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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT II
MARCH 2014
CLASS X
Maximum Marks: 80
Time: 3 hrs
ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE
The question paper is divided into four sections
SECTION A
SECTION B
:
:
READING :
WRITING :
15 MARKS
20 MARKS
SECTION C
:
GRAMMAR
: 15 MARKS SECTION D
:
LITERATURE
:
30 MARKS
SECTION A READING (15 MARKS)
Q1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions
8 marks
1.
We readily admit the importance of character building in education. But we take the word “Character” lightly and treat the concept casually. So, we pay scant attention to “character” in recruiting teachers, who are to serve as character builders. Character building seems to be just about the only task that we expect to be accomplished by those whose suitability for it is presumed to be immaterial.
This indifference to character bedevils education at all levels.
2.
No one familiar with the practice of education will doubt if there is a synergy between character and excellence in education. This is true at all levels. From the lowest to the very highest. “Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist,” Albert Einstein said, “they are wrong. It is character.” All earnest students have been young men and women of character. Our hearts
2 swell with pride as we favour the prospect of India becoming a global economic giant. 3.
Sure, it is not beyond our reach for we have the required resources. But if we are to reach there, we need to mind our national character. We covet , say ,
Olympic laurels but we could not persuade our best tennis players to play together for the country at the London Olympics 2012. Between our promise and our performance, opens up a yawning gulf that swallows our future.
4.
The well spring of character is self worth. If you value the person that you are, you will take care of yourself. As a rule, impurity ruins worth. The most exquisitely, flavoured and enchantingly fragrant cup of tea loses its worth
the moment a
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT II
MARCH 2014
CLASS X
Maximum Marks: 80
Time: 3 hrs
ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE
The question paper is divided into four sections
SECTION A
SECTION B
:
:
READING :
WRITING :
15 MARKS
20 MARKS
SECTION C
:
GRAMMAR
: 15 MARKS SECTION D
:
LITERATURE
:
30 MARKS
SECTION A READING (15 MARKS)
Q1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions
8 marks
1.
We readily admit the importance of character building in education. But we take the word “Character” lightly and treat the concept casually. So, we pay scant attention to “character” in recruiting teachers, who are to serve as character builders. Character building seems to be just about the only task that we expect to be accomplished by those whose suitability for it is presumed to be immaterial.
This indifference to character bedevils education at all levels.
2.
No one familiar with the practice of education will doubt if there is a synergy between character and excellence in education. This is true at all levels. From the lowest to the very highest. “Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist,” Albert Einstein said, “they are wrong. It is character.” All earnest students have been young men and women of character. Our hearts
2 swell with pride as we favour the prospect of India becoming a global economic giant. 3.
Sure, it is not beyond our reach for we have the required resources. But if we are to reach there, we need to mind our national character. We covet , say ,
Olympic laurels but we could not persuade our best tennis players to play together for the country at the London Olympics 2012. Between our promise and our performance, opens up a yawning gulf that swallows our future.
4.
The well spring of character is self worth. If you value the person that you are, you will take care of yourself. As a rule, impurity ruins worth. The most exquisitely, flavoured and enchantingly fragrant cup of tea loses its worth
the moment a