Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies 2009 CBSE CLASS X (ENGLISH ) - Question Paper

containing c)wonder languages of science .The authors provide a sense of d) nation
pride and expose young students to the scientific scene in India. ½x4 2
9. Look at the words and phrases provided beneath .Rearrange them to form
worthwhile phrases. 1x2 2
The 1st 1 has been done as an example .Write the accurate phrases in your
ans sheet. Remember to number the answers correctly:
Example:
A/flew/garden/into/day/a/butterfly/one.
One day a butterfly flew into a garden.
A) big/to/she/sunflower/a/flew.
b) sparkle/did/mala’s/why/eyes/?
10. provided beneath are instructions for doing an activity in the class . Use these to
complete the snippets that follow. Write the accurate ans in your ans
sheet against the accurate blank number. Do not copy the whole sentence :
1x3 3
a) Take a long strip of paper.
b) Join both the ends with every other.
c) Draw a line in the middle along the strip and cut it with scissors.
First of all a long strip of paper a)__________.Both the ends
b) __________with every other .Then a line c)____________
in the middle along the strip and is cut with a pair of scissors..
11. Fill in the blanks with the suitable Non -Finites :
After a)_______ ( search) for a long time ,they obtained the dead body of a big
animal .They became very happy on( b)_________( find)it ,but they had nothing
c)________(cut) it and they could not eat it without d)________(cut ).They were
looking for a few thing to cut it when a leopard happened to come there. ½ x4 2
part D TEXT BOOKS
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12. learn the passage provided beneath and ans the ques. that follow:
Mark! While relatives are looking on and lamenting deeply, 1 by 1 mortals are
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carried off, like an ox that is led to the slaughter. So the world is afflicted with death
and decay, therefore, the wise do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world.
Not from weeping nor from grieving will anyone find peace of mind; on the contrary,
his pain will be the greater and his body will suffer. He will make himself sick
and pale, yet the dead are not saved by his lamentation. He who seeks peace
should draw out the arrow of lamentation, and complaint, and grief. He who has
drawn out the arrow and has become composed will find peace of mind; he who
has overcome all sorrow will become free from sorrow and be blessed.”
a. Why did Buddha provide this sermon to Kisa Gotami? 1

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