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

Report the dialogue between father and son by completing the sentence.

In response to the question about his favourite project, the son said that ______.

Raziya shared some information with Shahid about a tree plantation drive. Report Shahid's questions.

Did you participate in the tree plantation drive?

Read the dialogue between Yogita and Nandini, regarding the progress of a task.

Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the above dialogue.

Yogita asked Nandini ______.

Nandini replied that she had been working for two hours.

Report the following dialogue between a food delivery executive and a customer, by completing the sentence.

The food delivery executive asked the customer if he/she could give him a 5 star rating. The customer replied by saying that ______.

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

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/

Fill in any four of the following blanks given below, choosing the most appropriate options from the ones that follow. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.

Communication ___(a)___ becomes very effective ___(b)___ instant due to smartphones. People are able ___(c)___ convey their messages all around the globe to ___(d)___ loved ones ___(e)___  spending hefty sums of money.

1. 1. is
   2. has
   3. have
   4. had
2. 1. but
   2. as
   3. or
   4. and
3. 1. for
   2. in
   3. to
   4. of
4. 1. his
   2. her
   3. their
   4. your
5. 1. with
   2. without
   3. and
   4. to

Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form a meaningful sentence:

easy/very/it/to open/it/was

Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form a meaningful sentence:

to sleep/night/decided/every/they/a hotel/in

Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form a meaningful sentence:

quickly/very/the clothes/they/and food/packed

Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form a meaningful sentence:

the/problems/bags/heavy/in carrying/had/they

Fill in any four of the following blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.

He will fly (a) _____________ Madras (b) ____________ 7th December. The plane (c) ___________ reach Madras (d) __________ 11:00 am. He  (e) _____________ Stay at Hotel Plaza.

(a)   (i)  in        (ii) on    (iii)  to         (iv)  after
(b)   (i)  on      (ii) in      (iii)  for       (iv) from
(c)   (i) may     (ii) can   (iii)  will       (iv)  could
(d)   (i)  for     (ii)  at     (iii)  ob        (iv)  by
(e)   (i) could  (ii)  will   (iii)  shall     (iv)  must

Rearrange any four of the following words/phrases to make meaningful sentences.
a) democracy / is very / important / of the press / in a / freedom
b) abused / times / is / many / but / it
c) biased / sometimes / presents / is / opinion / media / a
d) to have / necessary / press / therefore / a responsible / it is
e) can be / society / a / only then / fearless / imagined

Rearrange any four of the following words/phrases to make meaningful sentences.

a) democracy / is very / important / of the press / in a / freedom

b) abused / times / is / many / but / it

c) biased / sometimes / presents / is / opinion / media / a

d) to have / necessary / press / therefore / a responsible / it is

e) can be / society / a / only then / fearless / imagined