UNIT TEST ENGLISH Question for 10th Standard



UNIT TEST
ENGLISH
(Unit -2)
CLASS : 10                                                  MARKS : 60
I.                   Write the synonyms of the following words                                         5 ×1 = 5

1.      profound        2. figure out                3. articulate                4. master         5. irreverent

II.                Write the antonyms of the following words                                         5 ×1 = 5

1.      external           2. ancient                    3. permanent              4. fortunate     5. imprisoned

III.             Expand the following abbreviations                                                      3 ×1 = 3

1.      SAT                 2. SSC                         3. NGO

IV.              Split the following words into syllables                                                           4 ×1 = 4

1.      astronomy      2. permanent              3. survival                  4. internal

V.                 Rewrite as directed                                                                                 2 × 2 = 4

1.      From the context of the two sentences given below form a single sentence using ‘too’…….’to’.
Kiran is very ill. She cannot go to school today.
2.      From the context of the two sentences given below form a single sentence
She opened the door. She started cleaning the room.

VI.              Answer any 5 of the following questions                                                          5 × 2 = 10

1.      How is music different from astronomy?
2.      Why did art find a place, even in concentration camps?
3.      What is the significance of art?
4.      How did people express their grief?
5.      What are the two incidents that stress the importance of music as an essential art?
6.      What can artistes do to save the planet?

VII.           Answer any one of the following questions in a paragraph             2 × 5 = 10

1.      Describe the courageous way the Americans overcame the ‘Fall of the Twin Towers’.
2.      What are the poet’s reminiscences about his childhood days?
3.      How did the author’s mother overcome her disappointment of not being able to play the piano? What does it tell you about the attitude of the woman?

VIII.        Read the following set of poetic lines and answer the questions                    5× 1 = 5

1.      “Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me”
a.      Who is singing?
b.      Who is the woman referred here?
2.      “Down in the flood of remembrance, …….”
a.      Identify the figure of speech employed in the above line.
3.      “And hymns in the cosy parlour, the tinkling piano guide”
a.      Pick out the onomatopoeic word from the above line.
4.      “A child is sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings”
a.      Who is the child referred here?

IX.              Read the following sentences and identify the character/speaker                   4 ×1 = 4



1.      He got a job in an accounting firm.
2.      “Well, My baby boy”
3.      “What is the weather like up there?”
4.      “Enough is enough”



X.                 Match the following                                                                                            5× 1 = 5

1.      Dad                                                     - Good night Irene
2.      The piano was positioned                 - with an accounting firm
3.      Dad’s new job                                                - A Flying officer
4.      Mum had seen the piano                   - in living room
5.      Neighbours sang                                - at the Catholic kindergarten

XI.              Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :                      5× 1 = 5

At the height of Mum’s happiness, however, I began to notice that Dad was moping around the house and looking increasingly sad and worried. It turned out that, since returning from the war, he’d been unable to find a job. At that time I was too young to understand why anyone would get sad and worried about that. Then a few weeks later, I observed the same big horse pulling a cart down our street and it clip-clapped right up to our driveway. Soon two men began to load Mum’s piano on to the wagon while all the neighbours gathered around to watch. Mum stayed in the kitchen, sobbing. She was the proud person and couldn’t bear to see her beloved piano sitting on the top of the wagon. Dad sat out in the backyard next to the kitchen shed, looking sadder than I had ever seen him. Suddenly it all became clear to me, no job, no money to pay back the loan, no piano.


Questions:


1. Why was the mother happy?
2. Why did Dad look sad and worried?
3. Why did the horse pulling cart come there?
4. Why was the mother sobbing in the kitchen?
5. Why did they lose the piano?




Prepared by - S. Gopinath B.A., B.Ed.,Graduate Teacher (Eng)
Govt Boys Hr Sec School, Valappady, Salem.