Sample Paper – 2009
Class – X
Subject – English Lang & Literature
Time allowed : 3 hrs Max. marks : 100
General Instructions :
(i) The paper is divided into four sections : A, B,C and D. All the questions are compulsory.
(ii) Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary.
Read these instructions very carefully and follow them faithfully.
(iii) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
__________________________________________________________________________
SECTION A – READING ( 20M)
1. Read the following passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Plant tissue culture (PTC) is the art and science of multiplying plants or plant parts
(such as organs, tissues, cells, pollens, spores and embryos ) under controlled conditions of light, temperature or humidity in an optimal nutrient medium under aseptic conditions in a glass vessel..
Even a single cell has the potency to perform all the metabolic activities to form an independent plant. This phenomenon is known as totipotency. This is successfully used in tissue culture. Infinite number of plants can be produced from single explant in a short span of time, irrespective of natural conditions. The seedlings will be genetically true copies of the mother plant. That means , genetic purity can be maintained as far as required, in every seedling, which is almost impossible in conventional means of propagation.
PTC has been successfully tried in almost all plant varieties. Some plants like orchids produce millions of non-endospermous seeds in a single fruit, which cannot be cultivated in natural conditions. When grown through PTC, they have more than 75% germination. In the medium in which plants are cultivated all the required micro and macro nutrients and vitamins are added. PTC has been commercialised and is a lucrative business.
a) Name the different parts of a plant mentioned here . 1
b) What is totipotency ? 2
c) What is the advantage of totipotency ? 2
d) What are the true copies of mother plant referred here ? 1
e) What is produced by orchid plants ? 1
f) What is plant tissue culture ? 2
g) What happens when orchid plants are grown through PTC ? 1
h) Find the words from the passage which mean 2 x 1 = 2
i) making a large profit
ii) growth
2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
What is a snake ? A snake is a reptile without legs. A reptile usually has scales, lays eggs, breathes air and doesn’t spend much time taking care of its babies. It is also cold-blooded, which means that its body doesn’t stay in the same temperature all the time. Snakes get very cold on winter days and very hot in the summer. Because of this, snakes usually stay in burrows during very hot and cold weather. A burrow is a hole in the ground where they can live.
All snakes are carnivores or meat-eaters. Small snakes eat bugs and frogs. Longer ones eat fish, birds, mice and rabbits. They use sharp teeth and strong muscles to catch the prey. If the prey animal is bigger than its mouth, the snake can dislocate(unhinge) its bottom jaw to fit the big animal in.
Venom is the poison that snake put into its prey through its fangs(teeth). This either kills the prey animal or make it paralysed so that the prey can’t move. Once venom gets into the prey, it is easy for the snake to eat it. Some venomous snakes have bright colours or patterns which can warn us. Rattle snakes have rattles to scare away animals or people that might hurt them.
a) Why do snakes usually stay in burrows during very hot and cold weather ? 2
b) How do the snakes use their venom ? 2
c) What is meant by ‘cold-blooded’ ? 1
d) What do you mean by ‘carnivores’ ? 1
e) How does a snake catch the prey bigger than its mouth ? 1
f) Find a word from the passage which means ‘frighten or become frightened’1
SECTION –B (WRITING) (20)
3. You are Sudheer/ Sudha living at 10, Labbi pet, Vijayawada. Write a letter to the editor
of The Indian Express about the reckless driving and how it causes accidents. 8 M
OR
Write a letter to your brother Arun suitably advising him to study well. You are
Bhargav/ Bhavya. Invent other details.
4. Using the hints given below write a paragraph in not more than 80 words: 8 M
City bus - A.P.S.RT.C - set ablaze - an angry mob – school student - run over – killed
- a bus - the boy - crossing the roa - 9a.m.- mishap occurred - students surrounded - set it
Ablaze - police deployed - situation under control - hunt for absconding Driver &
Conductor.
OR
Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics in not more than 80 words:
a) Terrorism - a big threat to global peace
b) Cell phones – a nuisance in the schools
c) Nuclear energy is the alternative for India’s energy crisis
5. You are Mohanlal. the School Captain of Naipunnya Public School, Trivandrum.
Recently a Book Exhibition was held in your school. As part of it , several programs
were organised. Write a report on the celebrations in 60 words for your school
magazine. 4 M
OR
Nirmala Convent, Vijayawada celebrated its Silver Jubilee on 5th September 2008 .
Write a report on how it was celebrated. You are Sagar/ Saritha
SECTION – C ( GRAMMAR) (15)
6. The passage given below has not been edited. There is one error in each line.Write the
correct word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after
it in your answer sheet. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined as shown.
½ x 8 = 4
Birds did sleep, usually in a series of short did ----- do
power naps. Swifts are famous in a) ________
sleeping on the wing. Since most birds relies b) ________
on vision, bed time is usual at night, apart from c) ________
nocturnal species, of course. The sleeping habit d) ________
of waders, however, are ruled by tides rather to e) ________
the sun. Some other species are easily fool by f) ________
artificial light. Bright lit city g) ________
areas will give song birds insomnia h) ________
7, Read the following the passage and fill in the blanks with correct form of the words
given in brackets . Correctly number and write the answer in your answer sheet.
8 x ½ = 4
It was a fine day when I a) --------- (start) out the last part of my walk around the coast. The sun b) -------- (shine) and light wind c) --------- (blow). I d) --------- (walk) along the cliff top and then down into the fishing village , past a café where people e) ------ (have) their morning tea. I remembered that when I f) --------- (be) young we often g) ---------- (visit) the Kolva Beach in Goa. Now it h) --------- (get) warmer so I took off my sweater and went into a hotel.
8. Read the dialogue and complete the passage given below. Write the correct answer in
Your answer sheet again the correct blank number. Do not copy the whole sentence. 4 M
SANDEEP : How are you ?
VINAY : I am well, thank you.
SANDEEP : Have you come to this place recently ?
VINAY : Yes. We moved in here only a few days ago.
Sandeep asked Vinay (a) ____________________. Vinay told him that (b) ___________
and __________________ . Sandeep further asked him (c) ________________________
Vinay answered in positive and told him (d) ____________________________________.
9 Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful
Sentences. The first has been done as an example. Write the correct sentences in your
answer sheet. Remember to number the answers correctly. 1 x 3 = 3M
Example:
Body/is/a/the human/machine/very complex
Ans : The human body is a very complex machine.
a) any / man-made machine /it / more complex / is / and /efficient than
b) Machine / like / a / is / made up of / body / part / many / our
c) Organs /work like a team /to keep /fit / these / our body /and / in working condition
SECTION - D (TEXT BOOKS) 45
10. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Answers shall be
in one or two lines only. 5 M
Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.” The woman who was preparing supper, replied, “ yes, God willing”. The older boys were working in the field, while the smaller ones were playing near the house until the woman called them all. “come for dinner”. It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the north-east huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body, and when he returned he exclaimed, “ These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins. The big drops are ten cent pieces and the little ones are fives.”
Questions:
a) Whom does ‘we’ refer to in the above passage ? 1
b) What were their children doing ? 1
c) Why was the air fresh and sweet ? 1
d) What are the rain drops compared to ? 1
e) Which word in the passage means ‘wicked people’ 1
11) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Answers shall be in one
or two lines only. 5 M
It is from these comrades in the struggle that I learned the meaning of courage. Time and again, I have seen men and women risk and give their lives for an idea. I have seen men stand up to attacks and torture without breaking, showing a strength and resilience that defies the imagination. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Questions:
a) Who is the speaker here and what does he say he has learnt ? 1
b) What did the men face ? 1
c) What is courage according to the speaker ? 1
d) How does the speaker view a brave man ? 1
e) Explain the phrase ‘resilience that defies the imagination’. 1
12. Answer the following question in about 80 words: 6 M
What made Anne Frank start writing a Diary ?
OR
What excited Rajvir while he was traveling to Assam ?
13. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words:
Describe the feelings of Maddie after listening to the note from Wanda’s father ? 4 M
OR
Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter ‘ ?
14. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: 4 M
“ I heard an old religious man
But yesternight declare
That he had found a text to prove
That only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone
Ant not your yellow hair.
a) Who had found the text ? 1
b) What was the content of the text heard by the poet ? 2
c) Who does word ‘you’ refer to here ? 1
OR
Pistol in his left hand, pistol in his right
And he held in his teeth a cutlass bright’
His beard was black, one leg was wood;
It was clear that the pirate meant no good.
a) What does the pirate carry in his hands and in his teeth ? 1
b) What color is his beard ? 1
c) What does the pirate’s appearance indicate ? 1
d) What is the rhyme scheme in the stanza ? 1
15. Answer any two of the following questions in 30 to 40 words each on the basis of the
lines given below: 6 M
a) ‘It sits looking
over harbour and sit
on silent haunches
and then moves on’.
What does ‘it’ refer to here and how is it described by the poet ? 3
b) “The forest that was empty all these days.”
How does the poet depict the empty forest ? 3
c) ‘And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars’.
Who stares at the stars and why does he do so ? 3
16. Answer the following question in 100 words: 8 M
‘How singular life is ? And how full of changes it is !’ Illustrate the character of Matilda in the light of this statement.
OR
Describe the role played by Bholi’s teacher in transforming her ?
17. Answer the following question in 30-40 words: 4 M
Why was the thief grateful to Anil ?
OR
Explain the phrase ‘honour among thieves’ with reference to the lesson ‘A Question of
Trust’
18. Answer the following question in 20 - 30 words. 3 M
What do you think about Think-Tank in the play ‘The Book that Saved the Earth’. ?
OR
How was the young lawyer treated by Lutkins’ mother ?
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Class – X
Subject – English Lang & Literature
Time allowed : 3 hrs Max. marks : 100
General Instructions :
(i) The paper is divided into four sections : A, B,C and D. All the questions are compulsory.
(ii) Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary.
Read these instructions very carefully and follow them faithfully.
(iii) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
__________________________________________________________________________
SECTION A – READING ( 20M)
1. Read the following passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Plant tissue culture (PTC) is the art and science of multiplying plants or plant parts
(such as organs, tissues, cells, pollens, spores and embryos ) under controlled conditions of light, temperature or humidity in an optimal nutrient medium under aseptic conditions in a glass vessel..
Even a single cell has the potency to perform all the metabolic activities to form an independent plant. This phenomenon is known as totipotency. This is successfully used in tissue culture. Infinite number of plants can be produced from single explant in a short span of time, irrespective of natural conditions. The seedlings will be genetically true copies of the mother plant. That means , genetic purity can be maintained as far as required, in every seedling, which is almost impossible in conventional means of propagation.
PTC has been successfully tried in almost all plant varieties. Some plants like orchids produce millions of non-endospermous seeds in a single fruit, which cannot be cultivated in natural conditions. When grown through PTC, they have more than 75% germination. In the medium in which plants are cultivated all the required micro and macro nutrients and vitamins are added. PTC has been commercialised and is a lucrative business.
a) Name the different parts of a plant mentioned here . 1
b) What is totipotency ? 2
c) What is the advantage of totipotency ? 2
d) What are the true copies of mother plant referred here ? 1
e) What is produced by orchid plants ? 1
f) What is plant tissue culture ? 2
g) What happens when orchid plants are grown through PTC ? 1
h) Find the words from the passage which mean 2 x 1 = 2
i) making a large profit
ii) growth
2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
What is a snake ? A snake is a reptile without legs. A reptile usually has scales, lays eggs, breathes air and doesn’t spend much time taking care of its babies. It is also cold-blooded, which means that its body doesn’t stay in the same temperature all the time. Snakes get very cold on winter days and very hot in the summer. Because of this, snakes usually stay in burrows during very hot and cold weather. A burrow is a hole in the ground where they can live.
All snakes are carnivores or meat-eaters. Small snakes eat bugs and frogs. Longer ones eat fish, birds, mice and rabbits. They use sharp teeth and strong muscles to catch the prey. If the prey animal is bigger than its mouth, the snake can dislocate(unhinge) its bottom jaw to fit the big animal in.
Venom is the poison that snake put into its prey through its fangs(teeth). This either kills the prey animal or make it paralysed so that the prey can’t move. Once venom gets into the prey, it is easy for the snake to eat it. Some venomous snakes have bright colours or patterns which can warn us. Rattle snakes have rattles to scare away animals or people that might hurt them.
a) Why do snakes usually stay in burrows during very hot and cold weather ? 2
b) How do the snakes use their venom ? 2
c) What is meant by ‘cold-blooded’ ? 1
d) What do you mean by ‘carnivores’ ? 1
e) How does a snake catch the prey bigger than its mouth ? 1
f) Find a word from the passage which means ‘frighten or become frightened’1
SECTION –B (WRITING) (20)
3. You are Sudheer/ Sudha living at 10, Labbi pet, Vijayawada. Write a letter to the editor
of The Indian Express about the reckless driving and how it causes accidents. 8 M
OR
Write a letter to your brother Arun suitably advising him to study well. You are
Bhargav/ Bhavya. Invent other details.
4. Using the hints given below write a paragraph in not more than 80 words: 8 M
City bus - A.P.S.RT.C - set ablaze - an angry mob – school student - run over – killed
- a bus - the boy - crossing the roa - 9a.m.- mishap occurred - students surrounded - set it
Ablaze - police deployed - situation under control - hunt for absconding Driver &
Conductor.
OR
Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics in not more than 80 words:
a) Terrorism - a big threat to global peace
b) Cell phones – a nuisance in the schools
c) Nuclear energy is the alternative for India’s energy crisis
5. You are Mohanlal. the School Captain of Naipunnya Public School, Trivandrum.
Recently a Book Exhibition was held in your school. As part of it , several programs
were organised. Write a report on the celebrations in 60 words for your school
magazine. 4 M
OR
Nirmala Convent, Vijayawada celebrated its Silver Jubilee on 5th September 2008 .
Write a report on how it was celebrated. You are Sagar/ Saritha
SECTION – C ( GRAMMAR) (15)
6. The passage given below has not been edited. There is one error in each line.Write the
correct word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after
it in your answer sheet. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined as shown.
½ x 8 = 4
Birds did sleep, usually in a series of short did ----- do
power naps. Swifts are famous in a) ________
sleeping on the wing. Since most birds relies b) ________
on vision, bed time is usual at night, apart from c) ________
nocturnal species, of course. The sleeping habit d) ________
of waders, however, are ruled by tides rather to e) ________
the sun. Some other species are easily fool by f) ________
artificial light. Bright lit city g) ________
areas will give song birds insomnia h) ________
7, Read the following the passage and fill in the blanks with correct form of the words
given in brackets . Correctly number and write the answer in your answer sheet.
8 x ½ = 4
It was a fine day when I a) --------- (start) out the last part of my walk around the coast. The sun b) -------- (shine) and light wind c) --------- (blow). I d) --------- (walk) along the cliff top and then down into the fishing village , past a café where people e) ------ (have) their morning tea. I remembered that when I f) --------- (be) young we often g) ---------- (visit) the Kolva Beach in Goa. Now it h) --------- (get) warmer so I took off my sweater and went into a hotel.
8. Read the dialogue and complete the passage given below. Write the correct answer in
Your answer sheet again the correct blank number. Do not copy the whole sentence. 4 M
SANDEEP : How are you ?
VINAY : I am well, thank you.
SANDEEP : Have you come to this place recently ?
VINAY : Yes. We moved in here only a few days ago.
Sandeep asked Vinay (a) ____________________. Vinay told him that (b) ___________
and __________________ . Sandeep further asked him (c) ________________________
Vinay answered in positive and told him (d) ____________________________________.
9 Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful
Sentences. The first has been done as an example. Write the correct sentences in your
answer sheet. Remember to number the answers correctly. 1 x 3 = 3M
Example:
Body/is/a/the human/machine/very complex
Ans : The human body is a very complex machine.
a) any / man-made machine /it / more complex / is / and /efficient than
b) Machine / like / a / is / made up of / body / part / many / our
c) Organs /work like a team /to keep /fit / these / our body /and / in working condition
SECTION - D (TEXT BOOKS) 45
10. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Answers shall be
in one or two lines only. 5 M
Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.” The woman who was preparing supper, replied, “ yes, God willing”. The older boys were working in the field, while the smaller ones were playing near the house until the woman called them all. “come for dinner”. It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the north-east huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body, and when he returned he exclaimed, “ These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins. The big drops are ten cent pieces and the little ones are fives.”
Questions:
a) Whom does ‘we’ refer to in the above passage ? 1
b) What were their children doing ? 1
c) Why was the air fresh and sweet ? 1
d) What are the rain drops compared to ? 1
e) Which word in the passage means ‘wicked people’ 1
11) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Answers shall be in one
or two lines only. 5 M
It is from these comrades in the struggle that I learned the meaning of courage. Time and again, I have seen men and women risk and give their lives for an idea. I have seen men stand up to attacks and torture without breaking, showing a strength and resilience that defies the imagination. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Questions:
a) Who is the speaker here and what does he say he has learnt ? 1
b) What did the men face ? 1
c) What is courage according to the speaker ? 1
d) How does the speaker view a brave man ? 1
e) Explain the phrase ‘resilience that defies the imagination’. 1
12. Answer the following question in about 80 words: 6 M
What made Anne Frank start writing a Diary ?
OR
What excited Rajvir while he was traveling to Assam ?
13. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words:
Describe the feelings of Maddie after listening to the note from Wanda’s father ? 4 M
OR
Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter ‘ ?
14. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: 4 M
“ I heard an old religious man
But yesternight declare
That he had found a text to prove
That only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone
Ant not your yellow hair.
a) Who had found the text ? 1
b) What was the content of the text heard by the poet ? 2
c) Who does word ‘you’ refer to here ? 1
OR
Pistol in his left hand, pistol in his right
And he held in his teeth a cutlass bright’
His beard was black, one leg was wood;
It was clear that the pirate meant no good.
a) What does the pirate carry in his hands and in his teeth ? 1
b) What color is his beard ? 1
c) What does the pirate’s appearance indicate ? 1
d) What is the rhyme scheme in the stanza ? 1
15. Answer any two of the following questions in 30 to 40 words each on the basis of the
lines given below: 6 M
a) ‘It sits looking
over harbour and sit
on silent haunches
and then moves on’.
What does ‘it’ refer to here and how is it described by the poet ? 3
b) “The forest that was empty all these days.”
How does the poet depict the empty forest ? 3
c) ‘And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars’.
Who stares at the stars and why does he do so ? 3
16. Answer the following question in 100 words: 8 M
‘How singular life is ? And how full of changes it is !’ Illustrate the character of Matilda in the light of this statement.
OR
Describe the role played by Bholi’s teacher in transforming her ?
17. Answer the following question in 30-40 words: 4 M
Why was the thief grateful to Anil ?
OR
Explain the phrase ‘honour among thieves’ with reference to the lesson ‘A Question of
Trust’
18. Answer the following question in 20 - 30 words. 3 M
What do you think about Think-Tank in the play ‘The Book that Saved the Earth’. ?
OR
How was the young lawyer treated by Lutkins’ mother ?
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