HSC board exam question paper

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HSC board exam question paper

1. Lencho thought only of one help; the help of __________.
(a) post master
(b) God
(c) his friend
(d) older boys
2. Lencho said that the post office employees are a bunch of __________.
(a) cooks
(b) crews
(c) crooks
(d) cowards
3. According to Nehru “a new star rises” means – a star of ___________.
(a) slavery
(b) dependence
(c) agitation
(d) freedom
4. The Father of our Nation is ____________.
(a) Pandit Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subas Bose
(d) Sardar Ballav Bhai Patel
5. Kapil Dev proved himself as ___________.
(a) a pace bowler
(b) a wicket-keeper
(c) a batsman
(d) an all rounder
6. Kapil made 175 runs not-out against the team __________.
(a) Zimbabwe
(b) Australia
(c) England
(d) Pakistan
7. Air gets polluted when ___________ in the air mixture.
(a) the oxygen level gets reduced
(b) there is 78 per cent nitrogen
(c) there is 0.03 per cent carbon dioxide
(d) there is a little less than 01 per cent argon
8. A man cannot live _________.
(a) without food for some days
(b) without water for 2/3 days
(c) without fire
(d) without air for even 2/3 minutes
9. Success in life depends on __________.
(a) good health
(b) money making
(c) smoking
(d) suffering
10. In our leisure hours, the author In School’s Goodbye advises us to avoid
___________.
(a) mere idling
(b) doing interesting hobbies
(c) reading good books
(d) making friendship
11. “That brightens up the sky” in All Things Bright And Beautiful. Here “That”
refers to ________.
(a) morning
(b) evening
(c) night
(d) the sunset and morning
12. God has given us lips to ____________.
(a) praise the glory of His creation
(b) enjoy the beauty of His creation
(c) see the beautiful sights of nature
(d) praise the human beings only
13. The flower and birds in All things Bright and Beautiful are described as
___________ things.
(a) pleasant
(b) tiny
(c) little
(d) bright
14. How many brothers and sisters of the girl were actually alive as described in the
poem, We Are Seven.
(a) 7
(b) 6
(c) 2
(d) 5
15. In We Are Seven, the supper that the girl ate after sunset is ____________.
(a) rice
(b) sandwich
(c) porringer
(d) cake
16. The poem Village Song is wirtten by ____________.
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) William Wordsworth
(c) C.F. Alexander
(d) Lord Alfred Tennyson
17. In the poem, Virtue the sweet rose is described as ____________.
(a) cool and coward
(b) calm and composed
(c) angry and brave
(d) angry and violent
18. “For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.”
Here I refers to _______________.
(a) mountain
(b) brook
(c) river
(d) ocean
19. The poet compares the journey of the brook with _____________.
(a) the worries and anxities of a man’s life
(b) the death of a man
(c) the birth of a man
(d) the life of a man
20. Who weeps in the bridal of the earth and the sky ?
(a) Winter
(b) Summer
(c) Dew
(d) Autumn
21. Who is the writer of the story The Beggar ?
(a) Ruskin Bond
(b) Anton Chekhov
(c) Prem Chand
(d) Leo Tolstoy
22. Who named the tiger cub as Timothy ?
(a) The writer
(b) Grandfather
(c) Grandmother
(d) Mahmood
23. Timothy was taken to the nearest zoo at _________.
(a) Lucknow
(b) Delhi
(c) Agra
(d) Dehra
24. What is the name of the beggar ?
(a) Olga
(b) Sergei
(c) Kaluga
(d) Lushkoff
25. “There is no pleasure for you in this world and there will be none to come. You
drunkard ! You will burn in hell. Oh! You unlucky man !”
Who told the above statement ?
(a) The advocate
(b) The cook
(c) The beggar
(d) The writer
26. Who was the Chief Judge in the Pancha to decide the case of the old aunt ?
(a) Jumman
(b) Kariman
(c) Algu
(d) Samjhoo
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27. “Brother ! After you had given your decision, I became your mortal enemy. But
today I feel sure that God Himself speaks through the Panch.”
Who is addressed as “Brother” in the above statement ?
(a) Algu
(b) Samjhoo
(c) Jumman
(d) Kariman
28. Who came to the royal court with the help of one crutch ?
(a) The wise man
(b) The oldman
(c) The oldman’s father
(d) The oldman’s grandfather
29. Who was old and bent, ashy pale and toothless in the story, A Grain As Big As
A Hen’s Egg.
(a) The oldman
(b) The servant
(c) Father
(d) Grandfather
30. “My field was God’s earth, whereever I ploughed, there was my field. Land was
free. It was a thing no man called his own. Labour was the only thing men called
their own.”
The grandfather said the above statement to the _________.
(a) king
(b) his son
(c) his grandson
(d) to the people
31. “Peso” is the currency of __________.
(a) Russia
(b) Latin American countries
(c) Pakistan
(d) China
32. The opposite word of “responsible” is ________.
(a) disresponsible
(b) unresponsible
(c) inresponsible
(d) irresponsible
33. Indian Cricketers used to be called “dull dogs” in the early fifties of 19th century.
Here “dull dongs” means ____________.
(a) incapable of doing something watch worthy
(b) dogs that are not brave
(c) Indian cricketers are black people
(d) Indian cricketers played attacking shots
34. He has a touch of madness in his creative ___________.
(a) compose
(b) composition
(c) composite
(d) composed
35. To weaken someone’s strength slowly means _________.
(a) sap
(b) stunt
(c) secure
(d) success
36. My father is ___________.
(a) a M.A.
(b) the M.A.
(c) an M.A.
(d) M.A.
37. My father bought a house _________ we shall stay.
(a) which
(b) when
(c) who
(d) where
38. People get deceased in a ________ atmosphere.
(a) pollute
(b) polluted
(c) polluting
(d) pollution
39. The full form of “won’t” is _________.
(a) will not
(b) willnot
(c) would not
(d) wouldnot
40. Which sentence among the following is acceptable ?
(a) He is not only a writer but also an actor.
(b) He is not only a writer but also intelligent.
(c) He not only is a writer but also an actor.
(d) He is not only a writer but also plays well.
41. The students got up when the teacher _______ the class.
(a) was entering
(b) has entered
(c) entered
(d) had entered
42. He joined the English Essay competition and won the first prize. It is a
__________ sentence.
(a) complex
(b) compound
(c) simple
(d) complex and compound
43. The film was very sad. It made me ___________.
(a) to cry
(b) cry
(c) crying
(d) cried
44. He went to Puri ______ a car.
(a) in
(b) by
(c) on
(d) upon

45. The passive form of “– “Bakul broke the chair”. is ___________.
(a) The chair is broken by Bakul
(b) The chair has been broken by Bakul
(c) The chair was broken by Bakul
(d) The chair had been broken by Bakul
46. The indirect speech of – He said, “I am going home now” is ________.
(a) He said (that) he was going home then
(b) He said (that) he is going home now
(c) He said (that) he was going home now
(d) He said (that) he went home then
47. The police are __________ the matter.
(a) looking at
(b) looking into
(c) looking for
(d) looking down upon
48. If you work hard, you ________ get an A grade.
(a) will
(b) would
(c) could
(d) should
49. The combination of the following pair of sentences is _______________
(i) I have read the book. (ii) You gave it to me.
(a) I have read the book which you gave it me.
(b) I have read the book which you gave me.
(c) I have read the book where you gave me.
(d) I have read the book when you gave it to me.
50. Sixty years _______ a long distance.
(a) are
(b) has
(c) have
(d) is