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STDN LANGUAGE rust School EDucation - 400 049 laneckji Cooper Mumbai West, Juhu Tara Road, DUCA) Santacruz PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION TIME: 2 Hours MARKS: 80 ENGLISH LANGUAGE DATE: 13.01.2024 STD: X Answers tothis Paper must be written on You will not be allowed to write the paper provided separately during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the paper is the The time given at the head of this question paper. time allowedfor writing the answers Attempt all five questions brackets [ ]. parts of questions are given in The intended marks for questions or I than 30 minutes in answering Ouestion You are advised to spend not more and 20 minutes in answering Ouestion 2. Question 1 on this question.) (Do not spend more than 30 minutes [20] below: words)on any one of the topics given Write a composition of (300 to 350 realise that things are not always as they i)Narrate an incident which made you appear to be. the initiative Wing of your society. Recently you took Youth the of President Describe the are ii))You was suffering from a chronic illness. who house-help your help to experience. of afund-raiser and the learning you got from this the experience, the efforts you made "My hands trembled as Iheld the wordsthe with begins that story iii) Write an original envelope..." discipline." Express iv) Only the fear of punishment enforces your views either for or against the statement. account of what the Write a story or description or an V) Study thepicture given below. directly about the subject of the picture or picture suggests to you. Your composition may be 1 STD X ENGLISH LANGUAGE picture be some clear connection between the must there but it, from suggestions take may and the composition. Question 2 question.) (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this [10] Select any one of the following: joined a boarding school, has fallen into trouble () Your younger brother who has recently suggest ways by which he can amicabiy with some inmates over a small issue. Advise and resolve the matter. requesting him to make reservations for (ii) Write a letter to the Manager of a holiday resort the details of your visit. your stay. Mention the reason for choosing the place and Question 3 informing the () Your school is organising an inter-schooldrama festival. Write a notice event. the students at your school, asking them to register their names for the (ii) Write an email tothe principal of a neighbouring school informing him/her of inter-school drama festival being held at your school and requesting him/her to send a team [5) of students to participate. Question 4 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: When Ranbir saw the boy approach, he rose from the ground the long hand-drum, the 'dholak' hung at his waist. As he rose, the sun rose. But the sun did not look as fiery as Ranbir who, in Rusty's eyes, appeared as a painted demon, rather than as a god. You are late, mister,' said Ranbir, Ithought youwere not coming He had both his fists closed, but when he walked towards Rusty he opened them, smiling widely, a white smile in a green face. In his right hand was the red dust and in his left hand was the green dust. And with his right hand he rubbed the red dust on Rusty's left cheek, and then with the other hand he put the green dust on the boy's right cheek; then he stood back and looked at Rusty and laughed. Then, according to custom, he embraces the bewildered boy. It was a wrestler's hug and Rusty winced breathlessly. 2 STD XENGLISH LANGUAGE "Come," said Ranbir," Let us go and make the town a rainbow. And truly, that day thee wos an outbreak of spring. The sun came up, and the bazaar woke up. The walls of the houSe were suddenly patched with splashes of colour, and just as suddenly the trees seemed to be burst into flower; for in the forest there were armies of rhododendrons, and by the river the poinsettias danced, the cherry and the plum were in blossom; the snow in the mountain had melted, and the streams were rushing torrent;the new leaves on the trees were full of Sweetness, and the young grass held both dew and sun, and made an emerald of every dewdrop. The infection of spring spread simultaneously through the world of man and the world of nature, and made them one. Ranbir and Rusty moved round the hill, keeping in the fringe of the jungle until they had skirted not only the European community but also the smart shopping center. They came down dirty little side-streets where the walls of houses, stained with the wear and tear of many years' meagre habitation, were now stained again with the Vivid colours of Holi. They came to the Clock Tower. dust rose in the At the Clock Tower, spring had really been declared open. Clouds of coloured emotional colours air and spread, and jets of water- green and orange and purple, all rich pumps burst out everywhere. Children formed groups. They were armed mainly with bicycle children colour. And the or pumps fashioned from bamboo stems, from which squirted liquid men and women The hands. paraded the main road, chanting shrilly and clapping their their preferred the dust to the water. They, too, sang, but their chanting held a significance, that songs same the rhythms, hands and fingers drummed the rhythms of spring, the same belong to this day every year of their lives. was directed Ranbir was met by some friends and greeted with great hilarity. Abicycle pump Blinded for a moment, Rusty at Rusty and a jet of sooty black water squirted into his face. him, and he was blundered about in great confusion. A horde of children bore down on though, stuck to his subjected to apumping from all sides. His shirt and pyjamas, drenched came away. until it tore and skin; then someone ripped the end of his shirt and tugged at it with full force, and his Dust was thrown on the boy, on his face and body, roughly and tender, underexposed skin smarted beneath the onslaught. boys and girls who Then his eyes cleared. He blinked and looked wildly round at the group of black, strea ked sooty with cheered and danced in front of him. His body was running mucky to spit. with red and his mouth seemed full of it too, and he began rubbed dust on the boy's Then, one by one, Ranbir's friends approached Rusty. Gently, they Rusty could not cheeks, and embraced him; they were like so many flaming demons that stormy distingu sh one from the other. But this gentle greeting, coming so soon after the 'Now you are one of us, bicycle pump attack, bewildered Rusty even more. Ranbir said: come,and Rusty went with him and the others. from the (i))For each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage) (21 options provided: 1. meagre (a) minor (b) scanty (c) cheap 3 STD X ENGLISH LANGUAGE (d) sufficient 2. onslaught (a) sleight (b) onset (c) assault (d) submission (ii) Which word in the passage means the opposite of the word ripped [1] (a) torn (b) tugged (c) patched (d) drenched (ii) Answer the folowing questions briefly in your own (a) What did Ranbir do when he approached Rusty? (e) Which term does Rusty use to describe the children with painted faces? [2] [2] (2] (2] [1] (iv) In not more than 50 words describe Rusty's experience after the 'onslaught'? [8] (b) How did Nature celebrate the Spring festival? (c) Describe the celebration by the children at the Clock Tower. (d) Why do you think Rusty was confused with the children's behaviour? Question 5. () Filleach numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not Copy the passage, but write in serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. [4] Example (0) finished Della (0) (finish) crying. She went up to the looking- glass and (1) (begin) to powder her cheeks. Then she (2) (stand) by the window and (3) (walk) over a grey fence in a grey (look) out dully at a grey cat (4) backyard. Tomorrow (5) (will) Christmas Day and she had only $1.87 with which to (save) every penny she coulddo for months, with this buy Jim a present. She (6) result. Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far. Expenses (7) (has) greater than she had (is). calculated. They always (8) [4] (i) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: (a) She stands every word she says. cycling. (b) My friend prefers walking a long time. (c) They have been with us his services. (d)We dispensed the charge of murder. (e) The old man was acquitted (f) He threw cold water (g)Please carry our plans. the Manager's orders. . (h)The boy likes to come toschool foot. 4 STD XENGLISH LANGUAGE (ii) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using 'and', 'but or [4] 'so'. Choose the correct option 1. The music stopped. The curtain came down. (a) No sooner had the music stopped then the curtain came down. (b) No sooner did the music stop for the curtain came down. (c) No sooner had the music stopped than the curtain came down. (d) No sooner stopped the music for the curtain to come down. 2. She was very late. She missed the bus. (a) She was so late that she missed the bus. (b) She was very late to miss the bus. (c) She was so late for missing the bus. (d) She was too late to miss the bus. 3. Take my card. The cash may not be sufficient. (a) Take my card if the cash may not be sufficient. (b) Take my card unless the cash may not be sufficient. (c) Take my card while the cash may not be sufficient. (d) Take my card as the cash may not be sufficient. 4. Igave him a gift. He passed it on to his friend. (a) lgave him a gift yet he passed it on to his friend. (b) Igave him a gift still he passed it on to his friend. (c) lgave him agift which he passed on to his friend. (d) He passed the gift to his friend to give me. given (iv) Choose the correct option to rewrite the following according tothe instructions after each sentence: 1. Arun is the fastest runner in school. (Use:faster ) a) None other runner in the school is as faster as Arun. (b) No other runners in school are faster as Arun. (c) Arun is faster among all runners in school. (d) Arun is faster than any other runner in school. 2. The teacher made the pupil empty his bag. (Begin: The pupil...). (a) The pupil was made to empty his bag by the teacher. (b)The pupil was made to empty his bag to the teacher. (c) The pupil is made to empty his bag with the teacher. (d) The pupil was making empty his bag for the teacher. 3.We parked our car and went inside the theatre. (Begin: Having...) (a) Having parking our car we went inside the theatre. (b) Having parked our car we went inside the theatre. (c) Having been parked our car we went inside the theatre. (d) Having parked our car we are going inside the theatre. [8] STD X ENGLISH LANGUAGE Despite.......) 4. She is poor but she is generous (Begin: (a) Despite being poor she is generous. (b) Despite being poor she is never generous. (c) Despite of being poor she is not generous. (d) Despite poor she is generous. work. (Begin: Wherever.....) 5. There is no success without hard is no hard work. (a)Wherever there is success there is no hard work. (b)Wherever there is no success there success. (c)Wherever there is hard work there is be hard work. (d) Wherever there is success there will 6. Very few managers are as honest as James. (Begin: James....) (a) James is more honest than other managers. (b) James is more honest than most other managers. (c) James is honest than many other managers. (d) James is most honest among other managers. selected. (Begin: In spite......) 7. He has applied many times but has never been been selected. (a) In spite of applying many times he had never been selected. never (b) In spite applying for many times he hasnever been selected. has (c) In spite of applying many times he times. (d) In spite of being selected he has never applied many (Begin: Hardly......) 8. As soon as he finishes his work, he rushes out to play. play. (a) Hardly does he finish his work when he rushes out to (b) Hardly his work is finished he rushed out to play. (c) Hardly has he finished his work he rushed out to play.play. (d) Hardly does he finish his work than he rushes out to
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