C10 Preboard 2026, Solved

- January 10, 2026

C10 Preboard 2026

📌📌 Answer Key

1 (a) Reading Comprehension

i. Ancient universities gave priority to moral education mainly because:

d. They considered producing individuals of complete character more important than just producing scholars.

ii. Which underlying principle prevents religion from being added to the Indian syllabus?

a. India's identity as a secular nation that must respect all faiths equally.

iii. Which method best reflects the writer's view of how moral education should be integrated?

a. By embedding values, stories, and life lessons across subjects.

iv. Why does the writer stress introducing moral education from grassroots to university level?

c. Because values must be consistently nurtured through every stage of learning.

1 (b) Poster Questions

Q1) What does this poster describe?

a) Safety measures in construction.

Q2) Which of the following materials is required for constructing a building?

d) All the above (Bricks, Cement, Sand)

Q3) What are the safety equipment one should wear on the building site?

a) Hard hat, boots, safety glasses

Q4) Which of the following is prohibited on a building site?

b) Smoking

2. Answer the following questions ( Objective Type Questions)

i) Who was sent to bring the two most precious things from the city?
Ans. angel

ii) Robert Gillian received one million dollars from his uncle's will.
Ans. False

iii) According to priests, Pertab Singh lost his caste forever.
Ans. True

iv) Who did the author meet in the hospital ward? (Bed No. 29)
Ans. Naeem

v) What was Watson by profession? (The Dying Detective)
Doctor

vi) Who was Subbiah? (Half a Rupee Worth)
a. Rice-seller / merchant

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4 (a) Answer the questions from the stanza

a) Name the poem and its poet.
Poem: Razia, the Tigress
Poet: Keki N. Daruwalla

b) Why are people no longer afraid of the tiger-scent?
People are no longer afraid because the tiger Sheru has been killed and is no more.

c) Why did Sheru go from the forest?
Sheru went from the forest because he was killed by human cruelty and violence.

b) Central idea

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

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6. Do as directed ( Vocabulary)

i) Choose the correct word:
We will not go a step further.

ii) Use the idiom to carry the day in a sentence:
Her strong arguments carried the day.

iii) Give one word for the following:
A word the meaning of which is not clear → Ambiguous

iv) Correct the sentence:
❌ I’d prefer to make the journey with car.
✅ I’d prefer to make the journey by car.

7 (a) Translate any three (English → Punjabi)

i) Fear is one of man's most common enemies.
👉 ਡਰ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੇ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਆਮ ਦੁਸ਼ਮਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਹੈ।

ii) Dadhichi took no time in laying down his life.
👉 ਦਧੀਚੀ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਜਾਨ ਨਿਛਾਵਰ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਈ ਸਮਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਲਾਇਆ।

iii) The stranger asked him again.
👉 ਅਜਨਬੀ ਨੇ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਫਿਰ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ।

iv) Stars twinkle, planets do not.
👉 ਤਾਰੇ ਟਿਮਟਿਮਾਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ, ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਨਹੀਂ।

v) I may be as free as I like.

👉 ਮੈਂ ਜਿੰਨਾ ਚਾਹਾਂ ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹਾਂ।

7 (b) Translate any three (Punjabi/Hindi → English)

i) ਕਾਸ਼! ਮੈਂ ਅਮੀਰ ਹੁੰਦਾ / काश! मैं अमीर होता।
👉 I wish I were rich.

ii) ਕੀ ਉਹ ਮੇਰੇ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਸਕੂਲ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਚੁੱਕਾ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ?
/ क्या वह मुझसे पहले स्कूल पहुँच गया होगा?
👉 Will he have reached the school before me?

iii) ਬਕਵਾਸ ਨਾ ਕਰੋ / बकवास मत करो।
👉 Don’t talk nonsense.

iv) ਹਾਥੀ ਦੇ ਦੰਦ ਖਾਣ ਦੇ ਹੋਰ ਅਤੇ ਦਿਖਾਉਣ ਦੇ ਹੋਰ।
👉 All that glitters is not gold.

v) ਇੱਧਰ-ਉੱਧਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਨਾ ਕਰੋ, ਕੰਮ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਕਰੋ।
👉 Don’t beat around the bush; come to the point.

8. Do as directed (10 marks)

i) She knows many languages.

ii) The Gita gives us a message of universal brotherhood.

iii) You must be home by 11 o’clock.

iv) Though we had limited means, we were honest.

v) Combine using a non-finite verb:
Leaving home early, she arrived here on time.

vi) Transform using what:
I agree to what you say.

vii) Change to passive voice:
Let her song be sung.

viii) Change to indirect narration:
The boy requested the teacher to forgive him.

ix) Correct the sentence:
I have been living in Chandigarh since 1978.

x) Punctuate:
Ramesh, the director of the company, has gone to Delhi.

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