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CLASS 10 ENGLISH TERM II PRACTICE PAPER

Class 10 - English
Time Allowed: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 40
General Instructions:

1. The Question Paper contains THREE sections-READING, WRITING & GRAMMAR and

LITERATURE.
2. Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part.

SECTION A- READING (10 marks)

1. Read the passage given below. [5]
It is an indisputable fact that the world has gone too far with the innovation of new
technologies such as mobile phones, the internet and so on, due to which people are able to
tour the cosmos virtually sitting at one place using their smart devices or other technological
gadgets. Though mobile internet access is often times hurried and short, it can still provide
common internet features like alerts, other data, emails, search engines, instant messages, and
game and music downloading.
Due to the easy access to smartphones, communication has been very effective and instant.
People are able to convey their message all around the globe to their loved ones without
spending hefty sums of money. Adults are always fond of such gadgets and they always
welcome and adopt such new technology readily. Further, young people have been able to
broaden their minds and improve their skills by doing research on the Internet. For instance,
they use smartphones to look up any new word they come across. As we know that most of the
universities have online teaching provision and smartphones assist the students to complete
their assignments on time.
The mobile phone has been a lifesaver for a lot of people in case of an emergency. Likewise,
the use of smartphones can be of vital importance in preventing crimes in the society by
providing information to the security forces in time.
Nonetheless, for the young, the use of a mobile phone can be like an addiction and they can
misuse it. Young people are also prone to getting involved in undesirable activities on the
Internet. This might have an adverse effect on their academic performance. Therefore, young
people should always be monitored and made aware of their bad outcomes.
Also, a major contributor to its popularity is the availability of prepaid or pay as you go
services from a phone shop or an online store. This allows subscribers to load text or airtime
credits to their handsets by the use of their credit cards, debit cards or by buying a prepaid
card from the network they subscribe to. This plan also doesn’t commit a particular customer
to a contract. If prepaid card is not that appealing to you, then you can opt to subscribe using
the pay by month plan.

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 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any FIVE of the following questions
i. Give an appropriate title to this passage.
ii. How are smartphones helpful in communication?
iii. What are the benefits of mobile phones for the young generation?
iv. How can mobile phones be considered lifesavers?
v. Mention a demerit of mobile phones.
vi. How is a prepaid card useful to mobile phone users?
2. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions carefully: [5]
As the culture of nuclear families is cropping up, we often hear parents cribbing about how
difficult it is to bring up children these days. Too many parties, excessive extravagance, too
much pocket money, less attention towards studies. In fact an unending list of woes. But why
is this the case these days?
Have parents ever given it a thought? Putting a child in a good school or in a good college,
buying them gadgets, giving them lots of pocket money and letting them do just what they feel
like. The basic need of a growing child is love, attention, companionship which should be first
given at home. Only the right amount of independence should be given, their individuality
should be respected and they should be treated at par with adults.
Problems with children have started increasing nowadays. The younger generation complains
of losing independence while the older generation crib about the generation gap. There is too
much expense to be met so both the parents have to work to maintain a good standard of
living. But what about the generations before us? Our grandparents lived in joint families, but
they had nothing to crib about. There was perfect harmony between the generations. We must
understand that there is much more that a child needs than just material pleasures.
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any FIVE of the following questions
briefly:
i. What type of family is cropping up nowadays?
ii. Why do parents crib about bringing up children in nuclear families?
iii. What is the basic need of a growing child?
iv. What is the right environment for the children?
v. Why has the problem with the children increased nowadays?
vi. Why are the parents failing in their duties?
SECTION B - WRITING AND GRAMMAR (10 marks)
3. Attempt ANY ONE of the following: [5]
a) The following table shows details about the internet activities for six categories for
different age groups. Write an analytical paragraph for the table given in around 150-200
words.

Age Group

Activity % Teens 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70+

Get News 76 73 76 75 71 74 70

Online games 81 54 37 29 25 25 32

Downloads 52 46 27 15 13 8 6

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 Product research 0 79 80 83 79 74 70

Buyin g a product 43 68 69 68 67 65 41

Searching for people 5 31 23 23 24 29 27

b) You are the librarian of Delhi Jain Public School, Palam. You are instructed to buy some
academic and reference books for the library. While browsing some good publishers over
the internet you landed on the website of Oxford University Press, India and found this
information there.

The ACADEMIC and REFERENCE programmes publish across a range of

subjects. Books on economics and business, history, politics, law, and
literature as well as philosophy and religion, sociology and anthropology, and
gender studies reach out to students, teachers, researchers, professionals, and
general readers. Online services and student-friendly textbooks are recent
additions. Cutting across age and reading habit, key focus areas in GENERAL
books include arts and architecture, wildlife and natural history, culture,
media studies and cinema, Indian writing in translation, and ecology and
environment.

Write a letter to Oxford University Press, Ghaziabad, placing an order for books. Mention
at least 4 titles of the books to be supplied immediately. Address yourself as Kalpana.
4. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a [3]
blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer-sheet against
the correct blank number.

Error Correction

Anne is in need of the true friend with e.g. the a

who she can share her joys and (a) ........... ............

sorrows. She has loving parents and about

thirty people whom she can call friend. (b) ............ .............

When she is with his friends she (c) ............. .............

can talk about matters of everyday but cannot share her feelings.

5. Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete the narration. [2]
Kokila: Maitryee! My new dress is very pretty.
Maitryee: Will you show it to me?
Kokila: I will show it to you tomorrow when you come to my house. My father gave me as a
birthday gift.
Kokila told her friend Maitryee that (i)__________ very pretty. Maitryee asked her if
(ii)__________ She replied that she would show it to her the next day when she came to her
house. Her father had given it to her as a birthday gift.
SECTION C- LITERATURE (20 marks)
6. Answer ANY SIX questions in 30-40 words each. [12]

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 a) What did Kisa Gotami do after the Buddha had asked her for a handful of mustard seeds?
b) Why does the poet like animals? Answer in the context of poem Animals.
c) What are the instructions that Amanda gets?
d) How did Belinda and pets behave when the pirate had been killed?
e) What were the factors which contributed in making Ebright a scientist?
f) What did Matilda’s husband ask her to write to her friend and why?
g) Where did the lawyer and Bill get their lunch?
7. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 120 words each. [8]
a) How did Bholi's teacher play an important role in changing the course of her life?
b) What memories of his childhood did the author describe? What was special about the
bakers of Goa at that time?
c) ”The way Chubukov, Natalya and Lomov fought over petty issues is against the behaviour
and mannerisms of good neighbours.” Comment. What would you have done to resolve
the issue? (if you were in the place of Chubukov)

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