CLASS-10 UP BOARD ENGLISH (817 HI) Previous Year Paper 2024 Instructions: 1️⃣ Click on Start Quiz 2️⃣ Answer 20 Questions 3️⃣ Click Submit 4️⃣ Get Score & Correct Answers 🎯 Practice + Patience = Perfection! 🎯 Name Email 1. Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow: Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland. He fought hard to free his country from the English, but was badly defeated. He hid himself in the mountains. One day, when hiding in a cave he felt very downhearted. He made up his mind to give up the struggle. Then he saw a spider trying to swing itself up on a long thread to the roof of the cave. It tried and tried, but always fell short. Bruce watched the little insect's effort. At the ninth attempt it succeeded. "Bravo!" cried Bruce. "Surely I can go on trying like the spider. I will try again. I will try again." And he did succeed and made his country free.Q. King Bruce had to hide himself in the jungles in schools in the mountains in factories None 2. Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow: Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland. He fought hard to free his country from the English, but was badly defeated. He hid himself in the mountains. One day, when hiding in a cave he felt very downhearted. He made up his mind to give up the struggle. Then he saw a spider trying to swing itself up on a long thread to the roof of the cave. It tried and tried, but always fell short. Bruce watched the little insect's effort. At the ninth attempt it succeeded. "Bravo!" cried Bruce. "Surely I can go on trying like the spider. I will try again. I will try again." And he did succeed and made his country free.Q. He felt very downhearted. It means he was happy sad and without hope a heart patient strong None 3. Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow: Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland. He fought hard to free his country from the English, but was badly defeated. He hid himself in the mountains. One day, when hiding in a cave he felt very downhearted. He made up his mind to give up the struggle. Then he saw a spider trying to swing itself up on a long thread to the roof of the cave. It tried and tried, but always fell short. Bruce watched the little insect's effort. At the ninth attempt it succeeded. "Bravo!" cried Bruce. "Surely I can go on trying like the spider. I will try again. I will try again." And he did succeed and made his country free.Q. Which word in the passage is opposite of the word 'failed'? watched defeated succeeded tried None 4. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions: Complete the following sentence:As soon as he called my name, I __________ . reached would reach will reach has reached None 5. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions: Complete the following sentence:__________ Gita is a great book. The A An None of the above None 6. Rearrange the following words cluster to make a meaningful sentence: great/ we/ have/ should/ parents/ our/ for/ respect Respect we should have great our for parents. Our parents for great respect have we should. For great, respect our parents have we should. We should have great respect for our parents. None 7. Fill in the gap with a suitable preposition: I am proud _________ my students. at for of to None 8. Which of the following words is misspelled? Maker Creator Greater Inspecter None 9. Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow: It was nothing less than a letter to God. "God," he wrote, "If you don't help me, my family and I will go hungry this year. I need a hundred pesos in order to sow my field again and to live until the crop comes, because the hailstorm..." ________ wrote a letter to God. The postmaster A postman A child Lencho None 10. Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow: It was nothing less than a letter to God. "God," he wrote, "If you don't help me, my family and I will go hungry this year. I need a hundred pesos in order to sow my field again and to live until the crop comes, because the hailstorm..." He needed a hundred pesos in order to: purchase a new field water his field sow his field again and to live until the crop comes do some business instead of farming None 11. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions: Nelson Mandela had to spend ________ years in prison. thirty-three twenty thirty twenty-nine None 12. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions: Mahseer is a large fish found in the fresh waters of ________ river. Ganga Godavari Krishna Kaveri None 13. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions: Riding a bus for the first time, Valli was a girl of _________ years. seven eight ten eleven None 14. Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow: The way a crowShook down on meThe dust of snowFrom a hemlock treeChoose the correct statement: Hemlock is a tree with sweet healthy fruits. Hemlock is a tree known for furniture making. Hemlock is a tree bearing fragrant flowers. Hemlock is a poisonous tree. None 15. Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow: The fog comeson little cat feet.It sits lookingover harbour and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on.Name the poet of the above lines. Robert Klein Robert Frost William Wordsworth Walt Whitman None 16. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions: During the treatment of the dog, the doctor ________. provided the dog many eatables to eat operated on the dog gave the dog a lot of food, but no water kept an eye on the dog, giving him no food, but plenty of water None 17. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions: Anil taught Hari Singh to ________. write only his name cook and add numbers cook, write and add numbers cook and write None 18. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions: Ebright's mother gifted him a book titled ___________. The Travels of Butterflies The History of Monarch Butterflies The Travels of Monarch X The Travels of Monarch Butterflies None 19. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions: Bholi's father Ramlal had seven children, __________. four sons and three daughters two sons and five daughters five sons and two daughters three sons and four daughters None 20. Choose the correct option to answer the following questions: Which of the following statements is correct? Matilda borrowed a necklace of real diamonds and returned a necklace of real diamonds. Matilda borrowed a necklace of real diamonds but returned a necklace of artificial diamonds. Matilda borrowed a necklace of artificial diamonds but returned a necklace of real diamonds. Matilda borrowed a necklace of artificial diamonds and returned a necklace of artificial diamonds. None 1 out of 20 Thanks for taking Quiz! If you need any help or you have any suggestions, please comment here. (Optional)