ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE — 2006 (Set III — Outside Delhi)

Except for the following questions, all the remaining questions have been asked in Set I.

SECTION - B (WRITING)

5. You are Abhishek or Amitha. You came across the following advertisement in a magazine. (10 marks)

LIVE, WORK, PLAY
Let the new Norka 7310 give you an exciting new drive at work and at play. Match your fast paced lifestyle with its smart phone features. Be it business on the move or enjoying with your friends, Norka is handy.

Taking ideas from the unit on ‘Science’ along with your own ideas, write an article in 150-200 words for your school magazine on how such gadgets influence teenagers.

SECTION - C (GRAMMAR)

7. Read the information given below and fill in the blank spaces appropriately. Do not add any new information. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. (5 x 1 = 5 marks)

First scientist — President of India — birth — middle class family — fascination — for flight — teacher explained — seagulls — take to air — applied to Indian Air Force — just missed — select — hold — a number of key positions.

The first scientist to become President of India, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (a) ___________ into a middle class family in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu. He (b) __________________ by flight of birds after a lesson at the beach in which his fifth-standard teacher explained how sea-gulls (c) _____________ ______. After studying aeronautical engineering young Kalam applied to the Indian Air Force but just missed (d) _______________________. He then began a long career as a government scientist and (e)___________________ .

8. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. The first one has been done for you. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given in the example. (10 X ½ = 5 marks)

My father become Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu                                 Example: become ... became

  1. on 1962. Soon after, he told my cousin and me,                          ________________
  2. whenever we accompanied him to any functions,                       ________________
  3. we were to sit on the car on either side of him                              ________________
  4. and gave him a nudge if we saw a policeman                              ________________
  5. salute him which he was preoccupied studying                          ________________
  6. his notes. He said so that he was concerned                             ________________
  7. of the policemen standing in the hot sun.                                     ________________
  8. He felt that he would return their greetings                                  ________________
  9. when they took the trouble of salute                                              ________________
  10. him as he go by.                                                                                 ________________

SECTION D (LITERATURE)

14. What was the impact created by the West Wind on land, the sky and the sea? Write the answer in 75-100 words. (5 marks)

15. Bring out the characteristic, features of Mark Antony in the play, ‘Julius Caesar’. Write the answer in 75-100 words. (5 marks)

English 2006 Question Papers Class X
CBSE 2006 Question Papers Class X