RBSE 10th English Model Paper Set 6 with Answers

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RBSE Class 10 English Model Paper Set 6 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:

The Ganga is a holy river to the Hindus. The Hindus call it ‘Mother Ganga’. Every Hindu wishes to die on the banks of the holy Ganga so that he/she may reach heaven. It is one of the biggest rivers in India. It rises in the Gangotri mountains in the Himalayas. At Haridwar, it leaves the mountains and enters the plains. After flowing through Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, it flows into the Bay of Bengal.

The Ganga is very useful for our country. It brings with it rich soil from the mountains and spreads it on the land to make it very fertile. The fields in this area produce two crops a year.

(i) The Ganga rises from: [1]
(a) Yamnotri mountains
(b) Kallash mountain
(c) Gangotri mountain
(d) all of these
Answer:
(c) Gangotri mountain

(ii) It flows through: [1]
(a) Punjab and Haryana
(b) Ra,jasthan and MP
(c) Uttarakhand and Haryana
(d) Uttaraichand and Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
(d) Uttaraichand and Uttar Pradesh

(iii) According to Hindu myth the path to……………..go through the Ganga. [1]
(a) hell
(b) world
(c) river
(d) heaven
Answer:
(d) heaven

(iv) Fill in the blank:
After a long journey the Ganga mingles into ……………… (West Bengal/the Bay of Bengal) [1]
Answer:
the Bay of Bengal

(v) Write the answer of the following:
(a) What do the Hindus call the Ganga ? [1]
Answer:
The Hindus call the Ganga, ‘Mother Ganga’.

(b) How is the Ganga useful for our country ? [1]
Answer:
The Ganga brings rich soil from the mountains and spreads it on the land to make it fertile.

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

‘Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people’- Jana-gana-mana-adhinayak-, so says the first line of our National Anthem. The same could be said of the author of this line Rabindranath Thakur, who composed our National Anthem, cast a spell on everyone who knew him either personally or through his works. Today he is read and admired all over the world. His books have been translated into most of the world’s important languages. To many outside this country he is known just by the name of Tagore.

Rabindranath was born in Kolkata (Calcutta) on May 7, 1861. His father, Devendranath Thakur, was a well-known social and religious leader and was called Maharshi Devendranath. Though a religious leader, Devendranath was very broad-minded and he encouraged his son to think independently.

In school Rabindranath found the teaching too elementary. It did not take his teacher to recognize his high intelligence. He was given Macbeth to translate and to everyone’s surprise Rabindranath made a very good translation into Bengali. However, his limitless curiosity to know more and newer things could not be satisfied in school. It was, therefore, decided to withdraw him from there. For four years, from the age of thirteen to seventeen, he studied a wide variety of subjects at home.

(i) Our ‘National Anthem’ is composed by : [1]
(a) Devendranath Thakur
(b) Rabindranath Thakur
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Answer:
(b) Rabindranath Thakur

(ii) Devendranath Thakur was a : [1]
(a) social leader
(b) religious leader
(c) social and religious leader
(d) political and social leader
Answer:
(c) social and religious leader

(iii) Rabindranath had to study at home because he found the teaching too: [1]
(a) fast
(b) slow
(c) elementary
(d) fornal
Answer:
(c) elementary

(iv) Rabindranath translated ‘Macbeth’ into : [1]
(a) Hindi
(b) Bengali
(c) Gujarati
(d) Punjabi
Answer:
(b) Bengali

(v) For ……………… years Rabmdranath studied at home. [1]
(a) one
(b) two
(c) four
(d) five
Answer:
(c) four

(vi) Fill in the blanks:
(a) Rabindranath is known by the name ………………. [1]
(b) He had to leave school because school failed to ……………. his curiosity. [1]
Answer:
(a) Tagore
(b) satisfy

(vii) Write similar words of the following words from the passage:
(a) writer
(b) identify [1 + 1 = 2]
Answer:
(a) author
(b) recognize

Grammar

Question 3.
Choose the correct form of the verb:

(i) I ……………….. (read) an interesting novel these days. [1]
(a) am reading
(b) read
(c) have read
(d) will read
Answer:
(a) am reading

(ii) Meena is on leave. She ……………….. (go) to France. [1]
(a) went
(b) has gone
(c) had gone
(d) go
Answer:
(b) has gone

(iii) She looked as if she ……………….. (not wash) for years. [1]
(a) did not wash
(b) have not washed
(c) will not wash
(d) had not washed
Answer:
(d) had not washed

(iv) When he ……………….. (correct) the fuse he got a very bad shock. [1]
(a) was correcting
(b) is correcting
(c) has corrected
(d) had corrected
Answer:
(a) was correcting

Question 4.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
(i) Shalini said,” I’ll go to cinema tomorrow.” [1]
(ii) She asked, “Can you bring the moon for me?” [1]
Answer:
(i) Shalini said that she would go to cinema the next day.
(ii) She asked (me) if I could bring the moon for her.

Question 5.
Combine the following pairs of sentences:
(i) I know the man. His son has become an engineer. [whose] [1]
(ii) He boarded the train. It was full of people. [that] [1]
Answer:
(i) I know the man whose son has become an engineer.
(ii) He boarded the train that was full of people.

Question 6.
Change the following sentences into passive-voice:
(i) The teacher has appointed him monitor.
(ii) Whom do we like most?
Answer:
(i) He has been appointed monitor by the teacher.
(ii) Who is liked most by us?

Question 7.
Frame question to get the following answer:
How much ……………….. ?
I want only six hundred rupees. [1]
Answer:
How much money do you want?

Question 8.
Add Question-Tag to the statement given below:
Nothing can be done …………….. ?
Answer:
can it?

Question 9.
Fill in the blanks:
(i) The programme is ……………….. organized that no talks overlap. (so/that) [1]
(ii) The batsman ……………….. the bowlers played well. (as well as/yet) [1]
(iii) He is ……………….. small to touch the ceiling. (too/so) [1]
Answer:
(i) so
(ii) as well as
(iii) too

Section – B

Answer the following questions in 40-50 words:

Question 10.
After her son’s death, why does Kisa Gotami go from house to house? Does she get it? Why not? [The Sermon at Benares] [2]
Answer:
When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house to ask for medicine to save her son’s life. No, she does not get any medicine because there is no such medicine which can cure the dead.

Question 11.
Tell something about the Bengal Tiger. [How to Tell Wild Animals] [2]
Answer:
The tiger is regarded as the king of animals. He roams about in the forest freely. He has black stripes on his yellow body. He attacks and kills a person as soon as he sees him. In this way we can recognize a Bengal Tiger.

Question 12.
What was the major flaw in Tricki ? [A Triumph of Surgery] [2]
Answer:
Tricki’s only fault was greed. It had made him sick. He never refused food. He would start to eat a meal at any hour of the day or night. His mistress used to give him food thinking that he was in need of food and thus overfed him.

Question 13.
Why did Hari Singh take a new name every month ? [The Thiefs Story] [2]
Answer:
Hari Singh was a perfect thief. So, he took a new name every month. It kept him ahead of the police and his former employers. In this way nobody could recognize him and he could carry on his business of theft.

Question 14.
Who was Max and why did he enter Ausabel’s room ? [The Midnight Visitor] [2]
Answer:
Max was a rival secret agent of Ausable. He had entered Ausable’s room by using a passkey. He wanted to take the report Ausable was expecting. The report was concerned with some new missiles.

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

“Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.”
The woman who was preparing supper, replied, “Yes, God willing”. The older boys were working in the field, while the smaller ones were playing near the house until the woman called to them all, “Come for dinner”. It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the north-east huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet.

The man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body, and when he returned he exclaimed, “These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are not coins. The big drops are ten cent pieces and the little ones are fives.”

(i) Why did the woman call the children? [2]
Answer:
The woman called the children for supper.

(ii) How was the air at that time? [2]
Answer:
The air was fresh and sweet.

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

Eager to get away from crowded London he took a train to the village, of Iping, where he booked two rooms at the local inn. The arrival of a stranger at an inn in winter was in any case an unusual event. A stranger of such uncommon appearance set all tongues wagging. Mrs Hall, the landlord’s wife, made every effort to be friendly. But Griffin had no desire to talk, and told her, “My reason for coming to Iping is a desire for solitude. I do not wish to be disturbed in my work. Besides, an accident has affected my face.”

Satisfied that her guest was an eccentric scientist, and in view of the fact that he had paid her in advance, Mrs Hall was prepared to excuse his strange habits and irritable temper.

(i) Where did Griffin stay in Iping? [2]
Answer:
He stayed in a local inn in Iping.

(ii) Why did Mrs Hall excuse the strange habits of Griffin? [2]
Answer:
Mrs Hall excused the strange habits of Griffin because he had paid his rent in advance.

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

He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage,
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.

(i) What is the tiger doing in his cage ?
Answer:
The tiger is pacing impatiently in his cage.

(ii) What does the tiger in the cage long for ?
Answer:
The caged tiger longs for the freedom of the forest.

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

The trees inside are moving out into the forest,
the forest that was empty all these days
where no bird could sit no insect hide
no sun bury its feet in shadow
the forest that was empty all these nights
will be full of trees by morning.

(i) Where are the trees now ? [2]
Answer:
The trees are growing in the lawn and indoors as plants.

(ii) How will the empty forests change overnight? [2]
Answer:
The plants and trees in the houses will move out into the empty to fill it with lush flora.

Section – C

Answer the following questions in 100 words:

Question 19.
What’Was the difference between the young seagull and his two brothers and sister ?
[His First Flight] [3]
Or
What changes took place when Mandela’s life was animated ? [Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom]
Answer:
The young seagull had two brothers and a sister. They had learnt to fly with courage but the youngest one was so afraid that he did not even attempt to fly. The young seagull being a coward, used to play tricks on his elders to avoid starvation. He pretended to be sleep to gain their attention. He depended on others for his food while others could catch their own fish. His parents were doing their best to encourage him to fly. Each of his brothers and sister flew away. But he failed to murter up courage to start flying.

Or

Mandela wanted freedom for his people and his country. He wanted his people to live with dignity and self-respect. This feeling animated his life. When his life was animated, he got transformed from a frightened young man to a bold man. He was a law-abiding attorney but became a criminal then. He was a family-loving husband but became a man without a home. He was a fife-loving man hut started to live like a monk. He found himself unable to enjoy the limited freedoms he had when he knew his people were not free.

Question 20.
Why and when did the narrator say that ’Everything was going well – it was an easy flight’? [The Black Aeroplane] [3]
Or
How is Wanda seen as different by the other girls ? How do they treat her ? [The Hundred Dresses – I]
Answer:
When the narrator was flying his old Dakota aeroplane over France and was going back to England, the sky was clear; The moon was coming up in the east. The stars were shining. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. He was happy because there was no other aeroplane in the clear sky. The weather was very favourable to fly the aeroplane. He made contact to Paris control room. He got proper response. He was guided to turn twelve degrees west towords England. So he said that everything was going on well. Thus, it was an easy flight.

Or

Wanda is seen as different by the other girls in many ways. She has a funny name. She fives at Boggins Heights. She always wears the same faded blue dress. Her feet are usually caked with dry mud. . She speaks very little and has no friends. In the class she sits in the next to the last seat in the last row where the rough boys who did not make good marks sat, in Room Thirteen. They treat her badly. They make fun of her. They surround her in groups and ask her about the number of her dresses and other things. Nobody plays with her.

Question 21.
How can it be said that the people of Coorg are men of valour? [Coorg] [3]
Or
What excited Rajvir? Why didn’t Pranjol share Rajvir’s excitement? [Tea from Assam]
Answer:
There are some instances that show that the people of Coorg are men of valour. They are fiercely independent people. It is said that they were related to Alexander’s army. When return became impractical, they settled here in Coorg. The Coorg Regiment is one of the most decorated in the Indian Army. General Cariappa was the first chief of the Indian Army. He was a Coorg. They are the only persons who are allowed to carry firearms without a licence in India. Thus, it can be said the people of Coorg are men of valour.

Or

During the summer vacations Rajvir went with Pranjol to Assam. He saw many tea estates on the way of his journey and got excited. He had never seen so much greenery before. He called them tea gardens. Pranjol didn’t share Rajvir’s excitement because he had been born and brought up on a tea plantation. Whatever was new, worth seeing and exciting for Rajvir, was not interesting or worth seeing for Pranjol because he had been looking it since his childhood. In this way the thing that excited Rajvir, did not excited Pranjol.

Question 22.
Why did Ramlal send Bholi to school ? [Bholi] [3]
Or
In what way does Think-Tank take the nursery rhyme ‘Hey diddle’ ? [The Book That Saved the Earth]
Answer:
A primary school was opened in Bholi’s village. The Tehsildar asked Bholi’s father to send his daughters to school. It was socially restricted to send girls to school. Nobody would marry a girl who had gone to school. So he was not ready to send any of his dauthers to school.

But Bholi’s father had no courage to disobey the Tehsildar. Bholi’s mother suggested that Bholi should be sent to school. She said that Bholi was ugly and witless. There already stood no chance of getting her married. There was no harm in sending her school. Thus, they sent Bholi to school to please the Tehsildar.

Or

The words ‘cat and the fiddle’ make Think-Tank think that the Earthlings have reached a high level of civilization. He says that domestic animals on the earth are trained in music. They are trained in space techniques also. The line ‘The cow jumped over the moon’ makes him think that the Earthlings are launching an interplanetary attack with the help of their cows. ‘The little dog laughed to see such sport’ line makes him think that even the dogs on the earth have a sense of humour. He postpones the attack and tells his invasion fleet to quit the earth.

Section – D

Question 23.
Suppose you are Suman/Sunil living at Civil Lines, Jaipur. Write a letter to your friend describing about your new school. You may use the following points : [4]
(a) The building, classroom etc.
(b) The Principal, the staff, the students.
(c) Other facilities of computer, games etc.
Or
Imagine that you are Aditya from Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur. Write a letter to the Editor of ‘The Times of India’ expressing your suggestion on child labour in India.
Answer:
125 Civil Lines
Jaipur
19 July 20_ _

My dear Rohit/Radha

You will be glad to know that I have got admission to Central School – 6, Jaipur. Its building is very grand and far from the polluted atmosphere of the city. The class rooms are airy and lull of light. The principal of the school is a man of ideas. There are twenty teachers of various qualifications. They all are learned in their respective subjects. All the students of the school are serious and cooperative. Facilities for co- curricular activities are very good. There are separate playgrounds for different games. We play there. I like my new school very much. Convey my best regards to your parents.

Yours sincerely
Suman/Sunil

Or

37 Adarsh Nagar
Jaipur
25 November 20_ _

The Editor
The Times of India
New Delhi

Subject: Ban on child labour.

Dear Sir
It will be very kind of you if you publish my views about child labour in our country in your esteemed newspaper.

Child labour is banned in India by the government but still we can see a lot of children working at many places. They are compelled to do even dangerous works. It is a great curse for our country. There should be public awakening in this matter. We should do something in this matter seriously.
Yours truly
Aditya

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

A fox loves to eat grapes ……………….. close ……………….. a vineyard stare ……………….. juicy ……………….. lovely grapes ……………….. to reach them ……………….. one sunny day ……………….. is tempted ……………….. grapes glistening ……………….. the more look ……………….. the more ……………….. jumps many times ……………….. not reach them ……………….. walks away disappointed ……………….. sour ……………….. not eat if are served ……………….. golden dish.

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

A merchant ……………….. deals in salt ……………….. carries salt to the neighbouring village ……………….. falls ……………….. stream ……………….. salt dissolves. The donkey ……………….. happy ……………….. repeats the same trick ……………….. senses evil intention ……………….. loads with cotton load ……………….. repeats the same trick ……………….. heavy and tiring ……………….. the donkey ……………….. its mistake ……………….. gives up playing foul tricks.

Answer:
The Fox and the Grapes
Long long ago there lived a fox who loved to eat the grapes. So, he lived close to a vineyard and he used to stare at the lovely grapes that hung there.

“How juicy they look! If only I could reach them”.

One sunny day, the fox woke up and saw the grapes glistening in the sunlight. The vineyard looked heavenly and the grapes looked so luscious that the hungry fox could no longer control himself. He jumped to reach them but fell down.

He jumped again. No, they were much higher.
He jumped even higher. But they were still out of his reach.

He jumped and stretched himself and hopped but to no avail. Those delicious grapes hung higher than the fox could reach. No matter how hard he tried, the fox could not reach the grapes. He panted and began to sweat out of exhaustion. Giving up finally, he looked up in contempt and said as he walked away, “Those grapes surely must be sour. I wouldn’t eat them even if they are served to me in a golden dish.”

Moral : We dislike what we cannot get.

Or

A Merchant and a Donkey
Long long ago there lived a merchant. He used to deal in salt. He had a donkey to carry load. He had to cross a stream to go to other villages to sell his salt. Once his donkey fell into the stream and much of the salt was dissolved in water. The donkey easily crossed the stream due to the light weight of salt on its back. The donkey was happy.

The donkey on its next trip knowingly fell into the stream. The merchant suspected the animal’s intention. On the other day too the donkey intentionally repeated the same trick. Its master was now sure about the animal’s evil intention.

The merchant was also a clever man. On the next day he loaded the donkey with a lot of cotton. The donkey once again repeated the same trick. It fell into the stream. This time its load became very heavy.

The donkey carried the heavy load. It was very tiring for donkey to move on. The donkey now realized its mistake. It stopped falling down into the stream any more. It thought that it was not good to play tricks. The merchant had taught the donkey a good lesson.

Moral : Tricks will not always work.

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

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

Answer:
Corruption in India
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corihipts absolutely.”

It is not easy to define corruption. But in a narrow sense, corruption is mostly concerned with bribery and it takes several forms. Corruption is a global phenomenon and it is omnipresent. Corruption has progressively increased and is now rampant in our society. Corruption in India is a consequence of the connection between bureaucracy, politicians and criminals. India is now no longer considered a soft state. It has now become a considerate state where everything can be had for a consideration. At one time, bribe was paid for getting wrong things done, but, now bribe is paid for getting right things done at the right time.

Corruption is a difficult problem. It may not be possible to root out corruption completely at all levels, but it is possible to contain it within tolerable limits. Corruption is a global problem that all countries of the world have to think about. The time has now come to eliminate it from its roots.

Or

Cleanliness Campaign in Our School
Cleanliness is very important in our life. We should take care of it throughout our life. Practice of cleanliness starts from the home and the school from a very young age. It affects us very badly when we do not maintain cleanliness. From time to time cleanliness campaigns are conducted in our school. In those campaigns we are told about the importance of cleanliness and we are also told how to keep our school and community clean. Keeping our school clean is the responsibility of each one of us. Students are asked to use garbage bins placed by the doors to keep the floors clean. Nobody is allowed to throw any kind of paper in the classrooms. To keep the classrooms clean dustbins are kept in all the classrooms. Parents, students and staff members are encouraged to use reusable containers for lunches.

Physical cleanliness keeps us clean from outside and gives us a feeling of well-being and confidence. Internal cleanliness keeps us mentally peaceful and away from anxiety. Hence complete cleanliness is keeping the heart, body, and mind clean and peaceful. We need to keep our surroundings clean so that we can live a healthy life. Cleanliness keeps us away from epidemics and diseases.