ATOMIC ENERGY CENTRAL SCHOOL-1
CONFIDENCE TEST-1
SUB: ENGLISH DATE: 07/12/24
STD: X TIME: 3 HRS
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. There are four sections in the paper.
2. All the questions are compulsory
3. Section A-22 Mks,Section B-22 Mks,Section C-10 Mks, Section D-26 Mks
4. Internal choice is given.
SECTION A – READING(22 marks)
1) A.Read the following passage and answer the following questions. (12)
Stepping out of our air-conditioned jeep, we could feel the weight of the desert’s oppressive
heat. Mansukh Prajapati greeted us warmly outside his workshop. Apotter by trade, Prajapati
has been experimenting with clay to produce a variety of durable goods, many of which were
on display in the office outside his lab.
We were thirsty and were grateful when he asked us if we wanted water. We had run out of
bottled water, and there wasn’t any sign of a store nearby to restock. He ave us cups and
beaming with pride, said,”Please, have this cold water from my fridge.”
Baffled, we looked more closely at the terracota box in front of us. It was made entirely of
clay, except for a glass door and a plastic tap at the bottom. While sipping the refreshingly
cool water,we looked around and found no electrical cord, no battery,just clay.
Prajapati explained how this clay fridge, ‘Mitticool’,works. The water from an upper
chamber seeps through the side walls, cooling the lower chamber through evaporation. The
fridge consumes no electricity, is 100 percent biodegradable and produces zero waste during
its lifetime. An ingenious invention.
Prajapati doesn’t work for NASA or Whirlpool, and he doesn’t have a Ph.D in quantum
physics or an MBA from Harvard. In fact, he did not finish even high school. His R & D lab
is a simple open-air room with clay in various stages arranged on the floor and an oven
tucked in the corner is a far cry from the sprawling campuses of GE and Whirlpool,which
swarm with hundreds of engineeers and scientists.
Based on your understanding of the passage,answer the questions given below.
a.Complete the following sentence appropriately. (1)
The narrator was greeted by the desert ______________ .
b.Why did the narrator and his companion feel grateful to Prajapati? (1)
i)He offered them bottled water.
ii)He offered them cool water.
iii)He took them to a nearby store to restock their bottles.
iv)He showed them his ‘mitticool’ fridge.
c.Why was Prajapati ‘beaming with pride’? (2)
d.Identify a textual clue(a word/phrase)that suggests the following. (1)
‘Mitticool was a creation that was designed very intelligently and skilfully”.
e.How does the clay fridge look and work? (2)
f. Complete the sentence appropriately: (1)
Prajapati’s fridge can be preferred over a common fridge
because______________________________________________________________.
g.Which of the following statements cannot be sustained about Prajapati from the given text ?
(1)
i)He was proud of his ‘mitticool’refrigerator.
ii)He was a hospitable person.
ii)He regretted not getting a higher education.
iv)He loved experimenting with his clay products.
h)When the narrator points out that Prajapati doesn’t work for NASA or Whirlpool,he intends
to: (1)
i)belittle Prajapati
ii)promote NASA and Whirlpool
iii)appreciate Prajapati’s achievement
iv)mock NASA and Whirlpool
i)Replace the underlined words without changing the meaning of the following sentence.(1)
Prajapati’s R & D lab is a far cry from the sprawling campuses of GE and Whirlpool.
j)State whether the following assertion is True or False. (1)
Prajapati named his fridge ‘Mitticool” because it was developed in a desert.
B)Study the given Table and answer the questions given below. (10)
Consumer 1972 1974 1976 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983
Durables
Percentage of Households
Central 37 43 48 52 55 59 60 64
Heating
Television 93 95 96 96 97 97 97 96
Video 18
Vacuum 87 89 92 92 93 94 95
Cleaner
Refrigerator 73 81 88 88 92 93 93 94
Washing 66 68 71 75 74 79 79 80
Machine
Dishwasher 3 3 4 4 5
Telephone 42 50 54 60 67 75 76 77
Answer the following based on the table shown above.
a)What is meant by the term ‘consumer durables’? (1)
b)Which product was struggling the most in the market in the year 1984? (1)
i)Refrigerator ii)Dishwasher
iii)Telephone iv)Central Heating
c)Which product has shown a u-turn in the year 1983?What could be the reason? (2)
d)Select the correct option to complete the analogy. (1)
________________ :a space devoid of matter :: refrigerator: to preserve food
i)atmosphere ii)vacuum
iii)washing iv)heating
f)Based on your understanding, what is the importance of a video? (1)
g)Complete the given statement, with appropriate reason. (1)
We can infer that washing machines and refrigerators have been increasingly used because
______________________________________________________________________.
h)Identify the three devices which were owned between 66 to 87 percent houseowners in
1972. (1)
i)Explain briefly why situation iii) from the three situations given below showcases the
consumers’ attitude towards consumer durables. (2)
i)All the products provide ease in everyday life.
ii)The utility and durability of products have been determined by the user.
iii)People buy things as it is fashionable to possess them.
SECTION B- WRITING(22)
II )A)Write an e-mail to your Principal requesting him to allow you to take a half day’s leave
for your dental appointment, You are Tanvi/ Tanay of Class XL. (3)
II)B. Write a factual description of an electric car your father recently purchased. (4)
Describe its colour,features,seating capacity ,mileage etc…
II)C. You are Praneet/ Prema, the excursion -in-charge of your school Excursion Club.
You are planning to organise a study tour to Hyderabad. Write a letter to Orion Travel Agency
enquiring about the charges,facilities and other necessary details . (about 120 words) (7)
OR
Based on the article in Unit 4, Environment,of your MCB, write a letter in about 100-120
words to the Minister of Forests and Environment about the urgent need to engage in
afforestation ad other measures like making strict laws, stop poaching activities etc .(7)
D.Write an Article for your school magazine in about 150 to 170 words depicting the existing
state of traffic on the roads and suggesting ways to improve it. (8)
SECTION C-GRAMMAR(10 mks)
IIIA)Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words given in the brackets. (3)
Software engineers from India have the reputation of ______________(be/been/being)the
best in the world.Most of them _____________(migrating/migrate/migrated) when their own
country needs them the most.This is ______(a/an/the) matter of serious concern.
B)In the given paragraph, a word has been omitted in each line.Write the missing word
alongwith the words before and after. (4)
Air conditioners are necessary our daily lives ________ _________ _______
For regulating temperature.It creates cool area ________ __________ ________
During summers a warm area during winters. _________ __________ ________
An air conditioner often uses a fan distribute _________ __________ ________
The conditioned air to an occupied space.
C. Rearrange the jumbled sentence. (1)
Worked/ lot/ for /a/ he/ dignity/ women /and /has/ welfare /and/ the.
D. Complete the paragraph in reported speech. (2)
Aniket : Where can we meet tomorrow?
Punit : I may not be able to meet you tomorrow.
Aniket : Do you have some other plans?
Punit : Yes, I have to take my mom to the doctor.
Aniket asked Punit _______________________________________.Punit
replied______________________________________ Aniket further asked
_____________________________________________________.Punit said
that_______________________________________________________.
SECTION – D (LITERATURE)(26 Marks)
D.1. Read the given extracts and answer the following questions.(Any two) (4x2=8)
A) And I thought of the albatross
And I wished he would come back, my snake.
Questions
a. Who is the poet of this poem?
b. Why was the poet reminded of the albatross?
c. This comparison is referred to as ___________. (allusion/annotation)
d. Why did he want the snake to return?
B) “Don’ forget the strike,” she repeated,while her lower jaw began to disintegrate, and as
my Lavinia crossed the room the last vestige of her ear faded into space.
Questions
a.Who is ‘she’
b Of which strike is ‘she’ talking about?
c Why was she disintegrating?
d.Why had Helen come to meet John?
C) Ladies with tiaras glittering
In the interval sat twittering-
And the frog observed them glitter
With a joy both sweet and bitter.
Questions
a. What do you mean by ‘ladies in tiaras’?
b. What interval is being referred to here?
c. Why is the joy of of the frog both sweet and bitter?
d. Name the poem and poet.
D2. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words.(any 5). (2x5=10)
1.Although Nicolo and Jacopo are young boys, the author refers to them as gentlemen .Why
did he do so?
2. What was Loona Bimberton’s reaction at Mrs Packletide’s instant fame?
3.” Ali displays qualities of love and patience”.Give evidence from the story to support the
statement.
4. Why did Patol Babu leave without taking money?
5.Bring out the irony in the poem “Ozymandias”.
6.Why did the mariner’s hang the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner?
D3.Write any one in about 150 words. (8)
A.”Pen is more powerful than time and sword”. Explain with respect to the poem
‘Not Marble, Nor The Gilded Monuments”.
OR
B.“ No one can gauge the depth of human emotions till one identifies oneself with one’s
fellow beings”. The postmaster realises the pain of Ali. What values do you learn from the
condition of the postmaster?
