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English Class 10 Kerala Syllabus Model Question Paper Set 4
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 day before they were about to depart, the inkstand was missing. Satish was furi- ous and pounced upon the boy shouting, “You have stolen my inkstand, you thief!” Nilkanta wobbled towards the wall with a swollen heart and head.Kiran was greatly distressed at the scene and took him to another room and suggested, “Nilu, if you have taken it, I shall keep it there and block anyone making further fuss.” To this, Nilkanta knelt down weeping bitterly. A fierce battle of words followed between Kiran on one side and Sharat and Satish on the other. Satish wanted to search his room and she responded violently with tears: “You dare?” That at once settled the matter.
Question 1.
What confusion did develop in the house?
Answer:
The missing of the inkstand.
Question 2.
Who are the persons involved in the battle of words?
Answer:
Kiran, Satish and Sharat.
Question 3.
What disturbed Kiran very much?
Answer:
The accusation that Nilkanta had stolen the inkstand.
Question 4.
What was Satish’s suggestion?
Answer:
To search Nilkanta’s room for the inkstand.
Question 5.
What settled the matter?
Answer:
The furious remark by Kiran if Satish dared ‘to search Nilu’s room settled the matter.
6 – 10. Read the lines from the poem ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ and answer the questions that follow. (5 × 1 = 5)
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Question 6.
Who is the speaker of the poem?
Answer:
A revolutionary.
Question 7.
Why can’t the man see the sky?
Answer:
Since the man is in prison, he can’t see the sky.
Question 8.
What makes people die?
Answer:
The cruel ruling of the dictators make the people die.
Question 9.
What effect does the refrain suggest?
Answer:
The refrain suggests that freedom to the Common man is too near.
Question 10.
Pick out a pair of rhyming words from the stanza.
Answer:
Sky – cry
Question 11.
Read the lines from the poem ‘The Ballad of Father Gilligan’ and prepare a note of appreciation. (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!’
‘And is the poor man dead?’ he cried
‘He died an hour ago.’
The old priest Peter Gilligan
In grief swayed to and fro
Answer:
The poem. The Ballad of Father Gilligan by W.B. Yeats tells a beautiful story. It shows the sincerity and honesty of an old priest. One evening, as usual, he came home totally tired. Suddenly, there came an urgent call from a dying parishioner. In despair Father Gilligan started to complain that his life is restless. The tired priest tell asleep by the side of the chair.
Next morning when he woke up he realized his mistake. He was shocked at his failure to perform his duties. He got on horseback and rode at great speed to the house of the sickman. When the priest asked his wife whether the sick man was dead, she told him that he died happily after the priest’s departure. The humble priest knelt at this and prayed. He realised that God had sent an angel to minister the last ritual to the dying man. God’s love was shared between the dying man and the tired priest.
12 – 16. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. (5 × 1 = 5)
Eve since man first walke! on ne earth he has suffered from disease. People have tried to fight disease in many ways by taking special herbs, by avoiding cer tain foods, and even by practising magic Yet all the time they were doing all these things they did not know how disease was caused Today we know that it is caused by very small living things which we call germs.
Germs harm us when they enter our bodies. They do this in different ways.
For example the germ which causes malaria fever lives in the blood When a mosquito bites someone who has malaria, it sucks in some of the malaria germs Later, when it bites someone who is healthy, it passes the germs on to him. Fortunately we have good natural resources against many germs. Our bodies are made up of millions of very small cells, just as a building is made up of many stones or bricks. Some of these cells move about and swallow germs up O stop them from harming us.
We also make special substance in our bodies which attack germs for us. Some of these substances are always present; for example, our tears contain some to protect our eyes, and our saliva contains some to protect our mouths. Other sub- stances are made inside our bodies when certain kinds of germ attack us. These substances are called antibodies and each protects us against only one kind of gerrn. Unfortunately we cannot make antibodies against every kind of germ.
If we get well after making antibody againsi some kind of germ, our bodies go making some of the antibody. This helps to protect us against another attack by the same kind of germ. Often we are so well protected that we cannot catch the disease again. Then we are said to be immune to the disease If we get well after having smal pox we de-not catch it again for that reason
Question 12.
How do we differ from angelli pe regard to diseases?
Answer:
Ancient people did not know how disease was caused. Today we know that it is caused by germs.
Question 13.
How does malaria spread
Answer:
When a mosquito bites someone who has malaria, it sucks in some of the malaria germs and when later it bites someone who is healthy, it passes the germs on to him.
Question 14.
Why don’t we catch disease present?
Answer:
We have good natural resources against many germs.
Question 15.
Why don’t we catch box having caught it once?
Answer:
We don’t catch small pox having caught it once because the antibodies inside our body protect us against another attack by the same kind of germ.
Question 16.
How do we become immune to diseases?
Answer:
We become immune to diseases when we are well protected by the antibodies created inside our body.
17 – 18. Answer any ONE of the following in about 120 words. (1 × 7 = 7)
Question 17.
Do you think that the boy Vanka represents the miseries and sufferings meted out to children universally? Prepare a write-up on the miserable childhood of vanka.
Answer:
Vanka was a 9 year old Russian orphan who had lost his parents very early. He was looked after by his old grandfather Makarich, an estate watchman. The grandfather had apprenticed Vanka under a shoemaker named Alyakhin. Life of Vanka at Alyakhin’s house was full of miseries. One day Alyakhin dragged Vanka by the hair and beat him with the stirrup strap because Vanka had gone to bed while rocking their baby. Another day Mrs. Alyakhin had rubbed the herring upon Vanka’s face because he had cut it from the tail. The other apprentices also had made fun of Vanka and sent him to the tavern to buy vodka and made him steal the master’s cucumbers. Vanka was given bread in the morning and gruel for lunch and supper. He lay in the passage and whenever the baby cried he had to rock it. Thus Vanka’s life was full of miseries and he very much represents the tortures inflicted upon orphans universally.
Question 18.
‘My thoughts sped back a quarter of century, and with a start. I remembered the sole occasion when had seen this man before’. Write a review of the story ‘The Best Investment I Ever Made.
[Hints: author-voyage out from New York – introduced John himself – recollects the past incident]
Answer:
A.J. Cronin was on his voyage out from New York. While walking on the deck, he noticed that one passenger was observing him closely. After a couple of days, the man along with his wife approached Cronin. They were working for a charitable organisation devoted to the care of boys and girls, mostly from slums, who had fallen under the ban of law.
The man introduced himself that he was the person saved by Dr. Cronin about 25 years ago. This reminded Cronin about a past incident. John was an orphan. He stole some money from his office. He was scared of being caught and so attempted suicide. But Cronin saved the man and gave him the money to replace in the office. This incident changed the life of John. He decided to sacrifice his life, money and time for the welfare of orphans, especially adolescents. The simple act of kindness on the part of Cronin brought about tremendous change in the life of John.
19 – 21. Answer any TWO of the following. (2 × 5 = 10)
Question 19.
Imagine you are the Secretary of the English Club of your school. The clubas decided to conduct a one day film. festival of the films ‘Children of Heaven’ and ‘Pather Panchali’. Draft a notice to : be put up on the notice board.
Answer:
NOTICE
Kottayam
Film Festival
Dear friends,
The English Club of our school has decided to conduct a one day film festival. The films Children of Heaven and Pather Panchali will be screened. All are welcome.
Venue : School auditorium
Date : 24-11-2022
Time : 10am – 5.00 pm
Inauguration : Oscar Winner Sri. Resul Pookutty
Secretary
(Sd/-)
Vivek
15/11/2022
Question 20.
The doctor in the story “The Snake and the Mirror” writes about his strange experience in his diary. Prepare the likely diary entry.
Answer:
Wednesday
DIARY
23/11/2022
My God! I can not forget the previous night. How horrible it was! I was sitting in the chair infront of a table in my room. Suddenly I heard a dull thud. I turned back. A fat snake wriggled over the back of my chair and landed on my shoulder. Wow! It moved along my shoulder and coiled around my left arm. The hood was spread out. I was turned to stone. I forgot even to breathe! Then it turned its head and looked into the mirror on the table. It saw its own reflection. Slowly it unwounded itself from my arm and slithered into my lap. It crept onto the table and moved towards the mirror. I thought the snake would bite me. Anyway I escaped. Thank God.
Question 21.
The grandfather in ‘Adventures in a Banyan Tree’ could no longer climb tree due to old age. The grandmother used to tease him at this. Prepare a conversation between them.
Answer:
Grandmother : Why are you staying here? It’s terribly cold outside. Come indoors.
Grandfather : Do you know how I like to re-main by the side of this ban- yan tree. It’s most pleasing.
Grandmother: Don’t ever think of climbing upon it. It’s too dangerous.
Grandfather: I used to climb the tree last year. Even now I can.
Grandmother: Then we will have another Countess of Desmond here.
Grandfather : Who is that?
Grandmother: Don’t you know her? She was the 117 year old great grand- mother who could have lived a little longer if she hadn’t committed-the.big.foolery.
Grandfather: What did she do?
Grandmother: She tried to climb an appl tree, fell down from it ar died on the spot.
Grandfather: Let her soul rest in peace.
22 – 26. Answer any THREE of the following. (3 × 6 = 18)
Question 22.
Prepare a profile based on the hints given.
Name : Rabindranath Tagore
Born : 1861
Birth place: Calcutta
Famous.as : Writer, philosopher, educationalist.
Literary movement : Contextual modernism
Notable works: Geetanjali, The Golden
Boat, Cabuliwalah
Spouse: Mrinalini Devi
Awards: Nobel Prize for Literature, 1913
Died : 1941
Answer:
Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941)
The celebrated Bengali writer, philosc pher and educationalist Rabindranath Tagore was born in 1861 at Calcutta He initiated the literary movemen: named contextual modernism. His nota ble works are ‘Geetanjali’, ‘The Golden Boat’ and ‘Cabuliwalah’. Mrinalini Devi was his spouse. Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. He died. in 1941.
Question 23.
When Satyajit Ray and his team reached Calcutta, they realised that the scenes with the tiger were not clear. They had to shoot it all over again. Prepare the likely letter of Ray asking Thorat to provide the tiger once more.
Answer:
Ray and Films
Birbhoom
Calcutta
Bharat Circus
Marcus Square
Calcutta
26-11-2022
Dear Thorai
We reached Calcutta after the shooting. I am sorry to say that the scenes with the tiger are too dark. The camera had failed to work properly. And the tiger was merging almost completely with the background of the trees and leaves. You know that this is my dream project. So we have to shoot the scenes all over again. This time let’s take the scenes in another bamboo grove close to Calcutta in the village, Boral. I request your kind help and co-operation once more. If you are willing to come again, the exact date will be informed Expecting your favourable reply at the earliest
Yours Sincerely.
(Sd/-)
Satyajit Ray
Question 24.
‘Now things changed when I discov- ered African books.’ Write a paragraph on how the reading of African books influenced Adichie’s writing.
Answer:
When Adichie began to read African books of Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye she realised that people like her, girls with skin the colour of chocolate, whose curly and round hair could not form pony tails, could also exist in literature. She started to write about things she recognized from these books. They stirred her imagination and opened up new worlds for her. The books of African writers saved her from having a single story of what books are.
Question 25.
Prepare a Charactersketch of Konstantin Makarich.
Answer:
Konstantin Makarich, the grandfather of Vanka is a memorable character. The small lean old man of 65 is very lively and energetic. His smiling face and bleary and bleary. eyes provided him with a peculiar look. He was the night watchman at Mr. Zhi- varev’s estate. Makarich was dedicated to his work. With the aid of his two dogs Eel and Kashtanka he served his master well and good. He was so jolly and main- tained good relations with the maids in the kitchen, often shared snuff with them. Infact Makarich loved his grandson-Vanka very much. It was with good intention that he sent Vanka to Alyakhin. He might have expected that Vanka would become a good shoemaker and could earn his livelihood. easily in future.
Question 26.
Imagine that you are the Secretary of the Science Club in your school. The club conducted a seminar on Social Forestry. Eminent environmentalists participated in the seminar. Write a report of it.
Answer:
Last week a seminar on Social Forestry was held in our school under the combined auspices of the Science Club of our school and the Social Forestry Department. The seminar was inaugurated by the District Forestry Officer. One of the members of the Science Club presented the subject Eminent environmentalists and mem- bers of the Science Club participated in the seminar. They expressed their deep concern over the indiscriminate felling of trees in bulk for various uses and the con- sequent environmental problems we are faced with. They stressed the need for planting trees and preserving them. All the participants in the seminar took the pledge that they would plant trees wherever they can and do everything possible to protect trees The seminar was enlighting and informative. As the secretary of the Science Club. I expressed the vote of thanks The seminar concluded at 1 p.m
27 – 31. Study the table given below and answer the questions that follow. (5 × 1 = 5)
| Place | Temperature (in°c) | |
| January | June | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 26.5 | 28.5 |
| Chennai | 24.5 | 29.0 |
| Bangalore | 21.0 | 29.4 |
| Pune | 20.6 | 29.7 |
| Kolkata | 18.5 | 30.6 |
| Delhi | 13.8 | 33.3 |
Question 27.
Which city experiences the highest temperature in June?
Answer:
Delhi
Question 28.
Which city experiences the lowest temperature in January?
Answer:
Delhi
Question 29.
Which city experiences 28.5°C in June?
Answer:
Thiruvananthapuram
Question 30.
Which cities show less than 20°c temperature in the table?
Answer:
Kolkata and Delhi
Question 31.
Which city stands just above Chennai in temperature in June?
Answer:
Bangalore
Question 32.
Complete the following conversation between Vanka and grandfather after he had come to take Vanka to the village. (5 × 1 = 5)
Vanka : Good morning, dear Grandpa.
Grandpa : Good morning, My dear child, you look……..(a)………….
Vanka : It is a ‘pleasant surprise that you are here. You received my letter ………(b)………
Grandpa : Yes, my boy, I got it yesterday. If I were rich ……….(c)………
Vanka : Dear grandpa, I can’t ……..(d)………
Grandpa : You had better……..(e)…….
Vanka : Thank you, grandpa.
Answer:
(a) confused.
(b) didn’t you?
(c) I would never send you away from the village.
(d) stay here anymore.
(e) come with me
Question 33.
Some errors are there in the given passage. They are underlined. Edit the passage appropriately. (4 × 1 = 4)
Someone replied within few days. He was asked to bring his birds, and he arrived with almost a hundred training ravens. Admittedly, their training had not gone very bad. That is to say, they could not do any- thing that might be saw as extraordinary. But if as many as fifty ravens are told to perch quietly in a raw on a specified spot, and if they obey this command instantly, isn’t that pretty impressive?
Answer:
(a) a few
(b) trained
(c) seen
(d) row
Question 34.
Report the following conversation. (2 × 1 = 2)
Satish: Did you steal my inkstand?
Nilkanta : No,lihaven’t even seen it.
(a) Satish asked…
(b) Nilkanta replied….
Answer:
(a) Satish asked Nilkanta if he had stolen his inkstand.
(b) Nilkanta replied negatively and said that he hadn’t even seen that.
Question 35.
Complete the passage choosing suitable words given below. (5 × 1 =5)
Grandpa didn’t say anything; he just gave me/(a) pat on the shoulder and a smile. He pulled / (b) the crumpled red handkerchief. /(c) he always carried / (d) his back pocket. and wiped the sweat /. (e) his forehe (f) in a that out off:
Answer:
(a) a (b) out (c) that (d) in (e) off 36.
Question 36.
Complete the assage using appropria phrasal verbs given below. (4 × 1 = 4)
A terrorist ………(a)….the central prison ..he was chased by the police. The me tried to ….(b)….. the police by throwing bombs at them. Fortunately no bomb….. (c)…. Finally he ….(d)……. to the police. (gave in, put by, went off, go for, ran down, got out of)
Answer:
(a) got out of
(b) go for
(c) went off
(d) gave in