Bihar Board Class 10th English 2014 Question Answer : प्रिय विद्यार्थियों, “Mindbloom Study” (#1 Online Study Portal For Bihar Board Exams) आपके लिए लाया है Bihar Board Class 10th English 2014 (Second Sitting) Previous Year Question Paper ।
SECTION-A
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below in your own words :
The water of river Yamuna in Delhi has become lifeless. The river’s water quality is most polluted and has received ‘E’ grade. This is the lowest grade which indicates the severity of pollution in water. Some fifty years ago the water of the Yamuna was clear and clean. Many water plants such as weeds, algae and shrubs grew in the water or along the bank of the river. These plants were the main source of food for aquatic creature. A number of water birds could be seen along the river. With the onset of winter thousands of migratory birds would come here to feed in the Yamuna water. Sadly these water species and birds have vanished or died. What one finds now are red worms, called Chironomids which live in the most unhygienic and polluted water.
Questions :
(i) Why did the birds migrate to the Yamuna water during winter season ?
(ii) What indicates the rich quality of Yamuna water in the past?
(iii) Which word in the passage means ‘disappear’?
(iv) How are Chironomids different from other birds ?
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below in your own words :
Language is a wonderful gift given to man. No animal possesses this gift, but they have their own ways of expressing themselves. When a rabbit sees an enemy it runs away into the hole. Its tail, which is white bobs up and down as it runs. The other rabbits see it, they run too. They know that there is a danger. When a cobra is angry, it raises its hood and makes itself look fierce. This warns other animals. When a bee has found some food, it goes back to its have. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a kind of dance in the air. Some animal say things by making sound. A dog barks when a stranger comes near.
Questions :
(i) How does a rabbit react when it sees an enemy ?
(ii) How does a cobra give a warning to other animals ?
(iii) Where does a bee carry the food?
(iv) Why does a dog bark?
SECTION-B
3. Write a letter to your younger brother to read the newspapers daily.
Or, Your father is a government servant. He has been transferred from Patna to Buxar. You are no longer in a position to stay at Patna. You want your T.C. Write an application to your Headmaster for transfer certificate.
4. Write a short paragraph on any one of the following :
(i) Spring Season
(ii) A Journey by Bus
(iii) The game you like most
(iv) Independence day.
5. Prepare a report on your visit to any hills.
Or, Write a message to your mother to inform her that you are going to see Rajan, your friend who has taken ill.
SECTION-C
6. Do as directed :
(i) The sight is too horrible to see. (Remove too)
(ii) Roma is more intelligent than any other girl in my locality. (Into Positive Degree)
(iii) Who knocked at the door? (Into passive voice)
(iv) O that I were a king! (Transform into Assertive Sentence)
7. Change the following sentences into indirect form of speech :
(i) She said, “I want to go there.”
(ii) He said to me, “Why are you worried?”
(iii) He said, “May God save her life!”
(iv) The master said to the servant, “Water the plants.”
8. Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of verbs given in the brackets :
(i) Two and half kilometres ……. not a long distance. (is, are)
(ii) Most of us …… not like Shekhar. (does, do)
(iii) All the news ……. true. (is, are)
9. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition given in brackets :
(i) I was amazed …….. his ability. (at, on)
(ii) Death does not distinguish ……. the rich and the poor. (between, from)
(iii) He proposed …….. his friends that they should go to the cinema. (with, to)
(iv) I have great respect ……. my seniors. (for, to)
10. Translate any five into English :
(i) पहाड़ियों पर बादल थे।
(ii) मैंने कल एक सपना देखा।
(iii) नदियों को प्रदूषित नहीं करना चाहिए।
(iv) पटना एक पुराना शहर है।
(v) क्या तुम चित्रकारी जानते हो ?
(vi) तुम्हें आराम करना चाहिये।
(vii) कल किसने देखा है ?
(viii) नियमित अध्ययन करो।
SECTION-D
11. Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow :
I speak with prejudice, because I belong to the tribe of slow thinker, those who are cursed with I’esprit de I’ escaliert: people who on the most devastating about four hours after the party is over. I am one of those who are guaranteed to get the lowest marks in my intelligence test, because those tests or all the ones I have come across seem to be designed to measure the speed of your mind more than anything else. Obviously we slow thinkers are terribly handicapped in the business of getting a living. But what I am thinking about just now is not so much the practical use of one’s mind as its use for enjoyment.
Questions :
(i) Name the essay and its author.
(ii) To which tribe did the writer belong to ?
(iii) How are today’s intelligence test designed ?
(iv) What is the writer thinking of ?
(v) Which word in the extract means the following?
a pre-conceived notion.
12. Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Starting a production without adequate planning, sometimes even without a shooting script, penchant to convolutions of a plot and counterplot rather than the strong, simple unidirectional narrative: the practice of sandwiching musical numbers in the most unlyrical situations, the habit of shooting indoors in a coun-try which is all landscape, and at a time when all other countries all these stand are turning to the documentary for inspiration in a way of the evaluation of a distinctive style.
There have been rare glimpses of an enlightened approach in a handful of recent films. IPTA’s Dharti-ke-Lal is an instance of a strong simple theme put over with style, honesty and technical competence. Shankar’s Kalpana, an inimitable and highly indi-vidual experiment, shows a grasp of filmic movement, and a respect for tradition.
Questions :
(i) Name the essay and its author.
(ii) How should a film production be made ?
(iii) Which film is mentioned in this extract ?
(iv) What do you think about ‘Shankar’s Kalpana’ ?
(v) Find out the word from the passage which means ‘inland scenery’.
13. Answer any one of the following questions in about 80 words :
(i) “But anyhow, on Saturday when I collect, I put in a good word on ecology.” This is the narrator’s way of preserving ecology. How are you contributing to ecological preservation in your surroundings ?
(ii) “What our cinema needs above everything else is a style, an idiom, a sort of iconography of cinema, which would be uniquely and recognisably Indian.” How far does this apply to Indian cinema today?
14. Answer the following question :
What is preferable to fanatic devotion?
Or, Quote a few lines from the text which highlights the plight of woman and the depressed class.
15. Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow :
The Fire of Love has charred my wings, and made me a new
I am restless! Where is my beloved?
The sight of mango-blossoms fires me all the more !
The greener the garden, the brighter burns my heart!
My flaming soul asks, “Where? Where is my Beloved ?”
Speak! Speak! Why are they leaves so still?
Questions :
(i) What charred the wings of the koel?
(ii) Why is koel restless?
(iii) What burns her heart?
(iv) What does the flaming soul of the koel ask?
16. Answer any two of the following questions :
(i) A mother is searching for nettles and vines. Who is she? Why is she searching such things?
(ii) Explain the mood of the poet when he says, “Our hearts stood still in the bush of an age gone by.”
(iii) Explain the following lines :
“Nothing is wrong with a half filled purse;
“Tis the void in the heart that is the curse.’
17. Answer any one of the following questions :
(i) Suppose you are Sun. There was a party at your house last night; but you were not allowed to attend it. How did you feel? How did you face this situation?
(ii) Suppose, you are one of the customers of Mr. Gessler’s shop. You know how Mr. Gessler struggles for the existence of his trade. What will you suggest to protect the trade from the onslaught of big firms ?
18. Answer any two of the following questions :
(i) Why is the daughter filled with a sense of weariness and emptiness? Have you ever experienced like her?
(ii) Name some particular diseases which are caused due to change of weather.
(iii) What do you think about the terms and condition of the bet ?
(iv) Focus the role of Jabra in the story January Night.
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