Class 10 Ray and Martin Question Bank Page 83 Vol -1 Solved

Class 10 Ray and Martin Question Bank Page 83 Vol -1 Solved

Midnapore Town School (HS)

Heritage

Subject: English

Full Marks: 40

Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Section - A: Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the passage and answer the questions:

A. Choose the correct alternatives:(1×2 = 2)

(a) Running pirate caves is difficult with –

✅ (ii) only two

(b) The narrator never quarrelled with –

✅ (iii) Claude

B. Complete the sentences:(1×2 = 2)

(i) As soon as spring came, they sailed back to their own dear island.

(ii) Father looked sorrowful when Claude and the narrator asked him about relatives.

C. Short Question (2 marks):

What was the reaction of the narrator's father when asked about relatives?

✅ Father looked very sorrowful and said it was all his fault, which made the children regret asking the question.

2. Read the poem and answer the questions:

A. Choose the correct alternatives:

(1×2 = 2)

(a) The call of the running tide –

✅ (ii) cannot be denied

(b) The poet would like to hear the cry of –

✅ (iv) sea-gulls

B. Answer the following questions:

(1×2 = 2)

(i) What does the poet seek at the end of the journey?

✅ The poet seeks quiet sleep and a sweet dream at the end of the journey.

(ii) What kind of a day does the poet want for his sea voyage?

✅ He wants a windy day with white clouds flying, sea spray, and sea-gulls' crying.

             Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

3. Read the passage and answer the questions:

A. Choose the correct alternatives:(1×4 = 4)

(i) The name of the film with which a chessboard is associated –

✅ (d) Shatranj Ke Khiladi

(ii) The peasants wore conical caps in –

✅ (c) Hirak Rajar Deshe

(iii) The city celebrated Ray’s 102nd birth anniversary on –

✅ (c) Tuesday

(iv) The mentioned curiosity shop is –

✅ (b) 116 years old

B. Write ‘T’ or ‘F’ (1×4 = 4)

(i) The name of Goopi Babu’s shop is now ‘DK Makeup’.

✅ T

(ii) The name of the present proprietor is Amal Banerjee.

✅ T

(iii) Name of Amal Banerjee’s father was Rashika Mohan Banerjee.

✅ F (He was his grandfather)

(iv) Gen Next has opted out because this business is no longer profitable.

✅ T

C. Short Question (1 mark):

Where is Goopi Babu’s shop situated?

✅ Goopi Babu’s shop is situated in a blind lane off Asutosh Mukherjee Road in South Kolkata.

Section - B: Grammar and Vocabulary

4. Fill in the blanks with correct alternatives:

(1×2 = 2)

(i) After the beans have been gathered,

(ii) they are roasted at high temperatures.

✅ Correct Answer: have been gathered, roasted

5. Do as directed:

A. Sentence Transformation (1×2 = 2)

(i) Mother said to me, “Respect your elders.”

✅ Mother advised me to respect my elders.

(ii) He is an honest man.

✅ He is a man who is honest.

B. Replace with phrasal verbs (1×2 = 2)

(i) The meeting was cancelled due to bad weather.

✅ called off

(ii) Dengue has spread in the town.

✅ broken out

List used: [call off, break out]

6. Find words from unseen passage (2×2 = 4)

(i) Genius → ✅ maestro

(ii) Author of films → ✅ auteur

Section - C: Writing

7. Paragraph Writing: (10 marks)

Topic: How Butter is Made

✅ Answer:

Butter is made from milk. First, milk is obtained from cows or buffaloes. Then the cream is separated from the milk and poured into large containers. The cream is then pasteurised to kill harmful bacteria. After that, the buttermilk is churned to collect the milk fat. The water is drained away, and the thick butter is obtained. It is then forced into rollers to make it smooth. Finally, the butter is packed and sent to the market for sale.

Midnapore Town School (HS)

Heritage

Subject: English

Full Marks: 40

Time: 1 Hour 30 Minute

Section - A: Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

In winter, when the harbour is frozen over, we all move over to the mainland. As soon as spring comes, back we sail to our own dear island.

The funny part used to be that people always pitied us when the time came for us to return. They said we must be so lonesome over there, with no other children near us. Of course Claude and I would have liked to have someone to play with us. It is hard to run pirate caves and things like that with only two. But we used to quarrel a good deal with the mainland children in winter. So it was perhaps just as well that there were none of them on the Big Half Moon. Claude and I never quarrelled.

To be sure, Father didn't seem to have any relations except us. This used to puzzle Claude and me. Everybody on the mainland had relations. Why hadn’t we? Was it because we lived on an island? We thought it would be so jolly to have an uncle and aunt and some cousins. Once we asked Father about it, but he looked so sorrowful that we wished we hadn't. He said it was all his fault. Claude and I didn’t understand what he meant.

A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(1×2=2)

(a) Running pirate caves is difficult with –

(i) many children

(ii) only two

(iii) only four

(iv) six children

(b) The narrator never quarrelled with –

(i) John

(ii) Peter

(iii) Claude

(iv) Ricky

B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(1×2=2)

(i) As soon as spring came, ______________________________________.

(ii) Father looked sorrowful when __________________________________.

C. Answer the following question:

(2 marks)

What was the reaction of the narrator's father when asked about relatives?

2. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

A. Tick the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(1×2=2)

(a) The call of the running tide –

(i) can be easily denied

(ii) cannot be denied

(iii) is not attractive

(iv) is discouraging

(b) The poet would like to hear the cry of –

(i) nightingales

(ii) skylarks

(iii) cuckoos

(iv) sea-gulls

B. Answer the following questions:

(1×2=2)

(i) What does the poet seek at the end of the journey?

(ii) What kind of a day does the poet want for his sea voyage?

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

3. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

As the city celebrated Satyajit Ray’s 102nd birth anniversary on Tuesday, an old curiosity shop in Bhowanipore, which supplied numerous props to the maestro’s beloved classics, found itself staring at a bleak future, with no one interested in taking over the reins of business after the current proprietor.

From the chessboard in Shatranj Ke Khiladi to the conical caps worn by the peasants in Hirak Rajar Deshe to the skeleton in Byomkesh Bakshi’s study in Chiriakhana, the now 116-year-old shop DK Makeup, once known as Goopi Babur Dokan, has supplied many artefacts to the auteur for the movies.

Amal Banerjee, who has inherited the shop once run by his grandfather Rashika Mohan Banerjee (Goopi Babu), says his generation is the last one that has shown any interest in running the establishment. Gen Next has opted out because it is no longer profitable.

Tucked away in a blind lane off Asutosh Mukherjee Road in South Kolkata, DK Makeup is a treasure trove for movie buffs in general and for Ray fans in particular.

A. Tick the right answer:

(1×4=4)

(i) The name of the film associated with the chessboard is –

(a) Chiriakhana

(b) Hirak Rajar Deshe

(c) Goopi Gyne Bagha Byne

(d) Shatranj Ke Khiladi

(ii) The peasants wore conical caps in –

(a) Agantuk

(b) Chiriakhana

(c) Hirak Rajar Deshe

(d) Pather Panchali

(iii) The city celebrated Ray’s 102nd birth anniversary on –

(a) Monday

(b) Saturday

(c) Tuesday

(d) Sunday

(iv) The mentioned curiosity shop is –

(a) 102 years old

(b) 116 years old

(c) 115 years old

(d) 103 years old

B. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False in the boxes:

(1×4=4)

(i) The name of Goopi Babu’s shop is now ‘DK Makeup’. [ ]

(ii) The name of the present proprietor is Amal Banerjee. [ ]

(iii) Name of Amal Banerjee’s father was Rashika Mohan Banerjee. [ ]

(iv) Gen Next has opted out because this business is no longer profitable. [ ]

C. Answer the following question:

(1 mark)

Where is Goopi Babu’s shop situated?

Section - B: Grammar and Vocabulary

4. Fill in the blanks with the correct alternatives:

(1×2=2)

Workers on coffee plantations have to pick the beans by hand.

After the beans (i) __________ (gather/gathered/have gathered), they are (ii) __________ (roasted/roast/being roasted) at high temperatures.

5. Do as directed:

(1×2=2)

A. Rewrite the following sentences as per the instructions:

(i) Mother said to me, “Respect your elders.”

→ [Change into indirect speech]

(ii) He is an honest man.

→ [Turn into a complex sentence]

B. Replace the underlined words with phrasal verbs from the list:

[call off, break out, break into]

(One is extra)

(i) The meeting was cancelled due to bad weather.

→ ______________________

(ii) Dengue has spread in the town.

→ ______________________

6. Find the words from the unseen passage (Q3) based on the given meanings:

(2×2=4)

(i) Genius: ___________________

(ii) Author of films: ___________________

Section - C: Writing

7. Write a paragraph (within 100 words) on: How Butter is Made

Use the following points:

Milk obtained → cream separated → cream poured → cream pasteurised → buttermilk churned to collect milk fat → water drained away → butter obtained → forced into roller to make it smooth → packed and sent to market.

[10 marks]