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. Answer the following Objective Type Questions :

    (i) Liberty is a personal affair only, not a social contract. (State True / False)

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    1(i) False

  2. Mrs. Harding did not have her right foot. (State True / False)

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    (ii) False

  3. 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

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    (iii) (b) shed

  4. 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

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    (iv) (b) should

  5. Who brought God the leaden heart and the dead bird?

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    (v) The angle brought God the leaden heart and dead bird.

  6. who is the speaker of the poem 'sweet are the uses of Adversity,?

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    (vi) William Shakespeare

  7. 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

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    (vii) an ivory box

  8. Fill in the blank with the future Continuous form of the verb given in the bracket

    He _ not _ his friends. (Cheat)

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    (viii) He will not be cheating his friend.

  9. 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.

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    (ix) (b) Heel

  10. One who eats human flesh. (Give one word)

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    (x) Cannibal

  11. 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?

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    (i)  The last Sikh Guru was  Guru Gobind Singh.

  12. What did he do to improve the social order?

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    (ii) To improve the social order about the moral resurgence

  13. How did he put life into the dying social order?

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    (iii) By giving it wholly new viewpoint he put life into the dying social order.

  14. Complete the following sentences :

    (a) Guru Gobind Singh was a ............ of India.

    (b) He was a great soldier ................ and a true socialist.

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    (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.

  15. 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?

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    (i) Man who stands truth and honour sake makes a nation great and strong.

  16. What do brave men do while others sleep?

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    (ii) Brave men work hard while others sleep.

  17. How can they lift a nation to the sky?

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    (iii) By building a nation's pillars deep, can be lifted a nation to the sky.

  18. (a) Give the other word that rhymes with 'fly'.

    (b) Explain, 'They build a nation's pillars deep'.

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    (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.

  19. (a) Answer any three of the following questions in 15-20 words :

    (i) Why did Bishamber send forhis sister ? (The Home Coming)

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  20. What does the policeman at Picadilly Circus symbolize ?(The Rule of the Road)

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  21. What are the different types of fear experienced by people ?(Secret of Happiness)

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  22. How had Jim managed to buy the present for Della ? (A Gift for Christmas)

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  23. Define solar system (The Making of The Earth)

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  24. Answer the following questions in 30-50 words :

    "I cannot choose but weep". Why did the Happy Prince say so ? (The Huppy Prince) 

     Or

    Write a short note on the dispute between the three goddesses. (The War of Troy)

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  25. 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)

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  26. Did Terry believe the policeman ? What did he do then ? (Terry"s Tree)

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  27. Both men were startled. Who were these 'both men' and why were they startled ? (AVine on a House)

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  28. Why did Joe want to catch the convicts ? (The Unexpected)

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  29. Where was Naeem when the author regained his eyesight ? (Bed Number-Z9)

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  30. Why was theboy called 'sausage' ? (Return to Air)

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  31. (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.

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  32. What does the poet mean by 'barren leaves' ?

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  33. What kind of heart does the poet want man to have ?

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  34. Answerthe followingquestion in about 30-50 words :

    Give the central idea of the poem.

    'Where the Mind is without Fear'.

    or

    Why does Razia, the tigress, live alone ? (Razia, The Tigrers)

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  35. 6, (a) Give one word for the following :

    To send articles out of the country.

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    6 (a)Export

  36. Correct the following sentence :

    It is no use to cry over spilt milk

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    (b) It is no use cry over spilted milk.

  37. Fill in the blank with suitable word from those in the bracket :

    The bread is made of _ (Floor; Flour)

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    (c) The bread is made of flour.

  38. Use the following idiom in sentence of your own :

    Hard and Fast

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    (d)Hard and Fast: this is not a Hard and Fast rule but one which usually it is safe to fallow.

  39. Do as directed :

    (i) Combine the sentences with suitable Conjunction :

    Mohan is honest. He is sincere. (both-and)

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    7(i) Mohan is both honest and sincere.

  40. Fill in the blank with correct form of the non-finite verb given in the bracker :

    Every miser hates.......... money. (spend)

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    (ii) Every miser hates to spend money.

  41. 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 ?"

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    (iii) (a) I ordered to children to stand up on benches.

     (b) My mother asked me if I break the slate.

  42. Punctuate the following sentence :

    l like the poems of_amrita Pritam

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    (iv) l like the poems of Amrita Pritam.

  43. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiner:

    My grandmother......... was old lady............. parents left.me with her.

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    (v)My grandmother was an old lady my parents left me with her.

  44. 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)

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    (vi)(a)If I were the Prime Minister, I would fight corruption.

    (b)How could you abuse your elder brother?

  45. This is the doctor who treated me.

    (Identify the Subordinate Clause and name it)

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    (vii) who treated me (adjective Clause)

  46. I shall go to Delhi. (Change into past Indefinite Tense)

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    (viii) I went to Delhi.

  47. 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.

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    (ix) Dreams have been the topic of discussion with men during centuries.

    (x)(a) whom had he fined?

    (b) Can you please sit down.

  48. Change the Voice :

    (a) Who had been fined?

    (b) Sit down, please.

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