CBSE Class 6 English Question Paper Set E

CBSE Class 6 English Question Paper Set E. You can download the past year question papers in pdf format with solutions from the links below. The students should practice the question papers of last year which will help them to understand the pattern on the papers and will help them to practice for the exams. You can download the question papers for last 10 years free by clicking links below. Refer to the extract below and download the full pdf file of question papers below.

SECTION A: READING

1.Read the following passage and answer the following by choosing the correct option:

Perhaps the most important and useful invention of Thomas Alva Edison was the electric bulb. He worked for nearly two years to invent the first electric bulb. He spent about 40,000 dollars to find out the best material for making the filament. He tried many kinds of material for the filament. At last, in 1879, he was able to produce the first electric bulb. Three years after, many homes in „New York‟ had electric lights. Edison worked hard till the very end of his life to make the world a happier place to live in. He improved telegraphy, Bell‟s telephone, and the Remington typewriter. He invented the electric fan and, in 1913, he also produced the first „talkie‟ or talking picture. And before his death in 1931, this wonderful inventor had produced or improved about a thousand things. When he died, the electric lights were turned off for a while in many American homes as a mark of respect for the man who had given them those lights.

a) How much time did Thomas Alva Edison take to invent the first electric bulb?

i) Five years ii) Four years iii) Three years iv) Two years

b) He produced the first electric bulb in the year

i) 1869 ii) 1879 iii) 1889 iv) 1899

c) Which country did Edison belong to?

i) France ii) America iii) Japan iv) Germany

d) Which of the following sentences is not correct about Edison?

i) He invented the electric fan ii)He produced the first talking picture iii)He produced the hearing aid for the deaf iv) He improved telegraphy

e) The phrase „turned off‟ means

i) Taken to ii) fell off iii) switched off iv) set off

2.Read the following extract of the story and answer the following by choosing the correct option:

It was Monday morning. Swaminathan was reluctant to open his eyes. He considered Monday specially unpleasant in the calendar. After the delicious freedom of Saturday and Sunday, it was difficult to get into the Monday mood of work and discipline. He shuddered at the very thought of school: that dismal yellow building: the fire-eyed Vedanayagam, his class teacher, and the Head Master with his thin long cane…. By eight he was at his desk in his „room‟, which was only a corner in his father‟s dressing

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