Section- A (Reading Comprehension)

30 m

(1-5): Read the following passage carefully.

He moved to Los Angles in 2007, and planned to

continue to travel the world. In 2009, he visited south

America the middle east. In 2008, Kanae Miyahara, a

beautiful young girl, whose mother was a Mexican

and whose father was Japanese, attended to a meet-

ing where Nick was guest speaker in Texas. Kanae

was attracted to Nick’s message. From that time, they

were in touch with each other to share their ideas on

giving hope to the needy and became close friends.

Finally, they fell in love and their engagement hap-

pened in August 2011. Nick put the engagement ring

on Kanae’s finger with his mouth and then said the

most beautiful words every girl wants to hear coming

out from her man’s mouth: ‘Baby, I love you.’

Nick and Kanae got married on February 12, 2012

and on February 13, 2013 they were blessed with the

birth of a healthy baby boy with full body.

Nick and Kanae wrote inspirational book, ‘Love

without limits’ together and it was published in 2014.

(Attitude is Altitude)

Now answer the following questions. 5 ´ 2 = 10 m

1. Why did Nick want to visit different countries?

2. Where did Kanae and her parents see Nick?

3. Match the following.

a) Nick’s engagement 1) 2014

b) Nick’s visit to America 2) 2011

c) Nick and Kanae’s book 3) 2007

published

A) a-2, b-1, c-3 B) a-3, b-2, c-1 C) a-1, b-3, c-2

4. The passage tells two things about Nick, they are

……….

A) He is a foot-ball player, he is a motivational

speaker

B) He is a fan of foot-ball game, he is a motivation-

al speaker

C) He is a surfing player, he is a motivational

speaker

5. The book ‘Love without limits’ is ………………….

A) An inspirational book B) A motivational book

C) A religious book

Q.no (6-8): Read the following carefully.

There is no reason to be proud,

and be on high cloud.

We have to go a long way,

we have to think seriously,

else we end up miserably.

(A plea for India)

Choose the correct answers to the following

questions. 3 ´ 2 = 6 m

6. The central idea of the poem is …………………

A) India is a strong nation

B) India needs to be developed

C) Indians are to be proud to have strong nation

7. ………. Be on a high cloud. This means………

A) Indians are high in character

B) Indians are high in intelligence

C) Indians are high in level.

8. The last two lines represent ……………

A) A warning B) An order

C) A piece of suggestion

Questions (9-10): Read the following passage

(conversation) carefully.

Abel: of course, it’s me. Don’t do that Amelia. What

the devil do you mean by this tomfoolery?

Mrs. Jordan: You took us by surprise, father. Are you

keeping quite well?

Abel: (trying to catch the words) Eh? What?

Mrs. Jordan: Are you quite well?

Abel: Aye, I am right enough but for a bit of headache.

(looking at Amelia) Amelia, what the dickens did

I do with my new slippers.

Now, answer the following questions. 2 ´ 2 = 4 m

9. What the dickens did I do with my new slippers?

The meaning of the sentence is…..

A) Abel made the Mrs. Jordan surprise.

B) Abel made the Mrs. Jordan happy.

C) Abel made the Mrs. Jordan confused.

10. Mrs. Jordan was surprised because…………

A) Abel wore new slippers, that they wanted to

steal

B) Abel suddenly made a sight whom they think he

was dead

C) Abel made an entry like a ghost

(11-15): Read the following data given in the

bar- diagram carefully.

Indian Mobile Phones Technology Forecast

Now answer the following questions. 5 ´ 2 = 10 m

11. How many years are being taken into account?

12. When were the least number of CDMA phones

sold?

13. The maximum number of GSM phones expected

to be sold in the year….........

A) 2005 B) 2007 C) 2009

14. The number of CDMA units in the year 2009

is……........

A) 15 B) 10 C) 5

15. Which of the following statements is correct?

A) The usage of CDMA phones is decreasing over

the years

B) The usage of GSM phones is increasing over

the years

C) The selling of both CDMA & GSM in the year

2003 is equal

Section-B (Grammar & Vocabulary)

16. Combine the following the sentences using

‘Which’ 1 ´ 2 = 2 m

The silk sarees are made in Benares. They are

popular all over the world.

17. Change the following into passive voice.

1 ´ 2 = 2 m

I will do it.

18. Combine the following sentences using 'as'

1 ´ 2 = 2m

The buses were full of passengers. He preferred

reservation.

19. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given

in brackets. 2 ´ 1 = 2 m

a) The C.M ………………(in addition to/along

with/according to)the ministers attended the

assembly session.

b) The exams were postponed ............ (due to/in

spite of/ instead of) unwanted Corona

holidays.

20. Fill in the blanks with suitable verb forms.

2 ´ 1 = 2 m

I ………… (wash) my hands before I

……………(have) lunch.

21. Your brother is not wearing mask when he goes

out. Advise him to wear. 2 m

22. Change the following into polite request. 2 m

Srikar to Siddhu: I am busy. Call me in the

evening.

23. What do the following sentences mean 2 m

I) Be safe, stay at home

a) Order b) Request

c) Suggestion d) Permission

II) You are selected for IAS.

a) Giving information b) Giving advice

c) Giving permission d) Giving an order

24. Read the paragraph and write the synonyms of

the underlined words choosing from the words

given in the box. 4 m

Moving Comfort Enjoy Slowly Desired Tired

Father wanted to say something but the bus

started moving. I saw my father gradually receding

into the distance. I saw that the road we had come

by looking like a giant motionless rope. Father

would use the same road to go back home.

Simultaneously our journeys started in two

opposite directions, with me seated in the luxurious

seat of a bus and father walking back with weary

legs on the pebble-strewn road.

25. Read the paragraph and match the words under

‘A’ with their antonyms under ‘B’. (Write your

answers and their corresponding numbers in the

answer book.) 4 m

A large crowd gathered at our place the day I was

to live. People had come to wish me luck. It was

10:20 when I left for Dirang. My father had already

left. As I had to do a bit of catching up I walked fast.

Three kilometers down the road, I caught up with

my father. Father said, ‘you are late. Would you like

to rest for sometime’?

a) Gathered ( ) 1) Early

b) Luck ( ) 2) Slow

c) Fast ( ) 3) Uttered

d) Late ( ) 4) Unfortunate

5) Scattered

6) Small

26. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words

given in brackets. 4 m

That is why in 1975, at the very first United Nations

……………… (Conference/confer/conferred) for

the Women in Mexico, many of the women were

saying, ‘We need food, we need water, we need

clean ……………… (drink/drinkable/ drinking)

water, we need fodder for our animals’. And I was

wondering, what has happened? These are all

things that were there twenty years ago when I was

a child. The ……………… (environmental/environ-

ment/environmentation) had changed; and that’s

when I started this campaign to restore the

…………… (vegetation/vegetate/vegetarian) and

to restore the land and to rehabilitate the forests.

27. Complete the following spellings with ai, ia, au,

ua, or ea 2 ´ 1 = 2 m

Nick’s father was a computer programmer and

accountant and he t_ _ ght his little son how to type

with his little toe as just six years old. His mum

invented a spec_ _ l plastic device that meant he

could hold a pen and pencil.

28. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in

brackets. 2 ´ 1 = 2 m

a) He was too honour ....... (ble/able) to have gone

without paying his premium.

b) One thing we may as well decide now is the

announce ....... (ment/mant) in the papers.

29. Find the wrongly spelt words and write the correct

spelling. 2 ´ 1 = 2 m

a) Lethargy Purpose Physical Solution

b) Initially Luggage Admiration Belittled

30. Read the following dictionary entry of the word

“Pious” given below. 2 ´ 1 = 2 m

Now answer the following questions using the

information above.

a) What is the adverb of Pious?

b) Write the antonym of Pious ?

31. Arrange the following words under correct

headings. 8 ́ 14

= 2 m

aye-aye ping-pong bang-bang zig-zag

boo-boo tip-top chop-chop tick-tock

Duplicative expressions Alliterative expressions

32. Match the following one word substitutes in

PART-A with their meanings in PART-B.

(Write only the numbers and their corresponding

letters in your answer book.) 2 m

PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS - 2020

Time: 3 Hrs. 15 Min. ENGLISH PAPER - I & II Max. Marks: 100

TENTH CLASS MODEL PAPER

PART - A PART - B

1) Teetotaller a) A person who studies animals behaviour

2) Polyglot b) A person who studies languages

3) Linguist c) A person who studies human race

4) Pragamatist d) A person who hates alcohol

e) A person who knows many languages

f) A person who solves problem in a sensible way

Section - C (Creative Expression)

33. a) In the lesson, ‘The Journey ‘The narrator was waiting for a porter to carry his

luggage but he could not find anyone. Finally, his father decided to carry his

luggage. At first he protested as there was no chance he accepted.

Now, write a possible conversation between the Narrator and his father in this

context. 10 m

(OR)

b) In the lesson ‘Every success story is also a story of great failures’ a young

man asked Socrates to tell him the secret of success. The next day Socrates

took him to a river and made him know by doing practically.

Now, imagine that you are the student and write a dairy to this context.

34. a) Write a letter to your uncle asking for his advice in which group to join after

tenth class and also ask for future related courses to the groups concerned.

10 m

Include the following in your answer.

Which group to join- and benefits- related courses and employments- routes

both for government and private sectors- ways for preparations- recommend for

best colleges.

(OR)

b) You know that N.R Narayana Murthy is an Indian social worker and author.

He is the chairperson of Infosys. He is also a computer engineer and

scientist.

Now write a brief biographical sketch using the facts given below.

Birth : 20th August 1946

Place of Birth : Shidlaghatta, kolar , Mysore

Parents : N. Rama Rao (Father), Padmavathamma Murthy

(Mother)

Wife : Sudha Murthy

Education : B.Tech in NIT and M. Tech in IIT Kanpur

Occupation : Board of Director for United Nations Foundation, Member of

Advisory Board of Indusage Partners

Children : Roshan Murthy, Akshata Murthy

Awards : Padma Sri (2000), Padma Vibhushan (2008) Legion of

Honor (2008)

Books written : A Better India: A Better World

Career : Research Associate at IIM Ahmedabad

35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts.

Sudha Murthy, the wife of Narayana Murthy, is an Indian social worker and

author. Murthy began her professional career as computer scientist and

engineer. She is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. She has founded

several orphanages, participated in rural development efforts, supported the

movement to provide all Karnataka schools with computer and library facilities,

and established the ‘The Murthy Classical Library of India’ at Harvard University.’

Murthy also teaches computer science. She composed a fiction ‘Dollar Sose.’

One of her most successful stories is ‘How I Taught my Grandmother to Read &

Other Stories’.

Now, frame ‘WH’ questions to get the underlined parts in the passage as

answers. 10 m

(OR)

b) Study the following pie-chart

Amount of water we use for different purposes

Now, write a paragraph describing the information depicted in the diagram

above.

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Instant PAN

On 28 May 2020, the Finance Minister Nirmala

Sitharaman launched a facility for instant allot-

ment of online PAN (Permanent Account

Number) card by giving the Aadhaar details.

Only those applicants who have a valid

Aadhaar number and have a mobile number

registered with Aadhaar can avail this facility.

This facility was introduced to ease the

process of PAN allotment. The allotment

process is paperless and an electronic PAN (e-

PAN) is issued to the applicants at free of cost.

PMMSY

To bring Blue Revolution through sustainable

and responsible development of fisheries sec-

tor, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime

Minister Narendra Modi had given its approval

for implementation of the Pradhan Mantri

Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

The Scheme will be implemented during 5

years between FY 2020-2025. PMMSY aims to

enhance fish production to 220 lakh metric tons

by 2024-25 from 137.58 lakh metric tons in

2018-19 at an average annual growth rate of

about 9% and generate about 55 lakh direct

and indirect employment opportunities in the

fisheries sector along with the supply and value

chain.

The PMMSY had two components namely,

Central Sector Scheme and Centrally

Sponsored Scheme (CSS) at a total estimated

investment of

Rs. 20,050 crore comprising of Central share of

Rs. 9,407 crore, State share of Rs. 4,880 crore

and Beneficiaries share of Rs. 5,763 crore.

Repo rate Reduced

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das announced a

cut in the repo rate by 40 basis points to 4 per

cent, while the reverse repo rate was simulta-

neously reduced to 3.35 per cent, after the

Monetary Policy Committee meeting held on 22

May 2020. The marginal standing facility (MSF)

rate and the Bank Rate reduced to 4.25 per

cent from 4.65 per cent and he also said that

the loan moratorium will be extended by three

months till 31 August 2020, making it a six-

month moratorium. As a part of monetary policy

review, RBI announced few measures that can

be divided into four categories to improve the

functioning of markets, to support exports and

imports, to ease financial stress by giving relief

on debt servicing and better access to working

capital and to ease financial constraints faced

by State Governments.

PAi

To improve digital financial inclusion, National

Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) launched

an artificial intelligence (AI) based chatbot, PAi.

The chatbot creates awareness around its

products like FASTag, RuPay, UPI, AePS on a

real time basis. PAi is available on a 24x7 basis

and users can ask their queries via text or voice

on the websites of NPCI, RuPay, and UPI

Chalega. The global RuPay Cardholders also

can access PAi chatbot.

New PM of Lesotho

On 20 May 2020, Moeketsi Majoro was sworn

in as Lesotho’s new Prime Minister.

Majoro was the former finance minister of the

nation, who promised to tackle COVID-19. He

said that removal of poverty and unemployment

his main priorities. The ex-Prime Minister

Thomas Thabane, resigned under pressure

over a scandal involving the killing of his wife.

Tsai Ing-wen again

Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in as the president of

Taiwan for the second term. She represents the

ruling Democratic Progressive Party which

strongly advocates the country’s formal inde-

pendence from China. She said that Taiwan

plays a more active role in the peace, stability

and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific region and

opposes ‘one country, two systems’ theory. On

the other hand, China sees Tsai Ing-wen as a

threat and has repeatedly said it will use force to

prevent the independence of the island nation.

OSOWOG

India has come up with a ‘One Sun One World

One Grid’ (OSOWOG) initiative to develop and

build a global ecosystem of interconnected

renewable energy resources that can be seam-

lessly shared. The Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy (MNRE) started the

process to design a road map and institutional

framework for implementing the ambitious

OSOWOG plan. The initiative plans to build

global consensus about sharing solar

resources among more than 140 countries of

West Asia and South- East Asia. International

Solar Alliance (ISA) was the initiation of India

which aims to deploy over 1,000 GW of solar

generation capacity globally. It also mobilizes

investment of over $1 trillion by 2030.

Sources: American Water Works Association Research Foundation. "Residential

End Uses of Water". 1999

National

General

Awareness

International

International Day of UN Peacekeepers

International Day of United Nations

Peacekeepers celebrated to honour the con-

tribution of fallen security personnel on 29

May every year. On this day, people pay trib-

ute to military, police or civilians who served

in UN Peacekeeping programs and opera-

tions. The theme is 'Women in Peacekeeping:

A Key to Peace’. The theme has been chosen

as it is the 20th anniversary of the adoption of

UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on

Women, Peace and Security.

‘Gender Advocate of the year Award’

The prestigious ‘United Nations MilitaryGender Advocate of the year Award’ con-ferred on Major Suman Gawani. She servedas a peacekeeper with the United NationsMission In South Sudan (UNMISS) in 2019.She received this award along with a BrazilianNaval Officer Commander Carla Monteiro deCastro Araujo from the UN Secretary-GeneralAntonio Guterres during an online ceremonyorganised at the UNO Headquarters, NewYork. She encouraged participation in jointmilitary patrols to maintain gender balanceand also trained the South Sudan govern-ment forces on Conflict-Related SexualViolence related aspects.

Others

- Amara Veeraswamy

One Sun One World One GridTsai Ing-wen