NIOS 10TH SOLVED PAPER

Nios class 10th English solved paper

SECTION – A (Reading)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :

The environment is something that we are all familiar with. It includes the air that surrounds the earth, the water that covers most part of the earth, the plants and animals around us and much more. The responsibility of protecting the natural environment lies on individuals as well as various organizations. Environment is affected by various human activities. For example, waste production, air pollution, polluting water resources, damaging natural vegetation are some of the issues that affect the environment. Environment protection depends on two interrelated factors: legislative provisions and individual interest. Each plays. Its part in protecting the environment by developing environmental values at individual level as well as at the national level. Discussions concerning protection of environment often focus on the role of the government for legislation and law enforcement. Every government passes laws to prevent damage to the environment. Truly speaking, protecting the environment is the responsibility of each individual and all people and not simply of the government. Most of the damages to environmental resources are not limited within individual countries and occur across their boundaries covering several countries or even across the globe. That is why attempts are made by the countries to develop agreements among multiple governments to prevent damage to the environment or manage the impact of human activities on natural resources. They include factors that affect climate, oceans, rivers and air. While some of the agreements are legally binding on nations, most of them are in the nature of voluntary responsibility or moral code of 

Answer the questions given below on the basis of your understanding of the passage.

Choose the best options wherever given

(i) Complete the following sentence:

Theair, water and vegetation around us make

Ans. Environment. –

1. ii) What can make individuals concerned about environment?
2. lessons on environment
3. strict application of law
4. development of environmental values
5. discussions on environment

Ans. (C) development of environmental values.

(iii) Who is responsible for protection of environment?

1. individuals
2. B) group of individuals
3. C) law makers
4. (D) individuals as well as the government

Ans. (D) individuals as well as the government.

(iv) Pick out the words from the passage which means similar to :

1. material
2. effect

Ans. (A) Factors, (B) Damages.

(v) Mention two human activities that pollute the environment.

Ans.

1. Pollution comes through factories.
2. Vehicles like cars, trusck and many more that pollutes the environment.

(vi) What is done, when damage to environment is not limited within one country?

Ans. The problems of pollution are not limited to the borders of any one country. Because the harmful effects of pollution often extend to areas beyond the country where the pollution originated, the international legal system is an important means of controlling pollution.

2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:

 The mangrove forest of Sundarban is spread over the della region in the southern part of West Bengal. The mangrove forest is the habitat of Royal Bengal Tigers. The tigers of Sundarban are known for their man eating behavior. They often stray from the reserved forest into the human habitation along the fringes of Sundarban forest and prey on cattle and human beings.

People living in the vicinity of the forest are heavily dependent on the forest for their livelihood. All types of resource collectors from the villages enter the core area of the forest for collecting honey, firewood and for fishing. The high level of disturbance by forest resource users provokes man eating behavior of the tigers and they often kill the intruders into the forests. The villagers too kill stray tigers in revenge. As a result, there is a long-standing conflict between man and animal.

Survival of the tiger population depends upon the resolution of the age-old human-tiger conflict and conservation of the mangrove forest where the tigers live. Primarily, the villagers are to be kept out of the habitat of the tigers. Since poverty is the most dominant factor which forces villagers to enter the core area for collection of natural resources, there is urgent need to create alternative livelihood for fringe dwellers.

 In order to prevent straying of tigers into villages, nylon net as well as goran chita fencing are erected along the forest – village interface. Straying animals are to be tranquilised, captured and then released into the forests. Above all, people living in the fringe are to be made aware of the need of conservation of tigers of Sundarban.

Answer the questions given below on the basis of your understanding of the above passage.

Choose the best options wherever given.

(i) Complete the following statement:

The mangrove forest of Sundarban is

Ans. spread over the delta region in the southern part of West Bengal.

(ii) What is unique in the nature of the tigers of Sundarban?

1. their ferocity
2. their closeness to human beings :
3. their man eating behavior
4. their ability to swim

Ans. (C) Their man eating behavior.

(iii) Why do the people living near the forest enter its core area?

1. To capture living tigers
2. To kill tigers for their skin
3. To protect the tiger population.
4. To collect natural resources

Ans. (D) to collect natural resources.

(iv) Pick out the word from the passage, which is similar to the following word in meaning: home

Ans. Fringe.

(v) What is to be primarily done for the conservation of the mangrove forests Sunderland?

Ans. The survival of the tiger population depends upon the resolution of the age-old human tiger conflict and the conservation of the mangrove forest where the tiger live.

(vi) What has been done to prevent the tigers from entering the human habitation near the forest?

Ans. In order to prevent straying of tigers into villages, nylon net as well as goran Chita fencing are erected along the forest village interface. Straying animals are to be tranquilised, captured and then released into the forest.  

SECTION – B (Writing)

3. Read the following telephone conversation :

Caller: I am Joseph calling from Dr. Sukla’s hospital. Can I speak to Mrs. Sukla ?

 Veena: Mrs. Sukla is not at home. I am Veena, Dr. Sukla’s daughter. Any message for Mrs. Sukla?

 Joseph: Dr. Sukla is engaged in an emergency operation. He will stay overnight in the hospital. Please inform Mrs. Sukla of it.

 Veena: I will

 Veena will not be at home, when Mrs. Sukla returns. Write a message to be left for her. Mention the date and the time of the receipt of the message.

Ans.

MESSAGE

28 April, 2017

09:28 PM

Dear mother, this is to inform you that my father’s friend named Joseph talking from My father’s hospital i.e. Dr. Sukla’s hospital, wants to tell you that father is cngaged in an emergency operation. He will stay overnight in the hospital for a better treatment.

 XYZ

Your daughter

 4 Imagine you are Ranvir, a news reporter living in Ganganagar colony. The residents of Ganganagar colony moved to stop the use of plastic bags. An awareness programme was organized to highlight the ill-effects of using plastic bags. The shoppers as well as the shopkeepers attended the programme and offered to give up using plastic bags. You attended the programme, as a news reporter. Write a report on it in about 100 words. Highlight the efforts of the residents. Mention the place and the date of the event and give a suitable title to your 

 Ans. Awareness against use of plastic bag

(Ranvir Dainik Jagran 5th Aug. 2017)

 The awareness against the ill-effects caused by the use of plastics has shaken the residents of Ganga Nagar Colony. The registered society workers of the colony had decided to invite all shopkeepers, shoppers, senior citizens and the residents to attend a meeting. The meeting was organized to let the people know about the ill-effects of use of the plastic begs. Some of the residents spoke at length about the harms are caused by the use of plastic begs. The shopkeepers are given to advice to use paper bags in lieu of plastic begs to deliver their sold goods. Every citizen of the colony was advised to avoid the use of plastic packs and begs. The meeting was organized in the field of colony Junior High School on 05-08-2000. The residents of the colony shown their koen interest in participating the meeting and made a purposeful event by their presence.

5. You are Rajesh living in Patna, Bihar. You have been selected for the junior national level team of Kabaddi and you are required to go to Delhi for training for three weeks before the competition. Write a letter to your father who is away on a business tour to Bombay, informing him of your selection and stay in Delhi for training. Do not forget to enquire about the well-being of your father.

Ans.

From

 Rajesh

 Patna (Bihar)

 Dated…

Respected/Dear Father

I am well hero with other member of family, sister Pummi and dear mother at home. I hope that you will also be well and healthy there.

I am very glad to inform you that I have been selected for the Juniour National Level team of Kabaddi. I have to go to Delhi for three weeks training before the competition. So kindly send your consent/advice as your response at the carliest.

Thanking You

Your Obediently son

Rajesh Patna (Bihar)

6. Given below are three situations. Choose anyone of them and write a paragraph on it in about 100 words.

 (a) Mobile phones have come to be an easy means of communication. Yet using phones poses several problems. Highlight the problems associated with using mobile phones.

(b) Much of the open land in the cities has been used in raising high rise buildings. Highlight its impact on life in the cities.

 (c) Many of the television programmes are not suitable for family entertainment. Suggest measures to regulate the production and viewing of such programmes. 

Ans.

(a). Mobile phone is not only an easy means of communication but also it has proved to be a boon it the life of man. In the begging the mobile phones were used foi the communication from man to man only the function of mobile has increased in many ways. The internet system in the function of mobile phones had added greatly to the utility of mobile phones.

Mobile phone helps to discover the crimes and the criminals. But the misuse of mobile phone causes many problems related of crimes and criminals. Mobile phones are highlighting anti social an remarks on man and woman of the so; nation. Thus the communal reots of and cause to a heavy toll of human live problems of society. Therefore uses phones for good are comfortable by lead to suffer many kinds of problems.

(b) During the last two decades the migration people from villages to cities in the quest it of work, has increased the population of the cities immensely. This forced the city administration and the Govt. to meet the requirement of people of live in the pollution open space pollution free and healthy environment has occupied to high buildings for dwelling. The land could developed into a green park to provide pollution free environment for the people. The open land utilized for raising high buildings has shortened the land for cultivation. Thus the land for growing vegetables and food grain has reduced to some exlient. This grave raises to price increase for vegetables and food grains.

(c) Television is one of the wonderful inventions of science. It was invented in 1922 by Scottish Scientest. Television is useful in several fields of life. It is very cheapest and best means of recreations and the entertainment. Many Pvt. Channels telecast defferent different programmes like news. Scrials realted to common family problems of Indian society. We can see and learn about the world through the programmes of T.V.

Channels. There are the programmes which are most enjoyable and we can watch out those programmes with our entire family members. But some programmes are very harmful they being very adverse effect on the children and young ones of society. The vulgar scenes and vulgar languages used in T.V. Serials and films. As the T.V. is a most sensitime means. communication. The regulating authorities on me to be informed to ban such programmers which very insensitmi and uncultured: Family memo also avoid to see or change the time to watch out such programmers.

SECTION – C (Grammar)

 (a) Read the following paragraph:

We painted our house in the summer vacation. They washed the exterior of the house with water and sealed all cracks and pores. Then they applied two coats of paint for a good finish.

Rewrite the paragraph by filling the blank spaces. The first sentence of the paragraph is done for you as an example.

Our house was painted in the last vacation. The exterior of the house………… (i)……… with water and all cracks and pores…….. (ii)…….. Then two coats of paint……. (iii)…… for a good finish.

Ans. (i) was washed (ii) ware sealed, (iii) were applied. .

(b) Rewrite the following pairs of sentences as a one sentence. Use the appropriate words from the box.

[After, before, although, lest, because]

(There are more words than you may need)

Example:

(a) He works hard.

 (b) He does not earn much.

Although he works hard, he does not earn much.

(1) (a) She had worked hard.

(b) She came first in the class.

Ans. She had worked hard so she came first in the class.

(ii) (a) You must work hard.

(b) Otherwise you may fail in the examination.

 Ans. You must work hard or you will fail in the Examination.

(ii) (a) The party had started.”

(b) I reached late.

Ans. The party had started because I reached late.

8. Read the following passage. There are some numbered blanks in it. For each blank four options have been provided.

 Choose the most appropriate ones to fill in the blanks. The first sentence has been done as an example.

For (i) many people leisure is a time to idle (ii)……… But (iii)……. people make good use of it. Those who are fond (iv)……. reading utilise the time in reading books of (v)……choice.  There are people (vi)…….- take up some creative activities or engage (vii)……..in creative writing.

(i) (A) many

    (B) Few

    (C) all

    (D) On

Ans. Many

 (ii) (A) Out 

      (B) Away

      (C) At

      (D) On

Ans. out

 (iii) (A) many

       (B) Few

       (C) all

       (D) Some

Ans. some

 (iv) (A) of

       (B) In

      (C) With

      (D) At

Ans. of

(v) (A) his

     (B) their

     (C) Theirs

     (D) Our

Ans. Their

 (vi) (A) who

       (B) Which

       (C) That

       (D) Whose

Ans. Who

(vii)(A) Him

      (B) Himself

      (C) Them

      (D) themselves

 Ans. Themselves

9. Given below is a conversation between two friends on visiting the trade fair. Complete the dialogue with suitable words.

Rohit: I want to go to the trade fair (i)…….. Come with me.

 Rajesh: I can (ii)…… you want to go to the fair?

Rohit: We may go tomorrow.

Rajesh: I have some work tomorrow (iii)……..we will go the day after tomorrow. Rohit : Ok, we shall go the day after tomorrow.

Ans. (i) please, (ii) come if, (iii) so.

10. Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with suitable form of the verbs given in brackets.

Shimla (i)………. (Be) a beautiful hill station. My uncle (ii)……… (Live) there. Last month he (iii)…….. Spend my summer vacation in (invite) me to my summer vacation in Shimla. I (iv)…….. (Take) the train to Kalka. From Kalka the train (v)……… (Move) very slowly. My uncle (vi)…… (Receive) me at the station.

 Ans. (i) is, (ii) lives, (iii) invited, (iv) took, (v) moved, (vi) received.

11. Complete the following dialogue by filling in the blanks with suitable words:

The first one has been done for you as an example.

Father: Son, what would you like to do after the c examination?

Son: 1 (i)………. spend some time with my friends.

Father: But you (ii)………prepare 10 admissions to a college.

 You (iii)…….. Not waste any time.

Ans. (i) would like to, (ii) should, (iii) must.

12. The following is a conversation between Rajeshand Robin on the latter’s not having job.

Rajesh: Hi, Robin. How are you?

Robin: Not too well. I do not have a job.

Rajesh: What kind of a job are you looking for?

Robin: I am interested in a marketing job.

Rajesh: Are you ready to work in villages?

Robin: I am ready to work anywhere in India.

Rajesh greeted Robin and asked him (i)……… Robin said in reply that he was not too well and added (ii)……..not have a job. Rajesh asked him what kind of a job he (iii)……….for. Robinsaid (iv)………interested in a marketing job. Rajesh asked in reply (v)………. ready to go to the villages, Robin said (vi)………..ready to work anywhere in India.

 Ans. (i) how was he, (ii) he does not, (iii) was looking, (iv) he was, (v) if he was, (vi) he was.

SECTION – D (Literature)

13. Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow:

 Weavers, weaving at break of day,

Why do you weave a garment so gay?

 Blue as the wing of halcyon wild, We weave the robes of a new-born child.

. (Indian Weavers)

(a) What is the time of the day meant by ‘break of – day’? .

(b) What are the weavers weaving?

 (c) How do the time of the day and the birth of a child

Match?

(d) Pick out the word which indicates the mood of the occasion.

Ans. (a) Early morning time.

(b) The weavers are weaving a cloth for new born baby.

 (c) The time of the day is morning, morning is the beginning of the day; she birth of a child is the beginning of life.

(d) ‘Gay’ word indicates the mood of the occasion.

14. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each.

 (a) What, according to the child, is buried under the veil of dust?

(My Only Cry).

Ans. According to the child what is burried under the veil of dust is our lives which is under the

Threat of weapons.

(b) What made the eight runners suddenly stop?

 (Nine Gold Medals)

 Ans. While running the little boy suddenly fell down. To make him stand again each of the

Runner stopped and came back to help him.

15. Complete the following sentences by choosing the best options:

(a) They used to laugh with their hearts, means:

(Once Upon A Time)

(A) They enjoyed laughing loudly.

(B) They used to laugh with true feelings.

(C) Their hearts beat, when they laughed.

 (D) They were happy and playful in nature.

Ans. (B) they used to laugh with true feelings.

(b) But words can mortify me, means:

 (Truth)

(A) Words can hurt me deeply.

(B) Words can humiliate me.

(C) Words remain in my memory.

(D) Words touch my mind.

Ans. (D) Words touch my mind.

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

 We have 10 percent growth rate in most areas. Our poverty level is falling. Our achievements are being globally recognized. Yet we lack the self confidence to see ourselves as a developed nation, self reliant and self assured. Isn’t this incorrect? My second vision for India is development. For fifty years, we have been a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation.

(My Vision for India)

(a) Who is the speaker of this extract?

Ans. Speaker of this extract is Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

(b) Mention the facts that support India as a developed nation.

 Ans. India is a developed nation; our achievements are being globally recognized. India is self reliant as well as self assured.

(c) Why couldn’t we think ourselves to be a developed nation?

Ans. We can’t think ourselves to be developed • nation because we lack self confidence. Aslo we have 10 percent growth rate in most areas.

(d) What is required for India to be globally recognized?

Ans. For Indian to be globally recognized self confidence, self assurance is required.

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

 Despite the fame that he got, Bismillah Khan always remained simple. He never accumulated wealth and other material possessions. He lived in humble surrounding in the holy city of Varanasi. His favorite mode of transport was the cycle rickshaw. He monopolized Shehnai recitals in the post-independence era and through them, kept alive the legacy of classical music.

. (Ustad Bismillah Khan)

(a) What was Bismillah Khan?

(b) What shows that he lived a simple life?

(c) What is his contribution to the world of music?

 (d) Give the meaning of the word ‘monopolized’.

Ans. (a) Bismillah Khan was a Shania player.

 (b) Bismillah Khan lived a simple life as he never accumulated wealth and other material possessions. He always travelled from the cycle and rickshaw as it was his favorite mode of: transport

(c) He gave a great contribution to the world of music by not just performing in India but also in. other countries. He tried to spread place and brotherhood through his music.

(d) Made to dominat

18. Complete the following statements by choosing the most appropriate options given below:

 (a) Raja could not say that no snake had bitten him because:

 (The Snake Bite)

 (i) Grandfather did not allow him to speak.

 (ii) The medicine man was reciting mantras.

(iii) The medicine man would not believe him.

(iv) He was inevere pain.

Ans. (i) Grandfather did not allow him to speak.

(b) Bhagya decided to give up the job of working in an apartment of Lakshmi because:                                                                                    (Caring for Others)

(i) Bhagya could not take more work.

(ii) Lakshmi needed the job more.

(iii) Bhagya wanted to study in the afternoon.

 (iv) Bhagya was required to work in the school in the afternoon.

Ans. (iv) Bhagya was required to work in the school in the afternoon.

(c) Gandhi went to Ramji’s Mandir because:

 (Stealing and Atonement)

(i) He wanted to pray to the deity

(ii) He wanted to make an offering

(iii) He wanted to compose himself

 (iv) He wanted to confess his fault before the deity

Ans. (iii) He wanted to compose himself.

19. Answer any two of the following questions in about 30-40 words each:

(a) Why did the head of the shoeshine’s union agree? To provide the storyteller the chance to join the group as a shoeshine ?                              (The Shoeshine)

 (b) What did Jijabai do when she received the so called news of Shivaji’s death?

(c) What made Kezia’s father angry with her ? What lesson did he want to teach her by   punishing her?

 Ans. (a) The head of the shocshine’s union agree to provide the storyteller the chance to join the group us a shoeshine because of his knowledge of English. It would have came in handy for their correspondence with the aothorities..

 (b) “Maraheb, please remember that till you meet Balraje, I have to sick to my oath. When the news of Balrage’s death reaches Delhi, his reach will come to an end and Balraje will return home safe.” Shivaba, this politics of yours cuts through the entrails of the innorcent people. “Maraheb, you too have to co-operate with us in the play of our politics. And this should remain a top secret as the safety of Balraje depends solely upon it. Along with Jijabai, Raje coine out of the idol-house and scoted her in the chamber, Jijabai sat reclined on against the bolster. Then, cuiping his tears, Raje got up and went straight to his chamber.”

The wailing emonating from the ground floor reched Raje’s cars.

 (c) Kezia wanted to give a presunt to her father on his birthday she decided to make a him cushion for him: For this she tore some important speech paper of her father’s. When her father came to know about it, he became very angry with her. Her father wants to teach her lesson that without knowing how will you jump on to the conclusion directly, father wants to tell her daughter that firstly ask me that, father can I take this pin from this bundle of papers or you will buy me a new pin, this is the correct way that father wants to teach her.

20. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100 words:

(a) Why do the villagers call the ‘Neem’ tree their village pharmacy? How did grandfather justify it?

 Ans. “Neem” is a member of the mahogany family and is a hardy, fast growing evergreen tree. There stately umbrella shoped trees have fragnant white flowers about one half inch across and may live for more than 200 years. It has a straight trunk, long spreading branches, grows to a height of 50 feet or more and up to 30 feet wide. While native to India, neem grows in many Asian countries, throughout arid zones of Africa and has been planted in tropical areas of the western world as well. Both seeds and leaves of Neem tree have antiseptic, antiviral, anti-flam motory, hypotensive and anti-ulcer effects, making them medicinal.

(b) What was the tiger’s view about the human beings? How did it change?

 Ans. Tiger’s view about the human being was very shakable view that when they see a tiger near them with freely not stitched with any type of rope, they feels the fear of getting eaten by the tiger and they start rooming around here and there, they stops their work and ran away from that place as people thinks that tiger will kill them and eat them. But tiger thinks in his mind this I will do when I am hungry, this time I am not hungry for many upcoming days and my stomach is full.

Tiger also sees that in circus people sits and enjoys the show without fear and when they are at home or any other place except circus they get frightened and shock with fear, this is what the tiger sees about the human beings.