CG Board 10th Sample Paper English Specific

Sample question paper
Subject – Special English (011)
Class – 10th

Time – 3 hours M.M. - 75
Instruction : Attempt all question
Q. (1) [A] Choose the correct Alternative (5)
(i) A journey to a holy place is known as ……………
¼a½ holy visit ¼b½ pilgrimage ¼c½ Mecca ¼d½ Haj
(ii) The person who look the bag was sent to goal. The word god means
¼a½ play football ¼b½ hit the ball ¼c½ jail ¼d½ shop
(iii) on adding the suffusion to include the word formed is
¼a½ includesion ¼b½ includsion ¼c½ inclusion ¼d½ includeion
(iv) He look off his coat and sat down the phrase ‘look off’ means.
¼a½ remove ¼b½ leave ¼c½ stand ¼d½ fold
(v) The antonym of fortunate is …………..
¼a½ infortunate ¼b½ infortunat ¼c½ disfortunate ¼d½ unfortunate
Q. (1) [B] Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternative. (5)
(i) They decided to continue _______ the bad weather.
¼a½ spite of ¼b½ newerthless ¼c½ despile of ¼d½ while
(ii) He was disappointed _________ the result was not as expected.
¼a½ so that ¼b½ while ¼c½ become ¼d½ although
(iii) Lat’s wait __________ it slops raining
¼a½ before ¼b½ until ¼c½ since ¼d½ for
(iv) My childhood friend comes __________ to meet me.
¼a½ always ¼b½ recently ¼c½ occasionally ¼d½ early
(v) _______ the play ended , we went to meet him.
¼a½ When ¼b½ while ¼c½ before ¼d½ as
Q. (1) [C] Choose the grammatically correct sentence (5)
(i) ¼a½ She recuited a poem who made the child small.
¼b½ She recuited a poem which made the child small.
¼c½ She recuited a poem when made the child small.
(ii) ¼a½ We used to line in a village , when I was a child.
¼b½ We would line in a village , when I was a child.
¼c½ We may line in a village , when I was a child.
(iii) ¼a½ We are better then our rivals.
¼b½ We are better from our rivals.
¼c½ We are better to our rivals.
(iv) ¼a½ She doesnot do the house work herself , doesnot she ?

¼b½ She does the house work herself , doesn’t she ?
¼c½ She does the house work herself , does she ?
(v) ¼a½ At what time does the shops open here ?
¼b½ At what time did the shops open here ?
¼c½ At what time do the shops opens here ?
Note : Answer the following question in one or two sentences :-
Q. (2) What is the poets demand in the poem ‘about me’ ?
Q. (3) How did the little kite feel when it sailed up in the sky ?
Q. (4) Why was beinkensopp always late ?
Q. (5) What do you understand by If we use more than one sight in the poem ‘Including
all my friends ’
Q. (6) What places does sumba imagine in the poem ‘sunbas’ adventure ?
Note : Answer the following question in two or three sentences :-
Q. (7) What did akash dicide to settle down in india ? What does it show about his
character ?
Q. (8) Why did jack say that it was better ‘to be Mr. owner than two be Mr. tenant’ ?
Q. (9) How many times did uncle podger jail to hung the picture ? List the evidences
from the story.
Q. (10) What was the mood of the headmaster when he entered the class ? How did
swaminathan react to the questions put by the headmaster ?
Q. (11) Make a précis of the following and give a suitable little.
Three gives us wood. This wood is used as fuel. If is also used for Building
Houses and boats. Wood got from the trees is the raw material for paper and rayon. Trees
and plants make the starch by photosynthesis. This starch is the food of all grass eating
animals. It is also the main food for human being. Trees gives out oxygen and helps in
purifying the air we breathe. If also give out water vapour. This cools the are. It is
helpful in causing rains. Also they bind the soil jast and stop the erosion of sort. We get
many herbs & medicines from plants. They also purify the air by taking carbon dioxide
and releasing oxygen to the atmosphere. Forests also provide food and shelter to various
birds & animals which make our earth such a beautiful place.
OR
The root cause of asthma could be defective deep breathing rays doctors at johns
Hopkins university. Alkas togias and his collages say that nobody can be made to wheeze
like an asthmatic of they are prevented from beathing deeply when there lungs are
irritated. During an asthamatic attack the muscles lining the lungs airways go into spasm
contracting the tubes and reducing the flow of air. Attacks can be set off by irritant
chemicals or allergic reactions usually to the droping of the house dust mite. Most
doctors have assumed that the lungs of asthma suffuse are unusually susceptible to
irritation but togas and his colleagues were intrigues by experiments that suggested
otherwise lung tissue taken from healthy people and asthmatics seems to react similarly

to issitant chemicals we think that the lungs of people with asthma behave in exactly the
same ways as people with healthy lung” say togas’ “The difference between them is that
healthy people manage” reopen their tubes by taking deep breaths
Q. (12) Write an e-mail to your friend asha/Ashok informing her/him about a coaching
institute (Brochure attached) sign in as neera/neerai - neer [email protected] (4)
OR
Write an e-mail to the “Reader’s digest” Mumbai readers digest.com.in to get a
year subscription of the magezin. Informing them of the subscription fee being by
NEFT you are V.K. Jain [email protected]
Q. (13) Write a paragraph on any one of the topics on the given hints.
(a) Polythene bags vesus paper bags.
Hints – Polythene bags - convents – nondestructing
Hazardous ; paper bags – easily torn – biogradable – people awareness.
(b) Mens best friend - books
Hints – vast knowledge – help – wisdom – enrich personality – positivity
(c) Visit to a fair.
Hints – Place - main attraction – local artist – market – swings – enjoyment. (4)
Q. (14) Fill in the blanks correct form of verbs given and the correct of the
determines given. (5)
One day as righ __________ (water) the _______ (few , lot) plants in his
garden. He _______ (notice) that the leaves of ________ (any , some) plants were
halfeaten and then he ________ (see) the catepiler.
OR
A fierce wind blew and ______ (several any much) houses crashed down while
______ (many , both , all ) others were badly _______(to damage). The storm was
so severe that ________ (a few , a little , alot) huts were (blow) away with the
wind.
Q. (15) Read the following passage from a resson in your book and answer the question
that follows. (any five) (5)
Aunt jane (relenting a little) : Now I’m sorry if I sounded rude but really I’m
shocked to fond the way you’re living. I’ve never owed a penny in my life – cash
down that’s my motto and I want you to do the same (she jens her handby) now
look here’s a little cheque I was meaning to give you anyway. (she hands it to jill)
suppose you take it and pay off just one of your bills so that you can say one yhing
at least really belong to you.
Question :
(i) What was Aunt janes motto ?
(ii) What did Aunt Jane want jull to do with the cheque ?
(iii) By what was Aunt Jane shocked ?
(iv) From which lesson is this exlact from ?

(v) Find a word from the passage which means “a guiding slogan”
(vi) Aunt Jane wanted jack and jill to live…………. (choose the correct option)
(a) without any loans
(b) without any rent
(c) without bill & cheques
Q. (16) Read the following passage and answer the question that follow.
In India working women lead a life of dual responsibites if they are married and
have a family with a majority of working women the family take precedence over
the job they prefer to stay in joint families where their children can be taken care of
while they are at work when they come back in the evening from the relatively
different surrounding of their work place their personalities have to undergo a
change to accommodation the demands on their time and attention by different
family members whose predominant feeling are of having been negated. These
women after do their shoping on the way from office. They reserve their weekends
for heavy housework and for spending time with their spouses and children for
family duties social visit and less for entertainment
Question (Any eight) (8)
(i) Why does the working women prefer to stay in a joint family ?
(ii) What are the dual responsibilities of a working women ?
(iii) Why does the personality of a working women change on reading home ?
(iv) Name any one of the different things a women does on a weekend ?
(v) Find the word from the passage which is antonym of “ancint” _______
(vi) Find the word from the passage which means to have enough space ______
(vii) Find the word from the passage which is antonym of “minorily” _______
(viii) Find the word from the passage which means “very important”
(x) What are the feeling of the family members to wards working women ?
Q. (17) Write an essay on about 250 words on any one of the topics.
(a) Pollution control
(b) Save girl child
(c) Misuse of mobiles
(d) Digital India