Grade 10 - Mock Test - English - Feb - 2023
Grade 10 - Mock Test - English - Feb - 2023
CLASS X
Time - 3 hrs Max Marks 80
As a health conscious person, you noticed an advertisement in the newspaper on yoga classes in your
neighbourhood. Write a letter to the organizers enquiring about the duration of the course and other relevant
details. You are Swapna/Surendra of 60, RK Puram, New Delhi.
10. Answer any four out of five questions in 40 – 50 words. (3*4 = 12)
(a) What does the poet mean by ‘All his young days into the harbor…’?
(b) Mandela feels that courage is triumph over fear. How would you define courage in this context?
(c) It is said that an animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language. Explain with reference to the
tiger from the poem, ‘A Tiger in the Zoo.’.
(d) How does Chubukov appreciate ‘Squeezer’?
(e) The ‘fight or flight response’ that is, to stay and face a situation or run from it is an automatic reaction to
an event perceived as stressful or harmful. How would you evaluate the young gull’s response on finding
himself off the ledge?
Or,
Natalya and her father both accused Lomov of telling a lie regarding the Oxen Meadows but when Natalya
came to know that Lomov had come to propose her, she at once wanted him back. This shows her selfishness.
What traits of Natalya’s character are revealed here? Do you like her? Give reasons for your answer.
Or,
‘Privilege often confuses actual needs for perceived ones.’ Evaluate this statement with reference to Mrs
Pumphrey.
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