LOKHANDWALA FOUNDATION SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION-2024-25
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(ENGLISH PAPER -1)

Date: 20/01/2025 Duration: 2hrs.

Grade: 10 Max. Marks: 80
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Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the
answers.

Attempt all five questions.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets.
You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20
minutes in answering Question 2. This paper consists of 8 printed pages.

Question 1

(Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question)

Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following: [20]

(i) While walking through the roads of a new city, you came across a fascinating street
which grabbed your attention. State what you saw, heard and found special about
the street. Also mention which aspect of the street you found most fascinating.

(ii) You had booked a ticket on an early morning flight. However you woke up late and
missed it. You then decided to board the next flight. Narrate the event and the
efforts you made to reach the destination. Also mention the lesson learnt from this
stressful event.

(iii) ‘Food delivery apps, providing 24 hour service, have drastically affected the
eating habits of people, resulting in poor health and well-being.’

Express your views either for OR against this statement.

(iv)Write an original short story in which a detective, a robber and a lawyer form the
main characters.
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(v) Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it
suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture, or you
may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between
the picture and your composition.

Question 2

(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question) [10]

Select any one of the following:

(i) You have noted that the local bus service in your area has become very inefficient
in recent weeks. Write a letter to the commissioner, traffic department, informing
him about the inconvenience caused to the commuters. Also suggest a few
measures to solve the problem.

(ii) Your friends are going to a musical concert where your favourite singer is going to
perform. Write a letter to your mother requesting her to permit you to go to the
concert. Give valid reasons for your request.

Question 3

(i) Your school is organising a programme to create awareness about cyber crime and
its fallback on students. Write a notice to be put up on your school notice board
informing students about the same. [5]

(ii) Write an e-mail to the Head of Cyber Crime Cell, Mumbai Police, inviting him to
conduct the programme on cyber crime and caution students about possible
repercussions of the same. [5]

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Question 4

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

The Dean, Dr. Lee, wrote that the College Faculty had taken the unusual step of turning
over to the student body the decision about admitting her. He enclosed their Resolution,
dated 20th October,1847. It ran:
‘Resolved- That one of the radical principles of a Republican Government is the universal
education of both sexes: That to every branch of scientific education the door should be
open equally to all. That the application of Elizabeth Blackwell to become a member of our
classmates has our entire approval; And in extending our unanimous invitation we pledge
ourselves that no conduct of Earth shall cause her to regret her attendance at the
institution.’

Much later Elizabeth discovered what had actually happened when her application was
received by the faculty. None of them wanted to have a woman student but they did not
wish to offend the influential Philadelphian Doctor who had recommended her. So, they hit
on the expedient of turning the decision over to the students general meeting. They were
quite certain that this would result in this alarming idea being turned down. But when the
student body met, many of them thought it would be amusing to be the only medical
college in the country which could boast that it was training some sort of amazon as a
woman doctor. Some genuinely believed in the philosophy expressed in their Resolution,
while others thought of the whole thing as an amusing adventure. So, the vote in favour
was carried unanimously, and the faculty found, with dismay that they would now have to
admit Elizabeth.

A few days after receiving the notification of her acceptance, Elizabeth was on the train for
the two-day journey to Geneva College. Her entry into the medical school could hardly
have been more nerve-racking. The Dean asked her to follow him on the platform and
formally introduced her to the assembled students. Fifty years later an elder doctor who
was a student at the college at the time recalled the scene. “The Class numbering about
150 students was composed largely of young men from the neighbouring towns. They
were rude, boisterous and riotous beyond comparison. On several occasions, the
residents of the neighbourhood sent written protests to the faculty threatening to have the
college indicted as a nuisance if the disturbances did not cease. During lectures it was
often almost impossible to hear the professor, owing to the commotion.”

He goes on to describe the dramatic moment when Elizabeth was introduced. The
students had heard no more about her after they had sent in the Resolution to the faculty
two or three weeks previously, so her introduction was a complete surprise. One morning,
all unexpectedly, a lady entered the lecture-room with the professor; she was quite small
of stature, plainly dressed, appeared diffident and retiring but had a firm and determined
expression on her face. Her entry into the bedlam of confusion acted like magic on every
student. Each hurriedly sought his seat and utmost silence prevailed.

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For the first time a lecture was given without the slightest interruption, and every word
could be heard as distinctly as it would be if there had been but a single person in the
room. The sudden transformation of this class from a band of lawless desperadoes to
gentlemen by the mere presence of a lady, proved to be permanent in its effects.

(i) For each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the
passage) from the options provided. [2]

1. boisterous

a. noisy and full of energy

b. wild and ferocious
c. dull
d. sad

2. indicted
a. to expel someone from a position
b. to officially charge somebody with a crime
c. to recognise as an authority
d. to act as someone’s beneficiary

(ii) Which word in the passage means the opposite of the word ‘slowly’? [1]

a. distinctly
b. desperadoes
c. hurriedly
d. saunter

(iii) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words:

a. What was the philosophy expressed in the resolution made by the
college faculty? [2]

b. For what reasons did the student body decide to admit Elizabeth as a
fellow student? [2]

c. Why was Elizabeth’s entry into the college nerve-racking? [2]

d. Quote one sentence from the passage that indicates that the residents
living near the University did not like the students. [1]

e. Describe the behaviour of the male doctors before the arrival of

Elizabeth. [2]

(iv) In not more than 50 words describe the effect of Elizabeth’s arrival in the
lecture room with the professor. [8]

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Question 5

(i) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word
given in brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order
the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. [4]

Example:

(0) A horse once had a dream. He dreamt, he had an accident wherein he

______ (break) his leg.

Answer: broke

Long after_____1______(wake) up, the horse ____2______(keep) sitting

because he was convinced that his leg was injured. Even when he was forced
to stand up, he stood steady on three legs, while _____3_____(hold) his fourth
leg limp and loose. The owner ____4_____(send) for a vet.

The vet advised, “Prepare two hundred horses and line them up for action. Let
the sounds of gun and cannons thunder in air. When these horses run, the limp
horse will be _____5_____(shake) from its dream and gallop ahead.” It worked.
The horse _____6______(awake) from its dream. Just as the vision of the
dream _____7______(affect) the horse, we too _____8_____( influence) by the
words of other people.

(ii) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. [4]

a. He tried ______ so many shirts but none fit him.

b. I am vexed _____ his silence.

c. Do not settle _____ anything but the best.

d. We should stand ______ our friends in their need.

e. We sympathise _______ her in her troubles.

f. Let us switch ______ to the other team with better players.

g. The sequel to this story begins where the earlier story left _____.

h. Ravi has learnt to live _____ his means.

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(iii) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using
and, but or so. (4)

(1) The warrior received a mortal wound. The warrior forgave the enemy.

a. Despite receiving mortal wounds, the warrior forgave the enemy.

b. Despite of receiving a mortal wound, the warrior forgave the enemy.
c. Despite receiving a mortal wound, the warrior forgave the enemy.
d. Despite receiving mortal wounds, the warrior forgive the enemy.

(2) He was dismissed from his duty. He neglected his duty.

a. He was dismissed for negligence of his duty.

b. He was dismissed from negligence of his duty.
c. He was dismissed for not neglecting his duty.
d. He was dismissed for negligence of this duty.

(3) Why should we waste time in listening to the radio? The message had
already gone through.

a. We should not waste time in listening to the radio while the message had
already gone through.
b. We should not waste time in listing to the radio when the message had
already gone through.
c. We should not waste time in listening to the radio when the message had
already gone through.
d. We should waste time in listening to the radio when the message had
already gone through.

(4) Shilpa is my cousin. She gave me a rare watch on my birthday.

a. Shilpa my cousin, gave me a rare watch on my birthday.

b. Shilpa, my cousin, gave me a rare watch on my birthday.
c. Shilpa who is my cousin give me a rare watch on my birthday.
d. Shilpa my cousin rarely gave me a watch on my birthday.

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(iv) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after
each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the
meaning of each sentence. [8]

1. We have bought some land and we shall build a house.

(Begin: Having bought…….)

a. Having bought some land, we shall build a house.

b. Having bought some land, we shall built a house.
c. Having bought some land, we should build a house.
d. Having bought some land, we shall build a new house.

2. The Feast of New Yam was held every year before the harvest.
(Add a question tag)

a. Wasn’t The Feast of New Yam held every year before the harvest?
b. The Feast of New Yam was not held every year before the harvest, was it?
c. The Feast of New Yam was held every year before the harvest, isn’t it?
d. The Feast of New Yam was held every year before the harvest, wasn’t it?

3. The boy said to the man, “Why are you not wearing a jacket today?”
(Begin: The boy……)

a. The boy told the man why are you wearing a jacket today.
b. The boy asked the man why was he wearing a jacket that day.
c. The boy asked the man why he was wearing a jacket that day?
d. The boy asked the man why he was not wearing a jacket that day.

4. If I had an opportunity, I would have travelled abroad with my friends.

(Begin: Had I……..)

a. Had I a opportunity, I would have travelled abroad with my friends.

b. Had I an opportunity, I would have travelled abroad with my friends.
c. Had I been given an opportunity; I would have travelled abroad with my
friends.
d. Had I an opportunity, I would have travelled across with my friends.

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5. Following a healthy life style is the best thing I have ever done.
(Begin: No other…..)

a. No other good thing I have ever done was following a healthy life style.
b. No other thing I have ever done is as good as following a healthy life style.
c. No other best thing I have ever done was following a healthy life style.
d. No other thing I have ever done was as good as following a healthy life style.

6. As soon as the match began, the spectators started cheering up the

players.
(Begin: Hardly had…….)

a. Hardly had the match begun when the spectators started cheering up the
players.
b. Hardly had the match begun, when the spectators started cheering up the
players.
c. Hardly had the match begun then the spectators started cheering up the
players.
d. Hardly had the match began when the spectators started cheering up the
players.

7. He is so miserly that he will not spend a penny.

(Use: too)

a. He is too miserly to not spend a penny.

b. He is too miserly to not spent a penny.
c. He is too miserly to spend a penny.
d. He is too miserly to spend pennies.

8. If we solve some of our environmental issues, we will be less prone to

diseases.
(Begin: Unless……)

a. Unless we solve some of our environmental issues, we will not be less prone
to diseases.
b. Unless we do not solve some of our environmental issues, we will be less
prone to diseases.
c. Unless we solve some of our environmental issues, we will be more prone to
diseases.
d. Unless we solve some of our environmental issues, we will be less prone to
diseases.

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