Title: 10th English Quarterly Exam 2024 - Original Question Paper with Answer Key

10th English Quarterly Exam 2024 - Original Question Paper with Answer Key

This post contains the full question paper and a detailed, accurate answer key for the Common Quarterly Examination 2024 for Standard X English. Students can use this to verify their answers and prepare for future exams. The answers are provided for all sections, including grammar, prose, poetry, and creative writing.

Original Question Paper

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Part - I (14 x 1 = 14)

Choose the appropriate synonyms for the italicised words.

1. The mother Seagull swooped upwards.

• a) jumped
• b) flew
• c) walked
• d) marched

Answer: b) flew

2. INSV Tarini has an array of satellite systems.

• a) collection
• b) arrangement
• c) platform
• d) dress

Answer: a) collection

3. He was the spoilt child of affluent parents.

• a) nice
• b) wealthy
• c) anxious
• d) poor

Answer: b) wealthy

Choose the appropriate antonyms for the italicised words.

4. Herman slammed the door.

• a) closed
• b) locked
• c) banged
• d) opened

Answer: d) opened

5. It was a blissful experience.

• a) exciting
• b) gleeful
• c) unhappy
• d) joyful

Answer: c) unhappy

6. He leads a cursed life.

• a) fortunate
• b) unfortunate
• c) blessed
• d) beautiful

Answer: c) blessed

Grammar and Vocabulary

7. Choose the correct plural form of radius from the following.

• a) radius
• b) radiusus
• c) radii
• d) radises

Answer: c) radii

8. Form a derivative by adding right suffix to the word hand____

• a) ful
• b) un
• c) ish
• d) im

Answer: a) ful (handful)

9. Choose the correct expansion of the abbreviation SIM.

• a) Subscriber Information Module
• b) Subscriber Identification Module
• c) Student Identification Module
• d) School Identification Module

Answer: b) Subscriber Identification Module

10. Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate phrasal verb given below.
Walking helps to ______ the calories.

• a) burn in
• b) burn on
• c) burn out
• d) burn off

Answer: c) burn out

11. Choose the suitable option to pair with the word house.

• a) keeping
• b) clean
• c) cook
• d) man

Answer: a) keeping (housekeeping)

12. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate preposition given below.
Ramani hails ______ a good family.

• a) from
• b) on
• c) into
• d) at

Answer: a) from

13. Complete the following sentence using the most appropriate tense form of the verb given below.
If I were a bird, I ______ around the world.

• a) would have flown
• b) would fly
• c) flew
• d) can fly

Answer: b) would fly

14. Choose the most appropriate linker from the given four alternatives.
______ you work hard, you cannot secure good marks.

• a) When
• b) But
• c) Unless
• d) Whenever

Answer: c) Unless

Part - II

Section - 1 (3 x 2 = 6)

Answer any three of the following questions in a sentence or two.

15. What happened to the young Seagull when it landed on the green sea?

When the young seagull landed on the green sea, his legs sank into it. He screamed with fright and attempted to rise again. But he was tired and weak with hunger and could not rise. His feet sank into the green sea, and then his belly touched it and he sank no farther. He was floating on it.

16. Who used the Zither and how?

Sasthi, the attendant, used the zither. He would play soft and soothing notes on it whenever Aditya had one of his fits of temper, which helped to calm him down.

17. What does the term circumnavigation mean?

The term 'circumnavigation' means to travel all the way around something, especially the globe, in a ship or an aircraft.

18. Who were Aditya's ancestors?

Aditya's ancestors were once wealthy zamindars (landowners). They lived a grand life but had lost their wealth over time.

Section - 2 (3 x 2 = 6)

Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any three of the following.

19. Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant soul;

a) Whom does the word 'me' refer to?
b) What kind of life does the poet want to lead?

a) The word 'me' refers to the poet, Henry Van Dyke.
b) The poet wants to lead a happy and purposeful life, facing the future with a cheerful and willing heart, without hesitation.

20. There's a family nobody likes to meet;
They live, it is said, on the complaining street.

a) Where does the family live?
b) Why do you think the street is named as "Complaining Street"?

a) The family lives on the "Complaining Street."
b) The street is named "Complaining Street" because the people who live there, especially this particular family, are always complaining and grumbling about everything.

21. She's today's woman. Today's woman dear.
Love her, respect her, keep her near...

a) Is the poet talking about the woman of the previous generation?
b) How should a woman be treated?

a) No, the poet is not talking about the woman of the previous generation. The poet is talking about "today's woman," the modern woman.
b) A woman should be treated with love and respect, and she should be cherished and kept close.

22. At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold.

a) What made the cricket bold?
b) Why did the cricket drip and tremble?

a) Starvation and the threat of famine made the cricket bold enough to seek help from the ant.
b) The cricket was dripping with wet and trembling with cold because it was winter and he had no shelter from the rain and the cold weather.

Section - 3 (3 x 2 = 6)

Answer any three of the following.

23. Rewrite the following sentence in other voice: Work hard

You are advised to work hard.

24. Rewrite the sentence in reported speech: Maya said, "When is zigzag coming here?".

Maya asked when zigzag was coming there.

25. Punctuate the following sentence: shes a lioness dont mess with her

She's a lioness; don't mess with her. (or) She's a lioness. Don't mess with her.

26. Change the following into simple sentence: He is sick but he attends the school.

In spite of his sickness, he attends the school.

27. Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.
a) an / is / drawing / activity / artistic
b) speaks / Ruben / besides / German / languages / two

a) Drawing is an artistic activity.
b) Ruben speaks two languages besides German.

Section - 4 (1 x 2 = 2)

28. Answer the following question. Guide the girl to her school.

To guide the girl to her school from "You are here": Go straight along the Main Road. Take the first left turn. Walk past the Fancy store. The school will be on your right, directly opposite the Book store.

Part - III

Section - 1 (2 x 5 = 10)

Answer any two of the following in a paragraph.

32. Describe the struggles underwent by the young Seagull to overcome its fear of flying.

The young seagull was terrified of flying. His two brothers and sister had already flown away, but he was left alone on the ledge because he feared the great expanse of the sea below. His parents tried everything to encourage him; they scolded, threatened, and even left him to starve, but his fear was paralyzing. For twenty-four hours, he was alone and hungry. The sight of his mother tearing a piece of fish maddened him with hunger. In a clever move, his mother flew towards him with the fish but stopped just out of reach. Overcome by hunger, the seagull dived for the fish, forgetting his fear. He fell outwards and downwards, and for a moment, he was seized by terror. But then his wings spread outwards automatically. He felt the wind against his feathers and realized he was flying. This desperate, hunger-induced plunge was the final struggle that helped him overcome his fear.

Section - 3 (1 x 5 = 5)

37. Rearrange the following sentences in coherent order.

• i) Zigzag began to command the patients at Mr.Krishnan's clinic.
• ii) The family decided to keep it at home.
• iii) Mrs.Krishnan annoyed and called Mr.Krishnan to complain about zigzag.
• iv) Somu replied that zigzag hardly ever sleeps.
• v) It surprised Krishnan's family.

The correct order is:

1. (ii) The family decided to keep it at home.
2. (v) It surprised Krishnan's family.
3. (iv) Somu replied that zigzag hardly ever sleeps.
4. (iii) Mrs.Krishnan annoyed and called Mr.Krishnan to complain about zigzag.
5. (i) Zigzag began to command the patients at Mr.Krishnan's clinic.

38. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Long, long ago there lived at the foot of the mountain a poor farmer and his aged widowed mother. They owned a bit of land which supplied them with food, and they were humble, peaceful and happy. The country shining was governed by a despotic leader who though a warrior, had a great and cowardly shrinking from anything suggestive of failing health and strength.

Questions:
i) Where did they live?
ii) What supplied them food?
iii) How did they live?
iv) What was the name of the country?
v) How was the leader?

Answers:

1. They lived at the foot of the mountain.
2. A bit of land they owned supplied them with food.
3. They lived a humble, peaceful, and happy life.
4. The name of the country was Shining.
5. The leader was a despotic warrior who was cowardly and feared failing health and strength.

Part - IV

Section - 5 (1 x 5 = 5)

44. Identify the errors in the following sentences and rewrite them correctly.

• a) She bake the cake.
• b) I prefer coffee than tea.
• c) One of the students are affected by Corona
• d) This is the pen where I lost.
• e) She is beautiful. Is she?

Corrected Sentences:

• a) She bakes the cake.
• b) I prefer coffee to tea.
• c) One of the students is affected by Corona.
• d) This is the pen which/that I lost.
• e) She is beautiful, isn't she?

45. Quote from memory : A woman is .......... in spring

"A woman is beauty innate,
A symbol of power and strength.
She puts her life at stake,
She's real, she's not fake!
The summer of life she's ready to see in spring."

Comprehension (Q. 47)

a) Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given below.

In China, in about 1200 BC., people traded shells for the things they wanted. Chinese people also traded metal tools for the things they wanted. For example, they traded metal knives and shovels for the things they wanted. Later in China, people made metal money. In about 100 BC, the Chinese made money of animal skin. The first paper money was made from white coloured deer skin. It came from China about 9000 years later. In about 700 BC., people similar to the coins we use today. After people made coins in Lydia, people in Rome, Iran and Greece also began making coins. Coins were very durable - they use strong and could ask a long time without becoming damaged.

Questions:
a) What did the Chinese trade for the things they wanted?
b) How was the first paper money made?
c) Where was Lydia?
d) When did people make the first round metal coins?

Answers:

• a) The Chinese traded shells and metal tools like knives and shovels for the things they wanted.
• b) The first paper money was made from white-coloured deer skin.
• c) Lydia was a place where people began making coins, followed by Rome, Iran, and Greece.
• d) People made the first round metal coins in about 700 BC.