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ICSE Class X Prelims 2025 : English Paper 1 (English Language)

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ICSE 10th English Language Sample Paper 01 Page 1 Sample Paper 01 ICSE Class X 2024-25 English Language English Paper - 1 Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 80 General Instructions: 1. Answer to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately. 2. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. 3. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. 4. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers. 5. Attempt all five questions 6. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]. 7. You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. QUESTION 1. (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following. (i) [20] Write an original short story entitled God helps those who help others. (ii) Online smart classes are the future of education. Express your views for or against this statement. (iii) Every year the school holds a fair known as The annual school fete . Describe what you see at the fete. Give details of the food, game and other stalls put up there. (iv) You are a resident of London in England and are visiting India for the first time to attend a training course. Narrate your experience and what you learnt on reaching there. (v) Study the picture given below. Write a short story or a description or an account of what the picture suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it. Install NODIA App to See the Solutions. Click Here To Install Page 2 Sample Paper 01 NODIA QUESTION 2. (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on it.) Select any one of the following. (i) [10] You are Vivek/Bhumika Pareek, Warden of the hostel in Karuna Public School, Allahabad. Write an enquiry letter to the Marketing Manager, Prayag Domestic Appliances, Naini, requesting a quotation for ceiling fans, tube light fixtures and other electric items required for the hostel. Specify the number required of each item and request for credit in the terms of payment. (ii) Write a letter to your colleague, Mr. Narayana, apologising for misunderstanding of an act of generosity by him. You are D. Kumaraswami. QUESTION 3. (i) You are Shrish of Class X. As the Cultural Secretary of your school, draft a notice for an Inter-School Debate Competition. [5] (ii) Write an e-mail. to mail id: learn-englishfree@vsnl.com enquiring about subscription to their academic website. You are Samrat Pal with mail id: s-pal@ yahoo.co.in. [5] QUESTION 4. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. I rested for a moment at the door of Arland Bhavan, on Market Road, where coffee drinkers and tiffin eaters at their tables sat transfixed, uttering low moans on seeing me. I wanted to assure them, Don t fear, I am not out to trouble you. Eat your tiffin in peace, don t mind me. You, nearest to me, hugging the cash box, you are craven with fear, afraid even to breathe. Go on, count the cash, if that s your pleasure. I just want to watch that s all. If my 5 tail trails down to the street, if I am blocking your threshold, it is because, I m told, I m eleven feet tip to tail. I can t help it. I m not out to kill. I m too full. I found a green pasture teeming with food on the way. I won t need any for several days to come, won t stir, riot until I feel hungry again. Tigers attack only when they feel hungry, unlike human beings who slaughter one another without purpose or hunger. To the great delight of children, schools were being hurriedly closed. Children of all ages and sizes were running helter-skelter screaming joyously, No school, no school. Tiger, tiger! They were shouting and laughing and even enjoying being scared. They seemed to welcome me. I felt like joining them. So, I bounded away from the restaurant door and trotted along with them, at which they cried, The tiger is coming to eat us; let us get back to the school! I followed them through their school gate while they ran up and shut themselves in the school hall securely. I ascended the steps of the school, saw an open door at the far end of a veranda, and walked in. It happened to be the headmaster s room, I believe, as I noticed a very dignified man jumping on his table and heaving himself up into an attic. I walked in and flung myself on the cool floor, having a partiality for cool stone floors, with my head under the large desk which gave me the feeling of being back in the Mempi cave. As I dozed, I was aware of cautious steps and hushed voices all around. I was in no mood to be bothered about anything. All I wanted was a little moment of sleep; the daylight was dazzling. In a half sleep, I heard the doors of the room being shut, bolted and locked. Continue on next page..... Install NODIA App to See the Solutions. Click Here To Install ICSE 10th English Language Sample Paper 01 Page 3 I didn t care. I slept. While I slept a great deal of consultation was going on. I learnt about it later through my master, who was in the crowd which had gathered after making sure that I had been properly locked up and was watching. The headmaster seems to have remarked some days later Never dreamt in my wildest mood that I d have to yield my place to a tiger... A wag had retorted, Might be one way of maintaining better discipline among the boys. Now that this brute is safely locked up, we must decide , began a teacher. At this moment, my master pushed his way through the crowds and admonished them. Never use the words beast or brute . They re ugly words coined by humans in their arrogance. Human beings think all other creatures are beasts . Awful word! (i) For each word given below, choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage) from the options provided. [2] 1. Transfixed (line 2) (a) mesmerised (b) to be enchanted (c) conflicted or confused (d) pierced into something 2. Helter-skelter (line 12) (a) slowly (b) running (c) quickly in disorderly fashion (d) strolling (ii) Which word in the passage means the opposite of the word praised ? [1] (a) cautioned (b) admonished (c) arrogance (d) coinedt (iii) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words. (a) Which sentences tell us that the tiger s owner had great respect for the tiger? [2] (b) Why were the children delighted? [2] (c) What did the headmaster say some days later? [2] (d) What reassurance did the tiger give the coffee drinkers? [2] (e) In what way are tigers different from human beings? [1] (iv) In not more than 50 words, describe the tiger s activities from the time it followed the school children till it slept. [8] Continue on next page..... Install NODIA App to See the Solutions. Click Here To Install Page 4 Sample Paper 01 NODIA QUESTION 5. (i) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with correct form of the words given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. [4] Example : You should .......... (0) (call) me before. Answer : (0) have called It is not unusual for all sorts of insects to be called bugs. However, in reality, this name should only .......... (1) (give) to a particular group of insects called Hemipetra. These insects have tube-like beaks which they use to .......... (2) (suck) sap from the plants on which they .......... (3) (live). Others prey upon other insects by .......... (4) (inject) poison into them. These insects are brightly .......... (5) (colour) and come in all sizes and shapes. A nymph, or a young bug, has no wings and cannot .......... (6) (fly). Adult bugs, however, .......... (7) (have) two pairs of wings. When not in use, the hind pair of wings .......... (8) (lie) folded and hidden behind the front pair. (ii) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word. [4] (a) I waited for my friend _____ 5 p.m., but he didn t turn up. (b) I visited most places of tourist interest _____ my stay in Paris. (c) There were fifty rooms _____ the hotel. (d) I play cricket _____ the Lion s Cricket Club every weekend. (e) My friend didn t turn up even _____ 5 p.m. (f) I somehow made it _____ the road unscathed despite so much traffic. (g) The flight was fine, but the food _____ the plane wasn t good. (h) I first saw the newly-launched phone in the shop _____ MG Road. (iii) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. Choose the correct option. [4] 1. She is pretty. She is intelligent. (a) She is pretty and she is intelligent. (b) She is pretty or intelligent. (c) She is neither pretty nor intelligent. (d) She is pretty as well as intelligent. 2. My sister works three jobs in a day. She doesn t earn much money. (a) My sister works three jobs in a day; nonetheless, she doesn t earn much money. (b) My sister works three jobs in a day; however, she doesn t earn much money. (c) My sister works three jobs in a day; consequently, she doesn t earn much money. (d) My sister works three jobs in a day; otherwise, she doesn t earn much money. 3. We went out. The weather was cold. (a) We went out despite of the cold weather. (b) We went out despite the cold weather. (c) We went out in spite the cold weather. (d) None of the above Continue on next page..... Install NODIA App to See the Solutions. Click Here To Install ICSE 10th English Language Sample Paper 01 Page 5 4. He was ill. He attended the meeting. (a) Though he was ill, yet he attended the meeting. (b) Though he was ill, but he attended the meeting. (c) Though he was ill; however, he attended the meeting. (d) Though he was ill, he attended the meeting. (iv) Choose the correct option to rewrite the following according to instructions given after each sentence. [8] 1. As soon as he got onto the bus, the driver started the engine. [Begin with : No sooner....] (a) No sooner did he get on the bus, the driver started the engine. (b) No sooner did he get on the bus, than the driver started the engine. (c) No sooner had he get on the bus, than the driver started the engine. (d) No sooner had he get on the bus, the driver started the engine. 2. The sheep ate a lot. [Begin with : A lot] (a) A lot was eaten by the sheep. (b) A lot is eaten by the sheep. (c) A lot had been eaten by the sheep. (d) A lot is being eaten by the sheep. 3. There is no success without effort. [Begin with : Whenever .....] (a) Whenever there is no effort, there is success. (b) Whenever there is effort, there is no success. (c) Whenever there is effort, there is success. (d) None of the above 4. Passing examinations is a goal. Every candidate should aim at it. [Rewrite using : to] (a) Every candidate should aim to pass the examination. (b) Every candidate should aim to passing the examination. (c) Every candidate should aiming to pass the examination. (d) None of the above 5. If you gave me fifty thousand Kenya Shillings, I would not go down a coal mine. [Rewrite using : even if] (a) Even if I would not go down a coal mine, you gave me fifty thousand Kenya shillings. (b) Even if you gave me fifty thousand Kenya shillings, I would go down a coal mine. (c) I would not go down a coal mine even if you gave me fifty thousand Kenya shillings. (d) None of the above Continue on next page..... Install NODIA App to See the Solutions. Click Here To Install Page 6 Sample Paper 01 NODIA 6. Did Sue draw this circle? [Begin with : Was] (a) Was this circle draw by Sue? (b) Was this circle drew by Sue? (c) Was this circle being drawn by Sue? (d) Was this circle drawn by Sue? 7. He said, I am writing a letter. [Begin with : He said that...] (a) He said that he is writing a letter. (b) He said that he was writing a letter. (c) He said that a letter was written by him. (d) He said that a letter was being written by him. 8. If he apologises, he will be pardoned. [Use : unless] (a) He will be pardoned unless he apologises. (b) He will not be pardoned unless he apologies. (c) Unless he will not be pardoned, he apologies. (d) Unless he will be pardoned, he apologises. ****** Install NODIA App to See the Solutions. Click Here To Install

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