PSEB 10th Model Test Paper 2022 English Term 2

Term 2 Sample Paper
English
2021-22
Class X
Time: 2 hrs M.M. 40
Section A –( Reading Skills) (5 marks)

1. See the poster carefully and answer the following questions.(1-5)

i. Which fair is KIDZEE LIBRARY going to organize from 22nd November to 26th
November?
ii. Which activities will be organized by KIDZEE LIBRARY at the book fair?

iii. There is a big room in our school where a lot of books are kept. What is that room
called?
iv. Rohan is in grade-2. He wants to take part in book fair activities. In which activity
could he take part?
v. In the library fair, there will be a session about academic honesty for the...............

Section B ( English Textbooks) 13 marks
2. Answer any three questions in about 15-20 words each. 3x2=6

i. Why did some scholars laugh at Ashtavakara? (Some Glimpses of Ancient Indian Thought
and Practices)
ii. Why couldn't Phatik do well at school in Calcutta? (The Home-Coming)
iii. Why were Phatik and his friends annoyed with Makhan? (The Home-Coming)
iv. How can you distinguish between planets and stars? (The Making of the Earth)
v. Why did the writer of 'The Rule of the Road' need a reasonable silence in the compartment?
(The Rule of the Road)

3. Answer any two questions in about 25-30 words. 2x2=4
i. Why did Holmes not let Watson examine him? (The Dying Detective)
ii. Why was the boy called 'Sausage'?
iii. What is duck-diving? How is it taught? (Return to Air)
iv. What is the moral of the story 'How Much Land does a Man Need'?
4. Attempt any one of the following. 3 marks

What is the central idea of the poem 'Where the Mind is without Fear'?
or
Read the following stanza and answer any two questions.
The tigress Razia lives alone.
Her two cubs haven't yet been named.
Sheru barely played with them
And now he's gone, O what a shame!
Sheru was an expert on winds,
Knew how they traversed dale and hill,
And where they put up for the night
When no leaf stirred and all was still.
i. Name the poem and the poet.
ii. Why does Razia, the tigress live alone?
iii. What was Sheru's expertise?

Section C (Vocabulary) 2 marks

5. i. Fill in the blank choosing the correct word.
He was set free on_____. (bail, bale)
ii. Use the given idiom in a sentence.
Close fisted person

Section D (Grammar and Composition) 18 marks

6. (a)Translate any two of the following sentences into Punjabi/Hindi. 2x1=2
i. This does not belong to me.
ii. Mother, the holidays have come.
iii. Stars Twinkle, planets do not.
(b) Translate any two of the following sentences into English. 2x1=2

i. ਅਸੀ ਚਾਹ ਪੀ ਰਹੇ ਹਾਂ।/हम चाय पी रहे ह।
ii. ਸ਼ੋਰ ਨਾ ਮਚਾਓ।/शोर मत करो।

iii. ਤੁ ਸ ਕੀ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੇ ਹੋ?/आपको या चािहए?

7. Do as directed. 5x1=5
i. Fill in the blank using a suitable modal from the bracket.
It _____ rain today. (can/may) (greater possibility)
ii. Fill in the blank using suitable sentence connector.
_____did I reach the station _____the train left.
iii. Change the following into indirect speech.
Ram said, "I will write the book."
iv. Rewrite the following sentence using Past Indefinite Tense.
He rides a bicycle.
v. Punctuate the following sentence.
i would rather die she said than beg

8. Write a paragraph on any one topic using the following given hints. 4
Discipline is backbone of character.............comes from the word 'disciple'............. plays
important role in family ............. in school ............. in playground ……..... in office
.............soldiers follow whatever is commanded ............. even objects of nature follow
discipline.
or

Fast food ............. quick and inexpensive ............. can buy just from anywhere .............
much popular ............. inexpensive because made with cheaper ingredients .............
unhealthy............. can lead to health problems like heart diseases and obesity .............
boycott the habit of eating fast foods.

9. Attempt any one. 5
You are Tanbir, living at G-312, Adarsh Colony, Moga. Write a letter of condolence to your
friend Amrit on the death of his mother.
or
Write a letter to a book-seller complaining against the wrong supply of books. You are
Jatinder Singh living at Model Town, Nakoder.

10. Marks for good handwriting 2