CBSE Guess Paper 2011 | Class- X English

CBSE Class- X Guess Paper : 2011
(English)

TIME – 2 HRS
MAXIMUM MARKS:- 40

This paper is divided into four sections.
A     Reading         5 marks
B     Writing         12 marks
C     Grammar     10 marks
D     Literature     13 marks

General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. You may attempt any section at a time.
3. All questions of that particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

Section – A
(Reading)

Q.1. Read the following poem carefully: (1 x 5 =5 Marks)

Unwillingly Miranda wakes,
Feels the sun with terror,
One unwilling step she takes,
Shuddering to the mirror,
Miranda in Miranda’s sight
Is old and gray and dirty;
Twenty nine she was last night;
This morning she is thirty.
Shining like the morning star,
Like the twilight shining,
Haunted by a calendar,
Miranda is a pining.
Silly girl, silver girl,

Draw the mirror toward you;
Time who makes the years to whirl
Adorned as he adored you.
Time is timelessness for you;
Calendars for the human;
What’s a year, or thirty, to
Loveliness made woman?

Oh, Night will not see thirty again,
Yet soft her wing, Miranda;
Pick up your glass and tell me, then
How old is Spring, Miranda?

On the basis of your reading of the above poem, complete the following statements by choosing the correct option from those given below :

(a) Miranda is unhappy on waking up as ……………….
(i) she fears the sun.
(ii) she is scared of the mirror.
(iii) she hates her birthday.
(iv) she is unable to face the reality of aging.

(b) The poetic device used in the poem is ……………..
(i) simile and metaphor
(ii) simile and personification
(iii) metaphor and alliteration
(iv)imagery and symbolism

(c) The word ‘silver’ in line 13 refers to her ……………………
(i) colour
(ii) age
(iii) hair
(iv)dress

(d) The poet consoles Miranda by saying that …………….
(i) she is ageless like spring
(ii)she is ageless like the night
(iii) she is like a calendar
(iv)she is lovely

(e) “Her wings” refer to the wings of ……………………….
(i) time
(ii) night
(iii) Miranda
(iv)spring

Section – B
(Writing)

Q.2. Read the given hints and give the biographical sketch of Prof. Wangaari Mathaai. Nobel Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Prof. Wangaari Mathaai how her tree planting initiative has helped stop the desertification of Africa and also empowered poor women across the continent. (4 Marks)

Wangaari Mathaai was …………….
• Born on April 1, 1940 in the village Nyeri District of Kenya
• First woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate. Studied in Mount St. Scholastica College and the University of Pittsburgh, the United States as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya
• The first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace” in 2004
• An elected member of Parliament; served as Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources between January2003 and November 2005