Class 10 English

Holy Cross School
Periodic-I (2021 – 2022)
English Language and Literature. (F.M-20marks)
Class X. (Time - 1 Hour)
Section A -Reading (4marks)
Q1.Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
I know poverty and misery and I quite appreciate by personal experience what it is to be poor, what it is to
have no clothes, what it is to have no books, what it is to struggle through life, what it is to walk through
the streets without an umbrella, without conveyance along miles on dusty roads. I have been through it all
and I can understand the difficulties that most of you graduates have to face today. I am speaking from a
long experience of 60 years. Please do not imagine that all the 60 years are milk and roses. To be able to
accomplish something, I want to tell you that you have to go through such experiences.
I admit success in life is not always to be intelligent or be strong, and it is to some extent a bit of a gamble,
but those who got their minds right and those who know their job sooner or later, will sooner perhaps
than later make their way in life. But they should not be disappointed if they do not, they have to face up
life and take it as they find it.
What I say is that the great things in life are not really great things in life. What I love is to enjoy the
common things of life. I am happy that I am still able to sleep at night provided I have three miles walk in
the evening. I am still able to enjoy a good lunch or a good dinner. I am still able to look at the blue sky
and like it. I still like to walk in the open fields and like the smell of the Ragi or the Jowar.
We think that happiness consists of going to pictures and seeing thrilling films and technicolor dramas. Not
at all, the great things in life are the God-given things which cost nothing. What you need is the desire to
appreciate them. If you have your minds and hearts open, you have around your things which give you
joy. There is the butterfly jumping about in flourishing colors on all sides. Look at the wonderful thing that
God has given for our enjoyment.
We have to love nature and appreciate nature and appreciate her wonderful gifts, of nature’s marvelous
ingenuity, its resourcefulness, and infinite variety. It is the same thing that has inspired me all my life.
i. Why has life been termed as a gamble? ii. How

does C.V. Raman’s speech inspire us? iii. According to
the text, what should we love? iv. Find a word from
the passage which means 'despair’.
Section B – Writing (8marks)
Q2.Write a letter to Lightways Sports, Amarrpalli, Thane, placing an order for sports articles (Minimum 4)
to be supplied to your school, ABC Matriculation School, Civil lines, Pune. Sign as Ravi/Raveena, Sports
Secretary. (4 marks)
Q3.You are Upendra Sharma, President of Gautam Nagar Residents’ Welfare Society. You have organised
an event “Ban on Plastic Week” to create awareness regarding the harms of plastic, through several
activities and competitions. Draft a suitable notice to this effect. (4 marks)
Section C – Grammar (2marks)
Q4. Fill in the blanks with suitable words: (1mark)
African Elephants a) ______ slightly bigger in size and dark b) _______ colour than the Asian Elephants.
Being herbivorous,they depend on plants in c) ________ forest d) ________ fulfil their food demands.
Q5. Edit the following passage: (1 marks)
Incorrect Correct
To be successful at life ,
one would be hardworking and has
sound value system. If he turned rich,
he should remain balanced.
Section D – Literature (6marks)
Q 6.Read the extract and answer questions that follow : (2marks)
But if it had to perish twice
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice
a. What does ‘It’ here refer to?
b. What is the rhyming scheme?
Answer the following questions: (4marks)
Q7. Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is ‘a triumph of surgery’ ? (2)
Q8. How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft? . (2)

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Holy Cross School

Periodic-I (2021 – 2022)

English Language and Literature. (F.M-20marks)

Class X. (Time - 1 Hour)

Section A -Reading (4marks)

i. Why has life been termed as a gamble? ii. How

Section C – Grammar (2marks)

Q4. Fill in the blanks with suitable words: (1mark)

Q5. Edit the following passage: (1 marks)

one would be hardworking and has

sound value system. If he turned rich,

he should remain balanced.

Section D – Literature (6marks)

Q 6.Read the extract and answer questions that follow : (2marks)

But if it had to perish twice

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

a. What does ‘It’ here refer to?

b. What is the rhyming scheme?

Answer the following questions: (4marks)

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