2ND SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER
CLASS 10 (X) WBBSE

Set-3

Second Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks (August)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook: ‘Bliss’

Syllabus—
Lesson :
4. My Own True Family – Ted Hughes
5. Our Runaway Kite-Lucy Maud Montgomery
6. Sea Fever-John Masefield

Second Summative Evaluation
Class: X Sub: ENGLISH
Time: 1 hr 30 m. Full Marks : 40

Name: ______________________________

Section : _________ Roll No : ________

READING COMPREHENSION
(SEEN)

1. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow :

(5. Our Runaway Kite-Lucy Maud Montgomery)

We had to hurry to fix the kite if we wanted to send it up before the wind fell. We rushed into the lighthouse to get some paper. We knew there was no more red paper. We took the first thing that came handy- an old letter lying on the bookcase in the sitting room. We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by the fire. We started out, and up went the kite like a bird. The wind was glorious and soared. All at once-snap! And there was Claude, standing with a bit of cord in his hand, looking foolish. Our kite had sailed away over to the mainland.

A. Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×2=2

(i) The narrator with his companion went to the lighthouse to bring some – (a) red paper (b) white paper (c) paper (d) letter

(ii) From the text we can guess the kite was – (a) blue (b) black (c) green
(d) red

B. Fill in the chart with information from the text : 1×2=2

C. Why did they hurry to the lighthouse ? 2

2. Read the following stanzas and answer the questions :

(4. My Own True Family – Ted Hughes)

They said: “We are the oak-trees and your own true family.
We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.
Unless you make a promise now – now you are going to die.
‘Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two. Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you
And root you among the oaks where you were born but never grew.

A. Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×2=2

(i) When the oak trees are cut down the poet as a representative of man becomes –
(a) concerned (b) indifferent (c) sorrowful (d) joyous

(ii) If the poet does not swear, the oak bark will –
(a) fall off (b) stick to him, (c) wrinkle over him (d) strangle him

B. Write ‘T’ for True ‘F’ for False statements. Give supporting statements for your choice : 1×2=2

(i) The poet will die if he does not take an oath. [ ]

S.S :_____________________________

(ii) The poet was born among the oaks. [ ]

S.S :_____________________________

READING COMPREHENSION
(UNSEEN)

3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions :

I landed at Kumar post on Siachen Glacier on 2 April 2004. The post is located at an altitude of 7,000 metres. It was snowing and the temperature was minus 35 degrees celcius with heavy winds. When I reached the field station, three soldiers – Naik from Karnataka, Williams from West Bengal and Salim from Uttar Pradesh – shook hands with me. The warmth of their handshakes dispelled the chill of the place. It gave me the confidence that our nation is safe in the hands of the soldiers defending it in this difficult environment. Extraordinary leadership qualities are required to generate such confidence among troops in such difficult conditions.

– From ‘Turning Points’ by
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

A. Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×4=4

(i) The author landed at an altitude of (a) 70,000 mt, (b) 700 mt, (c) 7000 mt, (d) 7000 ft

(ii) On Siachen Glacier A.P.J. Abdul Kalam found – (a) warmth (b) snowfall
(c) rain (d) clouds

(iii) The author felt chill no more after – (a) shaking hands with soliders (b) going near a fire (c) getting a heavy coat (d) landing there

(iv) The soldiers were defending India in a – (a) warfront (b) sea-coast
(c) hostile environment (d) forest

B. Complete the sentences with information from the passage. 1×4=4

(i) Williams came from _____________________________________
_____________________________________

(ii) When the author landed on Siachen _____________________________________
_____________________________________

(iii) To generate a high level of confidence among soldiers.
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

(iv) The author became confident
__________________________________________________________________________

C. Suggest a suitable title for the text. 2

GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

4. Do as directed : 1×6=6

(i) “What have you written, Father ?” Swami asked apprehensively. [Change the narration]

(ii) Gandhiji had been shot on his way to a prayer meeting. [Change the voice]

(iii) The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning. [Transform into a complex sentence]

(iv) We listened to the broadcast. It was about Gandhiji’s martyrdom. [Join by using relative clause]

(v) I found the helpless man __________ (stand) under the tree.
[Fill in the blank with the proper form of the verb]

(vi) I have got _________ headache.
[Fill in the blank with the suitable article]

5. Find out words from the unseen passage which mean the following : 1×4=4

(i) Removed : __________________

(ii) Height : ___________________

(iii) Protecting : _________________

(iv) Heat : ___________________

Writing Skill

6. Write a story within 120 words using following plot : 10

[A jackal got a tiger’s skin – wore and threatened animals – all animals afraid – one night all jackals started to sing in chorus – that jackal also joined them – identity revealed – all animals drove him away.]

Or,

As a cultural secretary of your school write a notice for the school notice board for an excursion to Darjeeling. Tell the students to submit their names with the exact amount of fees per head along with the letter of consent from parents/guardian. Mention last date of submission, date, time and duration of the excursion, things to be taken in the journey. Get your notice countersigned your headmaster.