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Pre-board examination of class – X
You name.............. M. M. 70
All questions are important.
PART – A
Que. 1 . Read the passage carefully and choose the correct option. 2 × 5=10
Alfred Hitchcock was a man with vivid imagination, strong creative skills and a
passion for life. With his unique style and God-gifted wit he produced and
directed some of the most thrilling films that had the audience almost swooning
with fright and falling off their seats with laughter. Alfred Hitchcock was greatly
influenced by American films and magazines. At the age of 20, he took up a job at
the office of Paramount Studio, London. Using imagination, talent and dedication,
he made each of his endeavours a success. He took great pleasure in working in
the studio and often worked all seven days a week. He moved to the USA in 1939
and got his American citizenship in 1955. Here, he produced many more films and
hosted a weekly television show. No matter from where his ideas came, whether a
magazine article, a mystery novel or incident, his films had the typical “Hitchcock
touch”-where the agony of suspense was relieved by interludes of laughter!
Hitchcock was knighted in 1980.
Que A : What qualities helped Hitchcock achieve success?
(i) His imagination, creativity and passion for life
(ii) His hard work, his imagination and his sense of humour
(iii) His creativity, his passion for life and his sense of humour
(iv) His imagination, his talent and his dedication
Que B : What is Alfred Hitchcock famous as?
(i) Writer (ii) film producer
(ii) Television actor (iv) film actor
Que C : What did the typical Hitchcock-style of film-making include?
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(i) Fear and passion (ii) fear and humour
(ii) Suspense and humour (iv) fear and suspense
Que D : What did Alfred Hitchcock do in United States?
(i) He produced films and read magazines
(ii) He produced films and television serials
(iii) He read magazines and saw films
(iv) He produced films and hosted a television show
Que E : What does the word swooning mean?
(i) Fainting (iii) falling
(ii) Hiding (iv) becoming conscious
Que. 2 Read the passage given below and answer the following questions. 2×5=10
Google is one of the biggest companies in the world. It is a multinational company.
People also know it as the most famous search engine. People mainly use this
search engine to get answers to their questions.
It keeps a lot of information with itself. Google earns money through advertisers.
Advertisers run ad campaigns on it to sell their products and pay according to the
reach of the people. It was established on 4th September 1998 by two Ph.D.
students whose names were Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
There are some other very popular websites of Google, in which YouTube is the
most famous. It is used to share video content. Google has many competitors like
Yahoo, Baidu, and Bing, but they are not as big brands as Google.
A. Who were Sergey Brin and Larry Page?
B. When was Google established?
C. How does Google make money?
D. What is Google? And why do people use it?
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E. What is YouTube?
PART – B
Que. 3 Read the stanza carefully and answer the following questions. 2×5=10
He stalks in his vivid stripes,
The few steps of his cage,
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
(A) Why the tiger could walk only a few steps?
(B) How does the tiger move in the cage?
(C) What are the two qualities of the animal under reference?
(D) Why is he in quiet rage?
(E) Who is the poet of this poem?
( Writing )
Que. 4 Write an application to the principal of your school to arrange a cricket = 5
match between 9th and 10th class teams.
OR
Write an application to your principal for sick leave. =5
Que. 5 Write an essay given below. ( any one ) =5
Holi
COVID-19
Lockdown
( GRAMMAR )
Que. 6 Change the sentences . =5
a. He goes to his school. ( change into Question word )
b. Why can you not speak English? ( change into Affirmative )
c. He is my best friend. ( change into interrogation sentence )
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d. Have you ever seen the Tajmahal? ( Negative )
e. He does this work. ( past indefinite tense )
Que. 7 Translate the following into English. =5
कल मैं बाजार जा रहा था । रास्ते में एक बूढ़ा व्यक्ति मिला ।
वह बहुत कमजोर दिख रहा था । मैं उसकी सहायता करना चाहता था ।
लेकिन मेरे पास पैसे नहीं थे । इसलिए मैं उसकी सहायता नहीं कर
सका ।
( LITERATURE )
Que. 8 Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words ( any 3 ) 3×2= 6
a. What made Lencho angry ?
b. What is apartheid ?
c. What did the young seagull not fly?
d. Where was the author going by old Dakota?
Que. 9 Answer any one the following questions in about 60 words 1×4= 4
a. What did Lencho write in his second letter?
b. How did the seagull take his first flight?
c. What happened with Old Dakota at last?
Que. 10 Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words ( any 3 ) 3×2= 6
a. Who was Tricki and who saved his life?
b. Who was Anil and Hari Singh.
c. What was Griffin want to discover?
d. Why did Hari Singh not steal the money of Anil
Que. 11 Answer any one of the following questions. 1×4= 4
Who was Griffin? What did he do?
Or
Write the central idea of the a tiger in the zoo
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