JAC Class 10 Model Question Paper 2024 English

JHARKHAND COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING, RANCHI
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
2023-2024

CLASS -10 SUBJECT – ENGLISH
TIME – 03 HOURs FULL MARKS: 80

General Instructions:-
 Candidates should answer in their own words as much as possible.
 All questions are compulsory.
 Total number of questions is 52.
 Question No. 01 to 30 are multiple choice questions, each question has four
options. Select the correct option. Each question carries 01mark.
 Question numbers 31 to 38 are very short answer questions. Out of which it is
mandatory to answer any 6 questions. Each question carries 02 marks.
 Question numbers 39 to 46 are short answer questions. Out of which it is
mandatory to answer any 6 questions. Each question carries 03marks.
 Question numbers 47 to 52 are long answer questions. It is mandatory to
answer any 4 questions. Each question carries 05marks.

Read the passage given below carefully and choose the correct options to
answer the questions.
One of the greatest values of punctuality is that it gives discipline to life. We
have to get up in time. We have to do things at the appointed time. All these
entail certain amount of sacrifice. It dispels Laziness and removes our take-it-
easy attitude”. A discipline person always gets recognition and social
acceptance. He is wanted and appreciated. Therefore, punctuality can make us
socially acceptable people. The virtue of punctuality is said to be the key to
success. Lack of punctuality affects a man‟s life in various ways. If people of
various occupations like teachers, students, politicians, etc., become punctual,
the country would develop in multiple ways. It would bring glory and a bright
future to the country. Look at the great world leaders who have achieved fame
and success. Punctuality was their hall mark.
1. Lack of punctuality affects man‟s life ----
(a) Meaning full way (b) Various ways (c) randomly (d) None of these
2. Who gets recognition and social acceptance ?
(a) a person who is not disciplined (b) a person who is discipline
(c) a person who sacrifices (d) a person who is lazy.
3. Advantage of punctuality is ----
(a) It makes life disciplined (b) It makes life great

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(c) It makes life easy (d) It makes life valuable.
4. One word for take- It- easy attitude is ----
(a) Safe (b) Laze (c) Calf (d) careful
5. Punctuality is considered as a symbol of ----
(a) World leaders (b) Great saint (c) Lazy people (d) None of these
6. Synonym for „goodness‟ is
(a) entail (b) recognition (c) virtue (d) Key
7. Antonym for success is.
(a) values (b) dispels (c) failure (d) certain
8. What bring glory and a bright future to the country ?
(a) Punctuality (b) careless people (c) Laze people (d) None of these

Choose the correct option and answer the following questions.
9. The indirect speech of .. He said to me, “ I am writing a letter”
(a) He asked me if was writing a letter (b) he told me that he was writing a letter
(c) He told me that I am writing a letter (d) None of these
10. The indirect speech of. – The teacher said, “ The sun rises in the east.”
(a) The teacher told me that the sun rises in the east.
(b) The teacher asked me the sun rises in the east.
(c) The teacher said that the sun rises in the east.
(d) None of these.
11. I……………. football for five years.
(a) has been playing (b) have been playing (c) am playing (d) was
playing
12. ……….. God fulfill your wishes.
(a) May (b) Must (c) can (d) Might
13. ………. you lend me your book.
(a) can (b) could (c) May (d) Might
14. „Manish is driving a car‟ is an example of :-
(a) present continuous Tense (b) Present perfect continuous Tense
(c) Past continuous Tense (d) Future continuous Tense
15. He ______ the place a few month back.
(a) Visit (b) Visits (c) visited (d) visiting.
16. Change into negative sentence. “ He is poor.”
(a) He is not rich (b) He is rich (c) He is no rich (d) None of these
Read the passage given below and choose the correct option to answer the
questions.

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He failed to muster up courage to take that plunges which appeared to him so
desperate. His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly,
upbraiding him, threatening to let him starve on his ledge unless he flew away.
But for the life of him he could not move.

17. Who is „He‟ in the first line ?
(a) Lencho (b) Anne (c) Young Seagull (d) Mother
18. This extracts has been written by ----
(a) Robert frost (b) Mulk Raj Anand (c) G.L. Fuentes. (d) Liam O‟Flaherty
19. What does the word „threatening‟ mean here ?
(a) obeying (b) Smiling (c) frightening (d) Joking

Choose the correct option and answer the following questions.
20. What did the otter look like ?
(a) Small dragon (b) Small cat (c) Small dog (d) Small goat
21. What is a country‟s greatest wealth ?
(a) Its minerals (b) Its people (c) Its technology (d) None of these
22. What was Goutam Buddha‟s early Name. ?
(a) Siddha (b) Sidhart (c) Sidha (d) Siddhartha
23. The baker from Goa was called.
(a) Pader (b) Daper (c) Rader (d) None of these
24. What are the two negative creatures that Robert Frost used as carriers
of positivity.
(a) Snow, dust (b) hemlock tree, crow (c) Hemlock tree, snow (d) snow,
crow
25. Why should the tiger lurking in shadow ?
(a) Out of fear (b) Out of anger (c) To catch the deer (d) Both (a) and (b)
26. What was Horace allergic to ?
(a) Dust (b) Smell of flowers (c) Pollen (d) Milk
27. What did the doctor in the story “ A Triumph of surgery” advise ?
(a) Cut his food (b) give him more exercise.
(c) Keep him on a very strict diet (d) All of these
28. Who is fowler in the story of “The Midnight visitor.”
(a) Secret agent (b) Spy (c) personal investigator (d) writer
29. What type of man was Griffin ?
(a) Lawless person (b) brilliant scientist (c) Engineer (d) both a and b
30. What did Ramlal demand as dowry ?

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(a) Money (b) refrigerator (c) television (d) all of the above

Reading
Read the passage carefully and answer any six of the following questions. 6x2 =12

The camel is the oldest of domestic animals. It has been used for thousands of years, by the
desert people of Africa and Asia to supply many of their needs. On the fertile edges of the desert,
camels pull ploughs, turn wheels to irrigate the fields. They also carry goods to market. In the desert
itself, they are still almost the only means of transport. They supply food, milk and clothing in the
form of wool and leather. This useful animal is well adapted to life in-harsh and dry lands. The
Arabian has one hump, the Bactrian camel has two. The hump is, in fact, a store of fat. It is used as a
source of energy when food and water are scarce. When it does drink, the camel can take up to 100
litres of water in ten minutes.
The camel has broad, soft feet for a steady grip in the sand. A thick skin
protects it from „the sharp daytime sun and very cold nights. The Camels eye have three eyelids to
help keep out sand. Its ears and nose are also adapted to keep out sand storms. Camels stand about
two metres high at the shoulder and weigh 500-800 Kilos.

Questions.
(31) How is the camel used by the people of Africa ?
(32) What does a camel‟s hump have ?
(33) Name any two works done by the camel.
(34) What is the height and weight of camels ?

(35) Complete the following :
(a) This useful animal is well __________.
(b) The camels eyes have ____________.

(36) Make sentences with the following words.
(a) Domestic
(b) Transport

(37) Write the synonym of given words.
(a) a lot of
(b) fruitful

(38) write the antonym of given words.
(a) Modern
(b) Hardly
Writing

VI. Answer any two questions in about 80-100 words: 2x5=10

39. Write a letter to your younger brother advising him to avoid bad company.

40. Write an application to the Headmaster of your school for arranging vocational classes.

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41. Write a paragraph on “ Sports Day” OR “Health is wealth”.
Marks : 06
Grammar
42. Fill in the blanks with suitable Modals given below
(Can, Could, Must). 3x1=3

(a) We ___________ pay our taxes.
(b) I___________ lift the box.
(c) I ____________ run faster when I was a boy .

43. Transform the following sentences as directed :- 3x1 = 3

(a) “She is too tired to play‟‟. : (Remove 'too')
(b) “A man cannot live forever, “ (Change into Interrogative)
(c) “Kalidas was not a great poet” ? (Change into Assertive)

Literature
Marks :22

44. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :. 3x1=3

What is the boy Now, Who has lost his ball,
What, What is he to do ? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street and then
Merrily over-there it is in the water !

Questions :
(a) From which poem this extract has been taken ?
(b) Who has written these lines ?
(c) What has the boy lost ?

Answer any three questionsinabout60-80words. 3x3=9

45. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly ?
46. Where is coorg ? What is the main crop of coorg ?
47. According to Robert frost, what do „Fire‟ and „ICE‟ stand for ?
48. How is Ausable different from other secret agents ?
49. Who was Horace Danby and what kind of a person was he ?

Answeranytwoquestionsin about 120-150 words. 2x5=10

50. Write a character sketch of Matilda.
51. What made Hari Singh come back to Anil.
52. Paper has more patience than people. “Elucidate.

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Answer key
1.B
2. B 16. A
3. A 17. C
4. B 18. D
5. A 19. C
6. C 20. A
7. C 21. B
8. A 22. D
9. B 23. A
10. C 24. B
11. B 25. C
12. A 26. B
13. B 27. D
14. A 28. D
15.C 29. D
30. A

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