English Question Paper of Madhyamik 2022
SECTION – A
READING COMPREHENSION
(SEEN)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer
the questions that follow:
A month later a letter came for Father. After he finished
reading it, his eyes looked as if he had been crying. “Do you want to know what
became of your kite ?” he said. Then he sat down beside us and told us the
whole story.
Father had a brother and a sister. He had quarrelled with
his brother and left home. Years afterwards, he felt sorry and when he went
back, he found his brother had died and he couldn’t find his sister.
The letter father had just received was from his sister,
Aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi. She was a widow who lived hundreds of
miles inland. One day when Dick and Mimi were out in the woods, they discovered
the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home. When their mother saw the
kite patched with the letter, she turned pale. It was the very letter she had
once written to her brother. Philippa was her mother’s name and Claude was her
father’s. She knew who we must be. So she sat down and wrote to Big Half Moon
and Father received her letter.
Next day, Father went and brought Aunt Esther and Dick and
Mimi with him. They have been here ever since. Aunt Esther is a dear and Dick
and Mimi are too jolly for words.
A. Write the correct alternative in the given space to
complete the following sentences: 1×5=5
(a) Father received a letter
(i) one month ago
(ii) one week ago
(iii) after one month
(iv) after several years
(b) The letter was from Father’s sister
(i) Philippa
(ii) Claude
(iii) Mimi
(iv) Esther
(c) Father left home because he
(i) did not like his home
(ii) quarrelled with his brother
(iii) wanted a new life
(iv) got a new job at Big Half Moon
(d) When Father went back home his brother
(i) had already died
(ii) could not be traced
(iii) did not meet him
(iv) welcomed him warmly
(e) The kite was patched with the letter written by
(i) Philippa to Claude
(ii) Esther to her husband
(iii) Father to her sister
(iv) Esther to her brother
B. Complete the following sentences with information from
the text: 1×3=3
(i) Though Father left home___________________________________________________
(ii) In the woods Dick and Mimi_______________________________________________
(iii) Esther turned pale when___________________________________________________
C. State whether the following statements are true or
false. Write ‘T’ for ‘True’ and ‘F’ for ‘False in the boxes given on the right
hand side. Provide sentences / phrases / words in support of your answer:
2×2=4
(i) Aunt Esther always lived on the island Big Half Moon.
[ ]
Supporting sentence:
__________________________________________________________
(ii) Claude was Esther’s father’s name. [ ]
Supporting sentence: ____________________________________________________________
2. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:
The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel:
And the former called the latter, ‘Little Prig.’
Bun replied, “You are doubtless very big;
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together,
To make up a year
And a sphere.
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I’m not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry I’ll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel track;
Talents differ, all is well and wisely put,
If I cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut.
A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following
sentences: 1×4=4
(a) The quarrel took place between the squirrel and the
(i) Prig
(ii) Bun
(iii) Rabbit
(iv) Mountain
(b) All sorts of things and weather make up a
(i) sphere and mountain
(ii) year and a sphere
(iii) mountain and a squirrel
(iv) pretty squirrel track
(c) The mountain can
(i) make squirrel track
(ii) crack nut
(iii) move from place to place
(iv) be very energetic
(d) The squirrel claims that the mountain is
(i) as spry as him
(ii) not as big as him
(iii) not spry like him
(iv) equal in size with him
B. Answer the following questions:
2×2=4
(i) Why does the squirrel not consider it a disgrace to
occupy his place?
(ii) What examples of differing talents does the squirrel
give in the poem?
READING COMPREHENSION
(UNSEEN)
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow:
Heavy rain battered North Bengal, throwing life out of gear
and triggering multiple landslides that left tourists stranded in the hills.
Torrential showers in Darjeeling 5 Kalimpong and Jalpaiguri districts triggered
landslides causing damages to roads and bridges while halting or disrupting
traffic in many places, officials said.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed four
teams for relief and rescue operation across North Bengal as well as in Sikkim.
While three of the rescue teams will work in North Bengal, the remaining one
will stay put in Sikkim for relief work.
Around 11 P.M. a landslide occurred at NH-10, near
Birik-Dara, that connects Siliguri with Sikkim and Kalimpong. The Algarah-Lava
stretch in Kalimpong was also blocked for several hours due to a landslide.
Kalimpong Police deployed personnel at all important points, handling out water
and snacks to stranded tourists. Civil defence volunteers were also seen
providing tea and eatables to visitors stuck on Lava-Algarah road.
Pounded by incessant rainfall for 36 hours several roads in
North Bengal were blocked due to landslides, stranding locals and visitors,
cutting off traffic. Siliguri bound passenger vehicles from Sikkim were advised
to take Peshok road. Meanwhile the low pressure system over Bihar and its
neighbourhood has now developed into a cyclonic circulation, the weather office
said, adding that enhanced rainfall activity was likely to continue in North
Bengal over the next few days.
[Adapted from an article published in The Indian Express
dated October 21, 2021]
A. Tick the right answer:
1×6=6
(i) The three districts affected by torrential showers are
Darjeeling Kalimpong and
(a) Coochbehar
(b) Jalpaiguri
(c) Gangtok
(d) Alipurduar
(ii) Tourists were stranded in the hills due to
(a) bad rainfall
(b) heavy thunderstorm
(c) sudden storm
(d) multiple landslides
(iii) For rescue operation in North Bengal and Sikkim NDRF
has deployed
(a) four teams
(b) three teams
(c) many teams
(d) two teams
(iv) NH-10 is the main road linking Siliguri with
(a) Jalpaiguri and Kalimpong
(b) Kalimpong and Sikkim
(c) Sikkim and Bhutan
(d) Sikkim and Bihar
(v) The Algarah-Lava stretch in Kalimpong was blocked for
(a) several hours
(b) two hours
(C) three hours
(d) one hour
(vi) At important points on Lava-Alga road personnel
providing relief were deployed by
(a) NDRF
(b) Sikkim govt.
(c) Kalimpong police
(d) Algarah police
B. Each of the following statements is either ‘True’ or
‘False’. Write ‘T’ for ‘True’ and ‘F’ for ‘False’ in the boxes on the
right-hand side. Also pick out suitable line(s) or phrase(s) from the passage
in support of your answers: (1+1)×3=6
(i) Landslides have caused damages to roads and bridges in
many places of North Bengal. [ ]
Supporting sentence: ________________________________________________
(ii) Roads were blocked in North Bengal due to landslides
caused by 48 hours of incessant rain.
Supporting sentence:
_________________________________________________
(iii) Birik-Dara experienced the landslide in day time.
[ ]
Supporting sentence:
___________________________________________________
C. Answer the following questions:
2×4=8
(i) What was the effect of torrential rain in three
districts of North Bengal?
(ii) What does NDRF stands for? How did it respond to the
disaster in North Bengal and Sikkim?
(iii) How did Kalimpong police and Civil defence volunteers
try to help the stranded tourists?
(iv) Why does the weather office predict enhanced rainfall
activity to continue for few more days?
SECTION - B
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks:
When I entered the house
something________(smelling/smells/smelt) aweful. Someone ___________(had been
cooking/has cooked/was cooking) and ______(burn/burnt/has burnt) the meal.
5. Do as directed:
A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and
prepositions: 1×3=3
My neighbourhood is____ very interesting place. My house is
located _____an area which has many stores and offices. The biggest store is
only five minutes walk_____ my house.
B. Rewrite the following sentences according to the
instructions given in brackets: 1×3=3
(i) The poor man carried a heavy load. (Change the voice)
(ii) “What has he done, Father?” said Swami. (Change into
indirect speech)
(iii) The people were too stunned to speak in the
beginning. (Rewrite the sentence using “so...that”)
C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given
below to replace the words underlined. Write the correct phrasal verbs in the
boxes on the right-hand side changing the form where necessary. There is one
extra phrasal verb in the list :
1×3=3
(i) He continued as if nothing had happened.
(ii) She resembles her mother.
(iii) Have the factory workers withdrawn the strike?
[ take after, carry
out, carry on, call off ]
6. Given below are the meanings of four words which you
will find in the passage in Question No. 3. Find out the words and write them
in the appropriate boxes on the right-hand side:
(i) save______
2×4=8
(ii) continuous _______
(iii) used effectively_______
(iv) Money or food given to those in need _______
SECTION - C
(WRITING)
7. Suppose you are the student editor of your school
magazine. Write a notice (within 100 words) inviting contributions from
students for the next issue of the magazine. You may use the following
points:
10
[Types of contribution (article, story, poem, drawings) –
length of the writing and page to be used for submission last date of whom to
submit.]
8. Write a story (within 100 words) using the following
hints. Give a title to the story: 8+2
The hare laughs at the slow-moving tortoise– tortoise
invites the hare for the hare runs very fast race – agrees the tortoise falls
behind confident hare -takes a nap – tortoise continues in his own speed –
reaches winning post before the hare – the hare loses.
9. Write a letter (within 100 words) to your friend
advising him or her to maintain Covid rules strictly.
10
Mention wearing of mask, use of sanitizer, frequent
handwash, maintaining physical distance as precautions against Covid.