MOST LIKELY QUESTIONS MARCH/APRIL 2009 10th STANDARD
Subject: Second Language – English
Time: 2-30 Hours
BP 1
Marks: 100
General Instructions: 1. The questions-cum-answer booklet contains two Parts, Part-A and Part-B. 2. Part-A consists of 35 questions and Part-B consists of 25 questions. 3. Space has been provided in the question-cum-answer booklet itself to answer the questions. 4. Follow the instructions given in Part-A and write the correct answer in full in the space provided below each question. 5.For Part-B enough space for each question is provided. You have to answer the questions in the space provided. PART – A 35x1=35 Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the most appropriate alternative and write it in the space provided below each question. 1. Andy picked ______ letters from the heap. A. two B. three C. four D. five Ans:____________________________________________________________________ 2. Andy went to the post office to _________ A. buy gun powder B. get tobacco C. get a letter D. to buy linen Ans.____________________________________________________________________ 3. Swami Vivekananda got an introductory letter from_______________ A. Dr. Barrows B. Prof. Wright C. Prof. W.W. Hastie D. Ramakrishna Ans. ___________________________________________________________________ 4. According to Chandra the finest bats man at the moment is _____________________ A. Ken Barrington B. Rahul Dravid C. Sachin Tendulkar D. M.S. Doni Ans:____________________________________________________________________ 5. The opposition started bowling intimidatingly at Chandra. They did so because_________ A. they wanted to prevent him from scoring centuries B. it is a practice among fast bowlers C. they wanted to frighten him and enjoy themselves in the process D. they wanted to hurt him so that his bowling became ineffective 6. Kalpana got her Ph.D from ____________ university. A. Oxford B. Punjab C. Colorado D. Texas Ans____________________________________________________________________ 7. Kalpana selected ______________ for her higher studies A. electrical engineering B. electronics engineering C. architecture D. aerospace engineering Ans. ________________________________________________________________ 8. ‘Multi’s de la guerre’ means______________________ A. Europeans B. Asians C. warriors D. war wounded people Ans____________________________________________________________________ 9. The best sign of civilization is_______ A. fine buildings B. fine books C. work together for the common good of all D. work individually Ans____________________________________________________________________ 10. The wedding of Shakuntala Damankar and Shankar Kurtakoti was interesting because___