class X question collection

Joint Examination Board
PABSON, Bhaktapur
Second Terminal Examination – 2066

Class: X F.M: 75
Subject: English Time: 2:15 hrs. P.M: 30

[Examinees are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. Priority will be given to creative answers.]

Q.1. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow. 5

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives the harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promise to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

- Robert Frost

A) Find word/s from the poem that are similar in meaning to the following words: 0.5x4=2

a) atypical b) ice-covered c) tender d) commitment


B) Answer the following questions: 1x3=3

a) Why will the woodman not see the traveller?
b) What makes the traveller stop by the woods?
c) What does 'before I sleep' suggest?

Q.2. Read the following passage and do the activities that follow: 10

Seconds before Neha entered her bedroom when, suddenly, she heard an outcry from below. "It's all over," she thought as she stiffened and sank down on the stairs. It was then that baby-boy had slid through the hole, hit the second-floor window shade and landed heavily on Vikram's chest. His strong arms closed tightly around Kanhaiya. Vikram lost his balance and fell back.

Looking out through the bedroom window grille, sobbing Neha, noticed that the crowd had dispersed; even Kanhaiya was not there. She rushed down and a man on the ground floor told her that her son was safe and had been taken to a nearly clinic.

Kanhaiya, who was being treated for minor bruises, grabbed and clung her when she approached him. Standing by him was a young stranger who was the savior of her beloved son. "I have no words to express my gratefulness to you," she kept on telling the stranger. "I was only doing what I had to do," said Vikram, "but I wish nobody'd leave small children near windows."

A) Complete the following sentences by filling up the blanks with suitable words from the text: 1x3=3

a) When Neha was about to enter her bedroom, she heard ……
b) Vikram lost his balance when the baby boy ……… on him.
c) Vikram, who was Kanhaiya's …………, was not proud at all.


B) Rewrite the following sentences in the correct order: 0.5x4=2

a) She rushed downstairs.
b) Neither Kanhaiya nor the crowd was seen below.
c) She was told that her son was not injured.
d) Neha got in to her bedroom and looked out through the window.

C) Answer the following questions: 1x5=5

a) How did the baby boy fall down?
b) What happened to Neha when she heard a loud noise?
c) Why did Vikram fall back?
d) Why was Neha thankful to Vikram?
e) What did Vikram wish?

Q.3. Read the following text and answer the questions given below it: 10

In 1964 an American journalist called Norman Cousins developed a serious problem with his back. It turned out that he had an illness called 'ankylosing spondylitis', which was extremely painful and according to doctors, incurable. He was admitted to hospital, unable to move and was prescribed a course of strong painkilling drugs. Cousins knew that negative emotions could make you ill, and began to wonder whether positive emotions and particularly laughter might make you better.

He stopped taking the drugs, and moved out of the hospital into a hotel room, which was not only a more cheerful place to be but was also cheaper. There he hired a lot of Marx Brothers and candid camera films, and started to watch them. He found that every time he laughed, the laughter acted as anesthetic and gave him relief from pain. And the effect lasted some time: 10 minutes' laughter could give him around two hours free from pain. More important, he found that he was slowly getting better, and eventually recovered completely from illness. For many years, the medical professionals refused to take Cousins' claims seriously, but now things are changing and some American hospitals have set up 'laughter rooms', where patients can watch videos, listen to cassettes and read joke books, instead of sitting around feeling depressed.
A) Find word/s from the text that are opposite in meaning to the following words: 0.5x4=2

a) light b) dull c) partially d) elated

B) State whether the following statements are true or false: 0.5x4=2

a) 'Ankylosing spondylitis' is an incurable disease.
b) Negative emotions do not worsen a disease.
c) Norman Cousins was not born in 1964.
d) The text suggests that laughter is the best medicine.

C) Answer the following questions: 2x3=6

a) Why was Cousins admitted to hospital?
b) How did the hospitals react to the claims made by Cousins initially?
c) Why have some American hospitals set up 'laughter rooms'?

Q.4. Read the advertisement and answer the following questions: 15



















A) Match the words in column 'A' with their meanings in column 'B': 1x3=3

Column 'A' Column 'B'

a) salary experience
b) command remuneration
c) background dominion

B) Complete the following sentences supplying appropriate word/s from the text: 1x4=4

a) ………… is the deadline to submit the application.
b) The candidate must be a ………….
c) Emoluments are provided according to …………
d) The nursing home is seeking only one ………….

C) Answer the following questions: 2x4=8

a) How many vacancies are there in the nursing home?
b) Who should be addressed to in the letter?
c) What should the selected candidate do?
d) Where and when should the candidates apply for the post

Q.5. Write any six rules and regulations for the visitors of a hospital. 6

Q.6. Develop a readable story from the outlines given below and give the story a suitable title and a moral: 6

A cap seller – falls asleep under a tree – has many caps to sell – finds his caps on the tree as blooming flowers when he wakes up – sees monkeys on the tree each wearing a cap – can't catch them – feels sad – hits upon a plan – snatches his cap off his head and throws it down – monkeys imitate – collects all caps and heads forward – moral.

Q.7. Write a letter to the editor of the Kathmandu Post about the inconveniences caused by load-shedding. 12

Q.8. Rewrite the following sentences choosing the best alternatives given in the brackets: 0.5x12=6

i) May we have ______ pleasure of your company? (a/an/the)
ii) Some teachers are partial ______ women students. (with/for/to)]
iii) I wish I knew the answer, ____? (didn't I/don't I/won't I)
iv) Three trucks of stone ______enough for this house. (are/were/is)
v) I have already met Priyanka, ______? (Haven't you already met her/Don't you meet her yet/Haven't you met her yet)
vi) Does Arun owe any money? No, he does not ______any. (owe/owed/owes)
vii) The passive form of 'They have decided to buy a car' is '______' (It has been decided to buy a car/To buy a car has been decided/A car has been decided to buy)
viii) If you have tears, ______ to shed them now. (will prepare/prepare/would prepare)
ix) Whenever I laid a plan in my life, I ______ it out. (had carried/have carried/carried)
x) He came in very quietly ______ he might avoid waking his father. (so/so that/because)
xi) Yesterday he said to me, "I will come to you this evening." Its indirect speech is : ______ (Yesterday he told me that he would come to me that evening/The day before he told me that he would come to me that evening/Yesterday he told me that he would come to me yesterday evening)
xii) If you want to woo her, get yourself ______ by all. (praised/to praise/praise)

Q.9. Choose the following word/s from the brackets to complete the passage below: 0.5x10=5
School and college should train you in ______ (a/an/the) two basic tools of the mind: the use of words and the use of numbers. School and college can give you a start toward the special skills that you may need ______(on/at/in) a trade, business or profession. ______ (But/Although/So) remember: as soon as you enter an occupation, you ______ (are/will be/have been) strongly tempted to fall into the routine of it, to become a part of that occupation which is just one part of the nation. In college from books, from teachers, from fellow students – you can get a view of the whole of your nation, how it started, how it grew, what it is, what it means. Each day will add breadth to your view and a sharper comprehension of your own role.
(In order to/However/So that) develop fully your own character, you must know your country's character ______ (don't/mustn't/shouldn't) you? A plant partakes of the character of the soil in which it grows. You are , a plant that is conscious, that ______ (is thought/thinks/was thought). You must study your soil – which is your country. If you do so, it ______ (will make/makes/would make) you able to draw its strength up to your own strength. It ______ (believes/is believing/is believed) that the country will pay you to do so. This is why you must get yourself ______ (to involve/ involved/ involve) in the service of the nation by all means.


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