Students can use TS 10th Class English Model Papers Set 3 as a tool for exam preparation.
TS 10th Class English Model Paper Set 3 with Solutions
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
- Read the question paper carefully.
- Answer the questions under Part – A in the answer booklet provided.
- Write the answer to the questions under Part – B on the question paper itself.
- Avoid overwriting.
Part – A (60 Marks)
(Questions 1 – 4) : Read the following passage carefully.
Every child is born, with some inherited characteristics, into a specific socio-economic and emotional environment, and trained in certain ways by figures of authority. I inherited honesty and self-discipline from my father; from my mother, I inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness so did my three brothers and sister. I had three close friends in my childhood – Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan. All these boys were from orthodox Hindu Brahmin families. As children, none of us ever felt any difference amongst ourselves because of our religious differences and upbringing. In fact, Ramanadha Sastry was the son of Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, the high priest of the Rameswaram temple. Later he took over the priesthood of the Rameswaram temple from his father; Aravindan went into business of arranging transport for visiting pilgrims; and Sivaprakasan became a catering contractor for te Southern Railways. (My Childhood)
Answer each of the following questions in three to four sentences. 4 × 3 = 12 M
Question 1.
“Every child is born, with some inherited characteristics.” What do you think are yours ?
Answer:
I also inherited some qualities from my parents. I spend money economically. I never hurt anybody. I try to be obedient.
Question 2.
According to the passage, who were the childhood friends of the author?
Answer:
Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan were the childhood friends of the speaker.
Question 3.
“You are living in a colony where families of different religions live together.” What factors do you think help them to live together ?
Answer:
The needs of the people, their religious tolerance, universal brotherhood and communal ‘ harmony help them to live together.
Question 4.
What were the characteristics inherited by the speaker from his parents
Answer:
The speaker inherited honesty and self-discipline from his father. He inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness from his mother.
(Questions 5 – 8) : Read the following passage.
Overjoyed, the housewife began living with swabbing as the chief mission in her life. She scrubbed the house spotlessly clean at all times and beautifully decorated it with multi-coloured designs. That’s how her life went on, with a sumptuous and ceaseless supply of swabbing cloths and muggu baskets.
But one day while scrubbing the floor, the housewife suddenly asked herself, ‘What is my name?’ The query, shook her up. Leaving the mopping cloth and the muggu basket there itself, she stood near the windows scratching her head, lost in thoughts. ‘What is my name – what is my name?’ The house across the road carried a name-board, Mrs. M. Suhasini, M.A., Ph.D., Principal, ‘X’ College. Yes, she too had a name as her neighbour did – ‘How could I forget like that? In my scrubbing zeal I have forgotten my name – what shall I do now ?’ The housewife was perturbed. Her mind became totally restless. Somehow she finished her daubing for the day. (What is my Name?)
Answer each of the following questions in three to four sentences. 4 × 3 = 12 M
Question 5.
What do you think was the reason for her restlessness ?
Answer:
She forgot her name in her scrubbing zeal. This means that the lost her identity as she was busy with her household work. So, she was restless.
Question 6.
What would be your reaction, if you were that woman?
Answer:
If I were that woman, I too would become restless. I would immediately try to restore my identity by knowing my name.
Question 7.
Why was the woman overjoyed?
Answer:
The woman swabbed the entire house and decorated the floor with muggulu designs. Her husband promptly praised her work giving her a pat on the shoulder in appreciation. Hence, she was overjoyed.
Question 8.
Pick Three TRUE statements according to the passage.
A) Her husband’s appreciation made the housewife overjoyed.
B) The housewife was embarrassed and perturbed when she found that she had forgetten her name’.
C) The housewife was the principal of a college.
D) She completely concentrated on gathering swabbing clothes and muggu baskets.
E) She had forgotten her name because of amnesia.
Answer:
The following statements are TRUE.
A) He husband’s appreciation made the housewife overjoyed.
B) The housewife was embarrassed and perturbed when she found that she had forgetten her name.
C) She completely concentrated on gathering swabbing clothes and muggu baskets.
(Questions 9 – 12) :
The Bar graph given below provides information about sales of mobiles from five different companies. Study the graph carefully and answer the following questions. (4 × 2 = 8 M)
Sales of mobiles (in thousand numbers) from five different companies in 2020 and 2021
Answer each of the following questions in three to four sentences. 4 × 3 = 12 M
Question 9.
What does the bar graph show ? Name the companies mentioned in the bar graph.
Answer:
The bar graph shows the sales of mobiles from five different companies in 2020 and 2021. The mobile companies mentioned in the bar graph are Samsung; Vivo; Oppo; Motorola and Apple.
Question 10.
Which company sold maximum number of mobiles in 2020 ? What was its trend in 2021 ?
Answer:
Oppo sold maximum number of phones in 2020. In 2021 the sales of Oppo mobiles decreased by 15,000.
Question 11.
Which two companies sold equal number of mobiles in 2021 ? Which of these two companies has recorded the better increase in their sales when compared to their sales in 2020 ?
Answer:
Motorola and Apple sold equal number of phones in 2021. Motorola increased its sales by 11.7% and Apple increased its sales by 26.6% when compared to 2020.
Question 12.
How many mobiles are sold in 2021 by all the companies together when compared to 2020 ?
Answer:
4,25,000 Mobiles are sold in total by all the companies together in 2020 and 4,55,000 mobiles are sold in 2021 by all companies together. 30,000 more mobiles are sold in 2021 by all the companies together.
(Question 13) :
Read the passage given below focusing on the parts that are underlined. Answer any 4 of the questions as directed and write them in the answer booklet. 4 × 2 = 8 M
Communication has become very easy, (i) You can talk to anybody in the world through telephone and wireless. You can transmit the message to any part of the world in no time, (ii) Cell phone has brought the whole world closer.
Science has also greatly helped man in the war on illness and disease. Doctors have found medicines for almost all kinds of troubles, (iii) Epidemics wiped out whose cities. They have become things of the past. Surgeons perform most intricate operations on the human body. X-ray photogra¬phy can locate any cause of trouble inside the body and make its cure easy.
(iv) Machines have made labour easy. Science has come to the aid of the agriculturist through pesticides, (v) Robots and computers have taken away more and more activities of human beings. Robots can work in factories and in houses like human workers. Computers can do all the things of human beings, (vi) Science is a blessing today. It may be curse in the future if misused.
i) Combine the sentences using ‘not only ……………… but also’.
ii) Add the question-tag
iii) Combine the sentences using ‘which’.
iv) Start the sentence with ‘Labour’.
v) Combine the sentences using not only ……………… but also’.
vi) Combine the sentences using ‘which’.
Answer:
i) You cannot only talk to anybody in the world through telephone and wireless but also transmit the message to any part of the world in no time.
ii) hasn’t it ?
iii) Epidemics which wipped out whole cities have become things of the past.
iv) Labour has been made easy by machines!
v) Robots and computers not only have taken away more and more activities of human beings but also can work in factories and in houses like human beings.
vi) Science which is a blessing today may be curse in the future if misused.
(Question 14) : 10 M
You have read the lesson ‘Rendezvous with Ray’. In that lesson Gaston Roberge described his experience with Ray. Now write an imaginary: conversation between Frontline reporter and Gaston Roberge with reference to the details of your lesson.
(OR)
You are Hitesh. You saw an advertisement regarding a course for training and preparing students for the TOEFL – Test Of English as a Foreign Language. You wish to join the course. Write a letter to the Course Director of ‘A to Z in English’, 22 Gandhi Nagar, Chennai – 20 inquiring about all the details that you require.
Answer:
Frontline : Good morning!
Roberge : Good morning!
Frontline : I am Mohan from Frontline. I want an interview with you.
Roberge : Ok. No problem. Let us start.
Frontline : Why did you come to India ?
Roberge : I came to India to teach at St. Xavier’s college in Kolkata.
Frontline : How did you know about Bengal and Satyajit Ray ?
Roberge : I watched Apu Trilogy. Through the films, I came to know about Bengal and Satyajit Ray.
Frontline : How much time did you take to meet ?
Roberge : I took nearly nine years to meet him.
Frontline : What made you take such a long time ?
Roberge : As I wanted to have a meaningful conversation with him, I took such a long time to understand his works.
Frontline : How did Ray use to communicate with you ?
Roberge : In English, He knows English well.
Frontline : What do you say about the master director ?
Roberge : He is the father of Indian movies. He had mastery over all the branches of knowledge relating to cinema. The western people have to learn a lot from him.
Frontline : Thank you!
Roberge : Welcome!
(OR)
147, Ambedkar lane,
Vijayawada -10,
17th, March 2018.
To
The Course Director,
A to Z in English, ‘
22 Gandhi Nagar, Chennai – 20.
Sir,
I have seen an advertisement regarding a course that you are running to train and pre-pare students for the TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language). I want to join this course since I have to clear this test before I can apply for student VISA to England. Could you please furnish me the following details so as to help me make up my mind about joining this course?
1) The day and date when the course begins
2) Duration of the course
3) Daily timings of the classes
4) The staff, their qualifications and experience
5) The amount and schedule of fees to be paid
6) Certificates on the successful completion of the course, if any
7) Course recognised by a Board/University or not ?
Please supply me the above mentioned details at your earliest and help me make up my mind.
Yours Sincerely,
Hitesh.
(Question 15) : 5 M
You are Sahil. Suppose you are planning to conduct a cultural programme in your school on the occasion of your School Anniversary. Write a letter to your friend inviting him to the cultural programme as the secretary of your school cultural club. Invent the necessary details.
Answer:
Adilabad,
2.2.2018.
Dear Madhav,
I aril fine. I hope you are doing well. It has been a long time since we wrote each other.
I am very happy to inform you that our schoolis goingto celebrate Anniversary. On this occasion we are going to organise a cultural programme in our school. I know you are interested very much in cultural activities. Moreover I am going to play a key role as the secretary of cultural club of our school. I am going to dance for three songs. I wish you should watch me dancing.
I cordially invite you to attend the cultural programme on 5.2.2018 from 5 p.m. onwards in our school playground on the open dais.
I hope you would attend the programme without fail.
Yours Lovingly,
Sahil.
(Question 16) : 5 M
In the lesson, ‘Environment’, you have read the interview with Wangari Maathai, an environmental activist. She made her efforts in reforestation.
Now, imagine yourself as the Pupil Leader of your school and prepare a notice to celebrate ‘World Environment Day’ in your school.
Answer:
Mahatma Gandhi Zilla Parishad HIGH,
Patamata, Vijayawada.
NOTICE
All the students are here by informed about the World Environment Day Celebrations going to be celebrated on the occasion of Environment Day in our school. The students are requested to participate in the competitions and exhibition to share your ideas and views and cultural items related to the occasion to make the event a grand success.
Venue : School Auditorium
Date : xxxxxx
Contact details : School pupils leader
Part – B (20 Marks)
Instructions :
- Answer the questions on the question paper itself and attach it to the answer booklet of Part – A.
- Avoiding overwriting.
(Questions 17 – 21) : Read the following poem.
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The Mountain and the Squirrel The Mountain and the Squirrel |
Glossary :
Prig : Someone who is considered very annoying
Sphere : (here) Earth
Disgrace: Shame
Spry : Full of life and energy
Now answer the questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write A, B, C or D in the brackets given. (5 × 1 = 5M)
Question 17.
How many time does the mountain speak in the poem?
A) Once
B) Twice
C) Thrice
D) None of the above
Answer:
A) Once
Question 18.
The expression “I’m not as large as you” is ……………..
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Irony
D) Personification
Answer:
B) Simile
Question 19.
What can’t a mountain do that can be done by a squirrel?
A) Carrying forests on its back;
B) Cracking a nut
C) Quarrelling with others
D) Carrying nuts on its back
Answer:
B) Cracking a nut
Question 20.
Who is referred to as ‘bun’ in the poem ?
A) The mountain
B) The poet
C) The squirrel
D) The pigeon
Answer:
C) The squirrel
Question 21.
What is the moral of the poem ?
A) The bigger ones have got more importance in this nature.
B) The smaller ones are more talented than the bigger ones.
C) Everything has its own importance. Nothing is high or low in the world.
D) We must be proud of our talents.
Answer:
C) Everything has its own importance. Nothing is high or low in the world.
(Questions 22 – 26) : In the following passage, five sentences are numbered and each of them has an error. Correct them and rewrite them in the given space. 5 × 1 = 5 M
(22) One of the bigger transformation that I saw was that ability of an ordinary, illiterate woman to get to understand and to be able to plant trees that in five or ten years became big trees and (23) she was able to cut them and be able to give himself energy; to be able to sell those trees and give herself an income; to be able to feel confident that she had done something for herself. (24) That sense of proud, sense of dignity that they are not begging, that (25) they are doing things to themselves was very empowering. (26) That transformation was very powerfully.
22) ………………… 23) …………….. 24) ………………… 25) …………………. 26) ……………..
Answer:
22. One of the bigger transformations that I saw was that ability of an ordinary, illiterate woman to get to understand and to be able to plant trees that in five or ten years became big trees and
23. She was able to cut them and be able to give herself energy; to be able to sell those trees and give herself an income; to be able to feel confident that she had done something for herself.
24. That sense of pride, sense of dignity that they are not begging, that
25. They are doing things for themselves was very empowering.
26. That transformation was very powerful.
(Questions 27 – 31) : Complete the passage choosing the right words from those given below. Each blank is numbered and has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in the brackets given. 5 × 1 = 5M
Rajamouli is ……………….. (27) famous Telugu film director. His films Bahubali – 1 and Bahubali – 2 broke all the records ………………. (28) Indian Cinema Industry. Prabhas, Rana, Ramya Krishna, Anushka, Satyaraj ………………. (29) Tamanna are the main actors in these movies. These films were …………………… (30) in many countries. It ………………. (31) a remarkable thing for Indian film industry.
Question 27.
A) a
B)an
C) the
D) none
Answer:
A) a
Question 28.
A) of
B) off
C) in
D) to
Answer:
A) of
Question 29.
A) although
B) because
C) but
D) and
Answer:
D) and
Question 30.
A) release
B) releasing
C) released
D) releases
Answer:
B) releasing
Question 31.
A) is
B) will
C) would
D)can
Answer:
A) is
(Questions 32 – 36) :
Read the following passage with focus on the underlined parts. Answer them as directed in the space given. 5 × 1 = 5M
One day, he invited me to his home for a meal. His wife was horrified (32) at the idea of a Muslim boy being invited to dined (33) in her ritually pure kitchen. She refused to serve me in her kitchen. Sivasubramania Iyer was not perturbed, nor did he get angry with his wife, but instead, served me with his own hands and sat down beside me to eat his meal. His wife watched us from behind the kitchen door. I wondered whether she had observed many (34) difference in the way I ate rice, drank water or cleaned the floor after the meal. When I was leaving his house, Sivasubramania Iyer invited me to join him for dinner again the next weekend. Observing my hesitation (35), he told not to get upset, saying, “Once you decide to change the system, such problems have to be confronted.” When I visited his house the next week, Sivasubramania Iyer’s wife took me inside her kitchen and served, me food with her won (36) hands.
Questions :
32. Write the similar meaning of the word underlined
Answer:
shocked
33. Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
dine
34. Replace the underlined word with a correct one.
Answer:
any
35. Write the opposite word of the underlined one.
Answer:
certainty
36. Replace the underlined word with a suitable one.
Answer:
own