Half Yearly Assessment - September-2024
Class-10
Time: 90 Minutes
Subject: English Core
MM-40
General Instructions:
(i) Attempt all the questions as per instructions.
(ii) Attempt all the parts of a question together.
(iii) Marks are indicated in front of each question. Write your answer as per the marks allotted to it.
(iv) For Multiple choice questions tick (✔) the correct answer.
Section A
Question1.Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 10
Power foods are foods that provide rich levels of nutrients like fibre, potassium and minerals, With people becoming increasingly health conscious today, a lot of fitness trainers encourage their clients to include these foods in their daily diet to increase muscle development. There are various ways of incorporating power foods in your daily diet. Of course, the key to enjoy power foods is proper preparation of these foods, the use of season- fresh foods, and identifying your choice of flavour among power foods.
Some of the recommended power food combinations are those that are prepared in our kitchens on a regular basis. Take for instance, the combination of chickpeas and onions: This combination is a powerful source of iron which is required by the body to transport oxygen to its various parts. Iron deficiency can lead to anaemia, fatigue, brain fog and tiredness. A study by the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry says that sulphur compounds in onion and garlic help in the absorption of iron and zine from chickpeas! The combination is a hit with teenagers who need to be diligent about getting iron in their diet. A quick way to prepare this power food is to make a chickpea salad with chopped onions, chaat masala and cilantro.
Another favourite combination with power food takers is yoghurt and bananas. This makes for a perfect snack after a rough game of football. Exercising burns glucose and thus lowers blood sugar Yoghurt is packed with proteins that help preserve muscle mass! and bananas are packed with carbohydrates that help in refuelling energy and preventing muscle soreness: A quick and easy recipe with bananas is a banana smoothie topped with cool yoghurt.
Among beverages, green tea is the best source of catechins that are effective in halting oxidative damage to cells. According to researchers at the Purdue University, adding a dash of lemon juice to green tea makes the catechins even more easily absorbable by the body.
So, the next time you have instead of are friends serve them rounds of iced green tea with mint and lemon juice.
Questions:
a. What are power foods?
Ans- Power Foods are foods that provide rich levels of nutrients, like fiber, Potassium and minerls.
b. What is the advantage of including onions and garlic in our diet?
Ans. Onions and garlic help in the absorption of iron and zinc from chickpeas.
c. Suggest a quick recipe with chickpea and onions.
Ans: Take for instance, the Combination of chickpea and onions, chat Masala and cilantro
d. Why is yoghurt and bananas, an enriching power food?
Ans- yoghurt is packed with protines that help preserve muscle mas and banana are packed with Carbohidrets
e.Why is green tea a recommended power food?
Ans. green tea makes the Catechines even more easily absorbable the body.
f. The key to enjoy power foods is....
(a) use of season-fresh foods
b) identifying one's choice of flavour
(c)proper preparation of power foods
(a) all of these ✔
g. what is the meaning of 'incorporating"?
(a) To avoid
(b) To include ✔
(c) To deny
(d) None of these
h. Iron deficiency can lead to.............
(a) fracture
(b) anaemia ✔
(c) injury
(d) typhoid
i. While we exercise, w......... glucose.
(a) get
(b) need
(c) burn ✔
(d) make
j. Adding lemon juice to green tea is important because
a) it is liked by your friends
b) it is declared by the Purdue University
c) It makes catechins more absorbable by the body ✔
d) it develops muscle mass in the body
Section-B (Grammar)
Question 2. Attempt any five out of given questions 5 Marks
i) It was...... unique sight,
a) an
c) the
b) a ✔
d) no article
ii. The movie........started when I reached the cinema hall.
a) has
b) have
c) had ✔
d) had been
iii. By the next month, we shall.......... the project.
a) has completed
b) completing
c) completed
d) have completed ✔
iv. He said, "I do not like coffee."
a) He said that he did not like coffee ✔
b) He asked that he does not like coffee.
c) He said that I did not like coffee.
d) He told that he doesn't like coffee,
v. Work hard lest you...... fail.
a) must
b) will
c) should ✔
d) shall
vi. .......you have a cup of tea?
a) can
b) shall
c) would ✔
d) could
Section-C (Writing Skills)
Question 3 Attempt any one. 5
Write a letter to M/S Haryana Publishing House complaining against the wrong delivery of books and requesting them to send the books you ordered to supply.
OR
Write a report of the train accident in about 40 words mentioning the loss of lives, the scene of rescue work by the neighbouring villagers.
Section-D (Literature)
Question 4.Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 5 Marks
Let me put it more clearly since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I'm not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time. I can't bring self to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don't seem to be able to get any closer, and that's the problem. Maybe it's my fault that we don't confide in each other. In any case, that's just how things are, and unfortunately, they're not liable to change. This is why I've started the diary.
Questions
a. Who does 'T refer to in the above passage?
Sons Anne Frank.
b. How many people can she call her friends?
Ans. there are about thirty people whom she can call her friend.
c. Whom does she regard her true friend?
Ans. Her diary 'Kitty'.
d. Why does she start writing the diary?
Ans. Because she thinks that she has no true friend.
e. Find a word from the passage which means "trust someone to tell a secret",
Ans. Confide
OR
"But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great And would suffice."
Questions:
a. What does 'it' stand for in the first line?
Ans. World
b. What is ice symbolic of?
Ans. Hatred
c. Which two things the poet thinks are good enough for destruction?
Ans. Fire and Ice
d. What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
Ans. abaa
e. Name the poem and the poet.
Ans. Poem-Fire and Ice, Poet-Robert Frost
Question 5 Answer the question in about 60 words. 3 Marks
Did the letter reach to God? Why did the postmaster send a reply to Lencho?
OR
How did the black aeroplane help the pilot of the old Dakota?
Question 6 Answer the question in about 100 words. 6 Marks
How does Mandela describe the scene of inauguration?
OR
The Thief's Story' is an in-depth study of human mind. Discuss.
Question.7 Answer the question in about 60 words. 3 Marks
What does Leslie Norris say about a tiger in his natural surroundings?
OR
What is the central idea of The Ball Poem'?
Question.8 Answer the question in about 60 words. 3 Marks
How did Max enter Ausable's room? Why did he do so?
OR
What did Griffin do inside a big London store?