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Class-10th
Time Allowed : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 80

Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
Attempt all five questions.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets H.
You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2.
(Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.)

1. Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following: [20]
(i) Write an original short story beginning with the following words:
It was a bright sunny day and I went out with my friends .................
(ii) You missed your school bus and you happened to take a share auto to your school. Narrate the scenes and
sounds that you heard and saw till you reached your school.
(iii) 'It is better to be born rich than talented’.
Express your views either for or against this statement.
(iv) You are taking a lei surely walk in a beautiful beach.
Describe what you see a round you, adding details about the sounds and the scents.
(v) Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it suggests to you. Your
composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there
must be a clear connection between the picture and your composition.
(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.)

2. Select any one of the following: [10]
(i) You recently attended national level seminar on human values in today’s world. Write a letter to your friend
highlighting the parts that impacted you deeply. Share your concerns with him.
(ii) Write a letter to your principal requesting him for a scribe for your upcoming exam as your hands are
fractured.
(i)Your school is hosting an interschool kite competition. Write a notice informing the students of your school about
the competition.
(ii) Write an e-mail to the principal of a neighbouring school informing him/her of the inter school cricket match
being held at your school and requesting him/her to send a team of students to participate. [5]
3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
When was the last time you laughed a hearty, side splitting belly laugh that sent you reeling out of control?
Modern science confirms that this kind of laughter is not only enjoyable but also health-promoting. Laughter is an
invigorating tonic that heightens and brightens the mood, gently releasing us from tensions and social constraints.
If you hate to workout, laughter (also called inner jogging) may be the exercise programme for you! A robust laugh
gives the muscles of your face, shoulders, diaphragm and abdomen a good workout. The heart rate and blood
pressure temporarily rise, breathing becomes faster and deeper and oxygen surges through your bloodstream.
Sometimes your muscles go limp and your blood pressure may fall temporarily, leaving you in a mellow euphoria.
A good laugh can burn up as many calories per hour as brisk walking.
Sadly, our culture seems to inhibit humour. Sometimes we repress our good humour, because we are afraid that
others will think we are frivolous or foolish. But we need to cultivate a better sense of humour and to not care
about others' opinions about us; to let our sense of humour live and to seek out things that make us laugh.
Focus on yourself rather than others. If you can allow yourself the inevitable mistakes then you can laugh at
yourself. A stressful situation can sometimes be transformed into a bit of fun if you can see the humour in it.
Make sure that people around you are fun to be with. Certain people make you feel relaxed and happy. Spend more
time with people who boost your mood. It can also trigger different thoughts that affect moods of sadness, happiness
and anger. And if you can't smile, fake it.
Not all humour is positive and healthy. Watch out for scorn, sarcasm, ridicule and contempt and inappropriate
humour. And don't joke about people's names. They have to live with them. It is important to be sensitive.
humour can be a powerful medicine and laughter can be contagious. The only side effect is pleasure. The Oxford
Dictionary defines Humor as the faculty to perceive and enjoy what is ludicrous or amusing in a given situation.
humour is the faculty of intellect, a state of mind. If we read the biographies of some great men of letters and
leaders of men, we learn that they were all blessed with a sense of humour. Gandhi had this knack of relieving
tension by making humorous remarks. Latest research in the field of medicin e has convinced the doctors that
patients who are seriously ill, but have a sense of humour, have a better chance of survival than those who get into a
state of depression, brood over their illness and yield to despair. Some hospitals in the West, have bui lt special
laughter rooms where they invite humorists to entertain the patients.
Students of English literature who have read plays of Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw, will agree that so -called fools
in the plays of the former, like Gratiano and Falstaff, provide comic relief with their witty dialogues full of puns and
fun.
(i) For each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage) from the options provided:
[2]
1 . robust (line 7)
(a) frail (b) strong
(c) unfair (d) weak
2 . trigger (line 20)
(a) stimulate (b) prevent
(c) check (d) identify
(ii) Which word in the passage means the opposite word of planned. [1]
(a) Positive (b) Unplanned
(c) Sarcasm (d) Healthy
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.
(a) State any two benefits of laughing? [21
(b) Explain the term 'inner jogging'. [2]
(c) Describe the sad part of our culture in defining the humour. [2]
(d) How does a patient with a better humour sense recover soon? [2]
(e) State one example from history to show that great leaders had beter sense of humour. [1]
In not more than 50 words, State the merits of humour and define how society's outlook on it? [8]
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the
passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
I have _____1_________(find) you out,wretch,’he _________2__________(exclaim) The reupon ,the six
men __________3__________(throw) me on the ground.They ________4___________ (slip) my feet into a
loop of rope and _____5________(beat) the soles of my feet with their sticks.I cried with pain . I
______6_______(appeal) to them for mercy.They ______7_____(laugh) at my torture until I
______8________(become) unconscious.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. [4]

(a) The wrestlers gappled _______________ each other in the arena
(b) Sherly plays foot ball _________ her friends every week.
(c) It has been twelve years _______ she got married.
(d) The truth of the matter finally dawned ____________ Sara.
(e) Never give _____ on your dreams.
(f) Please fill_________________this application and submit it there.
(g) The marriage party has been put _________.
(h) Ritu has been working under her ______ the past three months.
(iii) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. Choose the
correct option. En [4]
1. Rohan is still very weak. He must not play football yet.
(a) Rohan is still very weak for playing football yet.
(b) Rohan is too weak for playing football yet.
(c) Rohan is still very weak therefore he must not play cricket yet.
(d) Rohan cannot play football yet as he is still very weak.
2. He was very happy. He went to buy sweets.
(a) He was very happy that he went to buy sweets.
(b) He went to buy sweets as he was very happy
(c) Although he was very happy he went to buy sweets.
(d) He went to buy sweets hence he was very happy.
3. It was raining. The match got cancelled.
(a) Though it was raining the match got cancelled
(b) Despite rain the match got cancelled
(c) Owing to the rain, the match got cancelled
(d) The match got cancelled to it rained.
4. He led a normal life. He was ill.
(a) Owing to illness he did not lead a normal life.
(b) He led a normal life as he was ill.
(c) Despite being ill he led a normal life.
(d) He led a normal life as he was ill.
(iv) Choose the correct option to rewrite the following according to the instructions given after each sentence.
[8] El:
1. The boy ran away the moment he saw the dog.
(Begin with: Nosooner...) [3
(a) No sooner has the boy seen the dog, her an away.
(b) No sooner than the boy saw the dog, her an away.
(c) No sooner did the boy see the dog when her an away.
(d) No sooner had the boy seen the dog than he ran away.
2. Fahad is preparing dinner. (Begin with The dinner)
(a) The dinner is prepared by Fahad
(b) The dinner is being prepared by Fahad
(c) The dinner was prepared by Fahad
(d) The dinner has been prepared by Fahad.
3. My dad returned home a week ago.
(Begin with:'It has'...)
(a) It has been a week that my dad's returning home.
(b) It has been a week since my dad returned home.
(c) It has been a week when my dad returned home.
(d) It has been a week ago that my dad returned home.
4. Plug the charger. Mobile will turn on. (Use: Unless)
(a)Unless you plug the charger mobile will turn on.
(b) Plug the charger unless the mobile turns on.
(c) Unless you plug the charger mobile will not turn on.
(d) Unless the mobile turns on you will plug the charger.
5. The classroom needs at horough cleaning again.
(Use: thoroughly)
(a)The classroom needs a thoroughly cleaning again.
(b) The classroom needed a cleaning thoroughly again.
(c) The classroom needs to be cleaned thoroughly again.
(d) The classroom needed to be thoroughly clean yet again.
6. We booked the tickets.
(Begin with: The tickets ...)
(a) The tickets have been booked by us
(b) The tickets were booked by us
(c) The tickets are booked by us
(d) The tickets will be booked by us
7. "I am going to watch the IPL match tomorrow,"he said.
(Begin with: He said...)
(a) He said that he is going to watch the IPL match the next.
(b) He said that he will be watching the IPL match the next day.
(c) He said that he was going to watch the IPL match the following day.
(d) He said that he was going to watch the IPL match the tomorrow.
8. Lucknow is one of the most beautiful cities in India. (Begin with: Very few..)
(a) Very few cities in India are so beautiful like Lucknow.
(b) Very few cities in India are as beautiful as Lucknow.
(c) Very few cities in India are beautiful like Lucknow.
(d) Very few cities in India are beautiful than Lucknow.

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Time Allowed : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 80

Attempt all five questions.

(Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.)

(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. [4]

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