English Medium Class 10 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English - Language and Literature

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. Who was standing in the room with a pistol in his hand?
   1. Ausable
   2. Fowler
   3. Max
   4. A waiter
2. Ausable blinked because he:
   1. was getting adjusted to the light.
   2. got afraid of the man with a pistol.
   3. was thrilled to have reached his room.
   4. started thinking of how to get rid of the man.
3. Fowler was thrilled because what he saw looked like a ______.
4. Which word in the extract means the same as ‘genuine/real’?

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. The poet who has written these lines is ______.
   1. Robert Frost
   2. Carolyn Wells
   3. Walt Whitman
   4. Ogden Nash
2. Who are ‘they’ referred to here?
   1. Animals
   2. Tigers
   3. Ananda’s friends
   4. Wanda’s dresses
3. The poet looks at them long and long because he ______.
4. Which word in the extract means ‘complain’?

Water scarcity is becoming a serious problem because sources of water are getting depleted day by day. Considering the gravity of the situation, write an article in 100-150 words on the topic, “Need of the Hour: Rainwater Harvesting.” You are Ram/Rama.

Good health plays an important role in the life of a student. Students should not neglect their health. Good health is essential for good performance in studies as well.
Write an article on the topic, 'How can students keep fit and healthy?' You are Arun/Anita, 1489, Hem Kunt Apartments, Delhi. (100-120 words).

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

(There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me-
a mermaid drifting blissfully.)

Questions :

(a) Who does 'me' stand for?

(b) How does 'me' feel?

(c) Who is 'me' compared to?

(d) Which word in the extract means the opposite of 'sorrowfully'?

More and more people are used to carrying mobile phones to their workplace. However, the use of mobile phones can be dangerous at certain times and places. Write an article on the topic, 'Mobile Phone Manners'.
Take hints from the information that follows:

• The Government on Thursday banned the use of cellular phones at petrol pumps as they could ignite the flammable vapours present in the air.
• Don't use mobiles
• While driving
• Inside an aircraft
• When in an ICU
• If you are near a heart patient or someone who has a pacemaker

Write an article in 100-150 words on 'Importance of Morning Walk.' You are Amit/Anita. Use the following clues:

• makes you rise early
• fresh air
• blood rushes through your body
• energy for the day
• hungry for breakfast
• good for studies
• all-day active

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

"But I can get a hair-dye
And set such colour there,
Brown, or black, or carrot,
That young man in despair
May love me for myself alone
And not my yellow hair."

(a) Who is speaking these line?

(b) Why are young men in despair?

(c) What is the antonym of the word, 'despair'?

You are Ravi / Raveena, the Sports Secretary of your school. Write an article in 100-120 words on the topic, 'Importance of Outdoor Games in the life of a teenager'.

Reference to Context

i. Why was Pranjol not as excited as Rajvir about the tea gardens?  (1)

1. He disliked looking at tea gardens.
2. He had worked in tea gardens himself.
3. He had grown up in and around tea gardens.
4. He was bored with tea gardens.

ii. What does Pranjol mean by saying that Assam has the largest concentration of plantations in the world?  (1)

iii. Fill in the blank with one word only.  (1)

Pranjol’s ______ comes through clearly when he exclaims, “You will see enough gardens to last you a lifetime!”

iv. How according to Rajvir does the world know about the discovery of tea?  (1)

1. Historical places
2. Traditional tales
3. Authentic anecdotes
4. Popular publications

v. Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word ‘cried’ as used in line 1 of the extract.  (1)

1. Jaspreet cried a lot in spite of winning second place in a competition.
2. Jaspreet cried out loud when she saw a white tiger in the sanctuary.
3. Jaspreet cried for hours when the police were unable to find her lost pet.
4. Jaspreet has barely cried since she was three years of age.

Explain why the poet personally holds the conviction that the world will primarily end in fire?

(Fire and Ice)

What impressed Mr. Barua about Rajiv?

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option:

1. One can find out that it is a leopard by the way it ______.     (1)
   
   1. leaps
   2. eats
   3. looks
   4. roars
2. State whether the following statement is true or false:   (1)
   When an animal repeatedly leaps at a person, it is a leopard.
3. Complete the sentence appropriately:  (1)
   It is clear that repetition is a poetic device used for 'lep and lep again' because ______.
   (Clue: explain how repetition is applied here.)
4. The Royal Bengal Tiger has black stripes on yellow skin whereas a leopard has ______.      (1)
5. Complete the analogy with a word from the extract:      (1)
   claws : nails :: ? : skin

Read the given extract and answer the following questions.

i. Fill the blank with one word.    (1)

When the speaker says that ice could also bring about the end of the world, he refers to _______ as the means for destruction.

ii. What does the speaker’s alignment with those who favour ice suggest?    (1)

iii. Which of the following best describes the speaker's attitude towards destruction caused by ice?

1. Indifferent
2. Fearful
3. Dismissive
4. Respectful

iv. Comment on the poet’s use of language in these lines.    (2)

Noun Modifiers

Look at these examples from the text, and say whether the modifiers (in italics) are nouns, proper nouns, or adjective plus noun.

Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to buy another ball?

“… staring down/All his young days into the harbor where/His ball went…”

Do you think the boy has had the ball for a long time? Is it linked to the memories of days when he played with it?

What does “in the world of possessions” mean?

Do you think the boy has lost anything earlier? Pick out the words that suggest the answer.

What does the poet say the boy is learning from the loss of the ball? Try to explain this in your own words.