Kavyapta Global School

ENGLISH SAMPLE PAPER GRADE 10 (2024-25_

Class 10 - English Language and Literature
Time Allowed: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 50

Section A
1. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [5]
Read the passage given below:
1. If you’re like most kids, you may love snow. Not only can it get you out of school, but it’s also fun to play
with. Who doesn’t love to sled and build snowmen? Snow can also be dangerous, too. You may have heard
your parents talk about how difficult it can be to drive in snow. Car accidents aren’t the only dangers created
by snow. If you’re ever skiing in the mountains, you’ll want to be aware of avalanches. An avalanche is a
sudden flow of snow down a slope, such as a mountain. The amount of snow in an avalanche will vary based
on many things, but it can be such a huge pile that it can bury the bottom of a slope in dozens of feet of snow.
2. Avalanches can be caused by many things. Some of them are natural. For example, new snow or rain can
cause built up snow to loosen and fall down the side of a mountain. Earthquakes and the movement of
animals have also been known to cause avalanches. Artificial triggers can also cause avalanches. For
example, snowmobiles, skiers, gunshots and explosives have all been known to cause avalanches.
Avalanches usually occur during the winter and spring, when snowfall is greatest. As they are dangerous to
any living beings in their path, avalanches have destroyed forests, roads, railroads and even entire towns.
3. Warning signs exist that allow experts to predict - and often prevent - avalanches from occurring. When over
a foot of fresh snow falls, experts know to be on the lookout for avalanches. Explosives can be used in places
with massive snow build-ups to trigger smaller avalanches that don’t pose a danger to persons or property.
When deadly avalanches do occur, the moving snow can quickly reach over 80 miles per hour. Skiers caught
in such avalanches can be buried under dozens of feet of snow. While it’s possible to dig out of such
avalanches, not all are able to escape.
4. If you get tossed about by an avalanche and find yourself buried under many feet of snow, you might not
have a true sense of which way is up and which way is down. Some avalanche victims have tried to dig their
way out, only to find that they were upside down and digging themselves farther under the snow rather than
to the top! Experts suggest that people caught in an avalanche try to "swim" to the top of the moving snow to
stay close to the surface. Once the avalanche stops, do your best to dig around you to create a space for air,
so you can breathe easier. Then, do your best to figure out which way is up and dig in that direction to reach
the surface and signal rescuers.
(a) Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option:
Avalanche can be caused by ________.

a) new snow or rain b) global warming

c) high altitude d) heavy winds

(b) Comment on warning signs exist which allows experts to predict avalanches in two sentences.

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 (c) Mention two reasons which destroyed the natural scenery.
(d) Select the option that conveys opposite of trigger:

a) spark b) provoke

c) cause d) prevent
(e) The writer will agree with the given statement based on last paragraph-

a) Put on an oxygen mask. b) People caught in the Avalanche can try

to swim to the top.

c) Digging is not possible. d) Should not come close to the surface.

2. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [5]
1. Keep your watch accurate. For some people, moving up the time on their watch will help them get up earlier.
For others, they will remember that the time on the watch is wrong and will disregard it altogether. It may be
helpful to set your watch just two minutes ahead instead of five or ten.
2. Keep a clock, phone, computer or anything that displays time in each room of your house. One of the easiest
ways to run late is simply by not realising that the time is passing as quickly as it is.
3. Set all your clocks and watches to the same time. Don't be an optimist. Things usually take longer than what
you'd expect, even without major delays. If you have a dinner appointment at 7:30 p.m., don't think you can
work till 7 p.m., then take a bath, dress and reach on time. Realistically, calculate the time you will take at
each step and then add 10 minutes more to allow for unexpected delays, or you cannot get to your job done
in time.
4. Wake up when you are supposed to wake up. Don't hit the snooze button, keep on lying in bed, and watch
TV at the very start of your day. May be you can try even setting your clock 10 minutes earlier than you
need. If you have difficulty with this, move your alarm clock to somewhere away from your bed; that way,
you will have to get up to turn it off. Commit yourself to being 15 minutes early for everything. If you have
to reach your place of work at 8:00, don't even tell yourself this. Just tell yourself (and everyone else who
listens - but don't annoy them or make them think that they are late or early!) "I have to be at work at 7:45."
If you do this, you will be on time even with little unforeseen delays. You will be on time even with a traffic
jam.

(a) Complete the following analogy appropriately, based on your understanding of paragraph 3.
We can say that the situation of people being optimist about things is comparable to students preparing
only the important questions for the final exam leaving the textbook untouched because ________.
(b) Fill the blanks with the appropriate option from those given in brackets, based on your understanding of

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 paragraph 4. The statement that, commit yourself to being 15 minutes early for everything, is a ________
(fact/opinion) because it is a ________ (subjective judgement/objective detail).
(c) Justify the following, in about 40 words.
We are advised to keep our watch accurate in paragraph.
(d) Based on the given ideal schedule, what is the ideal time for the students to wake up and rest?
(e) State an inference about where the students spend their maximum time.
Section B
3. Do as Directed [5]
(a) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the given portion of a letter: [1]
I, therefore, request you to ________ (issue) a letter of recommendation for these students to be
nominated for ‘Serving Citizens’ Award’ organised by the local Municipal Corporation.
(b) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the given portion of a letter: [1]
Subject: Need for ________ (promote) Healthy Eating Routines
Dear Madam
This is with reference to ....
(c) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option. [1]
The vocabulary list had been memorized by _______ (mostly / all / more) of the students and each
one scored over 80 percent on the exam.
(d) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option. [1]
___________ (Much / Many / Few) time is required to learn a new language.
(e) If you don’t start working harder, you ________ repeat the course next year. [1]

a) will have to b) must

c) should d) have to
4. Express your views by writing a letter to the Editor of the daily local newspaper on the subject 'Reforming [5]
Beggars'.
OR
You are Neeraj. You are a Sales Manager of DBM School, Gwalior. You need educational toys and play equipment
for kindergarten students. For this, you searched google Maps as below and found that Kirti Nagar, New Delhi is one
of the best markets for educational toys. After discussing over a call, you have selected Quality Toys company to
place your order.

Write a letter to the Manager, Quality Toys, Kirti Nagar, Delhi placing an order.
5. A survey was conducted in New Delhi in over twenty schools about the different activities that interest the [5]
children in the age group of 13 to 15 years. Write an analytical paragraph in about 100 words analyzing the

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 following information:

OR
International Labour Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund 2021 published a report on Child Labour
recently stating that global progress against child labour has stalled since 2016. Write a paragraph on Child Labour
based on the inputs provided below.

Section C
6. Read the following extract and answer the question/complete the sentences that follow: [5]
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued
i. Where was the crow? What did it do?
ii. How is the poet's mood now?
A. Appreciative of nature
B. Thoughtful
C. Happy
D. Cool
iii. What does the word 'rued' mean?

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 iv. Synecdoche is a poetic device that uses a part to represent the whole. e.g. That’s a great set of wheels! (Set of
wheels has been used for car.) Pick an example of synecdoche from the given lines.
OR
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
And as the light came on,
Fowler had his first authentic thrill of the day.
For halfway across the room,
a small automatic pistol in his hand stood a man.
Ausable blinked a few times.
i. Who was standing in the room with a pistol in his hand?
ii. Ausable blinked because he:
a. was getting adjusted to the light.
b. got afraid of the man with a pistol.
c. was thrilled to have reached his room.
d. started thinking of how to get rid of the man.
iii. Fowler was thrilled because what he saw looked like a ________.
iv. Which word in the extract means the same as 'genuine/real?
7. Answer any three of the following in 40-50 words [9]
(a) Lencho and his family knew the implications the hailstorm would have on their lives. Write a [3]
conversation between Lencho and his wife as they watched the downpour turn to a hailstorm.
(b) The young seagull’s mother was very clever. Do you agree? Justify your answer. [3]
(c) Evaluate the line- Some say the world will end in fire/Some say in ice- in the context of volcanic [3]
eruptions, forest fires, meteor collisions, melting ice caps etc. Answer in the context of the poem Fire
and Ice.
(d) How would the tiger behave in the forest? (A Tiger in the Zoo) [3]
(e) All knowledge is useful. But not all knowledge is worth the cost. [3]
Elaborate on the quote in the context of the poem How to Tell Wild Animals.
8. Answer any two of the following questions in 40-50 words each: [6]
(a) Imagine Mrs. Pumphrey came to know how Tricky was actually treated. [3]
Write a brief note to the narrator on her behalf.
You may begin this way:
Dear Mr. Herriot
I recently met Mrs. Mallard when she brought her Pixie to visit dear Tricky. I spoke to her about the
great triumph of surgery that had brought him back to me. Imagine my surprise when she told me how
mistaken I was! I am writing to you to share... (continue)...
(b) Where did Hari Singh put the stolen money? [3]
(c) What happened to Max when he jumped from the window? [3]
9. Imagine that Walt Whitman shares his poem Animals in response to Dr. Herriot's narration of Tricky's story. [5]
Dr. Herriot reflects on the poem and his experience with Tricky and Mrs. Pumphrey, draws a connection
between them and records his thoughts in his diary.
Write the diary entry as Dr. Herriot.
You may begin this way:

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12 May 1950, Friday 9.30 pm
Walt's poem has compelled me to think again about my experience with Tricky and Mrs. Pumphrey. All those
materialistic playthings....
OR
The tiger in the zoo is pacing back and forth in his enclosure, restless and frustrated. He sees the Mandela in the next
cage over and they make eye contact. The man is old and tired, but there is a fire in his eyes. They begin to speak to
each other, each in their own language, but understanding each other perfectly. Imagine that they are both discussing
about achieving freedom and never giving up hope.
You may begin like this.
The tiger says, "I was born wild, free, but I was captured and put in this zoo. I long to be free again, to roam the
forests and plains."
Mandela replies ...

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