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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN CHENNAI REGION SET 2

PRACTICE TEST - 2 (2020-21)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (184)

Class X

(Rationalised Syllabus)

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Time allowed: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

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General Instructions:

1. This paper is divided into two sections: A and B. All questions are compulsory.

2. Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read

these instructions very carefully and follow them.

3. Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

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PART – A (40 Marks)

READING 20 Marks

1. Read the passage given below.

Power of Thoughts 1. Ideas rule the world. You shape your fate and decide your destiny by your

thoughts. You have to think high to rise. You have to believe and be sure of

yourself to win a prize. Life’s battles do not always go to the stronger or the faster

man. But, sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

2. Success starts with your thoughts. Whatever your mind can conceive and believe,

it can achieve. And your mind is nothing more than a bundle of thoughts. Since

you have the power to shape your thoughts, you automatically have the power to

fashion your fate and decide your destiny. Thus, your thoughts are the most potent

and prime source of your success.

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3. For your thoughts to blossom into success, they should be combined with

definiteness of purpose, perseverance and a burning, pulsating strong desire to

translate them into action. Believe that you will succeed and believe it firmly. You

will then do whatever is necessary to bring success about.

4. Faith in yourself as well as the confidence that you can and will succeed are

the key to your success in any venture. If you keep your mind riveted on your

goal and focus your thoughts on the great and splendid things that you wish to

have, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing upon the opportunities that are

required for the fulfillment of your desires.

5. Thoughts are supreme. Preserve the right mental attitude of courage, frankness

and good cheer. Think of success in your work and you will then do automatically

and unconsciously, the things necessary to bring success about. If your desire is

weak and your efforts are erratic your achievements will also be slight and fleeting.

But, if you go after your goal with the single-mindedness of a bulldog after a cat,

nothing and nobody under the sun can stop you. Your goal should also be well-

defined, clear-cut and specific and should be linked to a fixed timeframe so that

your definite energies and efforts can be focused and forcefully directed towards

its attainment.

On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY TEN questions from the twelve

questions that follow. (1 × 10 = 10)

i. The basic triggers of achieving success are: a. Be sure of yourself b. Think high c. Have the power d. Both (i) & (ii)

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ii. The suitable heading for para 3 is:

a. Be positive b. Dream big c. Success only depends on you d. Streamline your life

iii. Which of these plays the most important role in achieving our success? a. our health b. our thoughts c.hardwork d. confidence

iv. In order to change our thoughts into success, we must also have:

a. definiteness of purpose b. Perseverance c. Strong desire d. All of these v. If you go after your goal with the _____, you will achieve success.

a. In a hurry b. Think about obstacles c. Be alert d. Single-mindedness

vi. The key to your success in any venture is:

a. Faith b. Confidence c. Both (i) & (ii) d. None of these

vii. Which of the following is NOT the right mental attitude?

a. Bravery b. Cheerfulness c. Openness d. Selflessness

viii. In para 2, which of the following words mean the same as ‘powerful’

a. Success b. Prime

c. Potent d. destiny

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ix. Choose the option which is NOT true

a. A man who thinks he can win, will win. b. To turn thoughts into success, you need to persevere. c. Fix a goal and work on it to grab opportunities. d. If your desire is feeble, you will unconsciously reach success.

x. Choose the correct usage of the word ‘riveted’ as used in the para 4

a. He fastened his belt with a rivet.

b. His gangs were out, his attention riveted to her.

c. The bag was riveted with the board.

d. None of the above.

xi. Which of the following is NOT true about ‘goal’?

a. Goal should be definite b. Goal should be time bound

c. Fix multiple time bound goals d. A clear cut time bound goal

xii. Based on the reading of the passage which of the following quotes suits better

a. Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny. b. Courage is another form of success. c. If you want to achieve success then dream about it. d. We are what we think.

2. Read the passage given below.

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Tourism is a thriving business for earning valuable foreign exchange as well as providing an opportunity for cultural exchange and generating employment. India has a rich heritage of art, sculpture, music, dance and drama. Many European countries have promoted tourism as a trade. In some counties it is run like an industry.

We, in India, running it in a non-professional or amateurish manner as is evident from the pie chart of domestic as well as foreign tourists.

Tourism in India is important for the country’s economy and is growing rapidly. The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) calculated that tourism generated ₹16.91 lakh crore or 9.2% of India’s GDP in 2018 and supported 42.673 million jobs. Over one crore foreign tourists arrived in India in 2019. Domestic tourists visited all states and union territories numbered about 155 crore in 2019. It is high time we must regard travel and tourism as an industry and launch action plans to accelerate the growth of tourism. A nodal financial institution catering to the specific needs of tourism industry should be established. The main stumbling blocks in the development of tourism at present or lack of infrastructure, inadequate ways of reaching hotels, tourist sites, gateways etc., paucity in the number of coaches and cars (specially air conditioned ones), ill maintained roads. Conferences, cultural exchanges, tourism exchanges, leisure trips, education trips, holiday trips or business trips should be segregated and facilities available be publicised as an attractive package,.

The need and aspiration of the various categories of tourists should be carefully analyzed and adhered to in the sphere of accommodation, food, entertainment and guided tours. Last but not least the hotel industry should adopt

30 lakh tourists

from Western countries

30%

20 lakh tourists

from Northern countries

20%

32 lakh tourists

from Eastern

countries32%

18 lakh tourists

from Southern countries

18%

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a business like attitude in greeting and sending off the visitors with a smile. Give them a pleasant experience and prepare them to undertake a repeat visit soon.

On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY TEN questions from the

twelve that follow. (1 × 10 = 10)

i). According to WTTC, in 2018, tourism generated: (a) 5.5% of India’s GDP (b) 9.2% of India’s GDP

(c) 10.6% of India’s GDP (d) 12.8% of India’s GDP

ii). In 2018, tourism was responsible for creating what number of jobs? (a) about 427 lakh (b) about 40 lakh

(c) about 50 lakh (d) about 60 lakh

iii). In the line, “ …………………… a thriving business for earning” , the word ‘thriving’

DOES NOT refer to:

(a) flourishing (b) dying

(c) progressing (d) expanding

iv). Based on your understanding of the passage, choose the option that lists the benefits of booming tourism industry.

I. II.

III. IV.

V.

Helps earn valuable foreign exchange

Provides opportunity for cultural exchange

Generates

employment

Contributes to the rise in population

Increases credits

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(a) I, II and V (b) II, III and IV

(c) I, IV and V (d) I, III and V

v). The number of tourists that arrived in India from eastern countries in 2019 was:

(a) 1 crore (b) 10 lakh

(c) 15 lakh (d) 32 lakh

vi). What is the main stumbling block in the development of tourism at present?

(a) lack of infrastructure (b) inadequate ways of reaching hotels, tourist sites,

(c) Insufficient coaches and cars (d) all of these

vii). How many domestic tourists visited all states and union territory in 2019?

(a) about 1 crore (b) about 110 crore

(c) about 130 crore (d) about 155 crore

viii). Choose the option that lists statement that is NOT TRUE

(a) publicity of the available facilities should be discouraged

(b) special attention to the needs of the tourists should be given

(c) tourism is important for a countries economy

(d) WTTC stand for World Travel and Tourism Council

ix). Which of these countries promoted tourism as a trade?

(a) African countries (b) South American countries

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(c) European countries (d) All of these

x). Choose the option that lists the correct answer for the following:

City ‘A’ has many tourist sites, however it suffers from poor accommodation facilities in its hotels.

What is the city likely to experience in tourism?

(a) Increase in the number of tourists visiting the city

(b) Increase the number of newly constructed hotels

(c) A strong fall in the number of tourists visiting the city

(d) Al pleasant and memorable experience

xi). According to the data, how many tourists from western countries visited India in 2019?

a) 20 lakh (b) 30 lakh

(c) 32 lakh (d) 18 lakh

xii). According to the data, the number of tourists from northern countries who visited India in 2019 was:

a) 1 crore (b) 2 crore

(c) 3 crore (d) 20 lakh

LITERATURE 10 Marks

3. Read the extracts given below and attempt ANY ONE, by answering the questions that follow.

(5 × 1)

(A)

i. His parents and his brothers and sister had landed on this green flooring ahead of him. They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly. He dropped his legs to stand on the green sea. His legs sank into it. He screamed with fright and attempted to rise again flapping his wings. But he was tired and weak with

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hunger and he could not rise, exhausted by the strange exercise. His feet sank into the green sea, and then his belly touched it and he sank no farther. He was floating on it, and around him his family was screaming, praising him and their beaks were offering him scraps of dog-fish. i. The green flooring refers to

a. the rocks b. the groove

c. the sea d. the lawn

ii. What made the young seagull tired?

a. His determination to fly b. His fear to fly

c. He was famished & frail d. He was tired of trying to fly

iii. How will you describe the emotion of the young seagull when he fell

a. Fear and excitement b. Courageous and chivalric

c. Tired and faint d. Exhaustion and fear

iv. Choose the word that means the same as ‘beckoning’

a. Calling b. Inviting

c. Wearisome d. Deceiving

v. Under which category will you put the sea gull?

a. theoretical learner b. social learner

c. experiential learner d. environmental learner

OR

B). Sometimes, when Peggy was asking Wanda those questions in that mocking polite voice, Maddie felt embarrassed and studied the marbles in the palm of her hand, rolling them around and saying nothing herself. Not that she felt sorry for Wanda, exactly. She would never have paid any attention to Wanda if Peggy

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hadn’t invented the dresses game. But suppose Peggy and all the others started in on her next ? She wasn’t as poor as Wanda, perhaps, but she was poor. Of course, she would have more sense than to say she had a hundred dresses. Still she would not like for them to begin on her. She wished Peggy would stop teasing Wanda Petronski. i. How did Maddie fell when Peggy asked those questions to Wanda?

a. elated b. uncomfortable c. tensed d. humiliated

ii. Which question resonated in the mind of Maddie every time she wanted to speak for Wanda?

a. How can they do that to her? b. Why does she answer in a ridiculous way? c. What if I am next? d. What can I ask Wanda next?

iii. Which is NOT true of Maddie?

a. She wanted Peggy to stop teasing Wanda. b. She wanted to apologize to Wanda. c. She thinks that her friends might tease her. d. She thinks she’s sensible than Wanda

iv. Maddie’s pity for Wanda comes from

a. Her friendship with Wanda b. Both of them are classmates c. Maddie’s covert liking for Wanda d. She shares similar economic status

v. Synonym of ‘mocking’ is a. disdain b. ridicule

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c. aversion d. to pull one’s leg 4. Read the extracts given below and attempt ANY ONE, by answering the

questions that follow. 5m

A). “Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning

things,

Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,

Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.”

i. The poet calls ____________ as mania

a. possessing b. dementia c. satisfaction

d. enjoying

ii. No one is dissatisfied means that animals do not have _____ like humans

a. Power b. zeal

c. Desire d. selflessness

iii. What does ‘kneel’ symbolize here?

a. Preying b. punishment

c. praying d. equality

iv. Name the figure of speech followed in the three lines

a. Metaphor b. hyperbole

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c. personification d. anaphora

v. The meaning of the word ‘demented’ is

a. possessed b. mad or crazy

c. displeased d. None of these

OR B). “But he’s locked in a concrete cell, His strength behind bars, Stalking the length of his cage, Ignoring visitors.”

i. The poem A Tiger in the Zoo was written by________

a. Alfred Browning b. William Blake

c. Leslie Norris d. Ogden Nash

ii. ‘ But he’s locked’ – what does the poet mean by this

a. The tiger should be free to roam b. The tiger should be in his habitat c. Tigers should be locked d. Tigers are ferocious

iii. ‘his strength behind bars’- suggests the tiger’s

a. helplessness b. captivity

c. aggression d. control over his strength

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iv. The possible reasons for ignoring visitors..

a. as they tease him b. they are devoid of feelings

c. they don’t help him out of the cell d. all the above

v. Meaning of ‘stalk’ in this context is

a. shoot b. to stride

c. trunk d. to measure

GRAMMAR 10 Marks

5. Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete the paragraph. (3 × 1)

Today’s younger generations are very narcissistic. They__ i__ much more self-

centered than other generations and have changed their priorities. We __ii__ in

the I-Generation. Where looking pretty and uploading selfies __iii__ the norm.

Where children are losing their youth in order to get attention and feel important.

i. a. had grown b. has grown

c. have grown d. had been grown

ii. a. now have been living b. are now living

c. now had been living d. have now lived

iii. a. become b. had become

c. has become d. became

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6. Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete the passage: (3m)

John saw Mary and ____i____ for which Mary replied that ____ii___. Upon

listening to her response, John asked if she would like to out with him and Mary

replied saying ___iii___.

i. a. asked her if she had finished her interview

b. asked her if the interview was finished

c. said to her if the interview was finished

d. enquired of her of whether the interview had finished

ii. a. it had finished b. it finished

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c. it was finished d. it has been

iii. a. that she was busy tonight and forever

b. that she is busy tonight and forever

c. that she was busy that night and forever.

d. that she would be busy that night and forever.

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7. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct options for ANY

FOUR of the six sentences given below. (4x1=4)

i. She ______ regain control of the project before a disaster happens.

a) ought to b) had to c) need to d) used to

ii. Well John, here's first question and it's easy one.

a) the; a b) the; the c) the;an d) a; the

iii. In 2000, Africa had fewer than five million Internet users.

a. less b. few b. c. a little d. fewer

iv. The jury unanimously gave the verdict

a. have b. has c. was d. was

v. One of my friends ____ won the Pulitzer Award for her book.

a. have b. has c. were d. was

vi. The philosopher and the politician ____ on this project since 2018.

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a. has been working b. have been working c. were working d. was working

PART – B (40 Marks)

WRITING 10 Marks

8. Attempt ANY ONE of the following in 100-200 words. (5 Marks) A) The rural population has been left behind in terms of school education due to the switch over from classroom learning to online learning due to the outbreak of Covid. Write a letter to the editor of a national daily, giving ideas on how to keep the rural population alongside with the changing education system.

OR

B) You are Ankit/Aparna from Prashanth Nagar, RTA -47, Chennai. Write a letter to Al-Ameen Book store, requesting home delivery of the books, stationery and art materials you had ordered telephonically. Share the reason for being unable to pick up the goods in person. Confirm your address details and a convenient time slot.

9. Attempt ANY ONE of the following in 100-200 words. (5 Marks)

(A) A survey was conducted at Vimala Hridaya Vidyalaya, on what children like to play in their free time. The details of the survey are given in the pie chart below. Write analytical paragraph analyzing the given data.

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OR

[B] The following table shows details about the internet activities for six categories for different age groups. Write an analytical paragraph to describe the information in 100-120 words and compare where relevant.

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LITERATURE (30 marks)

10. Answer ANY TWO questions in 20-30 words each, from (A) and (B)respectively. (2x4=8)

(A) (any two) (2x2=4)

(i) How did Wanda win the drawing competition? Did anyone expect her victory?

(ii) How did Belinda and pets behave when the pirate had been killed?

(iii) Why did Valli avoid to look out of the window?

B. Any two (2x2=4) (i) Bholi’s heart was overflowing with a ‘new hope and a new life’. What does the phrase ‘the new hope and the new life ‘mean? (ii) Who was Lutkins? Did the narrator serve the summons that day?

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Why? (iii) Why did Mrs. Hall find the scientist eccentric?

11. Answer ANY TWO questions in 40-50 words each, from (A) and (B) respectively. (3x4=12)

(A) (any two) (3x2=6)

(1)What are the ‘tokens’ that the poet says he may have dropped long ago and which the animals have kept for him? (ii) Do you think Kisa Gotami was selfish and grief stricken? Explain. (iii) How can you say that the conductor was a good-natured jolly fellow? Support your answer with examples.

(B) (any two) (3x2=6)

(i) What lesson did Ebright learn when he could not win a prize at the science fair?

(ii) What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? (iii) What attitude did the lawyer have to the country life? How did

his experience at New Mullion change it? 12. Answer ANY ONE of the following in 100-120 words. 5m

A. Valli shows extraordinary courage in making her bus journey all alone in the chapter, ‘Madam Rides the Bus’. Write dialogues based on an imaginary event, showcasing argument between Valli and the conductor on the theme ‘Risk is essential to fulfil one’s dream’.

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OR

B. Read the extracts given below and comment on how Mr.Keesing and Miss. Mason approached student’s behavior to discipline the students in the chapters ‘From the Diary of Anne Frank and ‘The Hundred Dresses’.

a. I finished my poem, and it was beautiful! It was about a mother duck and a father swan with three baby ducklings who were bitten to death by the father because they quacked too much. Luckily, Mr Keesing took the joke the right way. He read the poem to the class, adding his own comments, and to several other classes as well. [From the Diary of Anne Frank] b) “I am sure that none of the boys and girls in Room Thirteen would purposely and deliberately hurt anyone’s feelings because his or her name happened to be a long, unfamiliar one. I prefer to think that what was said was said in thoughtlessness. I know that all of you feel the way I do, that this is a very unfortunate thing to have happened unfortunate and sad, both. And I want you all to think about it.”. [The Hundred Dresses]

13. Answer ANY ONE of the following in 100-120 words. 5m

(A) ‘The Necklace’ reveals that vanity is an evil. It may bring joy for a short period but ultimately it leads to ruin. If you were placed in a situation similar to that of Matilda, what would have you done? Write your views.

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OR (B)’Failure is the stepping stone to success’. Elucidate with reference to Ebright and his struggles.

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