AP SSC 10th class English-1 Model paper 2015-16 English Medium Set 6
Part – A
(1-10) Answer ANY FIVE of the following questions in two or three sentences each.
1.Write any two positive qualities of Nick ? (Attitude Is Altitude)
2.Why did Bavaji want to build a storeyed house? (The Storeyed House-II)
3.Who created Mickey Mouse? How was it created?
(Every Success Story Is also a Story of Great Failures)
4.What is the purpose of the review of the film ‘Maya Bazaar’? (Maya Bazaar)
5.‘We’re starting on a house, not one with a concealed first floor but a regular twostoreyed house.’ What is the significance of this sentence? (The Storeyed House-II)
6.How do setbacks make us successful?(Every Success Story Is also a Story of Great Failures)
7.What kind of woman was Subramania Iyer’s wife ? (My Childhood)
8.Did the white man believe in white supremacy? How do you know?(Jamaican Fragment)
9.What are the different endangered species according to the poet?(Or the Dreamer Will Wake?)
10.When did people shake hands with their hearts ? (Once upon a Time)
11.Read the following stanza.
The tigress, plaintive, growls in pain,
The great trees hear her breathing, shaking Inside her still, the new lives wait.
These cubs could be the last ones ever
To freely live and roam and mate.
Our grandchild knows the tiger never
Or will the dreamer wake? (Or Will the Dreamer Wake ?)
Now answer the following questions.
(a)Which direction is the jungle in ?
(b)Why does the tigress growl ?
(c)What is the tone of the poem ?
(d)What are the new lives ?
(e)Why does our grandchild never know the tiger ?
12.Read the following lines.
That sense of pride, sense of dignity that they are not begging, that they are doing things for themselves was very empowering. That transformation was very powerful. (Environment)
Now answer the following questions.
(a)What is the reason for ‘the sense of pride’?
(b)’… that they are not begging?’- Why are they not begging?
(c)What transformation is referred to here?
13.Read the following lines.
He ran out around .crying, ‘My house, my storeyed house! It’s on fire. My enemy has taken revenge on me.’ (The Storeyed House – II)
Now answer the following questions.
(a)Whose house is on fire?
(b)Who is inferred to as ‘my enemy’?
Part – B
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.a) I am looking atRavi’s piece of writing, b) I am looking forRaju’s piece of writing.
Q.Whose piece of writing is missing ? Ravi’s or Raju’s ?
Ans: ‘________ .
(or)
Report the following into Indirect Speech.
The manager said to the clerk, ‘Open the gate now.’
Ans: ________________________________________________________
17.’ The Rajadhani express has just arrived at the platform. It has to arrive this morning.
(
Combine using ‘which
‘)
Ans: _______________________________________________________
18.The police arrested the thief.(
Change into ‘passive voice
‘)
Ans:,________________________________________________________
19.
Radha is a teacher. She is a dancer.(
Combine using ‘not only … but also
‘)
Ans:,________________________________________________________
20.Fill in the blanks with the forms of the verbs given in brackets.
I…………………………. (lose) my pencil……………………… you ……….
Ans: ____________________________________________________________
21.Fill in the blanks choosing the right words from those given in the brackets.
1.I am amazed ………………….. you, Victoria (at / in / to)
2.Victoria, a precocious girl of ten, was dressed………………….colours, (at / in / to)
3.He is trying to adapt himself………………………the regrettable occasion. (at / in / to)
4.He was very fond………………………….Jimmy. (at / of/ to)
23.Fill in the blanks with the words opposite in meaning to those underlined.
(a)We wanted to go on a picnic together. But Kamala chose to spend time______________ at home.
(b)Fixed income gives a
secure
We feel _______________________ if we don’t have that.
(c)Nobody likes______________We should cultivate
discipline
(d)The patient stopped breathing______________The doctors tried to restore it
artificially
24.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the underlined words.
(a)The Chief Minister reassured the victims of the cyclone through the video conference. His________ gave the victims a lot of confidence.
(b)The Reserve Bank Governor endorses that the currency notes are valid. The________ brings acceptance to the currency notes in the market.
(c)Nowadays, most of the youth are arrogant in their behavior. The________________will do them on good.
(d)I have to convert area into yards from metres. Do you have________tables.
26.Complete the following words by using ea, ie, ai, ia or ee.
(a)negot _ _ tion (b) ninet_ _nth
27.Complete the following words with the letters given in brackets.
(a)move______ (mant / ment) (b) confide_________ (ence / ance)
28.One word in each set is wrongly spelt. Rewrite it correctly in the space provided.
(a)arrogance elegance performance absense __________
(b)contentment arrangement advent peasent __________
29.Look at the two sets of words given below. In each set, the letters underlined in the two words are pronounced in the same way. Find the words and copy them out.
(a)cousin southern young mount ___________
(b)give mind light believe ___________
31.Your friend has been losing weight recently. Tell her that she should see a doctor.
Ans : …………………………………………………………………
33.Change the following into a polite request.
You to your teacher : I want to leave the room.
Ans:______________________________________________________________
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