Class X English Pre Mid Term Subjective Question Paper

SATISH CHANDRA MEMORIAL SCHOOL
Pre-Mid Term Examination [Session: 2021-22]

Class: X
Subject: English
Time Allowed: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 50[15+35]

(Including MCQs in Google Form) (MCQ through Google Form: 15)
(Subjective through PDF: 35)
General Instructions:
1. This paper is divided into three sections: A[Reading], B[Writing and Grammar]
and C[Literature].
2. Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever
necessary.
3. The instructions should be carefully read and followed properly.
4. Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.
5. All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper.
Section: A
Reading [Comprehension and Case Study through Google Form]: 15 marks
Section: B
Writing and Grammar: 15 marks
Q.3. You are Kailash/Kusum of 148, Model Town, Delhi. You wish to do a short term-course
on personality development. Write a letter to the Director, Personal Care, Hyderabad
enquiring about the course details. [5]
OR
The following table shows details about the different internet activities for six categories of
people according to different age groups. Study the table and write an analytical paragraph on
the basis of it in about 100-120 words. [5]
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AGE GROUP
ACTIVITY % Teens 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70+
Get News 76 73 76 75 71 74 70
Online Games 81 54 37 29 25 25 32
Downloads 52 46 27 15 13 8 6
Product research 0 79 80 83 79 74 70
Buying a product 43 68 69 68 65 65 41
Searching for people 5 31 23 23 29 29 27
Q.4. Fill the blanks by choosing the correct option as given in the brackets: [1/2x8=4]
Spending time (a).................... [in/of/with/for] kids (b)..................... [bring/brings/brought/

will bring] immediate as well as long term gain (c)................... [to/of/with/towards] the
parents. According to a research, children of (d)................. [a/an/the/with] involved parent
(e).......................... [is/are/was/were] more efficient and get (f)................. [in/at/on/of] better
with (g)..................... [his/her/its/their] peers. (h).................. [all/few/every/any] child
deserves a quality time to be spent with their parents.
Q.5. Fill the blanks by choosing the correct verb in agreement with the subject: [1x3=3]
a. The book ‘Management Principles’ .................. quite insightful.
i. are
ii. is
iii. have
iv. has
b. None .................. so deaf as those who will not hear.
i. is
ii. was
iii. are
iv. were
c. The captain, as well as the players ................. to win.
i. had been wanted
ii. want
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iii. wants
iv. wanting
Q.6. Read the sentences given below and complete the paragraph that follows. [1x3=3]
(a) Mark Antony was delivering a speech on the funeral of Julius Caesar.
(b) He won sympathies of the crowd.
(c) He had successfully instigated the people of Rome and had taken them into
his confidence.
On the funeral of Julius Caesar, a speech (a) .............................................................

(b)........................................................him. Thus the people of Rome (c)
...............................................................................................................
Section: C
Literature: 20 Marks
Q.7. Read the passage and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow:
(Any One) [5x1=5]
I. Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice.
From what I have tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
a. What is the rhyming meter of the given stanza?
i. abaa
ii. abcd
iii. abba
iv. abab
b. What does fire metaphorically refer to?

i. desire
ii. passion
iii. jealousy
iv. all of these
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c. What does ice symbolise metaphorically?
i. love
ii. passion
iii. indifference
iv. greed
d. What would lead to an apocalypse?

i. fire and ice
ii. land and water
iii. hills and mountains
iv. suns and stars
e. Who is the poet?

i. Ruskin Bond
ii. Robert Frost
iii. William Blake
iv. William Wordsworth
OR
II. “We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation”. We pledge ourselves to
liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering,
gender and other discrimination.
a. Who is the speaker?
i. Nelson Mandela
ii. Zenani
iii. Thabo Mbeki
iv. de Klerk
b. What pledge does he take?
i. to liberate his people from poverty

ii. to make the nation free from suffering and deprivations
iii. to devote himself to the well being of his people
iv. All of the these
c. Which word is the noun form of emancipate?
i. emancipation
ii. emance
iii. emancipated
iv. emancipating
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d. What has the speaker achieved?
i. political emancipation
ii. nuclear power
iii. absolution
iv. supremacy over the world
e. The speaker was the President of ................................................
i. U.S.A
ii. Australia
iii. South Africa
iv. India.
Q.8. Answer any two of the following questions in 30-40 words: [2x2=4]
a. How has the poet’s mood changed by the ‘dust of snow’?
b. How was Tricki treated in the first two days of his visit to the surgery?
c. When did the seagull get over his fear of the water?
Q.9. Answer any one of the following questions in 40-60 words: [3x1=3]
a. What did Nelson Mandela say about the twin obligations of the people of South
Africa?
b. What made Hari Singh come back to Anil?
a. ‘Faith can move mountains.’ Do you think that this feeling had been in Lencho’s
mind and so he could have been able to write a letter to God? Discuss.
b. When there is a natural habitat for tigers and other wild animals, is it justified for
humans to shift them from there to the concrete cells? Refer to the poem “A Tiger in the
Zoo” and give reasons to justify your answer.
a. Dr. Herriot was an intelligent doctor. He had sympathy and compassion for both the
patient and his owner. He had practical approach in his treatment. Elucidate.
b. Love is the basic human attribute that can transform evil into goodness. Justify this
statement in the light of “The Thief’s Story”.
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SATISH CHANDRA MEMORIAL SCHOOL

Pre-Mid Term Examination [Session: 2021-22]

Time Allowed: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 50[15+35]

Writing and Grammar: 15 marks

Spending time (a).................... [in/of/with/for] kids (b)..................... [bring/brings/brought/

a. The book ‘Management Principles’ .................. quite insightful.

b. None .................. so deaf as those who will not hear.

c. The captain, as well as the players ................. to win.

i. had been wanted

(b) He won sympathies of the crowd.

On the funeral of Julius Caesar, a speech (a) .............................................................

I. Some say the world will end in fire

Some say in ice.

From what I have tasted of desire

I hold with those who favour fire.

a. What is the rhyming meter of the given stanza?

b. What does fire metaphorically refer to?

d. What would lead to an apocalypse?

e. Who is the poet?

a. Who is the speaker?

b. What pledge does he take?

i. to liberate his people from poverty

c. Which word is the noun form of emancipate?

e. The speaker was the President of ................................................

a. How has the poet’s mood changed by the ‘dust of snow’?

b. What made Hari Singh come back to Anil?

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