DISTRICT COMMON EXAMINATION BOARD – KADAPA – YSR Dist.

Action Plan Grand Test-2 2019-2020 Third Languagae English Paper-II

Class: 10 Max. Marks: 50 Time: 2.45Hrs INSTRUCTIONS:

1. This question paper has 28 questions in three sections (A,B, and C).

2. Answer all the questions on a separate answer book supplied to you.

3. 15minutesoftimeisallottedexclusivelyforreadingthequestionpaperand2-30hoursfor writing the answers.

4. Answer all the questions of Section – B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

5. Start answering the questions as you read them.

Section – A: Reading Comprehension

Questions (1 – 5): Read the following data carefully.

Now, answer the following questions. 1X5= 5M 1. What information is given in the table?

2. Which state or union territory has the highest literacy rate? 3. Which two states or union territories occupy the first places in female literacy rate?

A) Andhra Pradesh and Bihar B) Andaman &Nicobar Islands and Chandigarh C) Delhi and Chandigarh

4. Which state or union territorie has the least male literacy rate? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Arunachal Pradesh C) Bihar

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE A) Andhra Pradesh has more percentage of female literates than Assam B) Delhi and Chandigarh have the same percentage of literacy. C) make literacy percentage is more than the female literacy rate in all states or union territories.

Questions (6-10): Read the following passage carefully.

Kalpana Chawala was born in a small town in the state of Haryana. She had a great passion for space travel. Fired by intense passion for space travel, she choose Aeronautical Engineering and ignored the advice of her college principle to opt for the more lucrative engineering branches, like mechanical or electrical engineering. She braved all the challenges ahead and achieved her dream of space travel as mission specialist and prime robotic and operator on the Space Shuttle Mission, STS-87. This ’Mission’ lasted for 15 days, 16 hours and 34 minutes. On the completion of her first Mission , Kalpana Chawla travelled 65 lack miles in 252 orbits of the earth and logged 376 hours and 34 minutes.

The success of Kalpana Chawla demonstrates that nothing can stop us from achieving success it the passion and the vision align and integrate with each other. Hence, while deciding on a vision, studies must ensure that it is aligned with their passion and core competence.

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Now, answer the following questions. 1X5 = 5M

6. What should the students learn from the success of Kalpana Chawla?

7. What was her dream?

8. Kalpana Chawla has chosen_________

A) Aeronautical Engineering B) Mechanical Engineering C) Civil Engineering

9. Kalpana Chawla was born in ___________ A) Himachal Pradesh B) Haryana C) Andhra Pradesh

10. Identify the true statement form the following basing on the above paragraph. A) She followed the advice of her college principal. B) Her mission lasted for 15 years, 16 months and 34 days. C) She is a great inspiration to the students.

Questions (11-15):

Read the following passage carefully.

Once, there was a mouse that had his hole near a pool in a thick forest. A frog often came out for basking in the sun. Within no time, they became buddies. But the friendship of a frog and mouse is highly undesirable because the frog's home is in water and the mouse on land. One day the frog said to the mouse, "let's bind ourselves together with a string so that we may never get separated." The mouse agreed. So, both tied themselves together leg-to-leg. Though on land, it went quite well, but in the pool, it was tragic for the mouse. The frog swam about delightfully in the pool dragging the mouse with him. Soon, the mouse drowned and his body floated on the surface of the pool. An eagle hovering in the sky saw the dead mouse it swooped down to carry it off. Up went the frog as well and became the eagles meal.

Now arrange the jumbled sentences in the sequential and meaningful order. 5M 11. Both of them spent very happily on land.

12. When an eagle carried the dead rat, the frog also went up and lost its life.

13. But in the pool, the rat drowned and floated on the surface.

14. One day the frog and the rat tied themselves together leg-to-leg so that they may never get separated

15. A rat and a frog became friends.

Note: Copy the box in your answer booklet. Write the numbers to indicate the sentences.

Section – B: Vocabulary

Note: Answer all the questions of Section – B (Vocabulary) in the same order at one place in your answer book.

16. Read the paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing from the words given in the box. 4X½=2M

One Sunday morning Roberge found(a) Ray in a disturbed(b) mood. A few well-known(c) personalities of

the city had visited him earlier to go through some of his manuscripts(d)

a. _________ b. ___________ c. _________ d. ___________

17. Read the paragraph and match the words under ‘A’ with their antonyms under‘B’. (Write your answer and their corresponding numbers in the answer book) 4X½=2M

‘It was so hard (a) for them but right from the start (b) they did their best(c) to make me independent’(d)

A B a) hard ( ) 1) end b) start ( ) 2) least c) best ( ) 3) dependent d) independent ( ) 4) worst

5) freedom 6) easy

Famous, documents, noticed, friends, upset, search

18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets. 4X½=2M

Now whether this happens at the .............. (nation / national) (a) level or at the regional level, or

even at the global level, sooner or later there is ..................... (discontent / discontentment)(b) ; and when

that discontent is .................. (strong / strength) (c) enough, there is conflict. So good ........................

(manage / management) (d) of the natural resources, equitable distribution of these resources, is

important for peace.

19. Fill in the following spellings using ia, ai, iu, eu 2x½=1M

a) My trunk had been carr __ __d by a porter.

b) The enorm __ __s spiritual poverty of some rich people is much deplorable than material poverty.

20. Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets. 2x½=1M

(a) That teddy bear is so cute and lov_______(able/abel)

(b) The kids always have fun together. They never disagree or have an argu______(ment/mient) 21. Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling. a) tongue, bureau, creature, daugter

b) desision, computer, strength, fantastic

22. Read the following dictionary entry of the word ‘thirsty’ given below.

Now, answer the following questions using the information above.

a) What is the meaning of ‘restore’?

b) Write any one sentence from the entry using the word ‘restore’.

23. Arrange the following words under the correct heading. 8 X ¼=2M

Lethargy, protest, decide, worry, spend, carry, certainty, plight.

State Action

1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4.

24. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. 4 X 1=4M

Phrasal verb: see off Idiomatic Expression: on the dot Binomial Expression: part and parcel Foreign Expression: lingua franca

25. Match the following one word substitutes in Part-A with their meanings in Part-B. (Write only numbers and their corresponding letters in your answer book) 4X½=2M

Part A PartB

1. Guide ( ) A) One who treats heart diseases 2. Cardiologist ( ) B) One who studies the mind of a person 3. Psychiatrist ( ) C) One who is above 100 years 4. Centenarian ( ) D) One who can advise others

E) One who studies gems F) One who studies well

SECTION – C: CREATIVE EXPRESSION

26. a) You have read in the news paper about a course in English being offered by the Central Institute of

English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad.

Now write a letter to the Co-Ordinator of the course and ask him to send you details of the course and an application form. 5M

(OR) b) Imagine you are a journalist of a newspaper.

Write a news report about the conditions of the roads, uncleanliness, etc. With the help of the given information given above. 5M

27. (a) Write a biographical sketch of Mahatma Gandhi on the basis of the notes given below Name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Famous: Father of the Nation

Born : October 2, 1869

Birth Place : Porbanadar, Gujarat,

Parents: Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi, Putlibai Gandhi,

Spouse: Kasturba Gandhi Children: Manilal Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi and Devdas Gandhi.

Date of assassination: 30 January 1948

Other names: Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu ji, Gandhi

The United Nations has greatly honoured: 2nd October as “the International Day of Nonviolence.”

Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth.

(OR) (b) Write a story using the following hints.

Window on the world – medium of instruction if English, advantages – Link with the world of Science and

technology, art, literature, philosophy – the best –in the world –available to those who know English –

progress in Education, social status, more job opportunities –with other states in India –with other countries

–no threat to Indian languages, literatures – on the other hand helps their growth.

28. Study the following.

Now, write a paragraph describing the information depicted in the diagram above. 5M