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Class 10  English half yearly exam Model Paper 2024-25

Half Yearly Examination                ST

Time: 3.15 Hrs               Class-10^th                       Μ.Μ. 70

Subject- English

Instructions:

(i)    All questions are compulsory.

(ii)   This question paper is divided into two parts- Part-A and

Part-B

(iii)   Part-A consists of 20 multiple choice question carrying 1 mark each.

(iv)   Read the questions wise instructions and mark your answer on the given OMR sheet. Do not erase, cut or use whitner on the OMR sheet.

(v)    Part-B consists of descriptive type questions.

(vi)   Marks are indicated against each question.

Part-A

(Q No. 1-3) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow, choosing the correct option:

Subhash Chandra Bose was a great leader of India. His countrymen called him “Netaji, because he led them on the right path. He was Imprisoned many times. But he soon found out that more efforts should be made to make India free. The British power was getting weaker In the Second World War. He thought of shaking it from all sides.

One day, he escaped from Calcutta In the guise of a “Pathan’ and went to Germany via Peshawar. From Germany, he went to Japan. He organised the Indian National Army that fought many battles against the British forces. He sald to his countrymen, Give me blood and I will give you freedom.”

1. Who was Subhash Chandra Bose: 1

(a) A great scientist

(b) A great artist

(c) A great leader.

(d) None of these

2. “Give me blood and I will give you freedom” whose statement is this: 1

(a) Chandra Shekhar Azad

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Shaheed Bhagat Singh

3. Indian National Army was organised by: 1

(a) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Sardar Patel

(c) Subhash Chandra Bose

(d) General Cariappa

Direction (Q. No. 4-8) choose the correct option to answer the following:

4. She is teaching Rohan and……………. 1

(a) her

(b) She

(c) herself

(d) them

5. I…..watching the match:         1

(a) am

(b) is

(c) has

(d) are

6. ………..that’s really great news: 1

(a) Hey!

(b) Ah!

(c) Yay!

(d) Wow!

7. Someone call…………police man. 1

(a) A

(b) an

(c) the

(d) No article

7. I am good…….tennis: 1

(a) about

(b) in

(c) at

(d) of

8. Listen! The coach…….. the strengths of our opponents because our team……. against them before:    1

(a) has explained/weren’t playing

(b) explains/won’t play

(c) is explaining/haven’t played

(d) was explaining/don’t play

(Q. No. 9-10) Read the following extract and choose correct option to answer the question that follow.

All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is Deep in ones conscience. Lencho was an Ox of a man working like an animal in the field but still he know how to write.

9. Lencho was hoping for helpas: 1

(a) his fields were destroyed by pests.

(b) his fields had been destroyed due to floods.

(c) his fields had been destroyed in the storm.al

(d) None of the above

10. What was Lencho going to do? 1

(a) go to bank for loan

(b) write a letter to God

(c) Ask for help

(d) have faith in God

Direction (Q. No. 11-13) Choose the correct option to answer the following questions:

11. According to Mandela, what is the greatest wealth of a nation: 1

(a) Minerals

(b) Gems

(c) Diamonds

(d) People

12. Who was there on the ledge with twenty four hours? the young seagull for the last 1

(a) his two brothers

(b) his sister

(c) his parents

(d) he was alone

13. During our childhood in Goa, the baker used to be our friend, companion and……………. 1

(a) teacher

(b) guide

(c) helper

(d) friend

(Q. 14-15) Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

He should be lurking in shadow,

Sliding through long grass

Near the water hole,

Where plump deer pass.

14. Where should the tiger be lurking? 1

(a) Behind the tree

(b) In the house

(c) In the shadow

(d) None of these

15. Where did the tiger wait for his prey: 1

(a) He was hiding in the shadow of trees.

(b) He was hiding in the long grasses.

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) Near the river

(Q. No. 16-20): Choose the correct option to answer the following questions:                                                                                                        1

16. In two weeks, Tricki had been transformed into a li the, hard muscled: 1

(a) human being

(b) bird

(c) animal

(d) insect

17. When the train had gone, the theif found himself: 1

(a) out of the station

(b) away form home

(c) at the ticket office

(d) on the deserted platform

18. What was the evidence against Horace that got him arrested? 1

(A) The keys

(B) His gloves

(C) His fingerprints

(D) All of the above

19. Select the correct option to answer the following:                         1

Griffin was a

(A) brilliant scientist

(B) lawless person

(C) (0) Both (A) and (B)

(D) None of the above

20. Griffinswallowed certain rare drugs and his body became: 1

(a) red

(b) transparent

(c) blue

(d) flexible

Part-B [Reading]

1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:

“To try is the first step of the ladder of success’. If you do not try, you cannot be successful? All the great men of the world led very diligent lives. They did not waste even a minute. Hence they could perform such glorious deeds. One who works is bound to reap rewards of one’s efforts. Idleness is the way to ruin oneself. Therefore one should give up idleness and having girded up one’s loins should try to ascend up the hill to success.

(a) What should we do to get success in life?                                             2

(b) What type of life did the great men of the world lead?                         2

(c) Find out a word in the passage which means ‘destroy’?                         2

(d) Find out a word in the passage which is opposite of. ‘disgraceful’         1

Writing

2. Write a letter to the Education minister of your state, requesting him/her

to improve the educational facilities for girls in your area.                     4

Or Write an application to the principal of your college requesting him to

grant you five-days leave to attend your sister’s marriage.

3. You are Ram/Rajnai. Write a report to be published in your schoo  magazine on the recent book fair you visited. Write about the stalls of the different publishers that participated in the fair. Don’t forget to mention the cultural shows and the other special features of the fair.  6

Clues:

(a) Big crowd

(b) seperate section of children’s books.

(c) story books for primary school highlight

(d) Quiz competitions taking place

(e) Prize won by sister

(f) Audio visual display

Grammar

4. (a) Change the following sentences into Indirect speech: 2

He said to us, “Why are you sitting idle?”

(b) Change the following into passive voice:                             2

Everyone loved mother Teresa.”

(c) Punctuate the following:                            2

ram do you like my dress said shyman.

(d) Translate the following into English:                   4

आजकल खेती भी एक प्रकार का व्यवसाय है। इसके लिए किसानों को बहुत धन लगाना पड़ता है। किसान दिन-रात खेतों में काम करते हैं। लगभग अस्सी प्रतिशत किसान गरीबी में जीवन-यापन करते हैं। हम सबको किसानों की पर्याप्त सहायता करनी चाहिए।

Literature

5. Answer the following in above 30-40 words each: 2×3-6

(a)    Why did Lencho write a letter to God?

Or    Who was Nelson Mandela? Why did he fight with the white rulers of his country?

(b)    How did the seagull’s parents try to make him fly? Or Why did Anne Frank maintain a diary?

6. Answer any one of the following in about 60 words: 4

(a)    Describe character of Mr. Keesing in your own words.

(b)   Write a character sketch of the traditional Goan baker.

7. Write four lines of any poem prescribed in your syllabus. [Do not copy the lines given in this question paper] 3

Or Describe the tiger in the cage.

8. Write central idea of any one of the following:-         3

(a) How to Tell wild animals

(b) Fog

(c) The Ball Poem

Answer any one of the following in about 30-40 words:                            3

(a)    Why was Mrs. Pumphrey ringing a dozen times a day?

(b)    Why did the thief make friends with Anil?

10. Answer any one of the following in about 60 words: 4

(a)    Why did Max scream shrilly when he dropped to the balcony?

(b)    Why did Griffin decide to slip into a big London store? What did he do inside the store?