C10 Solved Paper , September 2025

 Solved Paper , September 2025

📌📌Answer Key:

1. a) Comprehension Passage: 

Q1. The passage mainly discusses

(c) the origin and early use of rockets

Q2. According to this passage, rockets were invented by

(b) unknown people

Q3. The passage suggests that rockets were

(a) the result of slow development

Q4. From the passage, the early use of gunpowder by the Chinese shows that

(b) they applied it in both bombs and rockets

II b ) Poster Comprehension (End Plastic Pollution)

Q1. What usually happens after people use plastic?

b) They throw it away

Q2. Where does plastic often end up after being thrown away?

c) in oceans and rivers

Q3. How are fish and sea animals affected by plastic?

a) They get trapped in it or eat it

Q4. Which of the following is a suggested way to reduce plastic use?

c) don't use plastic straws in drinks

2. Objective Type Questions

I) Modern drugs have decreased the average span of life of human beings. (True/False) (Where is Science Taking Us?)

Ans. False

II) Who declared to give sermon against fear? (Secret of Happiness)

b) Gilbert Chesterton

III) Ultimate fate of human beings is _______ . (Death the Leveller)

d) death

IV) The author regained his eyesight after the ____________. (Bed No. 29)

c) third operation

V) Where did Subiah's wife take the man? (Half A Rupee Worth)

Ans. To the secret godown 

VI) Robert Gillian offered a _______ to Miss Lotta Lauriere. (One Thousand Dollars)

Ans. diamond pendant 

3. a) English Main Course Book: Prose - Short Answer Questions

3. b) English Main Course Book: Prose - Long Answer Questions

4. a) English Main Course Book: Poetry 

i. Name the poet and the poem. 

Ans. The poem is 'Character of a Happy Man' by Sir Henry Wotton. 

ii. Who does a happy man envy? 

Ans. A happy man envies none. 

iii. What does a happy man not understand? Ans. A happy man does not understand how deepest wounds are given with praise nor rules of state, but rules of good. 

4. b) English Main Course Book : Poetry - Central Idea

https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2023/01/central-ideas-of-all-poems.html

5. English Supplementary Reader 

Answer any three of the following questions 

6. Do as directed ( Vocabulary)

I. Choose the correct word from the bracket to fill in the blank.

Bad effect of drugs was soon felt.

II. Use the following idiom in a sentence.

All in all, it was a successful event despite the minor glitches.

III. Give one word for the following.

Medicine to counteract the effect of poison: Antidote

IV. Correct the following sentence.

Ans. Ria's hair is black.

7 a. Translate any three of the following sentences from English to Punjabi/Hindi.

i) I have a golden bed-room.

    मेरे पास एक सुनहरा बेडरूम है। 

    ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਇੱਕ ਸੁਨਹਿਰੀ ਬੈੱਡਰੂਮ ਹੈ। 

ii) This is the age of the machine.

     यह मशीनों का युग है।

     ਇਹ ਮਸ਼ੀਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਯੁੱਗ ਹੈ। 

iii) Who is to keep them?

     उन्हें कौन रखेगा? 

     ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕੌਣ ਰੱਖੇਗਾ? 

iv) A fear is not unlike a ghost.

    एक डर भूत से अलग नहीं है। 

   ਇੱਕ ਡਰ ਭੂਤ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਖਰਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। 

v) Her eyes were shining brilliantly.

    उसकी आँखें शानदार ढंग से चमक रही थीं। 

    ਉਸ ਦੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਸ਼ਾਨਦਾਰ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਚਮਕ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਸਨ। 

7 b. Translate any three of the following sentences from Punjabi/Hindi to English.

I) ਮੈਂ ਇਹ ਸਵਾਲ ਹੱਲ ਕਰ ਸਕਦਾ ਹਾਂ।

    I can solve this sum.

II) ਅਸੀ ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ ਖੇਡਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

     We play cricket.

III. ਕੀ ਚਪੜਾਸੀ ਘੰਟੀ ਵਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ?

      Is the peon ringing the bell?

IV. ਮੇਰੇ ਸਕੂਲ ਪਹੁੰਚਣ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਘੰਟੀ ਵੱਜ ਚੁੱਕੀ ਸੀ |

     The bell had rung before I reached the school.

V. ਸਦਾ ਸੱਚ ਬੋਲੋ। 

    Always speak the truth.

8. Do as directed.

i. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners.

    a) Chandigarh is ______ capital of Punjab.

    Ans. the

      b) My grandmother was ______ old lady.

     Ans. an

ii. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

    a) Mr. Blacksmith is known ______ me.

   Ans. to

     b) Once there lived a hermit ______ a forest.

    Ans. in

iii. Fill in the blank with the correct modals.

  a) You ______ complete your homework now. (should/can) (advice)

  Ans. should 

   b) It ______ rain today. (may/might) (less uncertain)

   Ans. may 

IV. Combine the following sets of sentences using a non-finite verb (Infinitive, Gerund or Participle).

    She left home early. She arrived here on time.

    Ans. Leaving her home early , she arrived here on time.

V. Fill in the blank with suitable conjunctions.

    a. He is so weak ______ he cannot walk.

     Ans. He is so weak that he cannot walk.

   b. My friend has been suffering from cholera ______ Monday.

 Ans. since

VI. Correct the following sentence.

    I lived in Chandigarh since 1978.

    Ans. I have lived in Chandigarh since 1978.

9. a) Notice Writing 

     https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2024/08/notice-writing.html

 

    

   b) Message Writing 

  https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2024/08/message-writing.html

    c) Paragraph Writing 

  https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2024/09/c9-paragraphs.html

   d) Letter Writing 

 

 

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