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CBSE - STD 10 - English (Language & Literature) (CBSE - English Medium). 34 questions in this chapter.

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Q 1Attempt extracts given.(5M)5 Marks
Belinda is as brave as a barrel full of bears
And Ink and Blink chase lions down the stairs,
Mustard is as brave as a tiger in a rage,
But Custard keeps crying for a nice safe cage.

I. Pick the option that does not display a simile from the extract.
a. ...as brave as a barrel full of bears
b. ...chase lions down the stairs
c. ...brave as a tiger in a rage
d. none of the above
II. Fill in the blank with one word. The coward behaviour of ________ animal is described here in these lines.
III. How does the poet describe the pets of Belinda in this extract?
IV. A hyperbole is a poetic device where the poet purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme. Comment on the hyperbole from the extract.
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Q 2Attempt extracts given.(5M)5 Marks
I sit inside, doors open to the verandah
Writing long letters
In which I scarcely mention the departure
of the forest from the house.
The night is fresh, the whole moon shines
in a sky still open
the smell of leaves and lichen
still reaches like a voice into the rooms.

I. Fill in the blank with one word:
The poet talks about the house as a place of _________.
II. Find the figure of speech used in the lines above.
III. The extract uses ‘open’ twice, suggesting different meanings. Write the correct meaning with reference to the extract.
IV. Choose the option that DOES NOT state the meaning of the underlined word.
‘I scarcely mention…’
A. tactfully$\quad$B. hardly$\quad$C. barely$\quad$D. only just
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Q 8Answer the following in about 100-120 words.(6M)6 Marks
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Q 14Answer the following in about 100-120 words.(6M)6 Marks
Matilda goes home after meeting Madam Forestier after ten years and shares the fact with M Loisel that the necklace was a false one. Write the dialogue between Matilda and M Loisel.
Matilda: I don't know how to tell you this but I met Madam Forestier today and she told me that her necklace was
M Loisel: What! I can't believe my ears. That huge debt was for nothing!
Matilda: .....
M Loisel: .....
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Q 15Attempt A and B given below.5 Marks
Tourism in India means growth of India.
Write a paragraph to analyse the given argument. You could think about what alternative explanations might weaken the given conclusion and include rationale/evidence that would strengthen/counter the given argument.
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Q 16Attempt A and B given below.5 Marks
The graph below proves that even in the 21st century the status of women is not equal to that of men when it comes to occupying high positions in various occupations. Read the graph carefully and write its interpretation.
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Q 17Attempt A and B given below.5 Marks
You are the librarian of Delhi Jain Public School, Palam. You are instructed to buy some academic and reference books for the library. While browsing some good publishers over the internet you landed on the website of Oxford University Press, India and found this information there.
The $ \text{ACADEMIC}$ and $ \text{REFERENCE}$ programmes publish across a range of subjects. Books on economics and business, history, politics, law, and literature as well as philosophy and religion, sociology and anthropology, and gender studies reach out to students, teachers, researchers, professionals, and general readers. Online services and student$-$friendly textbooks are recent additions. Cutting across age and reading habit, key focus areas in $ \text{GENERAL}$ books include arts and architecture, wildlife and natural history, culture, media studies and cinema, Indian writing in translation, and ecology and environment.
Write a letter to Oxford University Press, Ghaziabad, placing an order for books. Mention at least $4$ titles of the books to be supplied immediately. Address yourself as Kalpana.
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Q 18Attempt A and B given below.5 Marks
Now-a-days, we see the rise in prices of edible things like pulses, onions, oils and some other products. The layman is facing hardship on account of it. Write a letter to the editor of a reputed daily requesting him to highlight the difficulties faced by the common man due to the rise in prices. Sign yourself as Pranjal/Praneeta living at 124, Vivek Vihar, Delhi.
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Q 19Read the passage given below (10M)10 Marks
1. There was a time when human interference was minimum, the number of wild animals was quite high and there was no problem of their protection or conservation.
2. Due to the irrational use of natural and biotic resources of the Earth in the past, most of the wildlife has been destroyed beyond retrieval. According to an estimate, in India about 200 species of wild animals and birds have become extinct and another 2500 are on the verge of extinction. Some of them are black buck, chinkara, wolf, swamp deer, nilgai, Indian gazelle, antelope, tiger, rhinoceros, gir lion, crocodile, flamingo, pelican, bustard, white crane, grey heron, mountain quail, etc.
3. In India, the Government and NGOs are taking keen interest in protection of wildlife. The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, has several provisions for the conservation of wildlife. As many as 165 game sanctuaries and 21 national parks have been deployed to protect the natural habitat and wild animals. Apart from this, Wildlife Conservation Week is also celebrated from 1st to 7th October every year. But still there is a long way to go in this direction.
4. Preservation of wildlife does not mean a blanket protection to all faunal and floral species; rather it implies a proper, judicious control over the multiplication of plants and animals which interact together to provide a proper environment to man whose very existence is in peril today.
5. It is our urgent duty to protect the natural splendour of ecosystems and to evolve a system of coexistence with every living creature upon the Earth.
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Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below:
I. Infer one reason for the following, based on the information in the passage. The number of wild animals was quite high and there was no problem of their protection or conservation. 
II. Select the appropriate options to fill in the blanks.
Most of the wildlife has been________ beyond________ due to the irrational use of natural resources on the Earth.
I. destroyed
II. retrieval
III. desertion
IV. build
V. revived
a. I and II$\quad$b. II and III$\quad$c. III and IV$\quad$ d. IV and V
III. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from the passage.
Flowers: Garden::________: Sanctuaries
(Clue: Just like flowers are in a garden, similarly________ are in the sanctuaries.)
IV. Select the correct option to complete the sentence.
Judicious control over the multiplication of plants and animals which provide
a. natural splendour of ecosystem
b. proper environment to man
c. blanket protection
d. happy and comfortable living
V. According to the graph, which is the most vulnerable animal species and the least vulnerable from the graph.
I. Birds
II. Insects
III. Fishes
IV. Reptiles
V. Insects
VI. Mammals
VII. Molluses
a. I and II$\quad$ b. III and IV$\quad$ c. V and VI$\quad$d. VI and VI
VI. Fill in the blanks by selecting the correct option.
The Wildlife Protection Policy has several provisions for________ of wildlife.
a. conservation$\quad$b. safety$\quad$ c. habitation$\quad$ d. well being
VII. List any two examples of Government and NGOs trying to protect the wildlife.
VIII. List one reason why the Government makes certain recommendations for protection of wild animals.
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Q 20Read the passage given below (10M)10 Marks
1. Floods are not new to India and this subcontinent, but in recent years the problem of flooding has received much greater attention, perhaps largely because it has led to greater damage now than it did in the past. Even though information on the impending occurrence of floods is now more accurate and certainly more timely, often there is very little time or support infrastructure in place by which damage can be minimised. This is particularly true in the case of flash floods resulting from sudden and excessive heavy rain.
2. In the case of India, flooding is very much related to the seasonal nature of our rainfall. The monsoons are spread over a short period during the year and often bring a concentrated volume of rain, which cannot be absorbed by the earth and finds an outlet only in the form of streams that join up with our major river systems. Flooding due to heavy rain is confined not only to the main rivers of the country, but also affects smaller tributaries and streams. Once these streams spill over their banks they could cause excessive harm, mainly because those living near the banks of these streams, particularly in mountain areas, do not have easy recourse to moving away quickly.
3. One major factor that could lead to a higher severity of flooding in the future is the danger of climate change. While the evidence of the nature of impacts, resulting from climate change on precipitation and flooding at the regional level, is not entirely clear, it could happen that the Indian subcontinent witnesses and suffers the effects of a significantly changed pattern of monsoons. One set of scientists has estimated that the monsoons could be shorter in duration but far more intensive; in other words, much greater precipitation would take place in a much shorter period of time, thereby increasing the danger of floods. Climate change is the result of human actions through the increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, of which carbon dioxide is the most prominent.
4. At the local level also human actions have heightened the danger of floods through the cutting of trees in the mountains as well as in the plains. In case of India, the ecological damage through deforestation of the Himalayas has led to large-scale erosion of the mountain slopes and high levels of siltation. These lead to the deposition of silt on the riverbeds in the plains and hence spillover of water whenever the volume in the river reaches a certain level. With siltation on the riverbeds, flooding occurs even at very shallow water levels. The vulnerability of the population has increased substantially because of population pressures. An example is the stubborn and perhaps helpless settling of slum dwellers on the banks of the river Yamuna in Delhi, who become victims of flooding. What is a mere trickle most of the year, bursts its banks during the monsoons, as has been the case in recent years.
5. Flood forecasting is critical to minimising the damage from floods. It is for this reason that the Central Water Commission has set up a network of forecasting stations, which cover the most important flood-prone interstate rivers in the country. These stations produce forecasts that are used to alert the public and to mobilize various official agencies so that they take both preventive as well as relief measures, whenever required. However, even in cases where forecasts have been timely and generally accurate, people have often been reluctant to move away, because in most cases they lack the means and physical options for moving away from a danger zone to one that is relatively safe. In the case of flash floods, forecasts are difficult to make, and often the time available for relief is very short.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below:
I. Based on the reading and understanding of the above passage, list 2 factors contributing to the severity of floods in India.
(a) _____________
(b) _____________
II. Select the option that corresponds to the meaning of the following sentence from paragraph 1: 
"Even though information on the impending occurrence of floods is now more accurate and certainly more timely, often there is very little time or support infrastructure in place by which damage can be minimised."
(a) Flood information is timely but often ineffective due to lack of infrastructure.
(b) Flood information is delayed, leading to more damage.
(c) Accurate flood information always prevents damage.
(d) There is ample time to respond to flood warnings due to better infrastructure.
III. Based on your reading of the passage, examine in about 40 words how climate change could affect flooding in India. 
IV. What is the tone of the writer in the given line from paragraph 3? Rationalize your response in about 40 words:
"One set of scientists has estimated that the monsoons could be shorter in duration but far more intensive."
V. The phrase 'spillover of water' in paragraph 4 refers to:
(a) Water overflowing its usual boundaries
(b) A slow and controlled release of water
(c) A reduction in water levels
(d) Water being absorbed by the earth
VI. In sets a-e below, identify two sets of synonyms:
a. erosion and siltation
b. intensive and concentrated
c. seasonal and continuous
d. stubborn and helpless
e. forecast and prediction
Options:
(a) b and e$\quad$ (b) a and c$\quad$ (c) b and d$\quad$ (d) c and e
VII. Complete the sentence appropriately:
The cutting of trees in the mountains has led to __________.
VIII. Complete the following sentence:
Flood forecasting is critical because __________.
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Q 22DO AS DIRECTED.1 Mark
Complete the line from a self-awareness song, by filling the blank with the correct option.
I ________ a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who ________ the sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?
A. breathe, has$\quad$B. breathed, has$\quad$C. breathed, had$\quad$ D. breathe, had
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Q 23DO AS DIRECTED.1 Mark
The Captain said to his men, "Stand at ease".
Reported speech : ___________ .
a)The Captain told his men that they should stand at ease.
b)The Captain wanted his men to stand at ease.
c)The Captain urged his men to stand at ease.
d)The Captain commanded his men to stand at ease.
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Q 24DO AS DIRECTED.1 Mark
Report the dialogue between Arjun and Arun, by completing the sentence:
Arjun: Are you right-handed?
Arun: No, I do all my work with my left hand.
In response to the question that whether he was right-handed, Arun denied and said that __________.
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Q 25DO AS DIRECTED.1 Mark
What _________ about the plan to shorten the school holidays?
a) do you think$\quad$ b) will you think$\quad$ c) are you think$\quad$ d) you think
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Q 26Read the following passage. [5M]5 Marks
The house-the only one in the entire valley sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height, one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a good harvest. The only thing the earth needed was a downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho-who knew his fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the north-east, “Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.” The woman who was preparing supper, replied, “Yes, God willing”

I. What is the significance of the location of Lencho's house? Answer in about 40 words.
II. Complete the sentence with the appropriate option. The field belonged to Lencho and he had the utmost confidence that the harvest would ________.
A. not gain any profit$\quad$B. reap some profit
C. give moderate sale$\quad$D. reap great profits
III. Identify the word in the passage that means the same as “heavy fall of rain”
IV. State any one inference about Lencho from the given context: Throughout the morning Lencho-who knew his fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the north-east, “Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.”
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Q 27Read the following passage. [5M]5 Marks
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