HOME PRACTICE TEST : CLASS - X (SEM-I) (GSEB)

MAJOR TEST HOME TEST

21-09-2018
ENGLISH HOME PRACTICE TEST # 04
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TIME : 3 HRS. MAX. MARKS : 100
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :
ALL QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSORY.
THE QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 2 PARTS : PART A & PART B
PART A CONTAINS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (Q.1 TO Q.50) CARRYING ONE MARK EACH.
PART B CONTAINS SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS (Q.1 TO Q.18)
THERE IS NO OVERALL CHOICE. H OWEVER , INTERNAL CHOICE MAY BE PROVIDED. YOU HAVE TO ATTEMPT ONLY ONE OF THE
ALTERNATIVES IN ALL SUCH QUESTIONS.
USE OF CALCULATORS AND CELL-PHONES ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE EXAMINATION HALL.
THERE ARE INTERNAL OPTIONS IN SOME QUESTIONS. PAY ATTENTION TO THEM.
FIGURES TO THE RIGHT INDICATE MARKS.

PART A (50 Marks)

1. In the poem 'A Bird Came Down the Walk' who saw whom?
(1) The narrator saw the bird (2) The bird saw the narrator
(3) The bird saw a passerby (4) The narrator saw a flock of birds
2. What did the poet offer the bird?
(1) water (2) nuts (3) biscuits (4) crumbs
3. What does the cat do when he is offered a fish?
(1) He grabs it to eat (2) He refuses to eat it
(3) He looks forward for a feast (4) He sulks into his couch
4. The Rum Tum Tugger would not prefer a grouse for a ___________.
(1) mouse (2) rat (3) fowl (4) pheasant
5. The mirror is ________ to love and dislike.
(1) biased (2) neutral (3) unmisted (4) friend
6. 'It flickers'. What does flicker refer to in the poem?
(1) It refers to the light that goes off and on
(2) It refers to the picture on the opposite wall
(3) It refers to its meditation
(4) It refers to the woman coming and going
7. What do faces and darkness do?
(1) It takes away the image (2) It hides the opposite wall
(3) It breaks the mirror's concentration (4) It hides the mirror's vision
8. What can the keeper see?
(1) the road (2) ring-dove broods (3) the trees (4) trout
9. The road was shut down __________ years ago.
(1) seventeen (2) seventy (3) seven (4) seventy two
10. What is hidden under the coppice and heath?
(1) the animals (2) the passerby (3) the road (4) the anemones
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11. What is there in the corner of the temple?
(1) a crowd of people (2) the idol of God
(3) the priest of the temple (4) an empty place
12. We need to ____________ for the realization of God.
(1) constantly pray to God (2) offer flowers and incense to God
(3) visit temples and shrines regularly (4) participate in the activity of life
13. Which colour would the ferns turn to?
(1) Red (2) Crimson (3) Pink (4) Yellow
14. Through the mist Bijju was calling ____________
(1) his mother (2) someone to help him
(3) his sister (4) the villagers
15. Whom did the leopard attack?
(1) Bijju's mother (2) Bijju (3) a passerby (4) one of Bijju's cows
16. How do underwater robots help in refurbishing the ship?
(1) By the use of radars
(2) By the use of magnets
(3) By the help of humans
(4) By carrying robots along with men down to do the work
17. The word reconnaissance means ____________.
(1) make up (2) search (3) bridge up (4) investigation
18. Robert Ballard's dream was to find the most famous _____________ in the world.
(1) ship (2) treasure (3) shipwreck (4) creatures
19. Why did the king of Monaco not stop the monopoly of his business?
(1) Nobody forbade him from doing so
(2) He had his own monopoly
(3) He would not listen to anyone
(4) He made a huge profit from it
20. What was the price the government had to pay in order to get rid of the criminal?
(1) 800 francs (2) 600 francs (3) 1000 francs (4) 500 francs
21. Who would get a percentage out of the profit made from gambling?
(1) The King (2) The courtiers (3) The public (4) The keeper
22. It was one of the best decision I had made in my life. Here "It" stands for ________
(1) to join an expensive college (2) to decide to complete graduation
(3) to drop out of college (4) to give up studying
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23. The most devastating happening of Steve's life was ___________.
(1) being separated from his biological mother
(2) quitting college before graduation
(3) being diagnosed with cancer
(4) being fired from the company
24. What helped Steve make the big choices of life?
(1) Learning Calligraphy (2) Joining Apple
(3) Remembering that he'll be dead soon (4) discounting college
25. Why will Elizabeth notice the 'least speck of dirt'?
(1) because she loves to pry (2) because she is very clean
(3) because she is very careful (4) because she tries one's patience
26. Who is the owner of the public-house Grandpa goes to?
(1) Mr John Shorrock himself (2) John Shorrock's widow
(3) John Shorrock's sister (4) John Shorrock's mother
27. Why had the sisters quarrelled two years ago?
(1) Because Mrs. Slater refused to send Grandpa to Mrs. Jordan
(2)Because Mrs. Jordan refused to send Grandpa to Mrs. Slater
(3) Because Mrs. Jordan refused to look after Grandpa anymore
(4) Because Mrs. Slater didn't want to take care of Grandpa
28. The left hand has employed _________ in transcribing the request.
(1) her friend (2) her father
(3) her mother (4) the hand of another
29. In the absence of a policeman, the traffic on the roads become ___________.
(1) noisy (2) systematic (3) chaotic (4) organized
30. Germany came trampling like a bully over _______.
(1) Berlin (2) Belgium (3) Bavaria (4) Bremen
31. What would have infinitely improved if the author had a smartphone?
(1) his own childhood (2) his child's childhood
(3) his whole life (4) his child's life
32. It is Christmas Eve. The date is ____________.
(1) 24th December (2) 25th December
(3) 26th December (4) 27th December
33. What does Andrew's daughter do when he starts his stories of yore?
(1) she rolls her tongue (2) she rolls her fingers
(3) she rolls her hair (4) she rolls her eyes
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Direction (Q.34 to Q.40): Read the given line taken from the poem and select the correct figure of speech:
34. He glanced with rapid eyes,
(1) Irony (2) Transferred Epithet (3) Anti-Climax (4) Hyperbole
35. For he will do, as he do do
(1) Repetition (2) Alliteration (3) Oxymoron (4) Onomatopoeia
36. Now I am a lake
(1) Personification and Simile (2) Metaphor and Simile
(3) Anastrophe and Simile (4) Personification and Metaphor
37. The eye of a little God, four cornered.
(1) Metaphor (2) Oxymoron (3) Climax (4) Alliteration
38. When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools
(1) Personification and Internal Rhyme (2) Alliteration and Internal Rhyme
(3) Antithesis and Internal Rhyme (4) Metaphor and Internal Rhyme
39. Weather and rain have undone it again
(1) Antithesis (2) Simile (3) Metaphor (4) Personification
40. He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground
(1) Antithesis (2) Anti-climax (3) Alliteration (4) Personification
Direction (Q.41 to Q.45): Choose the correct option
41. The phrase 'very lonely,very quiet' means ___________.
(1) quiet (2) little noisy
(3) quite lonely but noisy (4) absolute silence
42. We all jumped __________ shouting
(1) out-of (2) up (3) in (4) over
43. 'Cut the head off' means ___________
(1) cut someone's head with a knife (2) to chop
(3) to kill someone (4) to put in prison
44. The phrase 'let one down' means _____________
(1) to disappoint someone (2) to fail someone
(3) to trouble someone (4) to hurt someone
45. They sneaked ___________ your room.
(1) for (2) into (3) about (4) out of
Direction (Q. 46 to Q.50): Do as directed
46. He promised that to our Jimmy. (Change the Voice)
(1) To our Jimmy he promised that (2) That was promised to him by our Jimmy
(3) That was promised to our Jimmy by him (4) Our Jimmy was promised to that by him
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47. All artistic things are second hand. ( Change to Negative)
(1) No artistic things are second hand (2) All artistic things are not second hand
(3) Some artistic things are not second hand (4) No artistic things are first hand
48. You want to know where to hear some music? (Change to Complex)
(1) You want to know the place where to hear some music?
(2) You want to know the place where you can hear some music?
(3) You want to know the place where we hear some music?
(4) You want to know the place where all are hearing some music?
49. My daughter was right to laugh. (Add a Question Tag)
(1) wasn't she? (2) was she? (3) isn't she? (4) is she?
50. You couldn't find anyone to discuss your favourite book unless you moved to New York.
(Rewrite using 'If')
(1) You couldn't find anyone to discuss your favourite book if you moved to New York.
(2) You could find someone to discuss your favourite book if you moved to New York.
(3) If you could find anyone to discuss your favourite book, you had moved to New York.
(4) If you could find anyone to discuss your favourite book, you must move to New York.

PART B (Maximum Marks : 50)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :
ALL QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSORY.
DRAW NEAT LABELLED DIAGRAMS WHEREVER REQUIRED.
THERE ARE INTERNAL OPTIONS IN SOME QUESTIONS. PAY ATTENTION TO THEM.
FIGURES TO THE RIGHT INDICATE MARKS.

SECTION-A
(Prose)
Answer the following questions in about 5 to 6 sentences. (4 × 2 = 8 marks)
1. According to the diarist who are the seasonal visitors?
2. How did Ballard succeed in hitting two birds with one stone?
3. Why does the writer feel that his daughter was 'right to laugh'?
4. Explain with an example: Personal Liberty of action become qualified by other people's liberty.
Turn into indirect narration. (2 × 1 = 2 marks)
5. "I have done 135 expedition. I have discovered things far more important than the Titanic," he
says.
6. Ruskin Bond says, "We have gone straight from monsoon into winter rain."
Combine the following sentences. (1 × 2 = 2 marks)
7. These are the small habits of common place interaction. They make up the great sum of life.
They sweeten or make bitter the journey.

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SECTION-B
(Poetry + Supplementary reading)
Answer the following questions in about 5 to 6 sentences. (3 × 2 = 6 marks)
8. Compare and contrast the beauty of nature as seen in the poem (A Bird Came Down The Walk)
9. Why does the poet call the cat ' a bore'?
10. Why has the mirror no preconceptions?
Answer the following questions in about 3 to 5 sentences. (2 × 2 = 4 marks)
11. Bring out the humour reflected in the story (The Parson's Pleasure)
12. In what ways is Europe going to be affected in the future?
Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions given below (1 × 3 = 3 marks)
13. Four seasons fill the measure of the year;
There are four seasons in the mind of man:
He has his lusty Spring when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span;
He has his summer, when luxuriously
Spring's honey cud of youthful thought he loves
To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
Is nearest unto heaven: quite coves
His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings
He further close; contended so to look
On mist in idleness- to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.
He has his winter too of pale misfeature,
Or else he would forgo his mortal nature.

(a) With what has the poet compared the man's mind?
(b) The word 'Ruminate' means _____________.
(i) to think seriously
(ii) to chew slowly as cow do
(iii) to depend on
(iv) to be melancholy
(c) What does the poet wants to say in line four of this poem.

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SECTION-C
Writing (Comprehension or Precis, Notice, Report)
Comprehension or Precis writing (1 × 5 = 5 marks)
14. In March 1853, Russia invaded Turkey. Britain and France went to Turkey's aid in this conflict
know as the Crimean War. Within a few weeks of their arrival, about 8,000 soldiers were
suffering from cholera and malaria. When Florence read a report on this in the times, she
volunteered her services. The government refused permission at first because women had never
been involved in such things before. But eventually, it allowed her to take a group of 35 nurses
to Turkey. Florence found the conditions in the army hospital in Scutari, in Turkey, deeply
shocking. The men were kept in dirty rooms without blankets or decent food and clothes. In
these conditions, it was not surprising that disease such typhus, cholera and dysentery were the
main reasons for the high death-rate amongst wounded soldiers. At first, military officers and
doctors objected Florence's involvement in treating the wounded soldiers. But when her friends at
The Times reported the way, the British Army treated its wounded soldiers; she was allowed to
work in the bbarracks hospital. By improving the quality of sanitation, she was able to redice the
death-rate among her patients considerably. She was called the 'The lady with the lamp' by the
British Soldiers because of the late hours she worked tending to the sick and the wounded,
carrying a lamp in her hand.
(a) Rewrite the following in the correct order
i. The Crimean war broke out.
ii. The government was not ready to accept Florence's Voluntary Services.
iii. Florence helped the sick and wounded soldiers.
iv. Soldiers started being sick.
(b) What is the Crimean War?
(c) Why didn't the government was not ready to accept Florence's Voluntary Service?
(d) How as the condition of the army hospital in Turkey?
(e) Why was Florence called 'The lady of the lamp"?
Notice writing / Email writing (1 × 3 = 3 marks)
15. Write a notice on "Give and take" program where Middle school children will go to Government
schools every Saturday. They will teach reading and writing skills to those students. They will
also learn about cleanliness, personal hygiene, etc.
OR
Write an E-mail to your friend asking her to join you on a trekking camp to Manali in Summer
vacation.
Report writing / Diary writing (1 × 5 = 5 marks)
16. A terrible accident took place of Patna-Indore Express at Kanpur in the early morning hours.
Two sleeper coaches got derailed. Write a report on this accident.
OR
You have a younger sibling. Share your love-hate relationship with him/her in your diary.

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SECTION-D
Writing (Informal letter, Essay)
Formal letter writing (1 × 4 = 4 marks)
17. Write a letter to your uncle who's a cricket fan describing him the live match you saw which
was held in the city.
Essay writing (1 × 8 = 8 marks)
18. Demonetization in India
OR
Save girl child
OR
Indian Festivals

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