HBSE Class 10 Question Paper 2019 English

CLASS : 10th (Secondary) Code No. 4202
Series : Sec. M/2019
Roll No. SET : A
ENGLISH
(Academic/Open)
(Only for Fresh/Re-appear Candidates)
Time allowed : 3 hours ] [ Maximum Marks : 80
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General Instructions :
(i) This question paper is divided into four
Sections : A, B, C and D.
(ii) All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Attempt all the parts of a question together.
(iv) Stick to the word limit wherever prescribed.

SECTION – A
(Unseen Comprehension)

1. Read the passage given below and answer the
questions that follow :
AIIMS admitted 150 patients with alcohol –
related liver failure from 2011 to 2015. Of this,
the study said, 96 died within 10 days despite
all possible medical intervention.
Follow – up of the rest of the patients who
were discharged when their condition got stable
revealed that nearly 20% died within three to
four months and another 20% in a year.
"Once you have got acute-on chronic liver
failure due to alcohol, survival is rare.
Transplant, the only life-saving treatment
option, is not possible immediately because
three months of abstinence from alcohol is
required", said Dr. Shalimar, associate professor
of gastroenterology at AIIMS.
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There is no medicine for alcoholism.
"Abstinence is the only way to prevent liver
failure and deaths caused by that. The
government needs to create awareness to
prevent excessive drinking."
A recent survey published in Global Heart,
a reputed medical journal, showed alcohol use
has gone up from 16.1% to 25.6% among urban
dwellers in Delhi in the past 20 years. The
increase in alcohol use in rural areas in the
corresponding period is nearly four times – from
8% to 33.2% – the survey found.
"We admitted 427 patients with acute – on
chronic liver failure from 2011 to 2015 at the
hospital. Of this, a maximum 150 (40.8%) cases
were alcohol-related, followed by hepatitis B
virus infection (71, 19.3%), hepatitis E (45, 12.2%),
autoimmune hepatitis flare – up (17, 4.6%), anti-
tuberculosis drugs (16, 4.3%) and hepatitis
A(2, 0.5%). In 67 patients (18.2%), the cause of
acute liver failure couldn't be ascertained", he
said.
The AIIMS doctor added alcohol-related liver
failure cases have poorer prognosis. "Most of them
required ventilator supports, their blood was
thinner and brain damage was higher too", he
added. Dr. S. K. Sarin, director of the Institute of

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Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), said most
alcoholics are calorie – deprived. "Most infections
cause leaky bowel. But in case of alcoholics, this
problem is severe. Due to this, bacteria easily get
into liver from the small intestine, thus
aggravating organ failure status, he added.
He, however, stressed the need to create
awareness about harmful effects of binge
drinking.
Questions : 1×5=5

(i) What happens to the patients who go to
AIIMS with alcohol – related liver failure ?
(ii) What is the best treatment for patients
suffering from acute on chronic liver failure
due to alcohol ?
(iii) What is the best way to prevent liver failure
and death due to alcohol ?
(iv) In which areas of India is the use of alcohol
increasing more rapidly ?
(v) What is the effect of binge drinking ?
OR
Trees give shade for the benefit of others,
while they themselves stand in the sun and
endure the scorching heat; they produce the
fruit by which others profit. The character of a

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good man is like that of trees. What is the use of
this perishable body, if it is not used for the
benefit of the mankind ? Sandalwood – the more
it is rubbed, the more scent does it yield.
Sugarcane – the more it is peeled and cut into
pieces, the more juice does it produce. Gold –
the more it is burnt, the more brightly it shines.
The men who are noble at heart do not lose their
qualities even by losing their lives. What matters
whether men praise them or not ? What
difference does it make whether riches abide
with them or not ? What does it signify whether
they die at this moment or whether their lives
are prolonged ? Happen what may, those who
tread in the right path will not set foot in any
other. Life itself is unprofitable to a man who
does not live for others. To live for the mere sake
of living one's life is to live the life of dogs or
crows. Those who lay down their lives for the
sake of humanity will assuredly live forever in
the world of bliss.
Questions : 1×5=5

(i) What do trees do for us ?
(ii) Why is a good man compared with gold ?
(iii) What lessons do trees teach us ?
(iv) What makes life profitable for a person ?
(v) What should be the ideals of a good man ?

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SECTION – B
(Writing Skills)

2. Attempt any one of the following : 5

(a) You are Ritu. Your sister is studying in
Govt. Girls Sen. Sec. School, ABC. During a
visit of the school you saw the toilets in a
very dirty condition. Write an application to
the Principal drawing the attention pointing
out about the foul smell emitting out of the
toilets and the vulgar language written on
the walls.
(b) You are Sonia. Write a letter to the General
Manager of Haryana Roadways complaining
about the problem of smoking in running
buses.

3. Attempt any one of the following : 5

(a) Write a paragraph on the topic :
'Price Hike'.
(b) Develop a story with the given outlines :
A lion asleep, a mouse jumps on his body,
lion awakens, loses temper, catches mouse,
mouse frightened, requested, kind, might
help some day, lion caught in net, mouse
bites with teeth, set free, Moral.

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SECTION – C
(Grammar)

4. Attempt any twelve sentences, choosing two
from each sub - part : 1 × 12 = 12
(a) Use the correct form of the verb given in the
brackets :
(i) We .......... (wait) for the school bus at
the moment.
(ii) We .......... (go) for a walk after the rain
had stopped.
(iii) It .......... (rain) when you reach home.
(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles
given in the brackets, wherever necessary :
(i) The more you earn .......... more you
spend. (a/an/the/×).
(ii) He did not speak .......... word in self-
defence. (a/an/the/×).
(iii) I saw .......... one-rupee note lying on
the ground. (a/an/the/×).
(c) Rewrite the following sentences in Indirect
Speech :
(i) He said to me, "Why does your uncle
not help you ?"
(ii) I said to her, "Let us sit in the shade."
(iii) He said, "What a beautiful sight !"

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(d) Fill in the blanks with modals given in
brackets :
(i) ......... that I were a bird !
(Must/Should/Would).
(ii) We ......... practise virtue.
(must/may/might)
(iii) ......... she have good health !
(Might/Would/May)
(e) Fill in the blanks with correct form of verbs
(Gerund or Infinitive) given in the brackets :
(i) She was fined for ......... late.
(come/to come/coming)
(ii) He did nothing but ......... (laugh).
(iii) He was too drunk ......... (drive) home.
(f) Punctuate the following sentences :
(i) gitanjali was composed by tagore
(ii) I said, may our Teacher live long
(iii) god save me from such friends

SECTION – D
[ A : Prose Text (First Flight) ]

5. Read the passages given below and answer the
questions that follow. Do any two passages :
(a) The policy of apartheid created a deep and
lasting wound in my country and my
people. All of us will spend many years, if

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not generations, recovering from that
profound hurt. But the decades of
oppression and brutality had another,
unintended, effect, and that was that it
produced the Oliver Tambos, the Walter
Sisulus, the chief Luthulis, the Yusuf
Dadoos, the Bram Fischers, the Robert
Sobukwes of our time –– men of such
extraordinary courage, wisdom and
generosity that their like may never be
known again. Perhaps it requires such
depths of oppression to create such heights
of character. My country is rich in the
minerals and gems that lie beneath its soil,
but I have always known that its greatest
wealth is its people, finer and truer than
the purest diamonds.
Questions : 1×5=5
(i) Name the chapter.
(ii) What is the greatest wealth of the
narrator's country ?
(iii) What does the author say about the
great men mentioned in this passage ?
(iv) What did the policy of apartheid
create ?
(v) Find out a word similar in meaning to
'deep'.

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(b) Peggy was the most popular girl in school.
She was pretty, she had many pretty
clothes and her hair was curly. Maddie was
her closest friend. The reason Peggy and
Maddie noticed Wanda's absence was
because Wanda had made them late to
school. They had waited and waited for
Wanda, to have some fun with her, and she
just hadn't come.
They often waited for Wanda Petronski
–– to have fun with her.
Wanda Petronski. Most of the children
in Room Thirteen didn't have names like
that. They had names easy to say, like
Thomas, Smith or Allen. There was one boy
named Bounce, Willie Bounce, and people
thought that was funny, but not funny in
the same way that Petronski was.
Questions : 1×5=5
(i) Name the chapter.
(ii) Who was Maddie's closest friend ?
(iii) Why did most of the children not like
Wanda's name ?
(iv) Why had Peggy and Maddie waited for
Wanda ?
(v) Find out a word from the passage
similar in meaning to 'famous'.

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(c) But you can see from the documents,
honoured Natalya Stepanovna. Oxen
Meadows, it's true, were once the subject of
dispute, but now everybody knows that
they are mine. There's nothing to argue
about. You see my aunt's grandmother gave
the free use of these Meadows in perpetuity
to the peasants of your father's grandfather,
in return for which they were to make
bricks for her. The peasants belonging to
your father's grandfather had the free use
of the Meadows for forty years, and had got
into the habit of regarding them as their
own, when it happened that ..... .

Questions : 1×5=5

(i) What documents does Lomov offer to
show Natalya ?

(ii) For how many years did the peasants
have the free use of the Meadows ?

(iii) What for did Lomov's aunt's
grandmother give the Oxen Meadows
to Natalya's father's grandfather ?

(iv) Name the chapter.

(v) Which word in the passage means 'in
continuation' ?

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6. Answer in about 100 words : 5

Why and how did the postmaster and post office
employees help Lencho ? What was Lencho's
reaction ? (A Letter to God)
OR

Why did Kisa Gotami go to the Buddha ? What
did the Buddha say to her and why ?
(The Sermon at Benares)

7. Answer any four of the following questions :
2×4=8

(i) What does Mandela thank the international
leaders for ? (Nelson Mandela : Long Walk
to Freedom)
(ii) Why does Anne want to keep a diary ?
(From the Diary of Anne Frank)
(iii) How does Maddie feel after listening to the
note from Wanda's father ?
(The Hundred Dresses-II)
(iv) How did the author manage to travel with
the other ? (Mijbil the Otter)
(v) Who was Gautama Buddha ? Where was he
born ? (The Sermon at Benares)
(vi) What is the point of dispute between Lomov
and Natalya second time ? (The Proposal)

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[ B : Poetry (First Flight) ]

8. Read the stanza given below and answer the
questions that follow :

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice
Is also great

And would suffice.

Questions : 1×5=5

(i) Name the poet.

(ii) What does 'it' indicate here ?

(iii) Why does the poet compare hate to ice ?
(iv) What is ice a symbol of ?

(v) What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza ?

OR

They do not sweat and whine about their
condition,

They do not lie awake in the dark and weep
for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their
duty to God,

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Questions : 1×5=5

(i) Name the poem.
(ii) What does 'they' refer to ?
(iii) Who lie awake in the dark and weep for
their sins ?
(iv) What is the attitude of the animals for their
sins ?
(v) Which word in the stanza means
'complain' ?

9. Answer in about 100 words : 5

What is the central idea of the poem 'Dust of
Snow' ? Discuss.
OR

Summarise the poem 'Amanda!' in your own
words.

10. Answer any two of the following : 2×2=4

(i) What message do you get from the poem,
'A Tiger in the Zoo' ?
(ii) What does "in the world of possessions"
mean in the poem 'The Ball Poem' ?
(iii) Where are trees in the poem, 'The Trees' ?
What do their roots, their leaves and their
twigs do ?
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(C : Supplementary Reader )

11. Answer in about 100 words : 5

Mrs. Pumphrey has deep love and care for
Tricki. Explain. (A Triumph of Surgery)
OR

Griffin was a brilliant scientist but not a good
human being. Explain.

12. Answer any four of the following questions in
about 30-40 words each : 2×4=8

(i) Why did Hari Singh's heart sink when Anil
met him in the morning ? (The Thief's Story)

(ii) How is Ausable different from other secret
agents ? (The Midnight Visitor)
(iii) What story did the lady tell Horace to get
the jewels ? (A Question of Trust)

(iv) Why was Matilda Loisel always unhappy ?
(The Necklace)

(v) Why do Bholi's parents accept Bishamber's
marriage proposal ? (Bholi)
(vi) Who tried to invade the earth in the twenty-
first century ?
(The Book that Saved the Earth)

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13. Answer any three of the following : 1×3=3

(i) When Tricki was seriously ill, whom did
Mrs. Pumphrey make a frantic call ?
(ii) How many times did Horace Danby make a
theft in a year ?
(iii) Which book did Ebright's mother give him
to ?
(iv) Who was Lakshmi ?

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