Solved question paper for English Mar-2018 (PSEB Class 10th)
Solved Question Paper
English Mar-2018
PSEB • Class 10th • 1st • Mar-2018
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1. Reading Skills
Comprehension of Unseen Passages (Prose/Poetry)
2 English Main Course Book
L-1 The Happy Prince
L-2 Where is Science Taking Us?
L-3 Secret of Happiness
L-4 A Gift for Christmas
L-5 Some Glimpses of Ancient Indian Thought and Practices
L-6 The Home - Coming
L-7 The Making of the Earth
L-8 The Rule of the Road
3 Poems
P-1 Character of a Happy Man
P-2 Death the Leveller
P-3 A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh
P-4 Razia, the Tigress
P-5 Where the Mind is Without Fear
4 Supplementary Reader
L-1 Bed Number -29
L-2 Half A Rupee Worth
L-3 One Thousand Dollars
L-4 The Dying Detective
L-5 How Much Land Does a Man Need
L-6 Return to Air
5 Vocabulary
1 Pairs of words generally confused 1 to 40
2 Idioms 1to 40
3 One word for many 1to 40
4 Common errors All
5 Common proverbs 1 to 40
6 Grammar
1 Use of Determiners, Prepositions, Modals and Sentence Connectors
2 Use and Kinds of Non-Finites
3 Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences
4 Voice
5 Reported Speech
6 Use of Tenses
7 Punctuation
7 Writing Skills
1 Notice and Note making
2 Messages
3 Advertisements
4 Paragraphs
5 Letters (Personal, Business & Official)
8 Translation from English to Punjabi/Hindi and Translation from Punjabi/Hindi to English.
1. From Academic Session 2018-19 translation from English to Punjabi/Hindi and translation from Punjabi/Hindi to English has been added to the syllabus
2. Translation from English to Punjabi/Hindi will come from the English Main Course Book. Six sentences will be asked in the question paper. First three sentences will be asked from the first four chapters (The Happy Prince, Where is Science Taking us?, Secret of Happiness, A Gift for Christmas). The other three sentences will be asked from the next four chapters (Some Glimpses of Ancient Indian Thought and Practices, The Home- Coming, The Making of the Earth, The Rule of the Road).
3. Out of six sentences, the students will be asked to attempt any four.
Solved Questions
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Answer the following Objective Type Questions :
(i) Liberty is a personal affair only, not a social contract. (State True / False)
Long Answer 1 Marks Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th1(i) False
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Mrs. Harding did not have her right foot. (State True / False)
Long Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(ii) False
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Mrs. Parker had hidden a Bentley Sports car in her ............
(Choose the correct answer from the option given below)
(a) garage (b) shed (c) farm-house (d) drawing-room
Long Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(iii) (b) shed
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Walk fast lest you _ fail.
(Fill in the blank with suitable modal from the options given below.)
(a) may (b) should (c) might (d) would
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(iv) (b) should
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Who brought God the leaden heart and the dead bird?
Long Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(v) The angle brought God the leaden heart and dead bird.
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who is the speaker of the poem 'sweet are the uses of Adversity,?
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(vi) William Shakespeare
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victor smith had been murdered by a culvert on Smith by the use of ........
(Choose the correct answer from the options given below)
(a) a poisonous ring (c) a poisonous spring (b) an ivory box (d) a sharp spring
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(vii) an ivory box
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Fill in the blank with the future Continuous form of the verb given in the bracket
He _ not _ his friends. (Cheat)
Long Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(viii) He will not be cheating his friend.
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Name the only vulnerable part of Achilles, body.
(choose the correct answer from the options given below :)
(a) Hand (b) Heel (c) Head (d) Heart.
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(ix) (b) Heel
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One who eats human flesh. (Give one word)
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(x) Cannibal
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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: Guru Gobind Singh, the last of the ten Sikh Gurus, was a great son of India. He led India to sublime heights of glory. He brought about the moral resurgence and created order out of disorderly social conditions. He was a multi-faceted personality. He was a poet, a soldier, a statesman, a leader, and a true socialist, all in one. He put life into the dying social order by giving it a wholly new outlook.
Questions :
(i) Who was the last Sikh Guru?
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(i) The last Sikh Guru was Guru Gobind Singh.
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What did he do to improve the social order?
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(ii) To improve the social order about the moral resurgence
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How did he put life into the dying social order?
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(iii) By giving it wholly new viewpoint he put life into the dying social order.
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Complete the following sentences :
(a) Guru Gobind Singh was a ............ of India.
(b) He was a great soldier ................ and a true socialist.
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(iv) (a)Guru Gobind Singh was a great son of India.
(b) He was a great soldier a statesman, a leader, and a true socialist.
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Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow :
Not gold, but only men can make
A people great and strong
Men who, for truth and honour's sake,
Stand fast and suffer long
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly,
They build a nation's pillars deep,
And lift them to the sky.
Questions :
(i) What makes a nation great and strong?
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(i) Man who stands truth and honour sake makes a nation great and strong.
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Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow :
A Nation's Strength
Not gold, but only men can make
A people great and strong
Men who, for truth and honours sake,
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly,
They build a nation's pillars deep
Ardliftthern to the sky. (R.W.Emerson)
Questions:
(i) What miles a nation great and strong?
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What do brave men do while others sleep?
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(ii) Brave men work hard while others sleep.
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What do the brave men do while others sleep?
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How can they lift a nation to the sky?
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(iii) By building a nation's pillars deep, can be lifted a nation to the sky.
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How can they lift a nation to the sky?
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(a) Give the other word that rhymes with 'fly'.
(b) Explain, 'They build a nation's pillars deep'.
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(iv) (a) Fly-sky
(b) Man who work hard and stand for truth and honour man who dare to fly and take the nation to sky this make a nation's pillars deep.
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(a) Answer any three of the following questions in 15-20 words :
(i) Why did Bishamber send forhis sister ? (The Home Coming)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
What does the policeman at Picadilly Circus symbolize ?(The Rule of the Road)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th-
Mar 2017
What does the policeman at Picadilly Circus symbolize?
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What are the different types of fear experienced by people ?(Secret of Happiness)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th-
Mar 2019
What are the different types of fear experienced by people? (Secret of Happines)
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How had Jim managed to buy the present for Della ? (A Gift for Christmas)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th-
Mar 2017
How did Jim manage to buy the present for Della?
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Define solar system (The Making of The Earth)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
Answer the following questions in 30-50 words :
"I cannot choose but weep". Why did the Happy Prince say so ? (The Huppy Prince)
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Write a short note on the dispute between the three goddesses. (The War of Troy)
Long Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
Answer any four of the following questions in 25-30 words :
(i) Why did the tube break ? What did the visitor do then ? (The Stolen Bacillus)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
Did Terry believe the policeman ? What did he do then ? (Terry"s Tree)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
Both men were startled. Who were these 'both men' and why were they startled ? (AVine on a House)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
Why did Joe want to catch the convicts ? (The Unexpected)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
Where was Naeem when the author regained his eyesight ? (Bed Number-Z9)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
Why was theboy called 'sausage' ? (Return to Air)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th-
Mar 2017
Why was the boy called 'Sausage'?
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(a) Answer any twoof the fotlowing Questions afterreading the stanza:
Enough of scienie and of art;
Close up those barren leaves;
Come forth, and bring with you a heart
That watches and receives.
Questlons :
(i) Name the poem and the poet.
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
What does the poet mean by 'barren leaves' ?
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
What kind of heart does the poet want man to have ?
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th -
Answerthe followingquestion in about 30-50 words :
Give the central idea of the poem.
'Where the Mind is without Fear'.
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Why does Razia, the tigress, live alone ? (Razia, The Tigrers)
Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th-
Mar 2017
Answer the following question in about 30-50 words
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6, (a) Give one word for the following :
To send articles out of the country.
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th6 (a)Export
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Correct the following sentence :
It is no use to cry over spilt milk
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(b) It is no use cry over spilted milk.
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Fill in the blank with suitable word from those in the bracket :
The bread is made of _ (Floor; Flour)
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(c) The bread is made of flour.
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Use the following idiom in sentence of your own :
Hard and Fast
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(d)Hard and Fast: this is not a Hard and Fast rule but one which usually it is safe to fallow.
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Do as directed :
(i) Combine the sentences with suitable Conjunction :
Mohan is honest. He is sincere. (both-and)
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th7(i) Mohan is both honest and sincere.
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Fill in the blank with correct form of the non-finite verb given in the bracker :
Every miser hates.......... money. (spend)
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(ii) Every miser hates to spend money.
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Change the Narration :
(a) "Stand up on the benches," I said to the children.
(b) My mother said to me, "Did you break the slate ?"
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(iii) (a) I ordered to children to stand up on benches.
(b) My mother asked me if I break the slate.
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Punctuate the following sentence :
l like the poems of_amrita Pritam
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(iv) l like the poems of Amrita Pritam.
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Fill in the blanks with suitable determiner:
My grandmother......... was old lady............. parents left.me with her.
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(v)My grandmother was an old lady my parents left me with her.
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Fill in the blank with suitable Modal :
(a) If I were the Prime Minister, I ............ fight corruption. (will, )
(b) How ............... you abuse your elder brother? (could, should)
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(vi)(a)If I were the Prime Minister, I would fight corruption.
(b)How could you abuse your elder brother?
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This is the doctor who treated me.
(Identify the Subordinate Clause and name it)
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(vii) who treated me (adjective Clause)
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I shall go to Delhi. (Change into past Indefinite Tense)
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(viii) I went to Delhi.
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Fill in the blanks with suitable Prepositions :
Dreams have been the topic................. discussion with men............... centuries.
(x) Change the Voice :
(a) Who had been defined ? Sit down, please.
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th(ix) Dreams have been the topic of discussion with men during centuries.
(x)(a) whom had he fined?
(b) Can you please sit down.
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Change the Voice :
(a) Who had been fined?
(b) Sit down, please.
Very Short Answer Mar-2018 • PSEB Class 10th
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