Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Board,

Gandhinagar
Std. 10 English (FL) (04)
Annual Exam 2023-24
Time: 3 Hours Question Paper Format Total Marks: 80

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standing Synthesis and Interpretation

Anlysis and Evaluation
Marks 10 19 25 12 14 80
Percentage 12.50% 23.75% 31.35% 15.00% 17.50% 100%
Weightage as per type of Questions

No. Type of Questions No. of Questiosn Marks

1. Objective Type 26 24
2. Very Shrot Answer Type 15 15
3. Short Answer Type 10 12
4. Long Answers Type (LA) 04 15
5. Essay Type (EA) 02 14
Total 57 80

Weightage as per Skills

No. Section Name Marks

1. Reading Skill 17
2. Writing Skill 26
3. Grammar 20
4. Literature Comprehension 17
Total 80

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 Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Board,
Gandhinagar
Std. 10 English (FL) (04)
Annual Exam 2023-24
Time: 3 Hours Question Paper Format Total Marks: 80

SECTION - A
Q. No (Prose-First Flight)

1-2 • Comprehension Passage (MCQs) 02 marks

3–5 • Comprehension Passage (VSA) 03 marks
6–10 • Fill in the blanks (Vocabulary) (Objective) 05 marks
11–15 • Textual Prose Questions (Three out of five) 06 marks
SECTON-B
(Poetry First Flight and Supplementary - Footprints without Feet)
16-18 • Comprehension of Stanza (VSA) 03 marks
19-20 • Figures of Speech (MCQs) 02 marks
21-25 • Textual Poetry Questions - (Three out of five) 06 marks
26-28 • Comprehension Passage – Supplementary (VSA) 03 marks
29-30 • Comprehension Passage – Supplementary (VSA) 02 marks
SECTION - C
31-34 • Rectification of Errors (Objective) 04 marks
35-38 • Punctuation (Objective) 02 marks
39-42 • Fill in the Blanks (Obejctive) (Prepositions, articles, conjunctions, etc.) 04 marks
43 • Direct-Indirect Speech (Paragraph) 03 marks
44-48 • Do as Directed (MCQs) 05 marks
SECTION - D
49-52 • Prose Or Poetry Comprehension (Unseen) (SA) 04 marks
53 • Diary OR Dialogue Writing 04 marks
54 • Advertisement OR Notice OR Poster 04 marks
SECTION - E
55 • Report Writing 04 marks
56 • Letter OR Email Writing (Informal/Formal) 06 marks
57 • Essay OR Story Writing 08 marks
Excluded Units :
First Flight :
Unit The Hundred Dresses I
Unit the HUndred Dresses II
Poem-Animals
Footprints without Feet :
Unit-The Hack Driver

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 Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Board,
Gandhinagar
Std. 10 English (FL) (04)
Annual Exam 2023-24
Time: 3 Hours Question Paper Format Total Marks: 80
[1] There are 5 Sections in this question paper.
[2] Figures to the right indicate full marks.
[3] Read the instructions carefully before answering the questions.
[4] Number the answers correctly,
[5] Write in legible handwriting.

SECTION : A
• Read the following paragraph and select the correct answer from the
options, given below. [02]
The ceremonies took place in the lovely sandstone amphitheatre formed by
the Union Buildings in Pretoria. For decades this had been the seat of white
supremacy, and now it was the site of a rainbow gathering of different
colours and nations for the installation of South Africa's first democratic,
non-racial government. On that lovely autumn day I was accompanied by
my daughter Zenani. On the podium, Mr. de Klerk was first sworn in as
second deputy president. Then Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as first deputy
president. When it was my turn, I pledged to obey and uphold the
Constitution and to devote myself to the wellbeing of the Republic and its
people.
1. Which of the following is true ?
(A) The world was unaware of the ceremony.
(B) Only people of South Africa witnessed the event.
(C) Mr. de. Klerk first sworn in as first deputy president.
(D) It was going to be South Africa's first democratic non- racial government.
2. Choose a word from the passage that means 'support'.
(A) supremacy (B) outlaws (C) sworn (D) uphold
• Read the following paragraph and answer the questions. [03]
"Anne Frank, as punishment for talking in class, write an essay entitled -
'Quack, Quack, Quack, Said Mistress Chatterbox", The class roared. I had
to laugh too, though I'd nearly exhausted my ingenuity on the topic of
chatterboxes. It was time to come up with something else, something original.
My friend, Sanne, who's good at poetry, offered to help me write the essay
from beginning to end in verse and I jumped for joy. Mr Keesing was trying
to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I'd make sure the joke
was on him.

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 Questions:
3. What was the topic of the essay that Anne had to write ?
4. Mention Sanne's speciality.
5. How was Mr. Keesing trying to play joke on Anne ?
• Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words given in the bracket.
Write only the answers. [05]
[ledge, nightfall, pretended, ascending, hidden]
The sun was now ___6____ the sky, blazing on his __7____ that faced the
south. He felt the heat because he had not eaten since the previous ____8___.
He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and standing on one leg
with the other leg ___9____ under his wing, he closed one eye, then the
other, and ___10__ to be falling asleep. Still they took no notice of him.
Answer any Three of the following questions in five to six sentences each. [06]
11. Describe the narrator's experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm.
12. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho and sign the letter 'God' ?
13. What does KisaGotami understand the second time that she failed to understand
the first time ?
14. Bread making is still popular in Goa. Explain with reference to 'A Baker from
Goa'.
15. What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and
fun-loving animal who needs love ?
SECTION-B
• Read the following verse and answer the questions, given below : [03]
Don't bite your nails, Amanda !
Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda !
Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda !
(There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me
- a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)
Questions:
16. How many voices are there in the lines ?
17. Who do you think are the speakers ?
18. What emotion is experienced by the mermaid ?
• Select the correct figure of speech from the options, given below. [02]
19. He hears the last voice at night, the patrolling cars.
(A) Personification (B) Alliteration
(C) Onomatopoeia (D) Euphemism
20. Some say the world will end in fire Some say in ice.
(A) Alliteration and Transferred Epithet
[B] Euphemism and Climax
[C] Anticlimax and Simile
[D] Alliteration and Antithesis

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• Answer Any Three of the following questions in five to six sentences each. [06]
21. What is 'dust of snow' ? How has it changed the poet's mood ?
22. Contrast tiger's situation inside and outside the zoo.
23. Why does the poet say,' ‘I would not intrude on him' ? Why doesn't he
offer him money to buy another ball ?
24. Comment on the central idea of the poem 'The Trees.'
25. Why did Custard cry for a nice safe cage ? Why is the dragon called
"cowardly dragon" ?
• Read the passage and answer the questions. [03]
Bholi was seven years old when Mangla was married. The same year a
primary school for girls was opened in their village. The Tehsildar sahib
came to perform its opening ceremony. He said to Ramlal, "As a revenue
official you are the representative of the government in the village and so
you must set an example to the villagers. You must send your daughters
to school. That night when Ramlal consulted his wife, she cried, "Are you
crazy ? If girls go to school, who will marry them ?"
Questions :
26. When was the primary school opened ?
27. What suggestion did Tehsildar sahib give ?
28. How did Ramlal's wife react ?
• Read the passage and answer the questions. [02]
The entire staff was roused and maids rushed in and out bringing his day
bed, his night bed, favourite cushions, toys and rubber rings, breakfast bowl,
lunch bowl, supper bowl. Realising that my car would never hold all the
stuff, I started to drive away. As I moved off, Mrs.Pumphrey, with a
despairing cry, threw an armful of the little coats through the window. I
looked in the mirror before I turned the corner of the drive; everybody was
in tears.
Questions :
29. Mention the activities of the entire staff.
30. Why did the writer drive away ?
SECTION-C
Rectify the errors. [04]
Error Correction
No one is borne hating another person 31. __________ __________
because on the colour of his skin, 32. __________ __________
or his background, or his religious. 33. __________ __________
People must learn on hate, and if they can 34. __________ __________
learn to hate, they can be taught to love.

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 Punctuate the following passage appropriately. [02]
35 I have been reading as much as I could about tea, 36__Rajvir said. "37 no one
really knows who discovered tea but there are many legends 38 "
Fill in the blanks with proper article/s, conjunction/s and preposition/s. Write
only the answers. [whether, when , on , a, ] [04]
Paper has more patience than people.' I thought of this saying __39__ one of
those days__40____ I was feeling __41_____ little depressed and was sitting at
home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering __42___ to stay
in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding :
43. Convert the following into indirect form of narration. [03]
“It's not true! I’ll prove it!’’ Natalya said.
Chubukov: ‘’What's the matter ? What are you shouting for ?
Natalya: “Take it to court! We'll see!”
• Do as directed. [05]
44. The sight of the food maddened him.[Select the correct Exclamatory sentence]
(A) Why the sight of the food maddened him !
(B) How the sight of the food maddened him !
(C) Alas ! the sight of the food maddened him.
(D) The sight of the food really maddened him !
45. I hope it passes quickly. [Select the correct Question-tag]
(A) I hope it passes quickly, didn't I ?
(B) I hope it passes quickly, don't I ?
(C) I hope it passes quickly, doesn't it ?
(D) I hope it passes quickly, didn't it ?
46. Bread making is still popular in Goa. [Select the correct Interrogative
sentence]
(A) Isn't bread making still popular in Goa ?
(B) Has bread making still popular in Goa ?
(C) Wasn't bread making still popular in Goa ?
(D) Doesn't bread making is popular in Goa still ?
47. The young seagull was too afraid to fly. [Select the correct sentence without 'too']
(A) The young Seagull was so afraid that he could fly.
(B) The young Seagull was so afraid that he couldn't fly.
(C) The young Seagull was very afraid to fly.
(D) The young Seagull was so afraid to fly.
48. His first flight had been made by him. [Select the correct Active voice]
(A) He has made his first fight.
(B) He made his first flight.
(C) He had made his first flight.
(D) His first flight was made by him.

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 SECTION-D
• Read the following passage and answer the questions, given below. [04]
Health is important for development of the country. World Health
Organization (WHO) defines health as "a state of physical, mental, social
and spiritual well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".
WHO defines mental health as mental well-being in which an individual
realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life,
can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her
community. In this positive sense, mental health is the foundation for
individual well-being and the effective functioning of a community. More
than 450 million people suffer from mental disorders. According to WHO,
by the year 2020, depression will constitute the second largest disease burden
worldwide (Murray & Lopez, 1996). Global burden of mental health will
be well beyond the treatment capacities of developed and developing
countries. The social and economic costs associated with growing burden
of mental ill health focused the possibilities for promoting mental health as
well as preventing and treating mental illness. Thus, Mental Health is linked
to behaviour and seen as fundamental to physical health and quality of life.
Questions :
49. What contributes to the development of the country ?
50. Write WHO's definition of health.
51. In what positive sense can mental health be taken ?
52. Which disease can occur due to mental disorders ?
OR
• Read the following poem and answer the questions,
WEAVERS, weaving at break of day,
Why do you weave a garment so gay ? . . .
Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,
We weave the robes of a new-born child.
Weavers, weaving at fall of night,
Why do you weave a garment so bright ? . . .
Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,
We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.
Questions :
49. What is the mood of the weavers in the morning ?
50. To what is the new born child's robe compared ?
51. How is the garment in the night ?
52. List the colours mentioned in the poem.

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53. You are Saumya Amodia. Make a diary entry of your two day's visit to
your friend's village. [04]
OR
53. A famous cricketer visited your school. You are the sports secretary of your
school. Write at least four dialogues which you used to interview him/
her.
54. You are the owner of a gymnasium. Prepare an impressive advertisement
for the promotion of your fitness centre. [04]
OR
54. You are the secretary of the recreation club of your school. The annual
day celebration of the school is to be held next month. Write a notice for
the school display board in this reference.
OR
54. Your school is organizing a health awareness camp. Prepare an attractive
poster for the same.
SECTION-E
55. You observed a rescue operation during flood in a river in Himachal
Pradesh. Write a report based on your observation. [04]
56. Write an email to the editor of "The Times of India" on the need of a
city library with Wi-fi facilities for students. [06]
OR
56. You visited your friend's painting exhibition last week. Write a letter to
your uncle describing your experiences of the same.
57. Write an essay on any One of the following in about 200 words. [08]
(A) Importance of sports in Education
[various subjects-sports-benefits-fitness and health]
(B) Power of Press and Media
[powerful medium of communication-uses-misuses-your opinion]
OR
57. Write a story in about 200 words based on the inputs given below :
The illiterate boy - caught for pick pocketing -sent to juvenile prison-forced to
do lessons-becomes sullen rebellious-watches French comic film on T.V. during
recreation hour-requested for coaching classes-a French tourist guide today