MBOSE Class 10 Question Paper 2019 for Additional English Old Course

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2019

ADDITIONAL ENGLISH

( Old Course )

( COMPARTMENTAL CANDIDATES WITH INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT )

Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 24

( NON-REGULAR, PRIVATE AND COMPARTMENT WITHOUT
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT )

Full Marks : 100
Pass Marks : 30

Time : 3 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

General Instructions :
(I) The candidates are advised to attempt all questions accordingly.
(ii) Marks allocated to every question are indicated against each.
(iii) Question Nos. 1 to 12 are to be answered by Compartmental
candidates with Internal marks.
(iv) Question Nos. 1 to 16 are to be answered by Compartmental
candidates without Internal marks/Non-Regular/Private
candidates.

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1. Answer any two of the following : 6×2=12

(a) Why did the manager say, “Well, it’s his funeral”, before
the man’s performance? What arrangements were made
for him? How did he prove his worth? 2+2+2=6

(b) What did the postmaster plan to do with his salary before
leaving the village? How did Ratan react before his
departure? What did the postmaster mean by these words,
“who belonged to whom in this world”? 2+2+2=6

(c) What did Rama Rao do to get a job? What was the
response that he received? What were the economic
measures adopted by Rama Rao’s wife? 2+2+2=6

(d) What is an arena? What happens on the appointed day of
the arena? How do the people react on this day? 2+2+2=6

(e) Why was the bulky woman in deep mourning? What
happened to her only son? How did the fat woman find
consolation? 2+2+2=6

2. State whether the following statements are True or False
(any five) : 1×5=5

(a) The princess indicated the tall man towards the left side of
the door.

(b) The young man was a professional diver.

(c) The fat woman in mourning thought that none of the
passengers has any sympathy for her.

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(d) The crossword puzzle offered a special prize of
five thousand rupees.

(e) Ratan was a young girl of seventeen.

(f) The postmaster taught Ratan how to read and write.

(g) The king’s system of justice was based totally on luck.

3. Answer any one of the following : 6

(a) What, according to the poet, are the various advices or
suggestions that can help a person overcome obstacles
in life? 6

(b) Why does the swimmer call his short-cut crazy? Describe
the crazy short-cut that the swimmer took to reach the
bay quickly. 2+4=6

(c) How old is Lucy? What does Nature intend to do with her?
Why was the poet sad and lonely? 1+4+1=6

4. Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the choices given
in the brackets (any five) : 1×5=5

(a) The floating _____ their state shall lend.
( rivers / clouds )

(b) And hers shall be the _____ balm.
( breathing / healing )

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(c) There is no shape more _____ than this.
( terrible / ugly )

(d) The wet stones _____ like sleepy crocodiles.
( glistening / glittering )

(e) If all men count with you, but _____ too much.
( some / none )

(f) I swung my _____ at astonished oaks.
( bat / racket )

(g) Where rivulets dance their _____ round.
( wayward / winding )

5. Explain, with reference to the context, choosing any one from
each Group : 5×2=10

GROUP—A

(a) Please wait. When I get a prize I will give you three years
subscription in advance.

(b) I can dive sixty feet into a tank eight feet long by four feet
wide by four feet deep.

(c) The only hope for the youth in which there was any
element of certainty was based upon the success of the
princess in discovering this mystery.

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GROUP—B

(a) “Is this the dream He dreamed who shaped the suns
And marked their ways upon the ancient deep?”

(b) “People everywhere talked
of the inches rising,
Of the precise number of cobbled steps run over by the water.”

(c) “She shall be sportive as the fawn.
That wild with glee across the lawn.
Or up the mountain springs;”

6. Answer any one of the following : 7

(a) Who was Iago? Why was he bitterly jealous of Cassio’s
good fortune? What did Iago tell Othello about jealousy?
2+3+2=7

(b) Who was Emilia? How did she obtain Desdemona’s
handkerchief? Why did she give the handkerchief to Iago?
How did Emilia disclose the villiany of Iago? 1+2+2+2=7

(c) Who was Lodovico? What news did Lodovico bring from
Venice? Why was the news ‘a double insult’ to Othello?
Explain. 1+3+3=7

7. (a) Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct textual words
from the brackets (any four ) : 1×4=4
(i) In blind agony, Othello _____ Desdemona across the
face.
( struck / slapped )
(ii) Emilia did her best to _____ her young mistress.
( console / comfort )

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(iii) Othello was a _____ in the army of the Duke of Venice.
( General / Knight )

(iv) Roderigo _____ to do his best, and Iago went off well
pleased.
( refused / promised )

(v) Desdemona had a maid, called _____.
( Barbara / Emilia )

(vi) Cassio, I love thee, but never more be _____ of mine.
( friend / officer )

(b) State whether the following are True or False (any four ) : 1×4=4

(i) Othello was suspicious by nature.

(ii) Cassio drew his sword and chased Iago through the
streets.

(iii) Othello had to sail at once for the island of Cyprus.

(iv) Montano was the Governor of Venice.

(v) Othello and Cassio were originally good friends.

(vi) The Duke of Venice annulled the marriage of Othello
and Desdemona.

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8. Amplify any one of the following : 5

(a) Where there is a will, there is a way.

(b) Look before you leap.

(c) All that glitters is not gold.

9. Write the substance of the following passage : 5

A man with a strong will is sure to succeed in almost all the
work he does. He never becomes discouraged in any way.
Difficulties may appear before him, failure may cloud his
atmosphere, but he firmly ignores them all, with strong
determination he pushes on. Gradually he finds that all the
troubles disappear from his path; one after another. He then
reaches his goal and is crowned with success. A weak-minded
man on the other hand, gets frightened at the sight of a slight
difficulty and leaves his job halfway in despair. He may begin
another. But there also he comes across a similar difficulty
and gives it up for lack of determination.

Or

Develop a story based on the outline given below : 5

A farmer had a goose which laid a golden egg everyday—the
farmer collected ten eggs in ten days—then he got
impatient—wanted to become rich overnight—killed the
goose—no golden eggs—moral.

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10. Write an advertisement inviting applicants for the job of an
office assistant in a school. Mention required qualifications,
skills and experience, time, date and venue for the interview. 4

11. Rewrite the following sentences replacing the underlined words
with a single word. Make changes where necessary (any five) : 1×5=5

(a) The new student delivered a speech without any previous
preparation.

(b) It is a story full of humour.

(c) The animals in the zoo were treated in a cruel manner.

(d) The teacher asked the students to find a word similar in
meaning to a given word.

(e) Suddenly, the storm blew with great violence.

(f) Mr. Raman is a person who thinks or speaks too much of
himself.

(g) The Principal appointed a new person in charge of a
library.

12. Write an essay on any one of the following topics : 8

(a) A visit to a trade fair

(b) My aim in life

(c) Social network—its advantages and disadvantages

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[ Only for Candidates without Internal Assessment ]

13. Answer any five of the following in not more than
2 sentences each : 1×5=5

(a) Who were standing under the Big Top?

(b) Who was the stranger?

(c) How old was the fat woman’s son?

(d) What does the journal consist of ?

(e) Why did the postmaster leave the village?

(f) Why was Ratan waiting outside for the call?

(g) Who was the lady behind the door?

14. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct textual words from
the brackets (any five) : 1×5=5

(a) The _____, in rock and plain.
( girl / maid )

(b) Touch it again with _____.
( intelligence / immortality )

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(c) Under the _____ with patches of repair all over them.
( bridges / watergates )

(d) Except the _____ which says to them “Hold on!”
( power / will )

(e) And marked their ways upon the _____ deep.
( ancient / orbit )

(f) The _____ has water enough to be poetic.
( river / rivulet )

(g) Then the quick _____ into the cool, green dark.
( dive / plunge )

15. Match the lessons against the names of the authors/poets :
1×5=5

(a) A. K. Ramanujan : The Education of Nature

(b) Rudyard Kipling : Out of Business

(c) William Wordsworth : The Postmaster

(d) R. K. Narayan : A River

(e) Rabindranath Tagore : If

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16. Match the following words with their appropriate meanings : 1×5=5

(a) One who writes for the newspaper : Illegible

(b) One who writes in shorthand : Inaudible

(c) One who writes novels : Journalist

(d) Incapable of being read : Stenographer

(e) Incapable of being heard : Novelist

HHH

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