Bihar Board Class 10th Model Paper 2023 English

SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION – 2023 (ANNUAL)
MODEL SET Sub. Code- 113
ENGLISH (Compulsory)
Time: 3 Hours 15 minutes
Full Marks- 100
Instructions for the candidates :-
1. Candidate must enter his/her Question Booklet Serial No. (10 Digits) in
the OMR Answer Sheet.
2. Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far
as practicable.
3. Figures in the right hand margin indicate full marks.
4. An extra time of 15 minutes has been allotted for the candidates to read
the questions carefully.
5. This question booklet is divided into two sections & Section-A and
Section-B.
6. In Section – A, there are 100 objective type questions, out of which 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.
For answering these 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 as invalid.
7. Section- B, there are 11 Descriptive Answer Type Questions, which are
to be answered.
8. Use of any electronic appliances is strictly prohibited.

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SECTION- A

Objective Type Questions

Question Nos. 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. Nos. 1 to 60 are based on prescribed texts.

1. In ‘The Pace for Living’, the author ………. rapid movement.

(A) likes (B) hates

(C) dislikes (D) enjoys

2. ………. is willing to do anything about ecology.

(A) Student (B) Doctor

(C) Teacher (D) Nobody

3. Gillu had been wounded by ……….

(A) boys (B) cats

(C) crows (D) dogs

4. There has yet been no Indian film, which could be ………. on all

counts.

(A) blamed (B) acclaimed

(C) condemned (D) rejected

5. Where was Aung San Suu Kyi born ?

(A) Seol (B) Beijing

(C) Rangoon (D) Tokyo
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6. Among her people, the old women is both the ………. and its

transgression.

(A) master (B) authority

(C) rule (D) law

7. Who has delivered the speech, ‘The Unity of Indian Culture’ ?

(A) Humanyun Kabir (B) Leo Tolstoy

(C) Mahadevi Verma (D) Toni Morrison

8. It was an early ………. and sledging was only just over.

(A) Christmas (B) Winter

(C) Easter (D) Summer

9. Who began to howl so that she could be heard all down the

street?

(A) Malasha (B) Akoulya

(C) Malasha’s mother (D) Akoulya’s mother

10. In Europe, the difference between masses and classes is at times

very ……….

(A) great (B) negligible

(C) small (D) acute

11. The old woman knows only the ………. of the young people.

(A) nationality (B) motive

(C) condition (D) age

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12. The whole international community has ………. the choice of the

committee.

(A) decried (B) applauded

(C) recommended (D) derided

13. During the author’s indisposition, Gillu would sit near her ……….

(A) plate (B) table

(C) chair (D) head

14. Jim found Mr. William burning ……….

(A) leaves (B) plants

(C) paper (D) plastic

15. When the narrator ‘The Pace of Living’ goes to the cinema, he has

to turn to his wife for ……….

(A) pleasure (B) happiness

(C) enlightenment (D) excitement

16. Satyajit Ray is critical of the habit of shooting films ……….

(A) outdoors (B) indoors

(C) carelessly (D) unrealistically

17. According to Jim, who uses electric appliances the most ?

(A) Women (B) Young girls

(C) Men (D) Young boys

18. Gillu was buried under the ………. plant.

(A) sonjuhi (B) dahlia
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(C) tulsi (D) rose

19. Binapani Mohanty is a ………. short story writer .

(A) Bengali (B) Oriya

(C) Assamese (D) Marathi

20. Allergens are of ………. types.

(A) two (B) four

(C) three (D) five

21. God made the country and man made the ……….

(A) machine (B) car

(C) house (D) town

22. The poet Alexander Pope wants to die ……….

(A) sad (B) unlamented

(C) happy (D) quickly

23. Only the pain caused by ………. comes back again and again.

(A) disease (B) someone

(C) happiness (D) hurt

24. Radha’s tears have carved a ……….

(A) river (B) lake

(C) sea (D) pond

25. Who wrote the poem ‘The Empty Heart’ ?

(A) Vidyapati (B) Periasamy Thooran

(C) Puran Singh (D) Durga Prasad Panda
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26. What keeps the Koel fresh, yet ………. ?

(A) sad (B) charred

(C) numb (D) lively

27. The porter’s mind is very ……….

(A) dull (B) intelligent

(C) sharp (D) average

28. Martha has clear ………. eyes.

(A) red (B) blue

(C) grey (D) black

29. Martha’s beauty would ………. as her voice ran on.

(A) go (B) run

(C) fade (D) melt

30. The ………. of the porter is shivering with cold.

(A) wife (B) cap

(C) son (D) load

31. The green garden ………. the Koel’s heart.

(A) touches (B) fires

(C) burns (D) kicks

32. At times, Radha’s friends banish ……….

(A) happiness (B) hope

(C) sadness (D) poverty

33. The polythene bag exudes a ………. smell when burnt.
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(A) pungent (B) strong

(C) pleasant (D) sweet

34. Meditation, according to Pope, ………. the happy man.

(A) saddens (B) worries

(C) pleases (D) disturbs

35. The ………. departs scared and the nightingale is mute.

(A) satellite (B) wanderer

(C) thrush (D) God

36. ‘The Empty Heart’ highlights man’s ……….

(A) love (B) anger

(C) hate (D) greed

37. The porter is out of ……….

(A) breath (B) energy

(C) money (D) courage

38. Who switched on the heater for Gillu ?

(A) The servant (B) The house manager

(C) The gardener (D) The author

39. ‘Her voice and her narrow chin’ is from ……….

(A) The Sleeping Porter (B) The Empty Heart

(C) Koel (D) Martha

40. The polythene bag makes a ………. noise.

(A) musical (B) singing
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(C) humming (D) squeaky

41. Premchand was a prolific writer of ……….

(A) Hindi (B) English

(C) Hindi and Urdu (D) Urdu

42. The ………. banker was pacing from corner to corner of his study.

(A) young (B) old

(C) angry (D) upset

43. The clinical use of ………. steroids is currently gaining ground.

(A) exhaled (B) inhaled

(C) healed (D) unhealed

44. Mr. Gessler’s shop has a certain quiet ……….

(A) look (B) quality

(C) decoration (D) distinction

45. Katherine Mansfield’s stories followed in the footsteps of the

Russian writer ……….

(A) Tolstoy (B) Turgenev

(C) Gorky (D) Chekhov

46. The daughter tried to change everything and build new ……….

(A) relations (B) dreams

(C) ideas (D) alliances

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47. In the story ‘Love Defiled’, the only person who understood the

narrator was his ……….

(A) mother (B) girlfriend

(C) father (D) sister

48. The mother’s advice to her daughter is : ‘Never try to become an

………. child’.

(A) innocent (B) peaceful

(C) rude (D) naughty

49. The narrator realised that the louder he talked about his ……….,

the faster he made a fool of himself.

(A) intelligence (B) drawbacks

(C) virtues (D) degrees

50. Sun and Moon watched ………. of the guests secretly.

(A) behavior (B) dress

(C) faces (D) shoes

51. Mr. Gessler was not successful in his ……….

(A) examination (B) game

(C) plan (D) trade

52. After reading the lawyer’s note, the banker ………. the lawyer’s

head.

(A) patted (B) touched

(C) kissed (D) hit
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53. For allergy, there are ………. and environment risk factors.

(A) congenital (B) psychological

(C) genetic (D) temperamental

54. While jumping over the fire, Halku ………. his legs.

(A) singed (B) wounded

(C) hurt (D) scratched

55. According to the banker, ‘life imprisonment kills by ……….’

(A) degrees (B) seconds

(C) minutes (D) hours

56. Who is the writer of the article ‘Allergy’ ?

(A) Binapani Mohanty (B) Giridhar Jha

(C) Rana S. P. Singh (D) John Galsworthy

57. Halku and Munni had saved money to buy a ……….

(A) wrapper (B) blanket

(C) shawl (D) quilt

58. The lawyer read books with ………. themes in his first year of

confinement.

(A) serious (B) light

(C) violent (D) sad

59. What did the pitchers contain ?

(A) Gold coins (B) Copper Coins

(C) Silver coins (D) Lead Coins
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60. Humanyun Kabir was a ……….

(A) doctor (B) orator

(C) lawyer (D) political thinker

Direction (61-64) : Choose the correct option :

61. Synonym of ‘Banish’.

(A) Exile (B) Fade

(C) Hate (D) Clean

62. Synonym of ‘Yell’ :

(A) Boast (B) Claim

(C) Shout (D) Pull

63. Antonym of ‘Detain’.

(A) Silence (B) Forget

(C) Prosper (D) Release

64. Antonym of ‘Fluid’.

(A) Decent (B) Solid

(C) Liquid (D) Afraid

Direction (65 – 71) : Choose the most suitable preposition.

65. I got your parcel ………. Tuesday.

(A) since (B) at

(C) for (D) on

66. I am very proud ………. my son.

(A) by (B) at
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(C) of (D) on

67. We have made all preparations ………. the marriage.

(A) to (B) of

(C) for (D) on

68. There are coconut trees ………. the river.

(A) along (B) into

(C) at (D) over

69. They are very grateful ………. your kindness.

(A) for (B) with

(C) to (D) towards

70. He sat ………. me.

(A) for (B) after

(C) into (D) beside

71. He is ………. leave today.

(A) Upon (B) For

(C) By (D) On

Direction (72 – 74) : Choose the most suitable translation.

72. og dgk¡ tk jgk gS \

(A) Where is he going ? (B) Where was he going ?

(C) Where he is going ? (D) Where is he go ?

73. vej iVuk esa jgrk gSA

(A) Amar living in Patna. (B) Amar lives in Patna.
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(C) Amar living on Patna. (D) Amar living to Patna.

74. og nks fnuksa ls chekj gSA

(A) He has sick from two days.

(B) He is sick since two days.

(C) He has been sick from two days.

(D) He has been sick for two days.

Direction (75 – 80) : Choose the correct option of the following :

75. Indirect speech of : He said to them, “Let us wait for your teacher.”

(A) He proposed that they should wait for their teacher.

(B) He requested that they would wait for their teacher.

(C) He proposed that they shall wait for their teacher.

(D) He proposed that they can wait for their teacher.

76. Indirect speech of : She said, “I am leaving for Delhi.”

(A) She said that she has been leaving for Delhi.

(B) She said that she is leaving for Delhi.

(C) She said that I was leaving for Delhi.

(D) She said that she was leaving for Delhi.

77. Indirect speech of : She said to me, “Start”.

(A) She forbade me to start.

(B) She asked me to start.

(C) She requested me to start.

(D) She told me to start.
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78. Direct speech of ; ‘You told me that I would pass the examination’.

(A) You said to me, “You will pass the examination.”

(B) You told to me, “You have to pass the examination.”

(C) You asked to me, “You should pass the examination.”

(D) You requested to me, “You can pass the examination.”

79. Direct speech of : ‘I told that he would write a letter’.

(A) I can say, “He will writing a letter.”

(B) I will say, “He should write a letter.”

(C) I say, “He may write a letter.”

(D) I said, “He will write a letter.”

80. Direct speech of : ‘The old women wished that he might live long.

(A) The old woman is saying, “Can you live long ?”

(B) The old woman said, “May you live long !”

(C) The old woman says, “Might you lived long !”

(D) The old woman prays, “May you living long !”

Direction (81 – 86) : Choose the correct option of the following.

81. Active voice of : By whom are you being bothered ?

(A) Who did bother you ? (B) Bothering you is who ?

(C) Who is bothering you ? (D) You is bothering who ?

82. Active voice of : English is spoken all over the world.

(A) People speak English all over the world.

(B) English speak people all over the world.
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(C) All over the world are people speak English.

(D) People in the world over are speaking English.

83. Active voice of : It is time for the match to be started.

(A) Match should be started in time.

(B) Time is to starting the match.

(C) It is time to start the match.

(D) Start the match on time.

84. Passive voice of : Hema will write the letter.

(A) The letter would be written by Hema.

(B) The letter is being written by Hema.

(C) The letter will have to be written by Hema.

(D) The letter will be written by Hema.

85. Passive Voice of : I have been invited to the party.

(A) Someone had invited me to party.

(B) I am being invited to the party.

(C) Someone has invited me to the party.

(D) To a party I had been invited.

86. Passive Voice of : The doctor was examining him.

(A) He was being examined by the doctor.

(B) He had been examined by the doctor.

(C) He has been examined by the doctor.

(D) He was already been examined by the doctor.
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Direction (87 – 93) : Choose the correct spelt word.

87. (A) Remeins (B) Remains

(C) Rameins (D) Rimiens

88. (A) Taksture (B) Taxtere

(C) Texture (D) Tuxture

89. (A) Mucisal (B) Musical

(C) Mesical (D) Miusecal

90. (A) Breath (B) Breathe

(C) Breathhe (D) Brithe

91. (A) Karv (B) Curve

(C) Karvie (D) Careiv

92. (A) Biscuit (B) Buscut

(C) Biscit (D) Bescut

93. (A) Voilent (B) Veolent

(C) Violent (D) Vaylent

Direction (94 – 100) : Choose the correct form of verb.

94. Oil and water ………. not mix.

(A) does (B) were

(C) have (D) do

95. Everyone ………. this.

(A) know (B) would knowing

(C) knows (D) knowing
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96. Raju ………. here yesterday.

(A) come (B) coming

(C) will come (D) came

97. The news ………. alarming.

(A) have (B) are

(C) is (D) were

98. We have not ………. him for a year.

(A) see (B) seen

(C) seeing (D) saw

99. He ………. the poor yesterday.

(A) fed (B) will feed

(C) feeding (D) feed

100. She ………. French very well.

(A) spoken (B) speaks

(C) speak (D) speaking

SECTION- B

Descriptive Type Questions

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

follow :

I am thrilled that May is finally here. Now I can enjoy what I call

‘the sweet taste of summer’. Watermelons are in the stress and I plan to

eat one every day for the next three months. I think watermelons taste
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better than any other fruit. Peaches, plums, and strawberries are also

great in the summer. I enjoy eating those too. But they just don’t taste as

good to me as a sweet, sweet watermelon. My whole family likes eating

watermelons. We ate at least three watermelons a week last year. This

year, I am going to eat watermelon every day, all summer long.

Questions

(i) Why is the author excited that May has arrived ? (1)

(ii) How long will the watermelons be available ? (2)

(iii) What other summer fruits does the author enjoy ? (2)

(iv) What does the author plan to do all summer ? (2)

OR

Plants need sunlight and water to make their own food. You can

do an experiment to test if this is true. Place a bucket over a patch of green

grass. After a few days, lift the bucket. You will see that the grass is not as

green anymore. If you leave the bucket in place for a week, the grass will

become very dull. This happens because the grass cannot make food in the

dark. Remove the bucket. In a few days, the grass will start turning green

again.

Questions

(i) What do plants need to make food ? (1)

(ii) What happens when a bucket is kept on a patch of grass ? (2)

(iii) Why does this happen ? (2)
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(iv) What happens when the bucket is removed ? (2)

2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :

Hari lives in a big city. He is a tailor. He is a very poor man so he is

not able to get enough food for his family. He has wife and a small son.

His son, Sonu is very naughty and a lazy boy. He never listens to his

parents. He plays in the streets with other naughty boys. One day his

father takes him to a school. There he sees many children who obey

their teachers. They learn many good habits in the school. They also

read and write well. Sonu feels sorry and starts changing himself. His

parents are very happy now.

Questions

(i) Where does Hari live ? (1)

(ii) What does Hari’s son do ? (2)

(iii) Where is Sonu taken to ? (2)

(iv) What happens when Sonu starts going to school ? (2)

OR

Sardar Patel is known as the Iron Man of India. He was a great leader in

the 20th century. He died almost two years after the death of Mahatma

Gandhi. Sardar Patel was a very skilled person, who had the capacity to

select the right people for the right posts. He was the Home Minister of India

when India-Pakistan war took place in 1947. He died on 15th December, 1950.

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Questions :

(i) What is Sardar Patel known as ? (1)

(ii) What was Sardar Patel able to do ? (2)

(iii) In which century was Sardar Patel a great leader ? (2)

(iv) Which war took place when he was the Home Minister ? (2)

3. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Within a prison cell,

All night I lie awake.

My thoughts go back to all at home.

My heart begins to ache.

No food at all was left,

What will the children eat ?

The wife is in bed unfit to work, ………….,

Who will provide the meal ?

My crime was drive fast,

I could not pay the fine.

But why should those poor innocents,

Suffer for a fault of mine ?

Questions

(i) Where is the narrator in the poem ? (2)

(ii) Why is the narrator sad ? (2)
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(iii) What is the scene at his home ? (2)

OR

The moon has a face like the clock in the hall

She shines on thieves on a garden wall.

On streets and fields and harbor quays,

And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.

The squalling cat and squeaking mouse,

The howling dog by the door of the house,

The bat that lies in bed at noon,

All love to be out by the light of the moon.

Questions

(i) What is the moon compared to ? (2)

(ii) Name the animals that like to be out by the moon light. (2)

(iii) Is the moon described as male or female ? Quote the line which

shows the moon’s gender. (2)

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

A. Which animal messes up Ms. Greene’s yard ?

B. In which situation does the writer find himself in the cinema ?

C. What do ‘bird’ and ‘woman’ symbolize in the story ‘Once upon A

Time’ ?

D. How is Indian culture different from the cultures of other countries?

E. What type of smell does the porter emit ?
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F. What did the rich man do to gather gold ?

G. According to William Cowper, why is life bitter in towns ?

H. How do the germs of diseases grow ?

I. How did Halku warm himself in the orchard ?

J. What did Sun and Moon see in the refrigerator ?

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

(1x5=5)

(i) Culture of India.

(ii) A Trip to Rajgir.

(iii) Cleanliness

(iv) A Railway Journey

(v) Honesty is the best policy

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

6. Write a letter to your younger sister congratulating her on securing good

marks in class 9.

7. You are Amar, the secretary of the Sports Council of your school. Write

a notice in about 60-70 words informing the students about Annual

Sports to be held shortly.

8. Write a report on the visit of the Education Minister to your school.

9. Write an application to the Principal of your school drawing attention

towards unsatisfactory drinking water facility for students.

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10. You are Saurabh. Write a speech in about 60-70 words on ‘Keeping

Your Locality Clean.’

11. You are Ritik. Write a message in about 30-40 words asking Ravi to

come over to your house in the evening for combined study.

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