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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 English Set 5 with Solutions
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
- The Question Paper contains THREE Sections – Reading, Grammar & Writing and Literature.
- Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part.
Section-A
Reading Skills (20 Marks)
Reading Comprehension Through Unseen Passages
Question 1.
Read the following text. (10)
1. A youngster quit Facebook in December after spending over three years on the social networking site. With that one act, he bid a silent adieu to more than 300 contacts that he had added to his account during the period. Like almost everyone from his “friend’s circle,” the 20-year-old was a regular on the service; visiting it every day to post photos and status updates but last week a new feature on Facebook called Timeline forced him to reconsider the pros and cons of being on the networking site.
2. Everyone has some skeletons in their closet and I am just not comfortable with Facebook digging up and displaying all the facets of my life on a bulletin board,’ says this youngster who joined the network in July 2007, while he was in class 11th.
3. Facebook, you see, had compressed the time he spent on the site and arranged it in chronological order. While he initially liked the new neatly organized scrapbook-like feature he wasn’t happy to reveal posts from the past that until recently were hidden under layers and layers of recent updates. Just clicking on a date on the timeline could transport his friends back in time and enable them to view every embarrassing comment link or photo he had posted on his profile.
4. “I think it’s a recipe for disaster,” he says. “In 2007,1 had some wall posts that seemed appropriate at the time but now after a lapse of four years, I have moved on and don’t want them to be openly displayed for all to see.”
5. He is not alone. Many users, worried about how Facebook activity could affect their offline lives, are choosing to commit “Facebook suicide.” While some have privacy concerns, others feel that the site meant to bring them closer to their friends does the opposite- it reduces their friendship to something superficial.
6. Poking and liking are not enough to keep a friendship going,’ says a business analyst. Having quit Facebook three years ago, she prefers meeting her “real” friends face-to-face, instead of reading their trite posts online. “On Facebook, people hype everyday issues including what they ate and where they went daily,” says this analyst who continues to use Twitter.
7. “Facebook has become a time sink and it could not justify the time I spent on it,” he says, “I spend more time calling up friends or relatives over the phone now ………….. I also go out and meet people whenever possible and have a good offline life. I do not regret the change.” Today, Facebook has 800 million users of which 37 million are Indians. The site has become an online identity for most, and many of those who decided to quit cannot overcome the withdrawal symptoms and return. Facebook, fully aware of its addictive powers, facilitates this return by allowing users to ‘deactivate their accounts but continue to store information on its servers so that they can return from their ‘break’, whenever they wish.
Answer the following questions, based on the passage above.
(i) Which of the following statements best describes the reason for the youngster’s reaction to the posts he made in the past? (1)
(a) He was embarrassed of the post.
(b) He was reminded of the bitter past.
(c) He felt it unnecessary.
(d) He did not want to the reminded of the past.
Answer:
(a) He was embarrassed of the post.
(ii) Based on your reading of the text, list any two disadvantages of the social media site Facebook. (2)
Answer:
Two disadvantages of the social media site Facebook are :
(a) The site reveals post from the past which were relevant then but are embarrassing or triggering now.
(b) People are not connected. Likes and pokes are not real friendships. People hype what they eat and where they go on the social media site.
(iii) Complete the sentence appropriately. (1)
People are choosing to commit Facebook suicide because ……………..
Answer:
many users, worried about how their activity on Facebook could affect their personal lives.
(iv) The passage includes some words that are opposites of each other. From the sets (a) – (e) below, identify a set of antonyms.
(a) Pros and disaster
(b) Superficial and real
(c) Quit and regular
(d) Addictive and lapse
(e) Facilitates and updates
Answer:
(b) superficial and real
(v) Complete the sentence appropriately. (1)
According to the author, ……………… feature of Timeline takes away a person’s privacy.
Answer:
clicking on a date
(vi) Why did the youngster change his mind later regarding staying on Facebook? (2)
Answer:
The youngster changed his mind later because he realized that a piece of information or poster put in the past may have been relevant then but today it may not be. People move on in life and sometimes they do not want their past to haunt them.
(vii) Evaluate the APPROPRIATE characteristic that can be apt for the lives of people who have quit Facebook. (1)
(a) Social and Real
(b) Sad and Hysterical
(c) Embarrassing and Addictive
(d) Nostalgic and Fear of missing out
Answer:
(a) Social and Real
(viii) In Paragraph 7, the author says ‘allowing users to ‘deactivate’ their accounts but continues to store information on their servers so that they can return from their ‘break’, whenever they wish.’ (1)
State the reason for doing so by Facebook.
Answer:
The social media site- Facebook is fully aware of its addictive powers. Hence, it offers a way out by keeping the information of the user to facilitate their easy return.
Question 2.
Read the following passage carefully: [10 Marks]
(1) Conference series LLC Ltd organises a conference series of 1000+ global events inclusive of 300+ conferences, 900+ upcoming and previous symposiums and workshops in USA, Europe and Asia with support from 1000 more scientific societies and publishes 700+ open access journals which contain over 30000 eminent personalities, reputed scientists as Editorial board members.
(2) Recycling and Waste Management Convention 2018 proudly invites contributors across the globe to 9th World Convention on Recycling and Waste Management during October 22-23, 2018 in Osaka, Japan, which includes prompt keynote presentations, oral talks, poster presentations and exhibitions.
(3) We are delighted to say that it is the 9th World Convention on Recycling and Waste Management which will be held in a beautiful city of Osaka, Japan and hence we invite you all to attend and register.
(4) 9th World Convention on Recycling and Waste Management is mainly based on the theme “Advocating Waste Disposal and Recycling Practices for Clean and Green Environment.” We warmly welcome all the participants – leading scientists, researchers and scholars of the world to attend the convention. We provide a platform for young researchers and students to present their research through oral presentations through which they can develop a foundation for collaboration among young researchers.
(5) The organizing committee aims at setting a platform for all the budding scientists and researchers to present their real-time work and share their views and aspects related to the theme of the conference. The organizing committee is gearing up for an exciting and informative conference program including plenary lecture, symposia, workshops on a variety of topics, poster presentations and various programs for participants from all over the world.
Answer the following questions, based on the passage above.
(i) Infer one reason for the following, based on information in the passage.
Waste management and recycling it. [1]
Answer:
Leaving behind the quality of the environment free from pollution.
(ii) Select the appropriate option to fill in the blanks. _________ has been considered as the second nature to us. [1]
(A) Sorting of waste
(B) Recycling of waste
(C) Waste management
(D) Implementing steps framed and deployed intervention
Answer:
(B) Recycling of waste
Explanation:
The passage talks about recycling of waste.
(iii) What theme is being highlighted in the given passage? [1]
(A) Efficient means of reducing garbage
(B) Various techniques to be employed to recycle the goods
(C) Efficient ways of waste disposal
(D) Both (B) and (C)
Answer:
(D) Both (B) and (C)
Explanation:
The passage talks about various techniques to be employed to recycle the goods and efficient ways of waste disposal.
(iv) Which of the following notions in the conference has been emphasized to be deployed? [1]
(A) Waste disposal management
(B) Waste management
(C) Recycling of goods
(D) Reshaping Earth’s future
Answer:
(A) Waste disposal management >
Explanation:
Para 4- 9th World Convention on Recycling and Waste Management is mainly based on the theme “Advocating Waste Disposal and Recycling Practices for Clean and Green Environment”.
(v) According to the pie-chart, approximately two-fifths of the total recycling is conducted for ___________ [1]
Answer:
Paper waste (39% or approximately 40% that accounts to two-fifths.)
(vi) Substitute the word ‘present’ with ONE WORD similar in meaning, in the following sentence from paragraph 3.
We provide a platform for young researchers and students to present their research. [1]
Answer:
Display/exhibit/show/depict
(vii) List any two points that the given data represents. [2]
Answer:
(a) The increasing trend of recycling and waste management.
(b) The amount and degree of recycled waste.
(viii) What has been considered as an efficient means to reduce landfill area? [2]
Answer:
Sorting of waste and recycling or composting waste are effective measures to reduce waste from reaching landfills.
Section-B
Writing Skills & Grammar (20 Marks)
Grammar (1 x 10 = 10)
Question 3.
Complete ANY TEN of twelve of the following tasks, as directed.
(i) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the given portion of the letter. (1)
Subject Complaint against open potholes
Dear Sir,
With extreme trouble and pain, I ……………… (wish) to draw your attention through this letter to the rampant open pot-holes in our locality Shastri Nagar, New Delhi.
Answer:
wish
(ii) Read the given sentence from an article. Identify the error and supply the correction in the sentence. (1)
Two of the basic foundations for the future life of students are hard work and punctuality.
Use the given format for your response.
Error | Correction |
Answer:
Error | Correction |
foundation | foundations |
(iii) Sunidhi shared some information with Amit, about the exam the next day. Report Sunidhi’s question. (1)
Sunidhi said, “Do you know when the final term exam begins?”
Answer:
Sunidhi asked Amit if he knew when the final term exam would begin.
(iv) Read the conversation between Anand and Renu the same. (1)
Anand said to Renu, “I don’t know what Gayathri is doing these days. She hasn’t visited us for ages.”
Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the above dialogue.
Anand told Renu that he didn’t know what Gayathri was doing those days as ……………… .
(a) she had not visited them for ages.
(b) she has not visited them for ages
(c) she would have visited us.
(d) she should have visited us.
Answer:
(a) she had not visited them for ages
(v) Fill the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the concluding line of the notice to the students. (1)
The topic for the event will be disclosed one day before…………….. (the, a, their)
event. For further details, contact the undersigned.
Answer:
the
(vi) Identify the error and supply the correction for the given sentence from a report, (1) The researchers stressed that the need of the hour is to increasing awareness among people to reduce ecological pollution.
Use the given format for your response.
Error | Correction |
Answer:
Error | Correction |
increasing | increase |
(vii) Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line.
My uncle and guardian want me to start my own business. (1)
Option | Error | Correction |
(a) | guardian | my guardian |
(b) | want | wants |
(c) | start | started |
(d) | business | a business |
Answer:
Option | Error | Correction |
(b) | want | wants |
(viii) Complete the given narrative by filling in the blank with the correct option. (1)
When I reached the station I did not stop at the ticket office but ………….. straight to the
platform.
(a) dashed
(b) dash
(c) did dash
(d) dashing
Answer:
(a) dashed
(ix) Report the dialogue between the policeman and stranger by completing the sentence. (1)
Policeman: “Who are you? Where do you come from?”
Stranger: “I am a common man, lost in the crowds.”
In response to the query about himself and his whereabouts, the stranger replied to the policeman that ……………….
Answer:
he was a common man who was lost in the crowds.
(x) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the statement below (1)
Each one of the managers ……………. for leave today in protest against the management.
(a) has applied
(b) have applied
(c) applied
(d) will apply
Answer:
(a) has applied
(xi) Complete the line from a self-awareness song, by filling the blank with the correct option. (1)
“If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I ………….. not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.”
(a) can
(b) would
(c) shall
(d) must
Answer:
(c) shall
(xii) Identify the error and supply correction for the following poster of a restaurant. (1)
Foodies Corner Restaurant
Lucknow
Good tiling have the way of coming together!
Use the given format for your response.
Error | Correction |
Answer:
Error | Correction |
thing | things |
Writing (1 x 10 = 10)
Note: All details presented in the questions are imaginary and created for assessment purposes.
Question 4.
(A) Write a letter to the Editor of The Times of India, Delhi, expressing your concern over the increase in the rate of road accidents, rash driving, and overcrowded road transport. You are Priya/Priyanshu living at B-47 Avas Vikas, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi. [5]
Answer:
B-47 Avas Vikas
Mayur Vihar
NewDelhi
22 November 20XX
The Editor
The Times of India
New Delhi
Subject: Increasing cases of road accidents; rash driving and overcrowding
Sir,
Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to express the anguish of the general public over the increasing number of road accidents, cases of rash driving and the problem of overcrowding in the buses.
The bus drivers have no regard for the traffic rules.They drive vary rash under the influence of liquors. They even jump the red light signals installed on the roads.
Still the private bus operators stop at unauthorized stops. The uncontrollable speed and race with other buses is the main cause of accidents. They even overtake the other buses to pick up more passengers. The conductors pack their buses to suffocation. As a result, ladies and old people are unable to get onto the buses.
It requires stricter watch on the part of the traffic police. More traffic police should be employed to check the violations of the traffic rules. Proper road signals and road marks should be marked. The surprise check by traffic police in a civil dress can play an effective role in booking the culprits.
Yours truly,
Priyanshu
OR
(B) You are Sudha/Sameer, a resident of Malviya Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra. You had applied for a creative writing course offered by a leading publishing house in your city. The selection committee liked your application and has sent you a letter accepting your application. They have requested for a letter of confirmation from your side along with a recent passport size photo and a self-introduction note for the first class. Write a reply to the letter in 100-120 words confirming that you will join the course. Provide all the details requested by the committee. [5]
Answer:
38, Malviya Nagar
Pune, Maharashtra
19 February 2023
The Manager
ABC Publishing House
Pune, Maharashtra
Subject: Letter of Confirmation
Sir,
This is to state that I appreciate your interest in my work. I hereby confirm my candidature for the course.
As required by your committee, I am enclosing my recent passport size photo. Also, here is my self introduction note.
My name is Sudha. I am an aspiring creative writer. I have been trying to gain experience in this niche. I have written a few advertisements for my school’s Summer Camp Radio Show and even articles for my school news-letters. One of my blogs published in a leading online magazine garnered over one thousand views.
I am here to learn and gain experience on how to create writing material that can turn eyeballs and convert
business leads into potential customers.
I hope that your guidance will create new avenues for me. Looking forward to a new learning experience.
Thank you in anticipation.
Yours sincerely,
Sudha
Question 5.
A. Study the graph given below. The chart depicts the number of students in class 10th speaking English and Hindi in three different types of schools in New Delhi. Based on the details given in the bar graph given below, write an analytical paragraph in 100 – 120 words. Do not add any extra information. (5)
Or
B. Recently while studying for a report, you found the given graph. It shows the reported number of cases of influenza in people over 65 years of age in a certain village in the UK from 1985 to 1995. Critically analyse the line graph given below and write down your conclusions of it in a paragraph.
Answer:
A. The chart depicts the number of 10th-grade students speaking English and Hindi in three different types of schools in New Delhi. The chart clearly illustrates that the number of students speaking Hindi in government schools is almost 3.5 times greater than the number of students who speak English. In contrast, two-thirds of the total students in private schools prefer to speak in English. In KVS, there is a slight difference between the choice of two languages with Hindi being spoken by 55% of students. In comparing the three types of given schools, government schools have the highest number of Hindi speakers. Private schools are at the highest position among English speakers.
In a nutshell, private school students prefer to speak English whereas government school students choose Hindi over English to communicate. Students are almost evenly distributed in KVS based on the language spoken.
Or
B. The line graph shows the number of reported cases of influenza in people above the age of 65 years in a village in the UK and covers 10 years. The graph shows a sharp rise in the first six years and a slight decline in the latter half of the decade.
Forty cases were reported in the beginning of the decade and the number reached its peak in 1991, crossing seventy. The graph presents certain negligence and carelessness in the first half of the decade towards the disease and its victims. This was dealt with in the later half as the number of cases seems to decrease, even if just slightly.
In a nutshell, it can be said that the number of influenza cases in the UK (1985 – 1995) reached a surprisingly high number, especially for people above the age of 65 years. Not to forget that the graph depicts only the reported cases and there is a possibility that a large number of cases went unreported.
Section-C (40 Marks)
Literature Textbook and Supplementary Reading Text
Read the given extracts and answer the questions for ANY ONE of the two given. (5 x 1=5)
Question 6.
(A) “It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an illusion when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first as a student I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read what I pleased and go where I chose. Later, as a young man in Johannesburg, I yearned for the basic and honorable freedoms.” (Nelson Mandela: Hong Walk to Freedom)
(i) The title that best suits this extract is: [1]
(A) Freedom for everything
(B) Knowledge about Freedom
(C) Significance of Freedom
(D) Realization of Freedom
Answer:
(C) Significance of Freedom
Explanation:
The extract talks about the importance of freedom at different stages of life.
(ii) Why do you think the speaker mentions freedom as ‘transitory’? [1]
Answer:
The freedom is momentary and keeps, changing with time.
(iii) Choose the option that best fits the usage of the word ‘illusion’ as used in the extract. [1]
(A) He was never able to get past the illusion.
(B) The illusion I experienced was quite intriguing.
(C) A large mirror in the room creates an illusion.
(D) I was living under the illusion that this is possible.
Answer:
(D) I was living under the illusion that this is possible.
Explanation:
‘illusion’ here means misconception.
(iv) The speaker says, ‘at first as a student I wanted freedom only for myself.’ Why do you think he only thought about himself? Elaborate in about 40 words, concerning the extract. [2]
Answer:
When Mandela was a student, he was away from all his responsibilities. The world was quite fancy for him and so he could not think of an indivisible freedom. He was therefore too young to realize that freedom was denied to others as well. He became selfish due to lack of worldly understanding.
OR
(B) OMEGA: It shall be done, Sir. Remove vitamins. (Crew takes vitamins from boxes on their belts.) Present vitamins. (They hold vitamins out in front of them, stiffly.) Swallow vitamins. (They pop the vitamins into their mouths and gulp simultaneously. They open their eyes wide, their heads shake, and they put their hands to their foreheads.)
THINK-TANK: Excellent. Now, decipher that code.
ALL: It shall be done, Sir. (They frown over the book, turning pages.)
OMEGA: (brightly) Aha! IOTA: (brightly) Oho! OOP: (bursting into laughter) Ha, ha, ha.
THINK-TANK: What does it say? Tell me this instant. Transcribe, Omega.
(i) ‘Present’ from line 1 of the extract means. [1]
Answer:
give out /display
(ii) Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the text frown: smile:: gloomily: [1]
Answer:
frown: smile: gloomily: brightly
Explanation:
Frown and smile are opposite and the opposite of gloomily is bright.
(iii) What difficulty had they faced that they decided to pop vitamin pills? [2]
Answer:
Crew of the space probe was sent to the earth to research since the Martians wanted to invade the earth. Their spacecraft landed in a library. They could not understand where they had landed and what the books were meant for. The place looked strange to them as they thought that they had landed in some kind of storage bam. As a result, they popped pills.
(iv) According to the extract, what did THINK-TANK most likely want OMEGA to do when he said ‘Transcribe…? [1]
(1) read aloud
(2) translate
(3) make notes
(4) interpret
(5) record reactions
Select the correct option.
(A) 1 & 3
(B) 2 & 4
(C) Only 3
(D) 1,4 and 5
Answer:
(B) 2 & 4
Explanation:
Transcribing means translating in understandable language after interpreting the code.
Read the given extracts and answer the questions for ANY ONE of the two given. (5 x 1=5)
Question 7.
Read the given extract and answer the questions for ANY ONE of the two, given. (5)
A. Now he senses first responsibility
In a world of possessions. People will take Balls, balls will be lost always, little boy.
And no one buys a ball back. Money is external. (The Ball poem)
(i) Complete the sentence appropriately. (1)
In the given lines, the phrase ‘money is external indicates that ………………
Answer:
money is meant to be spent
(ii) The poet has used a poetic device in the given lines. What effect does she wish to create by its use? (1)
Balls, balls will be lost always,
(a) emphasis
(b) comparison
(c) rhyme
(d) humour
Answer:
(a) emphasis
(iii) ‘He senses first responsibility’. What ‘responsibility’ is referred to here? (1)
Answer:
The ‘responsibility’ referred to here is how to stand up or bear the loss through self-understanding and trying to console oneself on his our as the boy who lost his ball was trying to do.
(iv) “Money is external”. What does the poet mean by this expression? (2)
Answer:
The poet says that ‘Money is external’ to make the boy understand his responsibility and that the loss is immaterial. By the phrase, the poet means that every loss cannot be replaced by money. Money cannot buy the memories associated with a thing and cannot replace the things that we Have, for example, the boy’s lost ball.
Or
B. All night the roots work
to disengage themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor.
The leaves strain toward the glass small twigs stiff with exertion
long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof like newly discharged patients half-dazed, moving
to the clinic doors. (The Trees)
(i) What do roots work upon all night? (1)
Answer:
Roots work all night to free themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor.
(ii) What does the poet mean by ‘ clinic doors’? (1)
Answer:
The poet means that the trees are sick because they are being suffocated and choked in cramped spaces of the veranda. They need to be cured to become healthy again and for them the ‘clinic doors’ refers to the open spaces of the forest.
(iii) The small things are stiff because (1)
(a) they are made by nature this way
(b) they are of raid of the owner
(c) they are straining to break the glass
(d) they are relaxing
Answer:
(c) they are straining to break the glass
(iv) What does the poet compare larger branches to ? (2)
Answer:
The poet compares the larger branches with patients who have been recently discharged and are leaving the clinic doors.
Answer ANY FOUR of the following five questions in about 40-50 words each. (4 x 3 = 12)
Question 8.
(A) Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’? (A Letter to God) [3]
Answer:
The postmaster sends money to Lencho to keep his faith in God alive and firm, as he was completely moved by it. When the postmaster reads Lencho’s letter to God, he becomes serious. He decides that he wants to keep Lencho’s faith intact, so he decides to answer the letter. He gathers money with the assistance of his post office employees to assist Lencho on behalf of God and signs the letter ‘God’ so that Lencho’s
faith in God does not get shaken.
(B) What special characteristic of Mijbil did Maxwell learn after he took him to the bathroom? (Mijbil the Otter) [3]
Answer:
When Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom, he learned that Mijbil went wild with joy in water, plunging and rolling in it and splashed water. Otters live in marshy wetlands, so Mijbil was also fond of water.
(C) Why did the Buddha ask Kisa Gotami to bring a handful of mustard seeds? (The Sermon at Benares) [3]
Answer:
Kisa Gotami was devastated by the death of her son and she went from door to door, seeking help. Someone told her to talk to Sakyamuni, Buddha, who then asked her to procure a handful of mustard seeds. This raised hope in Gotami’s heart that her son could be revived. But the condition imposed by Sakyamuni was that the seeds should be brought from a house where people had not lost a loved one to death. The futile search of Kisa Gotami made her realize that sorrows are a part of life and one can attain peace only by acceptance.
(D) Describe the method Anne Gregory suggested to prove that she is loved for who she is. (For Anne Gregory) [3]
Answer:
She said that she would change her hair from yellow to some other color by applying a hair dye to confirm that she is loved for her inner beauty and not for her outer personality.
(E) “Fire and Ice” projects a pessimistic outlook. Comment. [3]
Answer:
Fire and ice are symbols of humanity’s ability to motive failures on its own. The poet connects human admiration with the reasons for the potential extinction of the world. This poem tries to imply that mankind should not try to innovate and develop new weapons. It projects a pessimistic outlook by suggesting that the pursuit of human dreams and passions can lead to the catastrophic destruction of the planet. Fire and ice are symbols of humanity’s ability to cause disasters on its own.
Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions in about 40-50 words each. (2 x 3 = 6)
Question 9.
Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions, in about 40-50 words. (2 × 3 = 6)
(i) Why do you think the narrator used to feel that ‘friends were more trouble than help’? What could have led him to believe this? (The Thief’s Story) (3)
Answer:
In ‘The Thief’s Story’ the narrator was a robber and a con man. Consequently, he did not want to share his secrets and whereabouts with anyone. In his profession, even minor dishonesty might put him behind bars. Moreover, he used to take a new name every month to hide from the police and his previous employers. Thus, for him having friends meant having a liability and a constant fear of identification and being caught by the police. So, for him, friends were more trouble than help.
(ii) Do you think Richard’s mother was too indulgent when she bought him things like cameras, telescopes, and microscopes? Give two reasons to support your answer. (3)
Answer:
I don’t think that Richard’s mother was too indulgent when she bought him things like cameras, telescopes, etc. to the following reasons:
(a) She knew that Richard was highly curious and had a bright mind.
(b) He wanted to learn things. Thus, Richard’s mother motivated him to lean new things and was justified in providing him with the appropriate equipment to help him in the process.
(iii) How do you know that Tricki had an affluent life? (A Triumph of Surgery) (3)
Answer:
We know that Tricki had an affluent life because he was a loved and pampered pet of a wealthy owner, Mrs. Pumphrey. Mrs. Pumphrey made sure that her pet had everything he may need or require. He not only had a complete wardrobe of coats but also separate bowls for food. He also had many toys, cushions, and rubber rings. All these luxury items show that he lived a well-off life.
Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 40-50 words each. (1 X 6 = 6)
Question 10.
(A) Fearlessness and determination were the character highlights of Valli. Nelson Mandela said, “Courage is not the absence of fear, but triumph over it.”Compare and contrast the character traits of Valli and Nelson Mandela.’ [6]
Answer:
Valliammai was a cheerful girl of eight years. Curiosity about the things surrounding her made way towards gaining the worldly knowledge. Though quite young, she understood the importance of being mature. She was fascinated by the view of the town yet she did not get down the bus in her temptation. She even refused an offer of free cold drink from the conductor. Already a bit more mature than her age, she understood the mystery of life and death through her first ride on the bus. She realized that in a short span of time, people/ creatures that looked so lively a moment ago are snatched away by death. She was a mature girl when she began her ride but she actually returned as a mature lady.
Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of South Africa, after more than 3 centuries of white rule, celebrated very vividly the grand ceremony of the first democratic non-racial government. Being sworn in, he said radiantly “Never, never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another”. He pays homage to the freedom fighters and marked those as men of uncommon courage, wisdom and generosity. He regards the death of thousands of people who sacrificed their lives for the cause of courage. It is not the absence of fear but the victory over it. No man is bombarded with harassment rather love which comes naturally to the human heart. He says every man has his duties to his family, to the community and to his country to perform honestly.
Thus, both had a carefree childhood which gradually transformed them from meek to a vibrant personality of indomitable courage.
OR
(B) “Not from weeping nor from grieving will anyone obtain peace of mind’. If you had to use the message of the given quote from the Buddha’s sermon (The Sermon at Benares) to help the boy cope with the loss of his ball and what it signifies (The Ball Poem), what would you include in your advice? Also, evaluate why it might be difficult for him to understand the notion. [6]
Answer ANY ONE of the two questions given below in about 100-120 words: (1 X 6 = 6)
Question 11.
Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions in about 100 – 120 words. (1 × 6 = 6)
A. Imagine yourself to be a member of the team led by Dr. James Herriot which is successful in restoring Thicki’s health.
While a diary entry in about 120 words describing the tactics applies by Dr. Herriot in treating Tricki.
Or
B. ‘The lady in red was a more professional thief than Horace Danby’. Elaborate
Answer:
A.
2nd June, 20XX
9 : 45 PM
Dear Diary,
There is good news I want to share with you! I am a part of the team led by Dr. James Herriot which is successful in restoring the billionaire, Mrs Pumphery’s dog Tricki. It couldn’t have been possible without the guidance of Dr. Herriot. He showed his capabilities almost immediately when he advised Mrs. Pumphery to put Tricki on a strict diet after understanding his symptoms.
He was quick to admit Tricki as he wanted to free Tricki from the spoiling behaviour of Mrs. Pumphery. He adopted a practical approach to treat Tricki and did not operate upon Tricki unnecessarily. His method worked and soon Tricki was transformed into an energetic dog. He also handled Mrs. Pumphery’s anxiety about Tricki’s recove patiently.
I am proud to be a member of his team and have learnt a lot from him during Tricki’s treatment.
That’s all for today!
Take care!
Sushrut
Or
B. Yes, Horace was indeed clever but the lady in red was cleverer and a more professional thief than Horace Danby. Horace Danby is a meticulous planner who carefully planned the robbery. He had all the information he needed to carryout his plans. He not only had read a detailed description of the house but also knew that the servants were going for a movie. Even while robbing he wore gloves and was careful not to leave any fingerprints. However, all his planning falls short with the presence of the lady in red. The lady in red also knew everything about the house.
However, her presence of mind gave her an upper hand in the robbery. The charm and confidence with which she carries herself in front of Horace make him believe that she is the owner of the house. She exploited Horace’s fear of being discovered very skilfully and ensured that Horace’s fingerprints were left on the site. She even robbed the safe without Horace knowing her real identity. She not only tricked Horace Danby but also left him to be blamed for the robbery.