kvsroernakulam.nic.in Class X English Sample Question Paper : Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Name of the Organisation : Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Ernakulam
Class : Class X
Year : 2014-15
Subject : English
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Summative Assessment II (Sample Paper)
Class : X Marks 80
Section A – Reading : 15 marks
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Section B – Writing : 20 marks
Section C – Grammar : 15 marks
Section D – Literature : 30 marks
Section-A Reading :
1. Read the following passage carefully and complete the given task.(7marks)
A noise is sound that is unpleasant to the ears. However, a noise unpleasant to one person may be peasant to another. In scientific terms, noise is made by an irregular pattern of sound waves.
There are a number of things which make our world unpleasantly or even dangerously noisy, such as jet aircraft taking off, road drills, heavy traffic or loudspeakers. The sound waves bang into structures and cause them to vibrate, giving rise to noise. In the process the ears get damaged.
In younger people deafness can be caused by too loud noise or from prolonged exposure to loud noise as produced by too much amplification in a discotheque or by machines in a factory. The noise depends on the energy the sound waves carry. Decibel scale is used to measure loudness of sound.
Answer the following questions by choosing an appropriate option from those given below. 1×7=7
(i) Noise is defined scientifically as _____________.
(a) Unpleasant loud sounds
(b) Unpleasant jarring sounds
(c) An irregular pattern of sound waves
(d) Pleasant recurring sounds
(ii) Which thing makes our world dangerously noisy?
(a) Jet aircraft taking off
(b) Heavy traffic and road drills
(c) Loudspeakers
(d) all of the above
(iii) Prolonged exposure to loud noise should be avoided by the Younger people because ___________.
(a) It causes deafness
(b) It causes headache
(c) It leads to disturbed sleep
(d) It disturbs concentration
(iv) Too much amplification should be avoided in a discotheque Because __________.
(a) high pitch destroys sweetness
(b) it produces prolonged loud noise
(c) nothing is audible then
(d) it causes mental strain
(v) Decibel scale is used to measure _________.
(a) pleasant noise
(b) soft noise
(c) loudness of sound
(d) Amplified noise
(vi) The phrase ‘bang into’ mean ________.
(a) Close harshly
(b) Move around
(c) Strike or hit suddenly
(d) Put suddenly
(vii) The meaning of the word ‘exposure’ is ________.
(a) to deny things
(b) being allowed to experience
(c) understand things
(d) to reveal things
2. Read the following passage : 8 marks
On the way to Stok, the village ten miles outside Leh, there is a suspension bridge that spans the Indus. From the distance, it looks like a circus tent, it is so covered with prayer flags of every colour.
I am sitting on the seat next to the driver, a young Ladakhi, and I ask him, “ Why are there so many prayer flags? ”. He looks at me as if I am mad. “ If there are no prayer flags, the river would get angry.”
It is such a festive and exuberant gesture, covering the steel lines of the bridge with scarves and mantras and holy dragons, that I want to sing. As the bus crosses the bridge, the prayer flags flap against it. The driver turns to me and smiles.
“ Every time I am crossing the bridge I am saying my prayers. It is holy, this bridge ”. How old is this bridge? He does not know. It is as if it had always been there like the pile of stones in the mountains, like the stupas, like the small wayside shrines.
The spirit of Ladakh has changed it into a shrine, an object of worship. Does the bridge have its guardian Buddha? The driver smiled and did not answer.
(i) From the distance, the bridge looks like a circus tent because __________.
(ii) According to the driver the river would get angry _______.
(iii) The driver prays while crossing the bridge because _______.
(iv) The rocks change and grow strangely beautiful as ________.
(v) The word ‘deserted’ means ________.
(vi) The bridge is covered with many prayer flags because _________.
(vii) What happens to the prayer flags when the bus crosses the bridge? _______.
(viii) The word ‘exuberant’ means __________.
Section B : (Writing) (20 Marks)
Q3 : You are Anil/Akhila, Secretary of Charity Club of your school which is organising Mega Charity Show to raise funds for building shelters for the homeless of recent floods in Uttara Khand . write a Notice to be put up on the club notice-board about the charity show in not more than 50 words. (3 M)
Q4 : Keeping in view of frequent natural calamities in the country, your school has arranged a Talk on Disaster Management. As the President of Readers club of the school prepare a Report on this for your School Magazine (3 M)
Q5 : Given below are details of the Indian Cricket legend – Sachin Tendulkar . Present a Bio-sketch on this great player to be included in Class magazine (4 M)