Karnataka SSLC Mid Term Question Paper 2025 English Third Language

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Subject : Third Language — ENGLISH

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1. This Question Paper consists of 38 questions.
2. Follow the instructions given against the questions.
3. Figures in the right hand margin indicate maximum marks for the questions.
4. The maximum time to answer the paper is given at the top of the question paper.
It includes 15 minutes for reading the question paper.

I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions /
incomplete statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate.
Choose the correct alternative and write the complete answer along with
its letter of alphabet. 8×1=8
1. The one word for ‘something that cannot be told to anyone’ is
(A) secret (B) hidden
(C) overt (D) reveal
2. The word ‘regular’ can be written in its opposite form by using the
prefix is
(A) in (B) ir
(C) im (D) dis
3. Kashmir is a beautiful place.
The underlined word in the above sentence is
(A) Common noun (B) Proper noun
(C) Abstract noun (D) Collective noun

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4. Her music programme was scheduled ............... 6 p.m.
The correct preposition to be filled in the blank is
(A) at (B) with
(C) among (D) of
5. Children were dancing happily on the stage.
The question that can be framed to get the underlined word as answer is
(A) Who were dancing happily on the stage ?
(B) What were children doing happily on the stage ?
(C) How were children dancing on the stage ?
(D) Where were children dancing happily ?
6. How cute the baby is !
The above sentence can be changed into an assertive sentence as
(A) The baby is cute.
(B) The baby is very cute.
(C) The baby was cute.
(D) The baby was very cute.
7. The problem is too difficult to solve.
This can be written by removing ‘too ... to’ and using ‘so ... that ... not’ as
(A) The problem is so difficult that it cannot be solved.
(B) The problem is difficult to solve.
(C) The problem was so difficult that it could not be solved.
(D) The problem was difficult to solve.
8. The tiger chased the deer.
The above sentence can be changed into passive form as
(A) The deer is chased by the tiger.
(B) The deer is being chased by the tiger.
(C) The deer was chased by the tiger.
(D) The deer was being chased by the tiger.
II. Answer the following questions in a sentence each : 8×1=8
9. When did M.S. Subbulakshmi pass away ?
10. When will everyone be your friend ?
11. Which city is lying like a jewel in the centre of the valley ?
12. What were the cranes doing ?
13. Who became the king of Magadha ?
14. According to the poet ‘Sri Aurobindo’ what does the deer remember at the
time of death ?
15. What does the poet compare the joy to, in the poem ‘Autumn Song’ ?
16. What does the deer stand for in the poem ‘The Tiger and the Deer’ ?
III. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each : 8 × 2 = 16
17. How did Gopi describe giraffe in the lesson ‘At the Zoo’ ?
18. Why do the houses in Srinagar city look beautiful in summer ?
19. How can you test the faithfulness of your friend ?
20. Why does the poet ‘Sri Aurobindo’ say ‘the mighty perish in their might’ ?
21. What were the prestigious awards conferred on Lata Mangeshkar in
India ?
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22. Why did Chanakya want to win over Rakshasa ?
23. What is the opinion of Minoo Masani about young people of our country ?
OR
How does Rajaji teach a lesson to his young ADC ?
24. Why did Roger Johnson steal a bicycle ?
OR
Why did Roger Johnson want to give away 100 new bicycles to children of
the Polebrook area ?
IV. Answer the following questions in four or five sentences each : 4 × 3 = 12
25. Summarize the poem, ‘Autumn Song’.
OR
How did the poet describe the concept of good and evil in the poem ‘The
Tiger and the Deer’ ?
26. Sketch the characteristics of a faithful friend.
27. Describe the spring season of Kashmir.
28. What were deer and young antelope doing at the zoo ?
V. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow :
5 × 3 = 15
29. ‘‘The Music World and Tamil Nadu have been honoured.’’
a) Who is the speaker ?
b) Who does this statement refer to ?
c) When was it said ?
30. ‘‘Chandan Das is saved !’’
a) Who is the speaker ?
b) When was it said ?
c) Where was it said ?
31. ‘‘Ironically Lata was even rejected for Shaheed.’’
a) Who rejected Lata ?
b) Why was she rejected ?
c) From which lesson is the extract taken ?
32. ‘‘Although it fall and die that night,
It was the plant and flower of light.’’
a) What does ‘it’ refer to ?
b) What is the plant and flower of light ?
c) From which poem are these lines taken ?
33. ‘‘How ugly the beasts are !’’
a) Who is the speaker ?
b) Whom did the speaker say these words ?
c) Which is the ugly beast ?
VI. Quote from memory : 4
34. A lily of ….........……....................…………..…………………
……………………………..…...................……....…... in May,
Although it ............……...................………………………….
....................................................................... of light.
OR

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It is ...………....………….............……..............……….…...
……………….…….................……………..…….… better be ;
Or standing ...........…........................….…...................
…………….................………………..….............. and sere :
VII. Answer the following question in five or six sentences : 4
35. Explain the varieties of flowers and fruits of Kashmir.
OR
Compare the achievement of Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi and Smt. Lata
Mangeshkar.
VIII. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
1×4=4
36. Kites are man’s second oldest playthings. Before kites, man was using
dolls as playthings. Man, first used kites in wars. He used them to lift
battle supplies and drop them near the place of fighting. He used kites to
carry messages too. Hundreds of years ago, there were kites which could
carry men ! In 200 B.C. the Chinese flew kites made of cloth because
there was no paper then. They did not care about their usefulness. The
Chinese made kites of different colours, shape and size. They celebrated
the ninth day of the ninth month as ‘Kites Day’. On this day, they filled
the sky with their kites. The Japanese made kites of attractive designs.
They flew kites on the day of ‘Boy’s festival’. They made special kites on
this day. These special kites were heavy. The other countries in the world
bought kites from these two countries — China and Japan.
a) When was man using dolls as playthings ?
b) How were kites used in war ?
c) When do Chinese celebrate ‘Kites Day’ ?
d) What do Japanese do on ‘Boy’s festival’ ?
IX. 37. Write an essay on any one of the following topics in 8 to 10
sentences : 1×4=4
a) Importance of yoga
b) Ban on plastic
c) Uses of forest
X. 38. Imagine that you are Shailaja / Shailesh of Standard X, Government
High School, Yellapura :
Write a letter to your friend describing the Independence day celebration
in your school. 5
OR
Write a letter to your class teacher requesting him/her to grant you two
days leave. Give reasons.

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