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Class: 10th CBSE MCQ Test Marks: 25
Q1. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: 4
Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write. The following Sunday, at daybreak, he began to write a letter which he himself would carry to town and place in the mail. It was nothing less than a letter to God.
(1) What proves that Lencho was a literate man?
(a) Lencho read many books. (b) Lencho wrote a letter to God.
(c) Lench was a college professor. (d) Lencho taught his children.
(2) Lencho was a hard working man because:
(a) He toiled in the fields like an Ox. (b) He planted the corn in his neighbour’s fields.
(c) He worked during night time. (d) All of these.
(3) Lencho asked for________ from God in his letter.
(a) Blessings (b) Love (c) Children (d) Money
(4) The phrase ‘Lencho was an OX of a man’ here suggests__________
(a) He was illiterate (b) He was hardworking
(c) He was labour (d) He was lazy
Q2. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: 3
The poor lady almost swooned. She was sure he would pine and die if he did not see her every day. But I took a firm line. Tricki was very ill and this was the only way to save him.
(1) Who is ‘he’ referred to here ?
(a) the lady’s brother. (b) the lady’s husband
(c) the lady’s cousin. (d) the lady’s pet dog Tricki
(2) The lady is quite.
(a) foolish. (b) sentimental. (c) logical. (d) illogical
(3)The poor lady referred to here is_______
Q3. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: 4
The train had still to pick up speed and I should have been able to jump into one of the carriages but I hesitated – for one reason I can’t explain-and I lost the chance to get away.
(1) His ‘hesitation’ reveals that he is_______
(a) an honest person (b) pricked by his conscience
(c) not ready to leave (d) double-minded
(2).Why did he want to get away?
(a) because he had no one in the city. (b) because he had committed a crime.
(c) because he was a thief. (d) because he had committed an offence.
(3) The narrator was a……………
(4) He was to board a moving train to…………….
Q4. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: 3
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
(1) The figure of speech used in the first line is……
- Repetition b. Alliteration c. Personification d. Climax
(2) The rhyme scheme used in these lines is …………
- abbb b. aabb c. abab d. abba
(3) A Small incident proved…
- fatal b. disastrous c. critical d. helpful
Q5. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: 3
Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
(1) The poet believes that desire is…
- positive b. desirable c. inhuman d. destructive
(2) The poet favours…..
- rigidity b. coldness c. desire d. hatred
(3) The world will perish because of lot of ……………
Q6. Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the following passage. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. 4
Every employee needs to consider himself/ herself as a part of a team for a business to function smoothly. If one (a)……………to become a team player one needs to give credit (b)…………..their team and make that the highest priority. Learn to (c)………….credit instead of taking (d). Team spirit is highly important.
(a) i) had wanted ii) want iii) wanted iv) wants
(b) i) for ii) on iii) of iv) to
(c) i) giving ii) give iii) gives iv) gave
(d) i) this ii) it iii) that iv) these
Q6. Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the following passage. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.
Today a good (a)…………varieties of tea and tea brands are available in the market. Green tea is popular (b) …………China and the Far East. In Japan, the tea ceremony (c)……….a traditional way of greeting guests, (d)…………….is a social occasion. Indians are real tea lovers.
(a) i) very ii) many iii) much iv) more
(b) i) on ii) at iii) in iv) for
(c) i) am ii) were iii) are iv) is
(d) i) and ii) it iii) both iv) this
