Goa Board Class 10 Question Paper 2025 English TL

2025 III 05 0930 Seat No.

Time : 3 Hours ENGLISH (T.L.)

Subject Code

S 1 1 3 1

Total No. of Questions : 67 (Printed Pages : 12) Maximum Marks : 80

INSTRUCTIONS : (i) All main questions are compulsory.

(ii) Do not write anything on the question paper except the seat
number in the space provided.

(iii) All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question
paper.

(iv) Do not exceed the word limit given in each question.

(v) This question paper consists of 67 questions.

Section A

Read the following passage and answer the questions set below it :

Loudspeakers are a great nuisance. They spread noise pollution which affects
human nerves and can make a person, especially infant, deaf or perhaps
even dumb.

No doubt, we have several other agents that spread noise pollution such as
horns of motor vehicles, buzzers and hooters of factories, noises of people in
market, high volume of TV and radio sets, jugging sounds of tractors,
scooters and generators, etc. but the blaring of loudspeakers are the most
obnoxious of them all.

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People have no sense of releasing that silence and tranquility are gold and
even the best speech is only silver. Day in and day out, people in disregard
of any social norms, start blaring film songs on festivals and functions. On
such occasions, they think they have got the right and licence to disturb

people.

The infants, the patients and the students are the most affected class. The
poor students who have to appear for some examination cannot concentrate

on studies. The patients can’t get a wink of sleep. Loudspeakers, including
those used for religious purpose, must be banned if the government have any
real regard for people’s health.

With reference to the passage, do as directed : 4

1. Write a word from paragraph 4 opposite in meaning to ‘rich’.

2. Write a word from paragraph 2 similar in meaning to ‘scatter’.

3. Write a word from paragraph 3 similar in meaning to ‘calm’.

4. Write a word from paragraph 4 opposite in meaning to ‘permitted’.

With reference to the passage, choose and write the correct alternative to
complete each of the following statements : (Do not copy the stem.) 2

5. Loudspeakers are a great nuisance as it spreads ..................... .

• air pollution

• water pollution

• noise pollution

• soil pollution

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6. The infants, the patients and the ........................ are the most affected

class.

• teachers

• students

• doctors

• nurses

Answer the following questions : 2

7. What do people fail to realize when they play loud music during

festivals and functions ?

8. What impact does noise pollution have on patients ?

Read the following passage and complete the tree diagram given below (Do

not draw the diagram) : 6

Through the ages man has used many methods of time measurement. The

earliest measurement of time was based on the regular cycle of night and

day. The 24 hours period between one mid night and the next was called

the mean solar day. The oldest methods of measuring time include sundial,

candle clocks, water clocks and hour glasses. In the sundial, time was

measured by the length of the shadow of a stick cast by the sun. With candle

clocks, time was measured by the rate of a burning candle. The water clock

was a leaky bowl. In the hour glass, sand flowed from one container into

another at a steady rate. By measuring the amount of sand in either

container, a person could tell how much time had passed.

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The development of clock that worked by springs in the late 1400. The two

main types of modern clocks are mechanical clocks and electronic clocks.

Mechanical clocks are powered by various devices that must be wound while

the electronic clocks are battery powered. Quartz based clocks are also battery

driven. Most of the quartz clocks which are based on quartz crystal

vibrations are accurate upto 60 seconds in a year.

The most accurate means of measuring time is an atomic clock. An atomic

clock measures the vibrations of certain atoms of cesium or ammonia gas

which keep extremely accurate time. The world time changed to atomic time

standard in 1972.

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Section B

With reference to the text choose the correct alternative : (Do not copy the
stem) 2

21. Stephen Hawking began studying the concept of ........................ to get
his Ph.D.

• x-ray

• light

• neutron

• black holes

22. Mary Kom and other youngsters in Manipur got inspiration from
.................... to choose boxing as a career.

• Dingko Singh

• Mangte Tonpa Kom

• Adams

• Charles Atkinson

Answer any four of the following questions in about 20 words each : 8

23. What evil custom is practiced by animals that live in groups ?

24. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly ?

25. What were the rumors spread about the Seth Govind Ram ?

26. How did Meena show her gratitude to her guru ?

27. Why do Bholi's parents accept Bishamber’s marriage proposal ?

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Strike off the odd words and rewrite the correct sentence : 3

28. The young seagull felt certain that his (legs/beak/wings) would never
support him to fly.

29. An average child, Stephen grew up to be a (abnormal/normal/unusual)
teenager.

30. Mary Kom had an eager interest in (cricket/football/athletics) since
childhood.

Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B and
rewrite : 5

Column A Column B

31. crooked (a) acclaimed

32. hailed (b) mysterious power

33. gloom (c) not straight

34. alchemy (d) realize and accept

35. sink in (e) feeling of sadness

With reference to the poems, choose the correct alternative : (Do not copy
the stem) 2

36. The brothers were alike each other in form and feature ................. .

• face and limb

• hair and face

• eyes and limb

• legs and lips

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37. The speaker stops near the woods because he wants to ................. .

• chat with someone

• watch the snow

• play in the snow

• take rest

Answer any four of the following questions in about 20 words each : 8

38. In what manner does the poet J. Morse wish to maintain his body ?

39. What is the reason behind the poet’s desire for his father to return

home early ?

40. Why does the poet think that it is important to allow people to doubt

you ?

41. Why didn't the boy want to join the others in their game ?

42. Why is the speaker in the poem ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ filled with

sadness ?

Section C

Complete the statements given below by nominalizing the underlined words

in each of the given sentences : 2

43. A holiday was declared. This made the children jump with joy.

The .................... of a holiday made the children jump with joy.

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44. He was courageous. It brought him honour and fame.

His ...................... brought him honour and fame.

Identify the adverbs in the given sentences and state their kind : 2

45. I opened the box and looked inside.

46. I need a flight ticket for tomorrow.

Do as directed without changing the meaning of the sentences given

below : 4

47. They have finished the project.

(Rewrite using question tag)

48. Humming bird – small bird – in the world.

(Write using superlative degree)

49. It was a great victory.

(Write in Exclamatory Form)

50. I like sugar in my tea. I don’t like milk in it.

(Join the sentences using a suitable conjunction)

State whether the following sentences are in Active or Passive Voice : 2

51. The letter was written by the clerk.

52. Kris wrote this novel.

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Change the voice of the following sentences and rewrite : 2

53. She opened the door.

54. The bird was killed by the hunter.

Report the following appropriately : 2

55. Henry to Jack : “I don’t like your hairstyle.”

Henry told Jack that ..................................................

56. Michael to Thomas : “Do you like this book ?”

Michael asked Thomas ......................................................

Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct verb forms, from the alternatives

given below each sentence. Write your answers against the serial number

of the sentence : 2

57. My brother .................... to gym every day.

• goes

• going

• gone

58. He ....................... me to his birthday party.

• invite

• inviting

• invited

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59. She .................... a new bag tomorrow.

• buy

• buying

• will buy

60. The baby is ...................... out loudly.

• cry

• crying

• cries

Write the opposites of the following words : 2

61. early X

62. dry X

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions : 2

63. Mark is waiting ..................... his friend.

• on

• by

• for

64. They sat .................... the couch.

• at

• in

• on

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Section D

65. Look at the given picture and describe the scene of the future school

in two paragraphs. You must add your own ideas/comments :

(about 80 words) 4

66. Write a story using the outline given below in about 100 words. Assign

a suitable title and moral to it : 6

Salt merchant .................. had a donkey who carried heavy loads of salt

on its back ..................... donkey had to cross river to transport the salt

to other villages ..................... once the donkey slipped in water

..................... salt dissolved in water ..................... load became lighter

........................ donkey felt happy ....................... repeats the process of

falling in water every day to lessen the burden .................. merchant

suspects the donkey’s evil intensions .................... plans to teach it a

lesson ................... loads cotton on donkey’s back ..................... as donkey

falls in water cotton becomes heavy ........................ donkey felt sorry for

his actions ................... moral.

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67. You are Roy Pinto residing at E/9, Siddarth Apts. Gogal, Margao-

Goa. Write a letter to the Editor of a local newspaper, complaining

about the inconvenience caused by stray dogs, and cattle in your

locality. 8

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