SEBA| HSLC| CLASS 10| ENGLISH| QUESTION PAPER - 2023| ASSAM BOARD
2023
ENGLISH
Full Marks: 90
Pass Marks: 27
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions
SECTION – A
1. Choose correct options for the following: 1x10=10
(i) “A plague
of locusts would have left more than this ….” What does the underlined word
mean?
(a) a herd of
animals
(b) a swarm of
bees
(c) a flock of birds
(d) a swarm of
insects
(ii) “The
postmaster – a fat, amiable fellow – also broke out laughing – “. Choose from
below the word that is same in meaning as ‘amiable’ –
(a) huge
(b) friendly
(c) jealous
(d) angry
(iii)
Apartheid is a political system that separates people according to their
_________.
(a) religion
(b) language
(c) race
(d) gender
(iv) In life,
every man has twin obligations – what is another word for ‘obligations’?
(a) duty
(b) hobbies
(c) wealth
(d) livelihood
(v) Between
Mysore and the coastal town of ________site a piece of heaven.
(a) Travancore
(b) Mangalore
(c) Cuddalore
(d) Bangalore
(vi) Lencho hoped
for help from _______.
(a) neighbours
(b) sons
(c) God
(d) wife
(vii)
________has the largest concentration of tea plantations in the world.
(a) Darjeeling
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Assam
(d) Kerala
(viii) Tea
was first drunk in _________.
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) England
(d) India
(ix) Despite
having a strong desire, what did Valli resist in the fair to save for the bus
fare?
(a) merry-go-round
(b) ribbons
(c) snacks
(d) lollipops
(x) For
Valli, the most fascinating thing to watch was
(a) cows grazing
in the field.
(b) children
playing in the street.
(c) the bus that
travelled between her village and the nearest town.
(d) the bullock-carts
on the village street.
2. Choose the correct answer of the following: 1x10=10
(i) The
captured tiger is stalking in
(a) the stable
(b) the cage
(c) the zoo
(d) the night
street
(ii)
Chocolate was harmful for Amanda’s _______.
(a) nails
(b) hair
(c) acne
(d) tummy
(iii) The
word ‘rigid’ means
(a) flux
(b) soft
(c) hard
(d) dry
(iv) Custard
was the name of a ________.
(a) dragon
(b) dog
(c) cat
(d) biscuit
(v) The
world, as mentioned in ‘The Ball Poem’, is one of ______
(a) ball
(b) friends
(c) fun
(d) possessions
(vi) Griffin
was a ________.
(a) teacher
(b) scientist
(c) driver
(d) trader
(vii) The
speaker in ‘The Hack Driver’ was sent to a town _____miles away in the country.
(a) twenty
(b) thirty
(c) forty
(d) fifty
(viii) Max
was like a _______according to the author of ‘The Midnight Visitor’.
(a) deer
(b) hyena
(c) wolf
(d) fox
(ix) Mandela’s
country is rich in _______.
(a) forests and
lakes
(b) agriculture
(c) gems and
minerals
(d) hills and rivers
(x) The main
crop of Coorg is _______.
(a) rice
(b) coffee
(c) tea
(d) peanuts
3. Write very short answers to the following questions:
1x10=10
(i) What is
Coorg home to?
(ii) Name the tea
garden where Pranjol’s father was posted as a manager.
(iii) “_____
there it is in water”. What does ‘it’ refer to here? (‘The Ball Poem’)
(iv) Who is the
poet of the poem ‘Animals’?
(v) In the first
stanza of the poem ‘Amanda’, what is Amanda told not to do?
(vi) Which place
was known as the centre of the theatre world? (‘Foot Prints without Feet’)
(vii) Who was
following Ausable in the corridor of the French hotel?
(viii) What was
people’s opinion about Horace Danby?
(ix) Why is the
boy in ‘The Ball Poem’ upset?
(x) Why would
the poet like to turn and live with the animals?
4. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions in Part –
A and with correct determiners in Part – B. 1x10=10
PART – A
(i) Put the cup
_______the dish.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) on
(d) over
(ii) The cows
are ______the field.
(a) in
(b) to
(c) on
(d) by
(iii) Lila
lives _______her parents.
(a) by
(b) with
(c) upon
(d) at
(iv) He is
fond _______reading novels.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) of
(d) for
(v) This shop
deals ________stationery.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) with
(d) about
PART – B
(vi) My friend
is ______M.A. in English.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) that
(vii) _______book
you have mentioned is out-of-print.
(a) A
(b) The
(c) Many
(d) Some
(viii)
Kindness is _______great virtue.
(a) the
(b) much
(c) that
(d) a
(ix)
_______Taj Mahal is one of the wonders of the world.
(a) The
(b) This
(c) That
(d) A
(x) Is there
_______sugar in the pot?
(a) little
(b) few
(c) any
(d) much
5. Answer the following questions as directed: 1x5=5
(i) Whom did you
call? (Change into Passive)
(ii) The glass
was not broken by the boy. (Change into Active)
(iii) Shillong
is colder than Simla. (Rewrite n Positive degree)
(iv) He said, “I
can do it.” (Change into Indirect)
(v) Rina asked him
politely not to go home then. (Change into Direct)
SECTION – B
6. Give short answers to the following: 2x8=16
(i) What were
Lencho’s feelings after the hailstorm was over?
(ii) Why does the
postmaster send money to Lencho?
(iii) What is
courage according to Mandela?
(iv) Mention a
few adventure sports that one can enjoy at Coorg.
(v) Explain the
expression ‘quiet rage’ in the context of the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’.
(vi) What kind
of person was the bus conductor? How did he address Valli?
(vii) Why did
Rajvir prefer to look out of the train window instead of reading?
(viii) Name the
pets that Belinda had besides the dragon.
7. Answer any two from the following: 4x2=8
(i) Narrate how
Ausable managed to make Max believe that there was a balcony attached to his room.
(ii) What led
Horace Danby to break open the safe containing jewellery at Shot-over Grange?
(iii) Describe,
after the narrator in ‘The Hack Driver’, the character of Bill.
(iv) Write about
any one incident which proves that Griffin was a lawless person.
8. Write an essay on either of the following topics:
5x1=5
(i) Science in
Daily Life
(ii) A Rainy Day
Or
Develop a short
story with following hints. Give a suitable title. Two cats steal a cake – they
quarrel over their share – they ask a monkey for making two equal divisions of
the cake – cats are deceived.
9. Write a letter to your friend inviting him/ her to your
place during the summer vacation. 3x1=3
Or
Use the following
information to write a Report on the Prize Distribution ceremony of your school.
Date: Monday, 15th
March
Time: 11 am
Place: School Auditorium
President of the
function: Headmaster of the school
Details of the
event: Recitations, Singing of the School Anthem, Songs by school students,
Annual Report by the Headmaster, Distribution of prizes, Address by the Chief
Guest, President’s Address, Vote of Thanks by the School Monitor.
10. (i) Read the following passage and answer the
questions that follow: 6
The theory of
Arab origin draws support from the long, black coat with an embroidered
waist-belt worn by the Kodavus. Known as Kuppia, it resembles the Kuffia worn
by the Arabs and the Kurds.
Coorgi homes
have a tradition of hospitality, and they are more than willing to recount
numerous tales of valour related to their sons and fathers. The Coorg Regiment
is one of the most decorated in the Indian Army and the first Chief of the Indian
Army, General Cariappa, was a Coorgi. Even now Kodavus are the only people in
India permitted to carry firearms without a license.
The river Kaveri
obtains its water from the hills and forests of Coorg.
(a) Where does
Kaveri get its water from? 1
(b) Who was
the first Chief of the Indian Army? 1
(c) Write
briefly about the valour of the people from Coorg. 2
(d) Why is it
believed that Coorgies are of Arab origin? 2
(ii) Read the
following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 4
Walking is a
very good exercise. When we walk in the morning, we feel fresh and it energises
us. It is important to develop good habits and a morning walk is one habit that
we should have. When we take walks regularly in the morning everyday, our daily
routine will also be well organized. As the early morning environment is suited
for walking, we will also develop the habit of rising early.
(a) What is a
very good exercise? 1
(b) What
happens when we take morning walks everyday? 1
(c) Name two
benefits we derive from a morning walk. 1
(d) Which
environment is suitable for walking? 1
11. Translate into the language as per your MIL/ (IL)
Subject: 1x3=3
(i) Man is
mortal.
(ii) We should respect
our elders.
(iii) Kashmir is
known as the Heaven on Earth.
Or
Write a
substance for the following:
It is easy to
acquire bad habit, 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 fore of habit should be
fought against. Things which may be very good when only done from time to time,
tend to become harmful when done too often, 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 he checks if he has any bad habit. He says to himself, “I am now
becoming idle” or “I smoke too much”, and then he adds, “I will get myself out
of this bad habit at once.”
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