CBSE Class 10 English Communicative SA 1 2010 (3). Students can download the last year question papers using the link below. Free download of examination question papers with solutions. Last 10 year question papers should be practised to get better marks in examinations.
SECTION-A
(Reading - 20 Marks)
1.Read the following passage carefully :
Unfortunately the chances of any animal becoming a fossil are not very great, and the chances of a fossil then being discovered many thousands of years later are even less. It is not surprising that of all the millions of animals that have lived in the past, we actually have fossils of only a very few.
There are several ways in which animals and plants may become fossilized. First, it is essential that the remains are buried, as dead animals and plants are quickly destroyed if they remain exposed to the air. Plants rot, while scavengers, such as insects and hyenas, eat the flesh and bones of animals. Finally the few remaining bones soon disintegrate in the hot sun and pouring rain. If buried in suitable conditions, however, animal and plant remains will be preserved. The same chemicals which change sand and silt into hard rock will also enter the animal and plant remains and make them hard too. When this happens we say that they have become fossilized. Usually only the bones of an animal and the toughest part of a plant are preserved
Answer the following questions by choosing the best option from the ones given. Write the answer in your answer sheet.
(a) Why do we have fossils of only a few animals that lived in the past ?
(i) Fewer animals lived in the past.
(ii) very few animal remains became fossils and very few fossils are discovered years later.
(iii) the chemicals needed for making animal remains into fossils are rare.
(iv) none of the above.
(b) Animal and plant remains get quickly destroyed if they remain exposed to the air. How ?
(i) Plants rot.
(ii) Insects and hyenas which live on decaying flesh.
(iii) Few remaining bones soon break up into smaller pieces in the hot sun and pouring rain.
(iv) All of the above
(c) What makes plant and animal remains become hard ?
(i) chemicals which change salt and silt into rock.
(ii) sun light and pouring rain
(iii) preservation of plant and animal remains
(iv) none of the above
(d) The word 'Scavenger" means
(i) rascal, worthless person
(ii) animal or bird that lives on decaying flesh
(iii) person who constantly gets into trouble
(iv) a person blamed for the mistake of another
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