English Medium Class 10 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Continue the story.

Will Michael and Sebastian Shultz meet in real life? Will they be friends? Will they try to re-enter the virtual world together? You may use the following hints:

• How the accident occurred
• Transfer of memory
• Meeting with Michael
• Appeals for help
• Rescue and recovery

Put the following sentences in a sequential order to complete the story.
(a) Sebastian Shultz was badly injured in a motorway accident and went into a coma.
(b) Sebastian's memory was saved in the computer when he banged his head on it
during the accident.
(c) When Michael played the game, he entered Sebastian's memory.
(d) Michael bought the latest psycho-drive games from the computer fair.
(e) Sebastian Shultz was the second Sheriff in the 'Dragonquest'.
(f) Michael pulled Sebastian into the helicopter and the screen flashed a score of
40,000,000.
(g) Sebastian requested Michael to try 'Jailbreak'.

(h) Sebastian failed to save the boy who fell through the air.
(i) Sebastian thought the helicopter was the right idea and they should go into the
'Warzone'.
(j) The games were stolen from Shultz's house.
(k) Sebastian thanks Michael for saving his life and asks him to keep the games.

Do you think it is a true story? Could it happen to you one day? Here are some opinions about computer games in general.

Do you think these opinions are biased ? Write an article entitled ‘Virtual games are a reality’.

Working in pairs, answer the following questions :

• Name two states with the lowest female literacy.
• Name two states with the highest female literacy.
• Name two states that rank second in female literacy.

In groups of four, design a new computer game.
Decide on the
• Setting
• Plot
• Characters
• Objectives
Listening

What do you think are the causes for female illiteracy in India ?

• ……………………………………………………………………….

Listen carefully to a text on ‘Tour of Body’ and answer the question that are given below.

On the basis of your listening to the passage complete the following statement by choosing the answer from the given option:

• The Cave Automatic Virtual Environment' is

Listen carefully to a text on ‘Tour of Body’ and answer the question that are given below.

On the basis of your listening to the passage complete the following statement by choosing the answer from the given option:

• Projected image on the four walls of a room enables researchers to

Listen carefully to a text on ‘Tour of Body’ and answer the question that are given below.

On the basis of your listening to the passage complete the following statement by choosing the answer from the given option:

• The 'CAVE' is a boon to surgeons because

Listen carefully to a text on ‘Tour of Body’ and answer the question that are given below.

On the basis of your listening to the passage complete the following statement by choosing the answer from the given option:

• For the CAVE to develop, a virtual environment it is essential

Listen carefully to a text on ‘Tour of Body’ and answer the question that are given below.

On the basis of your listening to the passage complete the following statement by choosing the answer from the given option:

• Once inside a three - dimensional representation of an anatomical structure, surgeons can

Listen carefully to a text on ‘Tour of Body’ and answer the question that are given below.

On the basis of your listening to the passage complete the following statement by choosing the answer from the given option:

• Dr. Szilard Kiss used CAVE to

MarkMarkListed below are some character traits of people. A few of these are positive qualities, while others are not. Tick mark the ones you feel are desirable qualities in a person.

Have you come across people who are not what they seem to be - like someone who is extremely friendly and helpful yet you are not very comfortable with him / her as you feel it is a put-on? Have a class discussion about such people and why you feel as you do.

On the basis of your reading of the story and the discussion between the girls in the following picture, have a whole class discussion on-The Need to Recognize and Empower the Girl Child.

Before you read the poem complete the word - web with the words that we associate with a Frog and a Nightingale

The following is a summary of the poem but it is jumbled up. Write out the events in their correct order to form a continuous paragraph.
(a) As a result, her voice lost its beauty, and the other creatures stopped coming to hear her sing.
(b) Soon the nightingale became famous, and creatures from miles around came to hear her sing.
(c) All the creatures in the bog cheered and clapped at her beautiful song.
(d) He offered to train the nightingale, so that she could sing even more beautifully.
(e) So the frog could sing unrivalled in the bog once more.
(f) The next night the frog introduced himself.
(g) The frog charged an admission fee, and earned a lot of money from these concerts.
(h) A frog croaked all night in a bog, in an unpleasant voice.
(i) But the frog made the nightingale rehearse continuously in the rain.
(j) One night a nightingale began to sing in a melodious voice.
(k) Finally, the nightingale burst a vein and died.

Now that you have read the poem, add more personality traits to the word-web of the frog and the nightingale as depicted in the poem. Then complete the given table. (Some of the words in the box below may help you. You may also use the words given in Q. 1.)

On the occasion of Women’s Day, your school Literary Club organizes a Speech Competition on the topic-“Empowering the Girl Child is the Best Way to Empower the Nation.” On the basis of the input given above and your own ideas, draft the speech.

When giving your speech :

• Stand
• Make sure you look at every member of your audience while speaking
• Use questions, so as to involve your audience e.g. “Did you know that ………. ?” “I wonder how many of you are aware ……… ?”
• Speak up so that everyone can hear you
• Pause occasionally
• Don’t talk too fast