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TENTH CLASS MODEL PAPER 17 PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS - 2020 Time: 3 Hrs. 15 Min. ENGLISH PAPER - I & II Max. Marks: 100 Section- A (Reading Comprehension) 10. Mrs. Jordan was surprised because………… Father wanted to say something but the bus A) Abel wore new slippers, that they wanted to started moving. I saw my father gradually receding ñªëÅ]î¦ô¢Ù 3 Wû 2020 n email: [email protected] 30 m steal into the distance. I saw that the road we had come (1-5): Read the following passage carefully. B) Abel suddenly made a sight whom they think he by looking like a giant motionless rope. Father PART - APART - B He moved to Los Angles in 2007, and planned to was dead would use the same road to go back home. continue to travel the world. In 2009, he visited south C) Abel made an entry like a ghost Simultaneously our journeys started in two 1) Teetotaller a) A person who studies animals behaviour America the middle east. In 2008, Kanae Miyahara, a opposite directions, with me seated in the luxurious (11-15): Read the following data given in the 2) Polyglot b) A person who studies languages beautiful young girl, whose mother was a Mexican seat of a bus and father walking back with weary bar- diagram carefully. 3) Linguist c) A person who studies human race and whose father was Japanese, attended to a meet- legs on the pebble-strewn road. Indian Mobile Phones Technology Forecast 4) Pragamatist d) A person who hates alcohol ing where Nick was guest speaker in Texas. Kanae 25. Read the paragraph and match the words under e) A person who knows many languages was attracted to Nick’s message. From that time, they ‘A’ with their antonyms under ‘B’. (Write your were in touch with each other to share their ideas on answers and their corresponding numbers in the f) A person who solves problem in a sensible way giving hope to the needy and became close friends. answer book.) 4 m Section - C (Creative Expression) Finally, they fell in love and their engagement hap- A large crowd gathered at our place the day I was pened in August 2011. Nick put the engagement ring to live. People had come to wish me luck. It was 33. a) In the lesson, ‘The Journey ‘The narrator was waiting for a porter to carry his on Kanae’s finger with his mouth and then said the 10:20 when I left for Dirang. My father had already luggage but he could not find anyone. Finally, his father decided to carry his most beautiful words every girl wants to hear coming left. As I had to do a bit of catching up I walked fast. luggage. At first he protested as there was no chance he accepted. out from her man’s mouth: ‘Baby, I love you.’ Three kilometers down the road, I caught up with Now, write a possible conversation between the Narrator and his father in this Nick and Kanae got married on February 12, 2012 my father. Father said, ‘you are late. Would you like context. 10 m and on February 13, 2013 they were blessed with the to rest for sometime’? (OR) birth of a healthy baby boy with full body. a) Gathered ( ) 1) Early b) In the lesson ‘Every success story is also a story of great failures’ a young Nick and Kanae wrote inspirational book, ‘Love b) Luck ( ) 2) Slow man asked Socrates to tell him the secret of success. The next day Socrates without limits’ together and it was published in 2014. took him to a river and made him know by doing practically. c) Fast ( ) 3) Uttered (Attitude is Altitude) Now, imagine that you are the student and write a dairy to this context. d) Late ( ) 4) Unfortunate Now answer the following questions. 5 ´ 2 = 10 m Now answer the following questions. 5 ´ 2 = 10 m 34. a) Write a letter to your uncle asking for his advice in which group to join after 1. Why did Nick want to visit different countries? 11. How many years are being taken into account? 5) Scattered tenth class and also ask for future related courses to the groups concerned. 2. Where did Kanae and her parents see Nick? 12. When were the least number of CDMA phones 6) Small 10 m 3. Match the following. sold? 26. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words Include the following in your answer. a) Nick’s engagement 1) 2014 13. The maximum number of GSM phones expected given in brackets. 4 m Which group to join- and benefits- related courses and employments- routes b) Nick’s visit to America 2) 2011 to be sold in the year…......... That is why in 1975, at the very first United Nations both for government and private sectors- ways for preparations- recommend for c) Nick and Kanae’s book 3) 2007 A) 2005 B) 2007 C) 2009 ……………… (Conference/confer/conferred) for best colleges. published 14. The number of CDMA units in the year 2009 the Women in Mexico, many of the women were (OR) A) a-2, b-1, c-3 B) a-3, b-2, c-1 C) a-1, b-3, c-2 is……........ saying, ‘We need food, we need water, we need b) You know that N.R Narayana Murthy is an Indian social worker and author. clean ……………… (drink/drinkable/ drinking) 4. The passage tells two things about Nick, they are A) 15 B) 10 C) 5 He is the chairperson of Infosys. He is also a computer engineer and water, we need fodder for our animals’. And I was ………. 15. Which of the following statements is correct? scientist. wondering, what has happened? These are all A) He is a foot-ball player, he is a motivational A) The usage of CDMA phones is decreasing over Now write a brief biographical sketch using the facts given below. things that were there twenty years ago when I was th speaker the years Birth : 20 August 1946 a child. The ……………… (environmental/environ- Place of Birth : Shidlaghatta, kolar , Mysore B) He is a fan of foot-ball game, he is a motivation- B) The usage of GSM phones is increasing over ment/environmentation) had changed; and that’s Parents : N. Rama Rao (Father), Padmavathamma Murthy al speaker the years when I started this campaign to restore the (Mother) C) He is a surfing player, he is a motivational C) The selling of both CDMA & GSM in the year …………… (vegetation/vegetate/vegetarian) and speaker 2003 is equal to restore the land and to rehabilitate the forests. Wife : Sudha Murthy 5. The book ‘Love without limits’ is …………………. Section-B (Grammar & Vocabulary) 27. Complete the following spellings with ai, ia, au, Education : B.Tech in NIT and M. Tech in IIT Kanpur A) An inspirational book B) A motivational book ua, or ea 2 ´ 1 = 2 m Occupation : Board of Director for United Nations Foundation, Member of C) A religious book 16. Combine the following the sentences using Nick’s father was a computer programmer and Advisory Board of Indusage Partners Q.no (6-8): Read the following carefully. ‘Which’ 1 ´ 2 = 2 m accountant and he t_ _ ght his little son how to type Children : Roshan Murthy, Akshata Murthy There is no reason to be proud, The silk sarees are made in Benares. They are with his little toe as just six years old. His mum Awards : Padma Sri (2000), Padma Vibhushan (2008) Legion of and be on high cloud. popular all over the world. invented a spec_ _ l plastic device that meant he Honor (2008) We have to go a long way, 17. Change the following into passive voice. could hold a pen and pencil. Books written : A Better India: A Better World ´ we have to think seriously, 1 2 = 2 m 28. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in Career : Research Associate at IIM Ahmedabad brackets. 2 ´ 1 = 2 m else we end up miserably. I will do it. 35. Read the following passage carefully focusing on the underlined parts. a) He was too honour ....... (ble/able) to have gone (A plea for India) 18. Combine the following sentences using 'as' Sudha Murthy, the wife of Narayana Murthy, is an Indian social worker and ´ without paying his premium. author. Murthy began her professional career as computer scientist and Choose the correct answers to the following 1 2 = 2m b) One thing we may as well decide now is the engineer. She is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. She has founded questions. 3 ´ 2 = 6 m The buses were full of passengers. He preferred announce ....... (ment/mant) in the papers. several orphanages, participated in rural development efforts, supported the 6. The central idea of the poem is ………………… reservation. 19. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given 29. Find the wrongly spelt words and write the correct movement to provide all Karnataka schools with computer and library facilities, A) India is a strong nation ´ in brackets. 2 ´ 1 = 2 m spelling. 2 1 = 2 m and established the ‘The Murthy Classical Library of India’ at Harvard University.’ B) India needs to be developed Murthy also teaches computer science. She composed a fiction ‘Dollar Sose.’ a) The C.M ………………(in addition to/along a) Lethargy Purpose Physical Solution C) Indians are to be proud to have strong nation One of her most successful stories is ‘How I Taught my Grandmother to Read & with/according to)the ministers attended the b) Initially Luggage Admiration Belittled 7.