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English Class 10 Kerala Syllabus Model Question Paper Set 1
Time: 2½ Hours
Score: 80 Marks
Instructions
- 15 minutes is given as cool – off time.
- This time is to be used for reading the question paper.
- Attempt the questions according to the instructions.
1 – 5. Read the extract from The Castaway and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries one score. (5 × 1 = 5)
The battle of the gods and demons began in the evening. The roaring storm, the pouring rain, the bludgeoning thunder and lightning and the black clouds all took their part. The Ganges was furious and one could hear nature’s screams, sighs and groans everywhere. In one of the river side houses of Chandernagore, an endless verbal battle was going on between Sharat and his wife Kiran about her staying in the house. Kiran fell seriously ill making everyone in her native village terribly anxious. The whole village advocated for a change necessary for her and to be taken to her own home. But Sharat and his mother gave more importance to their darling than the wisdom of the village.
Question 1.
When did the battle begin?
Answer:
The battle began in the evening.
Question 2.
What was the condition of Ganges?
Answer:
The Ganges was furious.
Question 3.
What was going on between Sharat and his wife?
Answer:
An endless verbal battle.
Question 4.
What was the advice of the villagers?
Answer:
For a change for Sharat’s wife and to be taken to her own home.
Question 5.
Find out the word from the passage which means extremely angry.
Answer:
Furious
6 – 10. Read the following lines from the poem The Ballad of Father Gilligan and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries one score. (5 × 1 = 5)
Once, while he nodded in a chair
At the moth-hour of the eve
Another poor man sent for him,
And he began to grieve.
‘I have no rest, nor joy, nor peace,
For people die and die;
And after cried he, ‘God forgive!
My body spake not !!
Question 6.
When did Father Gilligan nod sitting in his chair?
Answer:
At the moth-hour of the eve.
Question 7.
Why had the man sent for Father Gilligan?
Answer:
To do the last rituals for a dying man.
Question 8.
‘I have no rest, nor joy, nor peace ……..’ Why does the Father say so?
Answer:
He was completely exhausted because of the stress caused by his priestly duties.
Question 9.
Pick out an instance of alliteration from the second stanza.
Answer:
No rest, nor joy, nor peace – die and die.
Question 10.
Pick out two set of rhyming words from the stanza.
Answer:
eve – grieve, die – I
Question 11.
Read the following lines from the poem Poetry and write an appreciation focusing on the theme, imagery and other poetic devices. (5)
and I wrote the first faint line.
faint, without substance, pure
nonsense,
pure wisdom
of someone who knows nothing.
and suddenly I saw
the heavens
unfastened and open,
planets,
palpitating plantations,
shadow perforated
riddled
with arrows, fire and flowers,
the winding night, the universe.
Answer:
Pablo Neruda is a Chilean poet, diplomat and politician. ‘Poetry’ is a short poem in which Neruda analyses. the mechanism of composing poetry. He explains how inspiration leads to imagination which finally results in creation.
The poet says that poetry has arrived in search of him and it was just a spontaneous process. He does not know its origin. The first line the poet deciphered appeared to be without substance and pure nonsense. Then the heaven was opened. The choicest words flowed from him. Strange thoughts, palpitating plantations, shadows perforated- all he experienced. Suddenly the poet felt himself as a part of the great universe. He wandered with the stars and his heart broke lose in the wind.
The poet uses many images like ‘branches of night’, ‘forgotten wings’, ‘palpitating plantations’, ‘wings’, ‘shadow perforated’ etc. to put across sublime thoughts to the readers. The expression ‘poetry arrived’ is an example of personification.
12 – 16. Read the story given below and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries one score. (5 × 1 = 5)
British cosmologist Stephen William Hawking was born in England on Jan. 8, 1942 – 300 years to the day after the death of the astronomer Galileo Galilei. He attended University College, Oxford, where he studied physics, despite his father’s urging to focus on medicine. Hawking went on to Cambridge to research cosmology, the study of the universe as a whole.
In early 1963, just on his 21st birthday, Hawking was diagnosed with motor neuron disease. He was not expected to live more than two years. Yet, Hawking defied the odds, not only attaining his Ph.D. but also forging new roads into the understanding of the universe in the decades since.
As the disease spread, Hawking became less mobile and began using a wheelchair. Talking grew more challenging, and; in 1985, an emergency tracheotomy caused his total loss of speech. A speech-generating device constructed at Cambridge, combined with a software program, served as his electronic voice, allowing Hawking to select his words by moving the muscles in his cheek.
Question 12.
Who was Stephen Hawking?
Answer:
British cosmologist
Question 13.
What did his father urge him to study?
Answer:
To study medicine.
Question 14.
What was the unexpected thing that happened to Hawking’s life on his 21st birthday?
Answer:
He was diagnosed with motor neuron disease.
Question 15.
How did Hawking lose his speech?
Answer:
An emergency tracheotomy caused the loss of his speech.
Question 16.
How did he overcome his loss of speecn?
Answer:
With the help of a speech, generating device.
17 – 18. Answer any ONE of the following questions. Each question carries seven score. (1 × 7 = 7)
Question 17.
The boy in the story ‘Adventures in a Banyan Tree’ had a wonderful experience during his vacation. Suppose you narrate the events to your friends. Prepare the likely narrative.
[Hints- Old banyan tree- favourite domain- friendship with squirrel- hot summer making. platform for reading- fight between mongoose and the snake – supporters of mongoose- friendship of white rat and grey squirrel.]
Answer:
Narrative:
The old banyan tree was the favourite place of the boy in his grandfather’s house. The tree was older than the grandfather. During the spring season the tree was full of small red figs. The tree became the noisiest place on the road because all kind of birds came there. A small grey squirrel was the boy’s first friend at the tree. At first it showed angry at the boy. But later they became friends and the squirrel even delved into the boy’s pocket to fing whatever he wants.
Half way up the tree the boy had built a small platform on which he would spend the afternoons. He used to sit there for reading. Sitting there he could see the world around. One day the boy witnessed a memorable incident from that spot. It was an April afternoon. In order to cool them off a cobra and mongoose came to the scene. They came face to face in bright sunshine. The cobra was long and it could move swiftly and strike with the speed of light. His sharp fangs were full of venom. The mongoose was three feet long fighter, clever and aggressive When the cobra spread his hood, the long hair on the body of the mongoose stood up.
All these preparation for a fight there was watched by a crow and a myna. The cobra Swayed side to side compelling the mongoose to make a false move But the mongoose fixed his look at a point just below the cobra’s hood. The fangs of the cobra came down so speedly and everybody thought that the mongoose was the victim. But the little mongoose evaded so smartly. He also bit at the back of the corba from where blood drops glistened. All the attacks of the cobra were in vain.
All the time the mongoose leave away from the fangs. In the amidst of the fight very accidentally the cobra whipped at the head of the ‘crow and it lay still at a distance. As the fight continues, the cobra weakened but the mongoose was charged up. The cobra tried to coil the mongoose. But he smartly escaped from that. The little fellow hung grimly on until the snake had ceased to struggle. Then he dragged the cobra into the bushes. The grandfather bought a white rat and it became very darling to everyone.
The boy used to take it to the banyan tree. and It would play around the roots branches and developed a friendship with a grey squirrel. They used to go and play toge her. One day grandmothers knit- ting was missing. The boy found a hole in the banyan tree which was filled with knitting. On further inspection three baby squirrels were found in the wool bed. All of them were white in colour. How can the grey squirrel have white babies? It was a puzzling question. According to grandfather the white rat may be their father.
Question 18.
The word ‘Investment gives different ideas to different people. In the light of your reading of the story, prepare a write-up on how A. J. Cronin make the best investment in his life.
(Hints: generally associated with money- Cronin reminds his investment- meets a man on his way back from New York- recounts an old incident- goes to attend one who had attempted suicide -young man saved-later becomes a social activist )
Answer:
Write-up:
The word investment gives different ideas to different people. But it is gen- erally associated with money. The story of Mr. John reminds us the idea that investment is not merely in terms of money. It can indicate the values that we imbibe in our lives that would remain the best investment forever.
It was on the second day of the narrator’s voyage, he noticed that one of the pas- sengers was watching him closely.
As he was not interested in a conversation with him at that time, he ignored him. The following afternoon the narrator saw him again. Urged by his wife, he approached the narrator. The narrator could not reveal the identity of the fellow voyagers.
Mr. John told the narrator that he was a solicitor by profession and was the director of a charitable organization devoted to the rehabilitation of derelict adolescents. That had been their first visit to America to visit similar institutions in New England. Curiously the narrator enquired why he was attracted to social work. As a reply to it veils parted from his mind. He reminded that he was none other than the young man whose life the narrator had saved. He was an orphan, worked as a clerk in a London solicitor’s office.
As he was friendless he joined in the company of bad people and lost all his savings betting on horses. He took some money from the office safe for a final gamble. But his last resort also failed. Terrified of the prosecu- tion that must follow he tried to commit suicide. But the timely intervention of the doctor, landlady and sergeant helped him to save himself. The doctor came. forward with his minor comtribution of seven pounds and ten shillings to put back in the office safe. The sergeant promised to make no report of the case. The landlady offered him a month’s free board. Recollecting those incidents the narrator felt that it was the finest act he had ever done or it was the best invest- ment he had ever made.
19 – 21. Answer any TWO of the following questions. Each question carries five score (2 × 5 = 10)
Question 19.
After posting the letter, at that night, Vanka wrote his diary. Attempt the possible diary entry of Vanka
Answer:
Diary
Monday
24-12-2022
Today I wrote a letter to grandpa. Will it reach him? Will this Christmas be a happy time for me? The cruel master punished me today for no reason. He make me do all the jobs and beats me everyday. No one loves me. All the apprentices make fun of me. My life. here is worse than that of a dog. I will be happy and free, If I reach home. My loving grandpa will come and rescue me from these cruel people.
Question 20.
Prepare a newspaper report about the tiger’s curious behaviour at the first attempt.
Answer:
Newspaper Report:
A JOYFUL LEAP TO FREEDOM
Notun Gram: The villagers here were offered a free spectacular show by a tiger from Bharat Circus yesterday. It was brought for the shooting of the film ‘Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne’ by the famous director Satyajit Ray. The tiger kept in a cage was supposed to come out and walk very calmly before the camera. But when the shooting started Mr. Thorat, the trainer opened the cage and it sprang out. Excited at the sudden release, it began leaping, jumping and rolling about. As the tiger had been tied with a thin wire to an iron rod, there was no untoward incidents. After a long time the tiger calmed down, but due to poor visibility, the shots were not properly taken. The disgusted director Ray said that he was planning to change the location.
Question 21.
Prepare a conversation between Ali and the junk collector.
Answer:
Conversation:
Ali : Hellow uncle, please stop.
Junk collector : What do you want?
Ali : I want to search my sister’s shoes.
Junk collector: Your sister’s shoes? I haven’t taken any thing.
Ali : You came to the vegetable shop today, didn’t you?
Junk collector : Yes, But I took only unused papers.
Ali : My black bag with the shoes may be among them.
Junk collector : Let me have a look
Ali : Please do it, my sis has no spare shoes
Junk collector: Don’t wory. Let us hope we can find it.
22 – 26. Answer any THREE of the following. Each question carries six score. (3 × 6 = 18)
Question 22.
The English Club of your school decides to stage the play The Never Never Nest’. You are the secretary of the club. Prepare a notice to be circulated among the students in your school
Answer:
Question 23.
The doctor in the story The Snake and the Mirror’ writes a letter to his friend describing the incidents that happened in the previous night. Write the likely letter.
Answer:
Letter
Lake Lane
Patna
25-10-2022
Dear friend,
It’s been long since I heard from you. How are you? Hope things are fine at there. How about your parents? I am writing this letter to tell you about a strange incident happened to me.
As you know that I was living in a rented house with lots of rats. One day I was sitting on a chair in my room. When I saw myself in the mirror I decided to shave daily and look more handsome. As I was lost in thoughts I heard a noise from above. Suddenly something like a rubber tube fell on my shoulder. It was a cobra. It soon coiled around my left arm. I didnot move and sat there holding my breath. There was a great pain on my arm. I felt afraid even to move. I had no medicine in my room. Luckily the snake turned its head and looked into the mirror. It was attracted at its own image and appeared if appreciating its own beauty. It slowly unwounded itself from my arm and moved towards the mirror. At once I went out through the door and ran to my friend’s house. When I returned the next day I found that a thief had stolen everything from my house.
Convey my loving regards to our friends.
Yours lovingly
Sa
(Name)
Question 24.
Prepare the character sketch of Aunt Jane.
Answer:
Character sketch
Aunt June is a lady with enough practical wisdom and high care and concern for her relatives. She appears to be very gene- rous and gifted Jack and Jill two hun- dred pounds at the time of their wedding. She is pleased to see the comfortable life they lead. But when she knows that everything at their home is on hire purchase system and only a very small portion of the things they own, she dis- approves their way of life. She becomes annoyed and is not ready even to sit on the furniture or travel in the car, which actually Jack does not possess tu ly. Still she feels pity towards the family and gives them a cheque for ten pounds to enable them pay any one of their bills and own at least one thing for them.
Question 25.
Prepare a profile of Langston Hughes using the hints given below.
Name : Langston Hughes
Birth : Feb 1, 1902 Joplin USA
Ethnic Identity : Afro – American
Marital status : Single
Occupation : Poet,columnist,dramatist
Important works : The Weary Blues, Not Without Laughter
Notable Award : Harmon Gold Medal
Death : May 22, 1967 (aged 65)
Answer:
Profile:
Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967)
The famous Afro-American poet Langston
Hughes was born on Feb1, 1902 at Joplin, USA. He was also a dramatist and a columnist. The Weary Blues’, Not Without Laughter’ are some of his important works. He got the notable award Harmon Gold Medal. He was single in life and died on May 22, 1967 at the age of sixty five.
Question 26.
A. J. Cronin felt puzzled when he saw a man watching him closely. What would be his thoughts?
| Name of the painting | Painter | Country | Inspired by |
| Mona Lisa | Leonardo daVinci | Italy | Unknown |
| Starry Night | Vincent van Dutch | Dutch | Personal experience |
| The Persistence of Memory | Salvador Dali | Spanish | Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity |
| Guernica | Pablo Picasso | Spanish | Spanish Civil War |
| Scream | Edvard Munch | Norwegian | Personal experience |
Answer:
Thoughts:
What a man! He has been staring at me for long. Looks strange. He is not known to me. I think he may be one of my patients. But he does not come to me or talk. Should I ask him? No. I don’t want to taik to strangers. Moreover I need to take rest and I am not interested in casual ship board contacts. He looks serious and reserved. He is a little shy and diffident. Anyway let me not bother about it. If he has anything to tell, he shall come to me.
27 – 31. Read the table given below and answer the questions that follow. (5 × 1 = 5)
Question 27.
Which painting was inspired by the theory of Einstein?
Answer:
The Persistence of Memory
Question 28.
Identify the paintings which are created by painters of the same country.
Answer:
The Persistence of Memory, Guernica
Question 29.
War has inspired a painter to make his painting. Identify the work.
Answer:
Guernica
Question 30.
Who painted ‘Scream’?
Answer:
Edvard Munch
Question 31.
Name the painting by a Dutch painter.
Answer:
Starry Night
Question 32.
Read the following conversation. (2 × 1 = 2)
Ray: Why did you bring two tigers?
Mr. Thorat : I decided to play it safe.
Now complete the sentences.
a) Ray asked Mr. Thorat ……………
b) Mr. Thorat replied……..
Answer:
a) why he had brought two tigers. ་
b) that he had decided to play that safe.
Question 33.
Fill in the blanks using the phrasal verbs given in bracket.
(made up his mind, put up with, turned up, put on, gave away) (4 × 1 = 4)
Vanka wore (a) his shirt and went to the place where the post box was kept. He decided (b) to post the letter he had written. He walked quickly because he wanted to come back before his master and family returned (c) from church. He had to tolerate (d) the cold outside.
Answer:
a) put on
b) made up nis mind
c) turned up
d) put up with
Question 34.
Supply the missing words in the passage given below. (5 × 1 = 5)
Martha was very sad. She never expected such…(a)… tragedy. She cried a lot. The princi- pal was adamant. He told her…(b)… bring fifteen dollars the next day. She was born …(c)… a poor family. So …(d)… was unable her to bring …(e)… money.
(in, it, the, a, to, of)
Answer:
a) a
b) to
c) in
d) it
e) the
Question 35.
Edit the following passage. (4 × 1 = 4)
Then another lovely thought struck me. I would marry. I would got (a) married to a woman doctor who had plenty of money and (b) good medical practice. She had to been (c) fat for a valid reason. If I made some silly mistake and needed to run away, she shall (d) not be able to run after me and catch me!
Answer:
a) get
b) a
c) be
d) should
Question 36.
Some parts of the conversation between Ali and Zahra are missing. Complete them suitably. (5 × 1 = 5)
Zahra : ………..(a) ………. ?
Ali : Your shoes are not with me.
Zahra : You didn’t take them from the shop, ……..(b) …….. ?
Ali : Not really. I had collected them from the shop.
Zahra : …………(c) …………..?
Ali : I kept them at the vegetable shop.
Zahra : Oh! How can I go to school tomorrow?
Ali : …………….(d) ……………. ?
Zahra : No. I cannot use your shoes. It is too big.
Ali : Please adjust with them.
Zahra : If you don’t bring my shoes,……..(e)………
Ali : Please don’t do it. I’ll try to find your shoes tomorrow itself.
Answer:
a) Where are my shoes?
b) did you?
c) Where did you keep them?
d) Can’t you use my shoes?
e) I will complain to father.