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SUMMATIVE
ASSESSMENT – I
ENGLISH
COMMUNICATIVE
Class
- X
Maximum
Marks: 70 Time:
3 hours
Instructions :
The question paper is divided
into Threesections.
Section A : Reading
20 marks
Section B : Writing& Grammar 25 marks
Section C : Literature&
Long Reading Text 25 marks
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SECTION A
(Reading
:20 marks)
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1
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Read the passage
given below and answer the questions / complete the sentences that follow:
A
chimpanzee is one of the great apes and the nearest in intelligence to
man. Scientists have examined its
mental capacities and sent it into space in anticipation of man. Chimpanzees need little description. Being apes and not monkeys, they have no tails. Their arms are longer that their legs and
they normally run on all fours. They
can also walk upright with toes turned outwards. When erect they stand 3-5 ft high. The hair is long and coarse, black except
for a white patch near the rump. The
face, ears hands and feet are bared and except for the black face, the flesh
is coloured.
Chimpanzees exhibit great concern for each
other. When chimpanzees meet after
having been apart they greet each other in a very human way by touching each
other or even clasping hands.
Chimpanzees have amazing social discipline. When a dominant male arrives, the rest of
the chimpanzees hurry to pay respect to it.
The dominant male is not allowed to wrest food from his
inferiors. The members of a party also
spend considerable amount of time grooming each other and themselves. Mothers go through the fur of their babies
for any foreign particles, dirt, and ticks and they aid each other when they
are injured.
Chimpanzees are the best tools users apart from
man. Sticks 2-3 ft long are picked off
the ground or broken from branches and pushed into nests, then withdrawn and
the honey or insects licked off.
Stones are used to crack nuts or as missiles to drive humans and
baboons away from its food.
Chimpanzees are not only tool users but also toolmakers. They make their own rods by stripping the
leaves off a twig or tear shreds off a grass stem. Baby chimpanzees learn all this by
observing the older chimpanzees making and using them. So man is not the only toolmaker, merely
better at it than his relatives.
(a) Chimpanzees
are as __________ as men.
(b) Chimpanzees
greet each other by __________ each other
(c) Like
man, chimpanzees are __________.
(d) Chimpanzees
__________ tails.
(e) Baby
chimpanzees learn all by ____________.
(f) Chimpanzees
have amazing_____
(g) The
dominant male chimpanzees is not allowed_____________.
(h) The
word ‘wrest’ means __________.
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2
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Read the passage
given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow:
(2x4)+(1x4)=12
Justin was always prepared. His motto was, “Never throw anything out;
you never know when it might come in handy. “His bedroom was full of bent
tennis rackets, deflated basketballs, and games with missing pieces. His parents pleaded with him to clean out
his room.
"What use is a fish tank with a hole in the bottom?"
his father asked. But Justin simply smiled and repeated his motto,
"Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in
handy." When Justin was away from home, he always carried his blue
backpack. He liked to think of it as a smaller version of his bedroom—a place
to store the many objects that he collected. It was so worn and stretched
that it hardly resembled a backpack anymore. It was full of the kind of
things that seemed unimportant, but when used with a little imagination,
might come in handy. Justin had earned a reputation for figuring things out
and getting people out of otherwise hopeless situations. Many of his
classmates and neighbours sought him out when they needed help with a
problem. On the first day of school, his friend Kenny, came looking for
Justin. "Do you think you have something in your bag that could help me
remember my locker combination?" he asked. "I lost the scrap of
paper it was written on. I have science class in two minutes and if I’m late
on the first day it’ll make me look bad for the rest of the year." Kenny
looked genuinely worried. . "Relax," Justin said,
taking his backpack off and unzipping the top. "Remember how you
borrowed my notebook in homeroom to write the combination down? Well, I know
how we can recover what you wrote." He took the notebook and a soft lead
pencil out of his bag. The page that Kenny had written on had left faint
indentations on another page in the notebook. Justin held the pencil on its
side and rubbed it lightly over the indentations. Slowly but surely the
numbers of the locker combination appeared in white, set off by the grey
pencil rubbings.
(a) Why Justin’s bedroom was in a messy
condition?
(b) What was the idea behind Justin’s motto?
(c) In what sense was Justin’s backpack a
smaller version of his bedroom?
(d) How did Justin help Kenny get out of his
difficulty ?
(e) What is meant by the word ‘handy’? (Para 1)
(i) useful (ii) good
(iii)
reliable (iv)
profitable
(f) What is meant by the word ‘motto’? (Para 2)
(i) feature (ii) principle
(iii) (golden) rule (iv) belief
(g) What is meant by the word ‘worn’? (Para 2)
(i) dusty (ii) ugly
(iii) shabby (iv) tired
(h) What is meant by the word ‘faint’? (Para 2)
(i) invisible (ii) unclear
(iii) unconscious (iv) weak
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12
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SECTION B
(WRITING& GRAMMAR: 25 Marks)
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3
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You recently visited an important
historical monument. You were shocked
to find it in a state of utter neglect.
Taking help from unit, ‘Travel and Tourism’, the clues given below and
with your own ideas, write a letter to the ‘editor of a leading newspaper in
100-120 words ,highlighting the poor condition of important archeological and
heritage sites. Point out the lack of
essential services, the poor state of maintenance and its misuse by
people. Give suggestions for improving
the situation.
Clues
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● lack
of maintenance
● poor
security
● funds
not properly used
● dumping
garbage
● graffiti
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5
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4
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Weave a story with the given outline in 150 -200 words.
“For the man who moves away the stone from the road.---- inside a purse
full of money – the people -------“
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10
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5
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Read
the passage given below. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate
word / phrases from the given options.
My
deadline for that day’s incredible, awe inspiring column (a) __________ the
Tribune was three hours away, and I was in a jam. I (b) __________ already tossed three ideas
into the recycle bin and was staring at a blank screen again. The really tricky thing about (c)
__________ a ‘witty’ column is that between Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and
Dorothy Parker, everything worth saying has already been said.
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(ii)
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(iii)
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(iv)
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had
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will have
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(c)
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drawing
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creating
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making
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writing
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3
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6
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The following passage has not been
edited. There is one error in each
line. Write the incorrect word and the
correction in your answer sheet against the correct question number. The first one has been done as an example.
Error Correction
Competition
is there to stay. You will always find
people eg. there here
which
are smart, more hard working, more knowledgeable (a) _____
_____
or
just smooth talkers. These goes on all
through (b) _____ _____
your
life. I deliberately choose a field (c) _____ _____
in
which I thought I were good
(d) _____ _____
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4
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7
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Rearrange
the following jumbled words/phrases to make meaningful sentences.
a)
tourism in/services will/air taxi/the
state/boost
b)
for this/and heliports/landing
facilities/more flight/we need
c)
will surely/such services/our
tourism/promote/sector
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3
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SECTION C
(LITERATURE& LONG
READING TEXT: 25 Marks)
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8
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that
follow:
"
The whole universe is built up through love and the grief ofseparation is
inescapable".
(a)
When did the speaker acquire
this philosophy?
(b) What pain has the speaker gone
through?
(c) What does the word ‘inescapable’
mean ?
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3
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OR
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Read
the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Now the frog puffed up with
rage.
“Brainless bird-you’re on the
stage-
Use your wits and follow
fashion.
Puff your lungs out with your
passion”.
(i) Why was the frog puffed up with
rage ?
(ii) Give the opposite of ‘Brainless’ ?
(iii) What happened when the nightingale
puffed up her lungs ?
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3
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Answer the following questions in30 - 40 words:
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9(i)
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Mrs. Slater’s father was ‘merry’ that
morning. What do you think was the reason?
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2
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(ii)
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Why did Mrs. Packletide give up hunting
forever ?
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2
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(iii)
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Whose influence did the nightingale come
under? What was the effect of the influence?
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2
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(iv)
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Do you agree with the frog’s
assessment that the nightingale is a brainless
bird ?
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10
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Our
self- image is often based on what others make us believe we are. With
reference to the poem The Frog and the Nightingale, write an article
on ‘Poor self- image can be self- destructive.
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OR
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‘Love is
a force more formidable than any other’. How is this idea illustrated in the
poem, Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments
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4
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Attempt either question no. 11 or 12.
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11
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The
hiding families remain in constant dread.
Comment.
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10
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OR
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Describe the
character traits displayed by the members of Annexe during their celebration
of Hanukkah and St. Nicholas’s Day.
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10
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12
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What
did the writer desire to do after being able to speak on her own ? Explain in
your own words
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10
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OR
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Describe
Ms. Sullivan’s role as a restorer of Helen’s confidence in her writing
ability.
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10
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