CBSE Class 10 English Communicative SA 1 2013 (4)

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Summative Assessment – I, 2011

ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE

Class - X

SECTION A

Q1. Read the following passage carefully: 

MYSTERY QUEEN

Christie was probably the most successful writer in history. She wrote 78 crime novels, six other novels, 150 short stories, four non-fiction books and 19 plays. That represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare! Christie became a writer by accident. She was bored when her husband was away in the First World War. Agatha was working in a hospital dispensary (which is where she learned all the information about poisons that she used in her books). She decided to write a novel to pass the time. She chose a detective novel because she loved reading them. Her first novel, the Mysterious Affair at Styles, was an instant success. Each book had a new ingenious plot. Readers loved the books, particularly because Christie always gave the readers all the information they needed to find the solution. Christie loved travelling. When she became rich she could go all over the world. She used the travels in her writing. Agatha Christie died in 1976, but her stories are still immensely popular. Many have been adapted for film or television. 

(a) Christie was a __________

   (i) famous singer      (ii) famous writer

   (iii) famous dancer    (iv) famous actress

(b) She knew a lot of things about poisons because __________

   (i) her father was a doctor.

   (ii) she was ill.

   (iii) her husband was a doctor in world war I.

   (iv) none of the above.

(c) The title of her first book was __________.

   (i) “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”

   (ii) “War”

   (iii) “The Mysterious Prison”

   (iv) “The Body in the Library”

(d) The readers like her novels because __________

   (i) they could find who was guilty.

   (ii) her books contained great love stories.

   (iii) the story was easy to understand.

   (iv) her stories were full of action.

(e) When she became rich she __________

   (i) travelled a lot      (ii) ate a lot.

   (iii) drank a lot.       (iv) spent a lot.

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