CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature 2025 Sample Paper Solved Set 5

SECTION A
(READING SKILLS)

1. Read the following text.

(1) Veteran Industrialist Ratan Tata, known for transforming Tata group into Conglomerate through strategic acquisitions and business expansions, passed away at 86. His tenure saw the growth and the modernization of the group, maintaining its social values.

(2) Born to Naval Tata and Sonoo Tata on December 28, 1937, Tata and his younger brother were brought up by their grandmother Navajbai R Tata. (after their parents got divorce in 1940) in a baroque manor called Tata Palace in Downtown Bombay .( now Mumbai)

(3) Ratan Tata went to Cornell University in United States where he studied Architecture and Structural Engineering. He travelled the country and was so charmed by the West Coast Life style that he was ready to settle down in Los Angeles. But when Lady Navajbi’s health deteriorated, Tata was compelled to return back to India in 1962

(4) Tata was offered a Job at Tata Plant at Jamshedpur and he worked at the shop floor and worked as an apprentice. He was nurtured and industrially groomed by Sir JRD Tata. In 1981 he was elevated as chairman of Tata Industries when Sir JRD Tata Stepped down. Tata had to face apprehensions within the group itself to prove his acumen, he was distantly related to Sir JRD Tata and that irked a lot of relatives as Sir JRD hated cronyism

(5) During his tenure, the group’s revenues grew manifold. Tata was the chairman of major Tata companies. Tata was a famous and trustworthy Indian Brand which was making salt to satellites and they acquired famous brands like Tetley, Range-Rover, Jaguar and many like them. Tata Consultancy services took a huge leap in the arena of IT and Consultation and became highest Job Giver after Indian Railways. One cannot find a single house in India devoid of a Tata product.

(6) Less than a decade from the millennium, the Tata group was bloated, unevenly managed and excessively bureaucratic behemoth operating in India that had only begun jettisoning the jargon of socialism and the shibboleths of policy making that has promised plenty and delivered little. Ratan Tata changed the group for the better in a more substantial manner than any of the luminaries under whose care the organization evolved since its inception in 1868.

(7) Ratan Tata, the chairman Emeritus of the Tata Sons was inspired to make Tata Nano after seeing a tragic scene of an Indian Family of four riding on a scooter during rain and falling into a pothole. He wanted to make road travel safe and more affordable for middle class Indians. He rolled out Tata Nano during Auto Expo in January 2008 and started it sales in 2009, it was the cheapest car of the world and soon became huge hit not only in India but also in Sri Lanka, Netherlands and other European countries.

(8) The silver haired business tycoon backed the many startups like Ola, Car-Dekho, Snapdeal, Paytm . He famously said that he viewed these investments as a “learning experiences” .He has a stellar track record as a businessman and a philanthropist who donated more than $ 1.2 billion (approximately Rs. 9000 crores) philanthropic causes. He was the true Gem of India and will be revered for the ages to come.
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Answer the following questions, based on the passage above.

I Why is the undertone of the writer while mentioning “Salt to Satellites”
(a) Tata group is making Salt and Satellites.
(b)Tata group is making plethora products.
(c)Tata group is constraint to making few products.
(d) Tata group has proven his acumen in building chemical and space technological products.

II The writer claims in paragraph 3 that ‘Ratan Tata was compelled to return to India in
1962’. Infer the probable reason in your response in about 40 words.

III Complete the sentence appropriately with a vital point.
One cannot find a single house in India devoid of a Tata product as............

IV State whether the following statement is True or False.
During the last decade of the millennium the spectrum of’ ease of doing business’ was excellent in India.

V Complete the sentence given below appropriately.
Ratan Tata backed up many start-ups as……………………………….

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