Madhyamik ABTA 2025 PAGE 962 solved, Class X ABTA PAGE 962 Solved ,ABTA Class 10 Page 962

Madhyamik ABTA 2025 PAGE 962 solved, Class X ABTA PAGE 962 Solved ,ABTA Class 10 Page 962

ENGLISH (Second Language)

READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)

A. Choose the correct alternative:

1. (c) pleasant

2. (a) sea

3. (c) Claude and Philippa

4. (d) a boy in the mainland

5. (d) an old letter

B. Complete the sentences:

1. In the last summer, the hobby of Claude and the narrator was making and flying kites.

2. The kite was decorated with gold tinsel stars.

3. The elbow of the narrator made a big hole in the kite.

C. True/False with Support Sentences:

1. False

S.S.: “We would play shipwrecked mariners signalling to each other with kites.”

2. True

S.S.: “Up went the kite like a bird.”

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Poem

A. Choose the correct alternative:

1. (i) self-sufficiency

2. (iii) being troubled

3. (ii) grown there

4. (iii) alone

B. Answer the questions:

1. The Snail sticks close to grass, leaf, fruit, or wall.

2. The Snail is well satisfied because it has its own house and treasure.

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Unseen Passage

A. Choose the correct alternative:

1. (d) artiste

2. (c) attacked

3. (b) resistance

4. (c) April 12

5. (b) theatre

6. (b) 35 years ago

B. True/False with Support Sentences:

1. True

S.S.: “...they died for upholding causes they believed in.”

2. False

S.S.: “Safdar, severely wounded in the attack, died in hospital the following day.”

3. True

S.S.: “Safdar’s birthday, April 12, was celebrated spontaneously as National Street Theatre Day.”

C. Answer the questions:

1. Death becomes more important than life when it is for a cause that outshines the achievements of life.

2. Safdar Hashmi was mortally attacked on January 1, 1989, on the outskirts of Delhi.

3. About 15,000 artistes, intellectuals, political activists, workers, and others attended his funeral.

4. Suitable title: “Safdar Hashmi: A Martyr of Street Theatre”

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SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

4. Correct Alternatives:

• Little did his mother think when she beheld her newborn baby who was destined to explain many matters of the universe.

5. A. Fill in the blanks:

1. the

2. on

3. a

B. Do as directed:

1. He was killed by himself.

2.          Water is not as thick as blood. .

3. He is intelligent but lazy.

C. Replace with phrasal verbs:

1. put out

2. set in

3. turned down

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6. Correct meanings from Passage 3:

1. Stature

2. Severely

3. Procession

4. Spontaneously

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1. Read the passage below and answer the following questions:

It is always lovely on the Big Half Moon in summer. When it is fine, the harbour is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples. Every summer we had some hobby. The last summer before Dick and Mimi came, we were crazy about kites. A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make them. Back on the island we made plenty of kites. Claude would go around to the other side of the island and we would play shipwrecked moriners signalling to each other with kites.

We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper. We pasted gold tinsel stars all over it and had written our manes full on it - Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, Big Half Moon lighthouse.

One day there was a grand wind for kite-flying. I'm not sure how it happened, but as I was bringing the kite from the house, I tripped and fell over the rocks. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.

We had a hurry to fix the kite if we wanted to send it up before the wind fell. We rushed into the lighthouse to get some paper. We knew there was no more red paper. We took the first thing that came handy-an old letter lying on the bookcase in the sitting room. We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by the fire. We started out, and up went the kite like a bird.

 A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

1×5=5

(i) In Summer the weather of Big Half Moon is- (a) hot (b) cold c) pleasant (d) tolerable. 

Ans: c) pleasant

(ii) 'Blue and Calm' denotes the beauty  of the (a) sea (b) river (c) island (d) mainland. 

(a) sea

(iii) We were crazy about kites- Here 'we' refers to- (a) Dick and Mimi (b) Claude and Dick (c) Claude and Philippa (d) Dick, Mimi, Claude and Philippa. 

Ans: (c) Claude and Philippa

(iv) Claude learnt the art of making kite from-(a) an artist (b) Dick (c) his sister (d) a boy in the mainland 

Ans: (d) a boy in the mainland

(v) They repaired the kite with- (a) red paper (b) black paper (c) yellow Paper (d) an old letter 

Ans: (d) an old letter

B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(i) In the last Summer, the hobby of Claude and the narrator was __

(ii) The Kite was decorated with __ 

(iii) The elbow of the narrater made a ____in the kite.

C. State whether the following statements are True of False. Write "T for true on your fansite statement. Provide sentence/phrases writes support of answer.

1+1×2=4

(i) Now-a-days shipwrecked mariners signal others with kites in reality 

S.S.

 (ii) After being repaired there kite went high up S.S.

2. Read the extract of a poem and answer the questions that follow:

To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall 

The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall 

As if he grew there, house and all, 

Together.

Within that house secure he hides 

When danger imminent betides

 Of storm, or other harm besides 

of weather.

Give but his horns the slightest touch 

His self-collecting pow'r is such, 

He shrinks into his house with much Displeasure.

Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone,

 Except himself has chatells none,

 Well satisfied to be his own

Whole treasure.

A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

1×4=4

(a) The Snail leads a life of- (i) self-suffeciency (ii) self-forgetfulness (iii) self-denial (iii)self-negation.

 (b) The Snail Shrink inot its house-  (i) being amused (ii) feeling relieved (iii) being troubled (iv) with pleasure.

 (c) The Snail sticks so close to things that it seems it has- (i) hidden there (ii) grown there (iii) hanging there (iv) climbed up there 

(d) Where'er the Snail dwells, he dwells- (i) with his family (ii) with his friends (iii) alone (iv) with others.

B. Answer the following question :2×2=4

(i) Where does the Snail stick close to?

 (ii) What makes the Snail well satisfied?

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Sometimes death becomes more important than life. Think of Bhagat Singh, Khudiram or Che Guevara or Gauri Lankesh. We may or may not know in any real detail what they did in their lives, but we know how they died - or simply, that they died for upholding causes that they believed in. In their deaths, they acquire a stature that outgrows the achievements of their lives.

Something a little bit like this happened to Safdar Hashmi. It is over 35 years since Safdar Hasmi was killed while performing a street play in support of workers' demands on the outkirts of Delhi. That attack took place on January 1, 1989. Safdar, severely wounded in the attack, died in hospital the following day. On the morning of January 3, about 15,000 artistes, intellectuals, political activists, workers and others took paort in his funeral procession. Such a funeral procession for a theatre aritste has probably never taken place in Delhi. 

Safdar's birthday April 12, was celebrated spontaneously as National Street Theatre Day by people all over the country in 1989. 

A. Choose and tick (✔️) the right correct alternatives to complete the following sentences: 1×6=6

(i) Safdar Hasmi was an- (a) art lover (b) artist (c) art-monger (d) artiste 

(ii) On 1st January 1989 Safdar was- (a) born (b) killed (c) attacked (d) awarded.

 (iii) The passage gives the message of the importance of (a) submission (b) resistance (c) indifference (d) atrocity.

 (iv) Safdar Hasmi was born on-(a) January 1 (b) January 3 (c) April 12 (d) April 14. 

(v) Safdar Hashmi was associated with- (a) cinema (b) theatre (c) freedom movement (d) environmentalist movement. 

(vi) Safdar Hashmi was killed about- (a) 30 years ago (b) 35 years ago (c) recently (d) none of these.

B. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False'. Provide Sentence/Phrase/Words in support of your answer: (1+1)×3=6

(i) Bhagat Singh, Khudiram, Che Guevara, Gouri Lankesh-all died for great cause .

S.S.

 (ii) Safdar Hasmi met with a normal death

 S.S.

 (iii) The birthday of Hashmi was celebrated as National Street Theatre Day 

S.S.

C. Answer the following questions:

2×4=8

(i) Why is it called 'sometimes death becomes more important than life'? 

(ii) When and where was Safdar Hashmi mortally attacked?

 (iii)Who attended the funeral procession of Hashmi?

 (iv) Give a suitable title to the passage.

SECTION-'B' (GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY)

4. Write the correct alternative to fill up the blanks: 

Little did his mother___ (thought/was thinking/think) when she___(beheld/behold/beholding) her new born baby who__(destined/was destined/desting) to explain many matters of the universe. 

5. A. Fill up the blanks with appropriate article or preposition:1×3=3 

When I was a student, I was given punishment one day by  ___principal of our college for having played__ behalf of ___ professional club.

B. Do as directed:

(i) He killed himself [Change the voice). 

(ii) Blood is thicker than water [Make it a sentence with positive degree).

 (iii) Though he is intelligent, he is lazy [Omit 'though'].

C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the words underlined. Write the correct phrasal verbs in the boxes on the right-hand side changing the forms. 1×3=3

(i) The fireman extinguished the fire

 (ii) In the East Coast of India the monsoon will soon begin

 

 (iii) The civilians have rejected the Govt. proposal

[List: put up with, turn down, put out, set in]

6. Choose the correct meaning of the words, that you will find in the Passage No-03.:

2x4-8

(i) importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement 

(ii) seriously 

(iii) long line of men and women 

(iv) happening or done in a natural way.

SECTION-'C' (WRITING)

7. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper expressing your concern over the recent threat of cyber crime. You may use the following points.: 10

[Points a crime involving computer network— hacking, phishing. spamming—committing fraud, robbing bank accounts— stealing personal information - lack of awareness among common people-step to be taken]

8. Write biography covering the following points:

Name: Pichai, Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google. Born: 10 June, 1972, Madurai, TamilNadu. Parents: Regunatha Pichai, Lakshmi Pichai. Education: Hawagar Vidyalaya Senior Seconday School in Ashok Nagar, Chennai, IIT Kharagpur (B Tech), Standford University (MS), Pennsylvania (MBA). Occupation : Began his career as a materials engineer. CEO of Goole from 2015. Award: Padma Bhushan (2022) Monthly salary: More than Rs. 1 crore per month 9. 

Write a story using the following points:

Points: the organs of the body think they are doing everything - the belly is only eating - to teach the belly a lesson, they go on a stirke- soon they themselves become weak - they understand their mistake - call off the strike .

SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION

Seen Passage

SECTION C: WRITING