SEBA| HSLC| CLASS 10| ENGLISH| SOLVED PAPER - 2013| ASSAM BOARD
2013
ENGLISH
Full Marks: 90
Pass Marks: 27
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
(NEW COURSE)
The figures in the margin indicate full marks
for the questions. The
candidates are required to write the answers in their own words
as far as practicable.
(OLD
COURSE)
SECTION-A
1. What was the name of Swami's School? 1
2. When did
Gandhi pass his matriculation examination? 1
3. Do ants play
games? 1
4. Who
accompanied Gandhi in his journey from Rajkot to Bombay? 1
5. What is The
Englishman known as to-day? 1
6. "And
then Swami gave a lurid account of Samuel's Violence.”
What lurid account of Samuel's Violence did
Swami give?
2
7. Why does Bismark choose to be sent back to the
earth as an ant? 2
8. How do ants
repair their nests? 2
9. What are holes
in Ozone and what causes them? 2
10. Choose the meaning of the words in italics
in the following sentences from the alternatives given in brackets:
1/2x4=2
(i) ....
they could not live there without liquor (water / drink /
tea)
(ii) ...
my whole frame shook as I stood up. (body / wooden bar /
shape)
(iii)
All that would not be in keeping with our family tradition. (Practice
/ Custom / Old things)
(iv) I
am dazed and know not what to do. (puzzled / shocked /
confused)
11. Choose the correct statements from the
following: 1
(i) Mavji
Dave was a Modh Bania.
(ii) Mavji
Dave was a learned Brahman.
(iii) Mavji
was a young barrister.
12. Read the following extract carefully and
answer the questions that follow:
Of course, an
ant's cow is not like a real cow. The ant's cows are greenflies or aphides such
as are found on rose trees in the garden. The milk of these tiny creatures is
honey-dew, and an ant at work on a greenfly will stroke it with its antennae,
first on one side, then on the other, until the drops of honey are exuded
through two pores in the back of the greenfly and carried away by the
ant.
(i) Where would you find an ant's cow? 1
(ii) How is an ant's cow different from a real cow? 1
(iii) How are the ant's cows milked? 1
SECTION-B
13. Choose a word each from the following
words that rhymes with "night" and “eye”. 1/2x2=1
(here, light,
die, sky, kite)
14. What does the
poet compare Lucy with? 2
15. What were the
things made by the goldsmiths and the flower-girls? 2
16. Give, after
Thomas Moore, a pen picture of the deserted banquet hall. 2
17. What was
Professor Seth's subject? 1
18. Who does
Professor Seth refer to as “black sheep" and why? 2
19. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate
word from among those given in brackets: 1+1=2
(i) The friends so — together. (played,
linked, lived)
(ii) Frail as a dragon-fly's - (eye, tail,
wing)
SECTION-C
20. (a) What
impression do you gather of Persome as a person from your reading of the
play? 5
OR
(b) Describe
how the convict was transformed in his heart. 5
21. (a) Give
an account of the first meeting of the Cabuliwallah and Mini's father. 5
OR
(b) Why
and how did the author's feeling towards the Cabuliwaliah change? 5
SECTION-D
22. Choose the
right determiners from those given in brackets and fill in the blanks: 12x4=2
(a) He will come back within hour. (a / an /
the)
(b) - men are
free from faults. (few / a few / the few)
(c) Leap year falls in _____ fourth year. (any
/ every / each)
(d) _______ learning
is a dangerous thing. (little / a little / the little)
23. Use correct tense forms of the verbs given
in brackets in the following: 1x2= 2
(a) I
wish I (be) a king.
(b) The
boy (sleep), don't disturb him.
24. Change the forms of narration of the
following: 1+1=2
(a) She said, “The water is
boiling".
(b) Mira
said that her mother had been suffering from fever.
25. Frame sentences using any one pair of the
following to show their difference in meaning: 2
(a)
diary dairy
(b) effect affect
(c)
site cite
26. Correct the errors in the following
sentences: (any three) 1x3=3
(a) Money
isn't the solution for every problem.
(b) This
hotel provides fooding and lodging.
(c)
Mr. Das deals with tea.
(d) She
came back with bag and baggage.
(e) We
spent the evening listening music.
27. Combine each of the following pairs
of sentences into a single sentence: 1+1=2
(a) I
have some duties. I must perform them.
(b)
This is my friend. His name is John.
28. Make sentences to show the use of any
two of the following phrases: 1+1=2
null and void, by dint of, with flying
colours, all in all.
29. Make a sentence in the pattern of either
(a) or (b)
(a) Painting
is an art.
Or
(b) S
+ V +O
+ O
SECTION-E
30. Translate any one group of the
following into English: 1x6=6
OR
Give the substance of either (a) or (b): 6
(a) The
great advantage of early rising is the good start it gives us in our day's
work. The early riser does a large amount of hard work before others get up. In
the early morning the mind remains fresh, and there are few sounds or other
distractions, so that the work done at that time is generally well done. In
many cases the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in the fresh
morning air, and such exercise supplies him with a lot of energy that lasts
till evening. By beginning the day so early, he knows that he has plenty of
time to do thoroughly all the works he can be expected to do, and is not
tempted to hurry on any part of it. All his work being finished in good time,
he has a long interval of rest in the evening before he goes to bed.
(b) I
wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high over vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils,
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay;
Ten thousand saw I at a glance
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
31. (a) Write an essay on either
of the following topics in about 200 words: 10
(i) Physical Exercise
(ii) Floods in Assam.
Or
(b) Write a story in about 200 words,
using the outline given below and add a title to it. 10
(Outline:
A king distressed — his people lazy — wanted to teach them a lesson -- put a
big stone in the middle of the road — people went around the stone, blamed the
government for not removing it — king had it removed — beneath it was an iron
box marked "For the man who removes the stone" — inside a purse full
of money — the people were ashamed.) -
32. (a) Write
a letter to your friend asking him / her to join you for a picnic. 6
OR
(b) Prepare
a newspaper report using the information given below. Do not add any new
information.
-
road accident
-
December 31st,
2012 – 9.30 pm
-
Ganeshguri
Flyover, Guwahati
-
a speeding
motorbike knocks down an old man on the road.
-
the man dies, the
biker severely injured.
-
policemen and
ambulance-van arrive, the injured and the dead sent to G.M.C.
(OLD COURSE)
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
SECTION-I
1. Who was
Keplar? 1
2. How many years
ago did Socrates live? 1
3. Who is the
author of 'A Piece of String'? 1
4. What was
Hauchecome accused of? 2
5. What sign
did Hauchecome make to indicate that he was telling the truth? 2
6. What did
Socrates study at school?
2
7. What is the author's first consideration in
choosing a great book? 2
8. Choose the meaning of the words in italics
in the following sentences from the alternatives given in the brackets: 1/2x4=2
(a) There
are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human.
knowing and thinking. ( real / mind / horrible)
(b) He
made a powerful, dignified speech answering every question. (humourous
/ respectable / rude)
(c) Socrates paused with the
draught still unfinished. (began / laughed / stopped)
(d) They
are enduring best sellers. (lasting / interesting / dear)
9. (a) What things were being sold
in the market at Goderville? Write in brief the behaviour of the buyers
and sellers. 2+3=5
OR
(b). Read the passage and answer the
questions that follow:
Hauchecome, a peasant who had just arrived at
Goderville, was directing his steps toward the public square when he noticed on
the ground a little piece of string. Hauchecome, economical like a true Norman,
thought that everything useful ought to be picked up. He bent painfully, for he
suffered from rheumatism, and took the piece of string from the ground.
(i) Who
was Hauchecome?
1
(ii) Where
did he arrive at? 1
(iii) Where
was he directing his steps to? 1
(iv) What
did Hauchecome notice on the ground? 1
(v) What did Hauchecome suffer from? 1
10. (a) "The
stone-cutter's son was becoming well known as a teacher. He used to wander
about the roads or stand in the market place all day long and talk to anyone
who cared to greet him."
(i) Who
was the stone-cutter's son? 1
(ii) In which place did he live? 1
(iii) How
did his listeners react on hearing him? 1
(iv) Why
did they react in that way? 1
OR
(b) “This seemed to some people a new and wicked
idea. He said that there were higher and nobler deeds than making
sacrifices to Athene and the other Gods of Greece."
(i) Who
is the 'he' referred to here?
1
(ii) Who
was Athene? 1
(iii) How
did the Greeks worship her? 1
(iv) What
was it that seemed to some people a new and wicked idea? 2
11. (a) "Great
books are the most readable."
Why
does Mortineer Adler say so? 5
OR
(b) State
in brief at least five signs of a great book. 5
SECTION-II
12. Choose the
meaning of the words in italics from the alternatives given in brackets: 1/2+1/2=1
(i) The budding twigs spread out their fan
... (flowers / small branches / little birds)
(ii) Alack ! it was I who leaped at the sun; (jumped
/ looked / laughed)
13. Give rhyming word for each of the
following:
1/2+1/2=1
link, look.
14. “And 'tis my
faith that every flower Enjoys ...
What does every flower enjoy? 1
15. They had
answered, “And afterwards what else?” — Who are 'they' referred
to here? 1
16. Why should
the horse think it queer on the part of the traveller to stop for while? 2
17. What does the
poet think about the budding twigs? 2
18. How was the
poet welcomed by the people of Brescia a year ago? 2
19. How does a
man behave when he reaches the 'Autumn' of his life? 2
SECTION-III
20. Choose the appropriate determiner from
those given in brackets and fill in the blanks: 1/2x6=3
(a) ____apple
a day keeps the doctor away. (a / an / the)
(b) _______tiger has been living in this area.
(a / an / the)
(c) There isn't _____water in this well. (many /
more / much)
(d) Is there ____man who will not die? (any / some
/ more)
(e) _____of the students will be given a
pen. (every / each / any)
(f) Have you been to post office? (a /
an / the)
21. Use the correct tense forms of the verbs
given in brackets: 1x3=3
(a) He
(come) here every Monday.
(b) It
(rain) since morning.
(c) He behaved as though he (be) mad.
22. Change the form of narration: 1+1=2
(a) The
son told his father that he wanted that box.
(b) The
boy said to the teacher, "May I go out?"
23. Fill in the blanks with the right
alternatives: 1+1=2
(a) Some fishes (breathe / breed) air.
(b) They are going to the (fare / fair)..
24. Change the voice of the following: 1+1=2
(a) A
hunter shot the tiger.
(b) The
gate was opened by the peon.
25. Correct the errors in the following
sentences (any three) : 1x3=3
(a) These
mangoes are ripe almost.
(b)
Some one should look at the matter.
(c) He wanted neither food nor money.
(d) They have some furniture’s.
(e)
She prefers tea than coffee.
(f) She
was sitting besides her friend.
26. Combine the following pairs of sentences
into a single sentence each:
1+1=2
(a) He
is intelligent. He is strong.
(b) He
is very weak. He cannot walk.
27. Fill in the blanks with the right choice: 1/2x6=3
(a) The police ran _____ the thief. (for/at/after)
(b) She is blind _______her son's fault. (at/to/in)
(c) I shall do it ________pleasure.
(in/on/with)
(d) Ram
is fond _______ music. (on/of/in)
(e) Assam is rich ______minerals. (of/in/at)
(f)
Death is preferable _____ disgrace. (to/by/with)
28. Make sentences to show the use of any
two of the following phrases:
1+1=2
bag and baggage, look into, in spite of, put
up.
29. Complete the following sentences with the
most appropriate choice: 1+1=2
(a) He is a_____
man. (descent/decent/dissent)
(b) Please
don't ________ the small boy with the stick. (bit/bite/beat)
30. Make a sentence in the pattern of either
(a) or (b):
(a) Children
like playing.
Or
(b) S + V + O
SECTION-IV
31. Translate any one group of the following into English: 10
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