10th English Quarterly Exam 2024 - Answer Key
This post provides a complete answer key for the 10th Standard English Quarterly Examination held in 2024 for Pudukkottai District. Students can use this to verify their answers and understand the solutions for all the questions.
PART - I (14x1=14)
Choose the appropriate Synonyms for the underlined words.
1. His father was preening the feathers.
2. It is a 55-foot sailing vessel built indigenously in India.
3. We had reached a point where the road bifurcated.
Choose the appropriate antonyms for the underlined words.
4. Mr. Sanyal stretched himself and with eyes dilated began to recite a poem.
5. A cop cursed and shot his hand to his shoulder.
6. What was the selection process?
Miscellaneous
7. Choose the correct plural form of 'radius' from the following.
8. Form a derivative by adding the right suffix to the word 'qualify'.
9. Choose the correct expansion of the abbreviation 'INSV'.
10. Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate phrasal verb given below.
The airhostess instructed the passengers to wear the seat belts during the ______.
11. Choose the suitable option to pair with the word 'sail' to form a compound word.
12. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate preposition given below.
Mulan heard this ______ inside her tent.
13. Complete the following sentence using the most appropriate tense form of the verb given below.
It ______ (pour) outside now.
14. Choose the most appropriate linker from the given four alternatives.
______ he was honest, he was punished.
PART - II (Section - I)
Answer any three of the following questions in a sentence or two (3x2=6)
15. What happened prompted the young seagull to fly finally?
16. Who used the zither and how?
17. When was INSV Tarini commissioned to Indian Navy service?
18. How did Sanyal show that he had a sense of self-respect?
PART - II (Section - II)
Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any three of the following. (3x2=6)
19.
Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal;a) Why do you think that the poet is not in a hurry?
Not mourning for the things that disappear.
b) What should one not mourn for?
b) One should not mourn for things that are lost or have passed away, such as past joys or youth.
20.
There's a family nobody likes to meet;a) Where does the family live?
They live it is said, on Complaining Street.
b) Why do you think the street is named as 'Complaining Street'?
b) The street is named 'Complaining Street' because the family living there is always complaining about everything.
21.
Despite the sighs and groans and moansa) Is she complaining about the problems of life.
She's strong in her faith, firm in her belief!
b) Pick out the words that show her grit.
b) The words that show her grit are: "strong in her faith, firm in her belief".
22.
At last by starvation and famine made bold;a) What made the cricket bold?
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,
b) Why did the cricket drip and tremble?
b) The cricket was dripping with wet and trembling with cold because of the winter rain and harsh weather.
Section - III
Answer any three of the following. (3x2=6)
23. Rewrite the following sentence in other voice.
Please call him at once.
24. Rewrite the sentence in Reported Speech.
Johnson said to Suganthi, "Did you enjoy your holidays in Ooty?"
25. Punctuate the following sentence.
make a rope of twisted straw she said
26. Combine the following sentences into Compound sentence.
Radha was ill. She was not hospitalised.
27. Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.
a) as / I / healthy / are/ you / am / as
b) begged / the / seagull / mother / food / for / his
b) The seagull begged his mother for food.
Section-IV
28. Guide an old lady from the Bus Stand to the nearby Government Hospital (G.H). Write three instructions.
1. From the Bus Stand, please walk straight along Main Road.
2. You will pass a temple on your left-hand side.
3. The Government Hospital (G.H.) is the next building on your left, just after the temple.
PART - III (Section - III)
Answer any one of the following. (1x5=5)
37. Rearrange the following sentences in a coherent order.
i) Using his powers, Prospero released the good spirits from large bodies of trees.
ii) Prospero and Miranda came to an island and lived in a cave.
iii) He raised a violent storm in the sea to wreck the ship of his enemies.
iv) The King of Naples and Antonio the false brother repented the injustice they had done to Prospero.
v) He ordered Ariel to torment the inmates of the ship.
ii. Prospero and Miranda came to an island and lived in a cave.
i. Using his powers, Prospero released the good spirits from large bodies of trees.
iii. He raised a violent storm in the sea to wreck the ship of his enemies.
v. He ordered Ariel to torment the inmates of the ship.
iv. The King of Naples and Antonio the false brother repented the injustice they had done to Prospero.
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
38. Passage about Mulan.
a) What did the Emperor say?
The Emperor said that one man from each Chinese family must leave his family to join the army.
b) Who was Mulan?
Mulan was a teenage girl who lived in a faraway village in China.
c) When did she hear the news?
She heard the news when she was outside, washing clothes.
d) What was her father doing?
Her father was sitting in a chair, carving a piece of wood.
e) Where was her father when he heard the news?
Her father heard about the news when he was in town.
Section - V
44. Identify the errors in the following sentences and rewrite them correctly.
a) Vijay prefers tea than coffee.
b) I bought an toy this morning.
c) He arranged the furnitures properly.
d) As he was late so he apologized.
e) Ebi is most clever than her sister.
a) Vijay prefers tea to coffee.
b) I bought a toy this morning.
c) He arranged the furniture properly.
d) As he was late, he apologized. (OR) He was late, so he apologized.
e) Ebi is cleverer than her sister.
45. Quote from Memory.
A woman is ................ in spring.
She says, "Spring will come again, my dear.
Let me care for the ones who're near."
PART - IV
Read the following passage/poem and answer the questions that follow.
47. a) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. (Road Accidents)
i) How do the road accidents represent human tragedy?
They represent a human tragedy because they give rise to health, environmental, and social problems.
ii) What are the factors responsible for road accidents?
Factors responsible are speed, not wearing a helmet, risk-taking behaviours, and drunken driving.
iii) What are the preventive measures to control the road accidents?
Preventive measures include wearing seat belts, helmets, and observing speed limits.
iv) How can we reduce death by 40 percentage?
We can reduce the death rate by 40 percent by wearing helmets.
47. b) Read the following poem and answer the questions given below. (Freedom)
i) What is freedom?
Freedom is the right to do anything that pleases you, as long as you remember that others also have rights.
ii) What do the robbers do?
The robbers rob the innocent.
iii) What right does the cat have?
The cat has the right to live, eat, and drink.
iv) Who is compared to the robbers?
Rich men who cheat poor people are compared to robbers.