AP SSC 10th class English-2 Model paper 2015-16 English Medium Set 10
Part – A
(1-10) Answer ANY FIVE of the following questions. Each answer should be in one or two sentences.
1.What, according to Narayana Murthy, can change the life of a person ?(I Will Do It)
2.Why do you think the sentry feels that the potter is a giant? (The Brave Potter)
3.Who do you think first understood Aunt Jane ? Substantiate your answer.(The Never-Never Nest)
4.What is the purpose of the tribute on Savitri? (A Tribute)
5.Why didn’t the people move from their place? (A Tale of Three Villages)
6.The people in this village were affected by chemical factories. Where, in your opinion, should the factories be built? (A Tale of Three Villages)
7.“Hindi is now understood and recognised as the national language of India.” Do you agree or disagree with the author? Give reasons. (Unity in Diversity in India)
8.Why do you think the writer decided to focus on the question of married women’s identity ? (What Is My Name?)
9.Why did the writer use the statement ‘It is not a mere collection of separate people’. Give reasons.(Unity in Diversity in India)
10.Do you think that the potter is really brave or lucky? Give your reasons.(The Brave Potter)
11.Read the following passage.
No- one told us what was in them. They gave the Chief a brown paper bag- I saw him smiling as (lie lorries drove away. This was five years ago. Then three months ago, one of the brightest boys in the – Thomas Agonyo – started university in Lagos. He came home one weekend with a new Chemistry book, and spent all day looking at the drums and writing things down and talking to himself and shaking his head.
Now answer the following questions.
1.What does the word ‘them’ refer to?
2.What was there in the bag?
3.What did Thomas come home with? .
4.What did Thomas do in Lagos?
5.How did Thomas spend the day?
12.a) Write a story about 120 words using the hints given below.
Hints : An ant – afraid of men – wished to be strong and big like a cat – saw a dog chasing cat – wished to be a dog – saw a boy throwing stones at the dog – thought – better to remain an ant – no one would notice it.
(Or)
b)Bengaluru is a popular city in India. Use this information to write a short description about Bengaluru.
Location and Size : The capital of Karnataka State – in the heart of the Mysore Plateau – population over 8.5 million – third most populous city in India.
Climate : Tropical savanna climate, moderate temperature.
Importance: known as garden city – third most populous city in India.- seat of government of Kerala State; centre for software industry; many educational universities like Indian Institute of Science
Language : Kannada, the mother tongue; other languages – Urdu, Indian English, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi
Important places : Mahatma Gandhi (MG) Road, Lai Bagh Botanical Garden, Tipu Sultan Palace, Bannerghatta National Park, Nandi Temple, Belur Temple, St. Marks Cathedral.
13.Health is a major concern during old age. Maintaining health is very important for the elderly, particularly in rural areas, who must continue to work for a living even when they become aged. Good health is central to their ability to work, and support themselves and families. However, many poor rural elderly people have severe problems of health
Here is the data collected in January 2013 by ‘HelpAge India’, a research and development journal on common health problems of the rural elderly in Andhra Pradesh. The data is collected from 150 male and 150 female rural elderly people of above 60 years old.
Part-B
Answer the following questions :
- What does this graph depict ? Ans:_______
- Which is the favourite colour of the class ? Ans:_______
- Write True or False : 20 students like ‘blue’ the most. Ans:____________
- 10 students like the colour …………………… Ans:_________________
- The least liked colour is ……………. Ans:____________
15.Read the following passage carefully.
Each year a ring of new wood cells is added to the trunk. The earliest wood cells become pressed together so tightly that they die. These form the hardest wood in a tree’s trunk known as the ‘heart wood’. Like this, each year the trunk of a tree gets a new ring of wood cells. So, by counting the rings, you can tell the age of a tree. There are Bristlecone pines in California and Arizona in the U.S., in which scientists have counted more than 3,500 rings. These are the oldest living trees known. When Columbus landed in America in 1492, these trees were already more than 3,000 years old.
b) Given below are SIX Three of them are True according to the passage.Find the TRUE statements and write (T) against them in the brackets.
1.Each year the trunk oi a tree gets a new ring ol wood ( )
2.The heart wood’ is seen only in very old trees. ( )
3.‘Heart wood’ is made of dead cells. ( )
4.The oldest living trees are more than 3,500 years ( )
5.Columbus reached America 3,000 years ago. ( )
6.California and Arizona are in Russia. ( )
16.Read the following passage carefully :
The Earth rotates around itself arid also revolves round the Sun. To rotate itself, it takes one day and to revolve round the Sun it takes 365.25 days. The Moon is very7 near to the Earth. It revolves round the Sun in a zig-zag way. The Earth revolves round the Sun in an elliptic orbit. The Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not always the same. When the Moon is in between the Earth and the Sun, that shadow of the Moon falls on the Earth. People living in this shadow on Earth cannot see the Sun. This is called the eclipse of the Sun or Solar Eclipse. When the Sun, the Earth and the Moon come in the straight line, full eclipse of the Moon occurs. The Solar Eclipse occurs on a new Moon day and the Lunar Eclipse occurs on a full Moon day. But Eclipses do not occur on every new Moon and full Moon days.
Now answer the following questions :
a).What are the two eclipses referred to in the passage ?
i)……………………………………… ii)…………………………………………………….
b).There are five words in List A. The meanings of four of them are given in List B. Choose the right word from List A to match the meaning in List B and write it in the space provided against each meaning.
List A : elliptic, orbit, revolve, solar, zig-zag
List B : i) path followed by a planet …………………………….
ii)move round something ………………….
iii)related to the Sun …………………..
iv)oval in shape …………………….
c).Complete the following sentences using a word or a phrase each :
i)The Earth revolves round the ………………………………….
ii)The Earth takes ………………………………………. to rotate around itself.
d)The Earth has two kinds of motions. What are they ?
i)…………………………………………… ii)……………………………………………………….
e).Answer the following questions in a word or a phrase each :
i)When does the Solar Eclipse occur ? Ans: …………………………….
ii)How does the Earth revolve round the Sun ? Ans: ……………………………………………
