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Name of the Board : Uttarakhand Board of School Education
Name of the Exam : Class X
Subject : English
Document Type : Model Questions Paper
Website : ubse.uk.gov.in

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UBSE English Model Question Paper

Class-X English :
Time : 3 Hours
Max. Marks : 100

Related : Uttarakhand Board of School Education Model Question Papers Intermediate 2016 : www.pdfquestion.in/8514.html

Note :
(i) This Question Paper is divided into four sections-A,B,C and D.
(ii) All Questions are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question.

SECTION – A

(Reading)
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
The name ‘Eskimo’ comes from the language of the Northern Red Indians and means a person who eats raw meat. It is an appropriate name because the Eskimos live mainly hunting and fishing and in winter do not always cook the animals they catch. This is because it is impossible to find any fuel for a fire in the icy waste that they inhabit. The only form of fire they have is produced by burning the oil of seals or walrus in shallow , saucer shaped lamps made pottery or stone.

These lamps are used primarily to give light but the Eskimos can also boil their meal and fish over them. These foods are also frozen or dried. There is another reason why the Eskimos sometimes eat raw meat: in this way they get the greatest possible nourishment. The Eskimos make up for the lack of vitamins from vegetables by eating the kidneys and liver of their prey raw. These organs have an abundant store of all vitamins needed by the human body.

(a) Why is the name ‘Eskimos’ an appropriate one? 2
(b) Why do the Eskimos eat raw meat? Give two reasons. 2
(c) How do they produce fire? 2
(d) How do the Eskimos make up for the lack of vitamins from vegetables? 2

2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
That morning I awoke to the sound of steady drizzle which sounded like tiny hoof beats upon the roof. Out of the window the prospect was quite grey and drab. And the truth was apparent to me the outing that my friends and I had planned for this holiday would definitely be cancelled.

There would be no question of that excursion taking place-riding many miles out on bicycles was quite out of the question in such inclement weather conditions. I was decidedly depressed as I had placed great store upon that excursion taking place. It was to have been a most exciting outing. But I had to console myself my thinking of the proverb-Man proposes and God disposes. I lazed in bed for sometime longer than it was customary for me to do. Then I got up and had a wash, dressed and went down for breakfast.

My mother was already busy about her household chores and she greeted me quite as cheerfully as ever. I did not feel cheerful but there was no point in complaining about something beyond her control or mine. So I sat down to breakfast and made the best of polite conversation between mother and son. After some time she said; Son, I nearly forgot to tell you that Jimmy phoned up to say that the outing was off on account of the rain. He said that you could arrange it on some other occasion when the weather was not so foul.”

You know what it is like? Well, I finished breakfast and went back up to my room to sit and decide what I was going to do keep myself occupied .I switched on the record player and listened to some music but it did not appeal much to me that morning. The rain seemed to have dampened my spirits pretty badly. Then for a change, I took from my bookshelf a book of poems and tried to concentrate on some of the philosophic thoughts that I discovered there in. But that also did not hold my attention for long.

(a)What did the writer find when he awoke that morning? 2
(b)The writer says, And the truth was apparent to me.” What was the truth? 2
(c)How had rain affected the Writer’s spirit? 2
(d)What did the Writer’s mother informed him of? 2
(e) What were the two ways in which the writer tried to get over his depression? 2
(f) Find out words from the passage which mean the same as the following:
(i) Unpleasantly cold or wet weather. 1+1=2
(ii) busy

SECTION – B

(Writing)
3. You are Amit / Anita , living at D/33 SIDCUL Colony Rudrapur U.S Nagar. Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her in yours sister’marriage.
OR
You are Kamal / Kamla of B-25 Gandhinagar –Haldwani. Write a letter to the S.S.P of Nainital informing him/her to control the incident of theft and chain snatching are increasing in your locality.

4. Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 60 words.
(a) Visit to a historical place.
(b) Importance of Trees.
(c ) Pollution.

5.On the basis of hints given below , write a paragraph in about 80 words on ‘ A morning walk’ 8
Hints:- A morning walk ——–Healthy ——– Calm——-Beautiful———–A good exercise.