Uttarakhand Board class 10 Half Yearly 2021 Question Paper English

RollNo... D/21-22
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Half Yearly Examination 2021-2022
Subject- English
Time: 3 Hrs. Class 10 M.M.: 100
Note:All question are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each ques-
tion.
Section- A (Reading)
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
he most
astonishing aspect of all Indus cities was their advanced sys
tem of town planning lwithin the thick outerwalls probably a defence
against flooding- large blocks of houses were separated by a grid o
brood roods( Houses were terraced; they varied in size, but were ail
designed around an inner courtyard, usually with a staircase leading to
an upper fioor) Much of the daily life of the citizens took place in the
courtyard, as it does in Indian homes today.
he people were fastidious about personal hygiene.(The houses con
tained bathrooms and often brick lavatories, which were connected to a
system of drains which followed the routes of the streets, punctuated
by manholes, gutters and weels! The houses contained slight traces of
elaborate woodwork and the plastered walls and flower may have been
painted or covered with mats and hangings. Finds of jewellery viva-
cious figurines and lively painted pottery. Show that the Indus people
did not lack artistic imagination or colour in their daily lives. But there
seem to have been little room for more permanent secular or even
religious art, onlu sparse evidence of which has survived.
Ques. (a) what was surprising aspect of Indus cities ? 2
(b) Howwere the houses designed there?
(c) How were the lavatories built in houses? 2
(d) What has been said about imagination of people of Indus ?2
2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Blood is made us of three cell types and plasma which together have
vital tasks to perform. On one hand blood is a means of transport, sup-
plying every part of body with oxygen and nutrients, on the other hand it
removes carbon dioxide and waste products. In addition to these func-
tions, it serves as a means of communication between different organs
by carrying hormones and other chenmical messengers from place to
place. The constant circulation of blood also helps to keep our body's

temperature constant. and blood platelets help to protect us by biock-
ing the flow of blood from wounds. The red corpuscles contain haeno-
globin. Molecule that transports oxygen around the body, while the vari-
ous types of white corpuscles play an important role in our body's vital
immune defences. They are constantly patrolling the whole body and
are able to
penetrate into any type of tissue through the blood vessel
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walls and remove foreign matter harmful bacteria and diseases cells.
Red blood cells contain the protein haemoglobin. Which gives it its
red colour. The harm group of protein molecules-iron attached to them
is responsible for the colour. Haemoglobin's task is to bind the oxygen
in the lungs, transport it to the rest of the body and then release it.
(a) What does the blood supply ? 2
(b) How does blood serve as a means of communication? 2
(c) How are blood platelets helpful to us?
(d) What penetrates into tissues and what does it remove ? 2
(e) What does red-blood corpuscles contain ? 2
(f) Find the word from the passage which means 2
(i) Unchanging (i) Essential
Section-B (Writing)
3. You are Rajeev/Radhika of main market.Rudraprayag, Your Younger
brother is in a hostel in Dehradun. He is fond of eating fast food out-
side. Write a letter to him advising him to avoid junk food and its harnful
effects on health ? 8
OR
You are Karan/Kiran of main market Agastyamuni. Write a letter to the
Municiplality officer complaining against the irregular electric supply in
your locality
4. Write a paragraph on any one of the following in 60 words
(i) Covid-19 (i) Importance of Forests
(iii) Smoking is injurious to Health.
5. On the basis of given below, write a paragraph in about
hints 80
words on 'A Picnic'.
Hints A pleasure trip outdoors-choice of the place with friends-day
and time-preparation-the journey its surroundings-how you enjoyed
it-back home.
Section C (Grammar)
6. Fill in the blanks with the correct from of non finites given in the
brackets: 2
(a) We saw a bird in the garden. (sing)
(6) You are too youn this tree. (climb)
(c) is my hobby. (cook)
(d) My mother is fond of (dancing)

7.
7. Combine the follwing pairs of sentences using the sentence
connectors given in the brackets 2
(i) My aunt burnt her hand. She was baking a cake. (while)
(ii) He left his hiding place. It become dark. (when)
8. Join the following pairs of sentences as directed 2
(i) She is very beautiful. I Know. (Begin with "I know.)
(ii) He told me. He knows the minister personally.
(Begin with He told...)

9 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the the verbs given in
3
the brackets time
My brother.. . (come) from Bagalare yesterday. By the
he..
. (reach) home, my father.(leave) for Bombay.
he..
10. Complete the following sentences using
models 2
(a) We.....obey the law.
(b) We...not tell lies.
and phrases to form
11. (a) Re-arrange the following words 2
meaningful sentences
(a) country/ for/ fight/ brave / their/ men.
(b) lives /a/ very / simple / life/ he. 2
into passive voice:
(b) Transform the following sentences
(a) Simran sings a song.
(v) Mr. Sharma teaches us english
Section D (Text Book)
answer the questions
that follow: 5
12. Read the extract given below and with its
the field of ripe corn
With satisfied expression he regarded wind began
rain. But suddenly a strong
flowers, draped in a curtain of
hailstones began to fall.
rain very large
to blow and along with the them-
silver coins. The body exposing
new
These truly did resemble
coolect the frozen pearls.
selves to the rain, ran out to it passes
"exclaimed the man." I hape
"It's really getting bad now, rained on the house,
quickly. For an hour the hail
quickly." It did not pass The field was
on the whole valley.
the hillside the cornfield,
the garden,
with salt.
white as if covered
Ques.: (a) Why did look satisifed?
Lencho
all at once?
(b) What haapened
Lencho hope for?
(c) What did Lencho's feelings when the hail stopped ?
(d) What were the passage
m e a n s to look
like?
Which word in that follows:
(e) and a n s w e r the questions his
13. Read the following
passage
would never support
him, so he bent
that his wings under the ledge where
the
He felt certain
back to the little hole where
head and ran away this brothers and
his little sister
Even when each of flopped thier
slopt at night. shorter than his own, ran to the brink,
for take that plunge
wings w e r e failed to muster up
couage to
he

flew aways
wings and desperate. 2
appeared to him so
which run back?
the young seagull sister? 1
Ques. (a) Why did not follow his brothers and
his little
he
(b) Why did sleep at night?
Where did the young seagull or bingtogether".
1
(c) means, to gather
word in the passage : 6
about 80 words
(d) Which the following question in
o n e of his life ?
14. Answer any for freedom change
Mandela's hunger
How did OR PT.O
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was She abie U
with her ? How
Why was Anne's teacher annoyed
towards her?
bring about a change in his attitude
in about 30-40 words: 4
15. Answer any one of the following questions
he other children ?
In what way was Wanda different fromt
OR
Describe a traditional goan village baker.
(Poetry)
16. Read the extract and answer the question that follow:
But he's locked in a concrete cell.
His strength behind bars.
Stalking the length of his cage.
Ignoring visitors.
Quest.: (a) Who does 'he' referto in the first line? 1
(b) How is 'he' in the cage?
1
(c) How does he react to the visitor ?
(d) Name the poet of this poem. 1
OR
Some say the world will end in fire.
Some say in ice.
From what l've tasted of desire
| hold with those who favour fire.
Quest.: (a) Whom does the poet stand with ?
(b) Name the poem and the poet ? 1
(c) What are the two different views about the end of the world?2
17. Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words: 6
(a) What message has Robert Frost given in his poem Dust of snow?
(b) What does John Berryman say the boy is learning from he loss of
(b)
the ball ?
(c) What is the natural habitat of a tiger ? Why is the tiger locked in a
cell of the zoo?
(Supplementary Reader)
18. Answer the following questions in about 100 words:
Who was Anil ? How did he transform Hari Singh's character?
OR
"Griffin was rather a lawless persón". Comment.
19. Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words:

Why is Mrs. Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
OR
Why was it difficult for Hari Singh to rob Anil ?
20. Answer the following questions in about
20-30 words
How did Griffin enjoy in the London store?
OR
Why was Mr. Herriot shocked at Tricki's
appearance ?