KUNWAR ASIF ALI MONT.

INTER COLLEGE
GARHI JINDAUR RAHIMABAD LUCKNOW
HALF EARLY EXAMINATION 2024-25
CLASS-10th
Time-3h15min Subject-English M.M-100

Note: The first 15 minutes are allo ed only for reading the ques on paper.
Instruc ons:
This ques on paper is divided into two sec ons.
Sec on A contains mul ple choice ques ons. Candidates have to choose the
correct op on and mark the answer in the OMR Sheet.
All ques ons are compulsory.

SECTION A
(Q No. 1-3) Read the following passage carefully and answer the ques ons that
follow by choosing the correct op on:
A few years ago, most people were happy using earphones to listen to music on
their portable casse e players or listening to CDs on their Discmans. However,
both of these now seem pre y cumbersome gadgets to use while jogging,
exercising, or cycling.
Recently, especially in big ci es, all this has changed. The techno ba le raging
today is not between bulky casse e players and Discmans anymore. Now it is
between light and ny gadgets called iPods and MP3 players. One of the reasons
for their popularity is the technology they are based on, which allows one to store
lots of songs on such small devices.
The main difference between iPods and MP3 players is the technology they use to
compress audio files. Digital audio and video compression standards were formed
by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). MP3 is a part of this standard.
Therefore, what we popularly know as MP3 is not actually a type of file, but a
technology for compressing sound files into smaller ones.
1. The techno ba le raging today is: 31. Answer any one of the following in about 60 words:

(a) Light and ny gadgets, iPods and MP3 players (b) Dark and small gadgets (a) Write a character sketch of Anil.
(b) Discuss the role of the teacher in molding the personality of Bholi.
(c) Bulky casse e players and Discmans (d) Light and bulky gadgets

2. One of the reasons for the popularity of iPods and MP3 players is the
technology they are based on, which allows one to:

(a) Take these anywhere (b) Go on listening without any break

(c) Afford these at cheap rates (d) Store lots of songs on such small devices

3. The word used in the passage for hard to handle or manage because of size or
weight is:

(a) Ponderous (b) Bunglesome (c) Cumbersome (d) Clumsy

(4-8) Choose the correct op on to answer the following:

4. The chief guest, with his wife…..

(a) Has le (b) Are leaving (c) Have le (d) le

5. I have been wai ng here for …. long me.

(a) No ar cle (b) A (c) The (d) Am

6. I usually study in the library for an hour a er class.

(a) Verb (b) Adverb (c) Adjec ve (d) Noun

7. Exercises/for/health/good/doing/is.

(a) Exercises doing is good for health. (b) Doing exercises is good for health.

(c) For health is good exercises doing. (d) Health is good for doing exercises.

8. Choose the word wrongly spelt:

(a) Teaser (b) Teething (c) Tedious (d) Teatotaller

(d) Translate the following into English: (9-10) Read the passage given below and answer the ques ons that follow:

The moon was coming up in the east behind me, and stars were shining in the
एक दन एक लकड़हारा नद के कनारे लकड़ी काट रहा था। अचानक उसक
clear sky above me. There was not a cloud in the sky. I was happy to be alone high
कु हाड़ी नद म गर गई। गर ब लकड़हारा वह ं बैठकर जोर-जोर से रोने लगा। up above the sleeping country side. I was flying my old Dakota aeroplane over
उसक रोने क आवाज सुनकर नद से एक पर नकल । पर ने उसे एक सोने क France back to England. I was dreaming of my holiday and looking forward to
being with my family. I looked at my watch and it was one-thirty in the morning. I
कु हाड़ी द । should call Paris Control soon, I thought. As I looked down past the nose of the
25. Answer the following in 30-40 words each: aeroplane, I saw the lights of a big city in front of me.
9. What was I looking forward to?
(a) Why does the conductor call Valli 'madam'? (a) To meet his family (b) To meet his friends
Or (c) To meet his pet (d) To go for a movie
10. Whom did I decide to call?
What is Coorg famous for?
(a) England Control Sta on (b) Paris Control Sta on
(b) How is a baker important for a party or a feast in Goa?
(c) His family (d) His friends
Or (No 11-13) Based on your understanding of the passage/lessons, choose the
correct op on to answer the following ques ons:
Do you think Mr. Keesing was a strict teacher?
11. Lencho predicted the rain by looking at:
26. Answer any one of the following in about 60 words: (a) The sky (b) Into the sky and clouds
(a) Give a character sketch of Lomov. (c) Clouds (d) The clouds in the north-east
12. Anne Frank's birthday was not celebrated because:
(b) Why was Kisa Gotami in so much grief? What did she learn in the end?
(a) She was not feeling well (b) Someone died
27. What message does the poet want to convey through the poem 'Fire and Ice'?
(c) Her grandmother could not a end it (d) Her grandmother fell ill
Or 13. The kind of freedom the author wanted for his people was:
Write four lines from any poem prescribed in your syllabus (Do not copy the (a) To live a successful life (b) To work as one liked
(c) To earn a livelihood (d) To live life with dignity and earn self-respect
lines given in the ques on paper).
28. Write central idea of any one of the following: (No 14-15) Read the following extract and answer the ques ons that follow:

(a) 'A Tiger in the Zoo' (b) 'Amanda' (c) 'Fog' Has given my heart

30. Answer any one of the following in about 30-40 words: A change of mood

(a) How does the thief think Anil will react to the the ? And saved some part

(b) Why did Griffin decide to slip into a big London store? Of a day I had rued
14. The crow has changed the mood of the poet by: SECTION B
(a) Singing a song (b) Flying around the poet 21. Read the passage carefully and answer the ques ons given below:

(c) Shaking the snow from the tree (d) Using its melodious voice Good deeds may be done by anyone in any walk of life, by the soldier in
ba lefield, by the woman in the home, the nurse in the hospital, the boy at
15. The poet is trying to suggest that: school, or the inventor in the laboratory. Such performance is the happiness both
of the doer and of those for whom it is done. The memory of a good deed inspires
(a) Small things bring big changes in life (b) The dust of snow is very useful others to do likewise with their fellow men.

(c) A crow is a significant bird (d) The hemlock tree has a lot of importance 1. Where does the performance of a good deed lead to?
2. What does the memory of a good deed do?
16. Horace robbed a safe every year to:
3. Who may do good deeds?
(a) Buy luxury items (b) Buy rare and expensive books
4. Find out a word in the passage which means "something that happens."
(c) Meet his day-to-day needs (d) Collect money to watch movies
22. Answer any one of the following:
17. Mrs. Pumphrey is worried about Tricki's health because: (a) Write an applica on to the principal of your college to grant you leave for a
week as you have been suffering from typhoid.
(a) She takes him to the vet (b) She takes him for walks
(b) Write a le er to your friend invi ng him to a end your sister's marriage.
(c) She overfeeds him (d) She implements the vet's advice
23. (a) Write a short paragraph on World Environment Day.
18. Hari wanted to win over the confidence of Anil because:
Or
(a) He loved fla ering people (b) Write a report on a Science Exhibi on in your college.
(b) He had not had much luck of late Hints: Date inaugura on, models, exhibited, gathering, overall, impression and
experience.
(c) He loved watching wrestling matches
24. (a) Rewrite the following by changing into indirect speech:
(d) He was planning to cheat the young man The father said to the daughter, "Why are you disturbing me in this way?"
19. What did Ebright start collec ng in childhood? (b) Change the following into passive:

(a) Bu erflies (b) Coins (c) Stamps (d) All of these I know him very well.

20. Griffin was a: (c) Punctuate the following:

I said to Shyam, "You will not fail if you work hard."
(a) Shopkeeper (b) Landlord (c) Scien st (d) Clergyman