ASSEB| CLASS 10| ENGLISH| SOLVED PAPER - 2025| ASSAM BOARD
2025
ENGLISH
Full Marks: 90
Pass Marks: 27
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions.
SECTION-A
Choose the correct option for the following: (Q. No. 1 to 45) 1x45=45
1. "Brilliant scientist though he was, Griffin was
rather a lawless person."
Which of the
following alternatives expresses the writer's attitude to Griffin? [Hint:
Footprints without Feet]
(a)
accusation
(b)
disappointment
(c)
disapproval
(d)
appreciation
Ans:- (c) disapproval
OR
When the
young lawyer reached New Mullion his "eager expectations of a sweet and
simple countryside was severely disappointed." Why? [Hint: The Hack
Driver]
(a) The
streets were muddy and houses looked dull.
(b) Small
rivers overflowed the streets and houses did not have good paint.
(c) The
streets were dirty and the shops were painted brown or were bare of any paint.
(d) The shops
were painted black and the streets were dirty.
Ans:- (c) The streets were
dirty and the shops were painted brown or were bare of any paint.
2. Choose the indirect form of the following sentence
My friend
said to me," Have you had your lunch?”
(a) My friend
asked me if I had had my lunch.
(b) My friend
told me if I had my lunch.
(c) My friend
said to me if I have had my lunch.
(d) My friend
asked me if I had my lunch.
Ans:- (a) My friend asked me
if I had had my lunch.
3. "Hey! a tea garden!" Rajvir cried excitedly.
But Pranjol didn't share Rajvir's excitement. Why was it so?
(a) Because
Pranjol did not like tea gardens.
(b) Because
Pranjol loved the hills.
(c) Because
Pranjol was familiar with the landscape dotted with tea gardens.
(d) Because
Pranjol was annoyed with Rajvir.
Ans:- (c) Because Pranjol was
familiar with the landscape dotted with tea gardens.
4. On receiving the letter from the postmaster, Lencho
did not seem surprised because
(a) he knew
everything beforehand.
(b) he was
confident of receiving a reply from God.
(c) he had
dreamt about God's reply.
(d) he knew
the postmaster was a good man.
Ans:- (b) he was confident of
receiving a reply from God.
5. According to the author of "Coorg", the
people of Coorg are possibly descendents of the ________or the ________Choose
the correct option to fill in the blanks.
(a) Arabs and
Greeks
(b) Arabs and
Afghans
(c) Africans
and Greeks
(d) Africans
and Afghans
Ans:- (a) Arabs and Greeks
6. Choose the correct tense form and fill in the blank.
The train
________before we reached the station.
(a) will have
left
(b) was left
(c) had left
(d) has left
Ans:- (c) had left
7. “Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but
never extinguished." In this line from "Long Walk to Freedom",
provide a word that has same meaning with the underlined word.
(a) put out
(b) suppose
(c) ignite
(d) start out
Ans:- (a) put out
8. What does the boy feel when he loses the ball as mentioned
in “The Ball Poem"?
(a) anxious
(b) sad
(c) stressed
(d) timid
Ans:- (b) sad
9. How did the junior assistant of the law firm feel when
he was sent to serve summons. [Hint: The Hack Driver]
(a) He felt
sad.
(b) He found
the work unpleasant.
(c) He felt
joyful.
(d) He used
to be anxious.
Ans:- (b) He found the work
unpleasant.
OR
Choose the
correct synonym for the underlined word in the following sentence from
"Footprints without Feet".
The
bewildered boys had been following a scientist who had just discovered how to
make human body transparent.
(a) terrified
(b) befooled
(c) baffled
(d)
traumatised
Ans:- (c) baffled
10. "Thirty-one minutes," Ausable said moodily.
"The appointment was for twelve- thirty. I wish I knew you learned about
the report, Max." What report was referred to by Ausable? [Hint: The
Midnight Visitor]
(a) Report
concerning some new missiles
(b) Report
concerning espionage
(c) Report on
Nazi occupation
(d) Report
concerning World Wars
Ans:- (a) Report concerning
some new missiles
OR
"The
safe was not going to be hard to open." Horace Danby thought so because -
(a) He had
lived with locks and safes all his life.
(b) Horace was
familiar with the design of the safe.
(c) The owners
left the keys behind.
(d) Horace
would be assisted by the servants.
Ans:- (a) He had lived with
locks and safes all his life.
11. Did you _______the references from Shakespeare's
drama? Fill in the blank.
(a) site
(b) cite
(c) sited
(d) cited
Ans:- (b) cite
12. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank:
_________the
long run, it is important to listen _________our instincts before taking a
major decision.
(a) in, to
(b) during,
for
(c) in,
through
(d) for, to
Ans:- (a) in, to
13. With reference to the chapter "Tea from
Assam", what do you think is the speaker's tone in the quoted sentence
"You seem to have done your homework before coming".
(a) casual
(b)
appreciative
(c) sarcastic
(d) humorous
Ans:- (c) sarcastic
14. Read the following statements with reference to
"A Tiger in the Zoo" and choose the correct option -
Statement 1 -
Ferocious animals like tigers are a threat to the natural and human world.
Statement 2 -
Zoo animals become quite placid inside their cage.
(a) Both
Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true.
(b) Both
Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false.
(c) Statement
1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
(d) Statement
1 is false and Statement 2 is true.
Ans:- (d) Statement 1 is
false and Statement 2 is true.
15. Choose the option that correctly changes the voice of
the given sentence:
I cooked all
the dessert items served yesterday.
(a) All the
dessert items served yesterday were cooked by me.
(b) All the
dessert items served yesterday were my cooking.
(c) All the
dessert items are cooked by me which were served yesterday.
(d) All the
dessert items cooked by me was served yesterday.
Ans:- (a) All the dessert
items served yesterday were cooked by me.
16. According to the poet Leslie Norris, where should the
tiger ideally be? [Hint: A Tiger in the Zoo]
(a) quietly
walking in a cage in the zoo.
(b) sleeping
in a concrete cell in the zoo.
(c) snarling
around the houses at the jungle's edge.
(d) resting
under the sun outside the cage.
Ans:- (c) snarling around the
houses at the jungle's edge.
17. The small boy in "The Ball Poem" is
experiencing –
(a)
realisation
(b) joy
(c) elation
(d) gladness
Ans:- (a) realisation
18. In the poem "Animals", the poet claims that
he can live with -
(a) machines
(b) plants
(c) friends
(d) animals
Ans:- (d) animals
19. Select the correct combination of sentence for the
given sentences.
He has no
strength. He has no intelligence.
(a) He has
neither strength and no either intelligence.
(b) He has no
strength and either no intelligence.
(c) He has
neither strength nor intelligence.
(d) He has
neither strength and intelligence.
Ans:- (c) He has neither
strength nor intelligence.
20. In "The Tale of Custard, the Dragon," how
is Custard portrayed before the arrival of the pirates?
(a) as a
cowardly and timid dragon.
(b) as a fierce
and intimidating dragon.
(c) as a
clumsy and lazy dragon.
(d) as an
intelligent and cunning dragon.
Ans:- (a) as a cowardly and
timid dragon.
21. Fill in the blank in the following sentence:
Lina is
_________careful than her sister.
(a) more
(b) little
(c) least
(d) most
22. With reference to The Ball Poem", choose the statement that correctly identifies the underlined words.
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