CBSE English X Sample Paper 1 Page 1

Sample Paper 1
Class X Exam 2022-23
English-Language and Literature (184)
Time Allowed : 3 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. 15-minute prior reading time allotted for Q-paper reading.
2. The Question Paper contains THREE sections READING, GRAMMAR & WRITING and LITERATURE.
3. Attempt question based on specific instructions for each part.

SECTION A- READING SKILLS 20 short break from work and doing something you are
passionate about can rejuvenate your mind and help
I. Read the passage given below. 10 prepare you to handle challenges in the future in a
1. Hobbies help us grow as a person. The best way to better way.
have a new hobby is to try something new. All of us 5. Hobbies may provide an opportunity for you to
are unique, and this is the reason why our hobbies socialize with people and that can be an additional
and interests are different. Once we find an activity benefit for your overall well-being. You can connect
we are passionate about, we can explore that activity with people who enjoy doing the same things that
more. When you get hooked, you will realize that you do. You can meet new people, discuss your hobby
your hobby has become an integral part of your life. and get connected to a bigger circle that may even
Having a hobby that we enjoy brings us joy and help you turn your hobby into your profession. The
refreshes us. Hobbies help us to manage our leisure internet provides numerous groups and forums to
and unplanned time more productively. It also affords connect with people that enjoy doing the same things
you the opportunity to learn new skills in your work. that you want to do.
But these are not the only benefits of having a hobby.
6. Some hobbies require creativity and if you develop
2. It feels great to be skilled and good at something, creativity through your hobby, it can be beneficial.
doesn’t it ? And this is what that makes you confident. Creativity can help you experience new things at
It can take some time to develop your hobby so that school and work. The skill of being creative is essential
you may be able to tell that you are skilled. But, the in today’s world.
journey of experiencing your hobby is very rewarding
in itself. With the exposure to different types of Based on your understanding of the passage, answer
activities these days, it doesn’t matter which activity the questions given below.
you choose. Whether you are pursuing a craft, sports,
puzzles, or skill development, your hobby should be a i. When a person gets hooked on a hobby, he realises
diversion and a passion. Simultaneously, if your hobby that :
gives you a sense of purpose, then you will be more (a) it has become an integral part of our life.
confident about challenging yourself in your hobby (b) it has much more benefits than we realised.
and help you prepare for learning new things at work.
(c) it is much more enjoyable to have a hobby.
3. Hobbies give you an opportunity to enhance your life (d) it is quite essential for us to learn some skills
Hobbies allow you to de-stess yourself while remaining
through our hobbies.
mentally productive. Having hobbies promotes better
health and may lower the risk of having high blood
ii. No matter which sort of hobby you are pursuing, be
pressure. Enjoying a few hours of your hobby a week
it a craft, sports, puzzles, or skill development, your
can also reduce the risk of depression and dementia.
hobby should be :
Hobbies refocus your mind on to something that you
enjoy doing. Hobbies that include physical activities (a) useful for you in the long run.
create chemical changes in your body that help to (b) a skill that improves your present circumstances.
reduce stress. (c) a diversion and a passion.
4. Even if it doesn’t involve physical activities, you can (d) followed through till the end.
still reap the benefits of having a hobby. Getting a
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iii. The journey of experiencing a hobby is quite : to 9th World Convention on Recycling and Waste
(a) challenging for a person. Management during October 22-23,2018 in Osaka,
(b) rewarding in itself. Japan, which includes prompt keynote presentations,
oral talks, poster presentations and exhibitions. We are
(c) demanding in itself. delighted to say that it is the 9th World Convention
(d) inspirational for a person. on Recycling and Waste Management which will be
held in a beautiful city of Osaka, Japan and hence we
iv. State any one way through which hobbies enhance invite you all to attend and register.
your life?
3. 9th World Convention on Recycling and Waste
Management is mainly based on the theme “Advocating
v. Getting a hobby means having a short break from Waste Disposal and Recycling Practices for Clean
work and doing something you are passionate about and Green Environment.” We warmly welcome all
which can the participants - leading scientists, researchers and
(a) give you a peace of mind from all the other scholars of the world to attend the convention. We
problems of daily hectic life and make you feel provide a platform for young researchers and students
refreshed. to present their research through oral presentations
(b) help you enhance and improve your skills and through which they can develop a foundation for
push you forward on your path to success. collaboration among young researchers.
(c) make you enjoy and appreciate your life much 4. The organising committee aims at setting a platform
more as you are happy pursuing what you love. for all the budding scientists and researchers to
present their real-time work and share their views and
(d) rejuvenate your mind and help prepare you to
aspects related to the theme of the conference. The
handle challenges in the future in a better way.
organising committee is gearing up for an exciting and
informative conference programme including plenary
vi. List any two benefits of having a hobby. lecture, symposia, workshops on a variety of topics,
1. __________ poster presentations and various programmes for
2. __________ participants from all over the world.

vii. What is essential in today’s world?

viii. Give an appropriate title for the passage.
ix. Supply 1 point to justify the following:
Hobby provides you with an opportunity to socialise
with people.

x. Choose an option that is clearly a synonym of the

word ‘hooked’.
(a) opposed
(b) indifferent
(c) willing
(d) captivated

II. Read the passage given below. 10

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer
1. Conference series LLC Ltd organises a conference series
of 1000+ global events inclusive of 300+ conferences, the questions given below.
900+ upcoming and previous symposiums and
workshops in USA, Europe and Asia with support i. Infer one reason for the following, based on information
from 1000 more Scientific societies and publishes in the passage.
700+ open access journals which contain over 30000 Waste management and recycling it.
eminent personalities, reputed scientists as Editorial
board members. ii. Select the appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
2. Recycling and Waste Management Convention _____ has been considered as the second nature
2018 proudly invites contributors across the globe to us.
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(a) Sorting of waste III. SECTION B- GRAMMAR 10

(b) Recycling of waste
Attempt ANY TEN of the following questions. 10
(c) Waste management
(d) Implementing steps framed and deployed in i. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to
convention complete the sentence.
The boys _____ to my lecture since 8 O’clock this
iii. Complete the following analogy correctly with a
morning.
word/phrase from paragraph 2:
Delhi : India :: Tokyo : _____ (a) were listening
(Clue : Delhi is capital of India, similarly Tokyo is (b) have been listening
capital of...) (c) had been listening
(d) None of these
iv. What theme is being highlighted in the given passage?
(a) Efficient means of reducing garbage ii. Read the conversation between a mother and her
(b) Various techniques to be employed to recycle the daughter. Complete the sentence by reporting
goods daughter’s reply correctly.
Mother: Why are you looking so worried?
(c) Efficient ways of waste disposal
Daughter: My exams are approaching.
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Mother asked her daughter why she was looking very
worried. The daughter replied that _____.
v. Which of the following notion in the conference has
been emphasised to be deployed?
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the
(a) Waste disposal management given line.
(b) Waste management I _____ rather die than join the gang of terrorists.
(c) Recycling of goods (a) could
(d) Reshaping Earth’s future (b) should
(c) would
vi. Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option.
(d) can
According to the pie-chart, Branches & wood has
been recycled at the rate of _____.
iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies
(a) 1% the correction for the following line:
(b) 24% A little political thinkers think that liberty and
(c) 4% equality can’t go together.
(d) 3% Option No. Error Correction
vii. Substitute the word ‘present’ with ONE WORD (a) can’t couldn’t
similar in meaning, in the following sentence from (b) think thinks
paragraph 3:
We provide a platform for young researchers and (c) A little Some
students to present their research... (d) go goes

viii. List any two points that the given data represents.
v. Complete the given sentence, by filling in the blank
ix. Which activity contributes collectively towards paper with the correct option:
waste recycled percentage? They met you at night after you _____ your work.
(a) had finished
x. What has been considered as an efficient means to (b) have finished
reduce landfill area?
(c) finished
(a) Sorting of waste
(d) will finish
(b) Recycling or composting waste
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
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vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word xii. Identify the error and supply the correction, for the
in the bracket. following sentence:
Chris, in addition to his brother Zack, _____ (play) Every people went to welcome the Indian Cricket
hockey on Saturday. team.

vii. Report the dialogue between a doctor and a patient, Error Correction
by completing the sentence:
Doctor : You should take this medicine every day.
Patient : Should I take it before dinner or after dinner?
Doctor : No, you should take it after breakfast. IV. SECTION B- CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS 10
The Doctor advised the patient that he should take All the names and addresses used in the questions are
that medicine every day. The patient further asked if fictitious. Resemblance, if any, is purely coincidental.
he should take it before dinner or after dinner. The
doctor replied negatively and then said that _____. 1. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5
A. Write a letter to the Editor of “The Times of India”,
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the Delhi expressing your concern over the increase in the
correction. rate of road accident, rash driving and overcrowded
Some guys like to fights on even playing grounds, and road transport. You are Priya/Priyanshu living at
some guys like to cheat. B-47 Avas Vikas, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi.

Use the given format for your response. Or

Error Correction B. Write an application to your principal asking

permission to remain absent from school for 5 days on
account of your brother’s marriage.

ix. Transform the following direct speech into reported 2. Attempt ANY ONE from A and B given below. 5
speech: A. The charts below show agricultural production in two
He asked, “Will you be coming?” different regions of the country. Write an analytical
paragraph in 100-120 words by selecting and reporting
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to the main features, and making comparisons where
complete the sentence. relevant.
My class teacher told me that I _____ work hard.
(a) shall
(b) could
(c) can
(d) should

xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of

the dialogue between Radha and Shikha.
Radha : Do you know how to swim?
Shikha : Yes I know. I have learnt it during this
summer vacation.
Or
Radha asked Shikha if/whether she knew how to B. Given below is a newspaper report on the state of
swim. Then Shikha replied in affirmative and also cancer prevailing in India. You have been asked to
added that _____. write an analytical paragraph on ‘Cancer - a silent
(a) she had learnt it during the summer vacation killer’ Taking information from the clipping given
(b) she has learnt it during the summer vacation below together with your own ideas, write this
(c) she have learnt it during the summer vacation paragraph in 100-120 words.
(d) she had learn it during the summer vacation “In India, cities are more cancer-prone than rural
areas. In the early 1990’s, we expected one out of 10-
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15 urban Indians to get cancer in their life -time, that (c) He didn’t think that freedom denied to him was
is every second or third family would have to face this important for others.
disease. This is partly due to high levels of benzene (d) He was too young to realise that freedom was
in the air and also that the metros are exposed to denied to others as well.
high levels of pesticides in their foods. In order to
check the steady growth of cancer in the country, the
v. Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only.
Government shall have to give priority to preventive
The speaker’s belief about freedom, since _____
action. At the same time measures to undertake
improvement in facilities for the treatment of cancer proved false. It was not until the speaker grew up to
shall have to be adopted.” be a young man when it dawned on him that he was
deprived of freedom.

SECTION C- LITERATURE 40 Or
1.B THINK-TANK: Mirror, mirror, in my hand. Who is
V. Reference to the Context 10 the most fantastically intellectually gifted being in the
1. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5 land?
1.A “It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood OFFSTAGE VOICE: (after a pause) You, sir.
THINK -TANK: (smacking mirror) Quicker. Answer
freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a young
quicker next time. I hate a slow mirror. (He admires
man that my freedom had already been taken from
himself in the mirror.) Ah, there I am. Are we Martians
me, that I began to hunger for it. At first as a student not a handsome race? So much more attractive than
I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory those ugly Earthlings with their tiny heads. Noodle,
freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read what you keep on exercising your mind, and someday you’ll
I pleased and go where I chose. Later, as a young have a balloon brain just like mine.
man in Johannesburg, I yearned for the basic and NOODLE: Oh, I hope so, Mighty Think-Tank. I hope
honourable freedoms...” so.
(Nelson Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom) THINK -TANK: Now, contact the space probe. I want
to invade that primitive ball of mud called Earth
i. The title that best suits this extract is before lunch.
(a) Freedom for everything NOODLE: It shall be done, sir. (He adjusts levers on
switchboard. Electronic buzzes and beeps are heard as
(b) Knowledge about Freedom
the curtains open.)
(c) Significance of Freedom (The Book that Saved the Earth)
(d) Realisation of Freedom
i. Choose the option that lists the most appropriate
ii. Why do you think the speaker mentions some freedoms meaning of think-tank from those given below.
as ‘transitory’ ? (a) A tank that helps you think deeper than an
average person, if you use its contents regularly.
iii. Choose the option that best fits the usage of the word (b) Non-stop flow of ideas from a fixed source about
‘illusion’ as used in the extract.
one particular issue.
(a) He was never able to get past the illusion.
(c) A pool of ideas and solutions to various problems
(b) The illusion I experienced was quite intriguing. via an individual, group or organisation.
(c) A large mirror in the room creates an illusion. (d) A method by way of which people think collectively
(d) I was living under the illusion that this is possible. to identify stray thoughts among them.

iv. The speaker says, ‘at first as a student I wanted ii. The playwright places certain words and sentences in
freedom only for myself.’ Why do you think he only brackets in the given extract.
thought about himself? List any two ways these benefit both the director and
(a) He didn’t want to think about the freedom denied actors.
to others. 1. __________
(b) He was being selfish and was only bothered about 2. __________
himself.
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iii. Choose the option that correctly categorizes the 3. His claws and paws will make you forget,
phrase “(after a pause)” based on the dialogue given If you’re in a dream or reality,
above. And you’ll feel clawed and pawed. I bet,
(a) aside The peppered pounce a certainty.
(b) stage direction This a beast that runs and strikes fast,
(c) narration If you’re caught you sure won’t last.
(d) setting 4. The leopard and the lion chose to become friends,
For they were all proud of claws on their paws,
iv. Choose the option that gives you fits the example of They each glorified one another for their mighty,
an irony from the ones given below. Ability to live on meat of other fauna throughout a year,
(a) “Who is the most fantastically intellectually They each admired one another for running speed,
They each remained firm and loyal to one rule;
gifted being in the land?”
Lions don’t eat leopards neither leopards eat lions.
(b) “I hate a slow mirror.”
(c) “Noodle, you keep on exercising your mind, and (a) Option 1
someday you’ll have a balloon brain just like (b) Option 2
mine.” (c) Option 3
(d) “I want to invade that primitive ball of mud called (d) Option 4
Earth before lunch.”
ii. Given below are four examples of activities that
Jasmeet does. Choose the option that correctly
v. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word
demonstrates ‘strolling’.
from the text.
spinning : top :: rotation : _____ (a) Jasmeet runs with a great speed after being
(Clue : Spinning is the movement of a top, similarly chased by a dog.
rotation is the movement of the...) (b) Jasmeet walks in the garden, relaxing while
listening to his favourite song.
2. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 5 (c) Jasmeet skids sharply on the icy skate rink.
2.A If strolling forth, a beast you view, (d) Jasmeet rushes to switch off the water pump in
Whose hide with spots is peppered, the backyard.
As soon as he has lept on you,
You’ll know it is the Leopard. iii. State whether the following statement is TRUE or
Twi’ll do no good to roar with pain, FALSE:
He’ll only lep and lep again. The poet asks the reader to hide on seeing the leopard.
(How to Tell Wild Animals)
iv. The repetition used in “he’ll only lep and lep again”
i. Choose the option listing the stanza that would follow is an example of _____.
the given extract.
1. The leopard stalks on silent paws. v. Choose the option that matches with the rhyme
With deadly armor of fangs and claws. scheme of the extract.
He lies in his tree perch through out the day. 1. Pround loud child wild jungle mingle
Sleeping and resting the hours away. 2. Wild jungle child mingle loud proud
2. A spotted leopard in a banyan tree, 3. Wild proud child loud jungle mingle
kept his yellow carnivore-ic eyes on me. 4. Loud jungle wild child mingle proud
I knew better than to move fast or try to flee. (a) option 1
His eyes narrowed, but I refused to see. (b) option 2
How fast that cat was chasing after me.
(c) option 3
If I can just get to that tall tall......
(d) option 4

Or
2.B The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
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over harbour and city (a) Option 1

on silent haunches (b) Option 2
and then moves on. (c) Option 3
(Fog)
(d) Option 4

i. List any two qualities of the cat that Carl Sandburg

v. Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word
applies to the fog?
from the text.
1. __________
manacle : hands :: fetter : _____
2. __________
(Clue : A manacle is a shackle for the hands, and a
ii. Which one/s of the following applies to the given fetter is a shackle for the...)
lines?
1. Personification is a literary device where you VI Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 40-50
give an animal, object or natural phenomenon, words each. 4 # 3 = 12
qualities or abilities that only a human can have. i. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho?
2. Transferred epithet is a literary device when an Why does he sign the letter ‘God’ ?
adjective usually used to describe one thing is (A Letter to God)
transferred to another. ii. What special characteristic of Mijbil did Maxwell
3. Imagery is the language used by poets and writers learn after he took him to the bathroom?
to create visual representation of ideas in the (Mijbil the Otter)
minds of the readers.
4. Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which iii. Why did the Buddha ask Kisa Gotami to bring a
contradictory terms appear side by side. handful of mustard seeds?
(The Sermon at Benares)
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 2 and 3 iv. Describe the method Anne Gregory suggested in order
to prove that she is loved for who she is.
(c) Only 1
(For Anne Gregory)
(d) Only 3
v. “Fire and Ice” project a pessimistic outlook. Comment.
iii. Pick the option that includes an image of the cat on
VII Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 40-50
its haunches.
words each. 2#3 = 6
i. Why was Tricki an uninteresting object for other dogs
at the surgery?
(A Triumph of Surgery)
ii. Henry unintentionally saved Ausable’s life. Briefly
comment.
(The Midnight Visitor)
(a) Option 1
iii. How did the Loisels react when they realized that the
(b) Option 2
necklace had been lost?
(c) Option 3
(d) Option 4 VIII Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120
words. 6
iv. Choose the option that does not list movement of the i. Valli was sensitive, but at the same time, she was
fog. fearless and quite determined. Think of another
1. It stole in on us like a foot-pad somewhere out of character from your textbook, First Flight, who
the sea and air... E.J.Pratt displayed similar character traits. Compare and
2. A fog drifts in, the haevy-laden Cold white ghost contrast the lives of Valli and the other character.
of the sea- Sara Teasdale
3. The fog it tricks the eye The wonder of the vell of Or
shite under the clear blue sky. K.C.Cox ii. Explain the phrase “the forest that was empty all
4. ...comes gliding, rolling in at ground level, pressing these days”. After reading the poem “The Trees”, for
its white featureless face against... -R.H.Grenville whom do you think are the forests needed ? Imagine
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you are a tree in a forest, what values would you like

the humans to learn from the tree ?

IX Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 100-120

words. 6
i. “And in her smiling eyes was the right of deep
satisfaction that an artist feels when he is contemplating
the completion of his masterpiece.” Imagine you are
Bholi’s teacher. You are overwhelmed with a sense
of satisfaction to see the conversion of ‘Bholi’ to
‘Sulekha’. Express your feelings in the form of a diary
entry.

Or
ii. Give a character-sketch of Hari Singh.
(The Thief ’s Story)

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