2021-22 MODEL QUESTION PAPER
subjective types of 38 questions.
the right side to open the paper at the time of commencement of the
examination. Check whether all the pages of the question paper are intact.
of questions.
paper. It includes 15 minutes for reading the question paper.
statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the correct
alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet.
in the blank. 4×1=4
2. Read the conversation and choose the language
function for the underlined sentence.
Rakesh: Hi, the teacher told in
the class that your essay
is very good. Please allow
me to have a look at
it.
Will you?
Vilas: Yes, you may.
Rakesh: Thank you.
A) Making enquiry
B) Seeking permission
C) Giving information
D) Expressing agreement.
3. Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate words:
Rekha: Sneha, look at the
beautiful scenery! Have
you brought your camera?
Sneha: Yes, it is beautiful. But
I forgot to bring my camera.
Rakesh: Is it? if you had brought it,
we…………….. taken nice photographs.
A) would have
B) will have
C) would not have
D) will not have.
4. Read the conversation and choose the Infinitive:
Student: Sir, Why was
Mangalyaan launched?
Teacher: Mangalyaan was launched to develop the technologies required
for
designing, planning and operations of an interplanetary mission.
A) launched
B) to develop
C) required
D) planning.
II Do as directed: 12×1=12
5. Combine the word in column A with its collocative word in column B:
A | B |
common | (book, |
6. Which one of the following words has two
syllables?
Principal, Student,
develop, examine.
7. Write the correct form of the word given in
bracket:
When we were waiting in the railway station, the
time of _____ (arrive) of
the train was announced.
Ans. arrival
8. Fill in the blank with the correct article.
The cow is…………useful animal.
Ans. a
9. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.
The peacock is a beautiful bird.
Ans. Adjective
10. Fill in the blank using suitable linker.
Vinay said running, “Catch me you can.”
Ans. if
11. Fill in the blank with suitable preposition.
Vikram goes to school …………. bus.
Ans. by
12. Fill in the blank with appropriate tense form of the verb given in
bracket.
Chetan (be+ward) the first prize in painting competition last year.
Ans. was awarded.
13. Use the word ‘answer’ as a verb in a meaningful sentence of your own.
Ans. I answer all the questions correctly.
14. Change into superlative degree:
Mt. Everest is taller than any other peak
Ans. Mt. Everest is the tallest peak.
15. Change into passive voice:
Edison invented the electric bulb.
Ans. The electric bulb was invented by Edison.
16. Read the following conversation and change the underlined sentence into
reported speech:
Waseem: Vasu, what’s your hobby?
Vasu: My hobby is writing poems.
Ans. Vasu replied that his hobby was writing poems.
III The following paragraph has two errors edit the
paragraph and rewrite it in the answer booklet.
1×2=2
17. I was going home yesterday evening. All of a
sudden, it start raining.
I had no Ambrella and was drenched completely.
Clue: a) Verbal mistake to be corrected.
b) Spelling mistake to be corrected.
Ans. start-started
Ambrella-umbrella
18. Give some instances to show
that Dr. Ambedkar was a voracious reader.
Ans. ➤
Ambedakar purchased books by curtailing his daily needs.
➤When
he was in New York. he purchased 2000 old books.
➤At
the time of 2nd Round Table Conference in London, he purchased 32 boxes of
books.
19. What made Nehru choose Dr. BR Ambedkar as the law minister of India?
Ans.
➤Ambedkar
had a great skill in Law and legislation.
➤He
had the vision of social justice. Therefore, Nehru chose him to be the FLM of
India.
20. Anant was a talented boy. Justify.
Ans.
–
➤Anant
was the fastest runner in the school.
➤
He was the best table tennis player. He could
compose his own tunes.
21. How did the family members take care of Anant without ‘voicing their
fears’?
Ans. ➤They
laughed with him. They smiled with him.
➤They
talked with him. They surrounded him. They fulfilled his every need.
22. According to the poet, how does the Jazz player use his saxophone?
Ans. ► Jazz player kept the Alto Saxophone
in his lips and started playing it.
➤He
started to feel very happy and felt flying high higher like a joyful bird in
the sky.
23.
The students’ march was unusual. How?
Ans. Because
the march of the students was completely silent and there were no slogans and
shoutings in the march. The march was completely unusual.
OR
How did the sub-inspector Patil help Mohan’s family?
Ans –
Patil helped Mohan’s family by visiting their home. He warned them and gave the
message of the department. He saved them from being arrested by the police.
24. How did Dicky
Dolma prepare herself for the task of scaling Mt.
Everest?
Ans –
Dicky Dolma got training in the mountaineering institute at Manali.
She believed that success always follows dedication,
determination and hard work.
She used to practice four hours every day before the
task of scaling Mt. Everest.
OR
Haneef was a young
man with varied talents and interests. Justify.
Ans –
Haneef dabbled in art. Sketched very well.
He made beautiful cards out of waste material. He
read books and loved playing the drums.
V Answer the
following questions in 5 to 6 sentences: 2×3=6
25. Narrate Swami’s
dreadful experience when he was lying under the
bench.
Ans –
Swami slept under the bench for safety. He fell into asleep unknowingly. He was
racked with a nightmare. A tiger was chasing him in the nightmare. His feet
struck to the ground. He desperately tried to escape but his feet would not
move. Swami tried to open his eyes but his eyelids would not open. The
nightmare continued. Swami groaned in despair. Later he got up and saw
something was moving down in the darkness. He came out in fear and hugged it
tightly and bit with his teeth.
26. Describe the
poet’s vision of his motherland.
Ans –
The poem ‘Song of India was written by V K Gokak. There are two speakers in
this poem. The poet(patriot) and the motherland. The poet appealed the
motherland to sing a song of glorious India. He wished to sing a song of the
positive points of the nation. He wished to sing a song of the three seas and
the Himalayan Mountain. He wished to sing a song of rockcut temples, epics in
stone and about the soldiers of the nation. He wished to sing a song of
developing India by describing the great qualities of the nation like dams,
steel mills, ship building yard, the technology and atomic age.
VI Read the
following extracts and answer the questions that follow: 4×3=12
27. ‘‘Please help
me take her to a hospital.’’
a) Who is
requesting here?
Ans – Baleshwar
b) Who should be
taken to hospital?
Ans – Roma
Talreja
c) Why should she
be taken to hospital?
Ans – Because
she was in serious condition.
28. ‘‘I did not
sell them the trees in the orchard.’’
a) Who is the
speaker here?
Ans –
Don Anselmo
b) Who is the
‘them’ mentioned here?
Ans –
American Mountain people
c) Why did not the
speaker sell the trees?
Ans – Because
he grew trees for the children. The trees belonged to the children.
29. ‘‘My son is not
dumb sir!’’
a) Who made this
statement?
Ans – Satish’s
father(Avtar Narain)
b) Whom was this
said?
Ans – Headmaster(Principal)
c) What made the
speaker say this?
Ans – The
speaker got angry against the headmaster for his opinion.
30. ‘‘You say you
own me, I wait’’
a) Who is the
speaker here?
Ans – The
land
b) Who is the ‘you’
hear?
Ans – Readers(People)
c) What quality of
the speaker does the term ‘I wait’ show?
Ans – Patience
VII Given below is
a profile. Write a paragraph using the clues given: 1×3=3
31. Name : Neeraj Chopra
Date of birth :
24th December 1997,
Place : Haryana,
India.
Education : DAV
College, Chandigarh.
Nationality :
Indian
Profession :
Subedar in Indian Army
Achievements : Gold
medal in Javelin throw in 2020 Tokyo
Olympics, 2018
Asian Olympics etc.
Highest World
ranking : Achieved for Javelin throw on 11 August
2021.
Award : Vishisht
Seva Medal
Ans – His
name is Neeraj Chopra. His date of birth is 24th December 1997. His place is Haryana,India.
His education is at DAV College, Chandigarh. His nationality is Indian. His
profession is Subedar in Indian Army. His achievements are Gold medal in
Javelin throw in 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2018 Asian Olympics etc. His highest
world ranking is achieved for Javelin throw on 11th August 2021. His award is
Vishisht Seva Medal.
VIII Develop a
story using the clues given below: 1×3=3
32. Tortoise and
hare-good friends-tortoise known for slow speed-hare has
fast speed-hare
makes fun of tortoise- challenges him- referee selected-
race starts- hare
over confident- takes a nap- tortoise wins.
Ans – Once
upon a time there was a tortoise and a hare. One day tortoise and hare had
planned a race. The tortoise moved slowly. But the hare ran faster than
tortoise. The hare was in overconfident mood. So, the hare slept under a tree
for some time as rest. The tortoise moved steadily and crossed the final lines
and wins the race. Moral of the story : Slow and steady wins the race.
IX Study the picture given below:
33.
Write a description or an account of what the picture suggest to you in a paragraph:
Ans – The given
picture is about a fruits selling shop. There is a fruits seller in this
picture. There is a customer in this picture. There are many kinds of fruits in
this picture. Apples, Pappayas, Bananas, Pineapples and Mangoes are there in
this picture. The fruits seller is showing the fruits one by one and the
customer asking the price of the fruits one by one. The customer is bargaining
the price of the fruits.
X Quote from
memory: 1×4=4
34. ‘’The quality
………………………………….
……………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………..
……………………………………..
that takes.”
Ans – The
quality of mercy is not strained
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath it is twice blest
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
XI Read the
following passage and answer the questions that follow: 2×2=4
35. A long time ago
there lived a boy named Arjun in a village. He was very
happy with his
family. But his happiness could not last for long. Arjun
and his fellow
villagers faced severe drought. They desperately waited
for rains but with
no luck. All the crops, land and even the trees dried up.
The stream was
driving up slowly.
One day, during a
meet with his villagers, Arjun said, ‘’Friends, we
all have heard
tales from our grandparents about an underground river
flowing through our
village. Why don’t we dig and see?’’
The villagers
agreed and started digging. Arjun also joined them. He kept
encouraging them
and kept on digging.
After a few days,
when they had dug deep enough, they saw water! Arjun’s
positive thinking
and their hard efforts saved the whole village. Now they
are never short of
water.
Whenever a problem
arises, all should come together and find a solution.
a) How did the
drought affect Arjun’s village?
Ans – Arjun
and his fellow villagers faced severe drought. They desperately waited for
rains but with no luck. All the crops, land and even the trees dried up. The
stream was driving up slowly.
b) How did Arjun
enable the villagers to get water and save
themselves?
Ans – One
day, during a meet with his villagers, Arjun said, ‘’Friends, we all have heard
tales from our grandparents about an underground river flowing through our
village. Why don’t we dig and see?’’ The villagers agreed and started digging.
Arjun also joined them. He kept encouraging them and kept on digging. After a
few days, when they had dug deep enough, they saw water! Arjun’s positive
thinking and their hard efforts saved the whole village.
XII Answer the following
question in about 8 to 10 sentences: 1×4=4
36. Summarise the
poem ‘Grandma climbs a tree’’ in your own words.
Ans – ‘Grandma
Climbs A Tree’ poem was written by Ruskin Bond. His grandma was a genius old
woman. She liked climbing trees very much. She was climbing trees very quickly.
She learnt it by her loving brother at the age of 6years. Last time she climbed
a tree even at the age of 62 years. Once she was told to stop climbing trees.
Her relatives advised her to live gracefully but she refused it and continued
climbing trees. One day she climbed a tree and could not come down. Her health
was upset due to fear. At that time her relatives were in the town. Later she
was rescued. A doctor examined her health. She was advised by the doctor for
one week bed rest. She felt unsatisfied in the bed rest. So, she called her son
and demanded a house in the tree top. Her son fulfilled her desire. He prepared
a house in the tree-top with windows and a door. She went there and lived with
joy forever.
XIII Write an essay
on any one of the following: 1×4=4
37. a) Covid-19
b) Environmental
pollution
c) The festival you
like most
Ans –
XIV Write a letter
using the information given below: 1×5=5
38. Imagine you are
Bhoomika /Aakash studying in 10th standard
Government High
School, Vijayapura. Write a letter to your father
describing your
preparations for the exams.
Ans –
OR
Write a letter to
the bank manager requesting to enable you to open a
Savings Bank
Account. State reasons.
Ans –
