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ICSE Class X Mid-term 2021 :

6 pages, 39 questions, 3 questions with responses, 3 total responses,

Aakanksha Pai
Jamnabai Narsee School (JNS), Mumbai
XI-XII PCMB (Science)

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FIRST TERMINAL EXAMINATION 2020 - 2021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Subject: English Language Date: September 11, 2019. Std.: Time: 2 hours XA (plus 10 minutes reading time) Marks: 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------General Instructions: All answers must be written on the separate answer booklet provided. Attempt all five questions. You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. This paper has 5 questions on 6 pages. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets. [ ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Question 1 (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question) Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following: (a) Write an original short story that begins with the line: You will be surprised to know (b) Money causes more harm than good. Express your views either for or against this statement. (c) You have gone to a restaurant with your friends. Suddenly, you notice a bag under your table. Describe your feelings at the time and narrate what followed. (d) You have just returned from a cyclone affected area. Write an account of what you saw, heard and felt during your visit. (e) Study the picture given below and write a short story or an account -1- or a description based on it. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it. Question 2 (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question) [10] Select one of the following: (a) You have recently read a book which has greatly impressed you. Write a letter to your cousin telling him/her why you were impressed. Advise him/her to read the book. OR (b) Write a letter to the Director of the Zoo, complaining about the poor facilities available to visitors and the poor condition of animals in the zoo. Suggest steps that should be taken to improve the facilities and the condition of the animals. Question 3 (a) You are the Sports Captain of your School. Write a notice asking [5] students interested in playing cricket to give their names for selection in the School Cricket team. (b) Write an e-mail to the Sports Teacher of your neighbouring School, an esteemed cricketer, inviting him to do the selection. -2- [5] Question 4 Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow: El Ni o and La Ni a events are a natural part of the global climate system. They occur when the Pacific Ocean and the atmosphere above it change from their neutral ('normal') state for several seasons. El Ni o events are associated with a warming of the central and eastern tropical Pacific, while La Ni a events are the reverse, with a sustained cooling of these same areas. The term El Ni o translates from Spanish as 'the boy-child'. Peruvian fishermen originally used the term to describe the appearance, around Christmas, of a warm ocean current off the South American coast. It is now the commonly accepted term to describe the warming of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. La Ni a translates as 'girl-child' and is the opposite ENSO phase to El Ni o. These changes in the Pacific Ocean and its overlying atmosphere occur in a cycle known as the El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Because ENSO involves interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere both of which play a role in reinforcing changes in each other it is known as a coupled ocean atmosphere phenomenon. For India, an El Nino is of grave concern as it negatively affects the south-west monsoon. La Nina, on the contrary, is frequently advantageous for the monsoon, particularly in the second half. The La Nina that happened in the Pacific in 2010 possibly assisted the 2011 south-west monsoon in its last half advantageously. Yet, it also brought in the flood in Australia, which turned out to be one of worst natural disasters with large regions of the north-east under water. It also caused similar mayhem in south-eastern Brazil and actively caused the heavy rains and accompanying deluging in Sri Lanka. The impact of ENSO is obviously aggravated by global warming. The Indian Ocean is warming quickly. We can already observe the glimpses of the sinister influence of a La Nina in the rising warming along with the increase in temperature of the western Pacific. In all probability the increased ocean temperature might have influenced -3- the weather associated issues in the past few months. In spite of the beneficial aspects of the La Nina to the south-west monsoon, the high temperature of the tropical Indian Ocean may have impeded a more even-handed distribution of rainfall in some of the northern Indian states. The warming up of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific almost certainly supplied the additional moisture and energy for the inordinately heavy rains that Australia and Sri Lanka went through. That might be the cause for the excess rain in India from the northeast monsoon too. From this it is possible conclude that the climatic changes ushered by agents like ENSO will be aggravated by the global warming rendering severe weather phenomena such as droughts and floods more regularly. (a) Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the [3] passage. One word answers or short phrases will be accepted. (i) Deluging. (ii) Aggravated. (iii) Inordinately. (b) Answer the following questions briefly, in your own words. (i) What is a La Nina? [1] (ii) Trace the origin of the term El Nino. [2] (iii) [2] (iv) What was the impact of La Nina that happened in the Pacific in 2010, over Australia and Sri Lanka? What does ENSO stand for? Explain the phenomenon. (v) How does ENSO affect Indian Economy? [2] In not more than 50 words, describe the effect of ENSO and global warming on changes in the ocean and atmosphere. [8] Fill in each of the blanks with the correct form of the words given in [4] (c) [2] Question 5 (a) the brackets. Do not copy the passage. Write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. Example: (0) John Henry Fabre, a French biologist, once _______ (conduct) an experiment with processionary caterpillars. -4- Answer: conducted. He took a flower pot (i) .. (contain) pine needles- the caterpillars favourite food. Around the rim he placed the caterpillars, one behind the other, until they (ii) . (form) a complete circle. The caterpillars began (iii) .. (circle) around the pot s rim, blindly following each other but going nowhere. They (iv) . (do) this for an entire week. Then one by one they dropped off the pot, hopelessly (v) . (exhaust). So narrow (vi) . (be) their vision that none of them (vii) (break) the circle (viii) (go) to the pine needles for nourishment. (b) Complete the following sentences by filling in the blanks with the [4] appropriate words. Only write the word in the answer sheet, with the correct numbering. (i) The manager was ______ pressure to take back the employee. (ii) He changed ____ his formal clothes. (iii) He bore _____ the first prize in the competition. (iv) I refrained _____ giving my opinion. (v) They find it tough to get _____ the strain of juggling so many tasks. (vi) He takes ____ his father in his attitude. (vii) Please tell the ambulance to stand _____ in case of emergency. (viii) Get this spider _____ my blazer; or I ll scream. (c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. (i) I hate finishing a good book. It is like saying goodbye to an old friend. (ii) Rima is very artistic and creative. She is compelled to take up a career in Accounting. (iii) Games are good for the mind. Games are good for the body. iv) This is the place. The dog was rescued from its cruel owner. -5- [4] (d) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence. (i) I did not like this place yesterday because it was too noisy , said Mrs. Sethi (Begin: Mrs. Sethi) (ii) You are going to be appreciated more for your confidence, than looks, in the long run. ( Begin: People) (iii) As soon I opened the lunch box, my friends gathered around me. ( Use: No sooner) (iv) Overthinking is the root cause of all mental and emotional turmoil. (Use: stems) (v) A liar is seldom trusted. (Begin: A person) (vi) This is the most wonderful scene in the movie.(Use: more wonderful) (vii) I had taken a lot of care in the laboratory yesterday, and the experiment was conducted successfully. (Begin: If I) (viii) The watchmen of the building and the Alsatian watchdog were asleep. (Begin: Neither.) **************** -6- [8]

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