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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 English Term 2 Set 6 for Practice
Time: 2 hours
Maximum Marks: 40
General Instructions:
- The Question Paper contains THREE sections- READING, WRITING & GRAMMAR and LITERATURE.
- Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part.
Section A – (10 Marks)
Reading
Question 1.
Read the following passage given below :
(1) Overpowering prey is a challenge for creatures that do not have any limbs. Some species like Russell’s viper, inject poison into their prey. Some others opt for an alternative non-chemical method – rat snakes, for instance, catch and push their prey against the ground to immobilize them, while pythons use their muscle power to crush their prey to death. But snakes can’t be neatly divided into poisonous and non-poisonous categories.
(2) Even species listed as non-poisonous are not completely free of poison. The common Sand Boa, for instance, produces secretions particularly poisonous and dangerous to birds. So, the species does not prefer to take any chance – it crushes its prey and injects poison as an extra step.
(3) Do vipers need poison powerful enough to kill hundreds of rats with just one drop? After all, they eat only one or two at a time.
(4) While hunting, animals try their best to kill as efficiently as possible while their prey will put in all the efforts, use any trick to avoid getting caught and becoming a meal, such as developing immunity to the poison. For instance, Californian ground squirrels are resistant to Northern Pacific rattle snake getting caught and poison.
(5) Competition with prey is not the only thing driving snakes to evolve more and more deadly poison. Snakes also have to struggle to avoid becoming prey themselves.
(6) Some snake killers are prone to have partial immunity to poison. Famously, mongooses are sure; highly resistant to the poison of cobra, and with their speed and agility, they can kill snakes fearlessly and are relatively unharmed . It would mean definite death of cobras as a species if they did not evolve a more deadly poison to stop and resist the mongooses.
(7) Poison has another very important role. It has an extreme meat softening property; their specific enzymes break up the insides of the prey. Normally, a reptile depends on the sun’s warm rays to aid it in its digestion.
(8) But I wonder if we can use the venom in our favour. In remote parts of India, local hospitality there often involves serving leather-tough meat. I chew and chew until my jaws start aching. If I spit it out or refuse, our hosts would be offended, I swallow like a python stuffing a deer, down its throat and hope I don’t choke. If only I had poison.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer ANY FIVE questions from the six given below: (1 × 5 = 5)
(i) How do Russell vipers attack their prey?
(ii) How does Sand Boa kill its prey?
(iii) Rat snakes attack their prey by ___________ .
(iv) Why do animals try to kill efficiently?
(v) The writer wished he had poison because ___________ .
(vi) One word for ‘liquid substances released from glands’ in paragraph-2 is ___________ .
Question 2.
Read the following excerpt from a case study:
(1) Tourists to Jammu and Kashmir have another attraction – a floating post office on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, the first in the country. ‘Floating Post Office, Dal Lake, – claimed to be the only one such post office in the world – is built on an intricately carved maroon houseboat, fastened on the western edge of the Dal Lake.
(2) This post office lets you avail of all the regular postal services available in the country while being afloat. The seal used on everything posted from Floating Post Office is unique – along with the date and address. It bears the design of a boatman rowing a Shikara on the Dal Lake. The special feature of this post office is that letters posted from here carry a special design which has the picturesque scenery of Dal Lake and Srinagar city. These pictures reach wherever these letters are posted to and hence promote Kashmir as a tourist destination across the world.
(3) This is actually a heritage post office that has existed since British times. It was called Nehru Park Post Office before 2011. But after that the chief postmaster John Samuel renamed it as ‘Floating Post Office’.
(4) The post office’s houseboat has two small rooms – one serves as the office and the other a small museum that traces the philatelic history of the state postal department. It has a shop that sells postage stamps and other products.
(5) But for the locals, Floating Post Office is more than an object of fascination. Rupees 1-2 crore is deposited per month in Floating Post Office by communities living in and around the Dal Lake. The lake has several islets that are home to more than 50,000 people.
(6) The greatest difficulty is the recurrence of 2014 like floods in which the houseboat had gone for a toss uncontrollably pushed by the flood. Rescue teams had to anchor it using special mechanism at a nearby highland. Then it was brought back on the Dal after the water receded. The biggest boon is that at no time of the year, you need a fan in this post-office!
On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY FIVE questions from the six given below. (1 × 5 = 5)
(i) Why is the seal used in the floating Post Office unique?
(ii) What is the special feature of this Post Office?
(iii) Describe the Post Office’s houseboat.
(iv) What is the biggest boon for the floating Post Office?
(v) The word ‘fastened’ in Paragraph-1 means _____________ .
(vi) In which year did the highest number of tourists visits Jammu and Kashmir?
Section B – (10 Marks)
Writing and Grammar
Question 3.
Attempt ANY ONE from (i) and (ii).
(i) You are Aashi Verma of D-32, Jaipur. Write a letter to M/S Dhanpatrai (Pvt.) Ltd. Daryaganj, New
Delhi asking for a catalogue of books, terms and conditions of supply and mode of payment etc. (5)
(ii) The number of tigers, the biggest cats in the world is gradually decreasing. Given below is a
data which reveals the number of Royal Bengal Tiger in different countries. Write an analytical paragraph in about 120 words by interpreting the data. (5)
| Name of country | Minimum | Maximum |
| 1. Bangladesh | 300 | 460 |
| 2. Bhutan | 80 | 460 |
| 3. China | 30 | 35 |
| 4. India | 2500 | 3800 |
| 5. Nepal | 150 | 250 |
Question 4.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Identify the error and write its correction. (1 × 3 = 3)
People of diverse cultures lives together in India. There is many people who exhibit unity on diversity.
Question 5.
Read the conversation given below and complete the passage that follows:
Mrs. Pickle told Mrs. Weakly that she had told Rodney that (a) __________ an emotional commitment from him. At this Mrs. Weakly asked her what (b) __________ . Mrs. Pickle replied that he had started crying.
Section C – (20 Marks)
Literature
Question 6.
Answer ANY SIX questions in 30-40 words each. (2 × 6 = 12)
(i) Do you think Richard’s mother was too indulgent when she bought him things like cameras, telescopes, microscopes? Give two reasons to support your answer.
(ii) What does the line “never let down my bright hair” tell us about Amanda?
(iii) Why does the author in ‘Coorg’ say that the visitors’ search for the heart and soul of India would be found in Coorg?
(iv) Read the statements given below:
Statement 1 – ‘Lomov is looking to marry.’
Statement 2 – ‘Lomov is looking to marry Natalya.’
Bring out the difference between the two statements and explain what it tells you about Lomov.
(v) Belinda shares a post on Instagram with the following hashtags.
#Ink#Blink#Mustard#Bravehearts#My family#My world#
She doesn’t mention Custard in her post.
As a friend of Belinda, what would be your advice to her and Why?
(vi) Who was Lutkins? Did the narrator serve the summons that day? Why?
(vii) Why was Matlida sad after the ball?
Question 7.
Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 120 words each. (4 × 2 = 8)
(i) Life is full of trials and tribulations which can be overcome by a human being through his own efforts. Explain with reference to Kisa Gotami’s life.
(ii) Bholi was a neglected child. Explain.
(iii) Custard was discriminated against, bullied and made fun of.
Such behaviour often has a disastrous impact on the victims and etches a permanent scar on their minds.
Write opinions of Wanda and Mandela on this issue.
Wanda: In my personal opinion, ……………………….. (continue)
Nelson Mandela: I strongly believe that ……………………… (continue)