HBSE Class 10 Question Paper 2020 English

CLASS : 10th (Secondary) Code No. 4802
Series : Sec. M/2020
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 :
One of the most difficult things in life is to
find a way of behaviour that is not dictated by
circumstances. Circumstances and people
dictate or force you to behave in a certain way.
The way that you conduct yourself, the way you
eat, the way you talk, your moral, "your ethical
behaviour depends on where you find yourself"
and so your behaviour is constantly varying,
constantly changing. This is so when you speak
to your father, your mother or to your servant–
your voice, your words, are quite different. The
ways of behaviour are controlled by
environmental influences, and by analysing
behaviour you can almost predict what people
will do and will not do.

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Questions : 1×5=5
(i) What is one of the most difficult things in
life ?
(ii) How do circumstances affect people ?
(iii) Why is one's behaviour constantly
changing ?
(iv) What changes are made while talking to
different people ?
(v) Give a suitable title to the passage.
OR

Guru Gobind Singh, the last of ten Sikh
Gurus, was a great son of India. He led India to
sublime heights of glory. He brought about
moral resurgence and created order out of
disorderly social condition. He was a
multifaceted personality. He was a poet, soldier,
statesman, leader and a true socialist–all in one.
He put life into the dying social order by giving it
a wholly new outlook. He was a practical
socialist who founded a social order based on
fraternity, equality and love. In him were
combined the spiritual vision, unmatched
organizing capacity and a gift of politic intuition
and insight. Such a rare combination of qualities
would inspire the most downtrodden people to
look forward to an optimistic future.

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Questions : 1×5=5

(i) Who was Guru Gobind Singh ?

(ii) What are the rare contribution of Guru
Gobind Singh to India ?

(iii) Why does the author call him a
multifaceted personality ?

(iv) Why has he been called a practical
socialist ?

(v) What qualities of Guru Gobind Singh
inspired the most downtrodden people to
look forward to an optimistic future ?

SECTION – B

(Writing Skills)

2. Attempt any one of the following : 5

(a) Write a letter to your younger brother
advising him to take part in games.

(b) You bought some goods from M/s Scientific
Goods Emporium and found them in
broken condition. Write a letter to them
asking to replace the goods immediately.

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3. Attempt any one of the following : 5

(a) Develop a story with the given outlines :

An old farmer ... four sons … always
quarrelling … father dying … calls sons …
tells … treasure in the fields … dies … sons
dig field … no treasure … sow seeds … rich
harvest … Moral.

(b) Your school participated in Inter-school Music
Competition held at Govt. Secondary School,
Delhi. Mentioning the date, the no. of
participating schools, position held by your
school etc. Write a report in about 40 words.

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) What you ……… (do) in the afternoon ?

(ii) You ……… (like) playing cricket ?

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(iii) I ……… (live) here since 1958.

(b) Rewrite the following sentences in Indirect
Speech :

(i) Mohan said, "I met her last year."

(ii) He said, "Will you listen to me ?"

(iii) Sonali said, "Where did you find it ?"
(c) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles
wherever necessary :
(i) I ate ……… orange.
(ii) This is ……… first university in
Northern India.
(iii) ……… Tribune is a daily newspaper.
(d) Fill in the blanks with modals given in the
brackets :
(i) A dog ......... usually obey his master.
(will/can/must)
(ii) I ......... rather have coffee than tea.
(would/should/could)
(iii) ......... you succeed in the exams !
(may/can/would)

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(e) Put the verbs in brackets into correct form
(Gerund or Infinitive) :

(i) His mother allowed him ……. (do) as
he liked.

(ii) He avoids ……. (meet) me.

(iii) The teacher made him ……. (repeat)
the exercise.

(f) Punctuate the following sentences :

(i) alas i have injured my foot said the
boy.

(ii) are you going to gujrat

(iii) tina my sister has done her m a in
english

SECTION – D

[ A : Prose Text (First Flight) ]

5. Read the passages given below and answer the
questions that follow. Do any two passages :

(a) One of the employees, who was a postman
and also helped at the post office, went to

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his boss laughing heartily and showed him
the letter to God. Never in his career as a
postman had he known that address. The
postmaster – a fat, amiable fellow – also
broke out laughing, but almost immediately
he turned serious and, tapping the letter on
his desk, commented, "what faith ! I wish I
had the faith of the man who wrote this
letter. Starting up a correspondence with
God !"

Questions : 1×5=5

(i) Name the chapter and its author.

(ii) What had the postman never known ?

(iii) What kind of a fellow was the
postmaster ?

(iv) What made the postmaster serious ?

(v) Find words from the passage which
mean the same as :

(a) profession,

(b) kind and good nature.

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(b) He wandered for seven years and finally sat

down under a fig tree, where he vowed to

stay until enlightenment came. Enlightened

after seven days, he renamed the tree the

Bo tree (Tree of Wisdom) and began to teach

and to share his new understandings. At

that point he became known as the Buddha

(The Awakened or the Enlightened). The

Buddha preached his first sermon at the

city of Benares, most holy of the dipping

places on the river Ganges.

Questions : 1×5=5

(i) How long did the Buddha wander in

search of wisdom ?

(ii) After how many days of meditation did

he get enlightenment ?

(iii) Why did he name the tree as the "Tree

of Wisdom" ?

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(iv) Where did he give his first sermon ?

(v) Find words from the passage which
means, "took a pledge".

(c) I got along pretty well with all my teachers.
There are nine of them, seven men and two
women. Mr. Keesing, the old fogey who
teaches Maths, was annoyed with me for
ages because I talked so much. After
several warnings, he assigned me extra
homework. An essay on the subject "A
Chatterbox'. A chatterbox – what can you
write about that, I would worry about that
later, I decided I jotted down the title in my
notebook, tucked it in my bag and tried to
keep quiet.

Questions : 1×5=5

(i) Who is the writer of these lines ?

(ii) How many teachers were there in her
school ?

(iii) Who was Mr. Keesing ?

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(iv) Why was he annoyed with her ?

(v) What punishment did he give her for
talking in the class ?

6. Answer in about 100 words : 5

Write the story of the chapter "His First Flight".

OR

What did Peggy and Maddie write to Wanda ?
What happened on the last day of the school ?
before Christmas ?

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

(i) Why does the postmaster send the money
to Lencho ? Why does he sign the letter
'God' ? (A Letter to God)

(ii) What made the woman in the control centre
look at the narrator strangely ?
(Black Aeroplane)

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(iii) Why was Mr. Keesing annoyed with Anne ?
What did he ask her to do ?
(From the Diary of Anne Frank)

(iv) Why was the otter named "Maxwell's
Otter" ? (Mijbil the Otter)

(v) Why did the Buddha choose Benares to
preach his first sermon ?
(The Sermon at Benares)

(vi) Why does Chubukov call Lomov back home ?
Why does Natalya accuse her father ?
(The Proposal)

[ B : Poetry (First Flight) ]

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

If ever you should go by chance

To jungles in the east;

And if there should to you advance

A large and tawny beast

If he roars at you as you're dyin'

You'll know it is the Asian Lion'…..

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Questions : 1×5=5

(i) Where should you go by chance ?

(ii) How does the animal look (appear) ?

(iii) How will the animal react seeing you ?

(iv) What do you mean by 'The East' ?

(v) Name the poet and the poem.

OR

Some say the world will end in fire

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who favour fire.

Questions : 1×5=5

(i) Name the poem and the poet.

(ii) What do people think about the ending of
the world ?

(iii) What does the poet think about the ending
of the world ?

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(iv) What does "desire" mean here ?

(v) Find words from the stanza which mean
same as :

(a) agree,

(b) take the side of.

9. Answer in about 50 words : 5

What is the difference between animals and
humans with regard to their attitude to their
condition, sins and God ?

OR

Can there be a forest without trees ? Where are
the trees in this poem ? And where do they go ?

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

(i) What is the effect of the loss of the ball on
the boy ?

(ii) What three things did the speaker ask
Amanda to do which she has not done ?

(iii) How does the tiger terrify the villagers ?

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(C : Supplementary Reader )

11. Answer in about 100 words : 5

How did Hari Singh rob Anil of his six hundred
rupees ? What stopped him to run away ?

OR

Describe Horace Danby's encounter with the
young lady.

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

(i) Who was Tricki ? How did Mrs. Pumphrey
add to its problem ?

(ii) Who was in Ausable's room ? What was in
his hand ?

(iii) Why was Griffin wandering the streets ?

(iv) Who was Lutkins ?

(v) To which field of science did Richard H.
Bright contribute ?

(vi) What was the cause of Mrs Loisel's
suffering ?

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

(i) Who knocked at Ausable's door ?

(ii) Where was the safe in the room ?

(iii) What was the actual cost of Mme.

Forestier's necklace ?

(iv) What did Bishamber demand as dowry ?



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