Matriculation Examination -

Class X
English-I
(Model paper)
Time : 2 ½ hours Max Marks : 100
Part - A
I. Answer any three of the following questions in about 30 words
each. Each question carries two marks (3 × 2 = 6 marks)
1. Who had to leave the forest after the tortoises? Why were they
asked to go?
2. How does the female Ridley prepare her nest?
3. What according to Joan was the will of God?
4. What is it that the spectators at a race fail to understand?
II. Explain any two of the following excerpts with reference to the
contest. Each question carries three marks: (2 × 3 = 6 marks)
5. Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone; it keeps us
from boredom and mischief,………
6. A reasonable consideration for the rights or feelings of others is
the foundation of social conduct.
7. When material is in profusion, the mind gets lazy and leaves
everything to it, forgetting that for a successful feast of joy its
internal equipment counts far more than the external.
8. Never regard your study as a duty, but as, enviable
opportunity……………….
III. Answer any two of the following each in a paragraph of about 100
words (2 × 5 = 10 marks)
9. What were the awful things that started happening in
Pambapatti?
10
Why did Mrs. March pretend to be ill? What was its result?
.
11 Explain “Turtle Walk’ and state how it helps conserving Olive
. Ridleys.
12 How could one’s individual liberty pave way to an ideal social
. order?
IV. Answer either of the following each in about 200 words. Each
question carries ten marks: (1 × 10 = 10 marks)
13 How does Tagore compare his boyhood with that of a modern
. child?
14 Present a character sketch of Joan as portrayed in the
. prescribed text.
Part - B
V. Answer any three of the following questions each in not more
than 30 words each: (3 × 2 = 6 marks)
15 What is the central idea of the poem ‘Say Not, The Struggle
. Naught Availeth?
16 Did Mrs. Bird succeed in crossing the road? What happened to
. her?
17 Mention at least four aspects of life the ‘Yet to be born’child is
. afraid to face.
18 What does the poet Subrahmanya Hearths want to do once he
. gains his will?
VI. Answer the questions which follow any two of the excerpts from
the prescribed poems: (2 × 3 = 6 marks)
19 But pleasure like a cuckoo roams,
.
i. Makes much acquaintance, no friends true.

ii. Explain the figure of speech in the poem.

20 And when I came, she stood, alone A woman, turned to stone:
.
i. Why did the speaker go to see the woman?
ii. What does the poet mean by ‘turned to stone’?

iii. Identify the rhyming words

21 I will make you brooches and toys for your delight of bird – song
. at morning and star line at night.

i. Name the poet of the above lines

ii. What are brooches?

iii. To whom is the poem addressed?

22 No, I promised to love you, dear,
. But I must be leaving.

i. Who speaks these words?

ii. What was the question for which this was the reply?
 iii. Why does the speaker want to leave?
VII.Answer any two of the following each in about 100 words: (2 × 5
= 10 marks)
23
How did the girl behave when the stone cutter was at work?
.
24 What makes the poem ‘Without Due Care’ a humorous satire on
. law and justice?
25 Why does Louis Neice express concern for the ‘Yet to be born’
. and what does he expect out of nature?
26 How does W.H. Davies bring out the qualitative differences
. between Joy and Pleasure in his poem.
VIII. Quote from memory either of the following :
27 For back, through creeks ............
. ........... the land is bright.
Or
Pleasure’s a Moth ............
............ its sweet hour.
Part - C
IX. Choose the appropriate response which conveys a similar
meaning to the underlined word / phrase in the main sentence :
28 It was the smell of rot
.
i. The roots of the tree were small.
ii. The decayed leaves and flesh have a bad odour.

iii. The spring bring sweet smelling flowers.

29 The face threat from sharks.
.
i. The punishment is too severe to undergo
ii. There is a great risk of danger in climbing this steep hill.

iii. When the thief brandished a knife fear could be seen on the face of the
tourists.
30 No words could be invented for such supreme happiness,
. eclipsing all other feelings.

i. This displeasure increased as the argument went on.

ii. The pain was not felt when we reached the summit and jumped with joy.

iii. Nothing can reduce your sorrow of failure.

31 The magnetic compass, probably sparked the genius in
. Albert ......

i. The lightening struck a tree and that caused the forest fire.
ii. The diamond ring threw brilliance around in the show case.

iii. The timely guidance from my teacher was responsible for my innovative
approached to the experiment.
32 Mrs. March received her repast with thanks, and laughed
. heartily over it after Jo was gone.

i. One should have at least a full meal daily.

ii. My mother received the gift by parcel.

iii. Compliments make people happy.

X. Choose the best antonyms of the italicized words from the
alternatives given with each sentence. (5 × 1 = 5 marks)
33 I am only passionately curious
.
i. careless
ii. disinterested
iii. suspicious

iv. calm
34 His men are cowed now
.
i. encouraged
ii. elated
iii. humbled

iv. snubbed
35 The release of hatchlings is over before day break
.
i. imprisonment
ii. dismissed
iii. getting discharged

iv. custody
36 Makara would not give in
.
i. surrender
ii. yield
iii. revolt

iv. argue
37 By what right, my dear sir, you go along our highways uttering
. that hideous curse on all who impede your path

i. decent
ii. beautiful
iii. soft

iv. angry
XI. Use any two of the following words min sentences of your own :
(2 × 1 = 2 marks)
38
Siesta
.
39
Siege
.
40
Culinary
.
XII.Use any two of the following phrases in sentences of your own :
(2 × 1 = 2 marks)
41
Set about
.
42
back up
.
43
look down
.
XIII. Fill in the blanks choosing the right alternative given in
brackets: (2 × 1 = 2 marks)
44 I could not _____________ (practice / practice) the game before
. the match
45 I tell you, there are no eggs. There will be _____________ (nun /
. none)
XIV.
A) Use one word for the Phrasal verb or idioms italicized in either of
the following
46 She tore up all the letters he had sent her
. The thief vanished into thin air during the chase
B) Use a Verbal Phrase or an idiom in the place of the italicized in
either of the following sentences
47 He resisted the attack strongly when he encountered the
. robbers.
The important documents are in safe custoday
Part - D
XV. Rewrite as directed .Marks are indicated against each item.
48 Contact me immediately on your arrival at the Airport (Change
. into complex sentence) (1 mark)
Or
The pair of shoes were so cheap that I decided to buy them
(Change into compound sentence)
49 They confessed their involvement in the conspiracy (Change
. into complex sentence) (1 mark)
Or
I like my friends yet I do not visit them during examination days
(Change in to simple sentence)
50 The Government had declared Monday a Holiday (Change the
. voice) (1 mark)
Or
Let the students not be disturbed. (Change the voice)
51 Deccan plateau is one of the hottest places in India (Rewrite into
. positive degree) (1 marks)
Or
Very few teachers are as punctual as Mrs.Sheela. (Rewrite into
positive degree)
52 He spoke very well (Change into exclamatory sentence) (1
. mark)
Or
You can not return the book in a week,......? (Supply a question
tag)
53 I asked her to report at 9.00 a.m.She does not know the reason
. (combine into simple sentence) (1 mark)
Or
The gangster robbed the lady and killed her later (combine into
complex sentence)
54 My father asked the man that why he was late. (Correct the
. sentence) (1 mark)
55 Identify the type of clauses in the given sentence (2 marks)
. I do not know, why I was transferred to Mumbai where there is
no chance of promotion.
56 Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles: (2 marks)
. The hatchling are so tiny that they can fit into _____________
palm of __________ adult. If one could touch the nose of
______________ hatchling one would find projection that is sharp.
57 Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions (2 marks)
. Just ______________ the window ___________ this room was a tank
__________ a flight of masonary steps leading down __________
the water.
58 “What a dreadful day this had been” ! began Jo, usually the first
. to speak. (2 marks)
“It has seemed shorter than usual,but so uncomfortable,” said
He (Rewrite in reported form of speech)
59 Well prem said the old man have you fallen asleap (Punctuate
. the sentence) (2 marks)
60 Fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verbs given
. in brackets : (3 marks)
Elders ____________ (become) cheap to modern children : they
________ (be) too readily.
61 ‘No, I cannot give any reason – (Frame a suitable question)
. Or
I completed my work last week (Wh – question)
62 Identify the Sentence pattern
. My father the Sentence Pattern
63 Form a sentence on the given pattern
. SVOC
All the Best from APSIRA
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Matriculation Examination -
Class X
English-II
(Model Paper)
Time : 2 ½ hours Max Marks : 100
Part - A
I Rearrange the following in logical sequence and rewrite in a
paragraph using connectors wherever necessary: (10 marks)

1. Grandfather caught hold of the Ostrich’s wings

2. He became exhausted and the ostrich was upon him
3. All of a sudden, the ostrich took to his heels
4. Both the men and the ostrich kept on circling

5. The ostrich closed in after him.

II. Read the given passage and answer the questions givenbelow in
a sentence or two: (10 marks)
His mother had picked up a piece of the fish, and was flying
 across to him with it. He leaped out eagerly, tapping the rock
with his feet, trying to get nearer to her as she flew across. But
when she was just opposite to him, abreast of the ledge, she
halted, her legs hanging limp, her wings motionless, the piece of
fish in her beak almost within the reach of ‘his‘ back .He waited
a moment in surprise, wondering why she did not come nearer,
and then, maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish. With a loud
scream he fell outward and downward into space. His mother
had swooped upwards. As he passed beneath her he heard the
swish of her wings. Then a monstrous terror seized him and his
heart stood still .He could hear nothing .But it only lasted a
moment. The next moment he felt his wings spread outward.

1. What was the problem of;The Young Seagull?

2. What was the plan of the mother seagull?
3. Did the mother succeed in her plan?
4. Pick out any two words / phrases associated with flying

5. What made the eagerness of the young seagull change into surprise?
III. Answer any two of the following in essay of 200 words: (20
marks)

1. Wisdom comes with the age ‘ – Elucidate with reference to the story ‘An
Old man’s Ageless Wisdom ‘.
2. Write an essay on the clues that helped Sherlock Homes to solve the
mystery of missing proofs.
3. Imagine that you were one of the students who had an encounter with the
bear and narrate your experience.

4. Narrate how Sivagami was able to bring about a change in the attitude of
her father in the story ‘Clear Sky’.
Part - B
IV. Write a Precis of the following passage reducing it to one third
of its length (10 marks)
Of course, humans live in symbosis with trees too: trees take in
the carbon dioxide people and their machines make and turn it
into needed oxygen. And we plant and care for trees in return
for the any benefits they confer on us. In some countries
researches are now experimenting with agro-forestry-the
planting of crops between rows of special trees.Gliricidia
Sepium,for example, is a Central American tree that grows well
even in poor, dry soil it produces leaves that farmers can feed to
cattle, and has roots they enrich the soil with nitrogen. The
trees protest crops from wind and prevent soil erosion. When
cut for firewood, they sprout new growth from the remaining
stem. trees are a link to the past and bridge to the future.
V. Study the graph below and answer the questions (5 marks)
Export Performance - Tata Steel
 Questions:

1. What does the graph represent?

2. Which year has the lowest performance?
3. The increase in export during the last year is greater than the total export
during …. Complete
4. What does each bar represent
5. Which year had the maximum increase in exports from the previous
year?

Or
Read the following passage and complete the notes given below
In the Serengeti Natioanl Park, which was established sixty
years ago in the heart of Africa, one can have the last glimpse
of the old, Wild Africa as it was before the coming of Europeans.
In the Serengeti grass is life and the herds of different species of
animals are always on the move looking for new pastures .The
wild beasts have multiplied to about two million .During the
seasonal migration, the animals march in columns from horizon
and take three days and nights to cross this Tanzanian plains.
VI. Rewrite each of the following sentences correctly: (5 marks)

1. He flap his wings

2. Principal heard the grating sound of metal against wood
3. One day Sivagami told to her father about Susai’s request
4. Mr.Hamel wrote in the board ‘Long Live France’

5. His need for rice and provisions made him to decide to sell the bananas.
VII. Read the given poem and answer the questions given below:
(10 marks)
May there always be tigers
In the Jungles and tall grass
May the tiger’s roar be heard
May his thunder
Be known in the land
At the forest pool, by moonlight
May he drink and raise his head
Scenting the night wind
May he crouch low in the grass
When the herdsmen pass,
And slumber in dark caverns
When the sun is high
May there always be tigers
But not so many, that one of them
Might be tempted to come in to my room
In search of a meal.
- Ruskin Bond
Questions:

i. What is the poem about?

ii. What happens when the herdsmen appear?
iii. What does the tiger do during noon?
iv. How do the first four lines differ from the last four lines?
v. What are the places frequented by tigers?

Or
Paraphrase the Poem given below:
Last night, as I lay sleepless
In the summer dark
With window open to invite a breeze
Softly a firely flew in
And circled round the room,
Twinkled at me from floor or well
Ceiling, never long in one place,
But lighting up little spaces.......
A friendly presence, dispelling
The settled gloom of an unhappy day
And after it had gone; left
The window open, just in case
It should return.
- Ruskin Bond
VIII. Write a letter to the Executive Engineer of the Tamil Nadu
Electricity Board complaining about frequent disturbances in the
supply of electricity (10 marks)
Or
Write a letter to your cousin explaining what made you opt for
the science / commerce group in your higher secondary course.
 Or
Write a letter to the Director of a computer school enquiring the
procedure for joining a part time course.
IX. Build up a dialogue between a lady and a shop keeper regarding
the purchase of sewing machine (5 marks)
Or
Complete the dialogue with at least five exchanges
Mr X: Good morning sir,I want to open a new savings Bank
Account
Banker: Good Morning. Go through this application.
Mr X: .....................
X. Read the given passage and prepare an attractive
advertisement (5 marks)
Solar & Co interested in buying old furniture preferably more
than 50 years old. Down cash payment contact Phone
______________. Even on Sundays the company functions.
XI. Expand the idea contained in the following statement in about
100 words: (10 marks)
Many a drop make an ocean
Or
All that glitters is not gold

Matriculation Examination -
Class X
Mathematics-I
(Model Paper)
Time : 2 ½ hours Max Marks : 100
Part - I
i. This Part contains two sections – Section A and Section B
ii. Section A .contain Multiple Choice Questions. Answer all the 20 questions.
Each question carries 1 mark.

iii. Section B contains 15 questions. Answer any 10 questions. Each question

carries 2 marks.
Section - A
Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives: (20 × 1 =
20 marks)
1. The general term of a G.P is

1. a(1 – rn)/1–r
 2. ar n – 1
3. a + ( n – 1) d

4. arn
2. The ratio of sum of n terms of an A.P. to the sum of m terms is
256 : 441 then the ratio of themth term to the nth term is

1. 31 : 41
2. 16 : 21
3. 21 : 16

4. 41 : 31
3. 1,1,1,1 … is __________.

1. A.P. only
2. G.P. only
3. A.P. & G.P.

4. Neither A.P nor G.P.

4. The sum of the squares of all the elements in the set A = {x / x
€N, x is even and 2 < x ≤ 10 } is

1. 216
2. 220
3. 465

4. 11220
5. The relation between the volume ‘V’ of a sphere of radius ‘ r ’
and its surface area ‘ S ’ is

1. V =2/3 r S
2. V =1/3 r S
3. V = 4/3 r S

4. V = 4 S
6. The ratio of the volumes of three solids namely cylinder, cone
and hemisphere having equal base area and height is

1. 1 : 3 : 2
2. 3 : 1 : 2
3. 2 : 3 : 1

4. 1 : 2 : 3
7. A solid frustum of radius ‘ R ‘ and ‘ r ‘ such that R > r is kept
inside a hollow cylinder radius ‘R’ .Both cylinder and frustum,
have same height ‘h’ .If water is filled in it. What is the volume of
water needed?
 1. 1/3---- ∏ h ( r2+ R r + R2 )
2. 1/3---- ∏ h ( R2 + R r )
3. (2 R2 – Rr – r2)

4. ∏ R2 h
8. B – A is defined as

1. { x / x € A,x € }
2. { x / x € B,x € A }
3. { x / x € A,x € B}

4. { x / x € B,x € A and B }
9. X – gene in a plant is responsible for red flowers and Y – gene for
white flowers. If both are present , then the flowers produced are
pink .If 20 plants have X-gene, 20 plants have Y-gene and there
are 30 plants in all, then the total number of plants producing
pink flowers are

1. 13
2. 10
3. 20

4. 30
10 If A and B are any two sets, then A ∩ B’ =
.
1. A + B
2. A – B
3. A U B

4. A ∩ B
11 Which of the following is incorrect?
.
1. set of all real numbers is not a subset of rational numbers
2. set of all irrational and rational numbers are overlapping
3. N – Z = φ

4. f o g = g o f when f (x) = x2,g(x) = √ x

12 A comet is heading for Jupiter with acceleration a = 50 kms -2
. .The velocity of the comet at time ‘t’ is given by f( t) = at2 – at +
1.Then the velocity at time t = 5 second is

1. 900 kms-1
2. 1001 kms-1
3. 2001 kms-1

4. 50 kms-1
13 The difference between C.I and S.I on Rs. 6000 for 2 years at 4%
. per annum is

• Rs. 19.2
• Rs. 9.6
• Rs. 4.8

• Rs. 12.4
14 Short term fixed deposits are accepted by the banks for a short
. period ranging from ____ to

1. 46 days. 1 year
2. 46 days 2 years
3. 40 days, 1 year

4. 56 days,1 year
15 A recurring deposit of Rs. 50 per month at 10 % S.I per annum
. will fetch at the end of 2 years an interest of

1. Rs. 250
2. Rs.125
3. Rs. 375

4. Rs. 500
16 If the roots of 5bx2 – (5 + b) 2 x + (5 + b) 2 – 0 are 2, 2 find b
.
1. 4
2. 2
3. 5

4. 9
17 Which of the following is true?
.
1. degree of the quadratic equation, is one
2. the solution of x2+x+5 € R
3. degree of HCF of 2 polynomials ≤ degree of the product of the
polynomials

4. degree of x2+2×2+1 is 2
18 The nature of the roots of x2+ax+bx+ab = 0 is
.
1. real, distinct and rational
2. real, distinct and irrational
3. not real

4. real and equal

19 The partial fraction representation of ------------ is of the form
.
1. a/(x + 1)
 2. (a/(x + 1))+(b/(x + 1)2
3. ax+b/(x + 1)2

4. (ax+b/x + 1)+(cx+d/(x + 1)2)

20 If α and β are the roots of ax2+ 3× + 2 = 0; a < 0 .If m
. =α2/β+β2/α then the correct statement is β α

1. m < 0
2. m > 1
3. m > 0

4. m > 2
Section–B
Answer any 10 questions : (10 × 2 = 20 marks)
21
Find the middle term of an A.P. 3, 5, 7…71.
.
22 Which term of the A.P. 19, 18 1/5, 17 2/5 is the first negative
. term?
23
Evaluate the following : 1 + 4 + 9 + … + 225.
.
24 Find the radius of the cylinder if the area of its curved surface is
. 352 cm2and its height 16 cm.
25 Two cones have their height in the ration 5 : 3 and the radii of
. their bases in the ratio 2 : 1 , find the ratio of their volumes.
26 How many litres of water will a hemispherical tank hold, whose
. diameter is 4.2 m?
27 If f(x) = ± √ x, x € N and f(x) € R.Check whether f is a function or
. not and give reason.
28 Given U = { 1,2,3,…10}, A = {3,4,6,10}, B = {1,2,4,5,6,8}
. Verify De Margan’s laws of complementation. (i) (AUB)’ = A’ ∩ B’.
29
Given : f (x) = 3× – 2, g(x) = kx + 3, find k so that f o g = g o f.
.
30 Chezhian wants to invest Rs.10000 in a bank which pays 6 %
. interest per annum for 2 years .He is not able to decide whether
to invest in compound interest or simple interest kindly advise
him.
31 Ebi deposits Rs.100 every month in a bank paying 8% p.a.S.I. on
. R.D. How much will she pay at the end of 60 months?
32 If the remainder when a – 2× + 5×2divided by x – 2 is 7, then
. find a.
33
Find the LCM of the following: x2– 10× + 24, x2-11×+30
.
34
If M(x+ 3) + N(x – 2) ≡ 8× + 9, find the values of M and N.
.
35 If one root of the equation x2– 3× + q = 0 is twice the other, find
. the value of q.
Part II
General Instructions:

• Note : This Part contains four sections – Section C,Section D,Section E, and
Section F.
• Section C and Section E contain 3 questions. Answer any 2 questions in each
section.
• Section D and Section F contain 4 questions. Answer any 3 questions in each
section,

• Each question carries 5 marks.

Section - C
III.Answer any 2 questions : (2 × 5 = 10 marks)
36 If S1,S2,S3be the sum of n terms of three arithmetic series, the
. first term of each being 1 and the respective common
differences are 1, 2,3, prove that S1, + S3 = 2 S2 .
37
If p = 3 √ 3 × 3 √ 32× 3 √ 33 … ∞, then find 3 √ p
.
38 Find 5 numbers in G.P whose product is 32 and the product of
. the last two numbers is 108.
Section - D
IV.Answer any 3 questions : (3 × 5 = 15 marks)
39
Using Venn Diagram verify : A – ( B U C ) = (A – B) ∩ (A – C)
.
40 Given f(x) = 5× + 2,g(x) = 2× – 3,h(x) = 3× + 1,verify f o (g o h)
. = (f o g) o h.
41 Radha borrowed Rs.6000 at 6% S.I.per annum and immediately
. lent it to Nargis at 6 % .C.I. per annum .How much did she gain
at the end of 3 years?
42 Ramya invested Rs.500 every month for 2 years in a bank and
. collects Rs.12500 at the end of 2 years .Find the rate of simple
interest paid by the bank on recurring deposit?
Section - E
V.Answer any 2 questions: (2 × 5 = 10 marks)
43 Through a pipe of diameter 14 cm water flows uniformly at the
. rate of 3 km per hour. How much water will flow through it in 10
minutes?
44 A hollow spherical shell has an inner radius of 8 cm.If the volume
. of the material is 1952∏/3 c.c, find the thickness of the shell.
45 A sector containing an angle of 90o is cut from a circle of radius
. 20 cm and folded into a cone. Find the curved surface area of the
cone.
Section - F
VI.Answer any 3 questions: (3 × 5 = 15 marks)
46 Given that px2+ qx + 6 = 0 leaves a remainder 1 on division by
. 2× + 1 and 2 qx2 + 6× + p leaves a remainder 2 on division by
3× – 1.Find p and q.
47 Find the values of a and b if the following polynomial to be a
. perfect square x4 – 2×3 –3/2 x2 + ax + b
48
Decomposite into partial fractions :x2+x+1/(x – 2)2(x+2)
.
49
Solve : 4× – 3(2) x+3+ 128 = 0
.
Part - III
General Instructions:

• Note : This section contains 2 questions .Answer any 1 question.

• Each question carries 10 marks.

Section - G
VII.Answer any 1 question: (1 × 10 = 10 marks)
50 Draw the graph of y = 2×2– 5×+2 and hence solve the equation
. 2×2 – 5× + 3 = 0
51
Solve graphically the equation x2– x – 12 = 0
.