HBSE Class 10 Sample Paper 2024 Answers English

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2024
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Class: 10th

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1. (i) b About 2.8 million square miles 1
(ii) c The Amazon 1
(iii) a Drainage basin 1
(iv) c About 2-5 per cent 1
(v) d Cuplike plants 1
(vi) The vast forest consists of four layers. 1
(vii) There is very little air movement in the understorey 1
because it is very thick.
(viii) The layer above the understorey is the canopy. 1
(ix) Nutrients from rotting vegetation and bodies of dead 1
organisms 1
(x) The Amazon : The World’s Largest Tropical Rainforest
(Any other similar title)
2. (i) Accurate timing and amount of rain. 1
(ii) We won’t get enough drinking water. 1
(iii) By teaching them the message of water conservation 1
in school.
(iv) Water conservation 1
(v) We can live without gold but not without water. 1
(vi) c. It will always be available 1
(vii) d. washing cars 1
(viii) b. agriculture 1
(ix) d. Save Water 1
(x) d. carefully 1

3 (i) b. goes 1
(ii) c. are waiting 1
(iii) b. an 1
(iv) d. no article 1
(v) a. Dr. Anu said, "Why are you beating Rajesh?" 1

(vi) d. We went to Agra on Friday.
1
(vii) d. All of these

(viii) c. My father said that union is strength. 1
1
(ix) b. might
(x) d. could
1
(xi) b. parking
1
(xii) b. to paint
1
1
4 Application 5 marks 5
Format : 1 mark
Receiver’s address, Subject and Salutation, Body of
application & Complimentary Close

Award full marks if all aspects are included.
Award 0.5 mark if more than one aspect is missing.
Award zero mark if more than two aspects are missing.

Content : 2 marks
Suggested value points :
A fine of ….imposed…library books…..after the fixed
time….delay…. to my grandmother's house (any other
reason)….request you…remit the fine

Accuracy & Expression : 2 marks
Award full marks if
 Tense, tone and vocabulary are appropriate
 Coherent and relevant ideas
 One or two grammatical/ spelling mistake

To

The Librarian

R.M.S. Sr. Sec. School

Ambala

Subject: Request to remit fine for returning books late

Respected Sir/Madam

I am Aarush/Arshita, a student of class 10th A of your
school. I am writing to you today to request you to remit the
fine for returning the books late.

I borrowed 3 books from the library on 20th August 2023. I
was supposed to return the books on 30th August 2023,
but I was unable to do so due to some unforeseen
circumstances. I had to go to my grandmother's house for
a week. A fine of Rs.200 has been imposed on me. I
request you to kindly remit the fine considering my genuine
circumstances.

I am a regular library user and I have always returned the
books on time. This is the first time that I have been late in
returning the books. I promise that it will not happen again.

I hope you will consider my request.

Thanking you.

Yours obediently

Aarush/Arshita

1st September 2023

OR
Letter 5 marks
Format : 1 mark
Sender’s address, Date, Receiver’s address, Subject and
Salutation, Body of letter & Complimentary Close

Award full marks if all aspects are included.
Award 0.5 mark if more than one aspect is missing.
Award zero mark if more than two aspects are missing.

Content : 2 marks
Suggested value points :
polluted water supply...... brown and foul smell.... health
risk..... complained many times.... no attention... help us...

Accuracy & Expression : 2 marks
Award full marks if
 Tense, tone and vocabulary are appropriate
 Coherent and relevant ideas
 One or two grammatical/ spelling mistake

463, Sector 15

Chandigarh

1st July 2023

The Editor

The Tribune

Chandigarh

Sub : Polluted Water Supply in Sector 15

Sir

I am writing to express my concern about the polluted
water supply in our area. For the past few months, the
water coming out of our taps has been brown, smelly, and
foul-tasting. I am worried about the health risks associated
with drinking this contaminated water.

The residents of this locality have complained to the
authorities many times. But no attention has been paid to

this problem.I am writing to you in the hope that you will
help to raise awareness of this issue.

Thanking you.

Yours sincerely

Sahil

5 Report 5
Format : 1 mark
Box, Title/ Heading, Place, Date, Name of reporter
 Award full marks if all aspects are included.
 Award 0.5 mark if more than one aspect is missing.
 Award zero mark if more than two aspects are
missing.

Content : 2 marks
Suggested value points
N.S.S. Unit …..organised blood donation camp……chief
guest……team of doctors……students donated…..a noble
cause….honoured…..memento….

Accuracy & Expression : 2 marks
Award full marks if :
 Tense, tone and vocabulary are appropriate
 Coherent and relevant ideas
 one or two grammatical/ spelling mistake

R.M.S. Sr. Sec. School

Blood Donation Camp

Report by

Aman

Ambala

1st September 2023

Our school organized a blood donation camp on
Saturday, 30 August 2023. The camp was held in
the school auditorium from 9 am to 1 pm. The
camp was organized by the school's N.S.S.unit.

The camp was inaugurated by the chief guest, Mr.
Suresh Kumar. In his speech, he highlighted the
importance of blood donation and urged the
students to donate blood regularly. A total of 150
students and teachers donated blood at the camp.
The camp was a great success. The Principal
honoured the blood donors with mementos and
certificates.

OR
Advertisement 5
marks
Format : 1 mark
Box, Heading, Content, Contact no, Address/ Email

 Award full marks if all aspects are included
 Award ½ mark if more than one aspect is missing.
 Award zero mark if more than two aspects are missing.

Content : 3 marks
Suggested value points
 Catchy phrase
 Details of vehicle - model, mileage, present condition etc
 Selling price

Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar - 1 mark

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Available almost a new Hyundai Creta
car(diesel) for sale. It is of white colour, model
2022, run 30,000 km, average 20 kilometer
per liter, A.C., leather seat covers, Sony music
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bargaining!

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6 (i) to ask for paper and ink 1
(ii) tension and anger 1
(iii) Seventy pesos 1
(iv) because he thought that the employees had cheated 1
him.
(v) A Letter to God by G. L. Fuentes 1
OR
(i) an otter 1
(ii) in the crook of the writer’s knees 1
(iii) He went wild with joy 1
(iv) a body belt 1
(v) Mijbil the Otter by Gavin Maxwell 1 (Total =5)
7 Suggested value points : 6 marks
Ans. (i)
 The young seagull afraid to fly
 hunger compelled
 mother came to him
 dived and took the flight

The young seagull was too afraid to fly, but his hunger
compelled him to take his first flight. When his mother
came to him with a piece of fish in her beak, he could not
resist the temptation. He dived at the fish, and in doing so,
he finally took flight.

Ans. (ii)
 Paper has more patience than people
 She has no true friend
 She names her diary Kitty
 She records her feelings
Anne Frank has no true friend. She feels that paper has
more patience than people. So she decides to keep a
diary. She names her diary Kitty and records her feelings
about her friends, parents, teachers and school days in the
diary.

Ans. (iii)
 the smallest district of Karnataka
 Between Mysore and the coastal town of Mangalore
 known as Kodagu
 Famous for coffee plantation, evergreen rainforests
and spices
Coorg is the smallest district of Karnataka. It is known as
Kodagu also. It lies between Mysore and the coastal town
of Mangalore. It is famous for its coffee plantation,
evergreen rainforests and spices.

Ans. (iv)
 The conductor was a jolly man
 Valli behaved like a grown up woman
 answered his questions
 He was amused to see her self-confidence.
The conductor was a jolly man. He called Valli ‘madam’
because she behaved like a woman. She declined his help
and quickly answered his questions. He was amused to
see her self-confidence.
8. Suggested Value Points: 6 marks
 Mandela recalls history
 a system of racial domination against the black
people
 created a deep wound
 the most inhumane system overturned
 pays homage to all leaders
 calls himself simply the sum of all those leaders
 learnt meaning of courage from them
 takes a pledge to protect everyone's rights and
freedom
On the day of the inauguration, Nelson Mandela gets
overwhelmed with a sense of history. He recalls that in the
first decade of the 20th century, the white- skinned people
made a system of racial domination against the dark-
skinned people of their own land. It was one of the
harshest and most inhumane system. It created a deep
and lasting wound in the mind of the black people. But it
was overturned in the last decade of the 20th century. It
was replaced by a system that recognised the rights and
freedoms of all peoples without any bias of colour, caste
and creed. He recalls all those leaders who sacrificed their
lives for the rights of the black people. He says that he is
simply the sum of all those leaders. Those people taught
him the meaning of courage. He takes a pledge to protect
the rights and freedom of all people.

OR

 Kisa Gotami's only son died.

She wanted to make her son alive again.
approached the Buddha
asked to bring a handful of mustard seeds
The seeds must be from a house where no one had
died.
 Gotami could not find such a house.
 She realised that death is inevitable.
 The Buddha wanted her to realise the bitter truth of
life.
Kisa Gotami lost her only son. She wanted some medicine
to bring her son to life. A man suggested her to approach
the Buddha. She went to him and requested him to make
her son alive. The Buddha asked her to bring a handful of
mustard seeds. But there was a condition. She must bring
it from a house where no one had died. Kisa Gotami went
from door to door to get the mustard seeds. The problem
was that there were mustard seeds in every home. But she
was unable to find a house where nobody had ever died.
She felt very tired and sad. Then she realised the bitter
truth of life. The Buddha wanted her to accept the
inevitability of death.

9. (i) The poet thinks that fire of desires will end the world. 5 marks
(ii) People think that fire or ice can ruin the world.
(iii) abaa
(iv) hold with
(v) Poet : Robert Frost
Poem : Fire and ice
OR
(i) The Ball Poem
(ii) to show the desperate mental state of the boy
(iii) The boy is confused and sad
(iv) in the water
(v) Merrily (happily)
10. Suggested value points : 2x3=6 marks
Ans. i)
 Free and slide through long grass

 hunt the plump deer
 show his white fangs and claws
 terrorise the villagers
The tiger would feel free in the natural habitat. He would
slide through the long grass to hide himself from the view.
He would wait near the source of water to kill the plump
deer. He would show his white fangs and claws to the
villagers and terrorise the whole village.

Ans. ii)
 teenager
 lives in her own imaginative world
 wishes to be a mermaid, an orphan and Rapunzel
 yearns for freedom
Amanda is a teenager. She lives in her own imaginative
world. She does not pay any attention to the instructions
given by her mother. She wants to be a mermaid, an
orphan and Rapunzel. She yearns for freedom.

Ans. iii)
 portrays the silent working of nature
 Fog like a little cat
 comes silently and slowly
 sits on haunches and moves on
The poet portrays the silent working of nature in the poem
'Fog'. He says that the fog comes silently and slowly like a
cat. It sits on its haunches and looks over the harbour.
Then it moves on without making any sound.

Ans. iv)
 Custard snorted like an engine

 struck the pirate with his tail
 attacked like a robin
 swallowed the pirate
Custard snorted like an engine. He struck the pirate with
his tail. The pirate fired two bullets. But they did not hit
Custard. Custard attacked him as a robin attacks a worm
and swallowed him.

11. Suggested value points : 2x3=6 marks
Ans. i)
 Mrs. Pumphrey worried about her pet dog
 Tricki taken to Dr. Herriot’s surgery
 Transformed into a hard – muscled animal
 no idea about Tricki’s disease and cure

Mrs. Pumphrey was very much worried about her pet dog
Tricki as he was seriously ill. He was taken to Mr Herriot's
surgery. Herriot gave Tricki no food for two days. He gave
him a lot of exercises. He was transformed into a hard
muscled animal. When Mrs Pumphrey saw him, she said,
"This is a triumph of surgery."
In fact, she had no idea about Tricki's ailment and
treatment.

Ans. ii)
 Max entered Ausable’s room
 wanted to have the important documents
 befooled by Ausable
 dropped himself to the balcony and died
Max was a cunning secret agent. He entered Ausable's
room secretly with an automatic pistol. He wanted to take
important documents from the room. But Ausable made

him believe that there was a balcony outside the window.
He was fooled by Ausable about the police. To escape
himself from the police, Max dropped himself to the
balcony and died.

Ans. iii)
 Matilda : very charming and pretty lady
 wanted to enjoy a life of luxury
 led an ordinary life
 her discontentment: cause of suffering
Matilda was a very beautiful and pretty lady. She wanted to
live a life of comforts and luxuries. But she was married to
a clerk. She lived in a simple house. She led an ordinary
life. All this made her very sad. Her discontentment with life
was the cause of her ceaseless suffering.

Ans. iv)
 communication devices
 orders Omega to listen to books
 unable to hear any sound
 not on the correct frequency
Think-Tank looks at the books with the help of his remote
camera. His second guess about the books is that they are
communication devices. He orders Omega to listen to
them. Omega follows his orders. But he is unable to hear
any sound. He replies Think-Tank that they may not be on
the correct frequency.
12 Suggested Value Points: 6 marks
 Hari Singh, the thief boy meets Anil
 gets the job to cook food for him
 Anil teaches him how to read and write
 He steals Anil's 600 rupees

 but decides to come back
 feels thankful to Anil
 Anil knows about the theft but says nothing
 His behaviour changes the life of the thief boy.
'The Thief's Story' presents the story of a fifteen year old
thief boy Hari Singh and a writer named Anil. Anil is a
simple-hearted and easy-going man. Hari Singh finds him
as an easy target for his purpose of stealing. Anil trusts him
and gives him a job to cook food for him. Anil teaches him
to read and write. One day Anil brings some money at
home. The thief boy steals 600 rupees and runs away. But
he is unable to board the train. He feels that Anil is the only
person whom he can trust. He thinks that when Anil will
come to know of the theft, he will feel very sad not for the
loss of money but for the loss of trust. So he decides to
come back. He puts the money back under the mattress.
Anil knows all this. But he is a kind-hearted man. He says
nothing to the boy. Rather he promises to pay him
regularly. His behaviour brings out a change in the life of
the thief boy. Thus the following statement is quite true in
the context of this chapter :
"Trust and the spirit to forgive someone can change a
person."

OR

 Bholi : neither intelligent nor beautiful
 got frightened in school
 all laughed at her
 her teacher motivated her
 Bholi became confident
 refused to marry Bishamber Nath
 decided to serve her parents
 proved herself the teacher's masterpiece
Bholi was the youngest child of Ramlal. She was neither
intelligent nor beautiful. Nobody talked to her with love.
She was a backward child. She had pock marks on her
face. On the first day of school, she was frightened. All
students laughed at her when she was unable to
pronounce her name properly. But her teacher spoke to

her in a soft and soothing voice. The teacher's behaviour
touched her heart. The teacher advised her to come to
school regularly. Then she would be more learned than
anyone else in the village. She assured her that she would
be able to speak without a stammer and everybody would
listen to her with respect. Her words became a new hope
for Bholi. She became a confident girl. She refused to
marry Bishamber Nath. She decided to serve her parents
in their old age. She proved herself the teacher's master-
piece.