Bihar Board Class 10th English 2016 Question Answer : प्रिय विद्यार्थियों, “Mindbloom Study” (#1 Online Study Portal For Bihar Board Exams) आपके लिए लाया है Bihar Board Class 10th English 2016 (First Sitting) Previous Year Question Paper ।
SECTION-A
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below in your own words :
In England, Gandhiji, at first did not give his time entirely to his studies. Instead, he tried to copy fashionable English gentleman in every way. Like so many young men of his age he was attracted by what was new and foreign. He wasted a lot of money on buying smart English clothes. He started taking lessons in dancing and in playing the violin. What a change from the shy boy on the ship, who would not talk to other passengers! After three months he suddenly realized how silly it was to waste his good brother’s money on such things. After this he devoted all his time to serious study. From the very childhood, when gandhiji found out that he was doing wrong, he at once stopped doing it.
Questions :
(i) Where did Gandhiji go for his studies?
(ii) In the beginning, did he give his time to his studies ?
(iii) What attracted him most in England ?
(iv) What did he suddenly realize after his three months of study in England ?
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below in your own words :
There is a public library in every town in Great Britain. There are branch libraries in most villages. Anyone can become a mem-ber, and it costs nothing to borrow books. Three books may be borrowed at a time but only two may be novels. If there are four persons in the family they can, between them, take home twelve books. These books can be kept for a fortnight. So there is no difficulty in providing the family with all the reading that is needed. If at the end of the fortnight, you have not finished read-ing a book, you may renew it for another fortnight. If the book you want is not there you may ask for it to be kept for you and if you pay the cost of a postcard, the librarian will let you know when the book is returned and is ready for you.
Questions :
(i) How many books may be borrowed at a time ?
(ii) How long can the books be kept ?
(iii) How much does it cost to borrow books from a public library in Britain?
(iv) How can one get the book one wants if it is out?
SECTION-B
3. Write an application to your Headmaster requesting him to provide you with books from the Library of your school.
Or, Write a letter to your father to inform him that you are going to see Mukesh, your friend, who is seriously ill.
4. Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 80 words :
(i) Mahatma Gandhi
(ii) Discipline
(iii) The importance of trees
(iv) Hostel life.
5. Write a letter in about 80 words to the Health Officer of your district for organising a “keep your village clean” campaign.
Or, Write a letter to your elder brother in about 80 words to inform him that you are going to a picnic with your class fellows.
SECTION-C
6. Do as directed :
(i) He played a match. (Change into Passive voice)
(ii) Is a man immortal ? (Into Assertive sentence)
(iii) What a good book it is! (Into Assertive sentence)
(iv) Mohan is taller than Sohan. (Into Positive degree)
7. Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of verbs given in the brackets :
(i) A parcel of books …… been received. (has, have)
(ii) Lots of people ……. still coming. (is, are)
(iii) Two years ……. a small period. (is, are)
(iv) All that glitters …… not gold. (is, are)
8. Change the following sentences into indirect form of speech :
(i) He said to me, “Work is worship”.
(ii) I said to him, “I am your neighbour”.
(iii) The teacher said, “I wanted to help you”.
9. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions given in brackets :
(i) He deals …… sugar. (with, in)
(ii) He jumped ……. the well. (in, into)
(iii) Beware …… imitation. (of, by)
(iv) Do not be proud …… your wealth. (in, of)
10. Translate any five of the following into English :
(i) 1907 में भीमराव ने मैट्रिक उत्तीर्ण की।
(ii) तुमसे यह किसने कहा ?
(iii) मैं नास्ता कर चुका हूँ।
(iv) पटना गंगा के किनारे बसा हुआ है।
(v) नीतीश कुमार बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री है।
(vi) उसकी आवाज बहुत प्यारी है।
(vii) पटना एक पुराना शहर है।
(viii) राजु राम से अच्छा लिखता है।
SECTION-D
11. Read the extract carefully and answer the following questions :
Mahatma Gandhi was one of greatest sons of India. His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born at Porbandar on 2nd October, 1869. His father Kaba Gandhi, was a man of character. He was bold, truthful and generous. Gandhiji’s mother, Putlibai, had great faith in God. She was a religious lady and she went to temple everyday. She believed in prayer and worship. On a certain day of the month, she had her meals only after seeing the Sun. When she did not see the Sun, she would not eat. The family was quite well-to-do. Gandhiji was deeply influenced by his mother.
Questions :
(i) What was the full name of Mahatma Gandhi ?
(ii) Who was Mahatma Gandhi ?
(iii) When and where was he born?
(iv) Who were the parents of Mahatma Gandhi ?
(v) Who had great faith in God?
12. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Nalanda was an ancient centre of higher learning in Bihar, India. it is located in Bihar about 75 miles south-east of Patna. It was a Buddhist centre of learning. Nalanda was called one of the first great universities in History. Some buildings were constructed by the Aryan Emperor Ashoka the Great. The complex was built with red bricks and its ruins occupy an area of 14 hectares. The university attracted scholars and students from as far away as China, Greece and Persia. Nalanda was destroyed by Turkish invaders under Bakhtiyar Khilji. The great library of Nalanda University was so vast that it is reported to have burnt for three months after the invaders set it to fire. Due to this, Nalanda lost its importance as a world class learning centre of that time. In 2006, Singapore, China, India, Japan and other nations announced a proposed plan to restore and revive the ancient site as Nalanda International University.
Questions :
(i) Where is Nalanda located?
(ii) The university attracted scholars and students from which countries?
(iii) Which Aryan Emperor constructed buildings in Nalanda University ?
(iv) Who destroyed Nalanda University ?
(v) What was announced in 2006 ?
13. Answer any one of the following in about 80 words :
(i) Do you have any pet animal? How does it show concern for you?
(ii) Tell the name of any film which you like. Point out its salient features.
(iii) Who are taken to be slow thinkers? How are the slow thinkers handicapped today?
14. Answer the following questions in about 30 words each :
(i) What is more precious than diamond, silver or gold ?
(ii) Which is the most potent and versatile art form?
15. Read carefully the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow :
which never gets
dissolved into earth’s crust.
Questions :
(i) What is polythene ?
(ii) How strange is the polythene ?
(iii) What do you mean by ‘Hurt’?
(iv) Who is the poet of the above lines ?
16. Answer any two of the following questions in about 40 words :
(i) Why is Radha’s friend so worried?
(ii) What does the ‘silver pitcer’ symbolise in the poem ?
(iii) Contentment is the style of life. Discuss in the light of poem.
17. Answer any one of the following questions :
(i) When and where do the Sun and the Moon allow to meet guests?
(ii) Why did Munni suggest Halku to give up tenant farming in ‘January Night’?
18. Answer any two of the following questions :
(i) Who were Sun and Moon ?
(ii) Sketch the character of Munni from ‘January Night’.
(iii) How did Gessler die ?
(iv) What picture of the statue of women in the family is represented in ‘Two Horizons’?
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