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THE BISHOP',S SCHOOL, CAtrtP- PUNE SECOND PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION [ 2017.T8] ENGLISH LANGUAGE TIME; 2 HOURS CLASST X DATE;16,11,2017 TOTAL IIIARKS: 80 ATTEMPT ALL FOUR QUESTTONS. The intended marks for questions or part of questions are given in brackets. ( ), You are advised to spend not more than 35 minutes in answering questions 1 and 20 minutes on question 2. OUESTION 1: Write a composition (35O -4OO words) on any one of the following: I2sl a. Give an account of how a strange rumour spread in your school and its consequences on some of you. ii. Suppose you vrin a Iottery of five lakh rupees. Narrate what all you will do with the money. c. Write an original story titled, 'A Fortunate Mistake'. d. "Women make better parents than men". Give your views either for or against the statement. e. Study the p icture given below. Write a story or an account of what the picture suggests to you, Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or may take suggestions from iU but there must be a clear connection between the picture and the composition. 9lJ.Eg[M!L2l (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this Question.) t 101 Select ONE of the following: a. Correspondence in your local newspaper suggests that students of your age group think only of thernselves and care little for the rights and needs of others. Write a letter to the editor, replyin,g to this crlticism b. OR Write a letter to your friend describing your recent visit to an orphanage. Tell him/her what imDact the visit made on vou. OUESTION 3: R.ead the following passage carefully and answer the following: [251 Muthachi made a living by selling gram flour savouries, which she prepared herself. With this, the penniless old woman was barely able to eke out a living. She had arranged to give her daughter in marriage to Madasami, a casual labourer. The marriage was to take place the next morning. At five- thirty on the eve of the marriage, Muthachi was sitting in the house of the goldsmith. She was in a hurry to 90 back home before the nightfall as she had to travel through a lonely forest. Muthachi was becoming anxious about the new earrings. The goldsmith said that he was working hard to finish the job. He continued soothingly: "But tell me, have you heard this story? Chettiar, who has a pawn-strop, 'was returning with money tied around his waist. He was waylaid near Mallaperumbu and robbr:d. " "Who was it that pCfp-etlalCela ll these atrocities and escaped?" enquired the old woman. "Oh, who else but the Sanllu Thevan," "May the lord of th : Bamboo Reed protect me. Well! have you finished?"
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