SECTION C (GRAMMAR)



Sample Paper – 2010

Class – X

Subject – GRAMMAR

C1. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied. (½ x 8=4 marks)

|Pollution is one of a most serious problems facing humanity |e.g. a .... the |

|today. This problem was fairly complicated |(a) |

|for much of pollution is caused of objects |(b) |

|and activities that benefit mankind. Two-thirds in |(c) |

|Delhi 's appalling atmospheric pollution is caused on vehicles. |(d) |

|to end and even greatly reduce pollution would |(e) |

|call for a total re-assessment in what are |(f) |

|consider to be necessities of life |(g) |

|Is we prepared to do it? |(h) |

C2. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. (1/2 x 10 = 5 marks)

|The neem tree is native to India and is found all over country. It is a |e.g. over the country |

|highly medicinal plant leaves, flowers, bark |(a) |

|and oil been widely used as home remedies |(b) |

|right ancient times. The |(c) |

|neem twig makes excellent tooth-brush. |(d) |

|It is also full of Chlorophyll and its twigs very |(e) |

|effective in cleaning the mouth. Neem strong |(f) |

|antibiotic properties. A paste neem leaves |(g) |

|is used the treatment chicken pox. |(h) |

|boiled can be used for washing skin which is |(i) |

|inflamed infected |(j) |

C3. Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with one word only. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (½ x 8 = 4 marks)

One hot day in December, 1(a) ........ been standing perfectly still for a few minutes (b) ...... the dry weeds, (c) ........ a slight rustling sound (d) .... ..from near my feet, and glancing down, I saw the head (e) ........neck of a large serpent (f) .....slowly past me. In a moment or two, the flat head was lost (g) .......sight among the weeds, (h) ......the long body continued moving slowly by.

C4. Read the conversation given below and complete the report. Write the answers in your answer. sheet against the correct blank numbers. (1 x 4 =4 marks)

|Child |: I want a balloon, which I can release into tne air. |

|Balloon man |: Which colour balloon do you want? |

|Child |: Which colour balloon will take me up with it? |

|Balloon man |: It is not the colour of the balloon; it is what is inside that makes it go up. |

C5. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (1/2 x 6 =3 marks)

in space / a vast multitude / are wandering / of stars / about

A vast multitude of stars are wandering about in space.

(a) form groups, / majority / but the / are / a few / solitary travellers.

(b) a universe / they / spacious / that is / travel through / very /

(c) star / anywhere / a rarity / another star / it is / near / for a / to come /

(d) thieves / postman / catch / a / letters / policemen / the / and / brings.

(e) uniforms / postman / blue / wears / policemen / a / the / khaki / a / uniform / and / wear

(f) carry / letters / carries / policemen / a / canes / the / postman / a bag / while / in

C6. Given below is a portion of the diary entry of an astronaut. Complete the paragraph given below using the words and phrases. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (1 x 5=5)

|24th Nov. |

|moon - weightless - cannot be precise - on how body behaves astronauts adapt - balance |

|sensors - confuse them - soon body balances - move no gravity - on return - time to reorient |

The (a) ......in moon is totally new and unimaginable. One cannot say with any degree of (b) ......................... Gradually, the astronauts are guided by the balance sensors. But many a time, (c)......The body in a short period learns to balance itself and (d) .......This can be a problem and so one may need (e) ..... on returning to earth.

C7. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied (1/2 x 8 =4 marks)

|After our stay in Russia , I return with e.g. return .. returned |e.g. return .. returned |

|my son to visit my family for India. |(a) |

|We flew by the magnificent expanse of |(b) |

|the Himalayas in New Delhi . The plane |(c) |

|arrives after dark and by the time |(d) |

|we reach my uncle's house it was |(e) |

|were very tiring to do much talking |(g) |

|or to pay much attend to our surroundings. |(h) |

C8. Read the following passage and ff1 in the blanks with one word only. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (½ x 8 = 4 marks)

Despite the tremendous (a) .......in the medical field, no drug is yet (b) .........for the treatment of viral diseases. Edward Jenner invented vaccination in 1796. A (c) .......is a preparation of heat killed micro-organisms. When a small (d) ........of such micro-organisms is injected into the human body, the body (e) ......immunity against that particular microbe. This is the basic (f) .......of vaccination. Now vaccines are available (g) ............a number of diseases. Such vaccines are (h) .......and risk-free.

C9. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. ("2 x 8 = 4 marks)

place to place / because I / I travel / move from / like to I travel because I like to move from place to place.

(a) me / the sense / it gives / of freedom / enjoy / 1

(b) and / it pleases / of responsibilities / me / be / to / duties / rid /

(c) odd people / I / moment / who / amuse me / meet / for a /

(d) add / often tired / feel / travel / I am / to my / I can / personality / of myself / and / that by /

(e) day / the / happy / wish / you / returns / many / of

(f) this / sending / a / am / camera / I / occasion / on / happy / you

(g) photographs / the / event / take / of / please

(h) event / the / would / the / you / photographs / of / to / send / like / me

|C10. Read the following dialogue and complete the paragraph below, using past tense. Write the answers in your answer sheet |

|against the correct blank numbers. (3 marks) |

|On the way from the market a mother and son see beggars on the sidewalk. |

|Son |: Why are they asking for money, mummy? |

|Mother |: It is because they are poor, darling. |

|Son |: Can't we give them the fruits we have bought? |

|Mother |: We will give them money to buy whatever they choose. |

On seeing the beggars the son (a) ......When the mother replied that it was because they were poor, the boy wondered (b) ...The mother replied that (c) ..... .

C11. Certain tips are given below on how to plan an advertisement in a newspaper. Use the information to complete the instructions Gaur gave his students. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (5 marks)

|Advertisement |  |

|Informative |- holds readers' attention; highlights main selling points |

|Repetitive |- many readers can see it |

|Layout |- very important - use of logo or |

| |-illustration- attracts readers' attention |

An advertisement should give enough information (a) ......the readers' attention and (b) ...... points. The advertisement (c) ...............several times, so that it (d) ......attention of many people. The layout of the advertisement and use of logo or small

C12. You wish to go to U.K. for your post graduation. You saw the following advertisement in the newspaper:

|MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY — A GOOD CHOICE |

|Middlesex University invites applications from Indian students for the first part-time MBA in London. For admission to this |

|university, meet our local representative on May 6th, 2003 at Chaggar Enclave, New Delhi. |

Write a notice to be put up on the notice board of your colony giving all details, so that those interested can do the needful. You are Aarthi Gupta, Secretary of Vijay Residents’ Association. Write the notice in not more than 50 words. Put your notice in a box. (5 marks)

|C13. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word |e.g. have |

|and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the |…… has |

|word that you have supplied. (½ x 8 =4 marks) | |

|  | |

|of a volcano. On appearance it |(a) |

|looks like a cone shape mountain. |(b) |

|But in top of the cone is rather |(c) |

|flat but hollow. This is the |(d) |

|crater, the mouth in the volcano. |(e) |

|The volcano are formed by molten rock |(f) |

|coming with below the earth’s crust. |(g) |

|This is calls lava. |(h) |

C14. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (1/2 x 4 = 8 marks)

hardly / koalas are / ever drink / animals that / water /

Koalas are animals that hardly ever drink water.

a) water supply / they get / they eat / from / all their / the leaves /

b) inhabited / tree leaves / so, / by koalas / in areas / of / is high / demand /

c) one group / it takes / to support / several acres / of koalas / of trees /

d) can eat / everyday / each / one and a half kilograms / adult koala /up to / of leaves

e) the doctor / to go to / I had

f) by stepping / I slipped / to the bus-stop / on a banana peel / the house / coming from / while

g) On the knee / by the doctor / a / which I have / bad bruise / got bandaged / I had

h) before / I hope / got hurt / someone else / you I banana peel away / threw the / with it.

C15. Read the following dialogue and write it as paragraph using past tense. Write the correct answer in your answer sheet. (4 marks)

|Mother |: Why don’t you clean your room? |

|Daughter |: I’ll do it in the evening. I’m busy at the moment. |

|Mother |: You always have excuses. |

|Daughter |: For Heaven’s sake let me go by my own priorities. |

|Mother |See you have to clean it anyway. |

|Daughter |: Yes, Don’t worry the job will be done. |

C16. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied. (½ x 8=4 marks)

|The pump, one of the most new e.g. most ....many pain |e.g. most ....many |

|management techniques now | |

|available, implies pain-killing drugs |(a) |

|in the body. Studied but practised as |(b) |

|a superspecialised branch in medicine |(c) |

|pain management offers relief for |(d) |

|patients assailed in severe pain. |(e) |

|The perception of pain different from |(f) |

|person to person. Keep in mind the |(g) |

|differences, pain clinics use detail |(h) |

C17. Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with one word only. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (½ x 8=4 marks)

If the modem man wants tips (a) ....good child care, he could (b) ....at a couple of frogs in Papua New Guinea . (c) ......remarkable behaviour of two species, (d) ....which males (e) ...only bear sole responsibility for looking (f) .......their offspring but (g) ....take the entire family for piggy-back rides (h) ......the forest, came to light recently.

C18. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (½ x 4 = 8 marks)

depicted / architecture of / has been / the veena / about 500 A.D. / in temple The veena has been depicted in temple architecture of about 500 A.D.

(a) no takers / sadly / instruments / but / of all / this mother / has / Today

(b) to whom / there are / student / turn to / few / can / exponents / the rare

(c) subject in / it is / a subsidiary / not even / university curricula

(d) it is / so! the instrument / we have / even before / buried / born

(e) hill-station! / / with / to the beautiful / am going / my parents / of Manali.

(f) aren't you / you disheartened / going anywhere / are / why /

(g) Directoral Meetings / has / Som / at the office / important.

(h) autumn break / promised to / my father / out of station / during the / take us / has.

C19. Look at the newspaper items below. Then use the information in the headlines to complete the paragraphs. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole sentence. (½ x 6 = 3 marks)

|1. RAIN DISEASES KILL OVER TWO DOZEN |

|  |Kathmandu |: About (a) ....... in the remote villages of north-western Kalikot district (b) .... |

|2. LARGEST DISCOVERY OF DINOSAUR EGGS |

|  |Lerida |: More than 100 eggs (c) ....in north-eastern Spain , reportedly the (d) ..... in Europe . |

|3. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL REFORMS SEEN DOOMED |

|  |Islamabad |: A half-hearted attempt by Pakistan 's military ruler to (e) ......, despite |

| | |warnings that they are breeding grounds for Islamic militancy, (f) ...... |

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C20. Read the following conversation and complete the paragraph by writing suitable words and phrases in each space. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers (5 marks)

|Captain |: Do you know how to play cricket? |

|Nitesh |: Never had a chance to learn it. |

|Captain |: In this school every student has to learn it. |

|Nitesh |: Give me a chance and I shall learn it. |

|Captain |: I am sure you will, Nitesh |

The captain asked Nitesh (a) .....Nitesh replied (b) ....The captain then told Nitesh (c) ....................... Nitesh requested the captain (d) ......The captain said (e) .......

C21. Read the information given below and fill in the gaps in the paragraph appropriately. Do not add any extra information. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (1 x 5 =5 marks)

|man — numerous ways to express feelings — has evolved into an intelligent life form — animals express feelings through |

|facial expressions — focus eyes, ears, nose on the other animal — understanding the mood — they have only limited |

|flexibility. |

Man has a (a) ………..This is the result of (b) ………….When animals have to (c) …………They keep their eyes, (d) ………….for most animals (e) …………

C22. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied. (½ x 8 =4 marks)

|who are big for beauty e.g. for ……on |e.g. for ……on |

|products are in for some shock. |(a) |

|A recent study say that many |(b) |

|beauty products can causing |(c) |

|birth defects by damage the human |(d) |

|reproductive system. Stickers bindis |(e) |

|can cause white patch |(f) |

|on the forehead and excess use of |(g) |

|creams can cause pimples and pigment. |(h) |

C23. Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with one word only. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (½ x 8 = 4 marks)

In every field (a) …………….are pressures. Instead of succumbing to them (b) ……….has to be motivated and perform (c) ………………...In every failure there is a lesson to be (d) ………………….Parents and teachers should guard (e) ………...putting pressure on children. Man’s biggest (f) .....................is his fear of failure. It can adversely (g) ..................his performance. So brace up and do your duty (h) ..............any fears.

C24. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (½ x 4 = 8 marks)

out of work / were / if advertisements / dentists / to be / believed / for toothpaste / will soon be If advertisements for toothpaste were to be believed dentists will soon be out of work

(a) heart’s / and you can / to your / just use / content / this brand / sweets / gorge on

(b) it guards you / no harm / ring / with it’s / will be done / as / Protective

(c) unique / another / advertisement! that it’s / whiten / can / teeth / claims / action

(d) may / specialists / actually / warn/ that / be harmful / the whitener

(e) Africa / in / Tanzanians / highest / hare / rate / the / literacy

(f) Read / hardly / have / to / they / anything / but

(g) the / and / are / costs / soaring / paper / the / the / interest rates / Rates / reasons / of

(h) have / they / standstill / the / to / a / brought / publishing industry.

C25. Look at the newspaper items below. Then use the information in the headlines to complete the paragraphs. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole sentence. (½ x 6 = 3 marks)

|1. KHEL RATNA TO ABHINAV BINDRA FOR SHOOTING |

|  |Abhinav Bindra was (a) ………….for the year 2002 for his (b) ………. |

|2. MIUTANTS KILL 10 IN J&K |

|  |About half a dozen gun-wielding militants (c) …………….at three places in Rajouri district (d) .................... including 6|

| |members of a family. |

|3. NATIONAL GAMES PUT OFF |

|  |The eagerly awaited 32nd (e) ………..to be held in Hyderabad (f) ……...by three weeks following pressing demands by athletes. |

C26. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied. (½ x 8 =4 marks)

|The weather this year have been |e.g. have …… has |

|nothing but quirky. Ever as rains |(a) |

|eluded North India causes land to |(b) |

|turn barren, it pour twice as is |(c) |

|normal in Eastern Bihar, result in |(d) |

|massive floods. For such a phenomenon |(e) |

|is not usual in India, where one |(f) |

|region experience drought and the |(g) |

|others floods, experts say it rare happens in July. |(h) |

C27. Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with one word only. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (½ x 8= 4 marks)

H.G. Wells certainly did not (a) ………………a writer because he wished to do (b) ……………….. Desperation to (c) ……………...a living and a blighting tuberculosis (d) ………………………..him to abandon a career in teaching. For a man who (e) ………………. to writing almost as the (f) …………........ resort, Wells’ achievement (g) ………........been nothing short of outstanding. Between 1893 and 1903 he (h) …………….a succession of science fiction works, blazing a new trail in this genre.

C28. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. (½ x 8=4 marks)

identified / anthrax / researchers / destroy / have / way to / a new

Researchers have identified a new way to destroy anthrax.

(a) officials / a hand-held / bacteria / the method / device / allows / to detect / with

(b) bacteria killers / naturally / the technique / bacteriophages / is based on / occurring / known as

(c) to antibiotics / have been shown / of an / by bacteriophages / to destroy anthrax / that has become resistant / the extracts / enzyme produced

(d) this technique / infections / in a / help / few years / may / fight / difficult to treat

(e) disconnected / gets / after / soon / the / line

(f) very / became / dinosaurs / heavy / the /

(g) land / on / result / as / a / could not / them / their legs / the / support /

(h) water / but / alternative / be / a / could / fine

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