1st Unit Test 2025-26
Subject: English
Class: X
Time: 2 Hrs. Full Marks: 50
Section - A
1. Choose correct options from the following:
1x25=25
(A) "Now we're really going to get some water, woman." Who said this?
(Hint: A Letter to God)
(i) The Wife of Lencho
(ii) The Postmaster
(iii) God
(iv) Lencho
Ans: (iv) Lencho
(B) Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
(Hint: A Letter to God)
Statement-1: In the north-east huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching.
Statement-2: Only seventy pesos reached Lencho.
(i) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
(ii) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.
(iii) Both the statements are true.
(iv) Both the statements are false.
Ans: (iii) Both the statements are true.
(c) "But don't send it to me through the mail because................. are a bunch of crooks." (Hint: A letter to God)
(i) God
(ii) Sons of Lencho
(iii) The Postoffice employees
(iv) Lencho's wife and his sons.
Ans: (iii) The Postoffice employees
(D) What is Peso? (Hint: A Letter to God)
(i) Currency of India
(ii) Currency of Latin America
(iii) Curency of South Africa
(iv) Currency of United Kingdom
Ans: (ii) Currency of Latin America
(E) Oliver Tambo and Yusuf Dadoo, as mentioned in 'Nelson Mandela: Long walk to Freedom' are.................
(i) African patriots
(ii) Military officers
(iii) Deputy presidents
(iv) Ministers in Mandela's Cabinet
Ans: (i) African patriots
(F) Apartheid is a political system that separates people according to their ..............(Hint: Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom')
(i) Gender
(ii) Race
(iii) Language
(iv) Religion
Ans: (ii) Race
(G) What is the full name of Nelson Mandela
(i) Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
(ii) Nelson Rolilala Mandela
(iii) Nelson RolihlIIIllahla Mandela
(iv) Nelson Rolihlahla Mendala.
Ans: (i) Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
(H) Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
Statement 1: On that lovely autumn day, I was accompanied by my daughter Zenani.
Statement 2: Twelfth May dawned bright and clear.
(i) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false
(ii) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true
(iii) Both the statements are true
(iv) Both the statements are false.
Ans: (iii) Both the statements are true
(I) Who is the poet of the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo'?
(i) Peter Niblett
(ii) Robin Klein
(iii) Lokesh Abrol
(iv) Leslie Norris.
Ans: (iv) Leslie Norris.
(J) Choose the appropriate word that rhymes with the word 'cage'
(i) Rage
(ii) Houses
(iii) Face
(iv) Pale
Ans: (i) Rage
(K) How does the tiger feel in the cage?
(i) Happy
(ii) Sad
(iii) Angry
(iv) Surprised
Ans: (ii) Sad
(L) How do the eyes of the tiger look?
(i) Brilliant
(ii) Dark
(iii) Yellow
(iv) Beautiful
Ans: (i) Brilliant
(M) In the poem 'Amanda', what causes acne according to the speaker?
(i) Cleaning the room
(ii) Eating chocolate
(iii) Finishing homework
(iv) Biting nails
Ans: (ii) Eating chocolate
(N) "There is a languid, emerald sea......"
(Hint: Amanda)
(i) red
(ii) blue
(iii) green
(iv) pink
Ans: (iii) Green
(O) "Don't .............. your nails, Amanda!
Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight
Amanda!" Fill in the blank.
(Hint: Amanda)
(i) Polish
(ii) Clean
(iii) Cut
(iv) Bite
(P) Where is the island of Nisargadhama?
(ii) Shimla
(i) Ooty
(iii) Coorg
(iv) Ladakh
(Q) Read the following statements and choose the correct option.
(Hint: Coorg)
Statement 1: The first chief of the Indian Army, General Cariappa, was a Coorgi.
Statement 2: Kodavus are the only people in India permitted to Carry fire arms without a licence.
(i) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false
(ii) Statement 2 is true and statement 1 is false
(iii) Both the statements are true.
(iv) Both the statements are false.
(R) The climb to the Brahmagiri hills brings you into a 'panoramic view.'
Panoramic view' refers to the: (Hint: Coorg)
(i) Wide view of the complete surrounding
(ii) Short view of the distant surrounding
(iii) Narrow view of close surrounding
(iv) Pretty view of surroundings
(S) The Coorg Regiment is one of the most decorated in the Indian army.
Here, the term 'most decorated' implies -
(i) Fashionable
(ii) Beautiful
(iii) Ornamented
(iy) Glorified with awards
(T) Read the following statements and choose the correct option.
Statement 1: What a beautiful scenery it is!
Statement 2: May God bless you.
(i) Statement 1 is an exclamatory sentence and statement 2 is an imperative sentence.
(ii) Statement 1 is an interrogative sentence and statement 2 is an assertive sentence.
(iii) Statement 1 is an exclamatory sentence and statement 2 is an optative sentence.
(iv) Statement 1 is an interrogative sentence and statement 2 is an imperative sentence.
(U) "Lencho was 'an ox of a man", working like an animal is the fields, but still he knew how to write." Here 'an ox of a man' is a/an
(Hint: A Letter to God)
(i) Metaphor
(ii) Simile
(iii) Assonance
(iv) Alliteration
(V) But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones began to fall. (Identify the tense of the sentence).
(ii) Past Indefinite
(iv) Past Perfect Continuous
(i) Present Indefinite
(iii) Past Perfect
(Turn into a negative sentence)
(W) The river, Kaveri, obtains its water from the hills and forests of coorg.
(i) The river, Kaveri, does not obtain its water from the hills and forests of Coorg.
(ii) The river, Kaveri, do not obtain its water from the hills and forests of coorg.
(iii) The river, Kaveri, did not obtain its water from the hills and forests of Coorg.
(iv) The river, Kaveri, not obtains its waters from the hills and forests of Coorg.
(X) Choose the option that expresses the given sentence in superlative degree of comparison:
"It was probably the happy afternoon of her life".
(i) This afternoon of her was the happy.
(ii) It was a happier afternoon in their life before that
(iii) No change is needed.
(iv) It was probably the happiest afternoon of her life.
(Y) Match the following and choose the correct answer.
(i) Deer
(a) Adverb
(ii) Dear
(b) Determiner
(iii) There
(c) Noun
(iv) Their
(d) Adjective
(i)
1-b,
2-a,
3-d,
4-c
(ii)
1-c,
2-d,
3-b,
4-a
(iii)
1-c,
2-d,
3-a,
4b
(iv) 1-d,
2-c,
3-b,
4-a
Section - B
2. Give short answers to the following:
2x5=10
(a) How did the rain change and what happened to Lencho's fields?
(b) Why did Lencho say that raindrops were like new coins?
(c) According to Nelson Mandela, what are the twin obligations everyman has in his life?
(d) How does the tiger terrorise the villagers?
(e) Do you think Coorg is a place of tourist's delight? If yes, explain.
Section - C
3. Correct the tense of the verbs given in brackets.
1x5=5
(a) Nelson Mandela (join) African National Congress several years ago.
(b) If I (be) you, I would not have called him again.
(c) The guests (arrive) before the dinner was set.
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(d) She (water) the plants since morning.
(e) She behaves as if she (know) everything.
4. Fill in the blanks with the right determiners.
1x4=4
(a) My brother is NCC cadet. (a/an/the)
(b) The Principal did not punish of the naughty boys. (any/a few/some)
(c) She has learnt from her experience. (much/many/any)
(d) He has to feed his family with money he earns.
ew(attle). (the little/the few a little).
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5. Give the substance of the following passage.
The achievements of science in the twentieth century have been very great. Its influence can be felt in every sphere of life. From the smallpins and needles to the huge iron sheets most of the things we require for our everyday use come out of factories where scientific principles are utilized for practical ends. Science has enabled man to bring the forces of nature under his control and to use them for his own advantage. It has brought the distant parts of the world close together. Our knowledge of the universe has been widened on account of the untiring efforts of astronomers like Jeans and Eddinggton. Remarkable cures of human diseases have been possible owing to the discovery of some wonderful medicines.
Or
Translate into the language as per your MIL/(IL) subject.
(a) The Maidams of Charaideo were declared as the world heritage site.
(b) Be kind to the poor.
(c) The Teacher said to me, "Be regular in your study."
6. Write a letter to your friend giving him an account of a book fair that you visited recently. 3
Or
Write a letter to the editor of a local daily expressing your concern over the misuse of smart phones by a section of students. You are Rakesh/Raginee, a student of class X.
