RBSE 10th English Model Paper Set 7 with Answers

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RBSE Class 10 English Model Paper Set 7 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:

Man is the wisest of all animals by virtue of only one thing-his extraordinary power of thinking. Stripped of this power, he will be no better species than other multitude animals. Except knowledge, all other animals have the same basic necessities as man has – food, shelter and clothing. The third, of course, is naturally provided to animals in the form of long hair and fur to enable them to face adverse weather conditions. Man’s basic necessities are four in number- food, shelter, clothing and education. As the modern world is completely propelled by knowledge acquired by all means, education to all has become the focus of attention all over the world.

(i) Man is different from other animals due to his : [1]
(a) wealth
(b) power
(c) knowledge
(d) none of these
Answer:
(c) knowledge

(ii) The man is the wisest of all animals as he has : [1]
(a) a great numbers of rights
(b) wealth
(c) power of thinking
(d) none of these
Answer:
(c) power of thinking

(iii) The man will become ……………… if he does not have the power of thinking. [1]
(a) man
(b) animal
(c) woman
(d) child
Answer:
(b) animal

(iv) Fill in the blank:
It is only …………… that propel the modern world. [ignorance/knowledge] [1]
Answer:
knowledge

(v) Write the answer of the following:
(a) What protects the animals from the adverse weather conditions ? [1]
(b) Mention the basic necessities of man. [1]
Answer:
(a) Long hair and fur protect animals from the adverse weather conditions.
(b) Food, shelter, clothing and education are the basic necessities of man.

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

There are two types of people in the world. Although, they have equal degrees of health and wealth and the other comforts of life, one becomes happy, the other becomes miserable. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons and events and the resulting effects upon their minds.

In whatever situation men can be placed, they may find conveniences and inconveniences. In whatever company, they may find persons and conversations more or less pleasing. At whatever table, they may find meat and drink of better and worse taste, dishes better or worse prepared. In whatever climate, they may find good and bad weather. Under whatever government, they may find good and bad laws, and good and bad administration of these laws. In every poem or work of genius, they may see beauties and faults. In almost every face and every person, they may discover fine features and defects, good and bad qualities.

Under these circumstances, the people who are to be happy fix their attention on the conveniences of things, the pleasant parts of conversation, the well-prepared dishes, the goodness of the wines, the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the contrary things.

(i) How many types of people are there in the world? [1]
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) five
Answer:
(a) two

(ii) In life man may find : [1]
(a) conveniences
(b) inconveniences
(c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’
(d) none of these
Answer:
(c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’

(iii) A person with negative thinking will find ………………. in everything. [1]
(a) fault
(b) goodness
(c) beauty
(d) charm
Answer:
(a) fault

(iv) They may find dishes : [1]
(a) better
(b) worse
(c) better or worse
(d) better and worse
Answer:
(c) better or worse

(v) A person with positive thinking will find company : [1]
(a) pleasing
(b) boring
(c) less pleasant
(d) none
Answer:
(a) pleasing

(vi) Fill in the blanks:
(a) A person with negative attitude will find the weather ………………….. [1]
(b) A person with positive thinking is always ……………….. [1]
Answer:
(a) bad
(b) happy

(vii) Write similar words of the following words from the passage:
(a) mastermind
(b) group [1 + 1 = 2]
Answer:
(a) genius
(b) company

Grammar

Question 3.
Choose the correct form of the verb:

(i) Water ……………….. (boil) at 100°C. [1]
(a) boiled
(b) boil
(c) boils
(d) boiling
Answer:
(c) boils

(ii) I won’t go out now, as it ……………….. (rain) and I do not have an umbrella. [1]
(a) rains
(b) rain
(c) raining
(d) is raining
Answer:
(d) is raining

(iii) She ……………….. (not read) a newspaper since June 2. [1]
(a) has not read
(b) had not read
(c) reads
(d) is reading
Answer:
(a) has not read

(iv) They all ……………….. (have) breakfast when I got up. [1]
(a) having
(b) were having
(c) are having
(d) had
Answer:
(b) were having

Question 4.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
(i) The teacher said to the class, “If you don’t work hard, you will fail.” [1]
(ii) “What do you want to say?” asked the gatekeeper. [1]
Answer:
(i) The teacher told the class that if they didn’t work hard, they would fail.
(ii) The gatekeeper asked (me) what I wanted to say.

Question 5.
Combine the following pairs of sentences:
(i) The answer is correct. You write it. [that] [1]
(ii) What is the name of the writer? You bought his book. [whose] [1]
Answer:
(i) The answer that you write is correct.
(ii) What is the name of the writer whose book you bought?

Question 6.
Change the following sentences into passive-voice:
(i) People serve ice-cream with meal. [1]
(ii) Don’t tease her. [1]
Answer:
(i) Ice-cream is served with meal.
(ii) Let her not be teased.

Question 7.
Frame question to get the following answer:
How ………………….. ? [1]
I went to Jaipur by bus.
Answer:
How did you go to Jaipur?

Question 8.
Add Question-Tag to the statement given below:
One man can do it, ………………….? [1]
Answer:
can’t he?

Question 9.
Fill in the blanks:
(i) The music was so loud …………… we could hear it miles away. (so/that) [1]
(ii) He not only kept his vehicle clean …………… also followed the traffic rules. (but/yet) [1]
(iii) He cares neither for neighbours …………… for friends. (nor/or) [1]
Answer:
(i) that
(ii) but
(iii) nor

Section – B

Answer the following questions in 40-50 words:

Question 10.
What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped ? [A Letter to God] [2]
Answer:
When the hail stopped, Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. The hail had destroyed everything. All his work had gone waste. He knew that they would have no crop that year. They would have to go hungry the whole year.

Question 11.
What image does “fire” present ?
Answer:
Fire wants more and more as it grows. Fire represents desire. As fire ends the physical world, so does desire end the emotional world of a relationship.

Question 12.
‘Anil was the most trusting person.’ Explain.
Answer:
Anil kept an unknown person as his servant. One day, he kept 600 rupees under the mattress of his bed in his room in the presence of the new servant. As Anil was the most trusting preson, he gave one of the keys of the room to him.

Question 13.
What is common of a spy as described in the story ? [The Midnight Visitor] [2]
Answer:
A spy is expected to deal in espionage and danger. His atmosphere includes mysterious figures in the night, the crack of pistols, drugs in the wine etc. He receives secret messages.

Question 14.
What curious episode occurs in the study ? [Footprints without Feet] [2]
Answer:
The clergyman and his wife hear the chink of money being taken from the desk. They enter the study and find it empty. There was nobody. Yet they find their money missing. This is the curious episode that occurs in the study.

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

Our elders are often heard reminiscing nostalgically about those good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread. Those eaters of loaves might have vanished but the makers are still there. We still have amongst us the mixers, the moulders and those who bake the loaves. Those age-old, time tested furnaces still exist. The fire in the furnaces has not yet been extinguished. The thud and jingle of the traditional baker’s bamboo, heralding his arrival in the morning, can still be heard in some places.

(i) What is it that our elders use to recall fondly ? [2]
Answer:
Our elders recall fondly good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread.

(ii) What does still exist ? [2]
Answer:
Those age-old, time tested furnaces still exist.

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

She went home towards four o’clock in the morning. Her husband had been half asleep in one of the little salons since midnight, with three other gentlemen whose wives were enjoying themselves very much.

He threw around her shoulders the modest wraps they had carried whose poverty clashed with the elegance of the ball costume. She wished to hurry away in order not to be noticed by the other women who were wrapping themselves in rich furs.

(i) With whom was her husband sleeping? [2]
Answer:
Her husband was sleeping with three other gentlemen whose wives were enjoying the party.

(ii) Why did she wish to hurry away? [2]
Answer:
She wished to hurry away so that the other women would not notice that she was in the modest wraps.

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

(I am Rapunzel, I have not a care;
life in a tower is tranquil and rare;
I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair!)

(i) Why does Amanda imagine herself to be Rapunzel ? [2]
Answer:
Amanda imagines herself to be Rapunzel because, like her, she also wants to five alone in a tower.

(ii) Why would Amanda not ever let down her hair from the tower ? [2]
Answer:
Amanda would never let down her hair from the tower because she did not want a prince to climb up to her, for she wanted to be alone.

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

If strolling forth, a beast you view,
Whose hide with spots is peppered,
As soon as he has lept on you,
You’ll know it is the Leopard.
‘Twill do no good to roar with pain,
He’ll only lep and lep again.

(i) How does the poet identify a Leopard ? [2]
Answer:
The poet identifies a Leopard by his spotted coat.

(ii) How does a Leopard launch his attack ? [2]
Answer:
A Leopard launches his attack with a powerful leap.

Section – C

Answer the following questions in 100 words:

Question 19.
Explain the first flight of the young seagull when his mother tricked him for the fish-food. [His First Flight] [3]
Or
What kind of freedom does Mandela want ? [Nelson Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom]
Answer:
When the young seagull’s mother tricked him for the fish-food, he was maddened with hunger and decided to snatch it. As the young seagull dived at the fish, with a loud scream he fell outwards and downwards into space. A monstrous terror seized him and his heart stood still. He could hear nothing. But it only lasted a minute. The next moment his wings spread outwards. The wind rushed against his breast feathers, his stomach and his wings and he started soaring. Thus the young seagull had its first flight. He enjoyed it very much.

Or

In Mandela’s view, freedom is indivisible. In his view, the chains on anyone of his people were the chains on all of them and the chains on all of his people were the chains on him. He was not free unless his people were free. He wished to live in a nation where all people, whether they be white or black, should enjoy the equal rights and freedom to fulfil their duties. Thus, Mandela advocates the freedom of all his people without any kind of prejudice. He wants the freedom not to be obstructed in a lawful life.

Question 20.
What do you think about Anne’s talent for writing essays which she wrote convincingly, when punished by the teacher? [From the Diary of Anne Frank] [3]
Or
How did Peggy try to console herself ? [The Hundred Dresses – II]
Answer:
The Maths teacher was annoyed with Anne’s habit of talking in the class too much. So as punishment he asked her to write essays on topics related to chatting. Anne was a talented girl. It could be clearly seen in her essays. Though the subject of the essays was not an interesting one, she justified her being a chatterbox. The teacher seemed fully satisfied with her answers. But he had to give some more essays as punishement with the same subject. In the end the teacher had to be convinced and did not give any more essays.

Or

Peggy was the most liked girl in the school. Maddie was her inseparable friend. But Peggy used to tease Wanda everyday. She was sorry for what she had done with Wanda. She tried to console herself by telling that she had never called Wanda a foreigner or made fun of her name. She never thought that Wanda had the sense to know that they were making fun of her anyway. She thought that Wanda was too dumb. She expressed surprise by saying that Wanda could draw beautiful pictures. Thus, Peggy tried to console herself.

Question 21.
Where is Coorg or Kodagu situated ? How does it look ? [Coorg] [3]
Or
How can one get peace of mind? [The Sermon at Benares]
Answer:
Coorg or Kodagu is situated midway between Mysore and the coastal town of Mangalore. It is the smallest district of Karnataka. It seems to be ‘a piece of heaven’ drifted from the Kingdom of God. It is a land of rolling hills. It has evergreen rainforests, spices and coffee plantations. Evergreen rainforests cover thirty per cent part of this district. There is the smell of coffee in the air of this place. During the monsoons, it rains heavily here. The weather is perfect, with some showers. Coffee estates and colonial bungalows stand tucked under tree canopies in prime corners.

Or

The life in this mortal world is troubled and brief and combined with pain. So it is very hard for a person in this mortal world to get peace of mind. If we do not get peace of mind, we will make ourselves sick and pale. Our body will suffer pain. If we really want to get the peace of mind, we should draw ‘out the arrow of lamentation, complaint and grief. Peace of mind cannot be obtained from grieving or from weeping. If we draw out this arrow, we will become composed. We will obtain peace of mind.

Question 22.
What failed Think-Tank’s plan of invading the earth ?
[The Book that Saved the Earth] [3]
Or
Comment on the aptness of the title of the story ‘A Triumph of Surgery’. (A Triumph of Surgery)
Answer:
Mars space crew came across a large number of books. They did not know what books are. Think-Tank after consulting Apprentice Noodle told them to take a book and decode the writing in it. They took a book of nursery rhymes, ’Mother Goose’. They read the poems and misunderstood them. This wrong meaning made them scared of the Earthlings. They thought that the Earthlings were making plan to make an interplanetary attack with the help of millions of cows. They thought that their animals are aware of music. They cancelled their plan of invading the Earth.

Or

The title of the story is apt. The story depicts the immense love of Mrs Pumphrey for her dog Tricki. She ruins his health by overfeeding him. His deteriorating condition compels Mrs Pumphrey to seek the help of a vet named James. The doctor realizes that it was the extra meals and lack of exercise that made him vomit and also lazy. The treatment Tricki received was quite natural. The doctor gave him little to eat and a lot of exercise, Gradually Tricki became friendly with other dogs. He started running around merrily. His speedy recovery suggested the Triumph of Surgery’.

Question 23.
Write a letter to your father requesting him to send you Rs. 5,000/- to pay your hostel rent, You are Vinay living at Boys Hostel, Lane number 5, Guna. [4]
Or
You are the Secretary of the Students’ Union of your school. You have been informed thj&t the Principal is going to hold a meeting of the Union but you are out of station. Send an e-mail to your Principal requesting him to postpone the meeting for four days. The e-mail address is principalgssaj@gmail.com.
Answer:
Boys Hostel
Lane number 5
Guna
14 March 20 _ _

My dear Father
I am hale and hearty here and hope the same for you. My study is going well. I am satisfied with the service of the hostel. The warden of the hostel is very good person.

Presently I am in need of ₹ 5000/- to pay my hostel rent for the month. Please send me the same as soon as possible.
With best regards to dear mother and love to Chutki.

Your loving son
Vinay

Or

To	principalgssaj@gmail.com
Cc
Bcc
Subject	To postpone the meeting.
Text	Dear Sir I have been informed that a meeting of the Students’ Union is going to be held on the coming Sunday by you. I regret to inform you that my grandmother is very serious and admitted to hospital. I am here at Jaipur with my grandmother to look after her. It will be very kind of you if you please postpone the meeting for only four days. Regards Yours obediently Palkesh Secretary Students’ Union

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

An elephant goes daily to a river ……………… bathes and drinks ……………… passes by a tailor’s shop ……………… gets something to eat ……………… one day the tailor’s son pricks needle ……………… elephant angry ……………… returns ……………… trunk filled with mud ……………… takes revenge ……………… floods the tailor’s shop ……………… teaches a lesson.

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

Robert Bruce ……………… king of Scotland ……………… loses repeatedly ……………… battlefield ……………… runs for his life ……………… forest ……………… hids in a cave ……………… idea of defeat discourages ……………… hopeless ……………… notices a spider ……………… climbing up to the roof ……………… at last it reaches the roof ……………… learns a lesson ……………… fights against the English ……………… wins back the liberty of Scotland.

Answer:
The Tailor and the Elephant
Once there was an elephant. His keeper took him to a river. The elephant used to bathe and drink . water in the river. On his way there was a tailor’s shop. The tailor was a kind man. He always gave him something to eat. The elephant brought flowers for him from the river. Thus, the elephant and the tailor became fast friends. One day the tailor was not at the shop. His son was sitting there. As usual the elephant put his trunk inside but his son, instead of giving something to eat, pricked his trunk with a needle. The elephant was angry. He went away displeased and decided to take revenge upon the tailor’s son. The elephant went to the river. He filled his trunk with muddy water. He came back to the tailor’s shop. He threw the muddy water all over the clothes in the tailor’s shop. He spoiled them. Thus, the elephant paid the boy in his own coin. The boy repented for his mistake. He had to pay his customers for the damage of their clothes.

Moral : Tit for tat.

Or

Robert Bruce and the Spider
Once there lived a king in Scotland. His name was Robert Bruce. He fought very hard to free his country from the English. But he failed more than once. He was badly defeated. He had to run for his life into the forest. There he hid himself in a cave. He lay on his back and was lost in planning for battle. But the thought of defeat discouraged him. He was so broken that he could not courage to fight again. He was totally hopeless.

When he was feeling low spirited, he noticed a spider. It was trying to climb up the wall to reach the roof. Bruce for the time being forgot his own troubles and watched the efforts of the insect with interest. It climbed and fell. But the spider did not lose heart. The spider began to climb up again. It went up steadily inch by inch. At last it reached the roof. The king at .once rose up crying, “Let me try again and again like the spider and success will surely be mine.” He learnt a lesson. He once again raised a strong army. He fought against the English. He won back the liberty of his country.

Moral : Try again and again till you succeed.

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:
Saving Is a Good Habit
Extravagance loses what industry gains. Our ancestors lived a simple and frugal life. They laid emphasis on saving against a rainy day. A sudden disease, an accident or emergency may occur without warning any time. Naturally, extra money is needed for its remedy. A person who has not thought of such misfortunes will be in a difficult situation like the grass hopper who saved nothing for the winter. He went to the wise ant to borrow food. But the ant disappointed him saying “We ants never borrow, we ants never lend”. The youth of today under the impact of western culture is aping the latest fashions. Fashions change rapidly and give place to new ones. He has become a recklessly consumer. He borrows to gratify his wild desires. In this race, he is always a loser. He lives life only for today and never thinks of the future.

Wisdom lies in living a simple and frugal life. Saving habit will always help him like a faithful friend. Saving habit assures a happy present and a safe future.

Or

Blood Donation
Blood donation is called ‘mahadan’ (the highest form of donation) because a little amount of our blood can save somebody’s life. Every hospital needs large supplies of blood for transfusions. It is given by voluntary blood- donors. Before donating blood, the- donor is tested to determine his/ her blood group and make sure he/ she is not suffering from certain diseases. When this has been done, the donor’s blood can be taken. Blood donation is a simple process. The blood donor is made to lie down and rest his/her arm. on a pillow. Next the nurse puts the cuff of the sphygmomanometer around his/her upper arm, and inflates it to compress the veins. At this stage she cleans his/her skin with ether and inserts the needle into a vein. As she does this, the blood begins to flow into a bottle. Meanwhile, the donor of the blood opens and closes his/her hand to increase the flow.

As soon as the bottle is full, the nurse takes off the sphygmomanometer and withdraws the needle. Finally she puts a dressing on the donor’s arm. The blood is immediately labelled and kept for refrigeration.