SAMPLE PAPER SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – II (2013) ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Class - X

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – II (2013) ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE   Class - X
SAMPLE PAPER

Answer any three of the following questions in 40-50 words each :

1.                       Why did Max well keep an otter as a pet?
2.                      Why did the children eagerly wait for the baker?
3.                      Why did Rajvir visit Assam?
4.             Why did Ivan Lomov visit his neighbour Stephan Chubukov in                                 the play, “The              Proposal ? 
5.                     When would the baker come everyday ? Why did the children run to meet him ?
6.                    Write down the Buddhist legend about tea.
7.                   Why was the otter named Maxwells‟ otter ?
8.                     What did the Buddha ask the lady to do ?
9.                 Draw a pen picture of a Goan baker.
10.                 What idea of Coorg do you form ? What opportunities does Coorg offer to a tourist ?
11.                Draw a pen picture of tea gardens in Assam.
12.                What was Valli‟s deepest desire ? Find the words and phrases in the story that tell you this ? 

Answer the following question in about 80 words.
On what issues did Lomov and Natalya quarrel ?What does their quarrel reveal
about them ?
OR
How did Mijbil like the bathroom ? What experiment did he do there ?

   Answer the following question in about 80 words.

Narrate the narrator‟s first visit to New Mullion.

OR

Describe the role played by Mme Forestier in the story, „Necklace.‟

   Answer any two of the following questions in 40-50 words each.                                  

(a)                Why is Bholi‟s father worried about her ?

(b)                What guesses are made by Think-Tank about the books found on earth ?

(c)                What more does Bill say about Lutkin‟s mother ?

How  did  Gautam  Buddha  convince  Kisa  Gotami  to  cope  with  his  only  son‟s
death?
Answer the following question in about 80 words.
Why  did  Matilda‟s  husband  go  out  in  to  the  cold  night  minutes  after  returning
from the ball? Was he successful in his purpose?
	OR
On the basis of your understanding of the story, sketch the character of Bholi  and
describe the role the teacher played in her life?
Answer any two of the following questions in 40-50 words each :
(a)	Why did Think Tank send his crew on the earth?
(b)	Why do you think were the neighbours anxious to meet the lawyer?
(c)	Why did Richard Ebright start a project of tagging the butterflies?