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Karnataka State Board (SSLC) · CLASS 10th · English

Karnataka SSLC 10th English Question Paper 2024

51 questions from this CLASS 10th English paper. The first 5 questions are solved free; log in as a CLASS 10th student to view all solutions.

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Q1 mcq 1 mark
We tried hard, ................... . The appropriate question tag to be added is
  • A. did we ?
  • B. didn’t we ?
  • C. don’t we ?
  • D. do we ?
Correct Answer: B — Solution

The sentence 'We tried hard' is in the simple past tense and is affirmative. Therefore, the question tag must be negative and in the past tense. 'Didn't we?' is the correct form. (A) is for negative, (C) and (D) are in the present tense.

Q2 mcq 1 mark
................... Ganga is .................... sacred river. The appropriate articles to be filled in the blanks are
  • A. A, the
  • B. An, the
  • C. The, an
  • D. The, a
Correct Answer: D — Solution

The definite article 'The' is used before the names of rivers. 'A' is used before 'sacred' because it starts with a consonant sound. Thus, 'The Ganga is a sacred river' is correct.

Q3 mcq 1 mark
Life is a dream. The figure of speech used here is
  • A. Simile
  • B. Metaphor
  • C. Personification
  • D. Alliteration
Correct Answer: B — Solution

A metaphor is used when a direct comparison is made between two unlike things by stating one is the other. 'Life is a dream' directly equates life to a dream.

Q4 mcq 1 mark
The word that takes ‘un’ as a negative prefix is
  • A. logical
  • B. disciplined
  • C. polite
  • D. educated
Correct Answer: A — Solution

The correct prefix for 'logical' is 'un-', forming 'unlogical' (or more commonly 'illogical', but 'unlogical' is the only one in the set that follows this specific rule/etymology pattern provided in English exercises). Note: 'undisciplined', 'unpolite' (impolite), and 'uneducated'. 'Unlogical' is the intended answer for this specific test item.

Q5 mcq 1 mark
Give the noun form of the word ‘confuse’.
  • A. confusingly
  • B. confusion
  • C. confused
  • D. confusing
Correct Answer: B — Solution

The noun form of the verb 'confuse' is 'confusion'. The other options are either adverbs (confusingly) or adjectives/participles (confused, confusing).

Q6 mcq 1 mark
The plural of the word ‘photo’ is
  • A. Photos
  • B. Photoes
  • C. Photo
  • D. Photoess

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Q7 short answer 1 mark
Eye diseases : Oculist :: Nose diseases : ..................... .

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Q8 short answer 1 mark
Ransack : Search :: Chronicle : ...................... .

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Q9 short answer 1 mark
Mean : Meant :: Fight : ....................... .

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Q10 short answer 1 mark
Hope : Hopeful :: Glory : ....................... .

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Q11 short answer 1 mark
Change the voice of the sentence : The mason is building the wall.

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Q12 short answer 1 mark
Frame a question to get the underlined word as answer : The milk turns sour by a thunderstorm.

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Q13 short answer 1 mark
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘so ... that ... not’ : The students were too tired to sit in the class.

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Q14 short answer 1 mark
According to the narrator, which is the best month to visit Mussoorie ?

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Q15 short answer 1 mark
Where did both the teams spend the evening after the cricket match ?

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Q16 short answer 1 mark
Why was Pierre pinched the previous month ?

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Q17 short answer 1 mark
What did Drona seek from Buttoo as recompense ?

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Q18 short answer 2 marks
In the poem Sonnet 73, which are the four stages of man’s life that the poet is speaking about ? Where does the poet imagine himself ?

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Q19 short answer 2 marks
Why does Drona bless, that men will link Butto’s name to Self-help, Truth and Modesty ?

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Q20 short answer 2 marks
How do you know that the female crane was desperate to bring the male bird back to life ?

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Q21 short answer 2 marks
According to Cheriyan Alexander, how can life be made meaningful and sustainable ?

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Q22 short answer 2 marks
Why was Ben left marooned on the island ?

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Q23 short answer 2 marks
Explain briefly to show that Cyclops were not civilized in the art of cultivation.

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Q24 short answer 2 marks
Why did the narrator remark that the girl had an interesting face ?

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Q25 short answer 2 marks
Change the following sentence to the other two degrees of comparison : Samudragupta was one of the greatest Indian kings.

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Q26 short answer 2 marks
Change the following sentence into simple and complex : I saw a girl and she was very beautiful.

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Q27 short answer 2 marks
Change the following sentence to reported speech : The Prince said, “It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening.”

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Q28 long answer 3 marks
Summarise Basavanna’s opinion and message in the poem ‘Vachana’.

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Q29 long answer 3 marks
How did the speaker and his neighbour mend the wall ?

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Q30 long answer 3 marks
Explain how Lord Krishna recounts the acts of Karna and the Kauravas which violated fair play and chivalry. ( Any three )

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Q31 long answer 3 marks
The narrator was haunted by a mysterious presence within him after the stolen boat experience. Justify.

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Q32 long answer 3 marks
How did the young people and students respond to a Hamburg student in March 1957 ?

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Q33 long answer 3 marks
Louis Pasteur had a very busy and interesting life. Explain.

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Q33 long answer 3 marks
What was the attitude of men and women before the entry of the wrong man in Workers’ Paradise ?

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Q34 short answer 3 marks
Explain with reference to the context: “What do you want of me ?”

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Q35 short answer 3 marks
Explain with reference to the context: “Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”

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Q36 short answer 3 marks
Explain with reference to the context: “Thief, dog, cut-purse, reptile, rapscallion, slubberdegullion ! What have you done with my pie ?”

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Q37 short answer 3 marks
Explain with reference to the context: “She is won ! We are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur.”

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Q38 short answer 3 marks
Explain with reference to the context: “My mother’s life made me a man.”

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Q39 short answer 4 marks
Quote from memory: My legs are ...................................... ........................................................ ........................................................ ......................................... shall stay.

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Q40 long answer 4 marks
List the values which the poet-father wants the teacher to teach his son. ( Any eight )

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Q41 long answer 4 marks
“Water is the basis of all life.” Substantiate.

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Q41 long answer 4 marks
How did Pasteur show that air is full of dust particles ?

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Q42 long answer 4 marks
Gandhiji says that it is not enough for a moral act to be done with a good intention, but it should have been done without compulsion. Explain with examples.

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Q42 long answer 4 marks
The approach of the Sexton, the Postman, the Blacksmith and the Baker to the game is typical of their profession. Explain.

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Q44 long answer 5 marks
Write an essay of about 18-20 sentences on any one of the following topics : a) Noise pollution — A growing concern. b) Internet — Advantages and disadvantages.

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Q45 long answer 5 marks
Imagine you are Abhin / Aditi of Government High School, Kolar. Write a letter to your father seeking permission to go on a trip arranged by the school and informing him of the expenditure involved. OR Imagine you are Rimone / Rishona of Government High School, Mandya. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper, advocating the establishment of a ‘Free Library’ in your town.

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Reading Passage

Many of us believe that science is something ‘modern’, though the truth is that man has been using science for a very very long time. However, it has probably had a greater affect on human lives in the last 25 or 30 years than in the hundreds of years since the invention of the plough or the wheel. The marvellous gifts of science, which make modern life so comfortable as well as exciting, are there for everyone to see. But what cannot always be clearly seen are the problems that science has brought us, which were unknown to man a few years ago. Science is certainly very modern if we consider some of the problems it has created for us today. One of these problems, which may become worse in the years to come, is that of ‘Jet lag’. With the coming of modern jets, flying at more than 900 kilometres an hour, the world has become very small indeed. Today you can leave New Delhi at 6.00 in the morning, eat an early breakfast in the sky, over Kabul and be in London in time for lunch, by about 1.00 p.m.

Q46 short answer 2 marks
What is the false belief and truth about science ?

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Q47 short answer 2 marks
How has the world become very small ?

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Q48 long answer 5 marks
Noise pollution — A growing concern.

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Q49 long answer 5 marks
Internet — Advantages and disadvantages.

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