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EN Sample Paper 27 Unsolved
EN Sample Paper 27 Unsolved
Sample Paper 27
ii. Select the option that corresponds to the contextual meaning of the underlined word in the following
sentence below.
‘The debate illustrates just how touchy the nation is about its weight problem.’
(a) shows (b) illuminates
(c) proves (d) expresses
iii. Select the option that displays what the writer projects, with reference to the following:
Labelling a child obese might run the risk of making him angry, making the family angry, but it
addresses a serious issue head-on.
(a) confidence
(b) stubbornness
(c) intellectual
(d) forthright
v. The writer compares obesity among the youngsters to an epidemic. What is the point of
similarity between the two?
vi. Based on your reading of the text, list 2 reasons why the writer says that .
1.
2.
vii. What connect does the writer draw out between the political correctness of medical organisations and
obesity?
viii. Which idiom accurately expresses the attitude of those who support fuzzy languages in this hot debate?
(Para 1)
(a) beating about the bush
(b) calling a spade a spade
(c) put your cards on the table
(d) burning the candle on both the sides
ix. Supply one point to justify the following: The political correctness that obese children should get the
same labels as obese or overweight adults is the need of the hour.
x. Evaluate the INAPPROPRIATE reason for the issue of obesity among children not being dealt with
head-on. (a) The problem is seriously widespread among youngsters.
(b) It should be treated like any other ailment.
(c) The American Medical Association thinks that the whole idea is
mean. (d) People are in denial about it.
i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 1. Both developed and
developing countries have high GHG urban emissions.
iii. Complete the meaning of the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase.
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It’s really difficult to compare apples to apples on city greenhouse gas emissions.
v. Select the chart that appropriately represents the emissions by moving and stationary energy.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
viii. List any two examples of moving energy contributing to global emissions as referred to in Para 4.
ix. List one reason what the environmentalists fear about the global temperatures.
x. Select the set of options that captures the correct sequence in the passage with reference to information
in the text.
(a) 1. Manufacturer vs. consumers
2. Stationary energy
3. Urban population
4. Global temperatures
(b) 1. Stationary energy
2. Global temperatures
3. Manufacturer vs. consumers
4. Urban population
(c) 1. Manufacturer vs. consumers
2. Urban population
3. Stationary energy
4. Global temperatures
(d) 1. Urban population
2. Global temperatures
3. Stationary energy
4. Manufacturer vs. consumers
ii. Read the conversation between two friends. Complete the sentence by reporting their conversation.
Herman said : ‘If I were a king, I would travel all over the world!’
Pulkit said : ‘You are just day dreaming, my friend.’
Herman said that if he had been a king, he would travel all over the world. Pulikt, on hearing his friend
commented that .
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line, from an environmental magazine.
Over the past thirty years or so the quality of many people’s lives in some respect because of
technological progress.
(a) had worsened (b) have suffered
(c) has deteriorated (d) was worse
iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from a short
ghost story :
So who helped me to arrive there safely without a compass or a radio, but without any more fuel in my
tanks?
Option No. Error Correction
(a) who whom
(b) a the
(c) but and
(d) tank tanks
v. Complete the given narrative, by filling in the blank with the correct option.
Worse still, much of our building effort into the construction of more and more large office
blocks
at the expense of much needed housing for the growing urban population.
(a) has been channelled
(b) have been channelled
(c) are channelled
(d) were channelled
vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the given portion of a letter.
Through the columns of your reputable newspaper, I wish the people aware of the growing need
for alternate sources of energy and the advantages of solar power.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence, from a school magazine report and supply the correction.
The weather was too risky for neither any movement in the sky or on land.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
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CBSE English X Sample Paper 27 Page 7
ix. Report the following dialogue between a parent and a child watching an eclipse.
Child : Let us go out and see the solar eclipse.
Parent : Don’t look directly at the sun. Wear your tinted glasses.
A child suggested his parent that they should go out and see the solar eclipse. The parent advised him
and .
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the sentence.
I left my purse at home. you lend me ‘a hundred bucks?
(a) should (b) could
(c) may (d) shall
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue.
I said, ‘I am not going to school.’
Mother said, ‘OK, finish all the household chores today and I will rest.’
When I told mother that , she told me to finish all the household chores and that rest.
(a) I am not going to school, she would
(b) I was not going to school, she would
(c) I will not be going to school, she will
(d) I shall not be going to school, she planned to
xii. Identify the error on a signboard in a parking lot and supply the correction :
Please pay your parking fee before existing.
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B. Write a letter to the Editor of an English daily in 100-120 word, making a plea to the common people
to switch over to solar energy to conserve electricity and limit electricity bills. You are Divyansh of
147, Mayur Vihar-I.
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B. The following data in the form of histogram shows that death due to violence has increased
considerably during recent years. Write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words on how educated
youth can play a major role in establishing peace in society.
SECTION C- LITERATURE 40
iv. What according to the extract was the reason for Lencho’s lament?
(a) It did not rain as per his expectations.
(b) Harm done to the field was worse than one done by locusts.
(c) His house was drenched in rain.
(d) His sons did not come at his call.
v. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘sadness’ as used in the 5th line of
the extract.
(a) He saw the sadness on her face.
(b) He expressed his sadness about what had happened.
(c) Sadness overwhelmed him totally.
(d) His closing years were filled with sadness.
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1B. Now, walking in the bright July sunshine, he felt sure that this year’s robber), was going to
be as successful as all the others. For two weeks he had been studying the house at Shotover Grange,
looking at its rooms, its electric wiring, its paths and its garden. This afternoon the two servants, who
remained in the Grange while the family was in London, had gone to the movies. Horace saw them go,
and he felt happy in spite of a little tickle of hay fever in his nose. He came out from behind the garden
wall, his tools carefully packed in a bag on his back.
(A Question of Trust)
i. Select the option that correctly captures the usage of the word ‘carefully’ from last line of the extract.
(a) The prime minister’s words were carefully chosen.
(b) The candidate gave his speech before a carefully selected audience.
(c) Drive carefully
(d) Walk carefully lest you fall.
ii. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the text.
Silvery : Moonlight :: Bright : .
iii. Select the option that presents the reason for Horace’s satisfaction.
(a) Horace got a secret key to the house.
(b) He got the map of the house well on time.
(c) The two servants living there had gone for a
movie. (d) His hay fever was mild.
iv. According to the extract Horace decided to rob the house at Shotover Grange mention the reason.
1. It was close to his house.
2. He studied the house for two weeks.
3. Horace had an idea about the safe there.
4. Residents of the house lived in London.
5. He had acquired all the skills by then.
Select the correct Option.
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 4
(c) Only 3 (d) 2, 3 and 4
v. The narrator uses certain words and phrases in the given extract to reflect the satisfaction of the speaker
mention any two.
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2. .
ii. The poet has used a poetic device in the given lines. What effect does he wish to create by its use?
(a) emphasis
(b) comparison
(c) sarcasm
(d) rhythm
iv. Select the appropriate option to complete the sentence, according to the extract. The idea that has been
reflected ‘Some say the world will end in fire’, is .
(a) didactic (b) philosophical
(c) apprehensive (d) imaginary
v. What is the poet’s point of view about the destruction of this world in this extract?
(a) He leaves it to the people.
(b) Fire is potentially more harmful.
(c) Fire and ice, both are equally detrimental.
(d) Nothing leaves any impact, world has to end finally.
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(b) Shuffling of cabinet berths will be done tomorrow.
(c) Out of fear the girl was shuffling her feet under the
table. (d) No shuffling of seats is allowed in the class.
iv. Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like a
‘cat’.
(Fog)
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opinion about Squeezer? (The Proposal)
VII Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50 words each. 2#3=6
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worried about her?
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i. Amanda is totally distraught by her mother’s behaviour. She wants to leave everything and go to her
own world. Then she happens to meet Anne and the latter tries to tell how parents always worried
about their children’s behaviour. Prepare a set of dialogues between Amanda and Anne based on the
poem
‘Amanda!’ and ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’. You may begin like this :
Amanda : I hate every one at home. How can they pester a child so much.
Anne : Amanda, How can you even think like that. .
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ii. “The message conveyed in the chapter The Sermon at Benaras, People must understand that thinking
about bound situations will increase one’s stress and lead to sorrow was diligently followed by the