SEBA| HSLC| CLASS 10| ENGLISH| QUESTION PAPER - 2017| ASSAM BOARD
2017
ENGLISH
(NEW COURSE)
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 24
Time: Three 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 n sentence from among the alternatives given in brackets: 1
The house — the
only one in the entire valley – sat on the crest of a low hill. (wide /
whole / flat)
(b) State whether
the following are true or false': 1+1=2
(i) The policy of
apartheid created lasting peace in Mandela's County.
(ii) On the day
of inauguration Mandela was overwhelmed with a sense of history.
(c) Choose the
correct answer from among the alternatives given and complete the sentence: 1
Even now, Kodavus
are the only people in India permitted to ________.
(i) carry gold
without a licence.
(ii) carry
swords without a licence.
(iii) carry
firearms without a licence.
2. "All through the night, Lencho thought only of his
one hope:" What was Lencho's only one hope? 1
3. What does courage mean to Mandela? 2
4. Of whose descent are the fiercely independent people of
Coorg? 1
5. What are the animals that a visitor is likely to see in
Coorg? 2
6. What did the postmaster do after 'he had received
Lencho's letter? 2
7. What did "Valli see on her way that made her
laugh? 2
8. Give a description of the magnificent view of tea garden
seen by Rajib from the railway train. 3
SECTION - B
9. Choose from the box given below the words that rhyme with
the following: 1x2=2
bright, sound
|
call, caught, sing, right, call, around, hat |
10. Choose the meaning of the Underlined words from the
alternatives given in the brackets: 1x2=2
(a) And stares
with his brilliant eyes... (dull / very bright/ angry)
(b) In his quiet
rage. (love/hatred/violent
anger).
11. What does the poet think the fog is like? 1
12. How does the fog come?
1
13. Is Amanda a student? How do you know? 1+1=2
14. How do the animals accept their condition? 2
SECTION -C
15. (a) Give a description of Max's conversation with
Ausable. 5
Or
(b) Who is
Horace Danby? What type of a man was he? 2+3=5
16. (a) Give a description of Griffin's experience in Drury
Lane.
Or
(b) Why was the
young lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place? 2+3
SECTION - D
17. Fill in the blanks with the right determiners: 0.5x4=2
(a) My brother
is ___ NCC cadet.
(b) We found the
house without _____ difficulty: 1
(c) He has to
feed his family with _______ money he carns.
(d) Our principal
is a man of ___ words.
18. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition from the
choices given in the brackets:12x4=2
(a) We go to
school ___ bus. (in/with/by)
(b) I am senior
_____your sister. (than/to/from)
(c) The principal
presided ______ the meeting. (in/over/at)
(d) She excels
_____ dancing. (at/in/by)
19. Rewrite the following sentences putting the verbs in
brackets in correct tense form: 1x2=2
(a) If it (rain)
we shall not go out.
(b) We (know)
each other for the last ten years.
20. Change the form of narration of the following: 1x2=2
(a) Anita said,
“I do not know the boy."
(b) Rahim said
that his mother had been suffering from fever.
21. Change the voice of the following sentences: 1x2=2
(a) People speak
English all over the world.
(b) America was
discovered by Columbus.
22. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into a
single sentence: 1x2=2
(a) Man is
mortal. Everybody knows this.
(b) Walk fast.
You will miss the train.
23. Choose the correct alternative from the choices given in
the bracket and fill in the blank: 1
(a) Rose smells
(sweetly / sweet)
Or
(b) Her
handwriting is (illegible / eligible)
24. Make sentences to illustrate the meaning of any two of
the following: 1x2=2
give away, far
and wide, put out, turn up
25. Correct the errors in any two of the following
sentences: 1x2=2
(a) Niru is my
cousin sister.
(b) She prefers
tea than coffee.
(c) I gave him a
sew rupees I had.
(d) He is
working hardly.
SECTION - E
26. Translate into English: (any one group of the following): 1x5=5
Or
Give the
substance of the following passage: 5
It is easy to
acquire bad habits, such as eating too much food or eating too many sweets or
drinking too much fluid of any kind or smoking. The more we do a thing, the
more we tend to like doing it and if we do not continue to do it, we feel
unhappy. This is called the force of habit and the force of habit should be fought
against. Things which may be very good when only done from time to time, lend
to become very harmful when done too often and too much. This applies even to
such good things as work or rest. Some people form a habit of working too much
and others of idling too much. The wise man always remembers that this is true
about himself and checks any bad habit. He says to himself," I am now
becoming idle" or "I smoke too much" and then adds, “I will get
myself out of this bad habit at once."
27. Write in about 150 words an essay on any one of the
following topics: 6
(a). Science in
Everyday life
(b) Your School
Library
Or
Write a story in
about 150 words using the outline given below and add a title lo it: 6
(Outline: A car
hits an old man and escapes – he is injured badly — crowd gather on the spot -
only show sympathy - they speak about the evil of rash driving -- nobody comes
forward to help the injured man – two school boys arrive – feel sorry for the
old man – take him to hospital.)
28. Answer either (a) or (b): 5
(a) Write a
letter to your father/guardian requesting him/ her to send you some money that
you need to buy a new set of uniform.
(b) Write a
report for a local daily on the basis of the information given below:
(i) 5-2-2016
(ii) Guwahati
(iii) Fire in
Athgaon area
(iv) One godown
gutted
(v)
Fire-fighters and local people doused the fire.
(vi) Goods worth
several lacs burnt to ashes.
29. (a) Read the following passage carefully and answer the
questions that follow:
Trees' help to
support man's life by supplying the atmosphere with oxygen which is essential
to life. The oxygen in the air is constantly being used up and turned into
carbon-di-oxide which is the food that plants 'cat'. The leaves of trees (in
fact; of all green plants) absorb this carbon-di-oxide and with the help of
sunlight breaks it down into carbon and oxygen. The carbon is used to make
starch and the oxygen is released into the air, so replacing the oxygen used up
by animals. But for this, animals would soon die for lack of oxygen. Starch and
other carbon compounds made in the green leaves of trees (and of other green
plants too) serve as food for animals. The tiny green cells of plants are
wonderful laboratories which produce all the starch in the world. But for this
service done by plants, all animals would sooner or later die for lack of food.
(i) What is the
food that the plants 'eat'? 1
(ii) How do the
green cells of plants serve the animals?
2
(iii) How do the
leaves of trees break down carbon-dioxide into carbon and oxygen? 2
(b) Read the
following extract carefully, and answer the questions that follow:
In life every
man has twin obligations – obligation to his family, to his parents, lo his
wife and children; and he has an obligation to his people, his community, his
country. In a civil and humane society, each man is able to fulfil those
obligations according to his own inclinations and abilities. But in a country
like South Africa, it was almost impossible for a man of my birth and colour to
fulfil those obligations. In South Africa, a man of colour who attempted to
live as a human being was punished and isolated. In South Africa, a man who
tried to fulfil his duty to his people was inevitably ripped from his family
and his home and was forced to live a life apart, a twilight existence of
secrecy and rebellion. I did not in the beginning choose to place my people
above my family, but in attempting to serve my people, I sound that I was
prevented from fulfilling my obligations as a son, a brother, a father and a
husband.
(i) What was done
to a man of colour in South Africa who attempted to live 'as a human being? 1
(ii) What are the
twin obligations that every man has in life? 2
(iii) What did
the speaker find when he attempted to serve his people? 2
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