Sri Sathya Sai Vidhya Mandir, Pipaliya Char Rasta

Preliminary Examination-2017/18
Std:10th Date: 06 /01/17
Sub: English (Guj Med) Marks: 100
PART - A
Answer the questions selecting the correct options: [50]
(1) )The railway authorities refused for a railway station because there was… .
(A) Lack of funds (B) no tracks (C) no need (D) no staff
(2) The library has a separate ...……
(A) men’s unit (B) women’s unit (C) children’s unit (D) old people’s unit
(3) A fruit seller saw ………. Disappearing inside the robot.
(A) a neckless (B) precious stones
(C) antiques (D) an expensive bunch of Afghani grapes
(4) What will Ram Singh do according to robotics?
(A) hurt people (B) injure himself (C) steal anything (D) follow the
commands
(5)Arun’s teachers taught him humility so that ……..
(A) he did not become arrogant or snobbish (B) he did good work
(C) he could work for the school (D) he could become great
(6) What was a miracle?
(A) a tear (B) hands (C) eyes (D) toughness
(7)Which book, written two thousand years ago, has reference to guns?
(A) Shukranti (B) Shukrawar (C) Shurveer (D) Shukirti
Select the title of the Read related with each sentence.
(8) An English monk, Roger Bacon, revealed the formula for “black powder”.
(A) An Interview with Arun Krishnamurthy (B) A Wonderful Creation
(C) The Human Robot (D) playing with fire
(9) The good Lord was extremely busy that day.
(A) Playing with Fire (B) Against The Odds
(C) Wonderful Creation (D) I Love You,Teacher
(10) We offer fellowships to interested students.
(A) I Love You,Teacher (B) An Interview With Arun Krishnamurthy
(C) Against The Odds (D) A Wonderful Creation
(11)If he revealed them, he would disobey.
(A) The Human Robot (B) Playing With Fire
(C) A Wonderful Creation (D) I Love You,Teacher
Select the most appropriate answers:
(12)The song will transport the child’s heart ……
(A) to his path (B) to his dreams (C) to the sky (D) to the verge of the unknown
(13)What is the fish doing ?
(A) flying (B)swimming (C) walking (D)talking
(14) ‘Carve my niche’ means …….
(A) change my destiny (B)create my own place in the world
(C) make something creative (D)learn carving
Read the following passage and answer the questions selecting the most
appropriate options.
Yudhishthira continued to climb up the mountain-path. When he was at the end
of his journey, he saw a strange light all around him.He recognized Indra, the king of the
gods, coming towards him in his chariot.When he came close, Indra stepped down from
the chariot and said, “Get into the chariot, Yudhishthira. I have come here to take you to
heaven.”But Yudhishthira refused to do so because he did not want to go to heaven
without his brothers and Draupadi. He, therefore said, “ If they all do not come with me, I
will not go with you.”
(15) When Yudhishthira was at the end of his journey, ………..
(A) he saw a strange chariot in front of him (B) he saw his brothers
(C) he saw Draupadi (D) he saw a strange light all around him
(16)Who was in chariot ?
(A) Indra (B) Brahma (C) Vishnu (D) Shiva
(17) Yudhishthira did not want to go heaven ………
A with Indra B without Draupadi
C without his brothers and Draupadi D without the Kauravas
Read the following passage and answer the questions selecting the most
appropriate options.
The explorer bees tell their sisters about direction and distance of flowers
through definite movements which we can call ‘dances’. A round dance suggests that the
flowers are quite near. The shuffle- dance suggests that the bees should be ready for a
long fight.
Now let’s look into their eyes. Bees have five eyes : two compound ones and
three simple ones. The surface of a compound eyes of a worker bee has nearly 5000
hexagonal facets,whereas drones have about 8000.But surprisingly bees are poor in
identifying colours.
(18) A round dance means ……….
(A) there are no pollen grains (B) there is no nectar
(C) flowers are far off (D) flowers are near
(19)How many eyes do bees have ?
(A) six (B) five (C) four (D) three

Read the following passage and answer the questions selecting the most
appropriate options.
Newton had a little pet dog named Diamond. One day, Newton went out of the room,
leaving his dog asleep before the fire. When his master was gone, little Diamond got up,
jumped up on the table and over-turned the lighted candle. A heap of papers lying on the
table at once caught fire. Now these papers contained all that Newton had found out on
an important subject after working hard for twenty years. When Newton returned to the
room, he found to his great sorrow that his labour of twenty years had gone up in smoke.
There stood Diamond, the this mischief. Any other person in place of Newton would have
killed the dog there and then. But Newton controlled his temper and patted the dog on
the head with kindness, though his heart was full of grief.

(20) What did Diamond do ?

(A) overturned the table (B) overturned the lighted candle
(C) jumped on the chair (D) jumped into the fire place
(21) Howlong had Newton been working on an important subject ?
(A) twenty hours (B) twenty days (C) twenty months (D) twenty years
(22) What was Newton’s reaction ?
(A)He was sad and very angry. (B) He was not sad but very angry
(C) He was sad but very calm (D) He was not sad but very calm
(23)Which sentence shows that Newton was kind to dog?
(A)He patted the dog on the head (B)He left the dog asleep before the fire.
(C) Newton controlled his temper. (D) Newton wanted to kill the dog.
(24)Which word in the passage means ‘hardwork’?
(A)heap (B) important (C) labour (D)mischief

Study the following data and answer the questions selecting the most appropriate
options

Savings 13%

Food 27%

Education 20%
Clothing 7%

Household 33%

Questions:
(25) The family spent …….. …. on education during the month.
(A) 13000 (B) 20000 (C)7000 (D) 27000
(26)The minimum expenditure was on ………
(A) food (B) household (C) education (D) clothing
(27) The family has saved ………. during the month.
(A) 13000 (B) 23000 (C) 27000 (D) 33000
(28) Rs 33000 was spent on ……….
(A) food (B) clothing (C) household (D) education
Select the word having the nearest meaning:
(29)plead
(A)argue (B) order (C) beg (D) command
(30)deserve
(A) win (B) overcome (C) be unworthy of (D) be worthy of
(31) grab
(A) donate (B) eat (C) give (D) take
(32) threat
(A) signal (B) warning (C)shouting (D) danger

Select the most appropriate options to fill in the blanks:

(33)Our factory has all the ……….. measures for the workers.
(A) safe (B) safety (C) safely (D) safeness
(34) The teacher has assigned a ……… to each students.
(A) tear (B) creation (C) risk (D) task
(35) Which state …….. the maximum electricity?
(A) generals (B) generates (C) manufactures (D) develops
(36) Please read the …………... carefully before writing the answers.
(A) interests (B) interpretations (C) information (D) instruction
Identify the function used in each sentence.
(37)That house, which you have bought, was built by my grandfather.
(A) describing thing (B)specifying time (C) specifying location (D) describing person
(38) “What is the price of this TV set ?” Mr Dave asked the salesman.
(A) inquiry as nature (B) describing thing (C) specifying location (D)exchanging
pleasantries
(39) Excuse me , can you help me ?
(A) point of time (B) describing process (C) exchanging pleasantries (D) specifying time

Select the proper word/words to complete the passage.

The elephant is …40…. intelligent animal. Generally the elephants live in a …41…. The
head of the family rules over …42…. . …43…. search together for food food. The …44….
ones look after the younger ones.

(40) (A) a (B) an (C) the (D) that

(41) (A) crowd (B) shoal (C) group (D)herd
(42) (A) each one (B) all (C) everyone (D)no one
(43) (A) He (B) It (C) They (D)Them
(44) (A) old (B) older (C) elder (D)young

Select the correct question to get the underlined word/ words as answer:
(45)The postman e the parcel .
(A)When did the postman delivered the parcel? (B)Who delivered the parcel?
(C)What did the postman deliver? (D)Where did the postman delivered the parcel?
(46) Trisha has been with us since 2013.
(A)How long has Trisha been with us? (B)Since when has Trisha been with us ?
(C)When has Trisha been with us ? (D)Who has been with us since 2013?
(47)Amar can speak three languages.
(A)How much can Amar speak ? (B)How many languages can Anil speak?
(C)Who can speak three languages? (D)What can Amar Speak ?
Select the correct arrangement to make a meaningful sentence:
(48) why (1) / is crying ?(2) do you know (3) / the baby (4)
(A) 1, 3, 4 , 2 (B) 2, 3, 1, 4 (C) 4, 3, 1 , 2 (D) 3, 1 ,4, 2,
(49) home (1) / when (2) / for dinner ? (3) / will you come? (4)
(A) 1,3,2,4 (B) 3,4,2,1 (C) 2,4,1, 3 (D) 4,2,1,3
(50) are deserted (1) / all roads (2) / raining heavily (3) / because it is (4) /
(A) 2, 4, 1, 3 (B) 1, 2, 4, 3 (C) 2, 1, 4, 3 (D)3,1,2,4

PART- B
SECTION - A
Read the extract and answer the questions. [10]
Village by village, MGP is building a network of low cost solar micro-grids that provide
two LED lights and a mobile charging point to all paying households at a cost of twenty-
five rupees per week. That is cheaper than kerosene, which can cost almost double
across a month. Solar power, as a ‘smokeless’ source of light, comes with added
benefits to customer health.
(1)What is MGP doing?
(2)What are the advantages of solar power ?

One day Prem Chopra guided Ram – 070 to Jhaveri Brothers for lifting precious gems.
The police was waiting in readiness and the computerized cameras capable of split
second recording, clicked him in the act. Ram Singh robot was caught, but Prem Chopra
fled as soon as he saw, through the binoculars, two persons nothing down Ram Singh’s
licence number printed on his metallic neck.
Prem Chopra was arrested from his home, as owner of Ram Singh – 070 the thief.
(3)Where did Prem Chopra guide Ram Singh – 070? For what?
(4)From where was Prem Chopra arrested?

We wear nose masks, sanitary gloves and carry rakes and spades with which we collect
the garbage and dump it into collection buckets which are taken to the garbage truck. We
also use heavy machinery like earth movers and poclain to de-silt the lake and clear the
weeds and shrubs that are harmful.
(5) What does Arun and his team use while cleaning a lake?
(6) For what are Earth Movers and Poclain used?

The good lord was extremely busy that day. He was into his sixth day of Overtime. When
he was working with full concentration an angel appeared and commented, “Your are
taking so much care for creating this creature.”
(7) Why was the Lord extremely busy?
(8) The angel Commented that .........
The science of fireworks is technically called ‘pyrotechnics’ – from the Greek word Pyr
meaning fire and technics meaning art. Pyrotechnics not only include fireworks but also
a whole range of devices that use similar material and principles, from safety matches
that we use every day to solid fuel rocket boosters of the space shuttle.

(9) What is Pyrotechnics?

(10) what does the word Pyr mean?

Read the passage and answer the questions selecting the most appropriate
options. [05]
Dr Bose invented an instrument. It is called ‘Optical Pulse Recorder’. It can record the
process of contraction in plants. It also recorded the internal activities of the plants by
this instrument. Thus, he showed the similarity in the behavior of lizards, frogs and
tortoise; fruits, vegetables and plants. He also discovered that the plants also generate
electric waves and feel tired like all other living beings. During one of his experiments he
found that a dying plant released a strong electric current.
He also proved that the carbon dioxide affects the life of plant very badly. Excess intake
of carbon dioxide can cause death to the plants. They can be survived by providing
oxygen like human beings.
(11)Which instrument did Dr Bose invent?
(12) What did the Optical Pulse Recorder do?
(13)What did Dr Bose find during one of his experiments?
(14)What did Dr Bose discover about plants?
(15)How can we save the plants dying due to excess intake of carbon dioxide?

SECTION - B
Complete the sentences using the functions given in the brackets.
[03]
16 The boy ……. (describing person)
17 Take a lemon ……. (describing process )
18 Hi, Megha !…….. (niceties )
19 Complete the dialogue using the functions given in the brackets.
[02]
Priya: Who is that boy?
Nitin: That boy is the boy ……….. (describing person)
Priya: Where does he live?
Nitin : He …….. (specifying location)
20 Change into the Reported Speech. [04]
The king said to Millanion, “I don’t think you can win the race.”
Millanion said, “ I am sure I can win.”
Atlanta said, “How can you be so sure of your victory?”
Millanion said, “I have made up my mind and I must run.”
 Section - C
Frame sentences using the given set of words .You may change the forms [02]
of the words.
21. welcome - guest
22.task - impossible
23 Change the text as shown. [03]
That boy stole a purse. The people caught him. They took him to the police station.
The policeman scolded the boy.
Begin like this: The purse was stolen ….
24 Write short notes using the given points / questions. [06]
Arun Krishnamurthy
( Who is Krishnamurthy ? – What is the name of his NGO ? – What are the activities of
Arun and his team ? Which was his first activity? What are Arun’s views on animals and
birds ? –Why should we keep the water bodies clean ? –Why did he quit his job?-How
does he encourage students ?)
Taj Nagar Railway Station ( What
was the need for a railway station?- Why did the people want a raiway station ?
What was the response of the railways ?- What did the villagers then do ?- How much
money did they pool in ? When was the railway station built )

SECTION – D

26`Write a paragraph in about 100 words : [06]

My India
Points: capital – national language – agricultural country – people – land of great men –
places of interest - progress
OR
My Favourite Sportsperson
Points: name - game – qualities – records contribution to the game – Why do you like
him/her?

27Draft an e-mail in about 30 words on behalf of Kiran Dave to her sister Rupal, on
[email protected], congratulating her on her success at the Board Examination.
[04]
28 Describe the picture in about 50 words. [05]