MBOSE Class 10 Question Paper 2025 for English Additional

Meghalaya Board of School Education

QUESTION
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Total No. of Printed Pages—15
X/25/Ae

2025

ADDITIONAL ENGLISH

Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 24

Time : 3 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

General Instructions :
(i) Please check that the Question Paper contains
51 questions.
(ii) 15 minutes time is given for the candidates to read the
Question Paper. The Question Paper will be distributed
15 minutes before the scheduled time of the
examination. In these 15 minutes, the candidates
should only read the instructions and questions
carefully and should not write answers on the Answer
Sheet.
(iii) For candidates without Internal Assessment their
marks will be multiplied by 1.25 to adjust their total to a
maximum of 100 marks.
(iv) The Question Paper contains 4 sections, Section—A, B,
C and D.
(v) Section—A contains Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ).
Choose the most appropriate answer from the given
options. The answers to this Section must be provided
in the boxes provided in the Answer Sheet. Answers
given anywhere else will not be counted for marking.

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(vi) Section—B contains Short Answer-type Questions.
Answer according to the questions asked.
(vii) Section—C contains Long Answer-type Questions.
Answer according to the questions asked.
(viii) Section—D contains Composition. Answer the
questions according to the format as well.

SECTION—A

Multiple choice questions. (Attempt all questions) : 1×30=30

1. Which bells would be rung if the accused opened the
door that had a tiger behind it?

(A) Gay brass bells

(B) Doleful iron bells

(C) Gay steel bells

(D) Doleful brass bells

2. The couple received a sudden wire saying that they
should

(A) visit their son in Rome for a vacation

(B) visit their son because he was sick

(C) accompany him for his graduation

(D) go and see their son off before he left for the war

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3. How was the King characterized in the story, ‘The Lady,
or the Tiger ? ’?

(A) Civilized

(B) Semi-barbaric with a blend of culture

(C) Cruel and tyrannical

(D) Kind-hearted and benevolent

4. How did Rama Rao feel after realizing that he had made
many mistakes in the puzzle?

(A) He was disturbed for a moment

(B) He felt relieved that he had tried

(C) He felt depressed and hopeless

(D) He was determined to try again

5. According to the red-faced man, the sons go to the front
when they are twenty because

(A) they are forced to by their parents

(B) they feel a sense of duty towards their country

(C) they have no other option

(D) they want to make their parents proud

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6. The Postmaster’s family consisted of his

(A) father, mother and elder brother

(B) sister and elder brother

(C) father, younger brother and elder sister

(D) mother, younger brother and elder sister

7. The stranger could not stand upright on the platform
because

(A) he was too tall

(B) he was scared

(C) he was trying to find his balance

(D) the platform was slippery

8. The story, A High Dive was written by

(A) Luigi Pirandello

(B) Frank R. Stockton

(C) L. P. Hartley

(D) Victor Hugo

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9. What good news did Rama Rao receive from his wife on
returning home?

(A) The tenants were ready to offer good cash for the
house

(B) The tenants were ready to vacate the bungalow

(C) The tenants were ready to help him in repairing the
house

(D) All of the above

10. What do the poets of Madurai typically focus on in their
poems?

(A) The river during summer

(B) The temples and cities

(C) The floods in the river

(D) The daily lives of the people

11. How do the exposed wet stones in the river look like?

(A) Crocodiles basking in the sun

(B) Sleepy crocodiles

(C) Sleepy cows

(D) Buffaloes basking in the sun

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12. What will lend its state to the maiden?

(A) The stars

(B) The storm

(C) The willow tree

(D) The floating clouds

13. The same persistent _____ and the glowing waste.

(A) stroke

(B) call

(C) struggle

(D) cry

14. If we lose in a game of ‘pitch and toss’, we should

(A) never speak about our loss

(B) tell everyone about our loss

(C) never take another risk

(D) tell our loved ones about our loss

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15. What does the line, “Make right the immemorial
infamies” refer to?

(A) The recent accomplishments of humanity

(B) The long standing injustices and wrongs in society

(C) The future potential of society

(D) The historical achievements of leaders

16. Is this the Dream He dreamed who shaped _____

(A) the moons

(B) the suns

(C) the stars

(D) the planets

17. If you can dream and not make dreams your _____.

(A) master

(B) slave

(C) aim

(D) goal

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18. Theseus expected Hermia to give her final decision

(A) by the next full moon

(B) by the next new moon

(C) the following day

(D) in a week’s time

19. The Athenian craftsmen decided to stage a play called

(A) The Love of Pyramus and Thisbe

(B) The Tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe

(C) The Death of Pyramus and Thisbe

(D) The Comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe

20. “Will not the ladies be afraid of the lion?” Who spoke
these words?

(A) Snug

(B) Snout

(C) Quince

(D) Bottom

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21. Who was Nedar?

(A) The father of Hippolyta

(B) The father of Hermia

(C) The uncle of Demetrius

(D) The father of Helena

22. Theseus said that his hounds had been bred from _____
dams and sires.

(A) Arabian

(B) Roman

(C) Spartan

(D) Greek

23. Bottom asked Peter Quince to write a _____ on his
dreams.

(A) story

(B) prologue

(C) ballad

(D) play

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24. How did the Fairy Queen get the changeling boy?

(A) She had stolen him from his mother after the
nurse’s death

(B) She had stolen him from the nurse after his
mother’s death

(C) She had stolen him from the maid after his mother’s
death

(D) She had stolen him from his father after his
mother’s death

25. Titania told Bottom that she found him

(A) both wise and beautiful

(B) neither wise nor beautiful

(C) handsome but foolish

(D) courteous and polite

26. Which proverb did Puck use to end the song after
squeezing the antidote on Lysander’s eyelids?

(A) Love is blind

(B) Every man shall have his own woman

(C) All’s well that ends well

(D) Love conquers all

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27. The place where public, government or historical records
are kept is called

(A) a pantry

(B) a coffer

(C) a scullery

(D) an archive

28. _____ were men who used to fight with weapons at public
shows in an arena.

(A) Gladiators

(B) Swordsmen

(C) Archers

(D) Wrestlers

29. A decorative handwriting is called

(A) calligraphy

(B) cursive

(C) scribble

(D) stenography

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30. A person who dishonestly pretends to be somebody else
is called

(A) knave

(B) actor

(C) villain

(D) imposter

SECTION—B

Short answer-type questions. Answer any five in about
30 words each : 2×5=10

31. What did Rama Rao do on the day a solution was due?

32. What is meant by ‘impartial and incorruptible chance’?

33. How did Ratan console herself?

34. Why did the manager say, “Well it’s his funeral”, before
the man could perform his act?

35. What kind of fruits did the fairies feed Bottom?

36. Who was Philostrate?

37. Why did Oberon order Puck to make the night foggy?

38. How long did Titania plan to stay in the woods?

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Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow :
1×3=3
39. I could not see the heavy things they carried;
I only heard : ‘He never gave a cry—’
(a) Name the poem and the poet. 1
(b) What is the heavy thing they carried? 1
(c) Who never gave a cry? 1

OR

40. It carried off three village houses,
one pregnant woman
and a couple of cows.
(a) Name the poem and the poet. 1
(b) What does the word ‘It’ refer to? 1
(c) What were the names of the cows? 1

SECTION—C

Long answer-type questions. Answer in about 80–100 words
each : 5×3=15

41. “He had come to the conclusion that life was not worth
living.”
Trace the events that led Rama Rao to come to this
conclusion.

OR

42. What made the Postmaster say that a genie out of an
Arab tale would make him come alive again in the village
of Ulapur?

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43. “Thus Nature spake—The work was done.”
Explain how nature accomplished its task in moulding
Lucy’s character.

OR

44. “This monstrous thing distorted and soul quenched.”
Who is responsible for creating such a ‘monstrous thing’
and how will they straighten up his shape?

45. “So we grew together, like a double cherry, two cherries
on one stem, seeming to be parted, but yet united.”
Who spoke the above line and what did the speaker
remind her friend about their friendship?

OR

46. Give a character sketch of Lysander.

SECTION—D
( Composition )

47. You have recently constructed a house and have decided
to rent it out. Draft an advertisement giving all the
necessary details to be published in a local daily. 4

48. Amplify any one of the following : 5
(a) The grass is greener on the other side.
(b) Beggars cannot be choosers.
(c) Look before you leap.

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49. Summarize the given passage : 5
Work is what we make it to be. We all have similar work
to do. Yet it is the attitude with which one works that
makes the difference to it. If one works with irritation
and anger, it shows in the work. Even if the work is
completed, there would neither have been joy during the
process of working nor would there be beauty to the
work accomplished.
We have work to do as a student. We need to study. We
have to go to school. There are assignments and projects
to do. We also participate in various curricular and
extra-curricular activities during an academic session at
school. All this constitutes our work. If we do it
grudgingly, we cannot enjoy the education process. If
there is joy in what we have to do, it becomes easier to
accomplish. Learning then is fun, not a bore or trouble
at all.

OR

50. Write a diary entry on the following :
Your parents had bought you a mobile phone for your
birthday. Describe your feelings of surprise and joy in
about 80–100 words. 5

51. Write an essay on any one of the following topics : 8

(a) A trip to the most beautiful picnic spot

(b) Should online games be banned for school children?

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