CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature Sample Paper 2011 Set 03

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SECTION - A 

READING 

1. Read the passage given below: 

A park created by a Maharaja, the Keoladeo Ghana National Park, 176 km. from Delhi and 55 km. west of Agra and the Taj Mahal, is perhaps the only habitat created by a Maharaja. Two kilometres away from Bharatpur town, the royal family of Bharatpur developed the area in the late 19th Century. 

The Maharaja constructed small dams for water conservation, diverted water from a nearby irrigation canal and soon thousands of water birds descended. The Maharaja, wanting to celebrate his success, invited dignitaries of British and Princely India to shoot waterfowl. 

The sandstone in the park records the exploitation of those days. The first recorded shoot was by Lord Curzon in 1902. In 1956, the habitat shooting reserve became a sanctuary but the shooting continued until 1964. The sanctuary was upgraded to a National Park in 1981 and renamed Keoladeo Ghana. 

This 29 sq. km. fresh water shallow swamp of Keoladeo Ghana with kadam, babul (Acacia nilotica) - ber and ficus trees has a rich aquatic vegetation, 50 species of fish, five species of amphibians, 28 species of reptiles and more than 366 species of birds (which include 32 species of birds of prey) and 27 species of animals like blackbuck, sambar, spotted deer, bluebull and 379 floral species. 

The painted storks, like many other birds in Bharatpur during the monsoon, are local migrants. The highlight of the park is that it is the only known wintering area of the highly endangered central population of the Siberian cranes. 

Migratory birds at the park start arriving in October for wintering. That wetlands help in maintaining the freshwater flow within river systems is a known fact. In Bharatpur, the shallow aquifiers of the Gangetic plain are recharged during the monsoon and from streams and wetlands in all seasons. 

According to a report by Wetlands International, one-third of the world's wetlands are located in Asia.

 

Complete the following sentences based on your reading of the passage in your own words:

 

a. The dams for water conservation served a dual purpose for the Maharaja because……………. 
 
b. The purpose of the sandstone in the park is to ………. 
 
c. The National Park is full of ……………….. 
 
d. In winter the Keoladeo Ghana is visited by the famous….…………….. 
 
e. The word in the fourth paragraph that means 'growing or living in or near water' is……. ……….. 
 
2. Read the passage given below and write the option that you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheets. 

 

THE DISGUISE ARTISTS

 

Aesop prawns start life as colourless, almost transparent infants who drift with the tide. On reaching maturity, they drift inshore, reach out to grasp the first passing seaweed and, once established upon it, they proceed to colour themselves to blend with it. After a week, their colouring is complete and they are safe from the closest scrutiny.Should disaster strike and their chosen home be destroyed, they first try to find a new home with the same colour scheme as the first. If this proves impossible, they philosophically settle for a different coloured home and restart their own colouring process. A week zips past --- and they change colour to merge beautifully with their new homes once again. Aesop prawns also take on the colours of the day. Regularly at nightfall, they change to a deep transparent blue, reverting to their chosen house-colour as the sea lightens at dawn. 
Interestingly, the "decision" to adopt a particular colour is in no way an act of will on the part of the prawn. Scattered over its body surface are small pigment cells, each containing a central bag of colours (a reservoir of primary pigments: red, yellow and blue) with five branches extending from it. These pigment cells are influenced by the light that falls directly on them or enters through the prawn's eyes. Different coloured lights activate the hormones that control the flow of pigments.And after dark, red and yellow are withdrawn to make way for the nocturnal blue 'night suit' of the Aesop prawn. A system that provides the animal, at all times, with an enviable cloak of invisibility.

 

1. The unique feature of Aesop prawns is that………………..

 

a. they blend with their surroundings

 

b. they drift with the tide

 

c. they grasp seaweeds

 

d. they are transparent

 

2. When Aesop prawns are rendered homeless,………………………

 

a. they change their colour

 

b. they first look for a home of the same colour

 

c. they cannot survive

 

d. they become transparent

 

3. During the night Aesop prawns

 

a. change to a deep blue colour

 

b. take on their chosen house-colour

 

c. become red, yellow and blue

 

d. revert to light colours.

 

4. Colour change of Aesop prawns is influenced by

 

a. the will of the prawns

 

b. the light that falls on their body and eyes

 

c. the harmones that control the pigments

 

d. the five branches of its colour bag

 

5. A word from the passage that means the same as 'night like' is…………………..

 

a. reverting

 

b. pigment

 

c. nocturnal

 

d. cloak


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