Terminal Examination 2020

Class X

English

Time: 2 Hrs Marks: 50

PART A

1. Read the following passage carefully: (10)

Radio Revolution

India’s remote areas, rural areas and far flung hamlets remain connected to the rest of the country
through their radio sets or transistors. They remain in touch with news and information. The people
do not feel isolated. Where there is no TV, telephone or mobile services, the radio is the only hope.

The people listen to current affairs, discussions, educative talks, news, songs, dramas, lectures,
weather forecast, addresses to the nation by the president or prime minister, devotional music etc.,
on their radio sets. It helps keep abreast of the times by ears. The people in remote areas spend
most of their spare time glued to the radio sets. Some even carry their transistors in fields, on
bullock carts or while cycling away.

Today the radio sets are very cheap and transistors are so handy that they have caught the fancy of
everyone – men, women and children. This friendly chatted gadget has proved bonanza to millions,
both manufacturers and users. Broadcasts over radio have benefitted students, teachers, panchayat
people, farmers, fishermen, and soldier’s stations in forward posts. Most of the developing countries
including India are using radio broadcast for long distance education and weather warnings. The
radio has enabled the farmers to grow three or four crops a year by listening to Kisan broadcast.
They have better crops and cattle since various problems related to them are discussed in broadcasts
providing useful tips on remedial measures.

The rural folk through broadcast learn about improved seeds, manures, fertilizers, pesticides,
irrigation systems and implements for water and energy conservation. Largely accurate advance
weather forecasts have proved a boon to the people engaged in agriculture.

City people, who are prisoners of multiplexes, cable TV and internet cannot even imagine how the
humble radio set is singing revolution in the countryside.

On the basis of your reading of the above passage answer the following questions. Attempt any
ten. (1x10=10)

(a) How do people in remote areas keep themselves informed of the latest news?

(i) Television (ii) Internet (iii) Radio (iv) All of the above

(b) How is radio beneficial to the manufacturers and the users?

(i) Easy to use (ii) Can reach all the remotest areas (iii) Cheap, useful and low cost
 (iv) None of the above

(c) How is radio the only hope to the people in the remote areas?

(A) People don’t feel isolated.

(B) They remain in touch with news and information.

(i) Only A (ii) Only B (iii) Both A and B (iv) None of the above

(d) The rural folk may be illiterate but they are educated in their field and equipped with the latest
information required. (True or False)

(e) Why can’ the city people understand the humble uses of radio?

(i) They think that the radio is of no use commodity.

(ii) They have busy lives.

(iii) They are overly exposed to the internet, cable television and dependent on the multiplexes.

(iv) None of the above.

(f) A farmer engaged in agriculture can find the radio as a useful source because ---------- .

(i) it gives largely accurate advance weather forecast

(ii) they can listen to music while working in the fields.

(iii) it is easy to handle and can be carried everywhere.

(iv) All of the above.

(g) Which radio network broadcasts programmes for the farmers?

(i) Soldier Network (ii) Fishermen Network (iii) Kisan Network (iv) None of these

(h) Which sections of people benefit most from the radio broadcasts?

(i) Students, teachers (ii) Panchayat people, farmers, fishermen

(iii) Soldiers stationed in forward posts (iv) All of the above.

(i) What are the developing countries using broadcast for?

(i) For generating business (ii) For long distance education

(iii) For communication (iv) All of the above

(j) Which is true in the above context?

(A) Low cost technology can be useful and beneficial.

(B) Radio can reach the masses and is bombarded with information beneficial to different class of
people.

(i) Only A (ii) Only B (iii) Both A and B (iv) None of the above.

(k) Find the word from the passage (para 3) which means the same as ‘’caution’’.

(l) Write the opposite of ‘’cheap’’.

1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: (3x1=3)

‘’Even when each of his brothers and his little sister, whose wings were far shorter than his own, ran
to the brink, flapped their wings, and flew away, he failed to muster up courage to take that plunge
which appeared to him so desperate. His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly,
upbraiding him, threatening him to let him starve on his ledge unless he flew away. But for the life of
him he could not move.”

(a) The young seagull’s brothers and sister had -----

(i) more beautiful wings than him (ii) longer wings than him

(iii) shorter wings than him (iv) stronger wings than him

(b) Who threatened the young seagull to starve on the ledge?

(i) His brother (ii) His sister (iii) His parents (iv) His mother

(c) What could happen to him if he tried flying?

(i) He could fall into the sea (ii) He could fall over the rock

(iii) He could fall on the ledge (iv) He could not get food

OR

It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the
north-east huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The
man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body, and
when he returned he exclaimed, ‘’These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins.
The big drops are ten cent pieces and the little ones are fives.’’

(a) According to Lencho, the big drops of rain are --------

(i) nothing (ii) five cent pieces (iii) harmful (iv) ten cent pieces

(b) The cause of Lencho’s happiness is ------------

(i) the rainfall (ii) the meal (iii) mountains (iv) his house

(c) What are clouds compared with?

(i) Big drops of rain (ii) Simple rain drops (iii) Hailstones (iv) Mountains
3. Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow: (3x1=3)

‘’The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree.’’’

(a) At this moment, the poet is in a -----------

(i) jolly mood (ii) sad mood (iii) irritated mood (iv) excited mood

(b) The poet is walking by a ----------

(i) cottage (ii) river (iii) hill (iv) tree

(c) Hemlock tree is regarded as a -----------

(i) lucky tree (ii) auspicious tree (iii) poisonous tree (iv) sweet tree

OR

‘’He stalks in his vivid stripes

The few steps of his cage,

On pads of velvet quiet,

In his quiet rage’’.

(a) The tiger moves around in the -------

(i) zoo (ii) cage (iii) forest (iv) park

(b) The tiger is able to take only a few steps because ----------

(i) the forest is too small (ii) the park is too small

(iii) the cage is too small (iv) the zoo is too small

(c) The tiger is angry because ---------------

(i) he is not given care (ii) he is hungry

(iii) he is not free (iv) none of these

4. Fill in any ten of the blanks by choosing the most appropriate words from the options given below:
(10x1=10)

a. Do you have -------- complaint against the clerk?

(i) a lot of (ii) many (iii) any (iii) much

b. He -------- in this house since 2015.

(i) lived (ii) is living (iii) was living (iv) has been living

c. He said to me, ‘’I saw you yesterday’’. (Choose the correct indirect speech)

(i) He told me that he had seen me the previous day.

(ii) He told me that he saw me yesterday.

(iii) He said to me he that he would saw me yesterday.

(iv) He had told me he saw me yesterday.

d. She never ------ lies.

(i) had told (ii) tells (iii) would tell (iv) telling

e. She said, ‘’I am fine’’. (Choose the correct indirect speech)

(i) She said that she is fine. (ii) She said that she has been fine.

(iii) She had said that she was fine. (iv) She said that she was fine.

f. Early to bed and early to rise ----------- a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

(i) make (ii) makes (iii) is making (iv) has made

g. Neither Tom nor Reji ------- present in the meeting yesterday.

(i) was (ii) were (iii) had been (iii) are

h. I don’t know ------- he is angry with me.

(i) how (ii) that (iii) when (iv) why

i. He asked her ------------ she loved him.

(i) that (ii) because (iii) if (iv) what

j. The sun was shining ------- the sky.

(i) on (ii) under (iii) up (iv) in

k. Could you give me ----------- water, please!

(i) little (ii) some (iii) few (iv) much

l. There is a drought in the village because ---------

(i) it was not raining (ii) it had not rained (iii)it have not rained (iv) it has not rained
 PART B

5. Your NGO requires school uniform for students of classes I - V for the coming session. You are Riya
Das/Rohit Das, coordinator of Raasta School, 222, Bihari Colony, Lucknow. Write a letter to the Store
Manager, M/s Raman Uniform Store, 66/4, Rani Garden, Lucknow placing an order for the specific
uniform required by you. (100-120 words) (5)

OR

You are Mallika Kumar / Mohit Kumar of 456, Raj Enclave, K G Marg, New Delhi. Last month, You
purchased two electric guitars from Symphony Store. Of late, You have been experiencing troubles
with the guitars. Write a complaint letter to the Sales Manager showing your disappointment
towards their services. Ask for immediate replacement or refunding your cash.

6. Study the graph given below which is based on a survey done on the number of students of class
VIII in a govt. school of Delhi in the specified years. On the basis of details given in the graph,
interpret the data in about 100 – 120 words. (5)

Number of students
400

350

300

250
Number of students
200

150

100

50

0
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20

OR

The following pie-chart shows the expenditure of a family on different things and its savings.
Interpret the data in about 100-120 words. The income of the family is Rs. 30,000/month.
 5%
15%
10%

1. Room rent
2. Food
3. Clothing
4. Transport
20%
5. Education of Children
25% 6. Others
7. Savings

15%
10%

7. Answer any four of the following questions in 20- 30 words each: (2x4=8)

a. How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her essay?

b. According to the poet, what will be the cause of the end of the world if it has to perish perish
twice?

c. In what way was Wanda different from the other children?

d. Why does Mrs. Pumphrey think the dog’s recovey is a ‘triumph of surgery?

e. What does the thief say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?

f. Why does Mrs. Hall find the scientist eccentric?

8. Answer any one of the following questions in 80 – 100 words: (3)

Describe the contribution of Nelson Mandela in the struggle for independence of the blacks of his
country against the hated apartheid regime.

OR

How did Peggy and Maggie realise Wanda’s feelings that she liked them?

9. Answer any one of the following questions in about 80 – 100 words: (3)

Hari Singh could have lived like a rich Arab for a week or two. Why did he choose to go back to Anil
in the end?

OR
‘’Griffin was rather a lawless person’’. Comment.