KENDRIYAVIDYALA SANGATHANRANCHI REGION

nd PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION 2022-23

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (CODE NO.184)
SUBJECT-
ENGLISH
MAX MARKS: 80
TIME ALLOTTED: 31HRS CLASS: X
General Instructions
for Q-paper reading.
I5-minute prior reading time allotted WRITING
GRAMMAR &
sctions-READING,
contains THREE
he Question Paper
and LITERATURE.
S. Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part
SECTION A: READING
Q1. Read the passage given below.
disaster was documented in an emotional and compelling way
.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami with mobile phones and cameras. A tsunami eyewitness
by citizen journalists cquipped who posted them on
providing SMSS to a blogger in Mumbai,
participated in the relief efforts bythe web to coordinate relief and round-up charities. The World
the Internet. Bloggers also used
a communications
within 12 hours after the tsunami disaster,
changing blog reports that with Indian bloggers to create The
South-East Asia Earthquake and
consultant in India worked The blog had
Ior resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts.
Tsunami blog. This was blog
a
30 contributors in just 24 hours.
over 21,000 visitors and
has played a vital role in changing legislation. For instance, in
2. In recent times, online lobbying
to the government's so-called e-snooping bill was begun
2002, in the UK, a campaign objecting Within 48
the British sent faxes to their MPs registering their disapproval.
online. Thousands of
abandoned their plans for the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.
hours the government
and net culture has led to the growth of online activism and citizen
3. The spread of the computer
for Social Change' by the Social Science
intervention. The paper 'Appropriating the Internet
of online publishing, online collaboration and
Research Council clearly shows, through examples
with the help of networked
onlinemobilisation that civil society is moving beyond borders
borders have been crossed with data,
technologies. Organizational, cultural and geographical
ideas and emotions flowing fluidly through cyberspace. Electronic networks have become the
platform through which civil society operates.The famous World Trade Organization (WTO0)
protest in Hong Kong in 2005 is a successful instance where online activism complemented
street protests. Many Indian NGOs like Action Aid, India, provided the latest news from Hong
a diversity of opinion amongst the protesters. The
Kong through their websites. This facilitated
web and e-mail were used to build up a corpus of research, criticism and opinions about the
WTO.
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 include its
These
c a m p a i g n i n g .

air clock
attractivve for
r o u n d - t h e

and
many factors that
make the Internet costs in
articulate

4There are
users, low publishng
formed
and
n u m e r o u s in
speed. global and local reach
to
to be morc ala"
online allows the public
communiy

available
access. The information
m o r e active
in nobilising
Cxpressing their vicws
about public affairs,
and
Harvard UniverSIy
n
Pippa Norris from m o r e niormed
'Democratic Divide' by become
to a study heloing them
p r o c e s s by
oraing ore
the political and by cE5
people to to citizens,
cconnect responsive
representatives become
more
Chizens. by helping
debates."
people in public policy as it tends to
authoritarian regimes
important role in challenging states
6. The Internet also plays an and Networks'
c e n s o r s . The
book Networks
barriers erected by government to subscribe to state-
break down restrict the citizens access to the Internet by
forcing them
that 45 countries been only
sites. However, this has
run Internet service providers
which filter out objectionable
information past the controls.
partiallyeffective and activists found ways of slipping

7. The Internet has emerged as an effective tool for

activism, especialy when combined with
other media like broadcasting and print. It benefits individuals,
small groups as well as well-
With more than 60 million Indians online and growing, e-activism is
funded organisations.
entering a vibrant stage in India and is here to stay.

On the basis of your reading answer the following questions. (10X1=10)

(i) What made the UK government abandon the plan for a new legislation?

(a)Pressure from print media (b)Opposition pressure

(c)Online lobbying (d) People's protest
i) What has emerged as a powerful tool for activism?
(a) TV news (b) Print media

(c) Dharnas (d)Internet.

(ii) Where was the World Trade Organization protestheld in 2005?

(a)Hong Kong (b) Tokyo

(c) New Delhi (d)New York
(iv) The book Networks and Networks' is about....
(a)use of the Internet by 21,000 visitors in just 24 hours.
(b) restrictions imposed by 45 countries on their citizens
access to the Internet.
(c) war on the Internet by the government censors.
(d) spreading democracy to reconnect people to the political process.

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 (v) The word 'vibrant' means .. ****

(a) trembling of energy (b)shaking

(c) moving (d)full
Vi) The antonym of the word 'diversity' is:

(a) regularity (b) uniformity

(c) freedom(d) love
Where has the spread of computer and the Internet culture led to?
A t the time
of the tsunami in 2004, computer proved to be a miracle. How?
What factors make
the Internet attractive for campaigning?
According to the study
02. Read 'Democratic Divide', what changes will the Internet bring about?
the
passage given below.
Technological
Things (10T) evolution " is a certainty.
certa
IS a
Cyber-physical systems, Big Data and the Internet
of
have been world. In the 2020s, these
phenomena, which are Changing changing the infrastructure of
accelerate
our

stil! in their
still rapidly due to the increasing
gitisation of areas their nasee
nascency, will
key areas such as health, science, transport, communications and energy. The
ubiquity of technology, andsuclits increased ability to connect and
for this communicate, has paved the way
tipping point.
upping point. Beneath
Be the surface, moving
we are towards explosion of change.
an

of our
global population is now online, and the other half is following fast. To be
precise, around726 million people joined the web in the last three
years. These new users will
Change the shape of the internet. Many of them will be lower income. They are choosing smart
phones over laptops and tablets and are more likely to use voice commands.

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 chains. The automalion

new markets and sup ( A ) will

reach
Artificial ntelgence
ill create
Gcodata and thc 1OT becomes
has already begun the
tcchnology
manufacturing. serv and mobility
in which
ICCS
al least o n e
Platcu of Productivity, may adopl
what Gartner terms the of companies to tak.
estimates that 70% that d o c O u l d manage
those
and viable. McKinsey but
nstream it well,
they will all
use

Ii is unlikely
'0s0 indistinguishaie
Us aplace where m a n and
machine are

transfomative
in the 2020s.
ene cditing
to be
(CRISPR
accepled
be orBans
to animal
Bioscicnce has the potential to allow

technolk Will likely

be able to
soon
edit genomes
lives of people
currently waiti currently waiting
for organ
OgI saving. the d i s e a s e s , and even
and perhaps inherited
human bodies-trar
ransforming.
he used combat to system to fio
c a n also immune

Similar technology the body's cancer

Splants. experiments
arc using
Elsewt
Where. gene
therapy
our cells.
nrough re-cnginecring ions and
transport. However
communications

science, health,
improved cconomic producti.
has inarguably
echnology
necessarily
corresponded to increased
productivity oto
Indeed. man.
ny
not have seen
has countrics
Technoog advanced
In the 2020s many questio
of the most
technologically

incquality and
opportunity.
the decade
will be the uill
decade in
questions around technology
discussed in growing in place. This
in which
scaffolding is Al. geodata.
will be resoived. The
computingare given the opportunity chan. our
to
nnortunity change world. Whether
the
TOT. bioscience. and quantum transformative
remains to be seen

this change will be

surface- level or truly
that tollows. (10X1stas
answer the question
On the basis ofyour understanding,
(iin the line "The ubiquity of technology, and its..", the word "ub1quny DoES NOT referto

(a)Ever-present (6)Omnipresent

(c)Pervasive (d) Usage

(ii) According to Mckinsey,

(a) 70% of companies will employ more labor force by the year 2030
the end of thisdecade
6) Nearly 70% ofthe companies will adopt use of one Al by
(c)Nearly 70% of all the companies will stop using Al by the end of 2030
(d) 70% of all companies will depend on people who can use computers by theend of 2030

(ii)One of the important predictions in the passage is that we are going to reach, 'Plateau of

Productivity' with respect to digitization. Which option most reflects the meaning?

Ja There will be a widespread market use of Al even if it is not viable

(b) There will be no more resources left to develop Al

(c)The production and use of Al will be extensive and practicable

(d)The use ofAl will stop as it will become more expensive

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 iv.According to the report the number of52% of US house-holds become smartfrom 189% in.

(b) 6 years
(a)8 years
(c) 7 years (d) 9 ycars

V)According to the report, how many homes are smart in the ycar 2020?

Ja) 33% (b) 40%

(c)25% (d)30%
ACcording to the report what will generate new market chain and supply?
aArtificial Intelligence (b) Artificial Intelligence and Internet
(c)Geo-data and Internct of
Things (d)Access to meta-data
(vii)Based on your
understand of the passage, choose the option that best lists the inherent
Our understanding
benefits of biosciences.
1.
Will
2 Will revolutionise the field of cancer
3. revolutionise use
of com treatme
omputers and phones
ent

4. vOutionise the industry and its development

Will revolutionisethe
5. Will the development of new phones
allow for enome transformation
O.Will help ofanimals
patients who need organ transplants
(a) 1,2,3
S1,5,6
(c)2,3,4 (d)3,4,5
(vii) What will gene therapy accomplish?
kay Fight cancer by making changes in our cells
(b) Improve body's immune system
(c) Fight cancer by making new cells in the body
(d) Fight cancer by creating a new immune system
(ix)Choose the option which is not true.
(a) Technology advancement will improve economic productivity
Technology advancement may not improve economic productivity
(c)Technology advancement will improve medical facilities
(d) Technology advancement will change the way we use
communication

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 (x) According to the report what is most appropriale conclusiom:

Aa)There will be a lot of changes in technology development nceds

to be
secn

socicty
on
dcvclopment but its impact
C (D)Ihere ivill be technological change in society
change
development but no significant
(C)There will be technological
social inequality'k
may actuallyy lead to
d ) Technological development
WRITING SKILLS
SECTION B: CREATIVE
Creative Writing Skills writc a letter to Hyderabad Musio
to Hyderabad Music House. t

school,
placing an order music
for some
department of your like Sitar, Harmonium,20 Tabla
music instruments words) Tanpura
Tabla, (5) and
. A.As head ofthe u
New Delhi.(1O0-120
Rohini,
Guitar. You
are
Anvita/Anil of DIPS School,

OR
shortierm
cotirse in computer graphics during the holidays.
graphics durino
Writea
interested in inquiring ahout
ters, inquiring
a
B. You are
Graphics Computers, about their
Director.
Fortune
short-term courses
letter to the
all the necessary
details. You are Anuj/Anjunui/Anju
of
of 28
28 A.
A, Utam Nagar, New Delhi.
and asking for
(100-120 ords)
use of skin care products h
bar graph shoWS the increasing
04. (A)The given
the period of three months. Write an analytical paragraph elaborating the giv
Over
in 100-120 words. (5)

Products used bY women

Products used by men
Facewash Toner Sunscreen Facewash Toner 3 Sunscreen
35
35
30-
30
25

10- June July August

June July August
OR

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 Women easily become the victims di
Domestic violence is very common our society.
in
do not come forward
ihat in most of cases wonmen
Cce. The table given here shows
in T00-120 words.
plaint. Write an analvtical paragraph

Domestie Violenoe Complaintss

1500

1250

1000

50

500
2010 2020
2015

Type of violence Never told anyone source

Told someone Sought help from a
Physical 79.5 9.0 11.6
Sexual 9.5 9.8
80,3
Physical &Sexual 61.3 9.9 28.8

Total 14.3
76.6 9.1

SECTION B:GRAMMAR
(10XI=10)
Q5. Attempt the following questions.

i)Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.

. . . (pardon) me soon.
T hope that you . . . .

(c) is pardoning (d) have pardoned

(a) Will pardor tb) pardoned

the conversation between the principal and his student. Complete the sentence by
(ii) Read
reporting the students reply correctly.
Principal: Why were you absent last week?

Student: / was absent because I was not well.

'

When the principal asked the student why he had been absent the previous week, he replied
. .

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 fill in the blank.
(11) Selcct the corect option to

How she do that to us

(d)shall tion for the following line.
(c) could
(a) would (b)must the
corrccte

supplies
and

thal identifies
the
eror

fa
oi a deep bay of the
dec
Western
(in) Select the option
southernarm

fcet on a
550
altitude of
about
is situated at an
Tallam

Ghats
Correction

Error
Option
al
A
around

aboul
B
the

off
of
D

the correct option

in the blank with n
(v) Complete the given narrative, by filling
the lake for the last time, a feelina.
As I was standing on the dock, looking out at
over me like darkness.

) washed
(b)had washed. (c) will have washed.
(a)will wash
form of the word given in the bracket, for the ci.
en
correct
(vi) Fill in the blank by using the
portion ofa letter:

Subject: Inquiry regarding my

research Purpuadd
(pursue) my MBA.
Business School,
I am currently studying at Brilliance
Reena and Surbhi, by completing the sentence:
(vii) Report the dialogue between

Reena: Do you know how to swim?

during this vacation.

Surbhi: Yes I know. I have learnt it
summer

swim to whichSurbhi replied.

Reenaasked Surbhiwhether she knows how
to

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 ldentify the error in the given
sentence, and supply the correction.
oies.
O: I wished to know about the tour programme your company

Error Correction

ix) in the blank by choosing from the correct option.

Sahil: Will you orange in the market?
get
(a)any (b) one (c) some (d) many
(x) Fill in the
blank by I00SIng from the correct option.
A
choosing from coT
modern student
understands the ..physical exercise.
importance...
(a) so
(bof (c) on (d) in

SECTIONC-LITERATURE
Reference to the
Q6. Attempt any context
one.
(A)At about the age of twenty-five. the Prince, heretofore shielded(5X1=5)
from the sufferings of the
Out
hunting chanced upon sick man, then an aged man, then a funeral
a
procession,
a y a monk beggingfor alms. These sights so moved him that he at once went out into the
O d to Seek
enlightenment concerning the sorrows he had witnessed.
(1) The word 'heretofore' can be substituted by-

(a) never (b) always (c) till now (d) anywhere

(ii) The 'prince' here refers to-

(a)Buddha (bSidhhartha (c)Kisa Gautami's son (d)Sidhhartha's son

(ii) The word that best deseribes the prince's reaction on seeing people sufferings-

(a)Unaffected (b) felt deep happiness (c)felt sad (d) no felings

(iv) Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the given passage?

(a) Since childhood the prince served the poor and sick.

(6) The prince was never exposed to death or sorrow.

(c) The prince once witnessed suflering people one alter the other.

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 the
of others moved prine
(d) The suflcrings and sorrows

pcople
the prince
sick and sufering
() After secing
(a)closed himsclf in a room
the peoplc
(b) lcf his kingdom them to help
all his ministers and asked cnlightenment

alled to
out
seck
Cverything and
went
Tet
d
OR eu
chairpushed them both out of
the e x t r a o r d i n a r y
chairpus

husband
turned away
in
the
terror,

door after
Mrs Hall almost fell down the
them. Mrs
(B)As she and her and lock
vas haunted by
and then appearcd
to slam room
thatthe
was
spirits, and that the stranger
haunted
the room

stairs in hysterics. She was

convinced
te"My
into her furniture.
"My poor poor mother.
inotner used to sit in that chair"
caused these
to e n t e r me The feeling
feelinp.
now! The
among the
had
she
somchow

moaned! To think it
shouldrise up
bywitchcrafi."
against
neighbours was
was
caused
that the trouble

was
haunted by spirits because
that the
room

(i)Mrs. Hall felt (b) she heard strange noise,

see evil spirits. (d) the door slammed shut.
(a) she could
(c)uncanny things
happened there.
must be
how Mrs. Hall ust feeling:
Teeling at
(i) Pick the option
that best describes themoment described in
the extract. and outraged
furious (b) shocked
(a) stunned and (d)stunned and agitated
(c) outraged and
nervous

as used in the extract

t.
that brings out the meaning of'hysterics
(iii) Pick the sentence
clown's antics.
we saw the
My friend and I were in splits when
(a) worried about flying
home.
I don't know why I suddenly felt
(b)
the old man in a frenzy.
(c) The sight of blood put
witnessed the accident were spellbound.
(d)The people who had
> effect relationship.
Pick the option that displays a
cause
(iv) ->moaning
out -> hysterical (b) rising of the chair
(a) pushed and locked
-> witchcraft (d) stranger-> haunted spirits
(c) troubled neighbours
'witchcraft. This tells us that neighbours w e r e
(v) The neighbours thought it
was

(a) suspicious (b)superstitious

(c) nervous wreck (d)gossip-mongers

Q7. Attempt any one.

(5X1=5)

(A)
He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage,
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
(i) Which one of the following is TRUE?
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a)The liger's pads are cushioned like cemented
bricks
(b) he
tiger's pads are very rough and coarse
(c)
"liger's pads are cushioned like stone
d) Th
tiger's pads are cushioned like velvet.
(11) The
phrase 'In his quiet rage shows.
a) that the
tiger is angry (b) that the tiger is happy
C)that the tiger is
contented (d) none of the above
(iii) Which
poetic
(a)
Oxymoron (b)device has been used in the line 'quiet rage'?
Metaphor (d) Personification
(c) Simile
(iv) Where is 'the
(a) In the zoo.
tiger"?
(c) In the cave. (b) In the forest.
(d) In a park.
(v)Write a pair
(a) stripes-rage of words that
nat rhyme in the above lines.
rhyme in tneh)
(c) cage-rage (b) ccage-quiet
d) quiet-rage
OR

(B)
The leaves strain through the glass small twigs stiff with exertion
long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof
like newly discharged
patients
half-dazed, moving to the clinic doors

()The poetl Adrienne Rich was an emancipationist who fought for bringing women's causes to
(a) small steps taken by women towards their freedom
(b) small stairs taken by women towards their freedom
(c)small stripes taken by women towards their freedomn
(d) small styles taken by women towards their freedom
iThe poct uses the simile 'like newly discharged patients to deseribe...
(a)the patients in a clinic (b) women who have been liberated
(c) the boughs of a tree (d)the women discharged from hospital

(ii) The word 'shuffling' indicates

(a) drudging one's feet (bydrugging one's feet
(c) dragging one's feet (d) none of the above

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 1en
dazed suggests it is
(iv)The dash in between half and the women (b) a compendium
used to describe w
describing
(a) compound adjective (d) a community of
women
comment uscd for womcn
(c)a
indicates physical or mental effort is
(v)A word in the passage that
(a) discharged (b) exertion (c) long-cramped (c) half-dazed

Q8. Answer any fourin 40-50 words. (4X3=12)

Lencho?
Aa) What is ironic about the post office staff helping
(b) What is the Chinese legend about the discovery of tea? it?
Then, why Is the boy so sad to lose
c) A ball is an easily available. inexpensive thing.
the fog like living creature'?
a
(d) How docs the poet make
collect about the bus journcy?
(e) What information did Valli

Q9. Answer any hwo in about 40-50

words.
(2X3=6)
as permanent guest?a
fa) Why was tempting to keep Tricki in surgery
it
butterflies copy the Monarchs?
) Why did Viceroy Prove this starcine ln the light of the storv 'Bholi'.
(c) "Dowry is a negation of a girl's dignity."
words.
(1X6-6)
in 100-120
Q10. Answer any one
who sacrificed their lives for
tribute to the black people
How did Nelson Mandela pay
a
(a)
attainingfreedom for their country?
Ine lale of Custard the
summation of the poem,
are deceptive' is an apt
(b) Appearances
Dragon. Elucidate.

100-120 words. (IX6=6)

Q11. Answer any one in
How did this attribute
transform evil into goodness.
is the basic human attribute that
can
(a)Love
of Anil change Hari Singh?
confession may suffer
Those who make a
err is human. We all
make mistakes in our life.
(b) To of Matilda who ruined
don't. Give opinion with reference to the story
less than those who your
have the courage to confess
her mistake.
her life just because she did not

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