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Name of the Subject : Secondary English
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English Sample paper :

No. of Questions — 20 S—02—English
No. of Printed Pages — 7
SECONDARY EXAMINATION, 2010
ENGLISH Time : 4 Hours
Maximum Marks : 80

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE EXAMINEES :
1. Candidates must first write their Roll Nos. on the question paper
compulsorily.
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. Write the answer to each question in the given answer-book only.
4. For questions having more than one part carrying similar marks,
the answers to those parts are to be written together in continuity.
5. There are four parts ( i, ii, iii, iv ) in Question No. 1. Each part has four alternatives A, B, C and D. Write the letter of the correct alternative in the answer-book at a place by making a table as given below

1. Choose the appropriate preposition and write A, B, C or D of the correct answer in the format in your answer-book :
(i) He was endowed ……………… divine gifts.
(A) for
(B) with
(C) to
(D) at. 1

(ii) Please translate this passage ………………… English.
(A) from
(B) in
(C) to
(D) into. 1

(iii) He is ………………… the devil and the deep sea.
(A) among
(B) in
(C) on
(D) between. 1

(iv) One day I passed ………………… a dense forest.
(A) on
(B) at
(C) through
(D) in. 1

2. (A) Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions :
(i) He died ……………… loss of blood. 1
(ii) Ranjan got married ………………… 20th February, 2008. 1

(B) Fill in the blanks with appropriate relative pronouns :
(i) I know the man ……………… son has become a doctor. 1
(ii) This is the boy ………………… all like. 1

3. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets :
(i) Monica ……………… a story since last year, but she has not finished it yet. ( write ) 1
(ii) Prem Kumar …………………… Sarpanch last year. ( elect ) 1
(iii) Look ! The river ……………… very fast now. ( flow ) 1
(iv) The women clasped the trees while the soldiers ………………… them. ( cut ) 1

4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners given in the brackets :
( some, any, much, many, little, a little, the little, few, a few, the few )
(i) I was feeling ……………… bit tired, so I decided not to go out. 1
(ii) How ……………… photographs did you take ? 1
(iii) The teacher did not help ……………… boy in the examination. 1
(iv) How ……………… milk do you have everyday ? 1

5. Frame a question for the first sentence, and add a question tag to the second sentence :
(i) How long …………………………… ? 1 She has been waiting here for two hours.
(ii) I am writing a story, ………………………… ? 1

6. Rewrite the following sentences using the connectives given in the brackets :
(i) The milk is very hot. She cannot drink it. …………………………………………………… ( too …… to ) 1
(ii) He is a poet. He is a writer. …………………………………………………… ( both …… and ) 1
(iii) He will come. She will come. …………………………………………………… ( either …… or ) 1

7. Change the following sentences into indirect speech :
(i) My uncle said to me, “What do you want ?” 1
(ii) She said to me, “Please wait till I return.” 1

8. Change the following sentences into passive voice :
(i) The Education Minister will launch a new policy. 1
(ii) Hari has learnt all the poems. 1

9. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Some people regard sleep as one of the pleasures of life and get as much sleep as they can. Others go a step further and claim that sleep is the natural state for man and keeping awake is unnatural. But some others, and the number of such people has increased in the twentieth century. They regard it as a waste of time. These people complain that even twenty-four hours of the day would not be enough or all the things they have to do. If he had continued, he might have died. Although we have no proof in this case, we know that animals deprived of sleep die, and also that in the olden days sleep-deprivation was a method of carrying out the death penalty.
(i) Is sleep one of the pleasures of life ? 1
(ii) Why do some people regard sleep as a waste of time ? 1
(iii) What is the best tonic according to the majority of people ? 1
(iv) What happens to the animals who are deprived of sleep ? 1