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LOKHANDWALA FOUNDATION SCHOOL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION-2020-21 SUBJECT: -ENGLISH LANGUAGE- Paper I Date: 01/02/2021 Grade: 10 Duration:2 Hrs. Max. Marks: 80 _____________________________________________________________________________________ General Instructions: Attempt all questions. Read the questions carefully and number them correctly. Do not change the numbering sequence. Complete one set of questions and then go on to the next. You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Q1 and 15 minutes in answering Q2. The paper consists of 4 printed sides _______________________________________________________________________________________ Question 1 (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question. Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following: (20) a. Write an original short story beginning with the line: Hurry up! It s time to go. b. It is said that school life is filled with memories. With the COVID-19 pandemic raging over the past year, schools have become online from offline. Narrate any one incident from your experience of online classes that you have etched out in your memory and want to carry forever. Also mention why it is so dear to you. c. Guests are a nuisance - Describe an unwelcome guest who made you a firm believer in this statement. d. Centralized Examinations at school level should be abolished . Give your arguments for or against the statement. e. Study the picture 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 it; but there must be a clear connection between the picture and the composition. Pg 1of 4 GRADE: 10 SUB: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Page 2 Question 2 (Do not spend more than 15 minutes on this question.) Select one of the following: (10) a. You had gone for a holiday to a hill resort. A sudden snowstorm disrupted the power supply and blocked the roads. You were stuck there for a few days. Write a letter to your friend describing your experience. b. There is an urgent need for good nation building leaders in India. Write a letter to the Editor of an English daily highlighting the need for developing leadership qualities in students and the role of schools in promoting these qualities and making the students responsible. Question 3 a. A photography exhibition is being organized in your school. Write a notice for the school notice board to register students as volunteers for the same. (5) b. Write an e-mail to an eminent photographer, requesting him to give a talk to the members of the photography club on wildlife photography. (5) Question 4 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: At the first Grand Slam tennis event in 2009, the Australian Open, one got to see sublime tennis as well as the depth of the human soul in the final that pitted Rafael Nadal with Roger Federer. For the record, Federer lost a classic to Nadal; the match went the complete five-set distance and will, undoubtedly, be a manual for aspiring tennis players the world over. The behaviour of the two champions at the presentation ceremony after the match, however, should speak to the heart of every human being. As Federer, was carrying his runner-up shield, choked in tears, the pain on the face of Nadal was there for all to see. The latter s body language as he accepted the champion s trophy, was muted. There have been many poignant and moving spectacles of triumph in sports. That Sunday afternoon at the Rod Laver arena in Melbourne the stage expanded to show us the greatness of human spirit. Here then were two men, joined not just by sporting history, but by mutual recognition of the effort it has taken to mould themselves into the champions they are. They know only too well the hours of grinding, pounding training that make their routine, day after day. These are two men who recognize that behind every champion stand many shadows mocking their passion and ability. These are two men joined by deep respect for each other s pain and talent. Boxer Muhammad Ali once said, Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision . Nadal and Federer are two champions who on that stage showed their essential connectedness. Their rivalry is already being hailed as one of the greatest ever in the game, but that did not stop Federer from weeping openly at his loss. He was not afraid to show his wound to his great rival, to tell him that all his sacrifices in preparing for the tournament had come to naught. He did not keep a brave face. Sans ego, the vulnerable Federer touched a chord in all of us. Nadal not only saw the wound but felt it. A Sanskrit shloka says, Just as the fruit laden tree bows low, so does the accomplished person in humility. GRADE: 10 SUB: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Page 3 Never has one heard of a champion apologizing to the defeated rival for his own win. Nadal has done that on a number of occasions. He said sorry to Federer at the post-match press conference and immediately after collecting the championship trophy from Rod Laver. The new Australian Open Champion may be just 22 years old, but he has the humility of the truly wise. Events and emotions in our life stay alive only in our memory. What remains is the one who experiences, unmoved and unmovable, the one witness, the presence within us. The great drama of the Federer-Nadal rivalry brings alive the power of the words. This, too, shall pass . Both players have promised to be back next year. For both, the moment this year, too, shall pass. Just as many triumphs and defeats have. a) Give the meaning of each word as used in the passage. One-word answer or short phrases will be accepted. (3) (i) triumph (ii) arena (iii) humility b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words. (i) What were the two main aspects that joined Nadal and Federer? (2) (ii) What made the routine of these players and what did they recognize? (2) (iii) How did Federer touch a chord in all of us? (2) (iv) How did Nadal on the other hand show that he is humble? (2) (v) Quote a sentence from the passage that suggests that Nadal understood and empathized with Federer in his pain. (1) c) In not more than 50 words describe the behaviour of the two tennis legends Federer and Nadal which proved that beyond the sport, there is something sublime and deeper that make them stay grounded. (8) Question 5 (a) In the following passage, fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the words given in the brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in the correct serial order the word or the phrase appropriate to the blank space. (4) Example: (0) (disabled) One of the world s most recognized ________ (0) ________(disable), Hawking Stephen Williams ________ (1) ______ (be) born in 1942 in England. One of the greatest scientific minds of the country, Stephen_______ (2) _________ (apply) general relativity and quantum mechanics to the theory of black holes in novel ways and __________ (3) _________(produce) results of great originality. His bestselling book, A Brief History of Time, ___________ (4) _________(help) popularize current thinking on the development of Universe. He ____________ (5) ________(suffer) for three decades from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Symptoms of ALS include muscle weakness and a paralysis, _________ (6) ______ (impair) speaking, swallowing, and breathing. Moving in a wheelchair and using speech synthesizers, Hawking _________ (7) __________ (tour) extensively and managed ________ (8) ________ (publish) dozens of research papers. GRADE: 10 SUB: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Page 4 (b) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word: (4) (i) It was only a pretext__________ delaying the matter. (ii) I first met him___________ the beginning of the year 2018. (iii) The performers told the story__________ song and dance. (iv) We must continue to fight___________ the atrocities on women. (v) I no longer feel any ties ___________ my hometown. (vi) With a nod and a smile, she took leave ____________her colleagues. (vii) The suburban parking lots were filled____________ capacity. (viii) The doctor dissuaded him ______________ travelling. (c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and , but or so . (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (4) I decided to accept his guidance. I should not go wrong. Junk food is unhealthy. It is expensive too. We started enjoying the music. The lights went off. You can do it now. You can do it later. (d) Rewrite 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. (8) (i) Kuhu said to Aaru, I ll not come to school till next Friday. (Begin: Kuhu told Aaru ) (ii) Yoga is the best exercise for all age groups. (Change to positive degree) (iii) As soon as I closed the door, there was a knock again. (Change to negative) (iv) Although he was very young, they have appointed him as CEO of the company. (Begin: Despite .) (v) Rahul has cooked a splendid meal for his mother on Mother s Day. (Begin: A splendid .) (vi) As soon as I got a call from my uncle, I rushed to the hospital. (Begin: Hardly .) (vii) The work is too tedious for any man to do it single handed. (Remove: too ) (viii) But for the rain, we should have had a pleasant journey. (Begin: If .) ******************
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