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Name Of The Exam : 10th English
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English Model Question Paper
ENGLISH – PAPER I
Time Allowed : 21/2 Hours
Maximum Marks : 100
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Part 1 :
(1) Choose the appropriate synonym of the underlined word : (5 × 1 = 5)
Even as a child Bharat had enjoyed playing with bricks. He would place one on top of the other and make a soaring (i) tower. He liked to help the workers when they renovated (ii) a house on his street and would try to figure out (iii) the plan of the house.
Now as a man, he runs his own construction company and is involved in the exacting (iv) work of building offices and guest houses for large international companies .These companies are convinced that his accomplishment (v) is the best that is available in the city.
(i) (a) wounding (b) rising (c) increasing (d) flying
(ii) (a) repaired (b) constructed (c) decorated (d) destroyed
(iii) (a) calculate (b) understand (c) guess (d) decide
(iv) (a) tiring (b) perfect (c) accurate (d) challenging
(v) (a) skill (b) achievement (c) establishment (d) work
Part − II :
Answer any ten of the following: (10 × 1 = 10)
(3) The common expansion of CCTV is
(a) Charged channel television (b) Closed channel television
(c) Closed-circuit television (d) Checked-circuit television
(4) Choose the sentence that is correct in its meaning :
(a) We will set sail for Japan next week.
(b) We will set sale for Japan next week.
(5) Replace the underlined word with its equivalent American English word :
If you take the lift to the tenth floor you will find the office you are looking for on your right.
(6) Which of the words given below can be placed after the word car to form a compound word?
(a) street (b) park (c) house (d) top
(7) What is the plural form of the word ‘locus’?
(a) locuses (b) loci (c) locae
(8) Attach a prefix to the word ‘taken’ from the list given below to complete the sentence.
She was __taken for his mother as the child looked just like her.
(a) un- (b) en- (c) mis- (d) dis-
(9) Replace the underlined word in the sentence with one of the phrasal verbs given below to convey the same meaning.
I will search the dictionary for the meaning of this word.
(a) look upon (b) look up to (c) look up (d) look at
(10) Separate the syllables of any one of the following words:
(a) agriculture (b) monument (c) duties
(11) Choose the appropriate word to make a meaningful sentence:
He likes to ________ his favourite TV serial the whole hour.
(a) see (b) watch
(12) Construct a sentence using one of the words given below:
(a) earnest (b) earnestly (c) earnestness
(13) Reframe the sentence using the underlined word as a verb:
The teacher gave a definition of the formula through an illustration.
(14) Which of the two sentences given below conveys the following meaning?
‘They did not succeed in any other subject’
(a) These are the only students successful in the Mathematics test.
(b) These are the students successful only in the Mathematics test.
Section − II : (Grammar − 25 Marks)
Part − I :
Answer ALL the questions (10 × 1 = 10)
Respond to the following as directed
(15) Which of the options given below will suit the following sentence?
(If the driver had been alert).
(a) the accident can be avoided
(b) the accident could be avoided
(c) the accident could have been avoided
(16) Identify the pattern of the following sentence:
He answered my question instantly
(a) S V O A (b) S V C A (c) S V IO DO
(17) Choose the correct question tag for the following statement:
Students should be allowed to use the library everyday ………………?
(a) Should they (b) Isn’t it (c) Shouldn’t they
(18) Complete the sentence:
No other girl in the class is ………………………. Kamala.
(a) most clever as (b) more cleverer as (c) as clever as
(19) Choose the sentence which correctly conveys the meaning of the sentence given below:
Nobody can forget how India won her freedom.
(a) Everyone cannot forget how India won her freedom.
(b) Everyone can remember how India won her freedom.
(c) Everyone cannot remember how India won her freedom.
(20) Complete the sentence :
……………………… the rain, the match continued.
(a) In the event of (b) In spite of (c) Because of
(21) Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence:
He agreed ……………………. me a computer.
(a) buy (b) buying (c) to buy