SOLVED PAPER - 2013

ENGLISH (General)
Time : 3 Hrs ] Class - 10th [ M.M. : 100

Instructions: (i) All Questions are compulsory. (ii) Answers should be clear, correct and according to
the instructions. (iii) Marks of each questions is given on their right side.

Section 'A' (Reading) (Unseen Passages)

Q.1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:
Yoga is the ancient system to keep a person fit in body and mind. It is basically a system of
self-treatment. According to the 'Yogic' view, diseases, disorders and ailment are the result of some
faulty ways of living bad habits, lack of proper knowledge and unsuitable food. The diseases are, thus,
the resultant state of a sort of prolonged-malfunctioning of the body system since the root cause of a
disease lies in the mistakes of the individual himself. The Yoga expert shows only the path and words
so more than a counsellor. The 'Yogic' practice of treatment comprises three steps namely proper diet,
proper yogic practice and proper knowledge of things about the self.
Questions : (a) Find out a word from the passage which means 'for a long time'.
(b) The root cause of a disease lies in:
(i) Mistakes of others (ii) Mistakes of physician
(iii) Mistakes of individuals
(c) What is Yoga ?
(d) What are the main causes of diseases and disorders ?
(e) What does a yoga expert do ?
Answer : (a) Prolonged
(b) Mistakes of the individuals.
(c) Yoga is the ancient system to keep a person fit in body and mind.
(d) The main causes of diseases and disorders are some faulty way of living,
bad habits, lack of proper knowledge and unsuitable food.
(e) The yoga experts shows only the path and words so more than a counselor.
Q.2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it;
Alladin was a poor boy who found in an ancient tomb an old lamp, which he proudly took
home. But he didn't know what a treasure he had found until he began to polish the lamp. As soon
as he began rubbing it, a terrible Jinn appeared, who told him that he was the slave of the magic
lamp and bound to do any task his lord and master wanted. When Alladin wished for anything, he
was only to rub the lamp and Jinn would appear to carry out his wishes. The Jinn was good at his
word, for he supplied Alladin with boundless wealth, built splendid palace in a moment, married him
to the king's daughter and made him a Prince.
Questions : (a) What happened when Alladin rubbed the lamp?
(b) How did Alladin fulfill his wishes ?
(c) What did Jinn tell Alladin ?
(d) Find out a word from the passage which means - very old'.
(e) Jinn built...........for Alladin.
(i) a house, (ii) a palace, (iii) a tomp
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Answers : (a) As soon as the rubbed the lamp, a terrible Jinn appeared, who was the slave of
the magic lamp and bound to do any task given him by his master.
(b) Alladin rubbed the lamp and Jinn appeared to carry out his wishes.
(c) Jinn told him that he was the slave of the magic lamp and bound to do any task his lord
and master wanted.
(d) Ancient
(e) Jinn built a palace for Alladin.
Q.3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:
Gandhiji's mother was a very sweet, kind and religious woman. She visited the temple daily,
often taking her little son with her. She fasted frequently too. Once she made a vow to eat only one
meal a day for four months, and not to take even that one meal unless she had first seen sunshine.
As she had made this vow in the rainy season, it was often difficult to see sunshine at all. Her
children, who could not bear to think of their dear mother going without food all the twenty-four
hours, would hand staring up at the sky, waiting to catch the first beams of the sun. As soon as a ray
appeared, they would dash into the house and call their mother to come and see for herself. By the
time she came out, the sun had often gone behind the clouds, again. "It does not matter", she would
say cheerfully. "God does not want me to eat today", and back to her household tasks. In this way
Gandhiji learnt, from his good mother how to penance cheerfully for love of God.
Questions : (a) What kind of woman Gandhiji's mother was ?
(b) What vow did Gandhiji's mother make ?
(c) What did Gandhiji learn from his mother ?
(d) Gandhiji's mother visited the temple daily, often with ............. .
(i) her husband, (ii) her son
(e) Find out the word from the passage which is opposite in meaning
to 'Curel'
Answers : (a) Gandhiji's mother was a very sweet, kind and religious woman. (b) She made a
vow that without seeing sunshine, she would not take a meal a day for four months. (c) Gandhiji
learnt how to penance cheerfuly for love of god. (d) her son (e) kind.
Section 'B' (Writing)
Q.4. You are Jayshree Raut, a student of class Xth in M.L.B. Girls Hr. Sec. School
Seoni. Write an application to the Principal requesting him to grant you full fee
concession.
Ans. To,
The Principal,
M.L.B. Girls Hr. Sec. School,
Seoni (M.P.)
Subject : App. for fee Concession
Sir,
Most humbly I beg to say that I am a student of class X. My father is a worker in a factory. He
gets low salary. He cannot pay my fees. I am a good cricketer. I got 80% marks in previous exams.
Kindly grant me full-fee concession and oblige.
Thanks.
Date : Aug. 07, 2013
Yours obediently
Jayshree
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OR
You are Ajay Gupta, residing in 54. Bank Colony, Lal Bagh. Jabalpur. Write a letter
to your friend Mohit asking him to attend your elder brother's marriage
Ans. 54 Bank Colony
Jabalpur.
Oct. 20, 13
Dear Mohit,
I am fine here and hoping same to you. I am very glad to inform you that my elder brother's
marriage is going to be held on 26th November next month. The Barat will go to Sagar. Please do
come a week before for arrangements. Inform me about your arrival.
Convey my best regards to your parents.
Yours friendly,
Ajay
Q.5. Read the following passage carefully and do as instructed in (a) and (b) below
the passage :
If you make a mistake have the moral courage immediately to acknowledge your error and put
it right. .Mistakes do very little harm if they are acknowledged without delay and corrected before they
have had the time to do any damage,, Let them remain unattended and they may do untold harm
both to the task in hand and to your reputation. Contrary to general belief, nobody despises a person
who has the moral courage to admit that he is in the wrong and is immediately prepared to make
good the errors. What can you say to a man who admits, "I beg your pardon." You are quite right and
I am quite wrong. Please let me set the matter right now immediately before it has done any harm.
"Would you despise a man like that ?" Then why not emulate him ? But here let me tell you, nobody
likes such a fool as a man who is trying to keep his end up by desperate lying when he is in the wrong
and everyone knows it.
Questions : (a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on
it in points, using heading and sub-heading.
(b) Write a Summary of the above passage.
Ans. Heading - I beg your Pardon.
(1) Moral Courage-
1.1. To accept mistake
1.2. Less damage
1.3. No loss of reputation.
(2) Prepare to make Grod.-
2.1. do the matter correct
2.2. don't hate that
2.3. Don't insist
2.4. Ready to accept
Summary If mistake is done we have to accept if immediately. It shows morality or It is
matter of moral courage. We can save our reputation. The person who is doing mistakes again and
again that is not liked by the others. We have to admit by saying, 'I beg your pardon'. The matter will
be corrected. People will like such a person. Toerr is human. We should make it correct being always
ready to accept our mistakes or wrong.
Q.6. Write an article on the 'Save Water' with the help of the verbal inputs given
below (about 80 words) :
(i) Collect rain water on roof-top.
(ii) Store rain water in underground tanks,
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(iii) Turn off taps while brushing teeth.

(iv) Collect water after washing fruits vegetables and cereals for gardening.
(v) Do not overuse bore-well.
(vi) Wash vehicles and floor with water in a bucket.
Ans. Collect rain water or roof-top. Turn off taps while brushing teeth and store rain water in
underground tanks. Do not over use bore-well. Collect water after washing fruits, vegetables and
cereals for gardening. Reuse water after washing clothes and utensils etc. Wash vehicles with waterr in
bucket.
OR
Write an essay on any one of the following topics in about 200 words :
(i) Any Indian Festival See Q.No. 5 - Solved Question Paper 2012
(ii) Your Favourite Work in Leisure See Q.No. 6 - Solved Question Paper 2015
(iii) Any Interesting Match seen by you,
(iv) Wonders of Science See Q.No. 5 - Solved Question Paper 2012
(v) A Journey by Train
Ans. (iii) A CRICKET MATCH / AN INTERESTING MATCH
Introduction The games and sports make life interesting. They provide us sound body. Cricket
is my favourite game. I go to visit a cricket match whenever I get chance. I witnessed a cricket match last
week.
The Teams The match was between Dinesh Club and Umesh Club Teams. Both the teams are
well known teams of our town. They were wearing white shirts and white trousers. The players looked
very smart in the dress.
The Match Dinesh Club team won the toss. The captain decided to bat. Hari was the opening
batsman. My brother scored fifty runs in spite of fast bowling. Total runs reached in ninty three. There
were only seven runs short for the century.
After interval Umesh Club took batting. The first pair could not score any run and left the field.
The team played well and scored ninty five runs. The captain himself scored seventy five runs. This
team proved stronger than my brothers. Umesh Club team won the match. But public praised Dinesh
Club team too.
Conclusion All of us returned home. I found the match exciting and interesting. Really it was
very fine match. It is hard to forget it. Let us become like good players. Let us spread love, peace and
friendship like them all over the world.
(v) ANY INTERESTING JOURNEY (A JOURNEY BY TRAIN)
Introduction- A journey is a tour. It is an effective means of education. I had been gone to
Agra last month. It is a famous historical city.
Preparations- My parents were with me. We had three small suitcase with us. We got up early.
We went to station in time. We bought own tickets and reached the platform.
At the Platform The train was half an hour late. Father bought some story-books from a
stall. We took tea there. People were running here and there. They were in a hurry.
In the Train The train arrived. We got and occupied our seats. After few minutes the guard
blew the whistle. The train started and left the platform.
On the Journey I was happy. I was sitting near a window. I began to look out of the
window. I saw beautiful trees and forests. I saw some hills and falls falling. My parents were busy in
reading books. We took our lunch in the day.
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End of the journey- It was evening when we reached Agra. My father called coolie to lift the
suitcase. My uncle had come to receive us. We hired a Tanga and reached home. It was a nice
journey. I enjoyed it very much. I will never forget it.

Section 'C' (Grammar)

Q.7. Fill in the blanks using correct words :
(i) My brother is ............ S.D.O. (a, an, the)
(ii) Mohan invites ............ in his birthday party. (they, those, them)
(iii) Ravi is ............ football. (playing, played, play)
(iv) I met a man............ leg was broken. (who, whose, which)
(v) My father is a .......... teacher. (retire, retiring, retired)
Ans.
(i) an (ii) them (iii) playing
(iv) whose (v) retired
(B) Fill in the blanks using suitable words from the bracket :
(i) He is .............. to buy a car next month. (go, goes, going)
(ii) .................. ...the snake, he was afraid. (See, Seeing, Saw)
(iii) You are sitting ......... Sita and Geeta. (between, among)
(iv) He is not suitable........... this post. (to, at, for)
(v) Mr. Das is a rich person ............ not happy. (but, and, or)
Ans.
(i) going (ii) Seeing (iii) between
(iv) for (v) but
Q.8. Do as directed (any five) :
(i) the/Taj mahal/l/seen/have? (Rearrange the words and make a meaningful sentence)
(ii) Yesterday, Ramu shut the door. (Make negative sentence)
(iii) Since you are not invited, you should not go to the party.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'becuse', in place of 'Since')
(iv) Pankaj flies kite. (Change into Simple Past Tense)
(v) That he is a doctor is certain. (Rewrite the sentence using 'it')
(v) He is very lazy.
go to morning walk. (Combine above sentences using 'so .......... that')
(vii) If he does not take taxi, he will miss the train.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'unless' in place of 'If')
Ans.
(i) I have seen the Taj Mahal.
(ii) Yesterday, Ramu did not shut the door.
(iii) You should not go to the party because you are not invited.
(iv) Pankaj flew kite.
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(v) It is certain that he is a doctor.

(vi) He is so lazy that he can not go for morning walk.
(vii) Unless he takes a taxi, he will miss the train.
Q.9. Translate any five sentences into English:
(i) cesjs heeme heeBe hesve nQ~ (ii) Jen efheues ceen mes Debespeer meerKe jne nw~ (iii) meerlee ieevee ieeesieer~ (iv) efMe#eke ves
ceesnve kees me]pee oer~ (v) ceQ keej euee mekelee ntB~ (vi) keee Deehe Deece Kee egkeer nQ~ (vii) efheleepeer DeKeyeej he{ jns Les~
Ans. (i) I have five pens. (ii) He has been learning English since last month. (iii) Sita will sing
a song. (iv) The teacher punished Mohan. (v) I can drive a car. (vi) Have you eaten Mange ?
(vii) Father was reading the newspaper.
Q. 10. (B) Read the exteact carefully and answer the questions below it:-
Now, we all live in a big house which we call our native country, We have each of us been give,
some one rupees, some two rupees, some three and some four. These rupees are not rupees with
which we can four. These rupees are not rupees with which we can byu things, but they are different
powers we have been given. Each of us has power of body, powers of mind and power of caharacter.
Each of us has strength, time and intelligence, which can be used. As we leave school and go out into
the owrld, we are tested as to how we are going to use these talents which we possess.
Questions : (a) By native country the writer means:
(i) The country where he lives.
(ii) the house in which he lives. (iii) a foreign country
(b) The name of the lesson from which the extract, has been taken is :
(i) The power of Determination
(ii) The Torch Bearer (iii) The Pot of Gold.
(c) Give the name of the writer of the lesson.
(d) What do rupees signify in the extract?
Ans. : (a) The country where he lives, (b) The Torch Bearer, (c) W.M. Ryburn, (d) The rupees
means power.
Q.11. Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Mamta had been studying in a small school in the near by town till then, as her parents could
not afford to send her to any of the public schools in the city. It was only because of the scholership
she had won from a trust that it had been possible for her to join this reputed convent school. Being
away from home, in a hostel, she yearned for some friends, but till now most of the girls had refused
to accept a small town girl as their friend. Most of the girls in the school came from rich families. They
treated her as an unwelcome guest who was too low in status their standards.
Questions : (a) From which lesson has this extract been taken?
(b) Mamta could not join any public school because.
(c) Find out a word from the extract which means a building that
Provides cheap accommodation and meals to students.
(d) Why did the girls in the school avoid Mamta's company?
Ans. : See Q.No. 11 - Solved Question Paper 2012
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Q.12. Describe how the three revolutionaries embraced death for the cause of
India's freedom.
Ans. Bhagat Singh stood in the centre with Sukhdev on his left and Rajguru on his right. They
raised the slogan 'Inqualab Zindabad, Samrajyavad Murdabad' in a loud voice, pulled the hangman's
rope, kissed it and put it round their necks.
OR
How did the old merchant come to know that his younger son was cleverer than the
elder?
Ans. The old merchant called his both sons and gave them one rupee each to buy a thing that
can fill the house. Both the sons tried. The younger son bought the candle and the elder son bought
hay. Hay could not fill the house. But the candle light was filled in the house. So he thought that the
younger son was clever.
Q.13. Why did Pratap Singh call Bhama Shah the 'Saviour of Mewar' ?
Ans. Pratap Singh called Bhama Shah the ''Saviour of Mewar'' because he bought his service
to one full and splendid close. He brought enough wealth and arms. He setteled the sixty horsemen
and sixty swords flashout in the moonlight. He helped Pratap singh in opposite situation to regained
Mewar.
OR
What was Pratap Singh's reaction after listening to Bhama Shah view ?
Ans. Pratap Singh was very happy and prouded on Bhama Shah.
Q.14. Read the extract carefully and answer the questions :
You that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old ?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me ?
Questions : (a) Name of the poem is ..............
(b) 'beast' means.
(i) fruit, (ii) flower, (iii) animal
(c) Which are rhyming words?
(i) strong and cold, (ii) tree and me,
(iii) young and old
Ans. (1) The wind (2) animal (3) tree and me
Q.15. Describe the advantages of being close to nature than being busy reading
books.
Ans. The nature provides us joy and happiness and it allows our minds and hearts to be
shaped and formed while the books provide us wisdom and learning. Thus, the advantages of being
close to nature is more than being busy reading books.
OR
Why does the poet want God to light the lamp?
Ans. He prays to God to light the lamp of his love in his heart to remove the darkness of
ignorance.
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Q.16. What happens when the poet looks at the children playing?
Ans. : The questions which confused the poet has dis appeared.
OR
Who is greater than a king?
Ans. The person who quells an angry thought is greater than a king.
Q.17. Where do the windows open?
Ans. The windows open in the east.
OR
What does the poet say about the memories of the dead people?
Ans. : The poet says to ring out the grief about the memories of the dead people.
Q.18. Why did Gandiji travel in third class? How do you like the reply of Gandhiji
to men and women ?
Ans. Gandhiji did so because all poor people in India travelled third we liked it very much.
OR
Who founded the Red Cross Society and what is the aim of it?
Ans. Sir Henri Dunant founded the Red Cross Society. Its aim is to help the mankind suffering
from natural disasters.
Q.19. Why was the boy happy all the day ?
Ans. The boy wokeup early in the morning. So, he was happy all the day.
OR
How does a mosquito begin its life and where?
Ans. A mosquito begins its life as a larva in a stagnant water.
OR
Q.20. Why did the woman save somebody else's child instead of her own?
Ans. The child was in her care. So it was her foremost duty to ensure the child's safety.
OR
What is the first requirement of good etiquette?
Ans. The first requirement of good etiquette is a pleasing personality.
Q.21. What are the children doing on shining day?
Ans. They are playing in the garden.
OR
Who was Ashoka?
Ans. Ashoka was one of the greatest kings of ancient India.
Q.22. What hardship do children face at home?
Ans. The children are pulled out from sleep and got them ready from school.
OR
What kind of friends are hard to find ?
Ans. Faithful friends are hard to find.