CBSE Sample Paper
2011 CBSE Board / Pre-Board Examination
Class X English (Communicative)
(following CCE pattern)
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Time: 3 Hours
M.M.: 80
Instructions
1. The question paper is divided into four sections –
Section A : Reading – 20 Marks
Section B : Writing – 20 Marks
Section C : Grammar – 20 Marks
Section D : Literature – 20 Marks
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. Marks are indicated against each question.
4. An additional 15 minutes to be allotted to read this question paper.
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Section – A [Reading]
1. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that
follow: [1 x 5 = 5]
Forest Fires
Someone
supported a burning match
Unheeded by the way;
It caught on
fire some underbrush;
Its used did not stay.
From grass to bush, from bush to tree,
So stealthily it ran,
That no one ever guessed or knew
Just where that fire began.
Someone built a campfire
And failed to put it out
A breeze came and quickened;
The embers spread about;
And soon the woods were blazing.
The fire spread and spread;
The trees took long years to grow
Stand blackened now and
dead.
Someone saw a little fire
As he was passing by.
He did not stop to put it out;
He did not even try.
He had not started it of course;
He had no time to spare;
That it might start a forest fire
He did not even care.
(i) Forest
fire is caused by __________.
(a) lightening (b) burning match (c) friction (d) heat and temperature
(ii) Someone forgot to extinguish ________
(a) burning match (b) campfire (c) blazing fire (d) embers
(iii) _______ helped the fire to spread
(a) underbrush (b) breeze (d) woods (d) trees
(iv) When someone saw that little fire he ______
(a) did not stop to put it out (b) had no time to put it out
(c) was not bothered (d) all of the above.
(v) Meaning of ‘embers’ in the poem is ________
(a) wood (b) glowing piece of wood (c) fireworks (d) logs.
(Due to shortage of space, Q. Nos. 2-4 containing unknown passages could
not be given here.)
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Section – B [Writing]
5. Read the following
information about Prashant Murthy and write a bio-sketch in about 80
words. [4]
Name : Prashant Murthy
Age : 34 years
Qualification : Bachelor of Fine Arts from Delhi College of Fine Arts, Masters of
Fine Arts from Jamia Milia Ismania, Delhi.
Number of Exhibitions : (i)
Nitanjali Art Gallery, 2002 (ii) India Habitat Center, 2003-2004
Awards : Golden
Artist Award 2005, Tagore Award 2007.
Major Influence : M.F.
Hussain
6. You are Shefali / Shashwat
living ina hostel at Pune. Write a letter to your younger brother Pranjal
advising him to behave in a disciplined manner and to follow the orders of his
teachers during his trip to Jaipur with his class in about 150 words. [8]
7. You are Manish / Manisha.
You happened to see the following lines in a newspaper. You decide to write an
article titled “Save the Planet earth” for your school magazine. Using ideas
from the unit ‘Environment’ and your own ideas, write this article in about 180
words. [8]
“We all
mourn and groan about the loss of the quality of life through the destruction
of our ecology, and yet each one of us, in our comfortable little ways,
contributes daily to that destruction. It is time now to awaken in each one of
the respect and attention our beloved mother deserves”, says Ed Asner, an
environmental supporter.”
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Section – C [Grammar]
8. Choose the most appropriate
word from the options given in the brackets to complete the following
passage:
[1/2 x 8 = 4]
In a discovery (a) _____ [that,
who, they, then] may prove alien world (b) _____ [is, are, has, have] not only
science fiction, a Canadian Scientist (c) _______ [has, have, had, will have]
claimed (d) ________ [to have, had, will have, have] found evidence of new
stars and solar system outside (e) _________ [a, an, the, some] Milky Way. Erin
Mentuch (f) ______ [in, from, with, by] the University of Toronto (g) _________
[who, which, that, some] analyzed 88 remote galaxies (h) ______ [using, use,
usage, used] their light output data from the Gemini Deep Survey, discovered
alien worlds beyond our own galaxy for the first time.
9. Complete the headlines by
choosing the most appropriate answer fro the options given below: [4]
(a) Largest web-weaving spider discovered
Scientists
from US ________ the largest web-weaving spider in South Africa.
(i) has been
discovered (ii) have discovered (iii) had discovered (iv) discovered
(b) NASA rolls out new moon Rocket
According to
a report, a new moon rocket __________ by NASA last week.
(i) has been
rolled out (ii) has rolled out (iii) was rolled out (iv) had been rolled out
(c) 500 years old statues found in Peru
Peruvian Archaeologists _________ 12 wooden
statues more than 500 years old in the archaeological complex of Chan Chan in
Peru.
(i) have
found (ii) have been found (iii) were found (iv) finds
(d) New Method developed to keep fruits fresh
A new method
of keeping fruits fresh ______ by the scientists in Japan.
(i) has been
developed (ii) was developed (iii) is developed (iv) will be developed
10. Look at the notes given
below and complete the paragraph that follows. Do not add any information. [4]
Russian
Scientist – evacuate – research station – built – ice floe – drift – western –
Arctic ocean – global warming – melt – ice early – force – left – ahead of
schedule
According to newspaper reports,
Russian scientists (a) _________ a research station. The research station (b)
________ on an ice floe drifting in the western Arctic Ocean. Global warming is
(c) _________ the scientists to (d) ________ ahead of schedule, because of
early melting of ice.
11. Below read a conversation
between Mohan and Sohan. Complete the following reporting what they
discussed. [4]
Mohan : I
fired a rocket yesterday which directly struck the moon.
Sohan : What
happened then?
Mohan : I
was beaten black and blue.
Sohan : Why?
Mohan : Because
the moon belonged to my grandfather.
Mohan told
Sohan that ________ which had directly struck the moon. Sohan asked him
_________. Mohan told him that ____________ blue. When Sohan asked him the
reason, he replied ___________ grandfather.
12. Below
you can see a set of instructions for borrowing a book from the library.
Imagine that you have completed this procedure. Complete the following
paragraph.
(i) Take your library card and select the book you
want from the library shelf. (ii) Give
the book with the card to the clerk at the counter. (iii) Get the book issued. (iv) Show it to
the checker sitting at the gate while coming out of the library.
A library
card was taken and __________________. from the library shelf. Then
________________ to the clerk at the counter and _________________. While
coming out of the library _____________ sitting at the gate.
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Section – D [Literature]
13. Read the extracts carefully
and answer the questions that follow: (Any two) [3 x 2 = 6]
(A) “We stayed there all day
waiting for her. I do not know what day it was, there was no school, no church
any more in our village.”
(i) Who are ‘we’ ij these lines?
(a) school children (b) the narrator and her brothers (c) children in
Sunday School (d) None of these.
(ii) For whom were they waiting?
(a) for their grandmother (b) for their elder sister (c) for their mother
(d) for their father
(iii) What happened to the churches and schools in their village?
(a) their construction was incomplete (b) they were demolished by bandits
(c) they were never there (d) none of these.
(B)
(C)
(Due to shortage of space, Q. Nos. B and C could not be given here.)
14. Answer any four of the
following in about 30 – 40 words each.
[2 x 4 = 8]
(i) Why does the narrator has a desire to return to Mozambique from the
refugee camp?
(ii) How did the creatures of the bog react to the splendid baritone of
the frog?
(iii) What do the words ‘cracked and growled, and roared and howled’
convey in the poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’?
(iv) What is your opinion about the Roman mob?
(v) How does the mirror swallow images?
15. Answer any one of the following in about 130 – 140 words. [6]
Imagine you are the grandmother
in ‘Ultimate Safari’. You have struggled hard to save your family. Everyone
considers you very strong and depends on you. But you are emotionally
disturbed. Write a page of diary expressing your inner feelings and effort you
have to make to put up a brave front.
OR
Imagine you are Miriam. You
have learnt how miserable your father is through a villager. You decide to
write a letter to your father at once. Write a letter expressing your love and
grief.
