PARHO PUNJAB, PARHAO PUNJAB - ENGLISH

WEEKLY TEST SERIES – ENGLISH

CLASS - X

Test 1: (10 Jan, 2020) M.M. 20

1. Objective Type Questions: (5 Marks)

i. The statue of the Happy Prince was decorated with diamonds. (True/ False)
ii. Machines give us more and more hours of ______.
(i) hard work (ii) leisure (iii) life (iv) health
iii. Who did the author meet in the hospital ward? (Bed No. 29)
(i) Naeem (ii) Bobby Gillian (iii) Subbiah (iv) Della
iv. Subbiah died in a road accident. (True/ False)
v. Ultimate fate of all human beings is _____.
(i) old age (ii) life (iii) youth (iv) death
2. Answer any two of the following questions after reading the stanza: (2×2=4 marks)
The glories of our blood and state
Are shadows, not substantial things;
There is no armour against Fate;
Death lays his icy hand on kings;
i. Name the poem and its poet.
ii. What is not there against fate?
iii. Who does death lay his icy hand on?
3. Write the central idea of the poem ‘Character of a Happy Man’. (3 Marks)
4. Vocabulary: (3×1=3 Marks)
(a) Fill in the blank with a suitable word:
My good _________ saved me from sin. (angel / angle)
(b) Use the following idiom in a sentence of your own:
all in all
(c) Give one word for the following:
a word opposite in meaning
5. Write the paragraph: (5 Marks)
Good Manners: Good manners oil the machine of life………… earn us respect…….. ‘please’ and ‘thank
you’ settle bitter quarrels……….. should be observed………… respect elders……….. be polite to
younger………… talk less and listen more………..take turn in queue…………… civility of behaviour is a
moral obligation……….. bad manners create bitterness.
 PARHO PUNJAB, PARHAO PUNJAB - ENGLISH
WEEKLY TEST SERIES – ENGLISH
CLASS - X

Test 2: (17 Jan, 2020) M.M. 20

1. Objective Type Questions: (5 Marks)

i. We should have faith that __________ is always with us. (Secret of Happiness)
(i) God (ii) somebody (iii) everyman (iv) nobody
ii. Della sold her hair for _________________ dollars. (A Gift for Christmas)
iii. Subbiah died in a road accident. (True/ False) (Half a Rupee Worth)
iv. Who was Miss Lotta Lauriere? (One Thousand Dollars)
v. Razia, the tigress has _______________ cubs. (Razia, the Tigress)
(i) two (ii) three (iii) four (iv) five
2. Answer any two of the following questions after reading the stanza: (2×2=4 marks)
In the first year of him that first
Was Emperor and King,
A rider came to the Rose-red House
The House of Pertab Singh.
i. Name the poem and its poet.
ii. Who came to Pertab Singh’s house?
iii. What was the name of Pertab Singh’s house?
3. Write the central idea of the poem ‘Razia, the Tigress’. (3 Marks)
4. Vocabulary: (3×1=3 Marks)
(a) Fill in the blank with a suitable word:
She gave ________ to a baby boy. (birth, berth)
(b) Use the following idiom in a sentence of your own:
At large
(c) Give one word for the following:
An assembly of listeners
5. Write the paragraph: (5 Marks)
[Discipline: Discipline is backbone of character………… comes from the word ‘disciple’…….. plays
important role in family……….. in school………… in playground……….. in office………… soldiers follow
whatever is commanded………..even objects of nature follow discipline.]
 PARHO PUNJAB, PARHAO PUNJAB - ENGLISH
WEEKLY TEST SERIES – ENGLISH
CLASS - X

Test 3: (24 Jan, 2020) M.M. 20

1. Objective Type Questions: (5 ×1 = 5 marks)

i. What was the name of Phatik’s brother? (The Home - Coming)
ii. What did Lord Vishnu advise the gods to make? (Some Glimpses of Ancient Indian Thought and Practices)
(a) an arrow (b) a sword (c) bones (d) none of these
iii. The boy was called __________. (Return to Air)
(a) flabby (b) filthy (c) Sausage (d) honest
iv. Pakhom was dead in the end. (True / False) (How Much Land Does a Man Need?)
v. To whom does the poet pray in this poem? (Where the Mind is Without Fear)
(a) people (b) king (c) God (d) none of these
2. Answer any two of the following questions after reading the stanza: (2×2=4 marks)
Where the mind is led forward by Thee
into ever-widening thought and action
Into the Heaven of freedom, my
Father, let my country awake.
i. Name the poem and its poet.
ii. Who does the poet refer to as ‘Thee’?
iii. What does the poet want his country to become?
3. Write the central idea of the poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’. (3 Marks)
4. Vocabulary: (3×1=3 Marks)
(a) Fill in the blank with a suitable word:
She is my ____________ friend. (dear, deer)
(b) Use the following idiom in a sentence of your own:
A clean slate
(c) Give one word for the following:
The art of beautiful handwriting
5. Write the paragraph: (5 Marks)
[My Motherland: India is my motherland………… also the motherland of many saints and sages……
warriors…….. oldest civilization…….biggest democracy…… torch bearer of world peace process……….
different religions and cultural backgrounds……… unity in diversity…… progress in science…… nuclear power
state…….heritage………..natural resources………hardworking people………proud of my motherland.]
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WEEKLY TEST SERIES – ENGLISH
CLASS - X

Test 4: (31 Jan, 2020) M.M. 20

1. Objective Type Questions: (2 ×1 = 2 marks)
i. The planets twinkle at night. (True / False)

ii. What was the author reading during the journey?

2. Answer any two of the following questions: (2 ×3 = 6 marks)

i. Where was the swallow going?
ii. What is the greatest triumph of science?
iii. How can weak personalities become strong?
3. Answer any two of the following questions: (2 ×3 = 6 marks)
i. When did the author regain his confidence and how?
ii. How did Subbiah die?
iii. What was the condition laid down by the lawyer?
4. Translate the following sentences into Punjabi/Hindi (any two): (2 ×1 = 2 marks)
i. It is very cold here.
ii. This is the age of the machine.
iii. I didn’t want to die.
5. Do as Directed: (4 marks)
i. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners: 1
I have ______ friend who looks as stupid as _____ owl.
ii. Fill the blanks with suitable modals: 1
(a) Work hard lest you ______ fail. (may / should)
(b) _____ you like to have a cup of tea? (can / would)
iii. Fill the blanks with suitable prepositions: 1
(a) Mr. Blacksmith is known _____me. Once we met ____ a garden.
iv. Combine the following sentences with the conjunction given in the bracket: 1
a) Sonu is coward. His brother is brave. (use ‘but’)
 PARHO PUNJAB, PARHAO PUNJAB - ENGLISH
WEEKLY TEST SERIES – ENGLISH
CLASS - X

Test 5: (18 Feb, 2020) M.M. 25

1. Answer any two of the following questions: (2 ×3 = 6 marks)

i. How did Della manage to buy the gift? (A Gift for Christmas)
ii. Why did some scholars laugh at Ashtavakara? (Some Glimpses of Ancient Indian Thought and Practices)
iii. Why did Bishamber send for his sister? (The Home-Coming)

2. Answer any two of the following questions: (2 ×3 = 6 marks)

i. Who was Victor Smith? What had happened to him and how? (The Dying Detective)
ii. What is the moral of the story ‘How Much Land Does a Man Need?’?
iii. What is duck-diving? How is it taught? (Return to Air)

3. Translate the following sentences into Punjabi/Hindi (any two): (2 ×1 = 2 marks)

i. Della finished crying.
ii. The gods approached the sage Dadhichi.
iii. One day Phatik lost his lesson book.

4. Do as Directed: (4 ×1 = 4 marks)
i. Identify the subordinate clause and name it:
He is the boy who helped me.
ii. Complete the following sentence using the non-finite form of the verb given in the bracket:
I find the word ‘psychology’ difficult ________(spell)
iii. Change the tense:
Neetu helps her father. (Past Indefinite Tense)
iv. Punctuate the following:
harpreet is a student of a s college of khanna

5. You are Jasbir and you live at New Janta Nagar, Sahnewal. Write a letter to your friend Jyoti
congratulating her on her grand success in the matriculation examination.
OR
You are Jeevan. You live with your parents at Prem Nagar, Ambala. Write a letter to your younger
brother Manav scolding him for having neglected his studies. (7 marks)
 PARHO PUNJAB, PARHAO PUNJAB - ENGLISH
WEEKLY TEST SERIES – ENGLISH
CLASS – X

Test 6: (25 Feb., 2020) M.M.30

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the OR
questions that follow: (5×2=10 marks) The Noble Nature
Ashoka, the most trusted son of Bindusara and the It is not growing like a tree
grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, was a brave soldier. He
In bulk doth make man better be;
was the most famous of the Mauryan kings and was one of
the greatest rulers of India. Ashoka extended the Maurya Or standing long an oak, three hundred year
Empire to the whole of India, reaching out even into To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear
Central Asia. Ashoka succeeded in conquering Kalinga ⁠A lily of a day
after a bloody war in which 100,000 men were killed, ⁠Is fairer far in May,
150,000 injured and thousands were captured and ⁠Although it fall and die that night,—
retained as slaves. The sight of the slaughter involved in his ⁠It was the plant and flower of light.
conquest deeply affected his mind. This was a turning
In small proportions we just beauties see;
point in his life. He renounced war and sought peace in
Buddha’s preaching’s of love and non-violence. So he gave And in short measures life may perfect be. (BEN JONSON)
up hunting and become a strict vegetarian. Questions:
Questions: (i) What does not make a man a better being? 2
(i) What was the name of Ashoka’s grandfather? 2 (ii) What can live up to three hundred years? 2
(ii) What happened in the war of Kalinga? 2 (iii) How long does a lily live? 2
(iii) Write the changes in Ashoka’s life after the war. 2
(iv) (a) What message is conveyed through this poem? 1
(iv) Complete the following sentences: 2
a. Ashoka was one of the …………………… (b) The life of an oak tree is ……………. 1
b. For Ashoka the war of Kalinga was a ………… (v) Match the words in column A with the synonyms in column B:2
(v) Match the words in column A with their synonyms A B
in column B: 2 Bulk faultless
A B bald largeness
famous give up proportion hairless
involved well – known
perfect amount
conquest take – over
renounce drawn – in

2. Answer any three of the following questions: (3 ×3 = 9 marks)

i. Define solar system. (The Making of the Earth)
ii. Why do the stars twinkle? (The Making of the Earth)
iii. What does the policeman at Picadilly Circus symbolize? (The Rule of the Road)
iv. What is the basis of social contract? (The Rule of the Road)

3. Translate the following sentences into Punjabi/Hindi (any three): (4 ×1 = 4 marks)

i. The real stars are like our sun.
ii. The moon is called the satellite of the sun.
iii. Our earth belongs to the family of the sun.
iv. You have liberty to laugh at me.
v. I may be as free as I like.
vi. Stars twinkle, planets do not.

4. You are Tanbir, living at G-312, Adarsh Colony, Moga. Write a letter of condolence to your friend, Amrit on the death of his
mother.
OR
Write a letter to your uncle thanking him for the birthday gift he has sent you. You are Bhushan living at 37, Civil Lines,
Ludhiana. (7 marks)