Kendriya Vidyalaya Mahasamund



KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA MAHASAMUND

FA-3 EXAMINATION,2013-2014

CLASS –X, SUBJECT-ENGLISH M.M.:-40, TIME:-90 MINUTES

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SECTION: A: READING (Total 10 marks)

Q.1. Read the passage given below and write the most appropriate option in your

answer Sheet:-

Personality is sum total of the physical, physiological, emotional & spiritual aspects

of a person. A few points help your personality.

1) Respect yourself and believe in what you do. Try also to believe in the best of

every one else, your attitude to everything be positive.

2) Be polite even to people who are working for you. Look at what went right in a

situation instead of what went wrong.

3) You go to a new city and hear about their customs different from yours. Help

yourself and try to be a little flexible.

4) Give value to your words. Speak what is necessary and when necessary. What

you say has tremendous power.

5) Take your work seriously. Have at least10 minutes for yourself every morning.

6) Never stop learning the meaning of life is to grow, to change with times

7) Keep the window of your mind open; don’t shackle yourself with set ideas not

notions. Personality enhancement develops your confidence, ability to take right

decision and face the world squarely.

Questions

(1) The narrator here talks about:-

(a) Health care (b) wealth management

(c) Personality development (d) Time management

(2) Sum of physical, emotional, spiritual and physiological traits in a person is his : (a) Character (b) social status

(c) Leadership quality (d) personality

(3) Words have great power so:-

(a) Value your words (b) Speak very little

(c) Speak more as you have great power (d) speak to defeat others

(4) Personality in a person affects:-

(a) confidence (b) decision making

(c) facing world properly (d) all of these

(5) The verb form of the word “Enhancement” is:

(a) Enchant (b) Enhancing

(c) Enhance (d) Encourage 1x5=5

Q.2. Read the poem given below and write the most appropriate option in your

answer sheet:-

A DREAM

I say

Open our hearts

Like a new flower

Let the hatred in us

Flow away like a stream.

Let justice be set in our hearts

Like a stone standing

Straight and firm

I have a dream that one day

People all around the world

Shall eat from the plate of peace

And say together

‘We shall stay so always.’

One day

A tree will grow high and strong

In the garden of justice

And live for ever.

Questions

(1) The poet wants the reader’s heart to be -------------for easy flow of hatred from them.

(a) closed (b) opened and closed (c) opened (d) knocked

(2) According to the poet, a just person is as solid as a ------------------.

(a) wall (b) pillar (c) stone (d) flower

(3) The poet’s ardent desire for all the people is to remain---------------------------.

(a) contented and united (b) far away and united

(c ) peaceful and united (d) indifferent and united

(4) The phrase ‘Shall eat from the plate of peace’ means:

(a) eat in plates (b) eat together (c) eat with peace (d) there will be peace

(5) The synonym of ‘intense dislike is----------------------

(a) justice (b) hatred (c) firm (d) love 1x5=5

SECTION B: WRITING (Total 10 marks)

5. Follow the following hints and write the factual description of any one of your

favourite teachers in about 100 words :-

* Name *Relationship *Social status* Looks/appearance * Characteristics

* opinion of others about him/her 4

6. You happened to overhear the following conversation:-

Rahul: Where have you planned to go during the summer holidays?

Jeevan: I wish, I could go boating on Dal Lake,Kashmir.

Rahul: Is it safe to go to Kashmir now? Don’t you hear a lot about terrorism in the

newspaper ?

On hearing this dialogue you decide to write a letter to the Editor of a National News

Paper on the need to provide security at tourists spots and suggest ways and means

by which such spots could be more attractive to tourists, using ideas from the unit

‘Travel and Tourism’ along with your own ideas .write your letter using 120 words. 6

SECTION :C: GRAMMAR (Total 10 marks)

6 . Fill in the blanks with suitable Determiners:

My aunt lived on (a)----------ground floor of (b) -------------old house on the bank

of (c)------------river Thames. She was afraid of the burglars and always locked up

(d) ---------------house carefully before going to bed. She also took precautions of

looking under (e) -------------bed to see if (f) -------------burglar was hiding there.

1/2x6=3

7. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the brackets:

I (a)----------------(come) in very late last night and unfortunately the dog (b) --------(wake) up and (c)-------------(start)to bark This(d) ---------------(awake) my mother. She (e)-------------- (not hear)my voice because the dog (f)-------------(bark) very loudly.

1/2x6=3

8. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct blank number in your answer sheet The first one has been done for you as an example.

Incorrect correct

The passenger were waiting at the passenger passengers station when five policemen rushing (a) -------------- -------------

into difference compartments of a (b) --------------- ------------

train. After sometimes one of them (c) ---------------- ------------

comes out with two young men (d) -------------- -------------

and soon the other policemen joined her. (e) -------------- -------------

The men which had been arrested (f) -------------- -------------

was been caught for a theft. (g) ------------- -------------

They had stealed two cars and a motorcycle. (h) -------------- -------------

1/2x8=4

SECTION : D: LITERATURE (Total 10 marks)

9. Answer any Three of the following questions using 30-40 words each:-

(a) What genre of stories does Jenkins want the narrator to write? Why?

(b) Why does the Ancient Mariner stop and tell his tell to the wedding guest?

(c) What was written on the pedestal of the statue? What does it indicate?

(d) What was the news that Nishikanto gave to Patol Babu? 2x3=6

Q.8 The Ancient Mariner felt grieved and wanted to narrate his story to someone .His guilty conscience might have left an indelible impression on you .Discuss the moral of the lesson you have learnt from the poem using not more than 100 words .

OR

It is a blur on our nation that the plight of women is pitiable and miserable. Women have

not been given a respectable position in this male dominant society. Express your views on

the subject mentioned above in not more than 100 words. Remember the following lines

from the text you have read: “I am going back to my grand mother. My lawyer will

communicate with you later”. 4

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