Students must start practicing the questions from CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 English Communicative with Solutions Set 5 are designed as per the revised syllabus.
CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 English Communicative Set 5 with Solutions
Time: 3 hrs
Max. Marks: 80
General Instructions:
- 15-minute prior reading time allotted for Q-paper reading.
- The Question Paper contains Four sections-Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Grammar and Literature Textbook.
- Attempt questions based on specific instructions for each part.
Section – A
Reading Skills [22 Marks]
Question 1.
Read the following passage.
1. Yoga in India is considered to be around 5,000 years old mental, physical and spiritual practice. It originated in ancient times when people used to meditate to transform their body and mind. Launching and celebrating 21st June as Yoga Day was’an initiative taken by the Indian Prime Minister in the United Nations General Assembly. From then, the yoga day became a worldwide event celebrated by the people of all countries.
2. Yoga is essentially a spiritual discipline. It is the art and science of healthy living. It is a practice of controlled body part movements and control of breath. It is not just a physical practice but also a way to get control over mental, emotional and spiritual thoughts. It improves discipline and sense of power while providing a chance to live a healthy life without physical and mental problems.
3. Yoga is very safe, easy and healthy way to get fit whole life without any problems. It can be practiced by people at any age be it childhood, teenage, adult or old age irrespective of age, religion or health circumstances. It needs only safe, slow and controlled movements of body with controlled breathing. Regular practice of yoga regularises the connection between the body, mind and soul. It enhances the functioning of all the body organs. By providing good health it fulfills our physical needs, through knowledge it fulfills our psychological needs and through inner peace it fulfills the spiritual need thus, it helps in maintaining the harmony among all.
4. Regular practice of the yoga in the morning provides outer and inner relief by keeping away from the countless ailments at the physical and mental level. Practicing postures or asana creates the feeling of well-being. It sharpens the human mind, improves intelligence and helps in achieving high level of concentration. Yoga is like a practical philosophy which develops self-discipline and self-awareness.
5. We cannot count the benefits of yoga; we can understand it only as a miracle which can be experienced by practice. It maintains physical fitness, reduces stress, controls emotions, feelings, controls negative thoughts, feelings of general well-being, improves mental clarity, enhances self-understanding and connects us to the nature.
Answer the following questions, based on the passage above.
(i) Complete the following statement by choosing an appropriate option. (1)
Yoga in basically ………………
(a) a material discipline
(b) associated with material living
(c) a practice of uncontrolled body movements
(d) the art and science of healthy living
Answer:
(b) associated with material living
(ii) Comment on the writer’s reference to the kind of people who can practice yoga. Answer in 30 – 40 words. (2)
Answer:
As per the writer, people from ail walks of life can practice yoga.
(iii) Pick the option that correctly lists the benefits of doing yoga. (1)
- Maintains physical fitness
- Controls emotions, feelings
- Controls negative thoughts
- Improves mental clarity
- Enhances elf-understanding
Codes
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 2 and 6
(c) 3 and 5
(d) All of these
Answer:
(d) All of these
(iv) Comment on the importance of asanas in yoga? Answer in 30 – 40 words. (2)
Answer:
Asanas in yoga create a feeling of well-being in a person. By practicing asanas, one can sharpen one’s mind and improve one’s intelligence and concentration.
(v) How does yoga fulfill our psychological needs? (1)
Answer:
Yoga fulfills our psychological needs by providing us knowledge.
(vi) Substitute the underlined word in the given line with a word from the passage which means the opposite. (1)
The lights diminishes the ambience of the banquet.
Answer:
enhances
(vii) Which of the following is true for Yoga? (1)
(a) It is an art and science combined Into one
(b) It is primarily spiritual in nature
(c) It is not backed by WHO
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer:
Both (a) and (b)
(viii) Complete the given sentence with an appropriate inference with respect to the following.
Yoga enables one to get control over ………….. (1)
Answer:
our mental, emotional and spiritual thoughts
(ix) Complete the sentence appropriately. (1)
Yoga regularises the connection among …………….
Answer:
body, mind and soul of a person
(x) State whether the given assertion is True or False. (1)
21st June is celebrated as Yoga Day.
Answer:
True
Question 2.
Read the passage carefully. (10 m)
1. Celebrities advertising products is nothing new, in fact, it has been part of our lives for years. Back in the 2000’s, you couldn’t sit through a commercial break without seeing the teen pop icon of that time, Britney Spears, endorsing Pepsi. The Pepsi legacy was later continued by the most famous celebrity Beyonce. She was paid millions to promote the carbonated drink, which outraged health advocacy groups. Many concerned people questioned her ethics, as to why she was supporting a drink that plays a major role in causing obesity.
2. With the growing importance of social media in a shopper’s purchase journey, companies are evolving and stepping up the endorsement game across different channels. With celebrities vouching for promoting their products, brands can increase awareness, trust, and familiarity, which are important variables in the purchase decision-making process.
3. Consumers feel more sympathetic towards a brand if their products are promoted by a celebrity they admire or relate to. It’s a simple psychological effect; people believe that purchasing a product that’s promoted by a celebrity they admire, will allow them to emulate the celebrity’s desired traits or attract similar people into their lives. They will associate the celebrities’ success, beauty, athletic skill, etc. with a particular product.
4. Research by Nielson conducted in 2015 broke down the level of trust in advertising formats by different generations. It found that celebrity endorsements resonate more strongly with Generation Z (ages 15-20) and Millennial (ages 21-34) audiences. Brands are taking advantage of that by increasingly utilising the social media communities of celebrities. Social media is a way for consumers, in particular, those of younger demographics, to engage and build intimate connections with the celebrities they follow, making it the place for these celebrities to plug a company or a product on their personal social media accounts.
5. While celebrity endorsements certainly help to attract consumers, their direct influence on the consumers’ purchasing decisions is inconclusive. As consumers are becoming better educated and have faster access to information, blind faith in celebrity endorsement is beginning to wane. They will be attracted to a brand because of a celebrity but they will quickly move away if the product does not perform. It’s the quality of your product that will keep consumers coming back, not a celebrity link.
6. A brand needs to tell the consumer why a product makes sense for them as individuals and what problem they can solve with it, not solely rely on a real-life Barbie doll, athlete or pop-culture icon. If they can’t, their products will losp value over time and consumers will be the first ones to turn their backs.
Answer the following questions, based on the passage above.
(i) Infer one reason for the following, based on information in Paragraph 2. (2)
With celebrities vouching for promoting their products, brands can increase awareness, trust and familiarity.
Answer:
The given statement is correct because people follow and trust celebrities. They believe that everything their favourite celebrities use must be trustworthy. Hence, brand use celebrity endorsements to create popularity of their products.
(ii) Select the appropriate option to fill in the blanks. (1)
From Paragraph 3 we can infer that people believe that purchasing a product that’s
promoted by their favourite celebrity will help them ……………… their traits or ……………… similar people into their lives.
- emulate
- attract
- desire
- repel
- empathise
Codes
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 5
(d) 3 and 4
Answer:
(a) 1 and 2
(iii) Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/ phrase from Paragraph 4. (1)
Reposting: News :: : Brands
(a) Advertisements
(b) Endorsements
(c) Celebrity
(d) Faith
Answer:
(b) Endorsements
(iv) List any 2 benefits of ‘celebrity endorsement’ as mentioned in paragraph 2. (2)
Answer:
The benefits of ’celebrity endorsements’ are
(a) When celebrities vouch for the products, it builds trust.
(b) It increases familiarity and influences decision-making.
(v) List any one advantage of social media in brand promotion. (1)
Answer:
The consumer is better informed and well-educated. They are also actively involved on social media. This helps the brands to directly reach out to their consumers.
(vi) Complete the sentence appropriately. (1)
There has been a ……………….. shift in the strategy for the sale of products to consumers and merely relying on celebrity endorsements won’t be of any help.
Answer:
drastic
(vii) Select the option that titles Paragraphs 1-3 appropriately, with reference to information in the text. (1)
(a)
Celebrity endorsement culture in 2000s
Brands and Social Media Brands and Celebrity Endorsements |
(b)
Social Media
Brands of Today Celebrity Endorsements |
(c)
Endorsement culture in 2000s
The Human Psychology Brands and Celebrity Endorsements |
(d)
Need for endorsement
Social Media- a tool Celebrity Endorsements |
Answer:
Celebrity endorsement culture in 2000s
Brands and Social Media Brands and Celebrity Endorsements |
(viii) Select the pie chart that appropriately depicts the needs of the customers that are well-informed and educated. (1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None of these
Answer:
(d) None of these
Section – B
Writing Skills [22 Marks]
Question 3.
Write an email to the school Principal requesting him/her to arrange special classes in English, in not more than 50 words. (3)
You may copy the given template to write your email.
From : | |
To : | |
Cc : | |
Date : | |
Subject: | |
Answer:
From : [email protected]
To : [email protected]
Cc : [email protected]
Date : 10th April, 20XX
Subject : Request for arranging special classes in English
Respected Sir/Ma’am
Most respectfully and humbly, we the students of Class X request you to arrange for special classes in English as our result of English in the test examination is not adequate. We are very worried about the subject as we find ourselves weak in the writing, unseen and grammar sections. So, we request you to arrange three English classes in a week in the month of January 20XX.
Please look into the matter and help us at the earliest.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully
XYZ
Question 4.
Describe something that you have but you no longer use, in not more than 100 words. (4)
Answer:
If life has taught us anything, we should all be comfortable with the fact that everything in life is pretty much expendable at some point whether we like it or not. One such ‘expendable’ item which I held so dear to my heart once but sadly don’t use it anymore is my camera. I bought my popular brand and expensive camera about 10 years ago, with the money which my late grandfather gave me as some ‘gift’. The black colored small pocket fit Nikon camera has all the important features that a cameras prevalent at that time. It had a small SD card slot, a button and a charging point beside the huge lens. My camera was my best buddy and I carries it everywhere. But now it has been replaced by my phone.
Question 5.
A. You are Rohan/Reema. Write a letter to the Editor of the ‘The Hindu’ about how reality TV ruins childhood, in not more than 120 words. You may use following ideas or clues. (7)
- A mushrooming of ‘Reality Shows’ featuring children
- Lure for money
- Parents should be counselled
- Neglect of studies
- Loss of innocence
- Lot of inconvenience and overstraining
Answer:
12, Sea Road
Mumbai
20th March, 20XX
The Editor
The Hindu
Mumbai
Subject Reality Shows – Loss of Precious Childhood
Sir/Ma’am,
Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I want to express my deep concern regarding the children 1 participating in the so-called ‘Reality Shows’.
Recently, there has been a mushrooming of ‘Reality Shows’ featuring children of tender years. The lure for money tempts the parents to send their children to such shows. These parents should be counselled that their overriding ambition is burdening their children with responsibilities and pressure. Along with neglect of studies, they lose their innocence. The poor children have to undergo a lot of inconvenience and suffering during such shows. The long shooting hours and the dazzle of lights overstrain them.
I strongly feel that the participation of children in such shows should be completely banned. Children should be allowed to lead their normal lives and enjoy their childhood. I hope that the concerned authorities take actions to save the childhood of the children.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully
Rohan
OR
B. Write a letter to the Editor of a local daily in not more that 120 words, urging people to use public transport and to have patience while driving. You can take help of the following image along with the ideas you may have gathered from MCB Unit 4 : Environment.
Answer:
4, Raja Road
Kamal
5th July, 20XX
The Editor
The Hindustan
Karnal
Subject Use of Public Transport
Sir/Ma’am,
Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper I would like to highlight the various advantages of public transport.
Everybody can observe easily that the increase in the number of private vehicles on the road is the major cause of air pollution as well as noise pollution. More vehicles mean more congestion and traffic jams. Everybody tries to move first and fast which not only increases the chance of accidents but also causes a lot of noise pollution because people continuously blow horn during the waiting moments.
An easy and quick solution of the problem is that we should make more use of public transport. It’ll prove more beneficial as it will save our energy, money and time and we can use that energy at our workplace.
Moreover, I want to make an appeal to the vehicle-owners to practice patience while driving because our life is very precious. It is better to reach late than never.
Thanking You
Yours sincerely
XYZ
Question 6.
A. Compulsory value-based education is the only remedy for inculcating values among the future citizens of the country. This will also help in the prevention of crime in the country. Write an article on the need of compulsory value-based education, in about 150 words. Use the ideas that you may have gathered from MCB Unit 2 : Education and Unit 6 : National Integration. (8)
Answer:
Value-Based Education
by XYZ
Value-based education is an educational philosophy, an approach to teaching and learning that underpins away a school organises itself develops relationships and promotes positive human values. Schools that adopt such an approach report that there is a qualitative improvement in pupils’ attitude and behaviour. The purpose of value-based education is to help the school community think about and reflect upon positive universal values and practical implications of expressing them in relation to themselves and the community as a whole.
Value-based education also supports schools in promoting an inclusive school ethos and the methods of working raise achievements and help pupils to raise their self-esteem and take responsibility for their own behaviour and learning. It also enables students to examine the kind of life that is worth living and to consider what kind of life they want for themselves. At the core of value-based education lies an agreed set of principles, deeply held convictions that underpin all aspects of school life and work. The process is holistic and developmental, demanding a greater deal from the school’s community. Value-based education is thus, a philosophy for developing and supporting schools of excellence.
OR
B. You are Ram/Rajani, a social activist. You feel unnecessary hurry is the cause of stress that hurts people right from children to elders and iscrippling us in many ways, even causing death.Write an article on the topic, ‘Slow and Steady Wins the Race’ in about 150 words, driving home how measured steps, meaningful measures coupled with systematic approach can make us achieve our goals.
Answer:
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
by Ram
The modern life is a life of rush and hurry, stress and strain. The world has grown so materialistic that everybody wants early and quick success.The proverbial race between the hare and the tortoise is well known. The hare is too fast and takes long jumps and strides but he loves comfort, luxury and resting on his oars. The easy success has made him haughty and careless. The tortoise is slow but steady. He is humble and unassuming.
He is ingenuous and lovable and he believes in continuous hard work and perseverance. That is the secret of his winning the race in the long run. This proverb underlines the importance of steadiness in our work. It teaches us that we should not try to accomplish any task in a huff. Unnecessary hurry hurts everyone alike. It results in frustration and tension and can even cause death. There should be regularity in our work, however short the amount of the work may be.
Instead of completing a work in a short period, we should it bit by bit at regular intervals. We must adopt a systematic approach and take meaningful measured steps. We must be patient and enjoy what we are doing without taking too many things at the same time. A tree does not bear fruit all at once. It needs slow but constant labour. At first it is a seed. Slowly and steadily it grows into a plant and then tree. It bears blossoms which take time to turn into fruit. In this way, we see that work done with cool mind lasts long.
Section – C
Grammar Skills [10 Marks]
Question 7.
Complete the tasks A – C, as directed.
A. Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with the help of the given options: (3)
Dr. Diesel was (i) ………………… (an/the/a) gifted engineer. He (ii) ……………….. (is/was/been) highly practical and persevering in giving shape (iii) …………… (towards/on/to) his ideas.
Answer:
(i) a
(ii) was
(iii) to
B. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the error and write its correction against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the correction. The first one has been done for you. (4)
Answer:
Error Correction
(a) were are
(b) any some
(c) write written
(d) a the
C. Do as directed.
(i) Rearrange the following jumbled words/phrases in the given information to create a meaningful sentence: (1)
Extremely/a/grief/it/is/that matter/unkindly/animals/are/of exploited.
They are beaten, chained, trained and killed mercilessly. But nobody hears and pays heed to their cries. Animals are our friends, auxiliaries and necessary for our survival. Our vision should be a world where animal welfare matters.
Answer:
It is extremely a matter of grief, that animals are exploited unkindly.
(ii) Read the conversation between a doctor and a patient and complete the passage that follows. (1 + 1)
Doctor : Your body temperature is dangerously high. Since when are you suffering from headache?
Patient : The first time that I felt it was in the morning yesterday during my walk.
The doctor told the patient that his body temperature was dangerously high and asked him (a) ……………….. from headache. The patient answered that the first time that (b) …………………. during his walk.
Answer:
(a) since when you were suffering
(b) he had felt it was in the morning the previous day
Section – D
Literature Textbook [26 Marks]
8. Read the given extracts and answer the questions briefly, for any two extracts of the three given. (4 + 4 = 8)
A. Brutus, a word with you. Aside to Brutus
You know not what you do: do not consent
That Antony speak in his funeral:
Know you how much the people may be moved By that which he will utter? (Julius Caesar)
(i) Identify the speaker of the given lines. (1)
Answer:
The given lines are spoken by Cassius, a senator and conspirator of Caeser’s assassination.
(ii) Whose ‘funeral’ is being talked about? (1)
Answer:
Caeser’s funeral is being talked about in the given lines.
(iii) Why did the speaker raise this objection? (1)
Answer:
The speaker, Cassius, raises this objection because he fears that Antony, a great friend of Caesar, could sway the masses against them for murdering Caeser.
(iv) Give the antonym of the word ‘consent’? (1)
Answer:
The antonym of the word ‘consent’ is ’dissent’.
B. And every tongue, through utter drought.
Was withered at the root;
We could not speak, no more than if
Wc had been choked with soot. (The Rime of the Ancient Marenir)
(i) What was the effect of excessive heat and lack of water? (1)
Answer:
Because of the excessive heat, the sailors were very thirsty. Without water, their throats were parched.
(ii) Who is ‘we’? (1)
Answer:
‘We’ here refers to the sailors on board.
(iii) Why are they miserable? (1)
Answer:
They were miserable because they were without food and water in the middle of the sea.
(iv) Explain: ‘Choked with soot’. (1)
Answer:
The chimney pipe gets choked with soot. Here, metaphorically the throats were so dry and the poet is saying that it was like a choked chimney.
C. ‘My hero!’ she squealed. ‘Take me away from all this’. ‘Behind me I could hear the dragon rparing’.
‘Rescue me now,’ the princess said urgently.
‘Never mind her,’ came a voice, and a second knight appeared from the wardrobe.
‘It’s me who needs rescuing!’ (Virtually True)
(i) Who is the speaker? (1)
Answer:
Princess Aurora a character in the game is the speaker.
(ii) Why did the speaker squeal? (1)
Answer:
The speaker, Princess Aurora, squealed because she was in the clutches of a wicked dragon.
(iii) Who is the hero? (1)
Answer:
Michael is the hero.
(iv) Explain “Take me away from all this”. (1)
Answer:
According to the game, the princess was to be released from the dragon’s captivity and its treasures had to be collected by the narrator. The young Aurora did not want to be part of this vicious game.
Question 9.
Answer Any Five of the following six questions in about 30 – 40 words each. (5 × 2 = 10)
(i) The character of Victoria is a stark contrast to that of her parents. Justify. (The Bear Departed) (2)
Answer:
It is true to say that the character of Victoria is in stark contrast to that of her parents as she is an innocent 10 year old girl who loves her grandfather a lot. In comparison, her parents and uncle as well as aunt are selfish people who only care about material possessions.
(ii) ‘The Nightingale was a misfit in the world of the cunning.’ Comment. (The Frog and The Nightingale) (2)
Answer:
Yes, we agree that the Nightingale was a misfit in the world of the cunning. The world is competitive and selfish and only those people who are cunning can survive in it. Gullible and innocent people like Nightingale who are trusting by nature cannot survive in it and thus are considered a misfit.
(iii) What message does the ghost convey to the group that had assembled in the narrator’s house? What is then reaction to the message? (A Shady Plot) (2)
Answer:
The words t-r-a-i-t-o-r and H-e-l-e-n were spelt out on the board where the narrator and Laura Hinkle were ‘ seated. The message appeared on two other boards as well. This conveyed that John was flirting with another woman named Helen. Through the Ouija board, it became an open secret.
(iv) How did Patol Babu react to the offer of a role in a film? (Patol Babu : Film Star) (2)
Answer:
Patol Babu was very apprehensive initially, when his neighbour put forward the proposal of a prospective role in a film. He was definitely happy that he received such an offer at his age. Eventually, as the idea started seeping into his mind and soul, he began building castles in the air.
(v) What did the nurse tell the narrator about the boys? (Two Gentlemen of Verona) (2)
Answer:
The nurse explained that the boys were quite alone in the world except for their sister Lucia. Their father, a widower and a well-known singer, had lost his life in the early part of the war. Shortly after this tragedy, a bomb blast destroyed their house. The boys and their sister were thrown onto the streets, exposed to a life of poverty and starvation.
(vi) What is the poet’s dual attitude towards the snake’? (Snake) (2)
Answer:
The poet was full of admiration for the snake. He found it to be a beautiful and majestic creature. He called it the ‘Lord of the Earth’. But at the same time he was full of disgust as the voice of education had told him that the snake was a dangerous creature and should be killed.
Question 10.
Answer Any One of the following two questions in about 150 words. (8)
A. Imagine the traveller of the poem writes a diary entry, narrating his personal impressions about the trunkless statue and feelings about being in the antique land. You may begin like this…
The moment I saw the vast stretches of sand I couldn’t contain my excitement. In the midst of this sandy desert, I saw ………… (Ozymandias)
Answer:
Monday 5th April, 20XX
9 : 00 RM.
Dear Diary
The moment I saw the vast stretches of sand I couldn’t contain my excitement. In the midst of this sandy desert, I saw two poles erected on a pedestal. I was shook. Why construct two poles on a pedestal? To seek my answer I decided to go near the poles. As I drew near, I realised that the poles were actually legs. It was a broken statue whose upper body is missing. Even, the remaining part was on the verge of collapsing. I thought that if I look around I might some other part of the statue.
And lo and Behold! I found the weird looking head. One look at it and you would know that the sculptor was skilled. The expression on the statue was precise. It showed pride, anger and coldness. After inspecting the face of the statue, I returned to the pedestal. There was an inscription there. It said that it was the statue of Ozymandias, the king of kings. He asked the looker to look at his fame and glory but I could see none. What an arrogant man must he be to think that he would survive the test of time. As I had been reading the inscription, I realised that I had to return to continue my journey.
The Traveller
OR
B. Imagine you are Mrs. Packletide. After being betrayed by Louisa Mebbin, you learnt a lesson for life. Now you are completely changed. You are purged of all ill-will and dislike that you nursed for Loona Bimberton. Write a letter of apology to Loona Bimberton telling her how you were blackmailed because of your craze for fame. (Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger)
Answer:
15, Curzon
Street London
24th June, 20XX
Dear Loona,
You will be shocked to receive my letter as we were never the best of friends. It’s been almost five years now since we last met. As I look back on the events that went by, I feel ashamed for having conducted myself in such a poor manner. I realise that I have been vain and insensitive.
All the pomp and glory that accompanied the tiger shooting incident has revealed my ridiculously vain nature, I hate myself for having a continuous competition with you. How lovely it would have been if we were friends with each other!
I have a confession to make to you. The entire incident surrounding the tiger shoot was only partially true. I had not killed the tiger. It had succumbed to a natural cause. I did not disclose the truth, neither did my associates, the villagers and my paid companion, as I had paid them handsomely to buy their silence. However, I paid a heavy price for my falsehood. Louisa blackmailed me into buying her a weekend cottage to guard my secret. This shattered my self-confidence.
Realisation has dawned and I have decided to turn over a new leaf. Time has been a great teacher. It taught me that fame and money are transient, whereas human relationship is not. Loona, I earnestly wish to seek your pardon for my deplorable behaviour towards you. I extend to you my hand of friendship.
Hope you would keep in touch.
Your friend
Ruby Packletide