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English Class 10 Kerala Syllabus Model Question Paper Set 2
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.
Where did the story take place?
Answer:
In Chandernagore
Question 2.
Who all involved in the verbal battle?
Answer:
Sharat and Kiran
Question 3.
What was the reason for the quarrel?
Answer:
Kiran wanted to go back to her house when she was seriously ill. But Sharat opposed this suggestion and a quarrel followed.
Question 4.
What was the wisdom of the village?
Answer:
Most of the villagers suggested that Kiran should go back to her village. It may be a contageous disease and the villagers didn’t want it to be spread.
Question 5.
Who is the darling mentioned here?
Answer:
Kiran
6 – 10. Read the following lines from the poem The Ballad of Father Gilligan and answer the questions given below. Each question carries one score. (5 × 1 = 5)
‘Mavrone, mavrone! The man has died
While I slept in the chair.’
He roused his horse out of its sleep
And rode with little care.
He rode now as he never rode,
By rocky lane and fen;
The sick man’s wife opened the door,
‘Father! you come again!’
Question 6.
Why did Father ride with little care?
Answer:
He wanted to reach the house of the affected at the earliest.
Question 7.
Describe the way through which Father rode?
Answer:
The path was so narrow and full of rocks and fens.
Question 8.
Why did Father exclaim ‘Mavrone’?
Answer:
Father exclaimed ‘Mavrone’ because he was asking for God’s pardon. He thought that he had neglected his duties as a priest.
Question 9.
“Father! you come again”. What does the expression ‘again’ suggest?
Answer:
The word ‘again’ suggests the sickman’s wife’s surprise because the Father has come back.
Question 10.
Pick out a pair of rhyming words from this stanza.
Answer:
Chair – care
Question 11.
Read the following lines from the poem ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ and prepare a note of appreciation focussing on the main idea, theme, diction etc. (5)
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white do re sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how man times must the cannon balls fly
Before they re forcver banned?
The answer, my friend is blowin in the wind
The answer is blown’ in the wind
Answer:
Bob Dylan is a very popular American singer, and song writer. ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ is considered to be the anthem of the American Civil Rights Movement. Dylan had won the Nobel Prize in 2016.
‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ is a protest song of the oppressed. The song urges the oppressed to wake up, realise their dignity and stand against oppression and exploitation. The poem is so full of questions and answers. This series of questions and answers create a great inspiring mood. The poet asks how much more distance a man will have to walk before he becomes a completely independent individual. Likewise a white dove sails many seas before she is sheltered in the shore. Though the cannons are firing at present, before long they will be silenced.
The answers to the questions are there in the wind which means that messages of the revolt has spread far and wide. Freedom is very near at hand. The poem is so inspiring and motivating. Man walking, white dove sailing and cannon ball flying are examples of visual images.
12 – 16. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. Each question carries one score (5 × 1 = 5)
Floods and famines are a common feature of Indian life. Our food very much depends on the rain god. Sometimes the monsoons are very tricky. There are times we get too much rain and there are other times we get very little of it. When we get limited, crops fail to grow. On the other hand when we get rain in cats and dogs, our crops are destroyed by torrential rains or washed away In either case, our nation suffers. Our farmers pray fervently for normal rains – neither too much nor too little. Its is not possible to control the monsoons by any scientific means. All our scientific knowledge fell flat here.
Question 12.
What decides our agriculture?
Answer:
Rain gods
Question 13.
In either case, our nation suffers What are the two cases?
Answer:
When we have too much rains or too little rains, the nation suffers
Question 14.
For what do our farmers pray?
Answer:
For normal rain
Question 15.
Why is it said that the scientific knowledge fell flat here?
Answer:
Science fails miserably to control rains
Question 16.
Pick a word from the passage that means ‘undependable”.
Answer:
Tricky
17 – 18. Answer any ONE of the following in about 120 words. Each question carries seven score. (1 × 7 = 7)
Question 17.
Prepare a write-up on which Satyajit Ray describes the obstacles he had to face while shooting with the tiger.
Answer:
Shooting with animals is by no means an easy job. It requires a lot of tact and patience. Such animal actors excellently perform their roles in Hollywood. The Alsatian named Rin- tin-tin and the collie called Lassie are memorable heroes. But such experts are very rare in our country, India. So during the 2nd film of mine ‘Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne’ I was in a dilemma. I needed a tiger. The two main characters Goopy and Bagha had their first meeting in a bamboo grove in front of a tiger. We contacted the Bharat Circus and made arrangements to hire a tiger. Mr. Thorat, the ringmaster agreed to bring the tiger to the location in a truck.
On the day of the shot, Mr. Thorat arrived at the location with two robust and well fed tigers. The shooting was at a bamboo grove in Notun Gram. For safety, a collar was draped over the neck of the tiger to which a strong but thin string was tied. The other end of the string was tied to the iron rode buried in the earth. But when the door of the cage was opened, the tiger sprang out and violently rushed at the onlookers. Instead of walking seriously in a sedate manner, it leapt, jumped and rolled about. Mr. Thorat was at his wits end. It s nothing but a strange kind of circus. After a long time the tiger calmed down and we shot what we wanted.
But later, when we looked at the scenes, we found out that light was very poor and the scenes were to be shot again. The matter was informed to Mr. Thorat and this time the location was changed to Boral. So everything was arranged again. This time too the tiger emerged out with a roar when the door was opened. The crowd consisting of 150 people melted away and it was so convenient for us to shoot the scenes. The tiger pacified and obeyed the trainer this time like an obedient dog.
Question 18.
Narrate the life of Vanka detailing how his childhood dreams are cruelly shattered?
Answer:
Vanka was a 9 year old Russian orphan. After the death of his parents he was looked after by his grandfather Konstantin Makarich, who was an estate watchman. Makarich sent Vanka to Alyakhin, the shoemaker, as an apprentice at Russia. But life of Vanka under Alyakhin was full of tortures and miseries. He is underfed and beat all the time. He had to work from morning till night. At night, he had to rock the baby of Alyakhın. Both physically and mentally Vanka is tortured. He was given minimum food; bread and gruel all the time. No tea, no cabbage soup.
Last day Mr. Alyakhin took him by his hair, dragged him out and beat him with the stirrup-strap. The crime that Vanka did was he had gone to sleep, while rocking baby Alyakhin. Last week, Mrs. Alyakhin had picked up the herring Vanka had been cutting and rubbed it against Vanka’s face. The mistake that Vanka had done was he had cut it from the tail. The other apprentices made fun of him all the time and sent him to the tavern to buy Vodka. They even made him steal the master’s cucumbers. He had to sleep on the passage and whenever the baby cried, he had to get up.
Unable to suffer these tortures, Vanka writes a letter to his grandfather Makarich on the Christmas eve. In the letter Vanka detailed all his miseries and requested the grand-.. father to come at once and take him away from this hell of tortures. Vanka very much feels suffocated in a city like Russia. Vanka promises his grandfather to grind his snuff and be a good grandson. After posting the letter, he went to sleep and had good dreams.
19 – 21. Answer any TWO of the foilowing. Each question carries five score. (2 × 5 = 10)
Question 19.
Prepare the diary of Adichie on the day she visited the house of Fide and found out that she had only one story of him
Answer:
29th September 1985
Today was Saturday and no school hence. Feeling bored I decided to have a round about. Went to our house boy Fide’s house. It very much seemed to be a decent house. Nice and neat. His mother welcomed me and brought me carrot juice so tasty infact – Everything in the house was kept in order- books, furniture everything dust free. His mother showed me a beautifully patterned basket. It was made of dyed raffia. I asked from where they had bought it. She smiled and replied that it was the creation of Nide, the elder brother of Fide. I was really surprised. How beautiful it was! Never did I think that the family was so dignified. I knew they were poor, and poverty was the only back ground about them. Now, I realised that they were civilised and very much lived like us.
Question 20.
After learning the drama “The Never Never Nest”, your school Literary Club has decided to conduct a seminar on the present generation’s life style on buying anything on instalments. Prepare a notice for the same
Answer:
NOTICE
Seminar
Friends,
The play ‘The Never Never Nest’ was so entertaining. The play has taught us many lessons which are so valuable indeed. So it is decided to conduct a seminar, on the present generation’s life style on buying anything on instalments, on 30th November 2022 in the school conference hall. All are requested to be a part of this programme.
Convenor
School Literary Club
20th November 2022
Question 21.
Prepareta character sketch of the homeopath in the story, “The Snake and the Mirror.”
Answer:
The homeopath in the story ‘The Snake and the Mirror is a typical character. He is a young bachelor who feels proud to be a doctor. He is very beauty conscious and looking at the mirror decides to keep a thin moustache and a smile upon his lips. He is practical minded. and intelligent. That’s why he decides to marry a lady doctor with plenty of practice. He also wants her to be fat so that he can run away after committing mistakes. In the face of danger, the homeopath remained calm and quiet. When the snake was wriggling over him he sat like a statue. That’s how he could escape from the snake. He is a man who lacks the sense of cleanliness and it is evident in his dirty vest.
22 – 26. Answer any THREE of the following. Each question carries six score. (3 × 6 = 18)
Question 22.
Write a profile of Willam Wordsworth from the hints given
Name : William Wordsworth
Occupation : English Romantic poet
Bom : 7 April 1770
Inspiration : Nature
Famous works : Daffodils, Lucy Gray, The Prelude
Honour : Poet Laureate, 1843.
Died : 23 April, 1850
Answer:
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
William Wordsworth, the greatest of all English Romantic poets, was born on April 7 in 1770. He was greatly inspired by nature. His famous works are Daffodils, Lucy Gray and The Prelude. He was honoured as the Poet Laureate in 1843. He passed away on April 23 in 1850.
Question 23.
Everybody in the house was so surprised at the strange case of the Grey Squirrel and the White Rat. Prepare a letter the narrator writes to his friend detailing the incident
Answer:
Place
Date
My dear friend,
Sorry to have delayed my reply. Here I’m enjoying my vacation to the maximum. How many times did I ask you to come with me. It would have been so great if you had turned up.
I’m writing this letter to inform you about a strange incident. As you know I spent most of my time in and around the banyan tree. Grandfather has a pet white rat which he has bought from the bazaar for four anas. I had the parctice of taking him to the banyan tree. There he developed a great friendship with a grey squirrel. They used to go off together on little excursions among the branches. Then one day I detected the nest the squirrel had made. On further investigation I found out that there were three baby squirrels inside, all of them pure white.
My grandfather was very confident that they were the children of the white rat. How can it be? Anyway the incident had created a great sensation in the house. With the vacation nearing to the end, I’m so sad at heart. Hope you will accompany me in the next vacation.
Hoping to see you soon,
Yours lovingly,
(Sd/-)
(Name)
Question 24.
Draft the conversation between Martha and her grandfather in which she requests him 15 dollars to pay for the Scholarship Jacket.
Answer:
Martha : Excuse me, grandpa. I want you to do me a favour.
Grandfather: What happened?
Martha : As you know the school is ready to give me the scholarship jacket, the prestigious award. But it is not free. I will have to pay 15 dollars, the cost of it.
Grandfather: You have earned it by your merit. How can you buy it?
Martha : I don’t know, grandpa.
Grandfather: It’s not fair. Awards are not to be bought. They are to be conferred.
Martha : If I don’t pay 15 dollars, I won’t get it.
Grandfather: Then better, you don’t have ‘t. No scholarship can be bought for money. If you do it, it is not a scholarship.
Question 25.
As a journalist you got the opportunity to interview Mr. John S. Prepare Six questions to ask him.
Answer:
1) Mr. John S, you are fighting a relentless battle against drugs. Tell me who initiated you in to this field?
2) We know you are a very busy lawyer, with plenty of cases. How could you find time for charity works?
3) I’m sure you are very depressed about the present youngsters’ over dependence on drugs and narcotics. What’s your advice to them?
4) What are your future plans?
5) How supportive is your wife in your endeavours?
6) Whom will you blame the most in the present predicament of the younger generation?
Question 26.
“Zahra, if you tell dad, he will beat both of us. Because he doesn’t have money to buy a pair of shoes”. Describe the social conditions prevailing in the land based on the dialogue between them.(5 × 1 = 5)
| Team | Ranking |
| India | 109 |
| Vewzealand | 108 |
| South Africa | 104 |
| England | 99 |
| Australia | 95 |
| Sri Lanka | 84 |
Answer:
Children of Heaven’ is an Iranian family drama film conceived by Majid Majidi, the most popular film maker of the world. “My Sister’s Shoes” is an extract taken from the screen play of the film.
The film takes us to the war hit Iranian economy. Jobs are scarce, food is scarce and miseries prevailed everywhere. The film depicts the story of Ali and his sister Zahra and their poverty stricken struggles in life. The story is about their adventures over a lost pair of shoes.
Ali took Zahra’s shoes to the cobbler for repair. But unfortunately he lost it at the vegetable shop and a junk collector by accidentally took it away. Ali conveyed the missing to Zahra. She was all at tears and blamed her brother for his carelessness. She threatened him that she would inform the matter to their father. Ali was so frantic and required her not to do that and at last Zahra agreed.
The film is so real. It portrays the domestic situation beautifully. Poverty, innocence of children and miseries following war are very much highlighted here. Even the shoes is a representative of the family’s poor condition.
27 – 31. The following table contains the I C C test team rankings for 6 places. Read it and answer the following questions. (5 × 1 = 5)
Question 27.
Who tops the list?
Answer:
India
Question 28.
Name the team having less the 90 points.
Answer:
Sri Lanka
Question 29.
Which all teams are neck to neck in the table?
Answer:
India and Newzealand
Question 30.
Which is the only Asian team in the list other than India?
Answer:
Sri Lanka
Question 31.
Who figures as the second best in the list?
Answer:
Newzealand
Question 32.
Complete the conversation between Sharat and Kiran by filling the blanks. (5 × 1 = 5)
Sharat : ………….(a) ……….?
Kiran : I am going to my house.
Sharat : You are very weak, ……….(b)…….?
Kiran : Doesn’t matter. I want to be at my house at the earliest.
Sharat : Everybody thinks that you should stay here a few more days, ……(c)…….?
Kiran : There are doctors as well.
Sharat, : If you go now, ……..(d)……..
Kiran : I don’t care: I can go right now.
Sharat : You had better………(e)……..
Answer:
(a) Where are you going?
(b) aren’t you?
(c) aren’t they?
(d) your disease will worsen.
(e) stay here with us.
Question 33.
Some errors have crept in the passage below. They are underlined. Edit them. (4 × 1 = 4)
Poetry is the inner revolution of a poet in the made. It was as abrupt and unexpected as if sommons by a mysterious poet whose origins were unknown.
Answer:
making; is, summoned, are
Question 34.
Report the following dialogue. (2 × 1 = 2)
Aunt Jane : Have you bought all these furniture with your money?
Jill : We buy everything on instalment.
a) Aunt Jane asked ……………………
b) Jill replied that ……………………..
Answer:
a) if they had bought all those furniture with their money.
b) they bought everything on instalment.
Question 35.
Complete the passage choosing suitable words from the bracket. (5 × 1 = 5)
Vanka is a very touching story ….(a)….. Anton Chekhov. It is about…..(b)… nine year old orphan boy of …(c)…. same name….(d)… had to suffer….(e)…. his childhood.
[who, the, during, by, a]
Answer:
(a) by (b) a (c) the
(d) who (e) during
Question 36.
Fill the passage with the suitable phrasal verbs given in the bracket. (4 × 1 = 4)
Mr John decided to…. his bad habits that ruined him. He and his wife have set up an organ- isation to…. delinquent youth. He… the narrator who saved his life years ago. The narrator tried to…. his requests in the beginning. But finally they started to…. better with each other.
(give up, come across, turn down, look after, get on)
Answer:
Mr. John decided to give up his bad habits that ruined him. He and his wife have set up an organisation to look after delinquent youth. He came across the narrator who saved his life years ago. The narrator tried to turn down his requests in the beginning. But finally they started to get on better with each other.