train, ship, jet

A B
Easy X ……… Ugly X ……….

ARANTAACM

Possibility, something, more, period.
Section – B
Reading
There is a story, about king Dashrath, the father of Ram, in Ramayan. One day he stood in front of a mirror. Lo! What
did he see? He noted a grey hair in his lock of hair on his forehead. That was sufficient for him. He took it as an
indication of warning for the approaching old age. He did not let the moment pass without much fuss about it. He at
once called his ministers and specially Guru Vashishtha the famous sage and seer of those days. After long
deliberations, he decided that he had to retire, and leave the throne to Ram, whom he wanted to be his successor. But
that was not to be. The whole of the story in Ramayan is based on this simple incident, which is only an act of standing
in front of the mirror.
24. Who is the main character in this passage?
25. What did he notice one day?
26. How was Dashrath affected by a simple incident?
27. Why were the ministers and Guru Vashishtha called?
28. The spelling of a word is jumbled write the word RAETL (1×1=1)
29. A dialogue is given below. Read it and answer the questions that follow (Questions 29 – 30)
Jane : Good Morning, Robert.

Robert : Very Good Morning, Jane
Jane : Let’s not waste our time. Shall we begin?
Robert : Sure, I am rather glad you raised the subjects.
The two business partners wished each other ……………..

(Complete the statement) (1)
30. Who raised the subject? (1)
31. Look at the statements. Write a sentence using ‘Heavier than’ based on the statement. (1)
‘A’ ‘B’
310Cms
Kgs 6 5Kgs
Cms
Writing
XIII. 32. Given below is a profile of Mr Venkatesh write a paragraph based on the information (1×4=4)
Age 30 years
Qualification MBBS
Profession Doctor
Name and address Govt hospital Koppal
Native place Hubli
Reason for popularity Works after 5pm always cheerfull does not
demand money from patients
Or
Twelve fools start on a journey — cross a river — count themselves — one man lost — a passer-by offers help — gives
each a blow on the back — they count twelve strokes — satisfied — moral
33. Imagine that you are Radha/ Rakesh living in Hubbali at 215, 2nd cross, Satyamarg. (1×4=4)
Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper about the difficulties and trouble you face in your locality.
(Or)
Editing
34. We trekked uphill our boot squishing in a muddy snow. Neither one of us said anything.
Clues
1. Plural noun to be used
2. Article to be changed
Grammar Use
(Language Use)
35. You are a student ………………. (1×1=1)
(b) Aren’t we? (b) Shalln’t we?
(c) Aren’t you? (d) Mustn’t we?
36. Sunil is an actor (1×1=1)

The correct Framing question for the above statement is……………….
(a) Which is Sunil? (b) How is Sunil?
(c) What is Sunil? (d) Where is Sunil?
37. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions (2×1=2)
Freedom fighters have played .................. important role ............ shaping the history.
Father: Why aren’t you doing your homework, Joseph?

Joseph: They didn’t give us any home work today Daddy.
Joseph’s father asked him why

a. .......................................................
Joseph replied that they hand n’t

b. ........................................................
My friend ............. (be + drive) when the car accident took place. He ............ (buy) that car last month. He was severely
wounded.
(but, as soon as, and, so)
Suresh ..................... Mahesh went to the bus station ............... they missed the bus. .................. they entered the station, the
bus left. ...............they could not board the bus.
Reference skill
Benzene, bend, benefit, beach
42. A message reads like this “do d wrk n go home” What does it mean? Write it in the normal way? (1×1=1)
43. To know the spelling of the word, “approximately.” (1×1=1)
Which reference material would you refer to find out the information on the following?
**********************
KEY ANSWERS
1. A) Sleeping beside his granny

2. A) Call centre employee
3. D) Theory of Seismic waves
4. The tempo truck driver helped Baleshwar to take Roma to the hospital. As this hospital did not have enough facilities,
he drove the girl to a bigger hospital.
5. Smita was excited because she read an announcement in the newspaper that Pandit Ravi Shankar was going to play at the
auditorium the next day.
6. After the accident, Satish’s health condition was not good. He couldn’t hear clearly what the others are speaking. He felt
as if some huge weight was pressing upon his head, making everything seem far away and silent. He felt helpless and upset
at being confined to bed as he was.
7. It is through the work of the scientists that we have medicines, electronics, new sources of energy, modes of transport
and the green revolution. This proves that scientists are the most practical people.
8. (a) Swami.
(b) Sleeping alone was frightful.
(c) Swami always slept beside his granny. He could not sleep alone.
9. (a) Don Anselmo

(b) The negotiation was about the selling of the old man's land.
(c) It took months to come to an understanding because the old man was in no hurry to sell
10. (a) ‘He’ refers to Dr. Ambedkar.

(b) Insatiable means voracious
(c) Dr. Ambedkar bought books by curtailing his daily needs. In New York he purchased 2,000 old books and in London
32 boxes of books.
11. Columbus and his crew left Spain to discover the new world. He and his men sailed for a long time but did not come
across the trace of any land. The sailors were fed up. They wanted to go back to their places. They asked Columbus to turn
the ship back to their country. When Columbus asked then to wait for a few days, the crew became angry. The sailors
thought of revolting and even murdering Columbus. One of the sailors rushed towards Columbus to murder him, Pepe
another sailor interviewed him and saved the life of Columbus. Columbus had a lot of patience and encouraged his sailors
not to become desperate. After a few days.
Poetry
12. A) Earth
13. The two speakers in the poem are the poet and the mother India. The poet wants to sing about wonderful culture,
heritage, and richness of India.
14. He says that people of the earth could start the count down and take a last look at him. they could cross out his name
from their telephone book. This shows there their doubt about returning.
15. (a) The sailors in the boat are ‘we’ here.

(b) They couldn’t dare to sleep because there was tempest and their boat was about to sink in the sea.
(c) The poet of the poem is ‘James T. Fields’
16. The quality of mercy is not strain’d;

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven .
Upon the place beneath It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes
‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest;it becomes.
17. The poet Ruskin Bond’s grandmother loved to climb trees while she was six. Her brother had taught her how
to climb a tree. Even at her old age, she used to climb trees. But she would laugh and say that she would climb
trees in the garden. One she climbed a tree and could not come down. She was rescued with great difficulty. The
doctor strictly advised her to stay in bed for a week. The moment she felt stronger and demanded to build a house
on a tree top. She got it and lived like a queen in her house on the tree.
18. The students were marching to give a notice to the collector, for the British to quit India. It was uncommon because they
walked silently without shouting slogans or behaving in a violent manner. Even though there were policemen, they marched
as if the policemen didn’t exist.
19. One can be happy if there are rivers, forests, flowers, fields, warmth and trees. That is the real happiness lies in the
happiness of all. So everyone should work for the happiness of all to be him/herself to be happy
Vocabulary
A
Fast - Train

A B
Easy x difficult Ugly x beautiful

Catamaran

More
Section – B
Reading
24. King Dashrath is the chief character.

25. He saw a Grey hair in his lock of hair.
26. He was much affected by that. He took it as an indication of the Approaching old age.
27. They were called to decide about the future king of Ayodhya. The issue Of succession to the throne was to be decided.
28. The spelling of a word is jumbled write the word (1×1=1)

ALERT
29. Good Morning (1)
30. Jane (1)
31. A is heavier than B. (1)

Writing
XIII. 32. Given below is a profile of Mr Venkatesh write a paragraph based on the information (1×4=4)
Mr venkatesh is a doctor his age is around 30 years. He completed M B B S and become a doctor in govt hospital Koppal.
His native place is Hubli and resides at Koppal. He is a sincere in his work. He is always cheerful and active. He doesn’t
demand money from patients he works after 5 pm also. He is a modal to the others.
33. (1×4=4)
Rakesh
# 215, 2nd cross, satyamarg,
Hubbli - 10
16th March, 2017.
The Editor,
Vijaya Karnataka Officer,
Satyamarg,
Hubbli - 12
Respected Sir,
Sub:- Requistion to publish an article.
I am Rakesh and a………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………..
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Rakesh.
Editing
34. (a) boots (b) the

Grammar Use
(Language Use)
35. Let’s start now ………………..? (1×1=1)
(c) Aren’t you?
The correct Framing question for the above statement is……………….
(c) What is Sunil?
37. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions (2×1=2)
an, of
A. He wasn’t doing his home work

B. Given them any home work that day.
Was driving, bought
And, but, as soon as, so

Reference skill
Beach, Bend, Benefit, Benzene
42. Do the work and go home (1×1=1)
43. Dictionary (1×1=1)
**********************
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Section – A
Prose
1. Buena Gente means ……….

(a) people (b) bad people (c) good people (d) colleagues
2. ………. had questioned the caste discussion in India.

(a) Gandhiji (b) Nehru (c) C.N. Rao (d) Buddha
3. The name of the ship that took Columbus to the New World of America__________.
(a) Santa Maria (b) spainia (c) Titanic (d) Britannica
4. Why did father want Swami to sleep alone in the office room?
5. How did Inder help Satish?
6. How did Smitha enjoy the concert?
7. What did the writer learn at the Geneva summit?
8. “There is a girl by the tracks” the voices cried out.

(a) Who is the girl mentioned here?
(b) Whose voices were these?
(c) Why did the voices cry out?
9. “The Santa Maria will be the lighter for his carcass.”

(a) Who said this?
(b) What is the Santa Maria?
(c) Why did he say so?
10. “The trees in that Orchard are not mine”.

(a) According to Don Anselmo, who did the trees belong to?
(b) Why did he feel so?
(c) When did speaker make the statement?
11. Explain how Roma Talreja met with an accident?

Or
"Physical disability is no barrier to success to Satish". Justify.
Poetry
12. The mother wrote the book of ………….

(a) Sun god (b) morrow (c) iron man (d) sorrow
13. How did Grandma feel while she lies in bed?

14. How has the Jazz player held his instrument?
15. It is an attribute to God himself.

(a) What is this attribute?
(b) Why is it a quality of God?
(c) When it is an attribute to god himself?
16. With …………………………..

…………………………………
…………………………………
……………… ne’er can know.
Then ……………………….….
…………………………………
…………………………………
…………………….. blind boy .
17. What does Portia tell Shylock about the quality of Mercy?
OR
How does the poet describe that the earth has an ocean of patience in the poem, -“I am the land”
18. How do you know that Mohan's mother was supportive of their struggle?
Or
What does Dolma say about the view from the top of Mount Everest?
19. Life for Hanif in the beginning was never a smooth sail. Why was it so?
Or
How was Wangjia made to suffer by the second monster?
Vocabulary
A B
Charming girl, hot, answer, book

A B
Ability X …………….. Partial X ………….

LBSSEING

Enable, Insightful, Fare, Ingredient
Section – B
Reading

There are no rules as to how we ought to behave or ought not to behave in all matters. But in some matters,
there are rules that all have to obey. Take, for example, the rules of road. The purpose of these rules is to make the
roads safe to everybody. The roads in our cities and towns are getting busier these days. All kinds of vehicles, some
slow, some fast, fill the roads during the greater part of the day. If people disobey traffic rules accidents happen sooner
or later. There are rules for pedestrians as well as for vehicles, and every user of the road ought to know the rules.
Here is an important rule for pedestrians. They ought to keep to the footpath and leave the middle of the road for
vehicles. Where there is no footpath pedestrians must keep close to the edge of the road. If they do not obey this rule,
they will cause danger to themselves as well as to others. A driver may turn his vehicle suddenly to avoid a pedestrian
and in doing so, may knock down some other person; he may even lose foot path and knock down several people.
24. Why are the rules of the road to be followed?
25. What are the traffic rules? Are they important?
26. What is the rule for the Pedestrians?
27. Why are rules for Pedestrians so very Essential?

Your / how / treat / parents / do / you /?
A dialogue is given below. Read it and answer the questions that follow (Questions 29 – 30)
Anil: - What time will the train from Mysore be arriving?

Station master: - It should be arriving at 6am.
Anil: - Is it on time?
Station master: - yes, it is
29. Where was the train arriving from? (1)

30. Which important quality is reflected here? (1)
31. Look at the statements. Write a sentence using ‘Heavier than’ based on the statement. (1)
Line ‘A’ Line ‘B’
3 Cms 5 Cms
5 Kgs
10 Kgs
Writing
XIII. 32. Given below is a profile of Mr Rajkumar PSI. Write a paragraph using the clues given below (1×4=4)
Age : Around 40 years

Qualification : B sc, IPS
Height & Weight : 5.8 ft and 65 kg
Achievements : 2017 state level best POLICE
Hobbies : Writing stories, singing songs
Or
Silly cricket – sang and danced all the summer – didn’t store food – winter came – dying of hunger – went to an ant –
begged for food – ant refused to help and asked the cricket to dance till winter away – moral.
33. Imagine that you are Gouri / Santosh 10th std govt high school Ilakal
Write an application to your head master requesting him to issue a transfer certificate. (1×4=4)
(Or)
Editing
The following paragraph has two errors. Edit the paragraph and rewrite it in the space provided using
the clues given below (1×2=2)
34. Last Sunday Jacky and I went to beach. When we arrived, we thought it was going to rained. Luckily, the sky cleared
up.
Clues
1. Capital letter to be used
2. Verbal mistake to be corrected
Grammar Use
(Language Use)
35. You will pass the exam ………………..? (1×1=1)
(a) Won’t you? (b) Shalln’t you?
(c) Don’t you? (d) Mustn’t you?
36. Santosh bought some books in the shop (1×1=1)

(a) Where did Santosh buy some books? (b) When did Santosh buy some books?
(c) Why did Santosh buy some books? (d) How did Santosh buy some books?
Geetha comes from ............. affluent family. She gets up ............... 5 am every morning. For ............ moment, Asha stared
............. the bird.
Preethi : Will you please help me to cross the road?

Bharathi : I will help you to cross the road.
Preethi asked Bharathi whether .................Bharathi replied that ..............
Ramu ............. (be+stand) in front of the school. The teacher who saw him .............. (question) him.
(as, and, because, if)
Radhakrishnan was a teacher. Everybody liked him ................ he had lot of patience while teaching. .................... any
student didn’t have money to pay fees, he would give him money, ............... he was kind ............... service minded. (If,
and, because, as)
Reference skill
Sweet, Sugar, Sheep, Self
42. A message reads like this “Go hm erly” What does it mean? Write it in the normal way? (1×1=1)
43. To assemble the TV you recently bought.

(Atlas, TV manual, newspaper, dictionary) (1×1=1)
To which source of information will you refer to know the following?
**********************
KEY ANSWERS
1. C) good people
2. D) Buddha
3. A) Santa Maria
4. It would be disgraceful for Swami to sleep beside his granny. Because, he was in the second form and his father wanted
him to be independent and brave.
5. Satish’s brother Inder sat for hours with him and talked to him, teaching him words and pronunciations. In this way
Inder helped Satish.
6. Smitha was spellbound by the music. As the first notes came over the air, she felt as if the gates of enchantment and
wonder were opening. But every beat of Tabla reminded her of Anant’s voice.
7. The writer at Geneva summit leant that the scientists have people for them all over the world. While there is science
there is hope for survival and well-being of humanity.
8. (a) Roma Talreja is the girl referred here.

(b) These were the voices of the people in the opposite train.
(c) The people saw Roma Talreja falling from the train on the tracks.
9. (a) Francisco said this .

(b) The Sea men had to obey him
(c) Due to a long and continuous journey in the sea, they were tired. They wanted to go back home.
10. (a) The tree belonged to the children of Rio-en-Medio.

(b) He felt so because every time a child was born in the village, he had planted a tree for that child.
(c) When Americans complained about the children's disturbances in the orchard
11. Roma was returning home .she boarded the train at the Mumbai suburban Railway station. She managed to squeeze
herself into a ladies' compartment. She tried to settle into a corner near the door. The train hurtled ahead and Roma was
jammed between other women. She got pushed and lost her tenuous foothold and panicked. Roma was thrown out of the
coach. She fell on the tracks, bleeding. She was seriously injured behind her head.
Poetry
12. B) Morrow
13. Grandma felt miserable as she lay in bed. She loved to look at the dancing leaves. For her, it was like a brief season in
hell.
14. The Jazz player has held his instrument across his chest. It is supported by a wire coat hanger from his neck.
15. (a) Quality of Mercy

(b) God is all merciful and anyone on earth who preaches it is like God.
(c) When King Seasons Justice with Mercy
16. With heavy sighs I often hear

You mourn my hapless woe;
But sure with patience I can bear
A loss I ne’er can know.
Then let not what I cannot have

My cheer of mind destroy
Whilst thus I sing I am a king
Although a poor blind boy.
17. Portia, one of the main characters in the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’, argues why mercy is the greatest virtue of all.
Portia compares mercy to the gentle rain that falls from heaven to the ground. Mercy blesses both the giver and the
receiver. It is the most powerful of all virtues and enhances the glory of a king more than his crown. The sceptre of a
monarch is a symbol of worldly power. It controls people through fear. The power of the sceptre mercy is divine and has
its seat in the heart. The power of a man who shows mercy along with justice would be God – like in nature.
18. When Suman and their friend brought the cyclostyle machine, she asked them to keep it in the Puja room. When the
sub Inspector came in initially, she acted as if everything was normal and nothing revolutionary took place at their home.
19. Because Hanif lost his father when he was just eight. His mother Hema Aziz was left to take care of three young boys.
But she had to leave the children alone and travel with the performance team of the Information and Broadcasting
Ministry
Vocabulary
A
Charming - Girl

A B
Ability X inability Partial X impartial

Blessing

Fare
Section – B
Reading
24. The aim is to make the roads safe for users.
25. These are the guidelines for road users. Yes, they are.
26. They should use only the footpath and leave the roads for vehicles.
27. These are important for their own safety, and also for others and Vehicles.

How do you treat your parents?
29. Mysore (1)
30. Humanity (1)
31. Bag B is heavier than Bag A (1)
Writing
XIII. 32. Given below is a profile of Mr Rajkumar PSI. Write a paragraph using the clues given below (1×4=4)
Mr Raajkumar is a police sub inspector his age is around 40 years. His height and weight are 5.8 feet and 65 kg
respectively. He is a B sc IPS graduate. His achievement is best police officer award in 2017. His hobbies are Writing
stories and singing songs
33. (1×4=4)
Gouri / Santosh
10th std Govt high school
Ilakal
Date :- 25th December, 2018
The head master

Govt high school
Ilakal
Sub: - Requesting transfer certificate issue
Respected Sir,
I am gouri / santosh studying in 10th std B section my roll no is 45 I have passed S S L C annual exam in
April 2017 so for my higher study I need transfer certificate therefore I request you to give my transfer
certificate.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Gouri / Santosh
Editing
The following paragraph has two errors. Edit the paragraph and rewrite it in the space provided using
the clues given below (1×2=2)
34. (a) Jacky (b) rain

Grammar Use
(Language Use)
35. Let’s start now ………………..? (1×1=1)
(a) Won’t you?
(a) Where did Santosh buy some books?
an, at, a, at
She would help her to cross the road.

She would help her to cross the road.
Was standing, questioned
Because, if, as, and

Reference skill
Self, Sheep, Sugar, Sweet
42. Go home early (1×1=1)
43. TV manual (1×1=1)
**********************

SSLC Helper

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

You might also like

SSLC Helper

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

SSLC Helper

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

SSLC, II LANGUAGE ENGLISH

PREPARATORY EXAMINATION - 2019

Class: 10th Std Subject: English Marks: 80 Time: - 2.30Hrs

Sl Content Name Remembering Comprehension Expression Appreciation Total Total

Vocabulary 2(2) 1(1) 1(1) 4 4

Class: 10th Std Subject: English Marks: 80 Time: - 2.30Hrs

Sl Content Name Remembering Comprehension Expression Appreciation Total Total

1. A Hero 1(3) 1(1) 2 4

Vocabulary 2(2) 1(1) 1(1) 4 4

Class: 10th Std Subject: English Marks: 80 Time: - 2.30Hrs

Sl Content Name Remembering Comprehension Expression Appreciation Total Total

Vocabulary 2(2) 1(1) 1(1) 4 4

1. The Gentleman, Don Anselmo, was very fond of……….

8. “Chacha, can I borrow your mobile?”

16. O Say what is that …………………………….

21. Write the opposite of these words. (2×½=1)

22. The spelling of a word is Jumbled write the word. (1×1=1)

23. Which word has one syllable? (1×1=1)

28. Rearrange the jumbled words into a meaningful sentence (1×1=1)

Father: Father, I suggest we sell the Land

The silence of the Grand Father

30. Which word in the conversation above means poverty (1)

Name : Dr. Nikhita

36. We spoke in better cheer (1×1=1)

Chand : Hello, Prashant

43. A Thesaurus gives ………….. of words. (1×1=1)

8. (a) Baleshwar Mishra

10. (a) The story teller argued with Don Anselmo

15. (a) Mercy

16. O say what is that thing call’d light,

You talk of wondrous things you see,

21. Write the opposite of these words. (2×½=1)

23. Which word has one syllable? (1×1=1)

28. Rearrange the jumbled words into a meaningful sentence (1×1=1)

29. Unwillingness (1)

30. Land (1)

31. Line ‘B’ is longer than Line ‘A’. (1)

16th March, 2018.

34. (a) Went (b) Inder

36. We spoke in better cheer (1×1=1)

A, of, by, the

See, was wrinkled

So, and, after, that

42. Why are you here? (1×1=1)

43. A Thesaurus is a book of synonyms. (1×1=1)

1. Swami had the habit of ……………………

2. Roma Talreja worked as a ………….

3. The author was doing research on ………….

4. How did the tempo truck driver help Baleshwar?

10. “He had an insatiable thirst for books”

12. You cannot put a fence around the planet ……………

16. The quality ……………………. strain’d;

21. Write the opposite of these words. (2×½=1)

22. The spelling of a word is Jumbled write the word. (1×1=1)

23. Which word has one syllable? (1×1=1)

Jane : Good Morning, Robert.

The two business partners wished each other ……………..