Madhyamik English Question Paper 2019
Madhyamik, the Class 10 School leaving
examination, is conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
(WBBSE). The examination is held in the month of February 2019. Each paper
started on each day from 11.45 A.M to 3.00 P.M
Students can download the syllabus and the model
question papers from the official website of West Bengal Board of Secondary
Education. Here is the link is provided http://www.wbbse.org/.
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Question Paper 2019.
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West Bengal Board Secondary Education
SECTION - A
READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)
1. Read the passage carefully and
answer the questions that follow:
"What have you written, Father?" Swami asked
apprehensively.
"Nothing for you. Give it to your headmaster and go to your
class."
"Have you written anything about our teacher Samuel ?"
"Yes. Plenty of
things."
"What has he done,
Father ?"
"Everything is there in
the letter. Give it to your headmaster."
Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth. His
conscience bothered him. He wasn't at all sure if his description of Samuel had
been accurare. He felt he had mixed up the real and the imagined.
Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel.
Samuel was not such a bad man after all. Personally he was much more friendly
than the other teachers. Swami also felt Samuel had a special regard for him.
Swami's head was dizzy with confusion. He could not decide if Samuel
really deserved the allegations made against him in the letter. The more he
thought of Samuel, the more Swami grieved for him. To recall Samuel's dark
face, his thin moustache, unshaven cheek and yellow coat filled Swaminathan
with sorrow.
A. Write the correct alternative to
complete the follwing sentences : 1x5=5
(a) Swami's father wrote the letter to Swami's ........ …..
(i) friends (ii) headmaster
(iii) teacher (iv) mother
(b) The letter made Swami feel ........... ……
(i) happy (ii) sad (iii) excited (iv) worried
(c) Swami stopped on his way to school to decide whether Samuel was
an/an ...
(i) bad person (ii) good and friendly person
(iii) honest person (iv)
dishonest person
(d) Swami felt dizzy because he was ……..
(i) excited (ii)
indifferent (iii) afraid (iv) puzzled
(e) The more Swami thought of Samuel the more .............
(i) aggrieved he felt (ii) cheerful he felt
(iii) disappointed
he felt (iv) angry he felt
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text: 1x3=3
(i) Swami's father asked him to.............................................................................................
(ii) While going to school
Swami
felt..................................................................................
(iii) Other teachers were not
as…….........................…………………………….
C. Answer the following questions: 2x2=4
(i) Why did Swami's conscience bother him?
(ii) How did Swami recall
Samuel's appearance?
2. Read the poem and answer the
questions that follow:
Once I crept in an oakwood -
I was looking for a stag.
I met an old woman there - all knobbly stick an rag.
She said: 'I have your secret here inside my little bag.'
Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.
She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake –
Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.
They said: 'We are the oak-trees and your own true family.
We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.
Unless you make a promise now - now you are going to die.'
'Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two.
Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you
And root you among the oaks where you were born but never grew.'
This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me.
When I came out of the
oakwood, back to human company,
My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.
A. Write the correct alternative to
complete the following sentences:
1x4-4
(a) The young child met…………………………
(i) a forester (ii) an old
man (iii) an old woman (iv) a stag
(b) The old woman was……………………..
(i) very smart (ii) looking nervous
(iii) richly dressed (iv) unsteady and poorly dressed
(c) The oak trees complained that…………....
(i) the woman cackled
(ii) they are chopped down, torn up but the humans remain
indifferent.
(iii) they are not watered everyday
(iv) they are tied to a stake
(d) A 'staring tribe' refers to .......................
(i) Local inhabitants
(ii) the primitive people
(iii) homeless people (iv) the oak trees
B. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False in the boxes on the right-hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/ words in suport of your answer: 2x2=4
(a) The oak trees told the child in his dream that whenever an oak
trees is cut down he should plant two oak saplings.
Supporting statement :
(b) When the child woke up from his dream he forgot all about the
oak trees.
Supporting statement :
READING COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN)
3. Read the following passage and
answer the questions that follow:
It is a known fact that children generally emulate the adults. When
a child imitates an elder smoking by holding a pencil between his/her tiny
fingers, most of us find it quite cute. We fail to realise that this harmless
imitation often results in actual smoking when they grow up. So it is time to
take a pause and think about its consequences. According to WHO data, tobacco
kills more than seven million people each year. While more than six million of
those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use, many non-smokers die because
they are exposed to second-hand smoke.
Over eighty percent of individuals, who start smoking during
adolescence, will continue to smoke in adulthood, while one-third of them will
die prematurely due to smoking-related diseases like cancer, heart disease and
chronic lung diseases. Experimentation by children can rapidly escalate into
heavy smoking.
Experts say that unless urgent action is taken immediately, the
annual death toll could rise to more than eight million by 2030. This sure is a
gloomy and cheerless world that we are leaving behind to our future
generations. So it is time to motivate youngsters to stay away from this deadly
habit.
Dr. Shyama Chona, the educationist says, "The best way to
motivate them to stay away from smoking is to involve them in some
activities." She suggests that schools can organise events like sports,
drama and story-telling sessions. Such participatory learning is very effective
because it dissuades kids from smoking, when they themselves propagate its bad
effects.
Parents have a big role to play when it comes to influencing their
kids. Theatre director Arvind Gaur says that a smoking parent can never tell
his/her child not to smoke because that would be too hypocritical.
[Adapted from an article published in the Times of India dated March
14, 2018]
A. Tick the right answer: 1x6=6
(i) We find it cute when
(a) a child imitates an adult
(b) an adult imitates a child
(c) a child copies an elder smoking by holding a pencil between
his/her tiny fingers
(d) a child actually smokes
(ii) According to WHO data, each year direct use of tobacco kills
(a) seven million people (b)
more than seven million poeple
(c) less than six million people (d)
more than six million people
(iii) In the opinion of experts urgent action should be taken
(a) immediately (b)
after one year (c) by 2030 (d) by the parents
(iv) Dr. Shyama Chona is
(a) a medical pracititioner (b)
a psychologist
(c) a social worker (d)
an educationist
(v) 'Deadly habit' in paragraph 3 refers to
(a) sports (b) smoking (c) play-acting (d) story-telling
(vi) A smoking parent can
(a) always tell his child to smoke (b)
tell his child to be hypocritical
(c) never tell his child not to smoke (d) tell his child to be honest and truthful
B. Each of the following statements is either 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for False in the boxes on the right-hand side. Also pick out suitable line(s) or phrase(s) from the passage in support of your answers: (1+1)x3=6
(i) A child never imitates an elder smoking.
Supporting sentence: …………………………………………………………………………
(ii) Many non-smokers die because of passive smoking.
Supporting sentence: …………………………………………………………………………
(iii) Our future generations will be left in a dark and hopeless
world due to smoking.
Supporting sentence: ………………………………………………………………………
C. Answer the following questions: 2x4=8
(i) How does a child imitate an elder smoking?
(ii) Name some of the smoking-related diseases.
(iii) Why should urgent action be taken immediately to stop smoking?
(iv) How can children be
motivated to stay away from smoking?
SECTION - B
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
4. Write the correct alternative to
fill in the blanks: 1x3=3
When Mrs. Gupta________________(return / returned / was returning)
home she noticed at once that thieves
__________(enter / have entered / had entered) her house during her absence.
The local police station_________(was informing/had informed / was informed)
immediately.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate
articles and prepositions: 1x3=3
Sunil, _____young diver jumped________ the river and saved the child
_________ drowning.
B. (i) He has worked out the answers carefully. (Change the voice)
Ans:
………………………………………………………………………
(ii) You do not take care of
your health. You may fall ill. (Join into a single sentence using an adverb
clause)
Ans:…………………………………………………………………….
(iii) "What have you written, Sachin?" The teacher said.
(Change into Indirect Speech)
Ans:……………………………………………………………………
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 form where
necessary. There is one extra phrasal verb in the list.
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Left hand side |
Right Hand side |
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(i) |
Kshudiram sacrificed his life for his motherland. |
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(ii) |
Police is investigating the case. |
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(iii) |
I am trying to find a job. |
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6. Given below are the meanings of four
words which you will find in the passage in Question No.3. Find out the words
and write them in the appropriate boxes on the right-hand:
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Left Hand side |
Right Hand side |
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(i) |
imitate |
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(ii) |
increase rapidly |
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(iii) |
Discourage |
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(iv) |
Spread and promote an idea widely |
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SECTION -C
WRITING
7. Write a story (within 100 words)
using the given hints. Give a title to the story. 10
Three children collecting green mangoes near railway track - one
sees a crack on rails - hears a train coming-senses danger-tears his red shirt
- three pieces - waves like flags - driver stops - accident avoided - children
rewarded.
Ans:
8. Write a letter within 100 words) to the
editor of an English daily stating reasons why plastic carry bags should be banned. 10
Your letter may include the following points:
Large scale use of plastic carry bags - choking sewage system -
Waterto roads - drains overflowing - pollution of land and ocean- must be
banned to save environment-use of substitutes like jute bags and paper bags.
Ans:
9. Your school is going to host an
inter-school drama competition. Suppose you are the Cultural Secretary of your
school. Write a notice (within 100 words) calling students to participate in
the competition. Mention the time, date and venue of the competition. Your
notice should be countersigned by the Headmistress/Headmaster of your school.
Ans:
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