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CLASS X (2019-20)
ENGLISH (CODE 0184)
SAMPLE PAPER-4
Time Allowed : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions :
(i) This paper is divided into three sections: A, B and C. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Separate instructions are given with each section and question, wherever necessary. Read these instructions very
carefully and follow them.
(iii) Do not exceed the prescribed word limit while answering the questions
covering stories about famine or floods in Third
SECTION A - READING (20 MARKS) World countries, would carry teddy bears with
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions them in order to use them as prop for pictures
that follow: (8 Marks) supposedly showing that all that was left in
household, stricken by death and destruction,
The Camera Can Lie—Sometimes were children’s toys. (Source: The Hindu)
1. Much to their annoyance, pen-pushers are 1.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage given
routinely reminded that a picture is worth a above, answer the following questions.(1 × 8 = 8)
thousand words—except that sometimes they can (a) To interest the children Teddy bears were used as:
be wrong “words” as happened last week when (i) manipulations (ii) props
Reuters was forced to withdraw more than 900 (iii) conflicts (iv) statistics
pictures taken by a freelance photographer after it (b) A _____ can tell us about the tricks played by
was suspected that he had “doctored” two recent camera.
photographs of the Israeli-Lebanon conflict. (i) picture (ii) photographer
2. In one picture, the smoke billowing from an (iii) reuter (iv) dramatist
apartment block after an Israeli air strike was
(c) The allegation of doctoring was confirmed by:
allegedly thickened by the photographer, Adnan
(i) Israelis (ii) Adnan Hajj
Hajj, to dramatise the impact of the bombardment
— and in another two flares were suspected to (iii) Reuters (iv) Freelancer
have been added to an image of an Israeli jet in (d) The picture of the smoke rising from an apartment
action over Lebanon. block in Lebanon:
3. The allegation of doctoring, first made by several (i) was actual picture
bloggers, was confirmed by Reuters after an in- (ii) was manipulated by a photographer deliberately
house investigation. Mr. Hajj, who had sold (iii) appeared thick in picture due to bad lighting
pictures to Reuters for more than 10 years, (iv) all of these
denied manipulating the two photographs and
(e) As per the passage, a camera:
attributed the thick smoke in the first picture to
(i) always gives fake pictures
“bad lighting” and the fact that he was “trying to
remove dust marks.” As for the second, he said, (ii) never gives fake pictures
“there was no problem with it — not at all.” (iii) sometimes many give fake pictures
4. But Reuters was not convinced and said it was (iv) none of these
removing all of this pictures from its database and (f ) British photographers left teddy bears in
would not be using his service any more. “This household, stricken by death and destruction in
represents a serious breach of Reuters’ standards floods in Third World countries with a view to:
and we shall not be accepting or using pictures (i) Showing that all that was left in household were
taken by him,” the news agency said. teddy bears
5. The idea that the camera never lies is as misleading
(ii) Showing that most of the flood victims were
as the notion that all statistics are meant to
children.
mislead. What the “eye” sees is not always what
it looks like, thanks to the many ways in which (iii) both (i) and (ii)
first the camera and then the photograph can (iv) neither (i) nor (ii)
be — and is often — manipulated. Indeed, a (g) Reuters deliberately accepted the manipulated
photograph can be manipulated in more ways — pictures. (True/False)
and more effectively — to convey a false reality (h) The allegation of manipulating pictures was
than it is possible to do through the written word. confirmed by _____
Ask any clever photographer and he will tell you Ans :
the tricks camera be made to play.
(a) (ii) props
6. At a seminar recently, one journalist recalled how
(b) (ii) photographer
there was a time when British photographers,
(c) (iii) Reuters
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(d) (ii) was manipulated by a photographer balance between the two will definitely have a
deliberately direct bearing on the future of our country.
(e) (iii) sometimes many give fake pictures 2.1. On the basis of your reading of the passage,
(f) (i) Showing that all that was left in household answer the following questions in about 30-40
were teddy bears words each. (2 × 4=8)
(g) False (a) What was the purpose of advertising?
(h) Reuters (b) How do advertisements make us irrational?
2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions (c) How does advertising affect us?
that follow: (12 Marks) (d) What do you discover when you look at
1. Advertising was initially meant to make people advertisement critically?
aware of the goods available in the market. Ans :
It was as simple as announcing what you have (a) Advertising was meant to make people aware of
in your store or the services you offer in your the goods available in the market.
premises. Over the years, advertising has evolved (b) Advertising create unnecessary wants and excess
into a major industry that beyond informing consumption in most of us. This is a craving for
to persuading and influencing. It is a form of harmful products that we are better off without.
brainwashing consumers. It preys on our minds rendering us completely
2. Advertising has become a type of culture with irrational.
ardent followers. In the process, it attracts (c) Advertising does influence people. Most of the
enviable attention from manufacturers and advertisements are filled with images that equate
service providers who fancy an edge over their emotional well being with material acquisition
competitors. Unfortunately, in keeping with the and associate independence and leisure with
ever-increasing demands of the manufacturers, the consumption of alcohol.
advertisers have resulted to creating unnecessary (d) How persuasive the advertisers are in deciding for
wants and excess consumption in most of us. us what, when, how much and why to buy.
This is a craving for harmful products that we 2.2. On the basis of your reading of the above passage,
are better off without. It preys on our minds answer the following: (1 × 4= 4)
rendering us completely irrational. The billboards (a) The synonym of ‘strong desire’ as given in para 2
(hoardings), television and radio advertisements is ______
target us from a very early age, forming our (i) desperate (ii) wish
view of the world as we grow. into adults. The (iii) craving (iv) urge
buzzwords in advertising are, ‘you are cool and
(b) The synonym of ‘exactly’ as given in para 5 is
sophisticated’, if you use this or that product.
_____ .
3. The notion that the media is primarily in place to
(c) The antonym of ‘contradicted’ as given in para 3
give us news is not very true. If the truth may be
is ______ .
told, the media is there to gather enough audience,
(i) allegation (ii) confirmed
package them into a pricey commodity and sell it
to the advertisers. The advertisers, on the other (iii) manipulating (iv) attributed
hand, are always on the lookout for a target (d) The antonym of ‘harmony’ as given in para 1 is
audience to persuade them that this product of _____
service is better than that of the competitor. Ans :
4. Advertising does influence people. Most of the
(a) (iii) craving
advertisements are filled with images that equate
(b) precisely
emotional well-being with material acquisition
(c) (ii) confirmed
and associate independence and leisure with
(d) conflict
consumption of alcohol. Advertising also makes
people lavish their on products rather than real
people, thereby destroying human relationships. SECTION B — WRITING & GRAMMAR
We have become trapped in the web of advertising (30 MARKS)
where products like brands of beer and cigarette
take over our minds, doing away with our core 3. Water scarcity in some of the areas have created a lot
family values. of problems. Write an article in about 100-120 words
5. When you look critically at most of the on “Conservation of Water: The Need of the Hour”.
advertisements on the television, you will discover (8 Marks)
how persuasive the advertisers are in deciding for or
us what, when, how much and why to buy. But You are Amit Kapoor, resident of 43/9, Shyam Enclave,
most people think that they are not influenced Delhi. You visited Manali with your family during
by advertisements. This is precisely what the the summer vacation. You had two double suites at
advertisers want us to think, that in the end ‘the Lake View resort. Your stay at the hotel fell far short
people decide’. If you think deeply, nobody in this of the description in the brochure. Write a letter of
profit-minded sense will pay so much money to complaint to the Customer Service Department to
make a thirty second advertisement, which might refund for your hotel stay.
not be seen by a hundred people, leave alone Ans :
convince them to buy. How we strike a healthy
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Conservation of Water Suresh worked in a factory. He was a watchman. He
Water is a natural resource. It is very precious. was very brave. One day he saw that Mithun was
Earth’s natural resources are depleting at an alarming stealing something from a factory. He caught him red-
rate due to increase in human population, rapid handed. Mithun tried to give him half of the share
industrialisation and urbanisation. Trees are being cut but Suresh was a trustworthy and faithful servant. He
indiscriminately and the result is groundwater levels could not be dishonest. He has always believed that
are falling and the day is not far when wars will be honesty is the best policy. Mithun threatened him
fought for water. It is needless to say that water is the with dire consequences if he disclosed his name. But
most essential resource for life. If we need water in the Suresh did not give in to his threat. Suresh caught
future we should conserve it urgently. We can save hold of him (Mithun) and tried to drag him to the
water through many ways. First of all the taps should owner. But Mithun was stronger than him (Suresh)
be used properly and kept turned off always. Water and overpowered him. Mithun took out a knife and
should not be wasted while bathing or washing floors. stabbed him. But Suresh caught hold of him tightly
Reuse water wherever possible. Fix alarm to water with his strong arms. Meanwhile some other workers
tanks so that overflow can be prevented. We must heard the noise and reached there. All of them started
keep in mind that water should be conserved, not beating Mithun. The master also came hurriedly. He
wasted. Conservation helps prevent water pollution in informed the police about it and the police arrested
nearby lakes, rivers and local watersheds. Conserving Mithun. The master was impressed with Suresh’s
water is something that we all should do. honesty and bravery. Suresh was promoted and
or awarded by the owner. Honesty always pays.
43/9, Shyam Enclave or
Delhi Sachin and Amit decided to go to Shimla during their
12th August, 2019 autumn break. This time they had planned to travel
Customer Service Department without their parents and explore the place on their
Lake View Resort own. They had done research on interne and had
Manali chalked out their plan accordingly. They did all their
Sub: Complaint about the double suites booking outline. Everything seemed to be exactly as
Ref. No: Holiday reference Number BM 3278 M they had planned. Little did they know that their trip
Sir, would end before it took off. They got off at Kalka and
I had booked two double suites of rooms, 111 and 112, decided to take the mini train to Shimla. The train
at your resort for a week from 10.07.2019 to 16.07.2019 crawled slowly through the thick forest and bridges
for me and my family. My central complaint is that the over gushing streams. Sachin and Amit decided to
hotel fell far short of the description in the brochure. jump off the train to take some pictures. The train
Although the rooms were billed as four-star was running at a speed less than 15-20 km/hr. Judging
accommodation, they were cramped, and the the speed they both were sure that they could run and
furnishings were wornout and dirty. The hotel grounds, catch the train in five minutes. After clicking a few
described in the brochure as “Pleasant, tranquil, and photographs they ran towards the train, Sachin hit a
spacious”, were in fact next to a busy main road. The big boulder and fell down. He gave out a big scream.
swimming pool was closed for repairs. He had fractured his leg. Amit panicked but had the
I registered a formal complaint with the front office presence of mind to run along and signal to the driver
detailing these issues. I feel that we are due to full to stop the train. Some passengers carried Sachin back
refund for this hotel stay as it failed to meet our to the train. The drivers informed the police about the
expectations and ruined our holiday. Looking forward emergency. When the train entered the station they
for a prompt reply. saw an ambulance waiting for them. It took them to
the nearest hospital where his leg was put in plaster.
Yours faithfully They came down the very next day.
Amit Kapoor 5. Fill in the gaps by choosing the most appropriate
Encl: Copy of the bill words from the options given below. (1 × 4 = 4)
Photographs for evidence My mother was both a mother and a father (a)
4. Complete the following story in about 150-200 _____ me. She taught us the right values. Until
words. (10 Marks) she passed away, (b) _____ all looked towards her
Suresh worked in a factory. He was a watchman. He (c) _____ support. We were very scared of her. She
was very brave. One day he saw that Mithun was was a wonderful cook (d) _____ taught us all how
stealing something from a factory. He caught him red- to cook.
handed. Mithun tried ...... (a) (i) to (ii) of
or (iii) in (iv) at
Given below is an outline of a story. Taking help from (b) (i) they (ii) we
the outline, develop an interesting story in about 150-
(iii) she (iv) then
200 words.
(c) (i) of (ii) for
Outline: Sachin and Amit arrived at a hill station/
(iii) in (iv) at
decided to explore the place on their own/ visited
few tourist places/both returned home disappointed. (d) (i) or (ii) and
Ans : (iii) but (iv) until
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Ans : (a) The tiger knows how to ambush his hunt and so:
(a) (i) to (i) he lurks in the grass unseen
(b) (ii) we (ii) he lurks behind the trees unseen
(c) (ii) for (iii) he lurks in the fields unseen
(d) (ii) and (iv) he lurks in shadow unseen
6. The following passage has not been edited. There is (b) He slides through the long grass:
one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and (i) to comfort himself
the correction against each line of the passage. (ii) to ease himself
(1 × 4 = 4) (iii) to ambush his prey unseen and unnoticed
Incorrect Correction (iv) to ambush his prey silently
(c) The tiger goes to the water hole in search of
Robinson used to e.g. spent spend
_____
spent
(d) The tiger can hunt his favourite _____ who
hours gazing on (a) come there for drinking water.
merchant ships. or
His father wanted (b) I get along pretty well with all my teachers. There are
him to being nine of them, seven men and two women. Mr. Keesing,
the old fogey who teaches maths, was annoyed with
a lawyer but he (c) me for ages because I talked so much. After several
wanted to exploring warnings, he assigned me extra homework. An essay
the world in one of (d) on the subject, ‘A Chatterbox’. A chatterbox — what
that sailing ships. can you write about that? I’d worry about that later,
I decided. I jotted down the title in my notebook,
Ans : tucked it in my bag and tried to keep quiet.
(a) Anne got along pretty well with all:
Incorrect Correction (i) her friends (ii) her classmates
(a) on at (iii) her playmates (iv) her teachers
(b) being be (b) They were seven men and:
(i) three women (ii) two women
(c) exploring explore (iii) four women (iv) five women
(d) that those (c) Mr. Keesing was annoyed with her because
_____
7. Rearrange the following groups of words and phrases (d) He assigned her _____ homework.
to form meaningful sentences: (1 × 4 = 4)
Ans :
(a) today/with/their/the/in/gadgets/children/born/
are/hands (a) (iv) he lurks in shadow unseen
(b) games/and/surf/they/to/video/love/internet/ (b) (iii) to ambush his prey unseen and unnoticed
play (c) his prey
(c) these/only/lives/their/technology/wonders (d) plump deer
revolve/of/around or
(d) hampered/any/their/game/they/outdoor/as/ (a) (iv) her teachers
growth/is/physical/do not/play (b) (ii) two women
Ans : (c) she talked so much
(d) extra
(a) Today the children are born with gadgets in their
hands. 9. 9. Answer any five of the following questions in 30-40
(b) They love to play video games and surf Internet. words each: (2×5 = 10)
(c) Their lives revolve around these wonders of (a) What encouraged the policy of apartheid in South
technology only. Africa?
(d) Their physical growth is hampered as they do not (b) Justify the title of the story “The Hundred
play any outdoor game. Dresses”.
(c) Who robbed Shotover Grange? Whom did the
police arrest and why?
SECTION C - LITERATURE (d) How do you assess Griffin as a scientist?
(e) How was Lencho’s life affected by the rain?
(30 MARKS) (f) Why does Anne want to keep a diary?
Ans :
8. Read the extracts given below and answer the
(a) South Africa attracted the white people because
questions that follow: (1 × 4 = 4)
of its minerals and gems. The war for domination
He should be lurking in shadow,
ensued henceforth. After the Anglo-Boer war, the
Sliding through long grass
white people started ruling over the native black-
Near the water hole
skinned South Africans. This system of racial
Where plump deer pass.
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domination i.e. the apartheid was used to exploit sea, hence remained sitting on the cliff. His younger
the blacks. siblings despite having shorter wings overcame fear
(b) Wanda was a gifted painter. She had drawn and took a plunge as directed by their parents.
exquisite hundred designs of beautiful dresses. If The seagull continues to be left in isolation
she had the fabric she would have made hundred without any sympathy from his parents. No amount of
real dresses. That’s why she called them dresses his cries, arising out of starvation, is able to melt his
and not designs. She gifts these dresses to the parents hearts. Finally the seagull undergoes a mental
girls. They felt sorry for her. Hence the title is transformation which helps him to muster courage.
perfectly appropriate. By flapping his wings and overcoming fear he takes
(c) Actually it was the lady-in-red who robbed the a plunge. In the process discovers his ever presented
Shotover Grange. The police arrested Horace talent to fly which till now was not known to him.
Danby because his finger prints were found all Hence the seagull proved that overcoming fear is the
over the room and on the safe. Nobody believed important key to success.
him when he said that the owner lady asked him 11. Answer any one of the following questions in about
to do so. 100-150 words. (8 Marks)
(d) Griffin was a brilliant scientist. He invented some ‘Presence of mind and intelligence is more powerful
drugs and made himself as an invisible man. But than a gun.’ How far is it true in case of Ausable, the
he misused his scientific discovery and became secret agent?
a lawless person. Griffin was thus not a true or
scientist. How does the ‘lady in red’ outsmarts Horace Danby
(e) Lencho was a hard working farmer. He lived with at Shotover Grange?
his family on the crest of a low hill. He was going
Ans :
to get a very good crop this year. His field needed
only a downpour. The rain started. But within a A good spy need not be handsome, attractive and
very short time, the rain turned into hailstones. smart. Physical strength can be additional advantage
It destroyed his crop completely. Thus the rain but certainly not the essential one. Secret agents have to
affected his life badly. face critical situations at every step. One night, Ausable
(f) In spite of a family and friends, Anne felt rather found Max in his room. There was an automatic pistol
lonely. There were thirty persons whom she could in his hand. He had come there to take the report
call her friends. She could talk only ordinary from Ausable. Max was also a secret agent of another
everyday things with them. She couldn’t share organisation. Ausable was not the least afraid of Max’s
most feelings with them. Nor could she confide in presence. He thought of a clever trick. He convinced
them. She wanted the diary to be her friend. She Max about a balcony outside the window. Just then
named her friend ‘Kitty’. there was a loud knock at the door. Ausable told Max
that it was police to provide him security. Max had no
10. Answer any one of the following questions in about
time to think. Max rushed towards the window and
100-150 words: (8 Marks)
dropped to the non-existent balcony and met his tragic
Baking was considered an essential and a profitable
end. Ausable did not use physical strength. He won
profession in a traditional Goan village. What reasons
over the critical situation by his sheer presence of mind.
does the writer give to support his point?
or
or
Horace Danby as usual had planned the robbery at
Overcoming fear is the first step to success. How does
shotover Grange meticulously. At the place of the
this saying stand true in context of the story ‘His First
robber, unexpectedly, he confronts a lady dressed in
Flight”?
red attire. She carries herself with an air of authority
Ans : giving the impression as if she is the lady of the house.
Goa is very much influenced by the Portuguese. Baking She threatens horace to call police. Horace keep
was considered an essential and a profitable profession pleading to be let off and admits that he steals only
in a traditional Goan village. The Portuguese are rich people for a good reason to which the lady laughs.
famous for preparing the loaves of bread. We can come She finally agrees to let go Horace only if he
across the bakers of bread. It is their traditional family opens the safe for her as she needed the jewels for
work. The villagers were much fond of the sweet bread the night party. The lady besides being smart is cool
known as ‘bol’. The marriage gifts were meaningless and composed, takes advantage of Horace’s mental
without it. So the baker’s furnaces were the essential. state. She takes out a cigarette and instantly Horace
‘Cakes’ and ‘bolinhas’ formed an important item on in his eagerness to please her takes of his gloves before
various occasions like Christmas and other festivals. offering her his lighter.
The baker would collect the bill at the end of month. While breaking the safe Horace forgets to wear
They recorded their accounts on the wall in pencil. his gloves. He hands over the jewels to the lady before
Baking was a profitable business in old days. The walking out of the house. But Horace’s freedom is short
baker and his family never starved and they looked lived as he is caught by the police on the basis of the
happy and prosperous. fingerprints found at Shotover Grange. No doubt the
or lady in red had totally outwitted Horace hands down.
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