SSC (English Medium) इयत्ता १० वी - Maharashtra State Board Important Questions for English

Read the following extract and rewrite it from the point of view of the Daisy, the flower:

[You may begin as: I was very happy ........... ]
         How happy the daisy was! No one has the least idea. The bird kissed it with its beak, sang to it, and then rose again up to the blue sky. It was certainly more than a quarter of an hour before the daisy recovered its senses. Half ashamed, yet glad at heart, it. looked over to the other flowers in the garden; surely they had witnessed its pleasure and the honour that had been done to it; they understood its joy. But the tulips stood more stiffly than ever, their faces were pointed and red because they were vexed. The peonies were sulky; it was well that they could not speak, otherwise, they would have given the daisy a good lecture. The little flower could very well see that they were ill at ease, and pitied them sincerely.
            Shortly after this, a girl came into the garden, with a large sharp knife. She went to the tulips and began cutting them off, one after another. "Ugh!" sighed the daisy, "that is terrible; now they are done for."
        The girl carried the tulips away. The daisy was glad that it was outside, and only a small flower - it felt very grateful. At sunset, it folded its petals and fell asleep, and dreamt all night of the sun and the little bird.

Write an application in response to the advertisement using
information given in the CV provided.   

Situation Vacant

                          CV (Curriculum Vitae) 

Name                      :  Saurabh Akolkar 

Address                  :  25, Parth Society, M. G. Road,
                                  Aurnngabad - 431001 

Age                       : 24 years 

Nationality           : Indian 

Experience          : Working as a Computer Operator at
                            'Wonder Travels', Mumbai 

Academic Achievements: 

Write on'any ONE of the following items as directed : (4)
(Write a short tourist leaflet on any hill station you know with the help of the following points:
(i) How to reach there?
(ii) Where to stay?
(iii) What to see?
(iv) Shopping attractions.
(v) Add your own points.

Write a letter to the manager of your local bus depot pointing out that there are very few buses on your route in the morning and these are invariably late, thereby causing inconvenience to many junior college students and other passengers. 

Read the following intro and write a headline, a date- line and a short continuing paragraph. 

Question:

Intro: The All Mumbai Doctors' Union has announced a
one day token strike on 25th February to protest against
beating of a Residential Medical Officer (RMO) at KEM
Hospital. 

Read the following intro and write a headline, a date- line and a short continuing paragraph. 

Quetions

Intro: Santacruz police have arrested three people in a case of cheating. The accused are ex-employees of a Parle based fitness centre cal led Yogpower Studio:

Question:

Read the following graph regarding ‘High Awareness but Little Action’ about organ donation. Write a paragraph based on it in about 120 words:

View - Counter-view :
Prepare a paragraph to be used for the Counter-view Section on the following topic (about 120 words).
'Study says homework does not help students score better grades.' 

Imagine you are going to interview some important personality. Prepare a set of 8- 10 questions focussing on his I her social behaviour and the activities he I she carries out. 

Speech Writing: 

Write a short speech to be delivered in your college on 'Tree Conservation' on the occasion of 'The World Earth Day,' with the help of the following points (about JOO words):
(I) Air, water and noise pollution.
(2) Depletion of natural resources.
(3) Trees prevent soil erosion.
(4) Live in harmony with nature .  

Read the following snippet and write a letter based on it.

Read the following snippet and write a letter based on it.

Your friend Aditya/Aditi has passed the examination of Homi Bhabha – Bal Vaidnyanik recently. Write a dialogue between you and your friend about his /her achievement, preparation, the way of his/her studies etc.

Interview Questions :
A well known Child activist and Nobel Prize winner Mr. Kailash Satyarthi is the Chief guest of your annual function. You Aditya/Adity have been assigned to take his interview. Prepare a set of 8 questions to take his interview. You may ask questions on …His childhood, his education, beginning of the career, obstacles in the career, role model, his
feelings being a Nobel Prize winner and his future plans, message for the youngsters.

Information Transfer Non-Verbal to Verbal :
Observe the following web-chart carefully and write two short paragraphs of ‘Advantages of watching Television’ with the help of the points given.

Views/Counterviews :
Present the Counterviews on ‘‘Sports should be optional in schools.’’ You can use the following points from the view section.

Drafting a Speech :
  You are going to speak in your school assembly convincing junior students that the secret of true happiness lies in Giving and Sharing more than in Receiving and Taking.

  You can use the following points - a hearty satisfaction, pleasure of sharing, peace of mind, etc. You can add your own points.

Expansion or News Report :
Expansion based on Proverb/Maxim/Quotation/Slogan : (05)
Expand any one of the following ideas into two paragraphs.
(a) Perseverance is the key of Success.

News Report based on the given headline:
Prepare a newspaper report based on the following headline.
Harmanpreet 171* hauls India to the Final in T-20 Womens’ World Cup.

Writing a story : 
Develop a story in about 80 - 100 words with the help of the following ending.
Suggest a suitable title for it.
...........................Thus I was felicitated by the headmaster of our school in the school assembly. It was really a memorable day for me.