RBSE Class 10 E-English Self Evaluation Test Papers

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RBSE Class 10 E-English Self Evaluation Test Papers

RBSE Class 10 E-English Self Evaluation Test Paper 1

Time: 2\(\frac {3}{4}\) 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 of the most widely spread bad habits is the use of tobacco. Tobacco is now smoked or chewed by men, often by women, and even by children, almost all over the world. It was brought into Europe from America by Sir Walter Raleigh four centuries ago, and has thence spread everywhere, ft is extremely difficult to get rid of the habit when once it has been formed.

Alcohol is taken in almost all cool and cold climates, and to a very less extent in hot ones. Alcohol is not necessary in any way to anybody. Millions of people are beginning to live without it entirely; and once the United States of America had passed law’s which forbade its manufacturing or sale throughout the length and breadth of their vast country.

(i) The extremely most difficult Work, according to the passage is : [1]
(a) to leave the habit of playing all the times
(b) to leave the habit of stealing
(c) to leave the habit of gambling
(d) to leave the habit of chewing tobacco

(ii) Which country forbades the manufacturing of tobacco?
(a) France
(b) China
(c) Pakistan
(d) None of these

(iii) The passage is about:
(a) only tobacco
(b) only alcohol
(c) both tobacco and alcohol
(d) none

(iv) Fill in the blank:
……………. is harmful drink that is not necessary in any way to anybody. [Tobacco/Alcohol]

(v) Write the answer of the following:
(i) How is tobacco used by people ?
(ii) From which country was tobacco brought into Europe ?

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

Once upon a time there lived a famous holy man. He was a very religious and learned person. [lis name was Rudra. One day, he decided to go to another village. He took with him only three things. The first was a lamp so that he could read the holy books in the evening. The next was a cock to wake him up in the morning so that he could offer his prayers. The last was a donkey who could carry him on its, back. After travelling for many miles, he came to a small village. Nobody gave him shelter there. So he went out of the village and sat under a tall tree. Rudra had no food to eat and nothing to drink. lie at the lamp to read the holy book but a strong wind blew out the lamp. He said. “God is great and whatever He does must be for the best. “And he stretched himself out on the cold earth and went Lo sleep. Next morning when he woke up. the sun was shining brightly. He saw some villagers coming towards him. “Are you all right”, they asked him. “No, I’m not”, complained Rudra. You wouldn’t give me any shelter. So I had to sleep under this tree without any food or drink. And the wind blew out my lamp so I could not read my holy book.” “Is that all ?” cried the villagers. “During the night some robber attacked us and took away everything we had. Anyone who tried to stop them was beaten up and three men were killed. Rudra once again knelt on the ground and thanked God.

(i) Rudra was a: [1]
(a) famous holy man
(b) religious man
(c) learned man
(d) all of these

(ii) Rudra stayed: [1]
(a) under a tree
(b) over a tree
(c) in the village
(d) no where

(iii) He took a lamp: [1]
(a) to get light in the darkness
(b) to write some letters
(c) to read the holy books
(d) to work at night

(iv) That night Rudra ate: [1]
(a) food
(b) fruits
(c) lunch
(d) nothing

(v) He took a donkey with him : [1]
(a) to load his luggage
(b) to help his friend, a washerman
(c) to carry him on his hack
(d) none of these

(vi) Fill in the blanks : [1]
(a) Rudra could not read the only hook that night because of no ………………….
(b) Rudra was not given shelter but he strongly believed in ………………….

(vii) Write similar words of the following words from the passage:
(a) lay down
(b) pious [1 + 1 = 2]

Grammar

Question 3.
Choose the correct form of the verb:

(i) I rarely …………… (carry) an umbrella in summer. [1]
(a) carried
(b) carries
(c) carrying
(d) carry

(ii) How do you know that I …………… (not tell) the truth? [1]
(a) did not tell
(b) am not telling
(c) was not telling
(d) do not tell

(iii) My aunt …………… (walk) in the park when I met her. [1]
(a) walk
(b) walks
(c) walked
(d) was walking

(iv) When I arrived at the theatre, the show …………… (already begin). [1]
(a) had already begun
(b) has already begun
(c) already began
(d) already begins

Question 4.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
(i) He said, “He has bought a new car recently.” [1]
(ii) He said to him, “Were you present in the party last night?” [1]

Question 5.
Combine the following pairs of sentences:
(i) The girl lives near me: She found the dog. (who) [1]
(ii) The man is my friend. You met him. (whom) [1]

Question 6.
Change the following sentences into passive-voice:
(i) Please don’t abuse anybody. [1]
( ii) The principal gave me a prize. [1]

Question 7.
Frame question to get the following answer:
How ……………………… ? [1]
She looked at him strangely.

Question 8.
Add Question-Tag to the statement given below:
All of us can do it, ……………………… ? [1]

Question 9.
Fill in the blanks:
(i) He may come either today ……………. tomorrow. (nor/or) [1]
(ii) Throw neither waste material ……………….. useful materials on roads. (nor/or) [1]
(iii) The wrongdoers……………….. lawbreakers were punished. (as well as/both) [1]

Section – B

Answer the following questions in 40-50 words:

Question 10.
What is the Chinese legend associated with the discovery of tea? [Tea from Assam] [2]

Question 11.
What does the speaker ask Amanda to do in the first stanza? [Amanda] [2]

Question 12.
Why was Bholi scared While going to school? [Bholi] [2]

Question 13.
What guess does Think-Tank make about the library ? Why ? [The Book that Saved the earth] [2]

Question 14.
What steps were taken by Mrs Pumphrey when she found Tricki a little sick? [A Triumph of Surgery] [2]

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

The weather is perfect with some showers thrown in for good measure. The air breathes of invigorating coffee. Coffee estates and colonial bungalows stand tucked under tree canopies in prime comers.

The fiercely independent people of Coorg are possibly of Greek or Arabic descent. As one story goes, a part of Alexander’s army moved south along the coast and settled here when return became impractical. These people married amongst the locals and their culture is apparent in the martial traditions, marriage and religious rites, which are distinct from the Hindu mainstream.

(i) With whom did the soldiers of Alexander’s army marry? [2]
(ii) Whose descent are the people of coorg? [2]

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

I was still a thief when I met Anil. And though only 15,1 was an experienced and fairly successful hand.
Anil was watching a wrestling match when I approached him. He was about 25 – a tall, lean fellow – and he looked easy going, kind and simple enough for my purpose. I hadn’t had much luck of late and thought I might be able to get into the young man’s confidence. “You look a bit of a wrestler yourself,” I said. A little flattery helps in making friends.

(i) How old was Anil when the author met him? [2]
(ii) Why did the author flatter Anil? [2]

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

He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.

(i) What last voice of the night does the tiger hear ? [2]
(ii) What do the brilliant stars symbolise ? [2]

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

The pirate gaped at Belinda’s dragon,
And gulped some grog from his pocket flagon,
He fired two bullets, but they didn’t hit,
And Custard gobbled him, every bit.

(i) What was the effect of the dragon’s attack on the pirate ? [2]
(ii) What did the dragon do with the pirate ? [2]

Section – C

Answer the following questions in 100 words:

Question 19.
Lencho had deep faith in God but doubt on man ? Comment. [A Letter to God] [3]
Or
Why was the inauguration ceremony the greatest occasion for South Africa? [Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom]

Question 20.
Draw a character-sketch of the pilot Who flew the old Dakota. [The Black Aeroplane] [3]
Or
When and why do Peggy and Maddie notice Wanda’s absence? [The Hundred Dresses – I]

Question 21.
What excuses does Peggy think up for her behaviour? Why? [The Hundred Dresses – II] [3]
Or
What ultimate truth did Gotami learn, and how? [The Sermon at Benares]

Question 22.
How was Mrs Hall convinced that the room was haunted by spirits? [Footprints without Feet] [3]
Or
What lessons do you learn from the story ‘The Necklace’? [The Necklace]

Section – D

Question 23.
Write a letter to your uncle informing him about your improvement of performance in II term tests. Sumrose you are Garima/Gaurav. You may use the following hints/clues : [4]
(i) Your performance in the earlier test.
(ii) The subject that you improved upon.
(iii) Your efforts for the improvement of performance.
Or
Imagine that you are Sunil/Sonakshi. Compose an e-mail drawing attention of your principal over the non-completion of’ syllabus in English and Sanskrit. Don’t forget to mention the reason.

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

A stag ………….. water in a pool ………….. sees his reflection ………….. admires his horns ………….. hits his legs ………….. hounds ………….. stag runs ………….. horns caught in bushes ………….. repents ………….. the dogs kill him ………….. sad end.

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

A old lion ………….. unable to hunt ………….. to get food ………….. lies in the cave ………….. animals come ………….. his health ………….. kills and eats ………….. the fox comes ………….. footprints of animals ………….. all going towards the cave ………….. not coming back …………….. the lion invites ………….. the fox refuses ……………. runs away.

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)

RBSE Class 10 E-English Self Evaluation Test Paper 2

Section – A

Reading

Question 1.
Read the following passage and answer the questions:
It was Holi, the festival of colours and gaiety, and there was a big party in the house. Guests came and went but the party continued. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, “Come in!” and a small man opened the front door and came in. Nobody knew him, but the host went to meet him and took him in. The man sat there happily for half an hour and ate. Then suddenly he stopped and looked at the host. “Do you know?” he said, “Nobody invited me to the party. I don’t know you. 1 don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests. My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your guests’ car was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back!”

(i) The small man was invited by: [1]
(a) the owner of. the house
(b) the ladies of the house
(c) the children of the house
(d) none of these

(ii) When the small man was in the house, his wife was waiting for him in her : [1]
(a) house
(b) car
(c) room
(d) none of these

(iii) There was a party because it was …………… festival. [1]
(a) Deepawali
(b) Holi
(c) Rakhi
(d) Christmas

(iv) Fill in the blank : [1]
The small man came in the house in search of the ……………. of the car. (owner/servant)

(v) Write the answer of the following:
(a) What was going on in the house ? [1]
(b) What did the host do when the small man entered the house ? [1]

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

Residents of the Bhirung Raut Ki Gali, where Ustad Bismillah Khan was born on March 21, 1916 were in shock. His cousin, 94-year-old Mohd Idrish Khaii had tears in his eyes. Shubhan Khan, the caretaker of Bismillah’s land, recalled : “Whenever in Dumaraon, he would give rupees two to the boys and rupees five to the girls of the locality.” He was very keen to play Shehnai again in the local BiharijPs Temple where he had started playing Shehnai with his father, Bachai Khan, at the age of six. His original name was Quamaruddin and became Bismillah only after he became famous as Shehnai player in Varanasi. His father Bachai Khan was the official Shehnai player of Keshav Prasad Singh, the Maharaja of the erstwhile Dumaroan estate. Bismillah used to accompany him. For Bismillah Khan, the connection to music began at a very early age. By his teens, he had already become a master of the Shehnai. On the day India gained freedom, Bismillah Khan, then a sprightly 31 year- old, changed the Shehnai from an instrument heard only in weddings and nauhatkhanas to one that was appreciated in concert halls across the world. His life was a testimony to the plurality that is India. A practising Muslim, he would take a daily dip in the Ganga in his younger days after a bout’O^lJisti in Benia Bagh Akhada. Every morning, Bismillah Khan would do riyaaz at the Balaji Temple on the bank of the river. Even during his final hours in a Varanasi hospital, music didn’t desert Bismillah Khan. A few hours before his passing away early on Monday, the Shehnai wizard hummed a thumri to show that he was feeling better. This was typical of a man for whom life revolved around music.

(i) Bismillah Khan started playing Shehnai in the temple of: [1]
(a) Balaji
(b) Bihariji
(c) Hanumanji
(d) Shivji

(ii) He became a master of the Shehnai when he was : [1]
(a) in his youth
(b) in his teens
(c) a man of 40 years
(d) in his old age

(iii) Subhan Khan was Bismillah’s ……………….. [1]
(a) brother
(b) uncle
(c) nephew
(d) cousin

(iv) In his youth, Bismillah would take a daily dip in the river : [1]
(a) Ganga
(b) Yamuna
(c) Narvada
(d) Chambal

(v) Keshav Prasad Singh was ………………. [1]
(a) Maharaja
(b) Ustad
(c) Priest
(d) none

(vi) Fill in the blanks:
(a) Earlier Shehnai was the musical instrument heard only in …………….. [1]
(b) People were in ………….. when Bismillah passed away. [1]

(vii) Write similar wolds of the following words from the passage:
(a) former
(b) neighbourhood

Grammar

Question 3.
Choose the correct form of the verb:
(i) John ………….. (seem) rather tired today. [1]
(a) seemed
(b) seem
(c) seems
(d) seeming

(ii) Her aunt ………….. (stay) with us for a week. [1]
(a) stays
(b) is staying
(c) was staying
(d) has stayed

(iii) The strike ………….. (last) for six months. [1]
(a) has lasted
(b) lasted
(c) lasting
(d) lasts

(iv) Ramesh ………….. (work) when the mother came in. [1]
(a) worked
(b) works
(c) is working
(d) was working

Question 4.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
(a) I said, “Sit down.”
(b) He said, “Who are you?”

Question 5.
Combine the following pairs of sentences:
(i) He has found that watch. He lost it last week. [which] [1]
(ii) I again visited the town. I was born there. [where] [1]

Question 6.
Change the following sentences into passive-voice:
(i) They are expecting good news. [1]
(ii) Has someone informed the police? [1]

Question 7.
Frame question to get the following answer:
How many ……………….. ? [1]
There are forty students in the class.

Question 8.
Add Question-Tag to the statement given below:
These are his pencils, …………….? [1]

Question 9.
Fill in the blanks:
(i) She speaks English so well ………….. you would think she is an English lady. (so/that) [1]
(ii) The traffic was ……………. heavy for me to cross the road easily. (too/so) [1]
(iii) ……………. will meet her, I have to walk a long distance. (Although/Yet) [1]

Section – B

Answer the following questions in 40-50 words:

Question 10.
Is Miss Mason angry with the class, or is she unhappy and upset? [The Hundred Dresses – II] [2]

Question 11.
How is the bear described ? [How to Tell Wild Animals] [2]

Question 12.
What was the problem of Mine Loisei when her husband received the invitation? [The Necklace] [2]

Question 13.
Why was Bholi glad on the first day in her school? [Bholi] [2]

Question 14.
Which book saved the Earth from Martian invasion? [The Book that Saved the Earth] [2]

Question 15.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
This time it was supposed to be on ‘An Incorrigible Chatterbox’. I handed it in, and Mr Keesing had nothing to complain about for two whole lessons. However, during the third lesson he’d finally had enough. ‘Anne Frank, as punishment for talking in class, write an essay entitled — ‘Quack, Quack, Quack Said Mistress Chatterbox’.”

The class roared. I had to laugh too, though I’d nearly exhausted my ingenuity on the topic of chatterboxes. It was time to come up with something else, something original. My friend, Sanne, who’s good at poetry, offered to help me write the essay from beginning to end in verse and I jumped for joy.

(i) What was the second topic of the essay given-to Anne? [2]
(ii) What did Anne offer to do? [2]

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

From then on, his progress was rapid. He had no medicinal treatment of any kind but all day he ran about with the dogs, joining in their friendly scrimmages. He discovered the joys of being bowled over, tramped on and squashed every few minutes. He became an accepted member of the gang, an unlikely, silky little object among the shaggy crew, fighting like a tiger for his share at mealtimes and hunting rats in the olden house at night. He had never had such a time in his life.

All the while, Mrs Pumphrey hovered anxiously in the background, ringing a dozen times a day for the latest bulletins. I dodged the questions about whether his cushions were being turned regularly or his correct coat worn according to the weather, but I was able to tell her that the little fellow was out of danger and convalescing rapidly.

(i) What kind of joys did Tricki enjoy? [2]
(ii) What information did Mrs Pymphrey want to get about Tricki? [2]

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

He should he snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!

(i) Where is the tiger shown in these lines ? [2]
(ii) What is the tiger doing now ? [2]

Question 18.
Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow:
Don’t eat that chocolate, Amanda!
Remember your dene, Amanda!
Will you please look at me when I’m speaking to you, Amanda!

(i) Why is Amanda being told not to eat chocolate ? [2]
(ii) For which bad manner is Amanda being’rebuked ? [2]

Section – C

Answer the following questions in 100 words:

Question 19.
Why did Lencho become angry when he counted the money ? [A Letter to God] [3]
Or
What happened with the aeroplane in the clouds ? [The Black Aeroplane]

Question 20.
How can you say that Peggy was not really cruel ? [The Hundred Dresses – I] [3]
Or
Why did the writer not wash and clean his mouth ? [A Baker from Goa]

Question 21.
Tell about the wildlife of Coorg. [Coorg] [3]
Or
Describe the journey of Siddhartha Gautama becoming the Buddha. [The Sermon at Benares]

Question 22.
Describe the meeting between Ausable and Max. [The Midnight Visitor] [3]
Or
Write a character-sketch of Griffin. [Footprints without Feet]

Section – D

Question 23.
Your name is Sitaram and you are a student Government or Secondary School, Ram Nagar. Write a letter to the Principal of your s requesting him to allow the students of your class to go on an educational tour. Also, write about the place you plan to visit. [4]
Or
Write an e-mail to the Editor of the Times of India expressing your views on the topic “Importance of Punctuality in Our Life’s.”

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

A monkey …………….. in a fruit tree …………….. wants a companion …………….. sees a crocodile …………….. one day stays with monkey …………….. his wife becomes angry …………….. but the crocodile praises …………….. his wife wants …………….. eat heart of …………….. good monkey …………….. decides to please his wife …………….. crocodile invites …………….. monkey sits on the back …………….. a trick …………….. has left his heart on the tree …………….. return …………….. monkey jumps …………….. saves.

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

A dog …………….. hungry …………….. searches food …………….. wanders …………….. finds …………….. bone …………….. wants …………….. quite place …………….. crossing bridge …………….. sees reflection …………….. water …………….. thinks …………….. another dog …………….. wants …………….. other bone …………….. opens mouth …………….. walks …………….. bone falls …………….. water …………….. sad.

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)

RBSE Class 10 E-English Self Evaluation Test Paper 3

Section – A

Reading

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

Helen Kellar was aged two when an illness took away, her sight and hearing. Since she was deaf, she also lost the ability to speak, for we learn to speak by imitating what we hear. So as a child she lived in a dark and silent world. At first it seemed impossible that she would even understand others or be understood by them. Hers was thus a very lonely world. She was helped by a wonderful teacher called Miss Sullivan, who had herself been blind as a child but recovered her sight after an operation. Miss Sullivan volunteered to help Helen and taught her to speak, read and write. She spent the rest of her life working to help the blind and the deaf.

(i) We learn to speak by : [1]
(a) the help of our nurses
(b) imitating
(c) the help of our teachers
(d) none of these

(ii) Helen spent the rest of her life by serving : [1]
(a) the old people
(b) the young boys and girls
(c) the poor
(d) the blind and the deaf

(iii) When Helen became blind she had to live in ………………. world. [1]
(a) blind
(b) deaf
(c) dark
(d) none

(iv) Fill in the blank:
Mis Sullivan was the name of Helen’s …………….. [teacher/friend] [1]

(v) Write the answer of the following: [1]
(a) When did Helen Kellar become ill ? [1]
(b) What was impossible for Helen Kellar at first ? [1]

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

A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at a very big firm. The HR manager interviewed him, then a test: clean the floor. “You are hired,” he said, “give me your e-mail address, and I’ll send you the application to fill, as well as when you will start.”

The man replied, “I don’t have a computer, nor an e-mail.”
“I’m sorry”, said the HR manager, “if you don’t have an e-mail that means you do not exist. And who doesn’t exist, cannot have the job”. The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only 100 rupees in his pocket.

He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10 kg tomato. He then sold the tomatoes door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation 3 times, and Returned home with 600 rupees. The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to do so. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly later, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. 5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers. He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, “I don’t have an e-mail.” The broker replied curiously, “You don’t have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Do you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail ?”

(i) Who asked the man his e-mail address first: [1]
(a) H. R. Manager
(b) Insurance Broker
(c) Teacher
(d) None of these

(ii) When the man was rejected in the interview, he came out: [1]
(a) happily
(b) helplessly
(c) hopelessly
(d) all of these

(iii) The jobless man bought kg tomato for 100 rupees. [1]
(a) 5
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 15

(iv) For planning the future of his family, the man called an : [1]
(a) insurance broker
(b) insurance officer
(c) old man
(d) none of these

(v) The first day the jobless person earned profit of ……………… rupees. [1]
(a) 100
(b) 300
(c) 500
(d) 600

(vi) Fill in the blanks:
(a) The man returned home with …………… rupees [1]
(b) The jobless man was rejected for he did not have ………………. [1]

(vii) Write similar words of the following words from the passage:
(a) unemployed
(b) came back [1 + 1 = 2]

Grammar

Question 3.
Choose the correct form of the verb:
(i) A wise pianist ……………. (practise) four hours a day.
(a) practises
(b) practise
(c) practised
(d) practising

(ii) I ……………. that fellow somewhere before. (meet) [1]
(a) met
(b) meet
(c) have met
(d) had met

(iii) He ……………. (not stop) eating since he arrived.
(a) is not stopping
(b) has not stopped
(c) has not stopping
(d) stopped

(iv) The doorbell rang while she ……………. (read).
(a) is reading
(b) was reading
(c) has read
(d) read

Question 4.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
(i) “How long have you been learning French?”, said the teacher.
(ii) She said, “My husband has just been made the Commissioner of Police,”

Question 5.
Combine the following pairs of sentences:
(i) The man is my uncle. He told you about the fire. [who]
(ii) This is the man. I was talking about him. [whom]

Question 6.
Change the following sentences into passive voice:
(i) They did not look after the children properly. [1]
(ii) Nobody called the police. [1]

Question 7.
Frame question to get the following answer:
What ………………… ?
The postman showed the letter to the postmaster. [1]

Question 8.
Add Question-Tag to the statement given below:
Give me your hook, please, ……………….. ? [1]

Question 9.
Fill in the blanks:
(i) Someone threw the banana skin ……………….. I was. walking on the road. (while/yet) [1]
(ii) The house is very big ……………….. it is surprisingly clean. (yet/so) [1]
(iii) He was checked not only for his ticket ……………….. for his luggage. (and/but also) [1]

Section – B

Answer the following questions in 40-50 words:

Question 10.
Where does Wanda live ? What kind of a place do you think it is ? [The Hundred Dresses – I] [2]

Question 11.
Why is Amanda told not to eat chocolate ? [Amanda!] [2]

Question 12.
Why does Think-Tank call the earth an insignificant place ? [The Book that Saved the Earth] [2]

Question 13.
Describe Tricki’s activities with the other dogs at the surgery. [A Triumph of Surgery] [2]

Question 14.
What did Anil use to do whenever he got his cheque ? [The Thief’s Story] [2]

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

GAUTAMA Buddha (563 B.C. – 483 B.C.) began life as a prince named Siddhartha Gautama, in northern India. At twelve, he was sent away for schooling in the Hindu sacred scriptures and four years later he returned home to marry a princess. They had a son and lived for ten years as befitted royalty. At about the age of twenty-five, the Prince, heretofore shielded from the sufferings of the world, while out hunting chanced upon a sick man, then an aged man, then a funeral procession, and finally a monk begging for alms.

(i) For what kind of schooling was Gautama Buddha sent for ? [2]
(ii) What kind of sufferings did Gautama Buddha face while out for hunting ? [2]

Question 16.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
Max was slender, a little less than tali, with features that suggested slightly the crafty, pointed countenance of a fox. There was about him — aside from the gun — nothing especially menacing.

“The report,” he murmured. “The report that is being brought to you tonight concerning some new missiles. I thought I would take it from you. It will be safer in my hands than in yours.”

Ausable moved to an armchair and sat down heavily. “I’m going to raise the devil with the management this time, and you can bet on it,” he said grimly.

(i) How does Max look like? [2]
(ii) Why did Max come there? [2]

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

Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one, kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
(i) Which two human flaws do animals not have ? [2]
(ii) How are all animals equal ? [2]

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

All night the roots work
to disengage themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor.
The leaves strain toward the glass
small twigs stiff with exertion
long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof
like newly discharged patients
half-dazed, moving to the clinic doors

(i) How do roots and leaves labour to escape from the confines of the house ? [2]
(ii) How do the boughs move ? [2]

Section – C

Answer the following questions in 100 words:

Question 19.
There are two kinds of conflict in the story between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated ? [A Letter to God] [3]
Or
What was the reaction of his family on the seagull’s soaring successfully ? [His First Flight]

Question 20.
Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing unpredictable ? How ? [From the dairy of Anne Frank] [3]
Or
How did the girls know that Wanda liked them even though they had teased her ? [The Hundred Dresses – II]

Question 21.
Is bread an important part of life ? How do you know this ? [A Baker from Goa] [3]
Or
What did Rajvir tell about tea-sprouting ? How did Pranjol’s father appreciate him ? [Tea from Assam]

Question 22.
Mme Forestier proved to be true friend of the Loiseis. Elaborate. [The Necklace] [3]
Or
How did Bholi’s teacher play an important role in changing the course of her life ? [Bholi]

Section – D

Question 23.
You have noticed many stray animals on the road during the busy hours of the day. Write a letter to the editor of a leading newspaper about the nuisance created by the stray animals. Sign your name as Kriti/Krishnan. [4]
Or
Write an e-mail to the Editor of the Times of India expressing your views on importance of trees in our life.

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 ………….. hungry ………….. searches food ………….. all a vine of grapes ………….. bunches of ripe grapes ………….. goes there ………….. hanging high ………… jumps again and again ………… not reaches the grapes ………….. all in vain ………….. tired ………….. runs away saying, “The grapes are sour. They are not worth eating.”

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

A thick forest ………….. a lion asleep ………….. a mouse moving about ………….. dances on the lion’s body ………….. the lion awakes ………….. gets angry ………….. catches mouse in paw ………….. ready to kill ………….. begs mercy ………….. promises to help him ………….. lion laughs ………….. let us go off ………….. later on ………….. lion caught in a net ………….. tries free himself ………….. in vain ………….. roars ………….. the mouse appears ………….. cuts the net ………….. lion is freed ………….. life saved ………… kindness ………….. rewarded.

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)

RBSE Class 10 E-English Self Evaluation Test Paper 4

Section-A

Reading

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

At school, pupils are helped at every step by their teachers. At the university, the students listen to lectures and read books and they have to make notes for themselves. In order to take notes in the classroom, it is necessary to have a good ear, a quick mind and mastery over the written language. A good ear helps the students hear what the lecturer says. If the student has a quick mind, he can decide what are the important points in the lecture. Mastery over the written language enables him to take down – notes while attending to the lectures. To make notes from books, it is necessary to have an understanding of the subject and the ability to decide what is important.

(i) At schools students are helped at every step by : [1]
(a) their parents
(b) their friends
(c) their teachers
(d) none of these

(ii) At the university, the students have to: [1]
(a) work hard
(b) follow the lectures
(c) make notes
(d) all of these

(iii) While making notes it is necessary that we have mastery over ………….. language. [1]
(a) speaking
(b) learning
(c) written
(d) none

(iv) Fill in the blank:
To make notes from books, one needs …………. to decide what is important, [ability/mastery] [1]

(v) Write the answer of the following:
(i) How does making notes from books help the students ? [1]
(ii) What is necessary to understand the subject ? [1]

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

Every man that is born in this world has a desire to live well. The life has various aims for various people. To some, life is an empty dream without a motive. They eat and drink and continue to exist for the sake of living. They have no ideal, no mission for which to struggle and fight. Their ideal is to eat well, to make merry and enjoy the material things of life. Their activities aim at amassing the wealth by hook or by crook and using that wealth for the sake of luxury and comfort and pleasures.

The life is, however, not so easy at present. Even to make money for the sake of comforts and luxuries you have got to work hard and perform the social duty before the society can allow one to earn a lot of money and amass the wealth. Modem states work under certain principles of social behaviour and do not allow people to go about making money without caring to perform certain duties which are useful to society. A businessman or an industrialist must pay to his labourers well so that the labour does his duty honestly and diligently and enable the entrepreneur to make profits from the goods produced. The only easy way of making money is cheating or stealing which have consequences of their own. Law has prescribed imprisonment for the robbers, thieves and the cheats.

Life is complicated in modem life. It needs be well planned if you want to achieve something worthwhile. Whether your mission or ideal is materialistic or spiritual you have got to plan. To make life worth living you must work hard towards the object of your mission. A life without mission is a life lost. A life without planning is a life wasted. Discipline, mission and hard work are important virtues of a successful man.

(i) The main aim of some people is : [1]
(a) to eat
(b) to drink
(c) to be merry
(d) all of these

(ii) Some people have no ideal, no mission in their life to : [1]
(a) straggle
(b) fight
(c) straggle and fight
(d) read more

(iii) The desire of every man in this world is to …………….. [1]
(a) live well
(b) earn a lot
(c) spend a lot
(d) do nothing

(iv) A businessman must pay his labourers well so that: [1]
(a) they may perform their duty well
(b) they may live happily with their families
(c) they may work hard to make their owners happy
(d) all of these

(v) The ideal of majority of people in this world is [1]
(a) eat well
(b) make marry
(c) enjoy the material things
(d) all of these

(vi) Fill in the blanks:
(a) To achieve something worthwhile it is necessary to make ……………… [1]
(b) According to the passage life in modern world is very …………………

(vii) Write similar words of the following words from the passage:
(a) collect
(b) purpose [1 + 1 = 2]

Grammar

Question 3.
Choose the correct form of the verb:
(i) I ……………. [watch] a very interesting film now. [1]
(a) watch
(b) watching
(c) am watching
(d) watched

(ii) She ……………. [get] a letter from him ten days ago. [1]
(a) got
(b)gets
(c) is getting
(d) have got

(iii) Every winter our school ……………. [go] on a trip. [1]
(a) goes
(b) going
(c) will go
(d) went

(iv) She ……………. [write] twenty plays so far. [1]
(a) wrote
(b) writing
(c) has written
(d) has been writing

Question 4.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
(i) The doctor said to the lady, “Take the medicine daily.” [1]
(ii) Vivek-said to Ajay, “Where do you live?” [1]

Question 5.
Combine the following pairs of sentences:
(i) This is the boy. You beat him. [whom] [1]
(ii) This is the pen. I was looking for it. [that] [1]

Question 6.
Change the following sentences into passive-voice:
(i) They will thank us. [1]
(ii) They found him guilty of murder. [1]

Question 7.
Frame question to get the following answer:
What ………………… ?
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience. [1]

Question 8.
Add Question-Tag to the statement given below:
She goes to school everyday, ………………… ? [1]

Question 9.
Fill in the blanks:
(i) Are we so ignorant ………………. we do not care for civic sense. (so/that) [1]
(ii) He is either a good batsman ………………. a good bowler. (or/nor) [1]
(iii) The train slowed down ………………. it approached the station. (while/yet) [1]

Section – B

Answer the following questions in 40-56 words:

Question 10.
What does Kisa Gotami understand the second time that she failed to understand the first time? Was this what the Buddha wanted her to understand? [The Sermon at Benares] [2]

Question 11.
How did everybody except the dragon behave on seeing the pirate in the room ? [The Tale of Custard the Dragon] [2]

Question 12.
Why did Tricki fall ill ? [A Triumph of Surgery] [2]

Question 13.
Why, according to Hari Singh, is it difficult to rob a careless man ? [The Thief’s Story] [2]

Question 14.
Why did Max get into Ausable’s room ? [The Midnight Visitor] [2]

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

Rajvir too was an ardent fan of detective stories, but at the moment he was keener on looking at the beautiful scenery.

It was green, green everywhere. Rajvir had never seen so much greenery before. Then the soft green paddy fields gave way to tea bushes. It was a magnificent view. Against the backdrop of densely wooded hills a sea of tea bushes stretched, as far as the eye could see. Dwarfing the tiny tea plants were tall sturdy shade-trees and amidst the orderly rows of bushes busily moved doll-like figures.

(i) What came after the green paddy fields? [2]
(ii) What was there amidst the orderly rows of bushes? [2]

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

Griffin, the scientist, had carried out experiment after experiment to prove that the human body could become invisible. Finally he swallowed certain rare drugs and his body became as transparent as a sheet of glass — though it also remained as solid as glass. Brilliant scientist though he was, Griffin was rather a lawless person. His landlord disliked him and tried to eject him. In revenge Griffin set fire to the house. To get away without being seen he had to remove his clothes. Thus it was that he became a homeless wanderer, without clothes, without money, and quite invisible — until he happened to step in some mud, and left footprints as he walked!

(i) What kind of experiment did Griffin do? [2]
(ii) Why did Griffin remove his clothes? [2]

Question 17.
Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow:
So they show their relations to me and I accept them,
They bring me tokens of myself, they evince
them plainly in their possession
I wonder where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that .way huge times ago and negligently drop them?

(i) What do animals show to the poet ? [2]
(ii) What does the poet wonder about ? [2]

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

My head is full of whispers
which tomorrow will be silent.
Listen. The glass is breaking.
The trees are stumbling forward
into the night. Winds rush to meet them.
The moon is broken like a mirror,
its pieces flash now in the crown of the tallest oak.

(i) Why will the whispers in the poet’s head become silent tomorrow ? [2]
(ii) How does the moon break like a mirror ? [2]

Section – C

Answer the following questions in 100 words:

Question 19.
Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho ? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’ ? [A Letter to God] [3]
Or
How did they cheer the young seagull on the success of his flight? [His First Flight]

Question 20.
“I ’ll take the risk.” What is the risk ? Why does the narrator take it ? [The Black Aeroplane] [3]
Or
In what way was Wanda different from the other children ? [The Hundred Dresses – I]

Question 21.
Why did Wanda not want to her drawings of hundred dresses back ? [The Hundred Dresses – I] [3]
Or
What is the Chinese legend associated with the discovery of tea? [Tea From Assam]

Question 22.
Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match ? Why did she later reject the marriage ? What does this tell us about her ? [Bholi] [3]
Or
Establish Noodle as an ideal employee. [The Book that Saved the Earth]

Section – D

Question 23.
Imagine that you are Nikhilesh living in Govt. Hostel, Jaipur. Write a letter to your father requesting him for the permission to go for a historical tour. You may touch upon the following points :
(a) place where you will go
(b) Duration of the tour
(c) How much money do you need?
(d) Who are going with you on the tour ? [4]
Or
You are Radha/Radhe. There is a wine shop just round the comer of your school. It is a great nuisance. Write a letter to the collector of your district requesting him to close the wine -shop.

Question 24.
Write a story using the outline given below. Assign a suitable title and moral to it: (Words Limit 150 – 00) [4]

A woodcutter …………….. very honest …………….. goes to forest …………….. cutting wood …………….. tree near bank of a stream …………….. axe falls …………….. deep water below …………….. drowned …………….. sad …………….. begins to cry …………….. water-god appears …………….. brings axe of gold …………….. refuses to accept …………….. axe of silver …………….. refuses …………….. axe of iron …………….. readily accepts …………….. water-god pleased …………….. gives away all three axes.

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

An elephant …………….. goes to drink water …………….. passes by tailor’s shop …………….. gives a loaf daily …………….. one day his son …………….. at shop …………….. pricks needle in his trunk …………….. elephant gets angry …………….. goes to the river …………….. fills dirty water …………….. throws in tailor’s shop …………….. spoils all clothes.

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

Or
Write a paragraph on the given visual-aid.