Grammar

Class 10 - Sample Questions – 2023-24

-Anjoe-

Question 1

• Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the given portion of a letter.

Dear Sir

Subject: Modern cities, old problems

A metropolitan city is the reflection of the entire country and if it ________________

(find) lacking in basic amenities, then it is a cause for concern.

Answer

is found.

Question 2

• Read the given sentence from the famous novel ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’. Identify the error and supply the correction in the sentence.

Two thousand pounds in bank notes have been given to the mahout by Mr. Fogg for the upkeep of the elephant before he left India.

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Answer

Two thousand pounds in bank notes have been given to the mahout by Mr. Fogg for the upkeep of the elephant before he left India.

Question 3

• Bunny told Shelley that he had got through the Delhi University’s admission test. Report the question asked by Shelley.

Bunny: How do you reckon you are going to fare in the exam?

Shaan: I am hoping to score above 85.

When Bunny asked Shaan how he was going to fare in the exam, he replied that ______.

1. he would be able to score above 85.
2. he should be able to score above 85.
3. he was hoping to score above 85.
4. he was hopeful to score above 85.

Answer

iii) he was hoping to score above 85.

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Question 4

• Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the opening line of an article by a team of leading astronomers.

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A massive galaxy that behaves like it has next to no dark matter within it could challenge the current understanding of how the universe __________ (work).

Answer

works

Question 5

• Identify the error and supply correction for the given sentence from a report published in food and beverages magazine.

Tea, the drink of Asia for hundreds of years, believed to have been brought to Europe by the Dutch.

Answer

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Tea, the drink of Asia for hundreds of years, believed to have been brought to Europe by the Dutch.

Question 6

• Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following lines from a news report on Pop music and culture.
• Few of our compatriots, the Be-Indian, Eat-Indian, Speak Indian believe that MTV is an intrusion into Indian culture.

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Answer

• Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following lines from a news report on Pop music and culture.
• Few of our compatriots, the Be-Indian, Eat-Indian, Speak Indian believe that MTV is an intrusion into Indian culture.

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Question 7

• Select the correct option to fill the blank for the given line, from a health update.

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The doctors say that if you exercise daily even for ten minutes, you _________________ increase your life span and the health of your heart dramatically.

1. will
2. would
3. should
4. ought to

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Answer

will

Question 8

• Report the dialogue between a grandson and his grandfather, by completing the sentence.

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Grandson: Steve Smith is the greatest cricketer with a career average of 60 runs!

Gradnfather: Do you know that sir Donald Bradman of my generation holds a record career average of 99.94 runs?

On seeing his grandson’s awestruck reaction to Steve Smith being the greatest cricketer, his grandfather asked him __________ a record career average of 99.94 runs.

Answer

If he knew that Sir Donald Bradman of his generation holds

Question 9

• Complete the given narrative on school admissions by filling in the blank with the correct options.

Following the advice of the committee, the Delhi High Court ________already _________nursery schools from conducting any interviews in the coming days.

1. has; barred
2. had; barred
3. have; been barred
4. will; have barred

Answer

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1. has; barred

Question 10

• Complete the line from a poem on space and stars, by filling the blank with correct option.

There is no light in earth or heaven

But the cold light of stars;

And the first watch of night _____ (give)

To the red planet Mars.

1. gives
2. is given
3. will give
4. given

Answer

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1. is given

Question 11

• Identify the error and supply correction, for the following question in a question paper.

How much nickle teen is there in one cigarette? Answer in brief.

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Answer

How much nickle teen is there in one cigarette? Answer in brief.