First Summative Evaluation : 40 marks (April) Internal Formative Evaluation: 10 Marks

Set – 2

Textbook: ‘Bliss’

Lesson—
1. Father’s help – R.K. Narayan
2. Fable – Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. The Passing Away of Bapu – Nayantara Sehgal
Unseen, Writing skill, Grammar & vocabulary

Marks Distribution for First and Second Summative Evaluations

Reading Skill (Seen) 10 marks
Reading Skill (Unseen) 10 marks
Writing Skill 10 marks
Grammar 6 marks
Vocabulary 4 marks
Total 40 marks

For Seen (Prose)
MCQ – 1 × 2 = 2
VSAQ-1 × 2 = 2
SAQ 2 x 1 = 2

For Seen (Poem)
MCQ – 1 × 2 = 2
VSAQ-1 × 2 = 2

For Unseen
MCQ – 1 × 4 = 4
VSAQ – 1 × 4 = 4
SAQ – 2 × 1 = 2

FIRST SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
CLASS -X, SUBJECT – ENGLISH
Time : 1 Hour 30 Minutes F. M : 40

SECTION-A

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions below :

Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday. Already

Monday was here. He hoped he didn’t have to go to school.

At nine o’clock, Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache.”

Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home. At 9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall, Swami was
lying on the bench in Mother’s room.

Father asked him, “Have you no school today?”

“Headache,” Swami replied.

“Nonsense! Dress up and go.”

“Headache!”

“Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.”

Swami knew how strict his father could be. So he changed his tactics. “I can’t go so late to the class.”

“You’ll have to. It is your own fault.” “What will the teacher think if I go so late “Tell him you had a headache and so are late.”

“He will scold me if I say so.”
“Will he ? Let us see. What is his name ?” “Samuel.”

A Tick (✔) the correct answer from the given alternatives : 1×3=3

i) Swami shuddered in –
(a) ecstastic joy (b) fear (c) rage
(d) agony

Ans. (b) fear

ii) Swaminathan wailed that he had a headache because
(a) Friday passed by
(b) he did not want to go to school
(c) his father was very serious about school
(d) he had an attack of fever accompanied with headache

Ans. (b) he did not want to go to school

iii) Swami was lying on the bench in mother’s room when –
(a) he ought to have been in the prayer hall of the school
(b) he ought to have been at the dining table
(c) he ought to have been at the classroom
(d) he ought to have been on his way to school

Ans. (d) he ought to have been on his way to school

B. Complete the sentences with information from the text : 1×3=3

i) ……….. Swaminathan wailed.

Ans. At 9 o’clock

ii) Mother suggested that…………….

Ans. Swami Might stay at home

iii) Swaminathan will be without…….

Ans. Headache on Mondays if he loafs about less on Sundays

C. Answer the following questions:
1×4=4

i) What does Swaminathan do on Sundays ?

Ans. Swaminathan loafs about on Sundays.

ii) What did Swami’s father order him to do ?

Ans. Swami’s father ordered him to dress up and go to school.

iii) Why did Swami change his tactics ?

Ans. Sami knew that his father could be very strict. So he changed his tactics.

iv) What is the name of Swaminathan’s teacher ?

Ans. The name of swaminathan teacher teacher Samuel.

2. Read the unseen passage and answer the questions given below:

Berhampore: A woman was badly wounded at Hunkahara village on Thursday when a man cut up her face with a sharp knife. After preliminary treatment at Sadikhanrdia block hospital, she was shifted to Murshidabad Medical College Hospital. Cops have detained one, but no one has been arrested yet.

Hasina Banu went to a mango orchard with her goats in the afternoon when she came under attack. Hasina received injuries to her head, lips and cheek, and a portion of her tongue was also allegedly chopped. The motive behind the brutal attack is still unclear. Hasina’s brother-in-law Mukesh lodged a complaint against unknown person for trying to kill her.

Police detained Mohibul Saikh, the owner of the land for interrogatian. Mohibul reportedly found Hasina first and took her to a local quack.

Rochi Saikh, Hasina’s brother, said, “My sister couldn’t identify the miscreant since he attacked her from behind.”

However, a doctor said, “The patient and her relatives are trying to hide something. It’s clear that she was attacked from the front and the attacker was obviously known to her.”

Police said they were investigating every possibility.

A. Tick (✔) the correct alternatives :-
1×3=3

i) “The patient and her relatives are trying to hide something”.- It was said by –
(a) Police super, (b) Doctor
(c) Hasina’s brother.

Ans. (b) Doctor

ii) Mukesh was Hasina’s-
(a) brother, (b) husband,
(c) brother-in-law

Ans. (c) brother-in-law

iii) Hasina received injuries to her –
(a) head, (b) lips and tongue,
(c) head, lips and cheek (d) throat.

Ans. (c) head, lips and cheek

B. Answer the following questions:
1×3=3

i) On which day of the week did the accident happen?

Ans. On Thursday the accident happened.

ii) Where was the woman shifted?

Ans. The women was shifted to Murshidabad medical College
hospital.

iii) Why did Police detain Mohibul Saikh ?

Ans. Police weekend mohibul Shaikh for integration he reportedly found Haseena first and took her to local quack.

C. Write ‘T’ for the true statements and ‘F’ for the false ones. Give supporting statements for each of your answers : 2×2=4

i) The woman’s primary treatment was made at Santhaldihi Block Hospital. (F)

SS :

ii) Hasina’s brother said that his sister was attacked from behind. True

Supporting Statement..

3. A. Choose the correct alternative :-
1×3=3

(i) I was really……….. (embarrassing/
embarrassed / had been embarrassing) when I fell over in the street.

Ans. embarrassed

(ii) Four persons………. (are injured / were injured / was injured) in the road accident.

Ans. were injured

iii) We………. (did not have / does not have / did not had) enough money to buy a car.

Ans. did not have

B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositon: 1×2=2

(i) Everyone should abide ……… the rules of the society. Ans. By

(ii) Birds of……. feather flock together.

Ans. a

C. Do as directed. 1×2=2

i) Having seen the teacher, all students kept silence. (Split into
simple sentences.)

Ans. All the students saw the teacher. They keep silence.

ii) I saw you eating pickles. (Change the voice.)

Ans. We were seen by me eating pickles.

D. Replace the underlined words with suitable phrasal verbs from the list given below. Change the form of verbs where necessary. There is one extra phrasal verb. 1×3

i) The young man is in search of a job.

Ans. In search – looking for

ii) The death penalty has been abolished in many countries.

Ans. Abolished – done away with

iii) The villagers were chasing the herd of elephants. Ans

Ans. Chasing – running after

[List: run after, keep on, look for, do away with.]

4. Use the following flow-chart to write a paragraph on how a building is constructed :

drawing of a plan of the building by the architect – getting the plan sanctioned by the local gram panchayet or municipality – engaging
masons and labourers – starting the construction with bricks, cement
and sand – fitting doors and windows – plastering of walls-wiring –
electric and water connections – painting – building completed – fit
for living. 10