MP Board Class 10th English Ardhvaarshik Paper 2023-24 PDF Download
MP Board Class 10th English Ardhvaarshik Paper 2023-24 PDF Download :-
Half Yearly Exam 2023-24
Class-X
Subject-English
Time 3:00 Hours Max. Marks : 75
Instructions :
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Marks are indicated in front of each question.
SECTION-A (READING)
Q-1 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1×5=5)
Today perhaps your only association with the word ‘polio’ is the Sabin Oral Vaccine that
protects children from the disease. Fifty-five years ago, this was not so. The dreaded
disease , which mainly affects the brain and the spinal cord, causes stiffening and
weakening of the muscles, crippling and paralysis — which is why I am in a wheelchair
today. If somebody had predicted, when I was born, that this would happen to me , no
one would have believed it. I was the seventh child in a family of four pairs of brothers
and sisters , with a huge 23-year gap between the first and the last. I was told that,
unlike the others, I was so fair and brown-haired that I looked more like a foreigner
than a Dawood Bohri. I was also considered to be the healthiest of the brood.
Question:
(i) The narrator of the passage is a patient of -
(a) cerebral attack. (b) polio (c) diabetes (d) heart disease.
(ii) To say something about the future is to -
(a) verdict (b) predict. (c) addict. (d) protect.
(iii) The narrator was the seventh child in a family that had -
(a) one score children (b) eight children.
(c) nine children. (d) twenty-three children
(iv) Polio, the dreaded disease, mainly affects the -
(a) brain and spinal cord. (b) brain and nerves.
(c) heart and spinal cord. (d) brain and heart.
(v) What made the narrator look like a foreigner?
(a) He was fair and brown-haired. (b) He was fair with red hair.
(c) He was fair and skinny. (d) He was dark and blonde
Q-2 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. (1×5=5)
An old shepherd was playing on a flute on the marshlands outside Rome. He played so
sweetly that a lovely fairy came and listened to him. “Will you marry me, and play to me
in my castle?” she said. “Yes, yes, lovely lady!” said the shepherd. The fairy put a ring on
his finger. At once he became a handsome young man dressed in princely robes. “But I
must first go to Rome and bid farewell to my friends”, he said. The fairy gave him a
golden coach with twelve white horses. As he rode in State to Rome, he met the young
Queen of Italy, who invited him to her palace. The shep-herd saw that he had won the
Queen’s heart. He resolved to marry her and become the King of Italy and let the fairy
go. So, when he and the Queen were alone together, he knelt down and took her hand,
saying: “Marry me, dearest and I will help you to govern Italy.” But as soon as he spoke,
he turned into an old and rugged shepherd. “What is this horrible beggar doing here?”
cried the Queen. “Whip him out of the palace.”
Question :
(i) The fairy wanted to marry the shepherd because -
(a) he had saved her life. (b) he could play sweetly on his flute.
(c) he was very handsome (d) the shepherd loved her.
(ii) When the fairy put a ring on his finger, the shepherd_______.
(a) married her. (b) disappeared
(c) turned into a statue (d) changed into a handsome youth
(iii) The shepherd went to Rome in a _______
(a) boat. (b) cart (c) palanquin. (d) coach
(iv) When the shepherd reached Rome, he -
(a) met his friends there.
(b) sought his parents’ permission to marry the fairy.
(c) planned to marry the Queen of Italy.
(d) met the King of Italy.
(v) The Queen ordered the shepherd to be whipped out of the palace because he -
(a) turned old and ugly. (b) tried to steal her jewels.
(c) refused to marry her. (d) revealed his plan to marry the fairy.
SECTION- B (WRITING)
Q.3 Read the following passage and make notes on it and also give a suitable title to it. (4)
Chameleons can make their skin colour change, but not because they decide to. The
colour changes to help the chameleon avoid its enemies. It is a form of camouflage, a
disguise that lets it blend in with its surroundings. The change is actually determined by
environmental factors, such as light and temperature. Bright sunlight causes the skin to
darken. On cool nights, the colour fades to a creamy colour. The colour also changes
when chameleons are excited,angry or afraid.The colour change is rapid and increases
when the chameleon is handled, injured, or approached by another chameleon. There
are many types of chameleons. Almost half of them are found on
the African island of Madagascar. The others mostly occur in the Sahara Desert, with
few in Western Asia and Southern Europe. Chameleons live in trees , where they
usually eat insects.Very large chameleons may even use their sticky tongues to catch
birds.
Q.4 You are Monika, living at A-10 Astha Parisar, Bhopal. Write a letter to your friend (4)
Aarti telling her about your summer holidays programme and invite her to join you.
OR
Write an application to the Principal of your school asking three days leave as you are ill.
Q.5 Write an essay on the any one of the following topic (5)
(a) An Indian Festival (b) Wonders of Science
(c) Importance of Trees (d) My Hobby
Q.6 On the basis of the picture given below, describe how we can keep ourselves fit (3)
and healthy? (In about 75 words)
SECTION-C (GRAMMAR)
Q-7 Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternative given in the brackets.(any five) (1×5=5)
(i) Ram is sitting.............................Radha and Sapna (between/among)
(ii) Monday comes……......................Sunday (before/after)
(iii) The book is…………................the table (on/upon)
(iv) We………...............obey our teacher (ought to/ should/must)
(v) He is…..........................S.D.M. (a, an)
(vi) They have been playing here…………………..morning. (since/for)
Q.8 Do as directed (any five) (1×5=5)
(i) He taught English. (Change the sentence into Present Indefinite Tense)
(ii) He did his work well. (Change into negative)
(iii) He has taken tea. (Change into interrogative)
(iv) in the park/were playing/Children/football
(Arrange the jumbled words into meaningful sentence)
(v) Aman is very intelligent. He can pass this exam easily.
(Combine the sentences using ‘so----that’)
(vi) Children are making toys. (Change the sentence into passive voice)
SECTION-D (LITERATURE)
Q.9 Answer the following questions. (1×4=4)
(i) Who read the letters sent by Lencho?
(a) His wife (b) The postmaster
(c) The God (d) His son
(ii) Who is the author of the lesson ‘A Letter to God’?
(a) G.L. Fuentes (b) Anne Frank
(c) Gavin Maxwell (d) Eleanor Estes
(iii) How much money did Lencho want?
(a) 100 pesos (b) 50 pesos
(c) 10 pesos (d) 70 pesos
(iv) Where was Lencho’s house situated?
(a) in a city (b) in the forest
(c) bottom of the hill (d) top of a hill
Q.10 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below- (1×3=3)
The house – the only one in the entire valley sat on the crest of a low hill. From this
height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that
always promised a good harvest. The only thing that the earth needed was a.
downpour or at least a shower. Through-out the morning Lencho Who knew his
fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the north- east.
Question :
(i) from which lesson has this text been taken?
(a) A letter to God. (b) His first Flight. (c) Black Aeroplane
(ii) Where was Lencho’s house situated?
(a) At the foot of a hill (b) In the village (c) On the crest of a low hill
(iii) Find out the word, from the above passage, which is similar to the word ‘closely’
(a) promised (b) dotted (c) intimately
(B) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below- (1×3=3)
What is the boy now, who has lost his ball?
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over-there it is in the water!
Question :
(i) From which poem have the above lines been taken?
(a) Fire and Ice (b) A Tiger in the Zoo (c) The Ball Poem
(ii) Which of the following words is similar to the word ‘merrily’?
(a) sadly (b) happily (c) cleverly
(iii) Where did the ball go?
Q.11 Anwer the following questions (any 6) (2×6=12)
(i) What does courage mean to Mandela?
(ii) Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people?
(iii) Why was Rajvir excited to see the tea garden?
(iv) Why didn’t Valli want to make friends with the elderly woman?
(v) How was Mij to be transported to England?
(vi) What did the Buddha want Kisa Gotami to understand?
(vii) Why was the young seagull afraid to fly?
Q.12 Answer the following questions in about 30 words- (any 2) (2×2=4)
(i) What could Amanda do if she were mermaid?
(ii) What do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stand for in the poem?
(iii) Where are the trees in the poem ‘The Trees’? What do their roots, their leaves and
their twigs do?
Q.13 Answer the following questions in about 30 words- (any2) (2×2=4)
(i) Why was Dr. Herriot worried about Tricki?
(ii) For what unusual reasons was Bholi sent to school?
(iii) How did the book change Think-Tank’s opinion about the Earthlings?
Q.14 Answer the following question in about 75 words- (3)
What is the story about the Kodavu people’s descent? (in about75 words) 3
OR
How did Mandela’s understanding of freedom change with age and experience?
Q.15 Write the central idea of ‘The Ball Poem’. (in about 75 words) (3)
OR
How does the tiger feel in the zoo? What would the tiger do in a forest? What message
do you get from this poem?
Q.16 Why did Anil not hand the thief over to the police? Do you think most people would. (3)
have done so? In what ways is Anil different from such employers? (in about 75 words)
OR
How was Ausable different from other secret agents? How did he deal with Max?
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