SEBA| HSLC| CLASS 10| ENGLISH| QUESTION PAPER - 2019| ASSAM BOARD
2019
ENGLISH
Full Marks: 90
Pass Marks: 27
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions
SECTION – A
1. (a) Choose the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence from among the alternatives given in the brackets: 1
I saw that it
was not just my freedom that was curtailed, but the freedom of everyone…
(enhanced/ reduced/ withheld)
(b) State
whether the following statements are True or False
(Reference:
Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom): 1+1=2
(i) On the podium,
Mr. de Klerk was first sworn in as first Deputy President.
(ii) Then Thabo
Mbeki was sworn in as second Deputy President.
(c) Choose
the correct answer from among the alternatives given and complete the sentence:
1
In life, every
man has ______.
(i) three
obligations
(ii) twin
obligations
(iii) many
obligations
2. “The only thing the earth needed….” What ‘only thing’ did
the earth need? 2
3. What did Mandela say about the wealth of his country? 2
4. What did Lencho write in his letter to God? 2
5. When does the season of joy commence in Coorg? Till what
time does it continue? 1+1=2
6. Mention the story that supports the view that the people
of Coorg are of Greek origin. 2
7. What type of a man was the Postmaster? 1
8. Give a brief description of Dhekiabari tea garden. 2
9. What was the distance from Valli’s village to the nearest
town? What was the bus fare for a trip from Valli’s village to the town? 1+1=2
10. Give a description of the bus in which Valli travelled.
2
SECTION – B
11. Choose from the box given below the words that rhyme
with the following: 1x2=2
feet, harbour
|
bit, beat,
sit, hour, honour, armour |
12. Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the
alternatives given in the brackets: 1x2=2
(a) In his quiet
rage. (noisy/ silent/ worst)
(b) At the
jungle’s edge. (border/ side/ centre)
13. How old is Amanda? How do you know it? 1+1=2
14. Why does the poet feel more at home with animals than
with humans? 2
15. How did Belinda and her pets behave when they saw the
Pirate climbing the window? 2
16. Give a description of the fight between Custard dragon
and the Pirate. 2
SECTION – C
17. (a) How does Ausable manage to make Max believe
that there is a balcony attached to his room? 5
Or
(b) How did the
young lady trick Horace Danby? 5
18. (a) How and why did Griffin come to the village
of Iping? Why does Mrs. Hall find him eccentric? 3+2=5
Or
(b) Describe the
first meeting between Bill and the young lawyer. 5
SECTION – D
19. Fill in the blanks with the right determiners: ½ x4=2
(a) My brother
had gone _______hour ago.
(b) A busy man
has ________time to waste.
(c) The classes
started after ______bell had rung.
(d) ________of
their property was lost in the flood.
20. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition from
among the choices given in the brackets: ½ x4=2
(a) This train
is bound ______Delhi. (to/ upon/ for)
(b) Assam is
rich _______minerals. (for/ in/ about)
(c) I met him
________ the street. (in/ on/ upon)
(d) Happiness
consists _______speaking the truth. (of/ in/ at)
21. Rewrite the following sentences putting the verbs in
the brackets in their correct tense form: 1x3=3
(a) They (live)
in Delhi for ten years.
(b) When he came
it (be) all over.
(c) He (stay)
here until you return.
22. Change the narration of the following: 1x2=2
(a) She asked me
why the teacher had punished me.
(b) Anita said
to Ravi, “Please lend me your pen.”
23. Change the voice of the following: 1x2=2
(a) I have lost
my English textbook.
(b) He was
punished for his misconduct.
24. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into
a single sentence: 1x2=2
(a) The earth is
round. We can prove it.
(b) Where does
he live? Do you know it?
25. Choose the correct alternative from the choices given
in the brackets and write out the sentences: 1x2=2
(a) She narrated
the matter (shortly/ briefly)
(b) Please
(listen/ hear) to what he says.
26. Make sentences to illustrate the meaning of any two
of the following: 1x2=2
far and wide;
break out; give up; fall out.
27. Correct the errors in any three of the following
sentences: 1x3=3
(a) It can rain
tonight.
(b) The cattle’s
were grazing in the field.
(c) Each of the
boys play cricket.
(d) How much
money you need?
(e) When you do
your homework?
(f) I do not
know to do it.
SECTION – E
28. Translate into English (any one Group of the
following): 1x5=5
Or
Give the substance
of the following passage: 5
The work which
Gandhiji had taken up was not only the achievement of political freedom but also
the establishment of a social order based on truth and non-violence, unity and
peace, equality and universal brotherhood and maximum freedom for all. The unfinished
part of his experiment was perhaps more difficult to achieve than the achievement
of political freedom. In the political struggle against a foreign power all one
could do was either join it or wish it success and give it their moral support.
In establishing a social order of this pattern, there was a likely possibility
of a conflict arising between groups and classes of our own people. Experience
shows that man values his possessions even more than his life because in the former he sees the
means for continuity and survival of his descendants even after his body is
reduced to ashes. A new order cannot be established without changing the mind,
for at some stage or the other the rich have to yield place to the poor to
achieve a kind of egalitarian society.
29. Write, in about 150 words, an essay on any one of the
following topics: 6
(a) Punctuality
(b) The festival
you like most
(c) Your
favourite hero in history
Or
Write a story
in about 150 words using the outlines given below and adding a title to it: 6
Outlines: A
speedy car hit an old man – escaped – the man was injured grievously – people gathered
– showed sympathy to the man – spoke about the evils of rash driving - on one
bothered to help the man – two schoolboys arrived – took the injured to the nearest
hospital.
30. Answer either (a) or (b):
(a) Write a
letter to the Editor of a local daily expressing your concern over the
incidents of crime against women in Assam.
(b) Write a
report for a local daily on the basis of the information given below:
(i) 10-11-2018
(ii) Guwahati
(iii) Annual
Guwahati Book Fair commenced. The Hon’ble Chief Minister declared it, opened at
6:00 p.m.
(iv) Many
publishers from Assam and outside participated
(v) To be
continued for ten days; large gathering expected
31. (a) Read the following passage carefully and answer
the questions that follow:
A good book
always teachers us something, in fact many things directly or indirectly if the
mind is willing to learn. Book are the best companion; they also give us the
best society. They help us in establishing contact with many great men. We hear
what such men said and did; through books we even see them as if they were
really alive. As we read, we share great thoughts with great minds, we hope and
grieve with great men. The scenes in which they appeared are described for us
and as we turn the pages we come to know what nobleness is. Books work as
agents and help us in being better than we are. Book should, therefore, be
treated as friends and guides.
(i) How can
books teach us?
(ii) How can one
share the great thoughts through books?
(iii) Why should
books be treated as friends and guides?
(b) Read the
following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:
“No one really
knows who discovered tea but there are many legends.”
“Well, there is
one about the Chinese emperor who always boiled water before drinking it. One day
a few leaves of the twigs burning under the pot fell into the water giving it a
delicious flavour. It is said they were tea leaves.”
“Tell me another!”
scoffed Pranjol.
“We have an Indian
legend too. Bodhidharma, an ancient Buddhist ascetic, cut off his eyelids
because he felt sleepy during meditations. Ten tea plants grew out of the
eyelids. The leaves of these plants when put in hot water and drunk banished
sleep."
"Tea was
first drunk in China," Rajvir added, “as far back as 2700 BC! In fact,
words such as tea, ‘Chai’ and ‘Chini’ are from Chinese. Tea came to Europe only
in the sixteenth century and was drunk more as medicine than as beverage.”
(i) How was tea
drunk in Europe in the sixteenth century? 2
(ii) What is the
Chinese legend about tea? 2
(iii) What is
the Indian legend about tea? 2
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