Class X 2nd Summative English Question

 

Class X 2nd Summative English Question 2025 

Class: X

Full Marks: 50

Time: 2 Hours

Subject: English

Section – A

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:

Of course, there was nobody for us to play with on the Big Half Moon. We just had to make the most of each other, and we did.

We live on the Big Half Moon island. 'We' are Father and Claude and I and Aunt Esther and Mimi and Dick. It used to be only Father and Claude and I. It is all on account of the kite that there are more of us. This is what I want to tell you about.

Father is the keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse. I am eleven years old. Claude is twelve. 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.

A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: (1×2 = 2)

(a) Dick and Mimi were narrator's —

→ (ii) cousins

(b) According to mainland people, the narrator and Claude spent time on the island in —

→ (iv) utter seclusion

B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text: (1×2 = 2)

(i) What the narrator considers to be funny is that people always pity them when they return to the island.

(ii) The harbour got frozen in winter, so the family shifted to the mainland.

C. Answer the following question: (2 marks)

Why did the people in the mainland pity the narrator and Claude?

→ The people in the mainland pitied the narrator and Claude because they thought the children must feel lonely on the island without any other children around to play with.

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

Once I crept in an oakwood—I was looking for a stag. I met an old woman there—all knobbly stick and rag.

She said: 'I have your secret here inside my little bag.'

Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.

She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake—

Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.

They said: 'We are the oak-trees and your own true family.

We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.

Unless you make a promise now—now you are going to die.'

'Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two.

Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you

And root you among the oaks where you were born but never grew."

This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me.

When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company,

My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.

A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: (1×2 = 2)

(a) The poet went into the oakwood in search of a —

→ (ii) deer

(b) “You do not blink an eye” indicates the poet’s —

→ (ii) indifference

B. State whether the following statements are True or False: (1×2 = 2)

(i) The poet made a promise to plant an oak tree.

→ False

(ii) The staring tribe appreciated the poet for sympathising with them.

→ False

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

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

The resources provided by nature fulfil most of our needs. Many of these resources however cannot be used directly. Can we use wheat, cotton, tea leaves, logs of wood and iron ore directly? No, we cannot. This is because they are raw materials. The raw materials are the basic materials from which other things are made. Thus, we need to convert the raw materials into finished products such as bread, cloth, tea, furniture and utensils before we can use them. Raw materials are converted into finished products in a factory, which is called industry.

A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: (1×4 = 4)

(i) Some resources cannot be used —

→ (b) directly

(ii) Raw materials are turned into finished products in a —

→ (b) factory

(iii) We need to ____ the raw materials into finished products —

→ (b) convert

(iv) Example of a finished product is —

→ (b) bread

B. State whether the following statements are True or False: (1×4 = 4)

(i) The resources provided by nature cannot fulfil most of our needs. → False

(ii) Tea leaves are an example of raw material. → True

(iii) We can use wheat, cotton and iron ore directly. → False

(iv) The raw materials are the final products that we use in our daily lives. → False

C. Answer the following question: (2 marks)

What is an industry?

→ An industry is a factory where raw materials are converted into finished products for our use.

Section – B: Grammar and Vocabulary

4. Fill in the blanks with the correct alternatives: (½ × 2 = 1)

I would have helped him if I were a doctor.

5. Do as directed:

A. The correct sentence with appropriate prepositions is:

As a human being possesses developed nervous system, they are likely to be in love with something that attracts him.

✅ Answer: in love with

B. Rewrite the following sentences as directed: (1×4 = 4)

(i) Never spread rumours. (Change the voice)

→ Let no rumours be spread.

You are forbidden to spread rumours.

(ii) My friend said to me, "Did you really want this?" (Change the mode of narration)

→ My friend asked me if I had really wanted that.

(iii) Nothing can be more useful than a glass of water when you are thirsty. (Rewrite using superlative degree)

→ A glass of water is the most useful thing when you are thirsty.

(iv) The villagers chased the robber bravely and caught him. (Use a phrasal verb for 'chased')

→ The villagers ran after the robber bravely and caught him.

6. Vocabulary: Find words from the passage (Q.3) matching the meanings: (2×2 = 4)

(i) Crude → Raw

(ii) Assets → Resources

Section – C: Writing

7. Write a notice on free distribution of textbooks. (10 marks)

Malda CC Girls’ (HS) School

Class: X

Subject: English

Time: 2 Hours

Full Marks: 50

Section – A

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:

Of course, there was nobody for us to play with on the Big Half Moon. We just had to make the most of each other, and we did.

We live on the Big Half Moon island. 'We' are Father and Claude and I and Aunt Esther and Mimi and Dick. It used to be only Father and Claude and I. It is all on account of the kite that there are more of us. This is what I want to tell you about.

Father is the keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse. I am eleven years old. Claude is twelve. 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.

A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: (1×2 = 2)

(a) Dick and Mimi were narrator's —

(i) siblings

(ii) cousins

(iii) friends

(iv) uncle and aunt

(b) According to mainland people, the narrator and Claude spent time on the island in —

(i) dejection

(ii) happiness

(iii) playfulness

(iv) utter seclusion

B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text: (1×2 = 2)

(i) What the narrator considers to be funny is that

(ii) The harbour got frozen

C. Answer the following question: (2 marks)

Why did the people in the mainland pity the narrator and Claude?

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

Once I crept in an oakwood—I was looking for a stag.

I met an old woman there—all knobbly stick and rag.

She said: “I have your secret here inside my little bag.”

Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.

She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake—

Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.

They said: “We are the oak-trees and your own true family.

We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.

Unless you make a promise now—now you are going to die.”

“Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two.

Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you

And root you among the oaks where you were born but never grew.”

This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me.

When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company,

My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.

A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: (1×2 = 2)

(a) The poet went into the oakwood in search of a —

(i) cow

(ii) deer

(iii) goat

(iv) rabbit

(b) “You do not blink an eye” indicates the poet’s —

(i) cruelty

(ii) indifference

(iii) pity

(iv) bravery

B. State whether the following statements are True or False: (1×2 = 2)

(i) The poet made a promise to plant an oak tree.

(ii) The staring tribe appreciated the poet for sympathising with them.

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

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

The resources provided by nature fulfil most of our needs. Many of these resources however cannot be used directly. Can we use wheat, cotton, tea leaves, logs of wood and iron ore directly? No, we cannot. This is because they are raw materials. The raw materials are the basic materials from which other things are made. Thus, we need to convert the raw materials into finished products such as bread, cloth, tea, furniture and utensils before we can use them. Raw materials are converted into finished products in a factory, which is called industry.

A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: (1×4 = 4)

(i) Some resources cannot be used —

(a) naturally

(b) directly

(c) indirectly

(d) equally

(ii) Raw materials are turned into finished products in a —

(a) field

(b) factory

(c) mine

(d) house

(iii) We need to ____ the raw materials into finished products —

(a) break

(b) convert

(c) exchange

(d) dry

(iv) Example of a finished product is —

(a) wood

(b) bread

(c) iron ore

(d) wheat

B. State whether the following statements are True or False: (1×4 = 4)

(i) The resources provided by nature cannot fulfil most of our needs.

(ii) Tea leaves are an example of raw material.

(iii) We can use wheat, cotton and iron ore directly.

(iv) The raw materials are the final products that we use in our daily lives.

C. Answer the following question: (2 marks)

What is an industry?

Section – B: Grammar and Vocabulary

4. Fill in the blanks with the correct alternatives: (½ × 2 = 1)

I would have __________ him if I __________ a doctor.

(help/helped/helping) (was/were/am)

5. Do as directed:

A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions: (½ × 2 = 1)

As a human being possesses developed nervous system, they are likely to be __________ something that attracts him.

B. Rewrite the following sentences as directed: (1×4 = 4)

(i) Never spread rumours. (Change the voice)

(ii) My friend said to me, “Did you really want this?” (Change the mode of narration)

(iii) Nothing can be more useful than a glass of water when you are thirsty. (Use superlative degree)

(iv) The villagers chased the robber bravely and caught him. (Use a phrasal verb for ‘chased’)

6. Vocabulary: Find the words from the passage (Q.3) that mean: (2×2 = 4)

(i) Crude: __________

(ii) Assets: __________

Section – C: Writing

7. Write a notice on free distribution of textbooks with the help of the following points: (10 marks)

• Date and time

• Students of class V–X will get free books

• Presence of all the students eagerly requested

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