WAGH CLASSES DATE: 23-09-24
10 (CBSE) TIME: 2 hours
MARKS: 56
English New-
SEAT NO:
Q.1 Prose Passage 5
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But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was
a single hope: help from God.
“Don’t be so upset, even though this seems like a total loss. Remember, no one dies of
hunger.” “That’s what they say: no one dies of hunger.”
All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes,
as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. Lencho
was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write. The
following Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write a letter which he himself would carry to
town and place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to God.
“God,” he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year. I need a
hundred pesos in order to sow my field again and to live until the crop comes, because the
hailstorm... .
” He wrote ‘To God’ on the envelope, put the letter inside and, still troubled, went to town.
At the post office, he placed a stamp on the letter and dropped it into the mailbox.
One of the employees, who was a postman and also helped at the post office, went to his
boss laughing heartily and showed him the letter to God. Never in his career as a postman
had he known that address. The postmaster — a fat, amiable fellow — also broke out
laughing, but almost immediately he turned serious and, tapping the letter on his desk,
commented, “What faith! I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter. Starting up a
correspondence with God!”
So, in order not to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea:
answer the letter. But when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he needed
something more than goodwill, ink and paper. But he stuck to his resolution: he asked for
money from his employees, he himself gave part of his salary, and several friends of his
were obliged to give something ‘for an act of charity’.
It was impossible for him to gather together the hundred pesos, so he was able to send
the farmer only a little more than half. He put the money in an envelope addressed to Lencho
and with it a letter containing only a single word as a signature: God.
1. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
2. Who read the letter?
3. What did the postmaster do then?
Q.2 Poem Passage 5
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He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle's edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!
But he's locked in a concrete cell,
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,
Ignoring visitors.
1. Fill in the blank with one word.
The tiger is reacting to his imprisonment in the zoo by
................................................ visitors.
2. We should protect the tigers as
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(a) they are majestic to look at
(b) they attract visitors to the zoo
(c) they are ferocious
(d) they are part of our environment
3. Why does the tiger terrorise the villagers?
4. Where should the strength of the tiger be used according to the poet?
Q.3 Answer the following question in 40 to 50 words (Prose) (Any Two) 6
1 James Lane Allen says, 'Adversity reveals character'. What do you learn about the narrator from the
experience? Mention any two traits supported by the textual evidence.
2 What do you understand by 'Apartheid"? Describe the effect of the policy of apartheid on the people South
Africa.
3 Validate the given statement with reference to baby seagull's fear. "Fear doesn't exist anywhere else other than
one's mind."
Q.4 Answer the following question in 40 to 50 words (Poem) (Any Two) 6
1 It is our attitude towards a situation that makes it positive or negative. Do you agree with it? Express your
views with reference to the poem 'Dust of Snow'.
2 Fire and Ice projects a pessimistic outlook. Comment
3 How does the poem point to the cruelty of animals in captivity?
Q.5 Answer the following question in 40 to 50 words (Drama) (Any Two) 6
1 Had Anil really forgiven Hari Singh? Support your answer with evidence.
2 "Tricki's only fault was greed", says the narrator. What might be Mrs. Pumphrey's 'only fault'?
3 What makes Ausable a good spy? Explain one quality with close reference to the story
Q.6 Answer the following question in 100 to 120 words (Prose) (Any One) 6
1 Motivation plays an important role in taking risks In life and in succeeding. Do you agree? Discuss with
reference to the pilot of the old Dakota and the young seagull.
2 "They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly." Why did the seagull's parents threaten him and cajole him to fly?
Compare it with your experiences when your parents encouraged you to do something for the first time?
Q.7 Answer the following question in 100 to 120 words (Poem) (Any One) 6
1 Comment on use of symbols in this poem. What the purpose to use those symbols?
2 How will the world end? Support your answer with scientific explanation.
Q.8 Answer the following question in 100 to 120 words (Drama) (Any One) 6
1 Describe the twist in the plot in 'The Midnight Visitor'. Analyse how Fowler's opinion of Ausable must have
undergone a change after the plot twist.
2 Education means different things to different people. Evaluate how it impacted the young thief in the story.
Q.9 Analytical Paragraph 5
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A Survey was conducted by your shcool on how many children walk down to school, how many use their own
transport, how many use the school bus and how many come in private vans. The findings are given below.
Based on the pie-chart given above write a paragraph analysing the information on 'Preference of Private vans
to school buses'. Think of reasons for this preference by some parents in it more convenient and safer. (100-
120 words).
Q.10 Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line 3
1 Your e-mail address can only be recorded if you choose to send a message. It will not be used tor any other
purpose, and will not be discolsed without your consent.
Options Error Correction
(a) can will
(b) choose chooses
(c) purpose purposes
(d) for of
2 The poor subordinates are made scapegoats h there superiors.
Options Error Correction
(a) poor poorer
(b) made make
(c) by for
(d) there their
3 How must one gain proficiency In any language?
Options Error Correction
(a) must Can
(b) one first
(c) proficiency proficient
(d) any all
Q.11 Fill in the blanks by using the appropriate forms of the verbs 2
1 My friend and benefactor .............. come.
2 I, as well as you,.......... to take responsibility for his children.
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