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Sample/Pre-Board Paper 9, Class X Term 1 Exam Nov -Dec 2021, English Language and Literature (Code 184), , Time Allowed ; 90 Minutes, General Instructions :, L. The Question Paper coutaius THREE sections., , Maximum Marks : 40, , 2. Section A-READING has 18 questions. Attempt 4 total of 1M questions, as per specific instructions fur each, , question., , 3. Section BGRAMMAR & WRITING has 12 questions. Attempt a total of 10 questions, as per specific instructions, , for each question., , 4. Section C-LITERATURE hax 30 questions. Attempt 26 questions, aw per specific instructions for each question., , al, , All questiums carry equal marks., 6. There ix nu negative marking., , , , READING, , L. Read the passage given below,, , 1 Amartya Sn wrote about the Indinn tradition of, skepticism and hetcrodoxy of opinion that led to high, levels of intellectual argument, The power sector in, India is « victim of this tradition at its worst. Instead, of forcefully communicating, supporting and honestly, and firmly implementing policies, people just debate, them. It is argued that central undertakings produce, power at lower tariffs and must therefore build mast of, the required extra capacities. This is a delusion. They, no longer have access Lo low-cust. government funds., , TL Unoertainty about payment remains a reason for the, hesitation of private investment. They had ta sell, only to SERs (State Flectricity Boards), SER balance, sheets are cleaner after the “securitisation” of the Rs., 40,000 crore or so awed by SEBs te central government, undertakings, now shown as debt instruments. But, state governments have not implemented agrood plans, to ensure repayment when due, The current antmal, losses of around Rs, 28,000 crore make repayment, highly uncertain, The central undertakings that are, their main suppliers have payment security becanse the, government will come to their help. Private enterprises, do not have such assurance and are concerned about, payment security, that mmst be resolved., , IL By the late 1990s, improving the SEB finances, was recognized as fundamental to power reform., Unbundling SEBs, working under corporate discipline, and even privatization and not vertically integrated, state enterprises, are necessary for efficient and, financially viable electricity enterprises. Since, government will pot distance itself from managing, them, privatizing is an option. The Delhi model has, worked, But it receives no public support., , The Flectricity Act 2008, the APRDP (Accelerated, , Power Reform and Development Programme) with its, , incentives and penalties, and the creation of creation of, , independent regulatory commissions, were the means, to bring about reforms to improve financial viability, of power sector, Implementation has been half-hearted., and results disappointing, The concurrent nature of, electricity in the Constitution impedes power soctor, , wv., , Lmprovement. States are more respousive to populist, pressures than the central guvernavent, ane less Luclined, to take drastic action agalust electricity thiewes., , V. Captive power would add significantly to capacity., However, captive generation. three year afler the Act, eenbbedd it, lias aude Libtle to caymeily Leciuse rules for, open aocee were delaye] Redefined captive geaeration, avvids slate vetoes on purchis: or sale of dectricity, except to state ceetrivity enterprises. Mandating open, neces on state-owned wires to power mganties of, ownership and customer would encourage cketricity, truding. The Act reoognized electricity trading as, a separnte activity. A surcharge on transmnissian, charges will pay for croseenhsidies, These were te be, eliminated in time. Rules for open access and quantum, of surcharge by each state commission (under broad, principles defined by the central commission) have yet, to be announoed Ly some. The few who have announced, by some. The few who have ammounced the surcharge, have kept it so high that no trading can take place., , Based on your understanding of the passage, answer, any eight out of the ten questions by choosing the, correct option., , 1. The author thinks it appropriate to, , (a) discuss any policy in details and make it fool proof, instead of implementing it hastily., , (b) follow Indian tradition meticulously as skepticiam, is essential for major decisions., , (ce) divert our energies from frultlesly coutracting, polices to supporting its lanplenentation, wholebeartedly., , (d) intellectual arguments and canceptualizution, of every policy is definitely better than its, enforcement., , 2 Why are the Central undertakings not capable of, generating puwer al bow cust?, (a) Due to pancity of low-cust funds, (b) Due to their access to Government funds, (c) Due to their delusion about government funds, (d) Because of their extra capacities

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Which of the following is the reason for apathy of TIL Read the passage given below., L, , private investors in power sector?, , (a) Their hesitation, , (b) Uncertainty of their survival, , (c) Cnt-throat competition, , (d) Lack of guarantee of timely returns, , What was the serious omission on the part of the, , State Government ?, , (a) Agreement for late recovery of dues, , (b) Reluctance to repay to private investurs as per, agreed plan, , {c) Non-implementation of recovery duc to unplanned, and haphazard policies, , (d) Lack of assurance from private enterprises, , Which of the following is/are considered necessary for, huproving performance of electricity enterprises?, , {a} Corporate work culture, , (b) Privatisation, , fe) Properly integrated State enterprises, , {d) Nome af these, , The example of “Delhi Model’ quoted by the author, nnderlines his foclings of __, , A. happiness about its snecess,, , B. unhappiness for lack of public support,, , C. disgust towards privatisation., , (a) A and B only (b) B and C only, , {c) A and C only (d) None of these, , Why were the results of the power sector reforms pot, , tan baal been anticipeter!?, , (a) ‘The seman: to bring about reforms were illconced ves!, , (bh) The enforeement of the reform means was, inadequate and apathetic,, , (c) The Act and the reform measures wore, cuntradicting with each other., , (d) The incentives on the ane hand and penalties on, the other create! disstisfaction,, , What serious drawback of the States is pointed out by, , the author of the passage’?, , (a) The incentives and penalties enforced by the, States were disproportionately incomparable, , (b) The enforcement of the provisions of the acts was, drawthe amid Laereh, , (c) Their vulnerability to fall prey to populist presesaress, , (d) Imposition of pennltics were not judicious and, incentives were not free from partiality, , Choose the word or group of words which is most nearly, the same in meaning as the word printed in bold, DELUSION, , (a) Proper understanding (b) Wrong prediction, , (c) Fale belief (4) Unrealintic uplimisan, Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of, the word printed in bold, , IMPEDES, , (a) Lluterferes (b) Grows, , (c) Excel (€) Promotes, , I., , TL, , In today's idea-triven coonomy, the cost of time is, what really matters. With the coustant pressure to, innovate, it makes little sense to waste countless, collective hours commuting. So, the must efficient, and productive regious are those in which people are, thinking and working-aot sitting bo teaffie., , The antodependent transportation system haw, reawhed its Limit in most major cities and mega, regions. Commuting ly car is among Ube leet effiedent, of all our activities « not to mention among, the leat, enjoyable, according to detailed rewarch by the Nebel, Prive - winning economist Daniel Kahneman and bis, colleagues. Though one might think that the reomarmie, crixis beginning in 2007 would have reduoed traffic, (high unemployment means fewer workers traveling ta, and from work). the oppasite has heen tre. Average, commutes have lengthened, and congestion has gatten, worse, if anything. The average commute rose in 2008, to 25.5 minutes, “crasing years of decreases to stand, at the Jevel of 2000, as people had to leave home, earlier in the morning to pick up friends for their ride, te work or to catch a bus or subway train,” according, to the U.S. Census Bureau, which collects the figures., And those are average figures. Commuites are far, longer in the big West Cuuit cities of Los Angeles, and San Francisoo and the East Coast cities of New, York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C., Tu many of thew: cities, yridlock has become the norm,, pol jued at rok bour bul all day, every day., , The conte are adtonnding. In Lox Angeles, congedion, eats up more than 485 million working hours a year;, that's seventy hour, or nenrly two weeks. of fall., time work per commuter. In D.C. the time cost, of, congestion is sixty-two hours per worker per year. In, New York it's forty-fonr hours. Average it out, and, the time east acrass America’s thirteen biggest city, regions is fifty-one hours per worker per year. Across, the country, commmting wastes 4,2 billion hours of, work time annually - nearly « full work-week for every, commuter. The overall cust to the US. economy is, nearly $90 billion when lost productivity and wasted, fuel are taken into account. At the Martin Prosperity, Lustitute, we calculate that every minute shaved off, America’s commuting time is worth $19.5 billion in, value adel to the economy. The mumbers add up, fant: five minutes ix worth $97.7 billion: ten minutes,, $195 billion; fifteen minutes, $202 billive, , It’s ironic that so many people still believe the sain, remetdly for traffic congestion sx to build more rowdy, and highways, which of coune: ouly makes the problem, wor. New roals generate higher levels of “induced, traffic,” that is, new roads just invite drivers to drive, more ani lure peaple who take mase transit back ta, their cars. Eventually, we end up with more clagged, roads rather than a long-term improvement in traffic, flow., , , , . The coming decades will likely see more intense, , clustering of jobs, imnovation, and productivity in a, swwaller muuber of bigger cities and city-regions. Some, regions could end up Moated beyond the capacity of, their infrastructure. while others struggle. thelr promise, stymied by inadequate human or other resuurces.

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‘The Mos Congesed Ciaes m 2011, “Yearty Hours of Delay per Aumomotele Commuter, , , , JEEOGE, , #, , etapted trom Aca Wertach,, , , , | Bh oars 9 Yow Stack in, The Abert,, , Based on your understanding of the passage, answer, , any six out of the eight questions by choosing the, , correct option., , M. The average commmte rose in 2008 to, (a) 15.5 minutes, (ec) 25.5 minutes, , (b) 20.5 minntes, (4) 30.5 minutes, , 12) Which of the following is not a Eat Coast city?, (a) New Yurk, (b) Philadelphia, fe) Washington D.C., (d) Los Angeles, , 13. The presage most strongly suggests that researchers, at the Martin Prosperity Institute share which, mwonusption?, fa) Employees who have longer commutes tend to, make more money than employees who have, shorter cormuates., , (b) Employees who work from home are more valuable, to their employers than employees who commmnte,, , (c) Eanpluyees whee: commutes ans shurtene! will, use the time mived to do ndditional productive, work for their emplayers., , {d) Employees can conduct bnsiness activities, such, as composing memos or joining conference calls,, while comnmting., , V4 As used in the passage, ‘intense’ most nearly means, (a) determined (b) emotional, (c) concentrated (a) brilliant, , 15. Which claim ahont traffic congestion is supported by, the graph?, , (a) Commnters in Detroit spend more time delayed, anmually by traffic congestion than do commuters, in Houston, Atlanta, and Chicago,, , (b) New York City commuters spend less time, anmually delayed by traffic congestion than the, average for very large cities., , (ce) Los Angeles commuters are delayed more hours, annually by traffle congestion than are commuters, in Washington D.C,, , (d) Commuters in Washington D.C. face greater, delays annually due to traffic congestion than do, commuters in New York City., , 16 In Washington D.C., the time cost of congestion is, oo per worker per year., (a) Sixty two hours, (b) Seventy two hours, (e) Fifty ane hours, (d) Sixty five hours, , Tl What is the overall cost to the U.S. economy when lost, productivity and wasted fuel are taken into account!, (4) $20 billion {b) $50 billion, (e) $70 billion (a) $90 billion, , 18 Which of the following statements is not trie?, , (a) In today's idca-triven economy, the cost of time is, what really matters,, , (b) In Los Angeles. congestion eats up more than 485, million working hours a year., , (ec) Commuters are far longer in the big East Cooet, cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco,, , (d) The coming decades will likely sce more intense, clustering of jobs, innovation, and productivity in, a smaller wumber of bigger cities and city-regions., , GRAMMAR & WRITING, GRAMMAR, , ILL Auswer any five out of six questions by selecting the, most appropriate option for each., , 19 Whick option displays the correct change of the, following to reported speech?, , The chairanan of the selection comunittee said. “We, , shall finalise the rest of our team after we have selected, , the skipper.”, , (a) The chairman of the selection committee told that, they would firvlise the rest of our tea after we, hewe seloote the skipper., , (b) The chairman of the selection committee said that, we would finalise the rest of our team after we, have sclected the skipper., , (e) The chairman of the selection committee said that, they would finalive the rest of their team aller, they selected the xkipper., , (d) The chnirman of the seloction committer said that, they wonld finalise the rest of their team after, they had selected the skipper., , 20, Which option displays the correct change of the, , following to reporter speech?, , I said to my friend, “Can I borrow your dictionary for, , one day 7", , (a) Tasked my fried if T oauld borrow his dictionary, for one clay., , (b) Taskod my friend if T conld borrow your dictionary, for one day,, , fe) Tiwkedl my friend if T can borrow his dictlonary for, une day., , (@) Tasked my friend that if Teun harrow his dictionary, for cxom rlay.

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Iv,, , She was wearing a bracelet on wrist., (a) each (b) any, , (ce) every (a) None of these, He ______ not cat so mmch, be will fall ill,, , , , , , (a) (b) mst, , fc) need (d) used to, , The bovk ‘Management Principles’ quite, insightful., , (a) are (b) is, , (ec) have (a) hase, , As he was crossing the road,acar_ him down., (a) was knocking (b) had knocked, , (ec) knocked (d) would have knocked, WRITING, , Anewer any five out of the six questions by selecting, the most appropriate option for each., , Which of the following is the correct receiver's address, from the following, , (a) To, The Editor, The Hindustan Times, , (b) The Editor, Ilindustan Times, , (c) The Falitar, The Hindustan Tires, , (d) None af these, , Why do we write « letter to the editur?, (a) To comment on news/articles, , (b) To complain, , fe) To express views on societal issues, (d) All of these, , . What should be written if sender's address is not, , given in the question/heading of a letter to editor?, (a) Any address you know, , (b) Address of the school, , {c) XYZ, Examination Hall, , (d) None af these, , What are parameters of measuring a good letter, written to editor?, , (a) Grammatioal Accuracy, , (b) Suggest ions to sort out the problem, , (c) Request to editor to publish the views, , (d) All of these, , ). Which of the following is the correct subject in a letter, , to editor?, , (a) Nuisance Created by Stray Animals, , (b) Nuisance Created by Stroct kids, , (c) Nuisance created by Family Members, , {d) None of these, , The writer's address is placed at the top left comer., (a) False, , (b) May or may not be trie, , (e) True, , (d) Not sure, , LITERATURE, , This section has sub-sections - V, VI, VIL, VITL &, IX. There are a total of 30 questions in this section., Attempt any 26 questions from the sub-sections V, to IX,, , V. Read the given extract to attempt the questions that, follow:, “God, be wrute, “if you dun't help me, muy fuuily and, I will go hungry this year. I need a hundred pesos, in order to sw my Geld again und to live until the, crop comes, becuse of the hailstorm..." He wrote, "To God! on the envelope, put the letter inside and,, still tronbler, went to town. At the post offire, he, placed a stamp on the letter and dropped it into the, mailbox. One af the employees, who was a postman, and also helped at the past offiec, went to his bass, langhing heartily and showed him the letter to God., Never in his career as a postman had he known that, address. The postmaster — a fat, amiable fellow — also, broke out laughing, but almost immediately he turned, serious aud, tapping the letter an his desk, commented,, “What faith! 1 wish I had the faith of the man who, wrote this letter. Starting up 4 correspondence with, God!", , {A Letter To Gad), 3 What did Lencho write in his letter ta God?, (a) He commemicated his poverty-stricken situation., , (b) Ile wrote that he neoded 100 pesos,, , (ec) He asked for money to sow seeds and survive until, the new crop comes., (4) All of the above, , , , , , Where was the post offies stated! in which Tencha, pasted the letter to Gol?, , (a) Tn the valley, , (b) In the village, , (c) On the outskirts of the town, , (4) In the town, , 33 Why are the stamps pasted an the betters?, (a) To beantify the letters,, , (b) To distinguish the letters., (e) To pay the cost involved in moving the letters., (d) Stamps on letters do not serve any purpose,, , Why did the postman laughed heartily on seeing, Lencho’s letter to God!, , (a) He never saw a letter to God in his lifetime., (b) Lencho bad Lou handwriting., , {e) The postsruin was an aminble fellaw., , (d) Tle wanted to make fan of Lencho’s letter., , Why did the Postmaster immediately turn serious’?, (a) He was afraid of God., , (b) He wae astonished at Leocho's faith in God., , (e) He did not want to muke fun of a needy farmer., (d) Te was pretending to be serious,

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VI. Read the given extrnet to attempt the questions thnt, follow:, As for Maddie, this business of asking Wanda every, day how many dresses and how many hats, and bow, ©. Maddie, was poor herself. She usually wure some body's ha, Thank goo, wilus Heights, , many this and that she had was bothering bi, , , , , , , , tmedown clothes. ness, she didn’t live up, , ve a fumy name. Sumetiaves,, Wax, Maule, , studied the marbles in the palin of ber bane, rolling, , , , when P. hose questions ins that, , , , , uy wo auikit, , , , , , mocking polite voice felt eanbarruwed and, , them rund and saying nothing herself, , (The Hrndsed Dresses 1), , , , 36 Maddie used to wear old clothes because, (a) she had a universal one, (b) she never wants others, (ec) she liked them, , (d) she was poor, , D. What bothered Maddie the most was the, , (a) aslein:, , , , qnerrics, , (b) asking of notations, , , , , , (c) asdcin, , (d), , , , of questions hy ecrmuates, , ing of whereabouts by teachers, , , , 38 The old discarded clothes, given to someone were, (a) band-me-down clothes (b) designer clothes, , fe) costly clothes (d) monsticky clothes, , 39. Maddie would fee! ashamed herself when, (a) Wanda asked Pe, (b) Peggy asked Wanda those questions about her dress, (c) Keesing asked Peggy those questions about ber dress, , those questions ahont her dress, , , , , , (d) Wind asked Keesdug those questions about her dress, , 4. The word ‘embarrassed! means, , (a) langhed (bh) cherished, , (c) focussed (d) ashamed, , VIL.Read the given extract ta attempt the questions that, follow:, But be's lorked in a, Fis st, , emte: cell,, , , , , , chind hans,, , , , hh, he Tength of his eage,, psitors., , , , He hears the last voice at night, The patrolling cars., , {A Tiger In The Zou}, , , , , , 41 Choose the image that best describes the condition of, the tiger based on the given extract, , , , , , , , 4) (4), {b) Option (2), {a) Option (4), , (a) Option (1), (ec) Option (3), , 42. Which option correctly lists the reason for the tiger, ‘stalking the length of his cag:, (a) Aulmals tend to cover lange distances and burn, , , , a lot of thelr energy by hunting for prey, in, their natural habitat. Zous deprive then of such, stimulation an! they are restless and bored., , , , (b) Animals are scared of visitors gazing at them in, their unnatural surroundings. Zoce are places, where animals are far removed from the privacy, of their natural habitat., , (ec) Auminewds Uiso: uwnus sauibes in the city sand) renet to them, aqyemsedvedy. Zioust ane cllen locasten! be cites ue cubskirt:, , (4) Animals recprine hurnar: lowe and care and miss this, , when in captivity. Zoos are places where they walk, , , , around mechanically to attract harman attention,, , 43, Which option identifies a patrolling car correctly?, a, , , , (lp (2), , (4) (4), {b) Option 2, , {a) Option 4, , (a) Option 1, (c} Option +, , 4 The main comrasting idea suggested by the extract is that of, a) strength and weakness,, , , , asl culture., , , , , , , raxts ar] martuls., , (4) confinement and freedom, , , , 45. Choose the option listing the most likely reason for, the tiger to ignore visitors. according to the extract., (a) He is scared of their constant stares, , , , (b) The visitors don't provide him with any food, (c) He knows that none would help him out of captivity., (d) The visitors don't speak to him kindly