PRE- BOARD EXAMINATION TERM -II

SUBJECT: ENGLISH
SESSION 2021-22
Name   : ____________ Roll Number : ________
Class :   X Max. Marks : 40
Date     : Time :
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The question paper is divided into three sections:
Section A           : Reading     
Section B :     Writing and Grammar     
Section C : Literature
General instructions:
1. The Question Paper contains THREE sections-READING, WRITING & GRAMMAR and LITERATURE.
2. Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part
3. Attempt all the questions.
4. Marks are indicated against each question.
SECTION -A
READING (10MARKS)
Q1.Read the passage carefully. (1*5=5)
GLOBALIZATION
Globalization is the way to open businesses, improve technological growth, economy, etc. at the international
level for all countries. It is the way in which manufacturers and producers of the products or goods sell their
products globally without any restriction. It provides huge profits to the businessmen as they get low-cost
labour in poor countries easily. It provides a big opportunity to the companies to deal with the worldwide
market.

Globalization helps to consider the whole world as a single market. Traders are extending their areas of
business by treating the world as a global village. Earlier till the 1990s, there was a restriction on importing
certain products which were already manufactured in India like agricultural products, engineering goods, food
items and toiletries. However, during the 1990s there was a pressure from the rich countries on the poor and
developing countries to allow them to spread their businesses by opening their markets. In India the
globalization and liberalization process was started in 1991.

After many years, globalization brought about a major revolution in the Indian market when multinational
brands came to India and started delivering a wide range of quality products at cheap prices. Prices of good
quality products came down because of the cutthroat competition in the market.

Globalization and liberalization of the businesses in India have flooded the market with quality foreign
products but has affected the local Indian industries adversely to a great extent resulting in the job loss to poor
and uneducated workers. Globalization has been a bonanza for the consumers, however, a loss to the small-
scale Indian producers. Globalization has had some very positive effects on the Indian consumer in all sectors
of society. It has affected the Indian students and education sector to a great extent by making study books and
a lot of information available over the internet. Collaboration of foreign universities with the Indian
universities has brought about a huge change in the field of education.
Globalization of trade in the agricultural sector has brought varieties of quality seeds which have disease
resistance property. However, it is not good for poor Indian farmers because the seeds and agricultural
technologies are costly. It has brought about a huge revolution in the employment sector by the spread of
businesses like cottage, handloom, carpet, artisan carving, ceramic, jewellery, and glassware etc.

1. What is globalization?
2. What was the pressure from the rich countries in the 1990’s ?
3. What is the effect of multinational brands entering the Indian market ?
4. How are the prices of quality products affected due to globalization ?
5. How have the foreign products affected the local industry adversely ?

Q2. Read the given passage (1*5=5)

Bookless Library
The world’s first book-less library has been set up in the state of Texas in the United States. Unlike the rows
upon rows of books that are found in a conventional library anywhere in the world, at the book-less library,
there are high– tech gadgets that have replaced the books as found in other libraries.

The borrowers of books from this high-tech book-less library have a different set of rules to follow when
borrowing books. Instead of taking home books for reading, the members of the library, who are registered
residents of the south Texas country of Buxar, can now access their choice of reading matter from e-readers.
Also, instead of having to pay a fee for membership of the library and for borrowing books and other
facilities, the members can borrow reading matter from the book less library for free.

The services of this library have found favour with its readers is clearly visible from the growing readership
numbers at this library. Since its start in September, the country’s 1.7 million residents have been able to
check out and take home the machines for reading purposes and accessing the catalogue. They are also able to
use their own devices to check out and access the catalogue of the library. This Biblio-Tech of 1.5 million
books, currently has 600 e-readers, 200 pre-loaded enhanced e-readers for children and 48 computer stations
for use by its readers. In addition, there are 10 laptops, and 40 tablets available in the premises, for use by the
readers.

Not satisfied with simply providing e-reading services, the Biblio-Tech has created a list of higher ambitions
for itself. The most prominent of these include their ambition to give up the country’s necessary tools ‘to
thrive as citizens of the 21st century’. For them, a well-connected citizen of this country is one who strives for
enhancing his education and literacy and promoting ‘reading as a recreation’.

As part of reader services at the Biblio-Tech, its Special Project Coordinator, Laura Cole comments that the
library authorities wanted to create the best and the most cost-effective way of providing library services. This
was especially suitable for the Texas country’s residents as the population here is geographically distanced
from existing services. In fact, there has never been a bookstore or library in this area.” Geography does not
matter if your library is in the clouds,” adds Laura Cole, referring to the ‘cloud’ system where the books of the
library are stored online.

Answering queries about readers’ concerns that library users may feel put off by technology, Cole is proud to
concur that her staff are willing to dedicate their time to help readers and visitors who find it difficult to
handle the system on their own. Hence, readers do not feel intimidated by the gadgetry and feel empowered to
be able to access this novel system of procuring reading matter.
Even replacement costs for damages and breakdowns have been factored into the working system of the
library. Thus, readers are not turned away from the library doors simply because the system is not functioning
on any particular day. To prevent thefts from depleting their stocks, the devices are geared in such a way that
users cannot access its internet once they leave the premises of the library.

Q. On the basis of the reading of the passage, answer the following questions

a) What does the cloud system mean?

b) What is the amount of reading material available at the Biblio-Tech library?
c). The most prominent of these include their ____________ to give up the country’s necessary tools to thrive
as citizen of the 21st century.
d)Hence, readers do not feel intimidated by the ____________ and feel empowered to be able to access this
novel system of procuring reading matter.
e) Find words/phrases in the passage that mean:
1. full of power (para 6
2. refused entry (para 7)

SECTION B
WRITING AND GRAMMAR (10 MARKS)
Q3. Attempt ANY ONE from i and ii
i.The following pie chart shows the kinds of book categories preferred by students of age group 7 to 12 years.
Using the data provided ,complete the paragraph. (5)

OR
ii.Nehru Yuva Kendra on 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, is an organisation catering to the cultural
needs of the youth. Write a letter to the Director, enquiring about the short-term courses/classes scheduled for
the summer vacations. You are particularly interested in drama and martial arts programmes. Sign as Raghuvir
Singh, 50, Daryaganj, Delhi. (5)

Q4 In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each tine. Write the missing word along
with the word that comes before and the ward that comes after it in the space provided against the
correct blank number. 
(0.5*6=3)

Freshly made tea is tasty but beneficial e.g. but and

if some simple rules are observing.  (a) …….. ……..

It is best to keep her separately in a  (b) …….. ……..

jar If kept Open, its aroma escape (c) …….. ……..

and it loses its taste and curative  (d) …….. ……..

Stale tea should not he took.  (e) …….. ……..

Tea is the excellent cure for colds.  (f) …….. ……..

Q5.  Read the following conversation and complete the passage. Write your answers in the space
provided. (1*2=2)

Anne :     I want to order a big pineapple cake for my birthday.

Confectioner :  When is your birthday?
Anne :   It is tomorrow.
Confectioner : You can collect it by noon.
 

Anne told a confectioner (a)…………………….. a big birthday cake for her birthday. The confectioner
asked (b)……………………. Anne replied it was the following day. The confectioner told her that she could
collect it/to collect it by noon.

SECTION –C
LITERATURE (20 Marks)

6 Answer ANY SIX questions in 30-40 words each. (2x6=12)

(a) “ The most laidback individuals become converts to the life of high energy .”What does the narrator
Lokesh Abrol of ‘Glimpses of India – Goorg’ wants to convey through this statement.
(b) What is Amanda’s wish as Rapunzel?
(c) Why did Lomov remind himself to make up his mind to get married?
(d) Compare the kind of life Matilta aspired for and the kind of life she was forced to live.
 (e) Why does the narrator of ‘The Hack Driver’ call his work of serving summons as unpleasant?
(f) Which two examples does Gautama Buddha give to Kisa Gotami to make her understand the
transitory nature of life?
(g) How does the poet ‘Walt Whitman’ reveal that there exists a sense of equality among animals?

7.Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 120 words. ( 4x2=8)

i.) Write a note on the people who were instrumental in Ebright’s journey of success.

ii) Valli believed that she could manage the bus journey on her own. Being independent she disliked the
idea of taking help or being instructed as a child. During her bus journey , we see Valli in conversation with
the conductor and also with the other passengers who treat her as a child.

Develop a dialogue between Valli , the conductor and the other passengers .

You may begin like this:

Valli:- It’s me, I am the one who has to get on.
Conductor:- Okay, Okay, hold my hand and ............

Note :- give each character at least two dialogues

Use exclamatory words or phrases to enhance your dialogues.

iii) Compare the character of Custard the dragon and Bholi with respect to the saying ‘ Do not judge
a book by its cover.’