Board: Punjab School Education Board
Exam : Board Examination
Class: X STD
Subject : English
Document Type : Model Test Paper
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PSEB Class X English Model Test Paper
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Model Questions
Section A
Objective Type Questions :
1. Answer the following questions: (10e1=10 marks)
1. The Swallow was going to Persia. (True/False) [The Happy Prince)
ii. What is the greatest day in an individual’s life? (Secret of Happiness)
iii. A hunch of people disturbed the writer of The Rule of the Road”? (True/Fa]se) (The Rule of the road)
iv. Della sold her hair for dollars. (A Gift for Christmas) twenty 1. thirty forty (H. fifty
v. Who was She ol? (Ram: The Tigress) bought the author’s paintings (Bed No, 29)
a). Naeem Saleem
b). Rahim dJ. Naveen
2. The boy was called . (Return to Air)
a). Flabby c). filthy
ID( Sausage d). honest
Robert Gillian’s gave him $1000.(untle/aunty) (One thousand dollars)
a). uncle H.brother
b), aunty cll. sister
Who was Subbiah? (Haifa rupee worth)
The two women discussed (How Much Land does a Man Need) (a) usual issues ID children c) mountains d) clothes
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Section B
Reading Skills :
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that followsd5e2=10 Marks) Early rising leads to health and happiness. The man who rises late can have little rest in the course of the day. Anyone who lies in the bed late is compelled to work till late hours in the evening, Ile has to go without the evening exercise which is so necessary for his health. In spite of all his efforts, his work will not produce as good results as that of an early riser.
The reason for this is that he cannot take the advantage of the refreshing hour of the morning. Some people say that the quite hours of midnight is the best time for working. Several great thinkers say that they can write best only when they burn the midnight oil. Yet it is true that few men have a clear brain at midnight when the body needs rest and sleep. Those who work at that time soon ruin their health. Bad health must in the long run, have a bad effect on the quality of their work. Questions;
(i) [Li) Nip (iv)
What leads to health and happiness? What is the late riser compelled to do?
Why can’t we have a clear brain at midnight?
Complete the following sentences:
a. The man who rises late cannot take the advantage of b. Some thinkers can write best when .
(c) Match the words in column A with their synonym in column B
compelled benefit
necessary destroy
advantage forced
Section C
English Textbooks :
English Main Course Book – (Prose)
3 (a) Answer any three of the following questions in about 15-20 words each: (3×3=9 Marks)
i. What is the greatest triumph of Science? (Where is Science Taking (is?) How can weak personalities become strong? (The Secret of Happiness)
lit How did Jim manage to buy the gift for Della? (A Gift for Christmas)
iv. ivDefine Solar System’ (The Making of the Earth)
V. Who was Phatik. ( The Home Coming)
(b) Answer the following question in about 40-50 words each: (1×55 Marks)Describe the happy family of sun (The Making of the Earth)
OR
Why was the Prince called Happy Prince? (The Happy Prince )
Section D
English Literature :
Supplementary Reader
4. Answer any three of the following questions in about 20-30 words each: (3×39 Marks) Why could not Naeem get his treatment done? (Bed No. 29) How did Subbiah manage to get rice during the drought? (Haifa Rupee Worth) Why was Robert Gillian not happy with the money given to him? (One Thousand Dollars) What is duck diving ? How is it taught? (Return to Air)
v. What is the moral of the story ‘Flow Much Land Does a Man Need’? English Main Course Book – (Poetry)
(a) Answer any two of the following questions after reading the stanza:
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high,
Where knowledge is free,
Where the world has not broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls;
Questions (2×2=4 Marks)
i. Name the poem and its poet.
ii What does the poet mean by Marrow domestic walls?
iii. What does the poet pray for his countrymen? OR How happy is he horn or taught That serveth not another’s will; Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill! Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death; Questions Name the poem and its poet
ii. What does the poet mean by ‘Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill’ How does a man become really happy?
Section E
Grammar and Composition :
7. (a) Translate the following sentences into Punjabi/Hindi (any four) :(4x 1=4 Marks)
The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears.
This is the age of the machine.
Destiny, however, has its own strange ways. The earth goes around the sun.
8. Do as directed: (12 x1=12 Marks)
i. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners: Chandigarh is capital of Punjab. It’s favourite city. Fill the blanks with suitable modal:
I like to have a cup of coffee. (will, would) He run five miles in an hour. (can, may) Fill the blanks with suitable prepositions:
a) He is popular men and women of the city. I,] Mr. Smith is known me. Combine the following sentence with suitable conjunction:
Ile did not come to school. He was ill. (because) V. Fill in the blank with suitable connectors:
I was nine years old, my grandmother would tell me a story I went to sleep. %I. Identify the subordinate clause and name it:
He lost the book which I had given him. Complete the following sentence using the infinitive form of the verb given in the bracket:
is injurious to health (smoke)
%I. Identify the subordinate clause and name it:
He lost the book which I had given him. Complete the following sentence using the infinitive form of the verb given in the bracket:
is injurious to health (smoke) Combine the sentence by using non-finite: The thief saw the policeman.
He ran away. Change the voice: He had never told a lie. Change the narration:
The teacher said to the boys, “Man is mortal.”
Change the tense; We play Cricket. (Change into Present Gontiimous Tense) Punctuate the following:
harpreet is a student of khalsa college a mritsar 9.
(a) Advertise ‘Orient Pen’ OR Rakesh Sharma is a student of class X in Gandhi Public School, Agra e has lost his pen during the lunch break. Draft a notice for the School Notice Board. (4 Marks) Write a paragraph (any one): (5 Marks) A Rainy Day or Good Manners Write a letter of condolence to your friend, Amot. on the death of his mother. You are Meson living at Prem Nagar, Ambala. OR You are Manpreet living at Adarsh Vihar, New Delhi, Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper suggesting him how the problem of begging can be solved. (7 Marks)
9. Change the voice: He had never told a lie. Change the narration: The teacher said to the boys, “Man is mortal.”
Write a paragraph (any one): (5 Marks) A Rainy Day or Good Manners Write a letter of condolence to your friend, Amot.
on the death of his mother. You are Meson living at Prem Nagar, Ambala.
OR You are Manpreet living at Adarsh Vihar, New Delhi, Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper suggesting him how the problem of begging can be solved. (7 Marks