SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I (2015-16)
ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE
Class - X
Maximum Marks: 70
Time: 3 hours
Instructions :
The question paper is divided into Three sections.
Section A
:
Reading
Section B
:
Writing & Grammar
Section C
:
Literature & Long Reading Text
20 marks
25 marks
25 marks
SECTION A
(READING :20 marks)
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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : (1x8)
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(1)
People have been playing chess for over 500 years. The chess we play today came
from Europe. Chess is a two-player game. One player uses the white pieces. The
other uses the black pieces. Each piece moves in a special way. One piece is called the
king. Each player has one. The players take turns moving their pieces. If a player
lands on a piece, he or she takes it. The game ends when a player loses his or her king.
There are a few more rules, but these are the basics.
(2)
The players of chess believe that it makes the mind stronger. Good chess players use
their brains. They take their time. They think about what will happen next. These
skills are useful in life and in chess. Chess is like a workout for the brain.
(3)
You don't always have lots of time to think when playing chess. There is a type of
chess with short time limits. It's called blitz chess. In blitz chess, each player gets ten
minutes to use for the whole game. Your clock runs during your turn. You hit the
time clock after your move. This stops your clock. It also starts the other player's
clock. If you run out of time, you lose. Games of blitz chess are fast-paced.
(4)
Chess is not just for people. Computers have been playing chess since the 1970s. At
first they did not play well. They made mistakes. As time went on they grew
stronger. In 1997, a computer beat the best player in the world for the first time. It
was a computer called Deep Blue. Deep Blue was big. It took up a whole room. By
2006 a cell phone could beat the best players in the world. Chess sure has come a long
way. Don't you think so ?
(a)
Where did modern chess originate ?
(b)
Which is the most important price in chess ?
(c)
How does it affect the brain ?
(d)
What is the relationship between chess and life ?
(e)
What is blitz chess ?
(f)
How much time does each play get in blitz chess ?
(g)
When did the computers start playing chess ?
(h)
How have computer chess programs changed over time ?
2
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
(2x4)+(1x4)=12
Upnishada is expressed as Aham Brahmasi (I am Brahman) or Ayam Atma Brahman i.e. The
Individual soul is Brahman or Tattwamasi (Thou art that). This is the first truth taught to
every child. Even a poor uneducated man living in a hut knows that God is in everybody and
therefore there is sameness in all. The second truth is about a holistic universe.
Where at a level of pervading consciousness everything is interconnected at Vyakthi Level
(Individual level) my limbs, hands, legs, ears, eyes, heart, lungs…. Everything is me. I live in
all of them. Their sorrows and joys are my sorrows and joys.
Similarly at Samasthi level (the whole universe) I am not a single individual but I am part of
the whole universe just as my limbs are part of me.
Modern science has accepted that in this holistic universe all minds and matters are
interconnected at a deeper level. The basic unity of life cannot be broken.
Love andsacrifice therefore emerge as the only things required for a meaningful living. On the
basis of this holistic vision, Indians have developed work ethos of life. They found that all
work, physical or mental, managerial or administrative have to be directed towards a single
purpose.
The manifestation of the divinity in man is by working for the good of others, for the
happiness of others. This aspect of Indian ethos is required all over the world in present
scenario in managing business and industry effectively and efficiently.
All work/Karma manifest divinity, hence these must be pure, good, honest and sincere.
Indian philosophy also teaches us to perform every work without having any attachment to
result, because results do not fall under the jurisdiction of the doer.
Such thinking and understanding will change the whole attitude. Now the results will become
a Prasad-gratitude – coming from the God himself. You can now accept the result with open
mind without apprehensions-just as you accept members into Karma Yoga.
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(a)
What is expressed as Aham Brahmasi ?
(b)
Which first truth is taught to every child ?
(c)
‘I live in all of them’. What happens as a result ?
(d)
What has modern science accepted ?
(e)
Find the word opposite in meaning to ‘sameness’. (para 1)
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(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
expressed
(iii)
holistic
(ii)
difference
(iv)
mock
What is meant by the word, ‘interconnected’? (para 2)
(i)
linked
(ii)
crossed
(iii)
pulled
(iv)
snapped
Find the word opposite in meaning to ‘accepted’. (para 4)
(i)
rejected
(iii)
glided
(ii)
(iv)
cursed
delayed
Which word in the passage means, ‘fears’ ? (para 8)
(i)
attitudes
(ii)
results
(iii)
gratitude
(iv)
apprehensions
SECTION B
(WRITING & GRAMMAR: 25 Marks)
3
Brain drain is a major problem in developing nations. India has provided some great minds 5
to the world. Write an article, in about 100-120 words, to encourage Indians to serve their
nation and nurture it.
4
Deepika wanted to write a story for her school magazine, but she could not complete it. 10
Complete her story in about 150-200 words on the basis of the beginning given below :
Away from the crowds of cities, in a far flung village, lived a boy named Ravi, who became an
orphan when he was still a baby. One day, an old woman came to his hut and said......
5
Read the paragraph given below. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate words 3
/ phrases from the given options.
In one of his stories, Tolstoy narrates how neighbours (a) ___________ behave. A child was
wearing a new shirt and the neighbours child threw mud on it and (b) __________ spoiled it.
Women folk started the quarrel and the men folk entered into the fray, ending in a few
bruises. By then, the children (c) __________ their entire quarrel and were playing.
(a)
(b)
(c)
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i
can
thus
forgot
ii
should
also
will forget
iii
may
else
forget
iv
might
so
had
forgotten
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The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and
the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done as
an example.
Error
Correction
Finally, one day, Sunita ran out in patience.
e.g.
in
of
Enough was enough. She decide to confront
(a)
_____
_____
Suruchi. She asked her why she was been nasty
(b)
_____
_____
to her. She had done nothing to offend you. She
(c)
_____
_____
knew the confrontation will mean the end of their
(d)
_____
_____
relationship.
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7
Rearrange the following words/phrases to make meaningful sentences.
(a)
the water/tide/put into/at low/is/a toddling baby
(b)
plays/water/the baby/in the/sits and/here
(c)
does not/too long/leave him/the mother/for/in the water
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SECTION C
(LITERATURE & LONG READING TEXT: 25 Marks)
Read one of the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
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“How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened,” said Louisa Mebbin a few days
after the ball.
(a)
To whom does Louisa Mebbin say this ?
(b)
What is she referring to ?
(c)
Find from the extract antonym of the word ‘unhappy’.
3
OR
I am not cruel, only truthful The eye of a little god, four-cornered.
(a)
Who is “I” in the above lines ?
(b)
Why is “I” only truthful ?
(c)
What is meant by ‘four-cornered’ ?
3
Answer the following questions in about 30 - 40 words.
9(i)
Why did Mrs. Packletide give up big game hunting?
2
9(ii)
Why does the woman not like the mirror ?
2
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9(iii)
Why was the grandfather so keen on changing his will ?
2
9(iv)
Why did the creatures of the bog react to the frog's song ?
2
Answer one of the following questions in about 80-100 words.
10
'When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn't an option. It is a necessity.' Both 4
Nicola and Jacopo were hard working and uncomplaining. You too realised the importance of
hard work after reading their story. Write an article in 120- 150 words on the 'Virtues of Hard
Work'
OR
Even at the time when the grandfather is supposedly dead, the sisters are trying to pull each 4
other down. With reference to the play, The Dear Departed, mention the qualities that the
sisters display. Do you approve of them ? Give a reasoned answer.
Answer one of the following questions in about 150-200 words.
11
What made Anne hopeful when the Fascists were overthrown in Italy ?
10
OR
How did Anne feel about her grandmother ?
10
OR
Describe Helen's experience after stumbling on a rock. Why was it especially fearful for her? 10
Explain how Helen could experience and describe the power of the sea despite not being able
to see or hear. Write about Helen's encounter with the horseshoe crab.
OR
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Draw a pen picture of Arthur H. Keller, Helen Keller, Father.
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