MID TERM EXAM -SEPTEMBER

CLASS -X(ENGLISH)
TIME allowed:3 Hrs
MAXIMUM Marks:80
Section -A(Reading)
Q1)Read the passage given below: (10 Marks)
Drug addiction is a major social evil of modern times.It has transcended all barriers of caste, colour and creed .
It is a problem that is eating into the vitals of society. In beginning,a person takes a drug out of curiosity.There
are some who take drugs simply for the thrill it gives them The tragedy is that once a person gets used to taking
any kind of intoxicating drug it becomes addition. His body develops dependence on the drug.He has to
steadily increase the dose.Even if at any point of his life ,he realizes his folly ,it becomes extremely difficult for
him to give up drugs.
It is like being in the clutches of a monster.It is pathetic to see a drug addict,when he does not get his usual
dose.His whole body writhes in pain which drives him to madness.Beside ,taking drugs is expensive.
Therefore,it drives drug addicts to stealing,committing petty crimes and other antisocial activities. It is not
surprising that drug addicts become antisocial elements. Drug completely destroy their mental faculties to
think clearly and to rationalize.
QUESTIONS:-------
1) what harm is evil of drug addiction doing to our society?
2) why does a person take drugs in the beginning?
3) When does drug- taking become addiction?
4) what happens when a drug addict does not get his usual dose?
5) Give a suitable title to the passage.
6) What mental faculties are destroyed by drugs?
A) imagination
B) intuition
C) perception
D) to think clearly and to rationalize
7)It is very easy for a drug addict to give up drugs:
A) True
B) False
C) Not mentioned
D) Partially true
8) Drug addicts become...
A) Social
B) humble
C) amiable
D) antisocial
9) What drives addicts to madness?
A) neglect
B) poverty
C)body pain
D) loneliness
10) what makes the drug addicts to commit petty crimes?
A)It gives them pleasure
B)To pay for the drugs
C)They are stressed
D) Not mentioned
Q2) Read the passage given below:(10Marks)
Mangalyaan,also known as the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM),is India 's first interplanetary mission to
Mars.Launched on November 5,2013,by the indian space Research organisation (ISRO),It marked a
significant milestone in india's space exploration efforts.The mission aimed to demonstrate India's technology
capabilities and gather scientific information about Mars.
Mangalyaan was designed to study the Martian atmosphere,climate,and geology.It carried five scientific
instruments, including a camera,a methane sensor,and a thermal infrared spectrometer. These instruments
provided valuable data about the Martian surface and atmosphere.
The journey to Mars was a challenging one . Mangalyaan travelled a distance of approximately 680 million
kilometres over a period of ten months.On September 24,2014,it successfully entered the Martian orbit ,
making india the first Asian nation to achieve this feat.
The mission 's success received widespread acclaim, as it was accomplished at a remarkably low cost
compared to other Mars mission.Mangalyaan's total cost was around 450 crore rupees (approximately 74
million dollars ), making it one of the most cost -effective Mars mission to date.
QUESTIONS:-----
1)what is the other name for Mangalyaan?
A)Lunar Orbiter Mission
B) chandrayaan
C) Mars Orbiter Mission
D) Mangal probe
2) when was Mangalyaan launched?
A) November 5,2013
B) September 24,2014
C) October 31,2012
D) July 20,1969
3) who launched Mangalyaan?
A)NASA
B) ISRO
C)ESA
D(None of these
4) How many scientific instruments did Mangalyaan carry?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
5) When did Mangalyaan enter the Martian orbit?
A) November 5,2013
B) September 24,2014
C) October 31,2012
D) July 20,1969
6) What was the purpose of Mangalyaan?
7)What type of data did Mangalyaan's instruments provide about Mars ?
8) which country was the first Asian nation to successfully reach the Martian orbit?
9)How much did Mangalyaan's mission cost approximately?
10) what made Mangalyaan unique as compared to other Mars missions?
Section -B(writing and grammar)
10 marks
Q3) complete any 10 of 12 of the following:----
1) _______educated mind can teach many.(The /A/An)
2) He ___the piano every day.(Play)
A)played. (B) playing (c) play (D)plays
3) Did you ___her?(See)
(A)Saw (B)seeing (c)see (D)seen
4)___I close the window?
(A) Might (B) could (C) May(D) would
5) Children _____always listen to their parents.
(A)Shall (B) will (c) can(D) should
6)Man is a social animal.(A/An/The)
7) Honesty is ___ best policy
(A) A (B) An (C) The (D) no article
8) Don't disturb me.I____my homework.(Do)
(A)Do (B) did (c) have done (D)am doing
9)If you work hard ,you..... .(Pass)
(A) May pass (B) pass (C) will pass(D) had passed
10)Mr shrama ....(Teach)us English.
(A)Teaches (B) had taught (c)will teach (D) had been teaching
(11)My servent ....(Leave)me two weeks ago.
(A) Leaves (B) have left (c)left (D)will be leaving
(12)My sister....(Write) a book at the present moment.
(A) Write (B) writes (c) is writing (D) has written

Q4) write a letter to MBM cookware in about 120 words enquiring about the scheme and the related terms and
conditions.Also, enquire if a physical presence is compulsory for exchange. (10 marks)
OR
You are Ankit ,of 25/12, Friends colony, Noida.Every day,you are late to school by fifteen minutes. Your
school bus is stuck in a traffic jam near the chintpumi temple crossing.Along with your own ideas,write a letter
to the Editor of a newspaper in about 120, highlighting this problem and suggesting some remedy for it.

Section -c(literature)
Q5)Read the given extract and answer the questions for any one of the two.(5 marks)
All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope - the help of God, whose eyes,as he had been
instructed, sees everything,even what is deep in one's conscience.Lencho was an ox of a man , working like an
animal in the field , but still he knew how to write. The following Sunday , at daybreak , he began to write a
letter which he himself would carry to town and place in the mail.it was nothing less than a letter to God.
QUESTIONS:-----
1) Name the chapter and its author.
2)what kind of a man was Lencho?
3)To whom did Lencho write a letter?
4) what was Lencho's purpose in writing the letter?
5) Find words from passage which means the same as:
(I) Hard - working man (ii)in the early morning.
OR
The policy of apartheid created a deep and lasting wound in my country and my people.All of us will spend
many years,if not generations, recovering from that profound hurt.But the decades of oppression and brutality
had another, unintended,effect ,and that was that it produced the Oliver Tambos,the Walter sisulus,the chief
Luthulis,the Yusuf Dadoos,the Bram Fischers ,the Robert Sobukwes of our time---- men of such
extraordinary courage, wisdom and generosity that their like may never be known again.perhaps it requires
such depths of oppression to create such heights of character.My country is rich in the minerals and gems that
lie beneath it's soil ,but I have always known that it's greatest wealth is its people, finer and truer than the
purest diamonds.
QUESTIONS -------
1)What did the policy of apartheid creat?
2) Name the chapter.
3) what does the author say about the great men mentioned in this passage?
4) what is the greatest wealth of a country as given in the passage?
5)Find a word from the passage which means 'Deep'.
Q6)Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow--- ( 5 marks)
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
QUESTIONS -----
1) How did the crow change the poet's mood?
2) what had changed his mood?
3) what was the result of falling of dust of snow on the poet?
4) what is the rhyme - scheme of this stanza?
5) Name the poet and the poem.
OR
Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
QUESTIONS ----
1) Name the poet and the poem.
2) what is 'Fire' a symbol of?
3) what is 'ice' a symbol of?
4) why does the poet hold with those who favour fire?
5) what is the rhyme scheme in the stanza?
Q7) Answer any four of the following five questions,in about 40-50 words.( 12 marks)
A)what were Lencho's feelings when the hail stopped?
B)can you say how 10th May is an autumn day in south Africa?
C)"The sight of the food maddened him." What does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull to finally
fly?
D) Describe the narrator's experience as he flew the aeroplane into Strom?
E)why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter 'God'?
Q8) Answer any two of the following three question,in about 40-50 words.(6 marks)
1)what does courage mean to Mandela?
2)why did the seagull dive towards his mother?
Q9) Answer any one of the following two questions,in about 100-120 words .(6 marks)
1) write the story of Lencho's faith in God.
2) Describe how the young seagull made his maiden flight.
Q10) Answer any one of the following two questions,in about 100-120 words (06 Marks)
A)How did the black aeroplane help the pilot of the old Dakota?
B)Give a brief sketch of Anne's life.