english paper
(SOLVED)
SOLVED
CBSE SAMPLE PAPER (SOLVED)
Time : 3 to 3
1 hrs. 2
Max. Marks : 80
General Instructions
The question paper is divided into four sections.
Reading comprehension
20 marks
Section B:
Writing
20 marks
Section C:
Grammar
20 marks
Section D:
Literature
Pr ak as ha n
Section A:
SECTION A : READING
Q.1. Read the following passage carefully :
20 marks
(20 MARKS)
(5 Marks)
We are in a rush. We are making haste. A compression of time characterises our lives. As time-use researchers look around, they see a rushing and scurrying everywhere.
B ro th er s
Instant services rule, pollsters use electronic devices during political speeches to measure opinions before they have been fully formed; fast food restaurants add express lanes. Even reading to children is under pressure. The volume “One Minute Bedtime Stories” consists of traditional stories that can be read by a busy parent in only one minute.
Time is a gentle deity, said Sophocles. Perhaps it was, for him. These days it cracks the whip. We humans have chosen speed and we thrive on it – more than we generally admit. Our ability to work fast and play fast gives us power. It thrills us. And if haste is the accelerator, multi tasking is the overdrive.
A sense of well being comes with this saturation of parallel pathways in the brain. We choose mania over boredom every time. “Humans have never opted for slower,” points out the historian Stephen Kern.
We catch the fever –and cramming our life feels good.
G oy al
There are definite ways to save time, but what does this concept really mean? Does time saving mean getting more done? If so, does talking on a cellular phone at the beach save time or waste it? Does it make sense to say that driving saves ten minutes from your travel budget while removing ten minutes from your reading budget?
These questions have no answer. They depend on a concept that is ill formed; the very
SOLVED
CBSE SAMPLE PAPER (SOLVED)
Time : 3 to 3
1 hrs. 2
Max. Marks : 80
General Instructions
The question paper is divided into four sections.
Reading comprehension
20 marks
Section B:
Writing
20 marks
Section C:
Grammar
20 marks
Section D:
Literature
Pr ak as ha n
Section A:
SECTION A : READING
Q.1. Read the following passage carefully :
20 marks
(20 MARKS)
(5 Marks)
We are in a rush. We are making haste. A compression of time characterises our lives. As time-use researchers look around, they see a rushing and scurrying everywhere.
B ro th er s
Instant services rule, pollsters use electronic devices during political speeches to measure opinions before they have been fully formed; fast food restaurants add express lanes. Even reading to children is under pressure. The volume “One Minute Bedtime Stories” consists of traditional stories that can be read by a busy parent in only one minute.
Time is a gentle deity, said Sophocles. Perhaps it was, for him. These days it cracks the whip. We humans have chosen speed and we thrive on it – more than we generally admit. Our ability to work fast and play fast gives us power. It thrills us. And if haste is the accelerator, multi tasking is the overdrive.
A sense of well being comes with this saturation of parallel pathways in the brain. We choose mania over boredom every time. “Humans have never opted for slower,” points out the historian Stephen Kern.
We catch the fever –and cramming our life feels good.
G oy al
There are definite ways to save time, but what does this concept really mean? Does time saving mean getting more done? If so, does talking on a cellular phone at the beach save time or waste it? Does it make sense to say that driving saves ten minutes from your travel budget while removing ten minutes from your reading budget?
These questions have no answer. They depend on a concept that is ill formed; the very