P.B.

E/21/I/210120/M

CODE ‘A’
Gulistan-e-Jauhar Boys Campus,
Date: 23 January 2020
Karachi
Send-up Examination January 2020 Time: 1 ½ hrs
ENGLISH (Class: X) Maximum Marks: 50

SECTION ‘A’ (COMPULSORY) MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (M.C.Qs)

Time: 20 minutes Marks: 10

Note: (i) Attempt all the questions of this section.

(ii) Do not copy down the part questions. Write only the answer against the proper number of
the question and its part according to the question paper.
(iii) Each question carries 1 mark.
(iv) Write the code of your question paper in bold letters in the beginning of the answer script.

Choose the correct answer for each from the given options.

1.Happiness comes of satisfaction. Identify the underlined word.

*Adverb *Adjective *Interjection * Noun

2. A teacher enters -------the class. Pick the correct preposition.

* in * into *inside *No preposition

3. He ask me for help yesterday. Correct the sentence into Simple Past Tense

* asks * asked *was asking * has asked

4. He survives a great loss in business. Change into Present Perfect Tense

*He survived a great loss in business. * He had survived a great loss in business.

* He have survived a great loss in business. * He has survived a great loss in business.

5. He is ----------MPA. Insert the suitable article

*a * an * the * no article

6. -------fires rifle shots on the birth of a son.

* A Baloach * A Sindhi *A Pathan * A Punjabi

7. “ There is a good time coming.”The poem gives us:

* hope * good news * reward * success

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8. The students are arranging party after examination. Change into passive voice

* The party is arranged by the students after examination.

* The party was arranged by the students after examination.

* The party is being arranged by the students after examination.

* The party has been arranged by the students after examination.

9. ------------mission is sacred.

* A teacher’s * A mother’s * A scholar’s * A sufi’s

10. Mother said, “ I am in the kitchen.” Change into indirect speech.

* Mother said that she is in the kitchen. * Mother said that she was in the kitchen.

* Mother said that I am in the kitchen. * Mother said that I was in the kitchen.

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CODE ‘A’
Gulistan-e-Jauhar Boys Campus,
Date: 23 January 2020
Karachi
Send-up Examination January 2020 Time: 1 ½ hrs
ENGLISH (Class: X) Maximum Marks: 50
Section B- Short-Answer Questions
Q.2 (a) Answer any THREE questions from this section: Marks: 09

1. How did Azam stop cheating his younger brother?

2. Why is the Punjab called “A seat of learning”?

3. What are the food and cash crops of Nigeria? Who tends them?

4. Why had the Khyber Pass been a famous trade route?

5. Write any three points of a good summary.

(b) Answer any TWO questions from this section: 06

1. Why did the minstrel break his harp?

2. What is the message of the poem Cassabianca?

3. Why does the poet compare mother’s hands to a rainbow?

4. What lesson did King Bruce learn from the spider?

Q.3 “The farmer’s settlements or villages are scattered in the bush where they cultivate
the land. Their huts are separated from one another by the cultivated patches of
land.” 05

1. Name the lesson.

2. Where is the village of a farmer?

3. How are the huts separated?

Q4. “Fairer is the manuscript,

When the reed is clipped.

Clearer runs the message , when,

There is a trimming of pen.” 05

1. Name the poem and the poet.

2. What does manuscript mean?
3. How can a message be clear?

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Q5. Fill in the blanks 03

1. --------embroidery is famous all over the country.

2. The --------- of the house is the centre of all activities.
3. When --------shall be mightier than sword.

Section C- Detailed – Answer Questions

Q6. Write an Essay of 120 words on any ONE of the following topics: 06

(You are advised to make proper paragraphs; avoid spelling and capitalization errors; discuss
each thought in a separate paragraph, and justify the topic statement.)

1. Need of unity in the Muslim Ummah

2. The problems of Karachi
3. My ideal Principal

Q7. Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting him to grant you one day
leave on account of sickness.

OR

Write a letter to the Director School Education requesting him to change the school timing on
account of severe cold wave in the city. 06

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