Bihar Board Class 10 Model Question Paper 2022 English

SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION – 2022 (ANNUAL)
MODEL SET
Sub. Code- 113
ENGLISH (Compulsory)
Time: 3 Hours 15 minutes
Total No. of Questions: - 100+11=111 Full Marks- 100

Instructions for the candidates :-
1. Candidates must enter their Question Booklet Serial No. (10 Digits) in

the OMR Answer Sheet.

2. Candidates are required to give answers in their own words as far as

practicable.

3. Figures in the right hand margin indicate full marks.

4. 15 minutes of extra time has been allotted for the candidate to read the

questions and follow the instructions carefully.

5. This question paper is divided into two sections & Section-A and

Section-B.

6. In Section – A, there are 100 objective type questions, out of which only

50 questions are to be answered. First 50 answers will be evaluated in

case more than 50 questions are answered. Each question carries 1

mark. Darken the circle with blue/ black ball pen against the correct

option on OMR Answer Sheet provided to you. Do not use

whitener/liquid/blade/nail, etc on OMR Answer Sheet, otherwise the

result will be treated invalid.

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7. Section- B, there are 11 Descriptive Answer Type Questions, which are

to be answered.

8. Use of any electronic appliances is strictly prohibited.

SECTION- A

Objective Type Questions

Question No. 1 to 100 have four options out of which only one is correct.

You have to mark your selected option on the OMR Answer Sheet. You

have to attempt only 50 questions. (50x1=50)

Instruction: Q. No. 1 to 60 are based on prescribed texts.

1. The pace of life was getting too much for the ………….

(A) doctor (C) corn merchant

(B) lawyer (D) merchant’s nephew

2. ‘You shouldn’t burn those leaves. It’s bad for air, ……….’

(A) Mr. Williams (C) the narrator

(B) Ms. Greene (D) Mr Johnson

3. On the day of his death, Gillu did not …………

(A) run (C) eat

(B) sleep (D) drink

4. The truly Indian film should steer clear of ………..

(A) inconsistencies (C) controversies

(B) imagination (D) integrity

5. Genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than ……….
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(A) diamond (C) copper

(B) metal (D) wealth

6. The boy and the girl climb into the …….. bed.

(A) soiled (C) warm

(B) flower (D) wagon

7. There can be no culture without ……….

(A) civilization (C) history

(B) war (D) tolerance

8. When men started fighting, two girls began to dig a ……….

(A) river (C) stream

(B) ocean (D) channel

9. In ‘The Pace for Living’, the chief character in the play was a corn-

merchant in a small ………… country town.

(A) Sussex (C) Irish

(B) Welsh (D) Scottish

10. Mr. William, on seeing Jim, tried to pretend he’s …………

(A) at the hospital (C) cooking

(B) sleeping (D) not home

11. Gillu had ……… eyes.

(A) shining (C) sad

(B) dim (D) vacant

12. The Indian films possess ……..... tools of films-making.
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(A) other (C) primary

(B) tertiary (D) secondary

13. The ideals of ………., according to Alexander Aris, should never

be given up.

(A) humanism (C) intellectualism

(B) poverty (D) agriculture

14. The young people in ‘Once Upon a Time’ were unable to hold their

………

(A) sadness (C) happiness

(B) laughter (D) crookedness

15. The ………. built up a new civilization.

(A) Harappan (C) Pre-Aryans

(B) Vedic (D) Mohenjo-daro

16. The celebration time was ……….

(A) Easter (C) Thanksgiving

(B) Christmas (D) New Year

17. The source of light, according to William Cowper, in the villages in

the evening is the ………

(A) torch (C) bulb

(B) sun (D) moonbeam

18. A happy man’s days pass …………

(A) happily (C) smoothly
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(B) sadly (D) leisurely

19. The polythene bag cannot be …………

(A) destroyed (C) loved

(B) killed (D) sown

20. ………… thinks about Krishna all the time.

(A) Sita (C) Draupadi

(B) Rukmini (D) Radha

21. To gather gold, the rich man tried all …………

(A) avenues (C) methods

(B) tricks (D) games

22. The porter ………… a distance of six miles.

(A) walks (C) swims

(B) runs (D) climbs

23. ‘‘Speak! Speak! Why are thy ………… so still ?’’

(A) leaves (C) trees

(B) roses (D) garden

24. Martha had ………… eyes.

(A) gray (C) brown

(B) blue (D) black

25. Our groves were planted to console at …………

(A) noontime (C) dinner time

(B) morning time (D) bed time
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26. What slides soft away ?

(A) Nature (C) Wealth

(B) Beauty (D) Time

27. The polythene bag remains ………… within.

(A) melted (C) lost

(B) buried (D) burnt

28. Vidyapati’s poems recreate and reveal the world of …………

(A) Laila and Majnu (C) Radha and Krishna

(B) Heer and Ranjha (D) Ram and Sita

29. Periasamy Thooran won the Padma Bhushan and …………

Award.

(A) Gyanpeeth (C) Sahitya Akademi

(B) Kalalmamani (D) Iyal

30. What keeps the Koel …………, yet charred ?

(A) sad (C) angry

(B) happy (D) fresh

31. Like a bird, according to Laxmi Prasad Devkota, his heart is

twittering, …………

(A) singing (C) panting

(B) jumping (D) swinging

32. The children while listening to Martha’s stories, sat on their ……..

(A) chin lolled (C) eyes lolled
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(B) elbow lolled (D) head lolled

33. Jabra started barking when he heard the noise of some …………

(A) cars (C) crowd

(B) trucks (D) animals

34. Anti-histamines may provide ………… relief by masking the

symptoms.

(A) permanent (C) guaranteed

(B) temporary (D) clinical

35. During the first year of his imprisonment, the lawyer played the

…………

(A) violin (C) piano

(B) guitar (D) drum

36. Mr. Gessler died of …………

(A) malaria (C) cancer

(B) slow starvation (D) typhoid

37. Katherine Mansfield has sensitive perception of feelings especially

of …………

(A) women (C) young men

(B) children (D) the aged

38. In the letter, the daughter says that she tries to follow the advice of

her …………

(A) husband (C) mother
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(B) father (D) sister

39. The narrator in ‘Love Defiled’, lived with his girlfriend for …………

years.

(A) five (C) two

(B) six (D) eight

40. Premchand was a prolific writer of both Hindi and …………

(A) Urdu (C) Tamil

(B) Bengali (D) Bhojpuri

41. Rana S. P. Singh has written a number of articles on …………

(A) medicinal plants (C) pneumonia

(B) healthcare (D) diabetes

42. The old banker had given a party ………… years ago.

(A) 17 (C) 15

(B) 16 (D) 20

43. ………… was John Galsworthy’s first important work.

(A) The Island Pharisees (C) Strife

(B) The Skin Game (D) Loyalties

44. Katherine Mansfield’s stories followed in the foot steps of …………

(A) Anton Chekov (C) Jane Austen

(B) John Galsworthy (D) George Eliot

45. ‘I speak with prejudice, because I belong to the ………… of slow

thinkers ‘
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(A) family (C) school

(B) class (D) tribe

46. The beloved was the narrator’s …………

(A) bed side (C) alter ego

(B) over confidence (D) confused side

47. To whom does the author turn for enlightment about movies ?

(A) his brother (C) his sister

(B) his wife (D) his friend

48. Alexander Pope is a poet of the early ………… century.

(A) sixteenth (C) eighteenth

(B) seventeenth (D) nineteenth

49. Leo Tolstoy’s story is about …………

(A) two boys (C) two girls

(B) three boys (D) three girls

50. According to Toni Morrison, ‘language should be living and

…………’

(A) simple (C) complex

(B) vibrant (D) dull

51. Which word in ‘Me and the Ecology Bit’ is known as ‘filth’ ?

(A) Garbage (C) Ecology

(B) Compost (D) Lawn

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52. ‘I developed cold feet when it came to tying the knot with the

…………’

(A) saint (C) boy

(B) man (D) girl

53. What does the Koel’s voice do to the poet ?

(A) attacks him (C) sings for him

(B) scares him (D) wakes the poet’s soul

54. Lord Krishna had not met ………… from some time.

(A) Devaki (C) Yashoda

(B) Radha (D) Sudama

55. ‘Gillu’ is based on a beautiful friendship between a human being

and a/an …………

(A) relative (C) animal

(B) sibling (D) neighbour

56. ‘……… the germs of the disease

keep on growing’ is from the poem, …………

(A) Ode on Solitude (C) God Made the Country

(B) The Empty Heart (D) Polythene Bag

57. ‘The Listener’ and ‘Arabia’ are written by :

(A) Walter de la Mare (C) William Blake

(B) T. S. Eliot (D) John Keats

58. Jabra looked ………… at the fire.
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(A) sadly (C) angrily

(B) fearfully (D) happily

59. The daughter wrote to her mother that she learned the mantra of

loving ………… from her.

(A) food (C) learning

(B) management (D) pain and hardship

60. The children in ‘Sun and Moon’ were marched off to the nursery to

…………

(A) sleep (C) get dressed

(B) play (D) cat

Direction (61-66) : Choose the correct option of the following :

61. Active voice of : ‘By whom was it painted?’

(A) Who painted it ?

(B) Was it painted by whom ?

(C) Who has painted it ?

(D) It was painted whom ?

62. Active voice of : Let this door be shut.

(A) You have shut this door.

(B) They shut the door.

(C) Shut this door.

(D) He can shut this door.

63. Active voice of : ‘Butter is made from milk by us.”
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(A) Butter made by us from milk.

(B) We make butter from milk.

(C) Butter is make with milk by us.

(D) From milk butter is made by us.

64. Active voice of : ‘I was shocked by the letter.”

(A)The shocked me with the letter.

(B)The letter has shocked me.

(C) I was shocked with the letter.

(D) The letter shocked me.

65. Passive Voice of : ‘Don’t touch the switch’.

(A)The switch don’t be touched.

(B)The switch must not be touched.

(C) The switch does not be touched.

(D) The switch need not be touched.

66. Passive Voice of : ‘Someone is following us.’

(A) We are following by someone.

(B) We are followed by someone.

(C) We are being followed.

(D) We had been followed by someone.

Direction (67-72) : Choose the correct option of the following :-

67. Direct speech of : ‘The boy said that he had not stolen the book.’

(A) The boy said, “I don’t steal the book.”
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(B) The boy said, “I didn’t steal the book.”

(C) The boys says, “I hadn’t stolen the book.”

(D) The boy said, “I haven’t stolen the book.”

68. Direct speech of : ‘The Principal told us to wait there till he

returned.’

(A) The Principal told us, “Wait here till I return.”

(B) The Principal tells us, “Wait here till I returned.”

(C) The Principal ordered, “Wait till I returned here.”

(D) The Principal said, “Wait till I return.”

69. Direct speech of : ‘They said that they had lived there for a long

time.’

(A) They say, “We live here for a long time.”

(B) They said, “We have lived here for a long time.”

(C) They says, “We may live here for a long time.”

(D) They told, “We can live here for a long time.”

70. Indirect speech of : I said to my sister, “I bought you a doll

yesterday.”

(A) I told my sister that I had bought her a doll the previous day.

(B) I told my sister that I had bought her a doll yesterday.

(C) I told my sister that I bought her a doll yesterday.

(D) I told my sister that I bought you a doll the previous day.

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71. Indirect Speech of : “When did you meet my brother,” she asked

me.

(A) She wanted to know when did I meet her brother.

(B) She asked me when I had met her brother.

(C) She asked when did I meet my brother.

(D) She wants to know when I had met my brother.

72. Indirect speech of : He said, “How lovely the scene is.”

(A) He exclaimed that the scene is very lovely.

(B) He exclaimed how the scene was lovely.

(C) He exclaimed that the scene was very lovely.

(D) He exclaimed that the scene is indeed lovely.

Direction : (73-79) Choose the correct form of verb.

73. When I opened my eyes, I ……….. a strange sight.

(A) saw (C) seen

(B) see (D) have seen

74. The headmaster ……….. to talk to you.

(A) wanting (C) want

(B) have want (D) wants

75. Radha ……….. with her in-laws.

(A) living (C) has living

(B) lives (D) has lived

76. We ……….. America the next month.
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(A) visit (C) shall visit

(B) visited (D) were visited

77. I ……….. from Canada.

(A) am (C) is

(B) are (D) was

78. Lisa and Jane ……….. really happy now.

(A) am (C) was

(B) were (D) are

79. Sincere students always ……….. high marks.

(A) are getting (C) will get

(B) get (D) gotten

Direction (80-86) : Choose the most suitable preposition :-

80. I congratulated him ……….. his success.

(A) about (C) on

(B) for (D) at

81. It is our duty to get ……….. the truth.

(A) to (C) into

(B) over (D) at

82. Kundan did not approve ……….. his father’s plan.

(A) to (C) by

(B) of (D) with

83. He threw a stone ……….. the river.
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(A) in (C) on

(B) into (D) to

84. Madhav is good ……….. English.

(A) in (C) on

(B) at (D) with

85. Nidhi did not disclose the fact ……….. her husband.

(A) for (C) to

(B) an (D) from

86. I am worried ……….. the examination.

(A) in (C) on

(B) about (D) of

Direction : (87-93) Choose the correctly spelt word.

87. (A) Charactor (C) Character

(B) Karacter (D) Cheractor

88. (A) Solidarity (C) Sulidarety

(B) Selederity (D) Salidarity

89. (A) Livelyhud (C) Livelyhoode

(B) Levlihud (D) Livelihood

90. (A) Paculear (C) Perculear

(B) Peculiar (D) Paculiar

91. (A) Nieghbor (C) Naighbor

(B) Neighbur (D) Neighbour
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92. (A) Mentain (C) Maintain

(B) Menteion (D) Meanton

93. (A) Trouble (C) Truble

(B) Torouble (D) Traubul

Direction : (94-96) Choose the most suitable translation.

94. rqEgsa tkuk ugha pkfg, FkkA

(A)You should not have gone.

(B)You should not go.

(C) Should go you not.

(D) Not you should go.

95. ,d tt dks bZekunkj gksuk pkfg,A

(A)Judge honest must be

(B)Must be a judge honest.

(C) A judge must be honest.

(D) Honest must a judge be.

96. rqEgsa ?kcjkus dh t:jr ugha gSA

(A)You worry not.

(B)Need you not worry.

(C) Worry you need not.

(D) You need not worry.

Direction : (97-100) Choose the correct option

97. Synonym of : Deny
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(A) Regain (C) Repair

(B) Refuse (D) Reduce

98. Synonym of : Renowned

(A) Notorious (C) Brave

(B) Great (D) Famous

99. Antonym of : Urban

(A) Civil (C) Foreign

(B) Rustic (D) Rural

100. Antonym of : Quiet

(A) Strong (C) Violent

(B) Incomplete (D) Uncertain

SECTION- B

Descriptive Type Questions

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that

follow.

Kovalam is one of the most beautiful beaches in Kerala. This

beach attracts tourists from all over India and abroad. On the shore

there are tall green coconut trees. On the west we can see the vast

Arabian sea. During the months of December and January, there is a

great rush of the tourists. The sea-shore is clean and tidy. The sunset is

a beautiful scene from the shore. According to the tourists, the beach is

a coastal paradise of Kerala.
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Questions

(i) Where is Kovalam beach? (1)

(ii) Which sea is there on the west of Kovalam beach ? (2)

(iii) Which trees are there on the shore ? (2)

(iv) Why is the Kovalam beach called the coastal paradise of Kerala ? (2)

OR

There are many temples and water bodies inside the Chittorgarh

fort. We visited the Meera Bai Mandir, the Kalika Mata Mandir and Tulja

Bhawani Mandir. We saw the Gaumukh and some other ponds. Chittorgarh

fort is the symbol of bravery and patriotism of the people of Mewar. They

fought against the foreign invaders to save our motherland. We are proud of

Chittorgarh and the brave warriors of Mewar.

Questions

(i) What was inside the Chittorgarh fort ? (1)

(ii) What did the people see there ? (2)

(iii) What is Chittorgarh fort the symbol of ? (2)

(iv) Why did the people of Mewar fight against the foreign

invaders? (2)

2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that

follow :

We know that success tastes sweet. It may be achieved by even

ordinary people by hard work, perseverance and steady application.
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Success is like a seed that needs a balanced proportion of all the

elements of life. No one can achieve success in a day. They have to go

through and face different conditions in life for being successful. Above

all, success is the feeling of fulfilment that one feels when one achieve

his or her goal.

Questions

(i) How does success taste ? (1)

(ii) How can success be achieved ? (2)

(iii) What does success need ? (2)

(iv) What is the feeling after one gets success in life ? (2)

OR

Every point of time or phase of life has its own importance and we need

to recognize that. Time is important because it helps us learn from our

mistakes. Committing mistake is an unavoidable part of our life. But what is

more important is that we keep patience, have faith in time and realize our

shortcomings. This makes us self-reliant and successful.

Questions :

(i) What should we recognize ? (1)

(ii) Why is time important ? (2)

(iii) What is an unavoidable part of our life ? (2)

(iv) Make sentences with: Success; Patience. (2)

3. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
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How do you like to go up in a swing ?

Up in the air so blue ?

Oh, I do think it is the pleasantest thing

Ever a child can do!

Up in the air and over the wall,

Till I can see so wide,

Rivers and trees and cattle and all

Over the country side.

Questions

(i) What is the pleasantest thing a child can do ? (2)

(ii) What does the child see over the wall ? (2)

(iii) What more can the child see in the country side ? (2)

OR

There’s dirt on my shirt

And leaves in my hair

There’s mud on my boots

But I don’t really care

Playing outside is so much fun

To breathe the clean air

And feel the warm sun

To stomp in a puddle

Or climb a big tree
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Makes me quite happy

Just look and you’ll see.

Questions

(i) What does the child not really care about ? (2)

(ii) What is so much fun ? (2)

(iii) What makes the child really happy ? (2)

4. Answer any five of the following questions: (5x2=10)

A. What made the young people want to laugh ?

B. Do Indian film-makers possess the primary tools of film making ?

C. Which spirit underlies the changes of Indian history ?

D. Which animal messes up Ms. Green’s yard ?

E. What can make our life sweet ?

F. How did the man try to gather gold ?

G. How did Martha sit to tell the story ?

H. Who is challenging the mountain ?

I. How did Halku warm himself in the orchard ?

J. What is ‘allergy march’ ?

5. Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 60-70 words:

(1x5=5)

(i) How I celebrate My Birthday

(ii) A Road Accident

(iii) Morning Assembly in My school
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(iv) Value of time

(v) All is well that ends well

Direction (6-11): Answer any three from Q Nos. 6 to 11 (3x5=15)

6. You are Tina, the President of the Music Society. Write a notice in about

60-70 words informing about the Inter-school Music Competition.

7. Write a report in about 60-70 words about your visit to the pandemic

affected areas.

8. Write an application to your Principal for a week’s leave to attend to your

mother who is hospitalized.

9. Write a letter to your friend, asking him to send some information

regarding the date of the Board Examinations as your have no internet

facility in your village.

10. You are Gauri, Write a speech in about 60-70 words as ‘Importance of

education for women’.

11. You are Gopal, Write a message in about 30-40 words asking your

cousin to come to your house for a surprise party organized on your

mother’s birthday.

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