English Medium Class 10 - CBSE Important Questions

Answer the following questions in 30-40 words : 

What do the elders in Goa still love to remember?

Answer the following question  in 30-40 words :
What difficulty do the crew of the space probe face on the Earth?

What is the significance of the Buddha’s request for a handful of mustard seeds and the addition of a condition to it?

Reference to the Context

i. Select the option that correctly captures the usage of the word ‘present’ from line 1 of the extract.  (1)

1. Oops received a nice present from Think Tank.
2. Iota needs to present his opinion firmly.
3. Omega must focus on the present and leave the past behind.
4. Oops didn’t know anyone even though a crowd was present.

ii. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the text  (1)

frown : smile : : gloomily : ______

iii. Select the option that displays the reason why all crew members were asked to have vitamins.  (1)

In order to -

1. boost their physical energies.
2. adapt to their circumstances.
3. quickly turn all the pages.
4. accomplish a specific task.

iv. According to the extract, what did THINK-TANK most likely want OMEGA to do when he said ‘Transcribe…’?  (1)

1. read aloud
2. translate
3. make notes
4. interpret
5. record reactions

Select the correct option.

1. 1 & 3
2. 2 & 4
3. Only 3
4. 1, 4 and 5

v. The playwright places certain words and sentences in brackets in the given extract.  (1)

List any ways these benefit both the director and actors.

1. ____________
2. ____________

i. What is the poet’s tone in the extract?  (1)

1. thoughtful
2. authoritative
3. agitated
4. insulting
5. argumentative

Select the appropriate option.

1. 1, 4
2. 3, 5
3. 2, 4
4. 1, 5

ii. What causes the young men to ‘despair’, according to the extract?  (1)

iii. Identify the reason for the speaker’s need to colour her hair, as per the extract.  (1)

1. Her control over what makes her look beautiful.
2. Her desire to be loved for inner beauty
3. Her need to change people’s perception about beauty
4. Her conviction that she is beautiful inside

iv. Complete the analogy about the speaker’s hair.  (1)

yellow : blonde : : ______ : carrot

v. Select the sentence in which the word ‘set’ is used in a similar manner as line 2 of the extract.  (1)

1. I want to set him up and get my work done this time.
2. Do you have another set of books that I can read?
3. The dessert needs to set for two hours before being served.
4. The set for the school play looked quite grand.

“Not from weeping nor from grieving will anyone obtain peace of mind"

If you had to use the message of the given quote from the Buddha’ssermon (The Sermon at Benares) to help the boy cope with the loss of his ball and what it signifies (The Ball Poem), what would you include in your advice?

Also, evaluate why it might be difficult for him to understand the notion.

"These sights so moved him that he at once went out into the world to seek enlightenment." What were the sights that moved 'him'?

Kisa Gotami admitted that she was being selfish in grief. Do you agree? Why/Why not?

Why did Kisa Gotami become weary and hopeless?

Answer of the following question in 40–50 words:

How did Apprentice Noodle act smartly by suggesting something about the book without offending Think-Tank? (The Book That Saved The Earth)

Read the sentence given below and fill in the blanks in it by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones that follow :
He was (a) ________ at the news (b) _________ the success of a poor candidate (c) _________ got the highest number of votes in Bihar election.

Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

Example: in/the cactus/very hot,/grows/dry places

The cactus grows in very hot, dry places.

(a) do not/leaves/have/they/but/spiny/needles

(b) flowers/and/bloom/some of them/cacti/at night/are big

(c) absorb/from fog/water/in the air/cacti can

Complete the paragraph given below with the help of options that follow :

The Vichitra Veena as (a) ________ name suggests (b) _________ a rate instrument and there are not (c) _________ artistes who can play this instrument.

(a)

     (i) a

    (ii) an

    (iii) the

    (iv) some

(b)

   (i) is

   (ii) am

   (iii) are

   (iv) have been

(c)

   (i) much

   (ii) many

   (iii) more

   (iv) who

Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences.

One example is given below :

in/the highest/India has/population/livestock/the world.

India has the highest livestock population in the world.

(a) is/of milk/the country/also/producer/the highest

(b) is staring/but/at a/major/it/crisis/fodder

(c) due to/pressure/of/it/is/growing/population of land

Complete the paragraph given below with the help of options that follow:

Kanishka, the ruler of the Kushanas embraced Buddhism. He (a) _____ invited to a Buddhist meeting (b) ______ Kashmir during his reign. It was during his time that Buddhism (c) ______ to Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java.

(a)

(i) is

(ii) was

(iii) had

(iv) has

(b)

(i) at

(ii) of

(iii) in

(iv) on

(c)

(i) spread

(ii) spreads

(iii) spreading

(iv) is spread

Rearrange the following jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences.

One example is given below:

refused / beyond / Alexander's army / to go / the river Beas

Alexander's army refused to go beyoned the river Beas

(a) to be a / kind / this was / of protest / considered / unique

(b) could not / the soldiers / Alexander / to move / persuade / ahead

(c) finally / them / he / asked / to retreat

Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones that follow :

There are ways and ways (a) ________ tackling a problem. But governments all over the world (b) ________ only one system (c) ________ is : the carrot-and-stick one.

(a) (i) in

     (ii) of

     (iii) from

     (iv) on

(b) (i) prefer

      (ii) prefers

      (iii) preferred

     (iv) preferring

(c) (i) who

     (ii) which

     (iii) what

     (iv) whose

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line against which a blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number as given in the example. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.

Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences. One has been done for you as an example.

Example :

person/physically/a/was/Kitty/handicapped/Kitty was a physically handicapped person.

(a) sat up/wheelchair/in a/battery driven/every evening,/she

(b) drove/an/she/her wheelchair/to/apple orchard/

(c) very happy/with apples/the trees/she was/to see/laden/

Answer the following question in 80 − 100 words :

Chekov has used humour and exaggeration in the play to comment on courtship in his times. Illustrate with examples from the lesson. 'The Proposal'. Also mention the values, you think, any healthy relationship requires.