RBSE 10th English Model Paper Set 5 with Answers

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RBSE Class 10 English Model Paper Set 5 with Answers

Time: 2.45 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions to the Examinees :

1. Candidates must first write their Roll Nos. on the question paper.
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. Write the answer to each question in the given answer-book only.
4. For questions having more than one part, the answers to those parts must be written together in continuity.
5. Write the correct serial number of each question as mentioned in the question paper.

Section – A

Reading

Question 1.
Read the following passage and answer the questions:

One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend, the Cornish Ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.

“What are you doing here ?” he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away. “My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant; and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself. So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice-board :

TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED

The poor children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones and they did not like it. They used to wander round the high walls when their lessons were over, and talk about the beautiful
garden inside.

(i) The Giant stayed with his friend for : [1]
(a) two years
(b) three years
(c) seven years
(d) seven days
Answer:
(c) seven years

(ii) The Giant saw that in his garden the boys were : [1]
(a) dancing
(b) singing
(c) jumping
(d) playing
Answer:
(d) playing

(iii) When the Giant saw children in his garden he became ……………… [1]
(a) happy
(b) sad
(c) please
(d) angry
Answer:
(d) angry

(iv) Fill in the blank:
The children could not enter the garden for there was a high ………………. around it. [wall/window] [1]
Answer:
wall

(v) Write the answer of the following:
(a) What did the Giant find on his return ? [1]
(b) Why did the children run away ? [1]
Answer:
(a) On his return the Giant found the children playing in his garden.
(b) The children ran away because the Giant had returned.

Question 2.
Read the following passage and answer the questions:

Srinivasa Ramanujan was one of the greatest mathematical genius of the world. Born in a poor Brahmin family, he gave no indication of his hidden talent. He was born at Erode in Coimbatore in 1887. His father was an accountant to a cloth merchant who had to maintain a large family on a small income. Srinivasa was granted half exemption of fees when he stood first in the Primary School Examination in the whole of Tanjore District. From his childhood Ramanujan was of a quiet and dreamy temperament. He had answer to all sums that puzzled his classmates and seniors. Figures did not wony him, no calculation was too difficult for him. Things which were all dark and muddled to his classmates were as clear as daylight to him. He always helped them with generosity which all through his career was the most lovable feature of his character.

When he was in second class his curiosity upon the subject of the “Highest Truth” in Mathematics was roused. Later on, when he moved into the Third Standard, he asked for problems of Mathematics of higher nature. While in Fourth Standard, he could solve the most difficult problems of Trigonometry. He obtained Euler’s Theorems and proved them. He followed Carr’s Synopsis of Pure Mathematics. He solved all the problems without any other book to aid him. To him each solution was a triumph which encouraged him to a fresh endeavour.

Ramanujan won Subramanyam Scholarship usually awarded for proficiency in English as well as Mathematics. But the passion for Mathematics gained on him, he neglected all other subjects so much that he failed to gain promotion to higher class, thereby losing his scholarship.

(i) Ramanujan was granted half exemption of fees when he stood first in : [1]
(a) the High School Examination
(b) the Primary School Examination
(c) the Middle Examination
(d) none of these
Answer:
(b) the Primary School Examination

(ii) Mathematical problems to Ramanujan were compared to ………………. [1]
(a) darkness
(b) daylight
(c) moonlight
(d) muddled
Answer:
(b) daylight

(iii) He was of a ………… from his childhood. [1]
(a) quiet temperament
(b) angry temperament
(c) quiet and dreamy temperament
(d) none of these
Answer:
(c) quiet and dreamy temperament

(iv) The most lovable quality of his character was his : [1]
(a) honesty
(b) hard working nature
(c) generosity
(d) none of these
Answer:
(c) generosity

(v) He belonged to a ……………… Brahmin family. [1]
(a) rich
(b) affluent
(c) middle class
(d) poor
Answer:
(d) poor

(vi) Fill in the blanks:
(a) Ramanujan lost his scholarship because he ……………… all other subjects. [1]
(b) In his childhood nobody could say that Ramanujan was such a ……………… boy. [1]
Answer:
(a) neglected
(b) talented

(vii) Write similar words of the following words from the passage: [1 + 1 = 2]
(a) hard
(b) victory
Answer:
(a) difficult
(b) triumph

Grammar

Question 3.
Choose the correct form of the verb:

(i) The children are very quiet. Go and see what they ……………… (do). [1]
(a) are doing
(b) do
(c) will do
(d) were doing
Answer:
(a) are doing

(ii) I ……………… (buy) a new car. Would you come and look at it? [1]
(a) am buying
(b) have bought
(c) will buy
(d) will have bought
Answer:
(b) have bought

(iii) She ……………… (cook) food when I visited her. [1]
(a) will cook
(b) is cooking
(c) was cooking
(d) cooked
Answer:
(c) was cooking

(iv) John wanted to know why Mary ……………… (come) home late. [1]
(a) came
(b) is coming
(c) will come
(d) had come
Answer:
(d) had come

Question 4.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
(i) The teacher said to the boys, “Don’t make a noise.” [1]
(ii) Ramesh said, “When does the train arrive?” [1]
Answer:
(i) The teacher asked the boys not to make a noise.
(ii) Ramesh asked when the train arrived.

Question 5.
Combine the following pairs of sentences:
(i) The teachers are very intelligent. They teach here. [who] [1]
(ii) Here is a book. You must read it. [which] [1]
Answer:
(i) The teachers who teach here are very intelligent.
(ii) Here is a book which you must read.

Question 6.
Change the following sentences into passive-voice:
(i) Students do a lot of work. [1]
(ii) She has written a poem. [1]
Answer:
(i) A lot of work is done by students.
(ii) A poem has been written by her.

Question 7.
Frame questions to get the following answer:
…………………………. ?
No, I will never do it again. [1]
Answer:
Will you ever do it again?

Question 8.
Add Question-Tag to the statement given below:
Few people will go, ……………………. ? [1]
Answer:
will they?

Question 9.
Fill in the blanks:
(i) There is a lack of civic sense ……………. social behaviour, (and/or) [1]
(ii) Give me ……………. a novel or a story book to read.(either/neither) [1]
(iii) The smoke is ……………. thick for me to see anything, (too/so) [1]
Answer:
(i) and
(ii) either
(iii) too

Section – B

Answer the following questions in 40-50 words:

Question 10.
Why does Anne want to keep a diary ? [From the Diary of Anne Frank] [2]
Answer:
Anne wants to keep a diary because she has no friend to talk and share her feelings with. And unfortunately this situation is not going to change. She thinks paper has more patience than people. Besides, there is no danger of a secret being disclosed as it is in the case of a friend.

Question 11.
What is a ‘dust of snow’ ? What does the poet say has changed his mood? How has the poet’s mood changed ? [Dust of Snow] [2]
Answer:
A ‘dust of snow’ means small particles of snow that remain together. The falling of the dust of snow on the poet has changed his mood. First the poet was in a depressed and sorrowful mood, but now he has become cheerful and ready to utilize the rest of the day.

Question 12.
What hinders Think-Tank’s planning of invading the earth ?
[The Book That Saved the Earth] [2]
Answer:
Think-Tank’s people come across a book of nursery rhymes on the earth. Think-Tank misunderstands the rhymes and is scared of the people of the earth. This hinders his planning of invading the earth. He drops the idea of attacking the earth.

Question 13.
Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery”?
[A Triumph of Surgery] [2]
Answer:
Tricki had become hugely fat. He seemed to have no energy. Mrs Pumphrey admitted him to Mr Herriot’s surgery. There he was transformed into a lithe, hard-muscled animal in two weeks. So Mrs Pumphrey thinks the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery.”

Question 14.
How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft ? [The Thiefs Story] [2]
Answer:
The thief thinks that Anil is a careless person. He thinks that Anil will have only a touch of sadness after the theft. This sadness would be not for the loss of money, but for the loss of trust.

Question 15.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and standing on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing, he closed one eye, then the other, and pretended to be falling asleep. Still they took no notice of him. He saw his two brothers and his sister lying on the plateau dozing with their heads sunk into their necks. His father was preening the feathers on his white back. Only his mother was looking at him.

(i) Where did the young seagull hide his other leg ? [2]
Answer:
He hid his other leg under his wings.

(ii) What was his father doing ? [2]
Answer:
His fathfer was preening the feathers on his white back.

Question 16.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

AUSABLE did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read. Following him down the musty corridor of the gloomy French hotel where Ausable had a room, Fowler felt let down. It was a small room, on the sixth and top floor, and scarcely a setting for a romantic adventure.

Ausable was, for one thing, fat. Very fat. And then there was his accent. Though he spoke French and German passably, he had never altogether lost the American accent he had brought to Paris from Boston twenty years ago.

(i) Who was Ausable? [2]
Answer:
Ausable was a secret agent.

(ii) Which languages could Ausable speak? [2]
Answer:
Ausable could speak French and German.

Question 17.
Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow:

(There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me-
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)

(i) Where is Amanda imagining herself to be ?
Answer:
Amanda is imagining herself to be in a calm, green sea.

(ii) What is Amanda imagining herself to be ?
Answer:
Amanda is imagining herself to be a mermaid swimming happily in this sea.

Question 18.
Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow:

But he’s locked in a concrete cell,
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,
Ignoring visitors.

(i) Where is the tiger imprisoned now? [2]
Answer:
The tiger is imprisoned in a concrete cell in the zoo.

(ii) Why is the tiger ignoring the visitors? [2]
Answer:
The tiger is ignoring the visitors because he is distressed and angry at being held in captivity.

Section – C

Answer the following questions in 100 words:

Question 19.
Draw a character-sketch of the postmaster. [A Letter to God] [3]
Or
Why was Nelson Mandela overwhelmed with a sense of history? How did he succeed in ending the apartheid regime in South Africa?
[Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom]
Answer:
The postmaster was a fat and amiable fellow. He was kind and helpful to others. When he read the letter sent by Lencho to God, he became serious to help him. He collected money from the post office employees and from his friends. He himself also contributed in it. Thus he sent 70 pesos to Lencho so that his firm faith in God might not be shaken. The postmaster didn’t show any anger when he read Lencho’s second letter. In fact, the postmaster was a generous and true human. His kind and generous act of helping Lencho is really heart-warming.

Or

Nelson Mandela was overwhelmed with a sense of history because it had given the system of racial domination. It was over the black people who were not allowed to live a life of dignity. They had to live as slaves of the white people. It was the most inhumane and harshest society. Nelson Mandela was against it and after a long war against the system and unimaginable sacrifices of thousands of his people they succeeded in overturning that system. Now they were free and had power. They could make then- own government.

Question 20.
Draw a character-sketch of Wanda Petronski.
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What did Maddie and Peggy want to tell Wanda ?
Answer:
Wanda Petronski is the only Polish girl in her class. She is a quiet and reserved girl. She rarely says anything to anybody at all. Nobody has ever heard her laughing loudly. When she smiles she twists her face. She is a good painter also. She has prepared drawings of a hundred dresses. She has a good sense of humour. She has only one dress that she wears everyday. But she says that she has hundred dresses all lined up in the closet. She likes cleanliness. Her only one dress was always cleaned though she came from Boggin Heights. This area was covered with dry mud.

Or

Maddie came to know through the letter of Wanda’s father that they were moving to a big city. Now she was sorry for what they had done with Wanda. Due to their guilty conscience Maddie and Peggy wanted to tell her that they were sorry for what they had picked on her. She was wonderful. They would request her not to move away. Now everybody would be nice to her. They wanted to show Wanda how many girls loved her and praised her. To show their emotion towards Wanda, they wrote a letter to her.

Question 21.
How can you say that the presence of the baker’s furnace is absolutely essential in the village? [A Baker from Goa] [3]
Or
How are the tea pluckers different from the other farm labourers? [Tea from Assam]
Answer:
Goa is famous for loaves of bread. In Portuguese days furnace is absolutely essential in village. But after that the presence of the baker’s furnace is absolutely essential in the village because a furnace is used to prepare sweet dishes on various occasions. For example, bol is essential in marriage gifts. A party will lose its charm without bread. Cake and bolinhas are a must for Christmas and other festivals. Sandwiches are prepared by the mother on the occasion of her daughter’s engagement. Thus we can say that the presence of baker’s furnace is absolutely essential in the village.

Or

The tea pluckers have to keep bamboo baskets on their backs. They wear plastic aprons. They pluck the newly sprouted leaves of tea-plants and drop them in their bamboo baskets. On the other hand the other farm labourers don’t have to wear aprons. They don’t carry bamboo baskets on their backs. They have to use sickle or other equipments to weed out. They don’t pluck leaves and collect them because they are generally useless weed. Thus they are different from the other farm labourers.

Question 22.
How did Mr Loisels and Matilda repay their debt ?
Or
Why was Ramlal worried about the future of Bholi ?
Answer:
Matilda lost the necklace in the party she borrowed from her friend. Now it was necessary for her to return the necklace she borrowed. The cost of the necklace was thirty six thousand francs. She had only eighteen thousand francs so she had to borrow the rest of the money. Mr Loisel and Matilda suffered very much to repay the debt. They sent away their maid. They changed their lodgings. Mr Loisel worked as a clerk in an office. In the evenings, he worked as a helper to some book merchants. He often did copying at nights. Mme Loisel did all the household work by herself. Living in this way for ten years, enabled them to repay their debt.

Or

Ramlal had seven children. All of them except Bholi are good-looking, healthy and strong. Hence it is not difficult to find suitable match for them. But it was only Bholi about whom her father Ramlal was worried for her future. It was because Bholi was not a normal child. Because of some injuries in her early age, she had become a simpleton. She could not speak clearly. Because of small pox, her face had become ugly. Because of these problems, Ramlal was uncertain about Bholi’s marriage. As a father, he was worried about his daughter’s future.

Section – D

Question 23.
Imagine that you are Ankit living at Subhash Nagar, Ajmer. You want a camera during your summer vacation. Write a letter to your friend requesting him to lend you his camera. You may touch upon the following points : [4]
(a) Why do you need a camera ?
(b) Who will operate it ?
(c) Where will you take it ?
(d) When will you return it ?
Or
You are Vikram, school captain of the football team of G.S.S.S., Alwar, Rajasthan. Due to some injury you are not able to play for the State Coaching Camp. Send an e-mail to your Principal requesting him to give you relaxation from the camp.
The e-mail address is principalgsss.alwar@yahoo.com.
Answer:
75 Subhash Nagar
Ajmer
10 May 20_ _

My dear Amit
You will be pleased to know that I, along with some of my friends, am going to Shimla during these coming summer vacations. Some friends told me to take a camera with us so that we may take some beautiful snaps.

I know that you have a camera. Will you please lend me it for a month ? You know that I know how to operate a camera. I assure you that I will take great care of it. Kindly send me it by May 20.1 will return it in time.

Please convey my best regards to your parents.
Yours sincerely
Anlat

Or

To	principalgsss.alwar@yahoo.com
Cc
Bcc
Subject	To give relaxation from the State Football Coaching Camp.
Text	Sir I am the captain of the football team of G.S.S.S., Alwar. While practicing yesterday, I fell down and got my right leg fractured. The doctor has advised me to have complete bed rest for two months. So I’ll not be able to join the State Coaching Camp. I am submitting my x-ray and advice report of the doctor. I request you to give me relaxation from the camp. Thanks Yours obediently Vikram Captain G.S.S.S., Alwar

Question 24.
Write a story using the outline given below. Assign a suitable title and moral to it: (Words Limit: 150-200) [4]

A hard working farmer ……………….. his sons idle and lazy ……………….. farmer worries about ……………….. future ……………….. he ……………….. up to a ripe old age ……………….. falls ill ……………….. calls his sons to ……………….. bad ……………….. a hidden treasure ……………….. vine-yard ……………….. sons dig every inch ……………….. find no treasure. However the crop of grapes ……………….. richest ……………….. sons ……………….. meaning of hidden treasure ………………..

Or
Write a story using the outline given below. Assign a suitable title and moral to it: (Words Limit: 150-200)

Haria ……………….. barber ……………….. a small hut ……………….. his earnings enough ……………….. his needs. One evening ……………….. a hen clucking outside his hut ……………….. about to kill ……………….. the hen pleads mercy ……………….. promises to lay ……………….. one golden egg each day. Next morning finds ……………….. a golden egg outside his hut ……………….. hen sitting beside ……………….. not tell the secret ……………….. Haria turns greedy ……………….. brings the hen ……………….. and cut it open. He is dismayed ……………….. repents.

Answer:
The Hidden Treasure
Once there was a farmer who was very hard-working. He had developed a grapery which gave a rich crop of grapes every year. Unluckily his sons were very easy going young men.

They seldom cared to help their father in his work. So, the farmer was much worried about their future.

Reaching a ripe old age, the farmer fell ill. It looked as if his end were near. So, he called his sons and said to them, “Dear sons ! my days are numbered. Before dying I want to tell you that in my grapery lies a hidden treasure. Dig it out after my death.” Saying so, the old farmer died.

After performing the last rites of their father, the sons began digging the vine-yard. They dug every inch of it but found nothing.

But the digging led to such a rich crop as had never been there before even in their father’s life-time. So, the sons came to know what their father meant by the hidden treasure. They had learnt that hard-work is the key to a gold mine.

Moral : No gains without pains.

Or

The Golden Egg
Haria, a poor barber lived alone in his small hut. One evening, after returning from work, Haria was hungry. “What shall I cook tonight?”, he thought. Just then he heard a hen clucking outside his hut. “That hen would make a great feast for me,” thought Haria and caught the hen.

As he was about to kill the hen, it squeaked, “Please do not kill me. If you spare my life, I will lay a golden egg everyday for you.” Haria was surprised to hear this promise.

“But why should I believe you ?”, said Haria. “If I do not lay a golden egg tomorrow, you can kill me,” said the hen.

The next morning, Haria found a golden egg. “It is true! You really can lay a golden egg!” exclaimed Haria.

From that day onwards, the hen would lay a golden egg everyday. Very soon, Haria became rich. But he became greedy. He thought, “If I cut open the hen’s stomach, I can get all the golden eggs at once.”

That night, he brought the hen to the interior portion of his house and killed it. But he found no golden eggs. Not even one.

Moral : Greed is a curse.

Question 25.
Write a paragraph on the given visual-aid. (Words Limit 150-200) [4]

Or
Write a paragraph on the given visual-aid. (Words Limit 150-200)

Answer:
Water Conservation
Water is known as the elixir of life. All living things consist mostly of water e.g. the human body is made of two thirds of water. Man can live without food but not without water. That is why water needs be conserved before it completely gets exhausted.

Water conservation is a method to collect water for future use. Generally it so happens that we let the rain water go into the drains and when there is no rain, we cry for water. Saving rain water wisely is what we ! mean by water conservation.

Water is needed for the very survival of all creatures. It is needed for all kinds of vegetation and crops to grow. While our demand for water has risen because of rising population and growing industrialisation, it is high time we should think of water conservation.

Water can be conserved in many ways. Trees play a very important role in conserving water. Protecting trees means protecting water. More and more trees should be planted in order to have more ground water. ‘Rain water harvesting’ is another effective way of conserving water. It means collecting rain water in an underground tank that is connected to the roof of the building, and recycling it for future use.

Water is one of the nature’s most precious gifts to mankind. So we should conserve water to save life.

Or

Drug Addiction
Drug addiction has become a world wide phenomenon. We can’t pinpoint its real cause but it can be due to discontent with life.

Today, people are frustrated due to many reasons. They take drugs because drugs alone mean to provide an escape from the feeling of boredom. They don’t find themselves to be fit to face the competitive state of life. Drugs provide an escape from the frustration of failure. Many people take it for enjoyment but they are wrong. After taking the drug they have no control over their mind and body. A drunkared can be easily seen staggering.

Drugs taken for any length of time cause addiction. The person is gripped by the habit. This grip- keeps growing stronger and stronger. One day he becomes so much addicted that he cannot live without drugs.

Drugs cause permanent harm to body organs like-brain, liver, kidney and nervous system. Many times, prolonged medical treatment fails to save an addict. It is high time we should think over the problem and educate the people telling them the harmful effects of drugs. They should know that it costs the life of a person.