SRI KRISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (CBSE)

Duration: 1.30 Hrs

CLASS: X
MICRO REVISION 5
Marks – 40
Date - 30.11.2023
ENGLISH

General Instructions:
1. This paper is divided into three sections:
(READING, GRAMMAR & WRITING and LITERATURE)
2. Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary.
3. Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions.

SECTION A - READING COMPREHENSION

I. Read the passage given below.

1. Indian Rhinoceros, (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called greater one-horned

Rhinoceros, the largest of the three Asian Rhinoceroses. The Indian Rhinoceros weighs
between 1,800 and 2,700 kg. It stands 2 meters high at the shoulder and is 3.5 meters
long. The Indian Rhinoceros is more or less equivalent in size to the White Rhinoceros of
Africa and is distinguishable from the Javan Rhinoceros by its greater size, the presence
of a large horn, tubercles on its skin, and a different arrangement of skin folds.
2. The Indian Rhinoceros occupies the world’s tallest grasslands, where at the end of
the summer monsoon in October grasses reach 7 meters tall. They are primarily grazers,
except during the winter when they consume a larger proportion of browse. The Indian
Rhinoceros fights with its razor-sharp lower outer incisor teeth, not with its horn. Such
teeth, or tusks, can reach 13 cm in length..
3. The Indian Rhinoceros previously occupied an extensive range across northern
India and Nepal from Assam state in the east to the Indus River valley in the west. Today
this species is restricted to about 11 reserves in India and Nepal. Nearly 2,300 individuals
of breeding age remain in the wild, and only one population, that of Kaziranga National
Park in Assam state, contains more than 500 individuals.
4. The Indian Rhinoceroses’ dung piles, or middens, are of interest not only as places
where scent is deposited and as communication posts but also as sites for the
establishment of plants. Indian Rhinoceroses can deposit as much as 25 kg in a single
defecation. The Indian Rhinoceroses’ dung piles support interesting collections of over
25 species of plants whose seeds are ingested by Rhinoceroses and germinate in the
nutrient-rich dung.

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5. A survey was conducted on the population of Rhinoceros unicornis between 1910
to 2005 and the result was interpreted in the form of a line graph.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below:
(5x1=5)

(i) Pick the option(s) that state the features used to distinguish Indian
Rhinoceros and Javan Rhinoceros.
(a). Large horn (c). Skin fold arrangement
(b). Skin tubercles (d). All of these
(ii) Which of these statements is correct?
(a). The Indian Rhinoceros previously occupied an intensive range across southern
India and Sri Lanka from Tamil Nadu state in the south to Himachal Pradesh in the
north.
(b). The Indian Rhinoceros previously occupied an intensive range across northern
India and Nepal from Assam state in the east to the Indus River valley in the west.
(c). The Indian Rhinoceros previously occupied an extensive range across southern
India and Sri Lanka from Tamil Nadu state in the south to Himachal Pradesh in the
north.
(d). The Indian Rhinoceros previously occupied an extensive range across northern
India and Nepal from Assam state in the east to the Indus River valley in the west.
(iii) Which of these pictorials represent the change in population of rhinoceros
from 1959 to 1963?
(A) Option 1

(B) Option 2

(C) Option 3

(D) Option 4

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(iv) Which of these Rhinoceros is equivalent in size to Indian Rhinoceros?
(a) African White Rhinoceros
(b). Javan Rhinoceros
(c) Asian Rhinoceros
(d) All of these
(v) Select an option that conveys the same meaning as ' ' from the words used in
Para 1.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

SECTION B – GRAMMAR ( 1x 10 =10)

II. Attempt any SEVEN of the following questions. Question 1 is compulsory
1. Read the conversation and complete the sentence by reporting the reply
correctly
Sanju: "I've lost my lucky bat with which I made all my runs. Tomorrow We are
playing at Delhi School."
Father: "If confident, you can still make all the runs."
Sanju said that _________________________________________________ .

Father replied that if confident _________________________________________.

2. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the following.
PLASTIC _______ BE FANTASTIC BUT GREEN IS CLEAN!
(a) may (b )must (c) can (d) will
3. Fill in the blanks with Past Perfect Continuous tense to form a meaningful
sentence.
The Chinese ________ (prepare) war for many years before they attacked India.
4. Identify the error and supply the correction, for the following
Neither he nor his friend were guilty.
Use the given format for your response.

error correction

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5. Identify the error in the given sentence, from a school magazine report and
supply the correction.
Some students tends to experience episodes of anxiety and sleeplessness and even
nervous breakdowns.
Use the given format for your response.

error correction

6. Complete the following sentence with suitable modal verbs.

She _______ be by her ailing mother at this time.
7. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the
given portion of a letter:

Dear Madam This is with reference to ....

Subject: Need for ________ (promote) Healthy Eating Routines

SECTION B - (CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS)

III. Attempt ANY ONE from the questions given below: (1 x 5 = 5)

1. The line graph below shows the consumption of fast food by Indian urban teenagers
between 2005 and 2020. Study the information carefully and then write an analytical
paragraph in about 150 words to summarise it. Make comparisons wherever appropriate
and draw conclusions.

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 OR
2. You are Shubha Mohanty, residing in Subhadra Apartments, ST Thomas Mount,
Chennai. You have observed, with increasing concern, that garbage collection continues
to be done without segregation in your neighbourhood.
Write a letter to the Editor of The Real Times, Chennai in about 120- 150 words,
explaining your concern along with the rationale behind the importance of garbage
segregation. Suggest ways in which school students can also create awareness among
public.

SECTION C – LITERATURE

IV. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. (4x1=4)

1A. As she and her husband turned away in terror, the extraordinary chair pushed
them both out of the room and then appeared to slam and lock the door after them.
Mrs Hall almost fell down the stairs in hysterics. She was convinced that the room
was haunted by spirits, and that the stranger had somehow caused these to enter
into her furniture. “My poor mother used to sit in that chair,” she moaned! To think
it should rise up against me now! The feeling among the neighbours was that the
trouble was caused by witchcraft.”

(a) Mrs Hall felt that the room was haunted by spirits because
(i) she could see evil spirits.
(ii) she heard strange noise.
(iii) uncanny things happened there.
(iv) the door slammed shut.

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(b) Pick the sentence that brings out the meaning of ‘hysterics’ as used in the
extract.
(i) My friend and I were in splits when we saw the clown’s antics.
(ii) I don’t know why I suddenly felt worried about flying home.
(iii) The sight of blood put the old man in a frenzy.
(iv) The people who had witnessed the accident were spellbound.
(c) Look at the different meanings of ‘haunt’. Pick the option that DOES NOT
correspond to its meaning
(i) to be conscious of a strange phenomenon.
(ii) be persistently and disturbingly present in (the mind).
(iii) (of something unpleasant) continue to affect or cause problems for.
(iv) a place frequented by a specified person.
(d) The neighbours thought it was ‘witchcraft’. This tells us that neighbours were
(i) suspicious.
(ii) superstitious.
(iii) nervous wrecks.
(iv) gossip-mongers.
OR
1B. When I returned, there was an appalling spectacle. There was complete silence
from the box, but from its air holes and chinks around the lid, blood had trickled
and dried. I whipped off the lock and tore open the lid, and Mij, exhausted and
blood-spattered, whimpered and caught at my leg. He had torn the lining of the box
to shreds; when I removed the last of it so that there were no cutting edges left, it
was just ten minutes until the time of the flight, and the airport was five miles
distant. I put the miserable Mij back into the box, holding down the lid with my
hand. I sat in the back of the car with the box beside me as the driver tore through
the streets of Basra like a ricocheting bullet.
(a) Choose the speaker that uses the phrase ‘appalling spectacle’ correctly.
(i) Speaker 1 – We got back home to see that our pet dog had eaten kheer my
mother had kept out of the fridge. Indeed, an appalling spectacle.
(ii) Speaking 2 – We got back home and witnessed that our cousin had dressed
our pet dog in his t-shirt. Have to admit that it was an appalling spectacle.
(iii) Speaker 3 – We got back home to see that our pet dog sitting with a mangled
rat. It was an appalling spectacle.
(iv) Speaking 4 – We got back home from the airport and observed our pet dog
sound asleep on the rug. What an appalling spectacle!
(1) Speaker 1 (2) Speaker 2 (3) Speaker 3 (4) Speaker 4

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(b) Select the option that DOES NOT state the possible reason for Maxwell’s
cutting the box edges off.
(i) Mij could have injured himself further.
(ii) It could have made the place untidy.
(iii) Mij could have accidently swallowed the torn pieces
(iv) It could have obstructed the shutting of the lid.
(c) Choose the option that correctly states Maxwell’s likely feelings, in the
situation below.
“… I put the miserable Mij back into the box, holding down the lid with my hand.”

(1) anxious (2) disappointed (3) terrified

(4) guilty (5) insulted

(i) 1 and 5 (ii) 2 and 3 (iii) 1 and 4 (iv) 3 and 5

(d) “whipped off”, is an example of a phrasal verb i.e. a combination of a verb
and a preposition. Choose the option that DOES NOT fit the given definition.

(i) Option 1 (ii) Option 2 (iii) Option 3 (iv) Option 4

2A (I am an orphan, roaming the street. I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare
feet. The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.) (4x1=4)
(a) The tone of the given lines is
(i) analytical. (ii) despairing. (iii) peaceful. (iv) nervous.
(b) The golden silence is contrasted with the __________.
(i) chaos of the street. (ii) constant instructions received.
(iii) sweetness of freedom. (iv) hushed, bare feet.
(c) Name Author and the Poem.
(d) Which option completes the popular adage given below?
___________________ silence is gold.
(i) Precious are words for (ii) Speech is silver
(iii) Silver is the tongue (iv) Ideas may be precious but

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 OR
2B The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbour and city on silent
haunches and then moves on.
(a) Choose the option with qualities of the cat that the poet applies to the fog?
(i) Cats are independent animals, they don’t follow rules, they slip and slide in
and out of our lives as they please.
(ii) Cats are distrustful of strangers and can be jealous and moody.
(iii) Cats are stealthy, moving in slow motion at times and they appear to be
moving in a mysterious fashion.
(iv) Cats often communicate with a combination of a distinctive sound and body

language.
(v) Cats like to move on at their own pace and before you know it, they've
disappeared.
(1) Only (i)
(2) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(3) (i), (iii) and (v)
(4) Only (iv)
(b) The poet has used short lines to compose the given poem.
Choose the option that lists the most appropriate explanation for the same.
(i) By keeping the lines short, the poet keeps the liberty in stepping away from
rule, traditional form, logic, or fact, in order to produce a desired effect.
(ii) By keeping the lines short, the poet wants the reader to omit some parts of a

sentence, which gives the reader a chance to fill the gaps while reading it
out.
(iii) By keeping the lines short, the poet wants to introduce ambiguity or
contradiction into an otherwise straightforward sentence.
(iv) By keeping the lines short, the poet is controlling the pace to make the
reader slow down thereby reflecting the slow rolling in of the fog.
(c) Choose the option that DOES NOT list movement of the fog.
(i) It stole in on us like a foot-pad somewhere out of the sea and air ...
-E.J. Pratt
(ii) A fog drifts in, the heavy-laden cold white ghost of the sea-Sara Teasdale
(iii) The fog it tricks the eye The wonder of the veil of white Under the clear
blue sky. -K.C.Cox
(iv) ... comes gliding rolling in at ground level, pressing its white featureless
face against ... R.H.Grenville
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 1. Option (1) 2. Option (2) 3. Option (3) 4. Option (4)
(d) Name the poet.
V. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40 - 50 words. (2x3=6)
1). What were the strange and funny guesses that Londoners made about Mijbil?
2). Justify the poet’s allusion to Rapunzel in ‘Amanda’.
3). Enumerate any two reasons that justify Mr. Keesing’s displeasure at Anne’s
talking in class.
4). Stealth is an important aspect of fog. State any two instances from the poem
“Fog” that suggest the same.

VI. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 40 - 50 words. (1x3=3)

1). Describe the encounter of the invisible man with the Constable Jaffers.
2) The neighbours suspected Griffin of burglary. State why this was OR was not
justified.

VII. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120 words. (1x6=6)
1). Anne says that there were so many dummies in the class that about a quarter of
them shouldn’t be promoted. Is she being rude or brutally honest? Evaluate.

2). ‘Amanda is alone but not lonely in the world she envisions.’ Justify the statement
with reference to any one image she pictures in her mind.

3). Imagine that Griffin has been caught by the police and is produced in court. He
needs to defend himself and prove that he is not guilty of the charges. As Griffin
prepare a statement that you would use in court to prove your innocence. You may
begin like this: I plead not guilty. I have been accused of …, however…

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