Name of the Board : Central Board Of Secondary Education
Class : X
Year : 2018
Subject : English – Language and Literature
Document Type : Question Paper
Website : http://cbse.nic.in/curric~1/qpms2018/qp10-2018.html
CBSE English Language & Literature X Question Paper
Candidates must write the Code on the title page of the answer-book.
Language and Literature :
Time allowed : 3 hours
Maximum Marks : 80
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Instructions
(i) The Question paper is divided into three sections :
Section A – Reading 20 Marks
Section B – Writing and Grammar 30 Marks
Section C – Literature 30 Marks
(ii) All questions are compulsory.
(iii) You may attempt any section at a time.
(iv) All questions of that particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
(v) Please check that this question paper contains 8 printed pages.
(vi) Code number given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
(vii) Please check that this question paper contains 11 questions.
(viii) Please write down the Serial Number of the question before attempting it.
(ix) 15 minute time has been allotted to read this question paper.
(x) The question paper will be distributed at 10.15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., the students will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer-book during this period.
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SET – I
Section A
Reading : 20
1. Read the passage given below : 8
(1) Tourists to Jammu and Kashmir have another attraction – a floating post office on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, the first in the country. ‘Floating Post Office, Dal Lake’ – claimed to be the only one such post office in the world – is built on an intricately carved maroon houseboat, fastened on the western edge of the Dal Lake.
(2) This post office lets you avail of all the regular postal services available in the country while being afloat. The seal used on everything posted from Floating Post Office is unique – along with the date and address, it bears the design of a boatman rowing a shikara on the Dal Lake.
1.1 Attempt any eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read : 1 * 8 = 8
(i) What is the location of the Floating Post Office in Srinagar ?
(ii) What is special about the seal used in the post office ?
(iii) How is the post office helpful in promoting tourism ?
(iv) Who renamed the post office as ‘Floating Post Office’ ?
(v) What are the two rooms of the post office used for ?
(vi) How is the post office beneficial to the locals ?
(vii) What is the greatest fear that the post office has ?
(viii) How is the post office a big boon to the people ?
(ix) Find the word from the passage which means the same as ‘attraction’. (para 5)
2. Read the passage given below. 12
(1) It is an indisputable fact that the world has gone too far with the innovation of new technologies such as mobile phones, the internet and so on, due to which people are able to tour the cosmos virtually sitting at one place using their smart devices or other technological gadgets. Though mobile internet access is oftentimes hurried and short, it can still provide common internet features like alerts, weather data, emails, search engines, instant messages, and game and music downloading.
2.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each : 2 ? 4 = 8
(i) How are smart phones helpful in communication ?
(ii) What are the benefits of mobile phones for the young generation ?
(iii) How can mobile phones be considered ‘lifesavers’ ?
(iv) Mention any two demerits of mobile phones.
(v) How is a prepaid card useful to mobile phone users ?
2.2 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following : 1 ? 4 = 4
(i) In para 1, synonym of ‘innovation’ is ________.
(i) production
(ii) sincerity
(iii) invention
(iv) prevention
(ii) Mobile internet can provide access to :
(i) telegram
(ii) emails
(iii) schools
(iv) university
(iii) Grown-ups should _________ the use of new technology by the young people.
(i) reject
(ii) criticize
(iii) monitor
(iv) accept
(iv) Meaning of the word ‘adverse’ in para 4 is :
(i) positive
(ii) negative
(iii) admirable
(iv) unguided
(v) According to the passage, one can opt for __________ plan if prepaid plan doesn’t suit.
(i) yearly
(ii) weekly
(iii) monthly
(iv) daily
Section B
Writing Skills and Grammar : 30
3. You are Prabhu Kumar/Parvati of I7E, Ravi Dass Road, Kochi. Write a letter in 100-120 words to the editor of a newspaper about the nuisance caused by loudspeakers in the city during examination days drawing attention of the concerned authorities to the problem. 8
OR
You are Pratibha/Rahul of Class X. Write an article in 100-120 words on ‘Ill effects on students of too much of television’. You can use the following clues :
– Increasing addiction
– A great variety of programmes
– Easy availability
– Neglect of studies
– Drop in academic performance
– Result – poor physical and mental health
4. Write a story in 150-200 words with the help of the following outline : 10
Tortoise and hare – good friends – tortoise – known for his slow speed – hare has fast speed – makes fun of tortoise – challenges him – referee selected – race starts – hare overconfident – takes a nap – tortoise wins.
OR
Complete the story in 150-200 words which begins as the following :
There was a joint family of six members including grandparents. It was the 75th birthday of the grandmother and the family planned to celebrate … … …
5. Fill in any four of the blanks in the paragraph given below with the help of options that follow : 1 * 4 = 4
The modern student
(a) the importance
(b) physical exercise. He spends one to two hours in open air
(c) he takes part in different sports. However, care should
(d) not to overstrain
(e) body.
(a) (i) understood
(ii) understand
(iii) have understand
(iv) understands
Section C
Literature : Textbooks and Long Reading Text : 30
8. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow : 1 * 4 = 4
“But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours ? Do be a reasonable man ! My aunt’s grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that ……..
(a) Who is the speaker of the above lines ?
(b) Why did his aunt’s grandmother give the meadows ?
(c) Why did the peasants treat the land as their own ?
(d) What light do these lines throw on the speaker’s character ?
OR
Belinda tickled him, she ticked him unmerciful, Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival, They all sat laughing in the little red wagon At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon.
(a) Who was tickled by Belinda ?
(b) Why did she tickle ‘him’ ?
(c) Who are Ink, Blink and Mustard ?
(d) Why did they all laugh at ‘him’ ?