KOS SSLC Model Question Paper English

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Time : 2.00 P.M. to 4.30 P.M. ] [ Maximum Marks : 100

General Instructions :

i) Do not copy questions from the question paper. Write only the correct
question numbers in your answer-book.

ii) Write legibly and answer to the point.

I. 1. Match the following words under List ‘A’ with their meanings given under
List ‘B’ : 5×1=5

List A List B

a) escape i) useful

b) loyal ii) beautiful

c) watch iii) useless

d) handsome iv) to run away

e) vain v) see

vi) faithful

2. Give one word for each of the following : 2×1=2

a) A place where animals are kept.
b) A person who writes books.

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3. Use the following phrases in meaningful sentences of your own : 3×1=3
a) to switch on b) to throw away c) to turn off.
4. Eight words are given below. Make four pairs of rhyming words : 2
mills, go, small, hills, day, flow, say, all.
5. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words choosing from the words given
in the brackets : 4×1=4
( passion, standing, bloodshed, intention )
a) The sweet-seller ........................ on the side of a pond.
b) I had no ......................... of attacking them.
c) He would suddenly develop a ......................... for pictures.
d) They were shocked by the ............................ he described.
II. Answer any five of the following questions in a word or a sentence each :
5×1=5
1. Where did the mountain goat live ?
2. What did Kondiba Gaikwad hate ?
3. When did the snake move away quickly ?
4. What makes the tree to shake ?
5. What makes the poet Barrie Wade to say ‘stones and sticks break only
skin’ ?
6. Which is the most celebrated hill station of Indians ?
7. What are genes ?
8. How many trees would have fallen in America for printing in every week ?
9. Who was Jijabai ?
10. What is written in the right in the middle of the cake ?
III. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each : 12 × 2 = 24
1. What did Krishnadevaraya ask his courtiers ? Why did Tenali Raman smile
at the answer ?
2. Why did King’s people grow poorer and sadder ?
3. What made Sri Rama to pass his fingers on the little squirrel’s back ? What
was its effect ?
4. When do the birds usually go for rest ? Where would they take shelter ?
5. How was Anju Dua famous ?
6. What made the master to sign the document ?
7. List out any four shining things that the poet talks about.
8. How were the mares looking ?
9. What made Amartya to think about the causes of famine ?
10. Name four agents that cause pollution.
11. What makes you to think that the old man not leave his job though all his

persons left him ?
12. Why do you think that Nehru’s selected presents cannot be very material or
solid ?

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IV. Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow : 3×3=9
1. “At last, in sheer disgust, we decided to commit suicide !”
a) Who does ‘we’ refer to ?
b) Why did they decide to commit suicide ?
c) Pick out the word from the extract which means ‘to kill oneself’.
2. “It was now like a game.”
a) What does ‘it’ refer to ?
b) Who is the speaker ?
c) Why did they do so ?
3. “I have three visions for India.”
a) Who does ‘I’ refer to ?
b) How many visions he had ?
c) What are the three visions ?
V. Answer any two of the following questions in about a paragraph each : 2 × 5 = 10
1. Describe the first dying woman whom Mother Teresa picked from the street.
2. What does the poet expect us to do on the earth ?
3. Write briefly about the noisy activities in Suno’s house.
4. How did Kondiba save the boy ?
VI. 1. a) Fill in the blanks with the correct tense forms of verbs given in the
brackets : 2×1=2
We ................... ( go ) to Agra once to see Taj Mahal. It was ..................
( build ) by Shah Jahan.
b) Fill in the blanks using appropriate articles : 2×1=2
An apple ...................... day, keeps .................. doctor away.
c) Fill in blanks with suitable prepositions choosing from the ones given in
the brackets : 2×1=2
( on, in, at, of )
Rajesh lives ..................... Vidyaranya Nagar ................... Anekal.
d) Punctuate the following sentence : 2
the king said i am the most handsome king on the earth
e) Add suitable prefixes for the following words to make opposites :
2×1=2
popular, respect.
2. Rewrite as directed :
a) Ramesh said, “I am going to Mysore.”
( Change into Indirect speech ) 2
b) She writes a letter. ( Change into Passive voice ) 1
c) Radha sat in a corner. She began to think.

( Combine the sentences into one using ‘ing’ form of the italicized
word. ) 1

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d) through / she / window / the / saw
( Rearrange the words to form a meaningful sentence ) 1
e) Rakesh writes a novel.
( Frame a question to get the italicized word as answer ) 1
f) Write the noun forms of the following words : 2×1=2
express, music.
g) Write the following words into comparative degree : 2×1=2
beautiful, good.
h) The peple of Hiroshima heard the bomb blast. They hid in the safest
places. ( Combine the sentences using ‘As soon as’ ) 1
VII. Rearrange the following sentences in proper sequence : 4×1=4
1. He went to city for higher studies.
2. Raju was born on October 2nd, 1991.
3. He completed his degree in 2012.
4. He got his early education in his village.
VIII. Imagine that you are Rohit / Rohini of Xth Standard studying in Government
School, Honnavar.
Write a letter to your father, requesting him to send Rs. 5,000 towards
educational excursion. 5
OR
Write an essay on any one of the following topics :
1. Television
2. Garbage problem
3. Patriotism.
IX. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
6×1=6
Ann is having a birthday party. She is six years old today. Ann told her mother
that she would like a very special cake for her sixth birthday. She said she
wanted a birthday cake with three layers — a large layer on the bottom, a
medium sized layer in the middle and a small layer on top. Her mother went into
the kitchen. She is very happy because her mother baked her cake exactly like
she wanted.
Questions :
1. Who is having a birthday ?
2. Who baked her birthday cake ?
3. What was special about the cake ?
4. How old was she ?
5. Where did mother bake the cake ?

6. Why did mother bake the cake ?

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