10th class English gusses paper , old paper for better understanding

JKBOSE OLD PAPER OF ENGLISH FOR BETTER PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS .

                        section-A

                        (READING) 

1.  Read the following lines carefully and complete the summary by 

writing words/phrases in the blanks : 

Speak up for your lips are not sealed 

And your words are still your own. 

This upright body is yours; 

speak, while your soul is still your own. 

Summary :

The poet wants to make his ........ (1) ....... realise that God has given them the power to ......... (2) ........ and they must speak up the things they want to say. They have also a ......(3) ....... of their own. They should follow .......... (4) ......... of their soul and say the .......... (5) .......... they have kept buried in their ........(6) ......... out of fear. 1/2x6 =3

2. Study the following expressions used by the poet and write appropriate

meaning for each expression :

Expression from the poem :To suggest that 

(a) Sealed  ........................
(b) Soul ..................................
(c) Upright .........................

Suggestions :
(1) Straight
(ii) Closed
(iii) Opened
(iv) Spirit
(v) Moral                                       lx3=3

Read the extract below and answer the questions given at the end :

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,

And nodding by the fire, take down this book.

Questions :

(a) Who is “you” in the First line ?     2 

(b) Which book is referred to in the second line ?

(c)   Give the meaning of the following words :
(i)  Grey

(ii) Nodding

4. Read the following passage and answer the questions :

By the end of the conversation I know exactly what I had to do. I

picked up my pen, noted the date, and wrote down everything i

remembered of that conversation. This I continued to do for the next

few months : it is this record that has made it possible for me to fulfill

the pledge I made that day.

Questions :

(a) Give the antonyms of the following words:

picked, do, fulfill, remembered

(b) complete the sentences by filling in the blanks:

(i) The author knew ...............
(ii) The writet noted down ...........
(iii)The author continued to...........
(iv) The writer could fulfill the pledge.......    
                                                       1/2×4=2

5. Read the passage given below and 

complete the sentences given at the end :

The world is facing many challenges. Climate change. pollution, termnsm, immigration. poverty. disease, unemployment, widening gap between the rich and the poor are a few of them. The gmemmems and the common people are at the cross-roads. Scientists, Economists, Politicians and Social Scientists are in a ftx and they are yet to find out the ways and meant to come out of time testing times
at global level. 

Questions : Complete the following sentence suitably :

(i) The world is face to face With................

(ii) Terrorism and poverty are .....................

(iii) ........ are at the cross-roads.

(iv) .............. are in a fix.

(v) The world is passing  ................... .1x5=5

                                   Section=B

                           (WRITING SKILLS)

6. You are Shyma of C.P.S. Naseem Bagh, Srinagar. The school is organising a debate on “Moral Degradation among Students”. As student secretary write a notice for staff and students to be present on the occasion.                                                        4 

8. You are Seema, a beneficiary 0f the “Scooty Subsidy Scheme” for students. Write a letter to the Editor of a leading daily for publication, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of the scheme.            5

9. As class Representative of 10th class you have to speak on the“Importance of moral Education” in the morning assembly. write the speech in about 200 words.

                            Section-C
                        (LITERATURE)

10. Taking hints from “An Excellent ather” do you think that father’s

love is different from that of mother ? Why or why not ?