Long Test -25 10th Eng

     Class 10th.                  Subject:English 

      Time: 1hour                    M.M. : 25

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1.Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow:                            (5marks) It said: "God: Of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest,since I need it very much. But don't send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks. Lencho". (i) According to Lencho the money received was……… (a) adequate  (b) surplus (c) less            (d) more (ii) The post office clerks were in fact………… (i) a bunch of crooks (b) hardworking (c) sincere (d) helpful (iii) What does 'it' stand for? (iv) He thought the post office employees had….. (a) done their duty (b) cheated him (c) proved to be swindlers (d) proved to be swindlers  (v) The last sentence here is…………. (a) comic       (b) serious  (c) ironic        (d) solemn 2.Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow:      5 marks  The way a crow  Shook down on me  The dust off snow From a hemlock tree  Has given my heart A change of mood (a) Fill the blank with one word. The poet's…… changed. (b) To whom does the word 'me' refer? (c) What did the crow do? (d) What do the crow' and hemlock symbolise? (e) The poet focuses on the importance of…….. (a ) a small happening in life  (b) the snow  (c ) the crow and tree Q.3.Answer these questions            (3×3=9) (i) Why did Lencho keep watching the north-east in the sky? (ii) Why was Tricki an uninteresting object for other dogs at the surgery? (iii)What is a 'dust of snow'? What does the poet say has changed his mood?    Grammar (1×6=6marks) Q.4. Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option: (i)The teacher distributed a piece of paper to ………  student. (a) few                (b) all ( c) many            (d) each  (ii) My family................. in the village for many years. (a) have been living (b) has been living ( c) is living (d) wasliving (iii)As a true patriot, I…… lay down my life for my motherland.  (a)might         (b) could ( c) will          (d) should (iv) A mask is used to hide the identity………. a person.  (a)for                 (b) being  ( c)at                  (d) of  (v)She was reading a book when her father ………her for dinner. (a)call            ( b) calling  (c ) called     (d) calls (vi) Identify the error and supply the correction in the given sentence.  More of the fun and excitement in our lives comes from using our imagination.

1.Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow: 5marks Mrs Pumphrey hastened to explain, "He was so listless, Mr Herriot. He seemed to have no energy. I thought he must be suffering from malnutrition, so I have been giving him some little extras between meals to build him up, some malt and cod-liver oil and a bowl of Horlicks at night to make him sleep-nothing much really." (i) Who was listless? (ii) What did Mrs Pumphrey think about Tricki? What did she do? (iii) Fill in the blank with the correct word from the extract .  To help Tricki sleep better at night, Mrs Pumphrey gave him …………… every evening.  (iv) Which word does ‘listless’ not correspond to? (a)lethargic         (b) lifeless  ( c) energetic       (d) inactive  (v)Which of the following best captures Mrs Pumphery's attitude towards Tricki? (a)calmness, misery, dedication (b) motherly, protective, careless ( c)over pampering, less exercise, emotional attachment  (d) loving, concerned, pampering 2.Read the following extract 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. (a) Fill the blank with one word: The extract suggests that the poet experiences a sudden…. ……… of mood. (b) What has been saved? (c ) A small incident has proved to………….. ( a) a curse.       (b) blessing  ( c) an evil.         (d)disastrous (d) The figure of speech used in 3 line is……………..  . (e) The rest of the day was saved by the: ( a) hemlock tree    (b) crow  ( c) both (a) and (b) (d) neither (a) nor (b)    Q.3.Answer these questions.                                                             (3×3=9)   (i) What did Lencho write to God? What was Lencho's belief? (ii) In the poem, ‘Dust of Snow’,how does the poet's mood get changed? (iii) Why was Dr Herriot tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest?       Grammar (1×6=6 marks) Q.4.Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option: (i)As a true patriot, I…….. lay down my life for my motherland. (a) might               (b) could ( c) will                 (d) should (ii) When they began to play it…………. to rain. (a) start           (b) started ( c) starts       (d) having started (iii) I was delighted when I ……………my junior school teacher. (a) ran away    (b) ran into ( c) ran down   (d)) ran in (iv) There is something wonderful waiting……… her, when she reaches home.  (a)of                        (b) about  ( c) for                     (d) into (v)There's never ........... petrol left after Rahul uses the car. (a)much             ( b) many ( c) little            ( d)less  (vi) Identify the error and supply the correction in the given sentence. The upma recipe was so delicious that I couldn't barely stop myself from having a second helping.