Class - 10 TERM - 1 Sample Paper–1 ENGLISH Language & Literature 2021-2022

Class - 10

TERM - 1
Sample Paper–1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

2021-2022

 READING

I. Read the passage carefully.

I. Happiness is not something far away and unattainable. Happiness does not depend on circumstances or objects. It is an inseparable part of our consciousness, of our essence, but hidden and covered from sight by our thoughts, desires and worries. We all seek happiness but few, very-few, indeed, get it. We are unhappy partly because we desire much more than what we can hope to attain. Our countless desires are hard to be satisfied. And that is what makes us so sad in life. The secret of happiness lies in the simplification of life. Simple living encourages high thinking. It leads to contentment. Contentment gives us inner wealth, the wealth of the mind and of the soul.

II. A contented man devotes himself to virtues; a man can feel true happiness. I do not mean that for simplification of life, a man should become an ascetic. The happiness of a sadhu is of a negative kind. I want positive kind of happiness. For this I must live in the midst of life and faithfully carry out my responsibilities to my home and my country. But all this should be done in the spirit of selfless service.

III. A man, who wants to lead a happy life, should also make others happy. In making others happy he will taste real and lasting happiness. There is a kind of joy in serving others with virtuous motives, in sacrificing what one has for the good of others. An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. The secret of perfect happiness lies in renunciation.

IV. Wealth may give us joy for a while and fame may provide us with fleeting excitement. But they cannot give us permanent happiness. Kings have everything to make them happy and yet they feel unhappy. It is because they do not practise renunciation. There is a sense of joy in doing one’s work honestly and efficiently. A research-worker feels joy in research and a journalist in writing. In doing one’s duty sincerely, one feels peace of mind which is an important essence of happiness. It is only by cultivating spirit of renunciation, self-sacrifice, contentment and science work that one can really be happy. The strings of misfortune spare none but they will not cow such a person.

V. Happiness is like the sun, it is often hidden by the clouds of thoughts, worries and desires. We have to scatter and dissolve them to experience happiness. You don’t have to create happiness. All you have to do is calm your mind, because when there is a quiet mind and inner peace, there is happiness.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any eight out of the ten questions by choosing the correct option.

1. Which of the following is the correct chain of things, as mentioned in the passage, leading to happiness?

(a) contentment, high thinking, simple living, inner wealth

(b) simple living, high thinking, inner wealth, contentment

(c) high thinking, simple living, inner wealth, contentment

(d) simple living, high thinking, contentment, inner wealth

2. What does a contented man do?

(a) He assimilates the basic virtues of life.

(b) He faces boldly the adversities of life.

(c) He encounters the strings of misfortunes.

(d) He gives up bad habits effortlessly.

3. What, according to the passage, is a positive kind of happiness?

(a) Keeping our motives and feelings under control.

(b) Love for life and a country.

(c) Leading a simple life of an ascetic.

(d) Carrying out all worldly activities in the spirit of selfless service.

4. A man who wants to live a happy life should:

(a) make others happy. (b) master the art of renunciation.

(c) pursue wealth and fame. (d) inculcate the virtues of life.

5. Which of the following is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word ‘fleeting’ as used in the passage?

(a) Permanent (b) Passing (c) Fast (d) Momentary

6. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage?

(a) One feels peace of mind in doing one’s duty sincerely.

(b) Renunciation is the result of perfect happiness.

(c) Multiplicity of desires make us unhappy.

(d) Making others happy makes one happy.

7. The phrase “cow a person” refers to get someone:

(a) spared (b) caught (c) scared (d) provoked

8. Which of the following statements is TRUE in the context of the passage?

(a) Human beings seldom seek happiness.

(b) Doing one’s work sincerely hardly makes one happy.

(c) Peace of mind is tangent to happiness.

(d) Simple life is like a life of an ascetic.

9. Select the option that makes the correct use of “unattainable”, as used in the passage, to fill in the blank space.

(a) ...................... development implies a long-term perspective.

(b) Keep goals small so they are more easily ...................... .

(c) Diabetes is ...................... but not curable.

(d) Some economists think that 100% employment in India is an ...................... goal.

10. Choose the option that best captures the central idea of the passage from the given quotes.

II. Read the passage carefully.

I. The incidence of dengue has grown dramatically around the world in recent decades. A vast majority of cases are asymptomatic or mild and self-managed, and hence the actual numbers of dengue cases are underreported or often misdiagnosed. One estimate indicates 390 million dengue virus infections per year (95% credible interval 284–528 million), of which 96 million (67–136 million) manifest clinically (with any severity of disease). The number of dengue cases reported to WHO increased over 8 fold over the last two decades.

II. This alarming increase in case numbers is partly explained by a change in national practices to record and report dengue to the Ministries of Health, and to the WHO. But it also represents government recognition of the burden, and therefore the pertinence to report dengue disease. Before 1970, only 9 countries had experienced severe dengue epidemics. The disease is now endemic in more than 100 countries in the WHO regions of Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia and the Western Pacific. The America, South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions are the most seriously affected, with Asia representing ~70% of the global burden of disease.

III. In 2020, dengue continues to affect several countries, with reports of increases in the numbers of cases in Bangladesh, Brazil, Cook Islands, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mayotte (Fr), Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Yemen. The largest number of dengue cases ever reported globally was in 2019. All regions were affected, and dengue transmission was recorded in Afghanistan for the first time. The first dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia® (CYD-TDV) developed by Sanofi Pasteur was licensed in December 2015 and has now been approved by regulatory authorities in ~20 countries. In November 2017, the results of an additional analysis to retrospectively determine serostatus at the time of vaccination were released.

IV. As described in the WHO position paper on the Dengvaxia vaccine (September 2018) the dengue vaccine CYD-TDV has been shown in clinical trials to be efficacious and safe in persons who have had a previous dengue virus infection. However, it carries an increased risk of severe dengue in those who experience their first natural dengue infection after vaccination. For countries considering vaccination as part of their dengue control programme, pre-vaccination screening is the recommended strategy.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer any six out of the eight questions by choosing the correct option.

11. In the line, ‘and therefore the pertinence to report dengue disease’, the word ‘pertinence’ DOES NOT mean:

(a) importance (b) ignorance

(c) relevance (d) appropriateness

12. According to the WHO report, around 70% of the dengue cases from around the world:

(a) affect people in Asia. (b) misdiagnosed in Asia.

(c) do not occur in Asia . (d) remain untreated in Asia.

13. The actual number of dengue cases is more than the figures in the reports because:

(a) there has been a misprint. (b) cases are reported late.

(c) cases are under-reported. (d) cases constantly increase.

14. Choose the option that is correct about the rise in the number of dengue cases.

(a) Rise in dengue is due to rise in tourism.

(b) Dengue is being tested and reported in vast numbers.

(c) Dengue is a communicable disease.

(d) Dengue spread is uncontrollable.

15. Which statement is NOT TRUE about the dengue vaccine as stated in the report?

(a) Dengue vaccine works effectively on people who have been infected before.

(b) Dengue vaccine works effectively on people who haven’t been infected before.

(c) Dengue vaccine must be administered to people in the countries where it is an endemic.

(d) Dengue vaccine has been in clinical trials but the results are not as expected.

16. What does the word ‘endemic’ refer to?

(a) Disease regularly found in people of a certain area.

(b) Disease irregularly found in people of a certain area.

(c) Disease regularly found in people anywhere.

(d) Disease irregularly found in people anywhere.

17. What is the above report informing us about? Choose the most appropriate response.

(a) Spread of dengue and its effects around the world.

(b) Spread of dengue and its under-reportage.

(c) Spread of dengue and how it affects Asia.

(d) Spread of dengue and directions on the use of vaccine.

18. Choose which statement is NOT TRUE as per the report.

(a) Pre-screening must be done before administering the vaccine.

(b) Pre-screening must not be done before administering the vaccine.

(c) Pre-screening helps to identify people who have been dengue positive in the past.

(d) Pre-screening allows to target people who can be administered the vaccine.

GRAMMAR AND WRITING

Grammar

III. Answer any five out of the six questions by selecting the most appropriate option for each.

19. He works hard lest he ........................... fail.

(a) must (b) may (c) can (d) should

20. You ................. obey your parents.

(a) could (b) must (c) can (d) may

21. I saw that the policemen ................. the thieves.

(a) had been chasing (b) were chasing

(c) chase (d) have chased

22. Which option displays the correct change of the following reported speech? Anushka said to me, “Have you ever been to Darjeeling?”

(a) Anushka asked me have I ever been to Darjeeling.

(b) Anushka asked me if I have ever been to Darjeeling.

(c) Anushka asked me if I was ever to Darjeeling.

(d) Anushka asked me if I had ever been to Darjeeling.

23. Which option displays the correct change of the following to reported speech? My father said to me, “Open the window.”

(a) My father requested me to open the window.

(b) My father pleaded me to open the window.

(c) My father ordered me to open the window.

(d) My father implored me to open the window.

24. By yesterday evening, we ............................. 20 kilometers.

(a) walking (b) has walked (c) had walked (d) have walked

Writing

IV. Answer any five out of the six questions given, with reference to the context below. 

You are Lakshit, a resident of Tagore Garden, Delhi. You have to write a letter to the editor of a national daily drawing attention towards the tremendous potentiality that tourism industry has in India.

25. Which one of these options lists the relevant aspects for Lakshit to write this letter?

(1) The newspaper’s name (2) The newspaper’s permission

(3) Colloquial language (4) Lakshit’s address (5) Formal tone

(a) (2), (3) and (4) (b) (1), (3) and (4) (c) (2), (4) and (5) (d) (1), (4) and (5)

26. Which of these is the appropriate subject for this letter?

(a) Tourism—A Money Spinner (b) Boosting Tourism Industry in India

(c) The Potentiality of Indian Monuments (d) Exploring New Avenues in India

27. Which option should be chosen by Aman to highlight the tremendous potentiality that trourism industry has in India?

28. Which option do you think would help Aman complete his suggestions that follow?

In my opinion, domestic tourism can’t be (i) ............ . States like Karnataka and Kerala have shown way to other states of India. They have attracted (ii) ................. tourists by providing affordable accommodation.

(a) (i) regarded (ii) budget international

(b) (i) expected (ii) monetary international

(c) (i) neglected (ii) budget domestic

(d) (i) relegated (ii) monetary domestic

29. Which option correctly justifies the choice of the concluding portion of the letter?

(1) I expect my views to be taken into consideration by the concerned authorities. Please publish my views in your newspaper.

(2) I hope my views would get published in the columns of your esteemed newspaper so that the concerned authorities may have some consideration on my views.

(a) No, to option (1) because of the informal tone.

(b) Yes, to option (1) as it contains authoritative tone.

(c) No, to option (2) as it contains certainty in the tone.

(d) Yes, to option (2) as it contains the tone of polite expectation.

30. Which option completes the starting line of this letter appropriately?

Through the columns of your esteemed daily .................

(a) I must highlight the potentiality of tourism industry in India.

(b) I want to highlight the potentiality of tourism industry in India.

(c) I would make the concerned authorities aware about the potentiality of tourism industry in India.

(d) I would certainly be able to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards the prospective earnings through tourism industry.

LITERATURE

This section has sub-sections – V, VI, VII, VIII & IX. There are a total of 30 questions in this section.

Attempt any 26 questions from the sub-sections V to IX.

V. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow:

One of the employees, who was a postman and also helped at the post office, went to his boss laughing heartily and showed him the letter to God. Never in his career as a postman had he known that address. The postmaster—a fat, amiable fellow—also broke out laughing, but almost immediately he turned serious and, tapping the letter on his desk, commented, “What faith! I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter. Starting up a correspondence with God!”

31. Why do you think one of the postmen laughed heartily?

(a) He laughed to know the unwavering faith of Lencho in God.

(b) He laughed at the poverty of Lencho.

(c) He thought Lencho to be a fool who had written a letter to God.

(d) All of these

32. The postmaster was deeply moved and became:

(a) happy (b) gloomy (c) serious (d) angry

33. What struck the postman?

(a) The address on the letter (b) The size of the letter

(c) Lencho’s behaviour (d) None of these

34. What did the postmaster desire to have?

(a) Hundred pesos (b) Faith in God like Lencho

(c) Deep friendship with Lencho (d) A new farm

35. “The postmaster—a fat, amiable fellow—”. The attitude of an amiable person is:

(a) friendly (b) pleasant (c) helpful (d) all of these

VI. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow:

I get along pretty well with all my teachers. There are nine of them, seven men and two women. Mr Keesing, the old fogey who teaches maths, was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much. After several warnings, he assigned me extra homework. An essay on the subject, ‘A Chatterbox’. A chatterbox — what can you write about that? I’d worry about that later, I decided. I jotted down the title in my notebook, tucked it in my bag and tried to keep quiet.

36. Identify the figure of speech used in the expression — “... who teaches maths, was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much.”

(a) Simile (b) Hyperbole (c) Irony (d) Anaphora

37. Choose the characteristic displayed in the statement — “I get along pretty well with all my teachers.’”

(a) Beautiful (b) Supportive (c) Amiable (d) Naughty

38. Pick the option that correctly classifies fact/s (F) and opinion/s (O) of the students below.

(a) F – 1, 3 and O – 2, 4 (b) F – 1, 2 and O – 3, 4

(c) F – 2, 4 and O – 1, 3 (d) F – 3, 4 and O – 1, 2

39. What kind of teacher was Mr Keesing?

(a) Very strict (b) Lenient (c) Friendly (d) Careless

40. Which of the following words does ‘assigned’ NOT correspond to?

(a) Allocated (b) Ordered (c) Allotted (d) Given

VII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow:

He stalks in his steps

The few steps of his cage,

On pads of velvet quiet,

In his quiet rage

He should be lurking in shadow,

Sliding through long grass

Near the water hole

Where plump deer pass

41. Why is the tiger in a quiet rage?

(a) He is hungry. (b) He is locked up in a cage.

(c) He feels hot. (d) People are disturbing him.

42. What is the ideal life for a tiger, according to the poet?

(a) Life in a cage (b) Life in a zoo

(c) Living freely in the wild (d) Living with humans

43. ‘Long grass’, ‘waterhole’, ‘plump deer’ – what type of setting does these words show?

(a) A natural wild setting (b) A cage in zoo

(c) The park in a city (d) A desert region

44. The poet speaks against the life of animals in:

(a) the wild (b) zoos

(c) circuses (d) domestic houses

45. The word ‘plump’ implies that animals in the wild are:

(a) healthy (b) unhealthy

(c) lean (d) diseased

VIII. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that follow:

I walked through the house into the garden. A mass of dogs was hurtling round and round the lawn and in their midst, ears flapping, tail waving, was the little golden figure of Tricki. In two weeks he had been transformed into a lithe, hard-muscled animal; he was keeping up well with the pack, stretching out in great bounds, his chest almost brushing the ground.

46. The animal had transformed into a:

(a) sleepy headed dog. (b) hard-muscled dog.

(c) skinny boney dog. (d) a floppy overweight dog.

47. Who is ‘I’?

(a) Dr Herriot (b) Mrs Pumphery (c) Tricki (d) The chauffeur

48. Why did the doctor feel satisfied?

(a) His ideas worked on Tricki. (b) His treatment failed.

(c) Mrs Pumphrey was angry with him. (d) Tricki drove away the other dogs.

49. Where did Tricki usually sleep? He slept in a:

(a) tight box. (b) corner. (c) cupboard. (d) warm loose box.

50. What is the meaning of ‘lithe’?

(a) Fit (b) Flexible (c) Clumsy (d) Both (a) and (b)

IX. Attempt the following.

51. The poet compares fire and ice with:

(a) human desire (b) human hatred

(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b)

52. Tears shone in Mrs Pumphrey’s eyes because:

(a) she was sad to see Tricki weeping.

(b) she was angry with the vet.

(c) she was unhappy as Tricki did not greet her.

(d) she was happy to see Tricki recovered.

53. What kind of man was Jaffers?

(a) A man of determination (b) A duty bound man

(c) A law-abiding man (d) All of these

54. Where was Lencho’s house located?

(a) At the top of a hill (b) In the valley

(c) In the market place (d) In the plains

55. How did Anne describe her father?

(a) As the strictest person. (b) As the most adorable person.

(c) As the richest man. (d) As a selfish man.

56. What surprised Tricki’s mistress?

(a) His ill health. (b) His quick recovery.

(c) His slow recovery. (d) Dr Herriot’s nature.

57. Why was the young seagull sitting alone on the ledge?

(a) He was quite afraid. (b) He loved to sit there.

(c) He hated flying. (d) He had no guts to fly in the air.

58. According to Robert Frost, ‘hatred’ has the same adverse impact on us as:

(a) love (b) desire

(c) jealousy (d) None of these

59. Nelson Mandela realised that his boyhood freedom was:

(a) real (b) an illusion (c) very enjoyable (d) perfect

60. Why did Mrs Hall want to be friendly with Griffin?

(a) She wanted to know about his reality.

(b) She was sociable.

(c) He was a good guest.

(d) His behaviour was nice.

SOLUTIONS:

1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (a)

13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (b) 21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (c)

25. (d) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (b) 31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (d) 36. (b)

37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (a) 40. (b) 41. (b) 42. (c)  43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (b) 47. (a) 48. (a)

49. (d) 50. (d) 51. (c) 52. (d) 53. (d) 54. (a) 55. (b) 56. (b) 57. (d) 58. (b) 59. (b) 60. (a)