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Bihar Board (BSEB) - कक्षा 10 - English (BSEB - Hindi Medium). 626 questions in this chapter.

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Q 6MCQ - I.D. SPEECH [1M]1 Mark
Convert into Direct Speech
She exclaimed with joy that she had won the prize.
  • A
    She said, "I win the prize!"
  • ✓
    She exclaimed, "Hurrah! I have won the prize!"
  • C
    She said, "Hurrah! I had won the prize!"
  • D
    She told, "I had won the prize!"

Answer: B.

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Q 7MCQ - I.D. SPEECH [1M]1 Mark
Convert into Indirect Speech
He said, "Let us go for a walk."
  • ✓
    He suggested that we go for a walk.
  • B
    He said let us go for a walk.
  • C
    He told to go for a walk.
  • D
    He suggested me to go for a walk.

Answer: A.

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Q 8MCQ - I.D. SPEECH [1M]1 Mark
Convert into Indirect Speech
She said to me, "Open the window."
  • A
    She said me to open the window.
  • B
    She asked me open the window.
  • ✓
    She ordered me to open the window.
  • D
    She told me I open the window.

Answer: C.

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Q 9MCQ - I.D. SPEECH [1M]1 Mark
Convert into Direct Speech
He asked me if I was coming to the party.
  • A
    He asked, "Were you coming to the party?"
  • B
    He asked, "Will you come to the party?"
  • ✓
    He asked, "Are you coming to the party?"
  • D
    He asked, "You are coming to the party?"

Answer: C.

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Q 10MCQ - I.D. SPEECH [1M]1 Mark
Convert into Indirect Speech
She said, "Alas! I failed the test."
  • ✓
    She exclaimed with grief that she had failed the test.
  • B
    She said with grief that she failed the test.
  • C
    She told with sorrow that she had failed.
  • D
    She was sorry to say she failed the test.

Answer: A.

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Q 26MCQ - Acive passive voice [1M]1 Mark
Choose the active voice of “The email was sent by the manager.”
  • A
    The manager sends the email.
  • ✓
    The manager sent the email.
  • C
    The manager is sending the email.
  • D
    The manager has sent the email.

Answer: B.

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Q 28MCQ - Acive passive voice [1M]1 Mark
Choose the active voice of “The questions were answered by the students.”
  • A
    The students answer the questions.
  • ✓
    The students answered the questions.
  • C
    The students are answering the questions.
  • D
    The students have answered the questions.

Answer: B.

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Q 30MCQ - Acive passive voice [1M]1 Mark
Choose the active voice of “The report was prepared by the analyst.”
  • A
    The analyst prepares the report.
  • ✓
    The analyst prepared the report.
  • C
    The analyst is preparing the report.
  • D
    The analyst has prepared the report.

Answer: B.

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Q 36Unseen para [7M]7 Marks
1. Of all the trees of southern Asia, the banyan is unique, not only for the manner of its growth but for the area of shade it provides from the burning sun. Its close relationship with man has evolved over the years to make the banyan a popular meeting place, a focal point of worship and a source of practical materials for commerce.
2. Known as the strangler fig’ because of its unusual manner of growth, the banyan is an epiphyte or air plant, that has its birth in the branches of a host tree and lives on airborne moisture and nutrients. Banyan seeds are deposited by birds, bats or monkeys in the rich soil collected in the crevices of host tree branches.
3. As the banyan grows, it sends aerial roots down the trunk of the supporting tree. In time, the roots that reach the ground choke the host tree by preventing its trunk from enlarging. The two best-known species of banyans are the Indian (Ficus benghalensis), one of the world’s largest tropical trees; and the Chinese (Ficus retusa), a smaller species with fewer aerial roots.
Questions:
i. Why is the banyan called the’ strangler fig’?
ii. In what ways is the banyan tree unique?
iii. How does the banyan tree take birth and grow?
iv. Why is the banyan a popular meeting place?
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Q 37Unseen para [7M]7 Marks
Freedom is a sweet-sounding word. Nearly all of us love to use it or hear it used. Even if we do not quite understand what it means, we feel it stands for something fine and courageous. And so it does.lt stands for something precious too; something for which men and women in every part of the world have struggled and suffered and gone bravely even to their death. If we enjoy any freedom now, it is partly due to them. So it is really worth our while to know clearly what freedom is, and why it has been valued so highly. We shall ourselves thereby come to value it and not lose it by our carelessness. At one time it used to be said. ‘All men are bom free,’ but we can now see that it is not true at all; for Nature binds us in all sorts of ways. The newborn baby is not free, not even as free as the newborn calf, much less than the newborn mosquito. The young mosquito is soon able to fly away, the calf begins to walk in a few days, but the human baby takes at least a year even to crawl. He slowly wins his freedom by an increase of strength and skill. It does not come to him in any other way.
Questions:
i. How has freedom come to us?
ii. How is freedom a sweet-sounding word?
iii. All men are born free. Does the writer agree with this?
iv. How does the writer compare a human child with young ones of the other species?
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Q 38Unseen para [7M]7 Marks
1. Fathers and mothers, husbands and wives managers and foremen, politicians, artists and others, all these in one way or another, are teachers. Their methods will vary as widely as their jobs and characters. For this reason, we can point out only a few general principles to make their teaching more effective.
2. The first is clarity. Whatever we are teaching, we must make it clear, Make it as firm as a stone and as bright as sunlight. Not to ourselves, that is easy. Make it clear to the people we are teaching-that is difficult. The second is patience. Anything worth¬learning takes time to learn and time to teach. It is a mistake often made by many of us to think that our audiences have thought deeply about their problems and are only a few steps behind us in any discussion. Real teaching is not simply handing out information. It is an actual change in the pupil’s mind. The third principle is responsibility. People are easily influenced for good or evil when their teacher speaks with authority. As teachers, we must see that our ideas are not misunderstood by those whom we are trying to teach.
Questions:
i. What does this passage say about the methods of teaching?
ii. what is really teaching?
iii. What is meant by the principle of responsibility in teaching?
iv.Which two other general principles are considered necessary for effective teaching?
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Q 39Unseen para [7M]7 Marks
1. My grandmother and I were good friends. My parents left me with her when they went to live in the city and we were constantly together. She used to wake me up in the morning and get me ready for school. She said her morning prayers in a monoto¬nous singsong while she bathed and dressed me in the hope that I would listen and get to know it by heart..Then she would fetch my wooden slate which she had already washed and plastered with the yellow chalk, a tiny earthen inkpot and a reed pen, tie them all in a bundle and hand.it to me. After a breakfast of a thick, stale chapatti with a little butter and sugar spread on it, we went to school. She carried several stale chapattis with her for the village dogs.
2. My grandmother always went to school with me because the school was” attached to the temple. The priest taught, us the alphabet and the morning prayer. While the children sat in rows on either side of the verandah singing the alphabet or the prayer in a chorus, my grandmother sat inside reading the scriptures. When we had both finished, we would walk back together.
Questions:
i.Why did the grandmother say her morning prayers loudly?
ii. What was Khushwant Singh given for breakfast?
iii. How did the grandmother feed the dogs?
iv. Explain the meanings of:
(i) monotonous singsong, (ii) prayer in a chorus.
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Q 40Unseen para [7M]7 Marks
The old lady was glad to be back at the block of flats where she lived. Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier with every step of the way- home. In.the lift her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest; but when she got out at her own floor, both were forgotten in her sudden discovery that her front door was open. She was thinking that she must rebuke her daily maid the next morning for such great negligence when she remembered that she had gone shopping after her maid had left and she had turned both the keys in their locks. She walked slowly into the hail and at once noticed that all the room doors were open, yet following the regular practice she had shut them before going out. Looking into the drawing-room, she saw a scene of confusion over by here writing desk.
It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced entry in her absence. Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter from the basement. By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and accepted a cup of very strong tea, while she telephoned to the police. Then her composure regained, she was ready to set off with the porter’s assistance to search for any intruders who might be still lurking in her flat.
Questions:
i. When she reached home she found that….
ii. The problem that shopping caused to the old lady was..
iii. she thought to rebuke the maid the next morning for…..
iv. When she found that her flat had been burgled, she thought…
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Q 41Unseen poem [6M]6 Marks
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud — William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Questions:
i. What simile does the poet use to describe himself in the opening line?
ii. How does the poet describe the daffodils he sees?
iii. What comparison does the poet make to show the vast number of daffodils?
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Q 42Unseen poem [6M]6 Marks
The Arrow and the Song — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
But, from the earth, came the reply—
That breathed back to me.
Questions:
i. What is the main similarity between the arrow and the song in the poem?
ii. What is the deeper meaning behind the “arrow” and the “song”?
iii. What does the poem suggest about the consequences of our actions and words?
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Q 43Unseen poem [6M]6 Marks
The New Colossus — Emma Lazarus (First 12 lines)
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Questions:
i. How is the “New Colossus” different from the “brazen giant of Greek fame”?
ii. What does the poet mean by calling the statue “Mother of Exiles”?
iii. What kind of people does the statue invite in the poem?
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Q 44Unseen poem [6M]6 Marks
A Dream Within a Dream — Edgar Allan Poe
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow—
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
Questions:
i. What idea does the poet express through the line “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream”?
ii. What mood is conveyed in the opening lines of the poem?
iii. How does the poet describe the passing of time and hope?
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Q 45Unseen poem [6M]6 Marks
Invictus — William Ernest Henley (First 12 lines)
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
Questions:
i. What does the poet mean by “my head is bloody, but unbowed”?
ii. What attitude does the speaker show towards suffering and challenges?
iii. Explain the phrase “the fell clutch of circumstance.”
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Q 52Notice : [5M]5 Marks
You are Aman, the President of the Cultural Club in your school. Write a notice in about 60-70 words inviting entry for inter-class music competition.
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Q 53Notice : [5M]5 Marks
You are President of the Extra Curricular Committee in your school. Write a notice in about 60 to 70 words inviting for different extra curriculum activities to be held in school every Saturday.
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Q 54Notice : [5M]5 Marks
You are Sangita, the President of the Debating Society. Write a notice in about 60-70 words, informing the students about the annual meet of the Society.
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Q 55Notice : [5M]5 Marks
You are Sanjita. Write a notice as secretary of the Cultural Club about the Inter-School Cultural Competition to be held next month.
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Q 62Application : [5M]5 Marks
Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting him to give permission to the students of your class to go for an excursion trip to Rajgir.
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Q 76Message : [5M]5 Marks
You are Deepak/Deepika. Your younger brother has badly hurt himself while playing in the park. You are taking him to the doctor. Your mother is not home. You have locked the house and handed over the keys to your neighbour. Write a message in about 75 words for your mother to come to the clinic along with some money.
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