English Mock Test (2nd) class ten , for 2nd terminal examination Our Runaway Kite, The Snail with pdf
It is a question Paper of Mock Test ..........Class Ten
2nd Terminal Examination-2025
Class-X
Sub: English (1st Paper)
Time: 1:30 Hours F.M:50
READING COMPREHENSION
(SEEN)
1. Read the following
passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It is always lovely on the Big Half Moon in summer. When it is
fine, the harbour is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples. Every summer,
we had some hobby. The last summer before Dick and Mimi came, we were crazy
about kites. A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make them. Back on the
island we made plenty of kites. Claude would go around to the other side of the
island and we would play shipwrecked mariners signalling to each other with
kites.
We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper. We
pasted gold tinsel stars all over it and had written our names full on
it-Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, Big Half Moon lighthouse.
One day there was a grand wind for kite-flying. I'm not sure how it
happened, but as I was bringing the kite from the house, I tripped and fell
over the rocks. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.
We had to hurry to fix the kite if we wanted to send it up before
the wind fell. We rushed into the lighthouse to get some paper. We knew there
was no more red paper. We took the first thing that came handy-an old letter
lying on the bookcase in the sitting room. We patched the kite up with the
letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by the fire. We started out, and and
up went the kite like a bird. The wind was glorious and it soared. All at
once-snap! And there was Claude, standing with a bit of cord in his hand,
looking foolish. Our kite had sailed away over to the mainland.
A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following
sentences:
1x5=5
i) The kite was covered with_________________
ii) The kite was _________
a) small b)large c)grate
d)ugly.
iii. The narrator of the text is __________________________________
a) Dick b) Mimi c) Philippa d)Claude
iv) ‘A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make them.’
_____________________________
a) table b)
car c) kites d) ripples
v) Tinsel is _____________________________
a) a strip b)material
used in decoration c)
shining material d) all of
these
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the
text: 1x3=3
i) The kite soared like ________________________
ii) The game played with the kites was___________
iii)The narrator and her brother were crazy about kite before
_____________
C. Answer the following questions: 2x2=4
i. How did the narrator tear the kite?
ii. How did the narrator and others decorate their kite?
2) Read the following poem carefully and and answer the questions
that follow:
To
grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall
The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall
As if he grew there, house and all,
Together.
Within
that house secure he hides
When
danger imminent betides
Of
storm, or other harm besides
Of weather.
Give
but his horns the slightest touch,
His self-collecting
pow'r is such,
He shrinks into his house with much
Displeasure.
Where'er
he dwells, he dwells alone,
Except
himself has chatells none,
Well
satisfied to be his own
Whole
treasure
Thus,
hermit-like, his life he leads,
Nor
partner of his banquet needs,
And if
he meets one, only feeds
The
faster.
Who
seeks him must be worse than blind,
(He
and his house are so combined)
If,
finding it, he fails to find
Its
master.
A) Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
1x4=4
i) Apparently the snail is ____________
a) social b)
selfish c)
indifferent d)lazy
ii) The snail is afraid of _______
a) snakes b)
storms c)ants d)goats
iii) Within the house the snail is______
a) afraid b)
happy c) safe d) sad.
iv)The snail is sensitive to __________
a) touch b)
heat c) smell d) cold.
B) State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer: (1+1) x2=4
a) The snail does not have a separate dwelling place.
Supporting Statement: ______________________________________
b) The snail can reduce its body.
Supporting
Statement:__________________________________________
C. Answer the following questions: 2x1=2
a) What is the significance of the line ‘As if he grew there ,house
and all ,together’?
Ans:_______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
UNSEEN
3.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
KOLKATA: A professor of zoology from Keshpur College has found a
rare species of spider--Idipos Nilagiri, a member of the tarantula family, in
Midnapore. The species, which is around 200 million years old, was first
discovered in Odisha last year. Named after the Nilagiri region in the state,
the Mygalomorph species (under the large group of Tarantulas),is a long living
one. The same species was sighted a few months back by the zoology professor
Suman Pratihar. His paper, the recent finding, has now been published in The
Journal of British Tarantula Society in its October issue.
Unlike other commonly found spiders, this species does not form a web and stays in small holes in the soil. The find ing also points at the nature of vegetation/jungle in parts of Odisha and West Bengal, which are still conducive to these species --one of the most ancient spiders.
Pratihar started a comprehensive field survey during the lockdown.
"I spotted both male and female species during the field survey. The first
one was sighted at Midnapore and the second one at Purulia 10 days after
that," Pratihar said: "The female spider, found in Purulia, was
larger in size. It was reddish brown and the abdomen was covered in hair. Thes
was no previous record of the spider from West Bengal. In fact, West Bengal is
not recognized for Mygalomorph spider,” Pratihar said.
"This species is significantly more wide-ranging than
scientists previously believed. This, in turn, furthers our under standing of
the population dynamics and distribution of little-known and little-studied
species such as Idiops Nilagiri," said Peter Kirk, chairman of the British
Tarantula Society.
The Times of India ,12th October 2020
A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following
sentences: 1x6=6
i) Suman Pratihar teaches------a) botany b) geology
c) biology d) zoology.
ii) The species ,Idipos Nilagiri belongs to -- a) Keshpur college b)the tarantula family c)the pratihar family d) Odisha and West Bengal
iii)The species was first found in----a)Odisha b)Midnapore c)Keshpure d)Purulia
iv) The conducive vegetation of the species grows in ---a)West
Bengal only b) Britain c)Odisha only
d)Odisha and west bengal
v) During lockdown, Suman Pratihar started----a) field survey b) spotting male and female spiders c)writing his paper d)recognizing Mygalomorph
spiders.
vi)In the British Tarantula Society ,Peter Kirk works as
---a)president b) a professor c) chairman d)owner.
B. State whether the following statements is true or false. Write
‘T’ for true ‘F’ for false in the box and provide sentences/phrases/words in
support of your answer: (1+1)x3=6
a. The species,Idipos Nilagiri is 200 years old.
S.S_____________________
b. Only female spiders were found by Suman Pratihar.
S.S___________________
c. The second spider of the species was found after ten days of the
first one.
S.S________________________
C. Answer the following questions: 2x4=8
i)Where has suman pratihar’s paper been published ?
ii)How is Idipos Nilagiri different from common spiders?
iii)Describe the female spider that was found in purulia?
iv)How does the discovery help the scientists?
D. Given below are the meanings of four words which you will find
in the passage in Question No.3.Find out the words and write them in the
appropriate boxes on the right-hand side: 2x4=8
i) A kind of
sort:___ ii) favourable ____iii) assessment___ iv) Extends _______
