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 (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 developing countries, the girls lag behind the boys in education. A large number of them do not go to school. Even when they are enrolled the burden of domestic chores stands in the way of their education progress. The single most important factor in their poor performance is the time and strain imposed by girl child’s work load. Close behind poverty, follows tradition. And perhaps the strongest tradition of all is the idea that sons should be educated because they will be the bread winners of their own future families, and supporters of their ageing parents. A girl’s work, though it may be longer and harder, is considered less likely to bring monetary income. In culture where marriage means that a daughter becomes the part of her husband’s family, the incentive to educate girls is weaker still.
Questions:
(i) Why do people prefer to educate boys to girls ?
(ii) Girls are paid less though their work may be harder. What attitude of society does it show?
(iii) Why is the incentive to educate girls less in culture where the daughter becomes the part of her husband’s family after marriage?
(iv) Which word in the passage means the following ?
not keep up with/go too slow.
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below in your own words:
If you wish to be a writer, you must learn to develop your own point of view. All good writers make us see things in a different light. You may be writing about the same thing as your classmate, but your presentation must reflect your personal-ity and individuality.
There are so many interesting subjects you can write about in different forms but here we will try to attempt writing short stories. There is a good market for the following types:
The humorous stories, the adventurous stories, the domestic sto-ries, the mysteries and stories related to animals and strange experiences.
Don’t worry if the story turns out to be very short. Some of the very good stories are quite very short. Be very careful about the end of the story. So think of a plot make points on how the story will progress and pen it down.
Questions:
(i) What does a reader do to be a writer ?
(ii) What things must a successful writer keep in mind while writing a story ?
(iii) Write any two types of stories which people like to read.
(iv) Find a phrase in the passage which means the same as ‘to write’.
SECTION-B
3. Write a letter to your friend, telling him the measures your school has taken to preserve ecology in the locality.
Or, Write a letter to your elder brother expressing your impression of Hindi film which you have seen recently.
4. Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 60 words :
(i) Importance of Television
(ii) Bliss of Solitude
(iii) Female Education
(iv) Your School Library.
5. You are Vinay/Sunita, the Secretary of the Drama Society of your school. Write a notice to invite the students to watch a play in Hindi. Mention the title of the play, its writer, the venue and the time.
Or, If you move from one culture to another culture you may find variation in custom, food habits, dress code and activities. Write a short paragraph on culture variation that you observe in the society.
SECTION-C
6. Do as directed :
(i) It is too heavy to lift up. (Remove too)
(ii) June is hotter than May. (Change into Positive Degree)
(iii) What a dark night it is! (Into assertive sentence)
(iv) He gave me a book. (Into passive voice)
7. Change the following sentences into indirect form of speech:
(i) You said to me. “Honesty is the best policy.”
(ii) Ravi said to his teacher, “Please help me.”
(iii) “How old are you?” Jack said to me.
(iv) Mathur said to me, “I can do this work for you.”
8. Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of verbs given in the brackets :
(i) A committee ……. been appointed to study the situation. (have/has)
(ii) Each of the boys ……. been given a book. (has/have)
(iii) Time and tide …….. for none. (wait/waits)
9. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition:
(i) He has no taste ……. music. (in, for)
(ii) I deal …… rice. (with, in)
(iii) The dog is ……. the door. (on, at)
(iv) He prevented me ……. going there. (to, from)
10. Translate any five into English:
(i) बिहार के बच्चे साइकिल से स्कूल जाते हैं।
(ii) बिहार के छात्र पढ़ने में तेज हैं।
(iii) बिहार विद्यालय परीक्षा समिति एक शैक्षिक संस्था है।
(iv) हमें मिलजुल कर रहना चाहिए।
(v) धूम्रपान मत करो।
(vi) वह नृत्य करना नहीं जानती है।
(vii) क्या तुम सुबह में टहलते हो?
(viii) तुम्हारे पिताजी कब सोते हैं?
SECTION-D
11. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions :
When hungry, Gillu would inform me by twittering ‘Chik-Chik’, and after having received some biscuits or kaju, I won-dered with the twittering of Chik-Chik, what transpired between him and the other squirrels that were often spotted near the wire-meshed window! Seeing Gillu sitting near the window and affec-tionately peering at the world outside, made me realise that it was necessary to set him free. Due to important paper and letters, my room used to remain locked in my absence. The moment the room was opened on my return from college and I stepped in, Gillu would rush on to me and climb up and down from my head to toe. I have several pet animals and birds and all of them are quite fond of me, but I don’t remember any of them daring to eat from my plate. Gillu was exception. The moment I would reach the dining room, he would emerge from the window, cross over the courtyard wall and the verandah reach the table and want to sit in my plate.
Questions :
(i) How was Gillu exception ?
(ii) What was Gillu’s favourite food?
(iii) How would Gillu inform that he was hungry?
(iv) What prompted the narrator to set Gillu free ?
(v) Why did the narrator use to lock her room in her absence?
12. Read the following extract carefully and answer the following questions :
Aung San Suu Kyi, born on 19th June, 1945 in Rangoon, is a pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League of Democracy in Burma. She won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 1991. The Acceptance Speech, given here was delivered on behalf of Aung San Suu Kyi by her son Alexander Aris, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on December 10, 1991. Aris says: I stand before you here today to accept on behalf of my mother, Aung San Suu Kyi, this greatest of Prize, the Nobel Prize of Peace, be-cause circumstances do not permit my mother to be here in per-son. I will do my best to convey the sentiments I believe she would express.
Questions :
(i) Why had Alexander Aris accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of his mother?
(ii) Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 ?
(iii) When and where was Aung San Suu Kyi born?
(iv) Where did Aris deliver his speech?
(v) What will Aris do his best?
13. Answer any one of the following in about 80 words :
(i) Why does the writer call the two little girls “Dear little soul”?
(ii) Do you think that Jim is a real ecology friendly boy ? Give your opinion.
(iii) What is the most dominant influence on Indian films ?
14. Answer any two of the following questions in about 30 words :
(i) Write few sentences about the elderly corn merchant.
(ii) Why did Mr. Johnson think that the narrator did not follow the principle of walking ?
(iii) How did Humayun Kabir define civilization ?
(iv) Do you think that language is crucial to a writer ? Give your opinion in short.
15. Read carefully the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow :
Whose herd with milk, whose field with bread
Whose flocks supply him with attire,
Whose trees in summer yield him shade, in winter fire.
Questions :
(i) Who wrote these lines ?
(ii) From which poem have these lines been taken ?
(iii) Who gives him bread ?
(iv) From where does he get his clothes ?
16. Answer any two of the following questions in about 40 words :
(i) How does a polythene bag pollute our environment ?
(ii) Describe Radha’s condition, as reported by her friends.
(iii) Do you think that the Koel symbolises true love?
(iv) How Sleeping Porter is the hero of the mountain?
17. Answer any one of the following questions :
(i) The work style of Mr. Gessler was unique. Explain.
(ii) Suggest a few possible ways to avoid allergy.
18. Answer any two of the following questions:
(i) How did the author know Mr. Gessler?
(ii) What did the banker do to kill the lawyer?
(iii) Suppose you are Munni. The landlord comes to your house and asks you to pay the rent. What will you do then?
(iv) Mr. Gessler was not successful in his trade. Why?
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