BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (AP) SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT - II TENTH CLASS ENGLISH PAPER - II MODEL PAPER Time: 2 hrs. 45 min. PART - A & B Max. Marks: 40 INSTRUCTIONS 1. Answer all the questions under Part-A on a separate answer book. 2. Write the answers to the questions under Part-B on the question paper itself. 3. Start answering the questions as you read them. 4. 15 minutes of time is allotted exclusively for reading the question paper and 2-30 hours for writing the answers. 5. Part-B of the question paper will be supplied along with Part-A at the beginning of the examination. Time: 1 ½ hrs. PART - A Marks: 25 SECTION- A Reading Comprehension 1. Study the data given in the bar-chart that depicts the performance of four girls in three subjects in an examination. Performance of Four Girls in Three Subjects. Now, answer the following questions. 5 1 = 5 (a) What is the bar graph about? (b) Name the subjects taken into account. (c) Who got the highest marks in English? (i) Alka (ii) Asha (iii) Latha (d) How many girls got more than 40 marks in Maths? (i) 2 (ii) 3 (iii) 4 R-1-3-19
(e) Which of the following statement is true with reference to the bar chart given above? (i) All girls got their top scores in Maths. (ii) Alka is the top scorer in science. (iii) Asha got the second highest marks in English. 2. Read the following passage carefully. Whales are the largest animals in the sea. Compared to a whale, an elephant is a tiny creature. If you put an elephant by the side of a whale, it would look like a cat but for its shape, whales are huge and heavy giant. The largest whale, the blue whale, grows about a hundred feet long and some of them weigh more than a hundred and twenty tons, while an elephant weighs about seven tons. A whale eats two or three tons of food at a single meal. If whales eat so many tons of food at each meal, you may wonder how there is any food left in the sea for us to catch! But the oceans are vast and not all whales eat so much fish. The blue whale eats so much fish. The blue whale lives wholly on Plankton. A stretch of plankton, as you know, is spread over miles and miles of seawater. Now, answer the following questions. 5 1 = 5 (a) What are the largest animals in the sea? (b) Which sea animal would look like a cat? (c) Which whale grows about a hundred feet long? (i) Black whale (ii) Dolphin (iii) Blue whale (d) On what does the blue whale live wholly? (i) Fish (ii) Zoophyte (iii) Plankton (e) Choose the correct one among the following statements based on the information given in the above passage. (i) Whales are huge and heavy giants. (ii) Comparatively an elephant is a tiny creature. (iii) The blue whale is the smallest whale. 3. Read the following passage carefully. Once, there was a mouse that had his hole near a pool in a thick forest. A frog often came out for basking in the sun. Within no time, they became buddies. But the friendship of a frog and mouse is highly undesirable because the frog's home is in water and the mouse on land. One day the frog said to the mouse, "let's bind ourselves together with a string so that we may never get separated." The mouse agreed. So, both tied themselves together leg-to-leg. Though on land, it went quite well, but in the pool, it was tragic for the mouse. The frog swam about delightfully in the pool dragging the mouse with him. Soon, the mouse drowned and his body floated on the surface of the pool. An eagle hovering in the sky saw the dead mouse it swooped down to carry it off. Up went the frog as well and became the eagle s meal. Now, arrange the following jumbled sentences in sequential and meaningful order. (a) Both of them spent very happily on land. (b) When an eagle carried the dead rat, the frog also went up and lost its life. (c) But in the pool, the rat drowned and floated on the surface.
(d) One day the frog and the rat tied themselves together leg-to-leg so that they may never get separated. (e) A rat and a frog became friends. SECTION B Creative Writing 4. (a) Your elder sister is going to be married. You are staying in a hostel and continuing your studies. Your father wrote a letter to you to come home and do something of the marriage arrangements. Your father said that your presence is must. Now, write a letter to the Headmaster requesting him to sanction a special leave for a week for attending the work of your elder sister s marriage. (OR) (b) You are a student. The programme, Janmabhoomi Maavooru was held in your school premises. Many people from your village gathered at the place. The M.R.O, the M.E.O., the village President and all important officials attended the programme and talked to the people. They learnt about the problems of the people and gave their assurance to solve their problems. Some old people gave their applications for the sanctioning of old age pensions. During the programme, your school children sang songs and danced for two patriotic songs. The headmaster of your school gave them prizes. Some games were conducted and prizes were distributed. The programme continued till the evening. Write a news report basing on the information given above. 5. (a) You know that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was a social reformer and a politician. He was the chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution. Now write a brief biographical sketch using the facts given below. Birth: 14 th April, 1891 Place of Birth: Mhow in Central Provinces (currently Madhya Pradesh) Parents: Ramji Maloji Sakpal (father) and Bhimabai Murbadkar Sakpal (mother) Wife: Ramabai Ambedkar Education: Elphinstone High School, University of Bombay, Columbia University, London School of Economics Associations: Samata Sainik Dal, Independent Labour Party, Scheduled Castes Federation Political Ideology: Right winged; Equalism Religious Beliefs: a Hindu by birth; a Buddhist1956 onwards Books written: Essays on Untouchables and Untouchability, The Annihilation of Caste, Waiting for a Visa Death: 6 th December, 1956 (b) Write a story using the hints (OR) Devan - clever thief - robs the rich - gives all to the sick and the needy - other thieves jealous - plan to get rid of him - challenge Devan to steal the King's pyjamas - Devan accepts challenge - finds king sleeping - opens a bottle of red ants on the bed - King badly bitten - cries for help - servants rush in pretends to look for ants - Devan removes King's pyjamas escapes - other thieves dumbfounded - accept Devan their leader
Time: 1 hr. PART - B Marks: 15 INSTRUCTIONS 1) Answer the questions in Part B on the paper itself. 2) This part of the question paper should be attached to the main answer book of the students. SECTION C Vocabulary 6. Read the paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing from the words given in the box. 4 ½ = 2 fixed, wedding, traditions, community, first, moved My parents had arranged (a) my marriage according to the customs (b) of our society. Time flew, and five months into my marriage (c). I realized it. Initially (d) I thought of extending my leave even taking unpaid leave. Answers: (a)... (b)... (c)... (d)... 7. Read the paragraph and write the antonyms of the underlined words. 4 ½ = 2 At age ten Nick tried to drown (a) himself in the bath but luckily (b) the attempt was unsuccessful (c). I felt there was no purpose when you lack purpose and strength (d). Answers: (a)... (b)... (c)... (d)... 8. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. 4 ½ = 2 One important fallout of this... (a) (friendship / friendliness) was the establishment of Chitrabani a... (b) (communicative / communication) and film institute, the first of its... (c) (kindness / kind) in West Bengal, which Roberge... (d) (found / founded) in 1970. 9. Complete the following spellings with ou, ee, au, or ie 2 ½ = 1 The forested m ntains were the source of water and the source of rain, so when you deforest, you c se a shortage of water. 10. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. 2 ½ = 1 (a) It is important to have a govern... (mant / ment) that accounts to them. (b) The image of weeping when I shifted to the last row left a lasting impre... (sion / ssion) on me. 11. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. 2 ½ = 1 (a) bureu appealed shabby pinch (b) comunity control rehabilitate illiterate
12. Arrange the following words under correct heading. 8 ¼ = 2 bang-bang, easy-peasy, bow-wow, hush-hush, boo-boo, okey-dokey, hodge- podge Duplicative Expressions Alliterative Expressions 1.... 1.... 2.... 2.... 3.... 3.... 4.... 4.... 13. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. 4 ½ = 2 (a) Phrasal verb : look after (b) Idiomatic expression: drive a hard bargain Ans: (c) Binomial expression: leaps and bounds (d) Foreign expression: in absentia 14. Match the following one word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B. Write only letters of Part-B in the appropriate brackets corresponding to Part-A. 4 ½ = 2 Part A Part B 1. manuscript ( ) (A) one who can do anything for money 2. publisher ( ) (B) a life history written by somebody else 3. autobiography ( ) (C) a life history written by oneself 4. biography ( ) (D) one who cannot be corrected (E) a person who brings out books (F) a handwritten document