English Class 10 Previous Year Question Paper
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English Class 10 Previous Year Question Paper 2023 Exam :- In this post, I am sharing Class 10th English Previous Year Questions Paper with Answer Pdf. It will be beneficial for those students who are going to appear at the 2023-24 Board Exam.
CBSE Class 10th Previous Year Paper 2020 (Outside Delhi)
Class 10 Previous Year Question Paper
Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40 words each. [2 × 5 = 10]
(a) What were Lencho‘s feelings when the hail stopped?
Answer – After the hail stopped, Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. He could see a bleak future for him and his family. He was worried about the lack of food for the coming year.
(b) Why did Peggy and Maddie not wait for Wanda?
Answer – Maddie and Peggy didn’t wait for Wanda on that day because Mrs Mason, their teacher, was to announce the winners of the drawing and colouring competition. So, it was an important day which they didn’t want to be late for.
(c) Why does the poet use the term ‘noble‘ and ‘wild‘ for the tiger? (How to Tell Wild Animals)
Answer – The poet uses the terms ‘noble’ and ‘wild’ to show that the tiger like other wild animals, kills its prey. But the difference is that the tiger is noble for he kills only for hunger and not pleasure like the other wild beasts.
(d) What was the major flaw in Tricki?
Answer – The major flaw in Tricki was his greed. He could tackle a meal at any hour of the day due to which, he had gained an excessive weight that turned him to a lazy and unhealthy animal.
(e) What made the boys follow Griffin?
Answer – As Griffin was invisible, his footprints appeared out of nowhere on the snow. The boys saw the footprints without any feet and were amazed. That’s why they started following the footprints which were of Griffin.
(f) How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
Answer – Ausable did not fit into the description of secret agents Fowler had read of- In fact- Ausabel lived in a small room on the topmost floor which scarcely had any setting of a romantic adventure- He was very fat and although he spoke French and German passably- he had never lost his American accent which he brought from Boston twenty years ago- Fowler envisioned mysterious figures in the night- the crack of pistols- and passing of secret letters by dark-eyed beauties- but none of that happened.
English Class 10 Previous Year Question Paper
Attempt the following question in 100-150 words. [8]
1. What lesson did Kisa Gotami learn the second time that she had failed to learn the first time?
Answer – Kisa Gotami understood that death is common to all and that she was being selfish in her grief. She understood this only the second time because it was then that she found that there was not a single house where somebody’s beloved had not died. At the first time, she was only thinking about her grief and was therefore, asking for a medicine that could bring back her son. At second time, when she met Buddha, he asked her to get a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no one had ever died. He did this purposely to make her realise that there was not a single house where no beloved had ever died, and that death is natural.
When she went to all the houses for the second time, she felt dejected that she could not gather the mustard seeds. Then, when she sat and thought about it, she realised that the fate of men is such that they live and die. Death is common to all. This was what Buddha had intended her to understand.
2. Which qualities of animals has the poet lost and now wants to regain? Answer with reference to the poem, ‘Animals‘.
Answer – The poet wants to regain the qualities of animals as in, animals are natural and do not adapt to material goods like human beings do. This natural aspect of animals has helped them maintain their values. Humans, in order to possess more and more, have forgotten their kindness and innocence.
Animals do not complain about their situation, they are considered to be happier than humans. Animals live in natural surroundings, they accept their natural lives. Humans, on the other hand, have never accepted nature, i.e., they complain about it and try to change it, leading to an unhappy life.
Animals are free from any possession and are also free from sins, worries and complaints. The poet desires to imbibe these selfless and natural qualities of animals.
3. What do you know about Bishamber Nath? Why did Bholi refuse to marry him?
Answer – Bishamber was a middle-aged man. He was nearly as old as Bholi’s father. He limped while walking. He also had children from his first wife. He had a big house and a shop and also a lot of money in the bank. He agreed to marry Bholi without demanding dowry. But when he came to marry her on the day of wedding, he asked for `5000 to marry Bholi after seeing the pock scars on her face. Bholi’s father Ramlal begged him to not demand for dowry but Bishamber stuck to his demand.
Ramlal placed his turban at his feet but Bishamber was not moved. At last, Ramlal went in and opened his locker and came out with ` 5000 and placed the money at Bishamber’s feet. But Bholi refused to marry such a mean and greedy person and decided to remain unmarried to take care of her parents.
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