Hi I would like to have the question paper for the English subject for class 10th Examination of Gujarat State Board and also if the solution for the same is available?

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The question paper for the English subject for class 10th Examination of Gujarat State Board is as given below:

Section - A : Reading Comprehension Text - Intensive study

• Read the following extracts and answer the questions given below them:
• So he went downstairs, opened the front door quite softly and went into the garden.

When the children saw him, they were frightened. They all ran away. And in the garden it was winter again. Only the little boy did not run, for his eyes were so full of tears that he did not see the Giant. (MARCH '07)
1) Why was there Winter again in the garden ? 1
2) Why could the little boy not see the Giant ? 1

• Every afternoon, while returning from school, the children used to go and play in
the Giant's garden. The Giant, the owner of the garden was not there in his castle.

3) Whose garden was it ? 1
4) The word 'castle' means ......
(a) a big house (b) a palace (c) a fort

• One day the Giant came back. He had been with his friend. He was away for many
years. As soon as he returned to his castle, he saw the children playing in the garden.

5) Who was the owner of the garden ? 1
6) What did the Giant find ? 1

• "What are you all doing here ?" He shouted angrily. The children ran away. "This
is my own garden, and I will allow nobody to come here" said the Giant. He was
so selfish that he built a high wall all around the garden to stop the children from
entering it. He also put a notice on the gate.
Questions :
7) Why did the children run away ? 1
8) Which sentence shows that the Giant was selfish ? 1

• The poor children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road but
the road was very dusty and full of hard stones. They wandered outside the high
walls and talked about the beautiful garden inside. "How happy we were there !"
they said sadly.
Questions :
9) Where did the children try to play ? 1
10) The children talked about .... (complete it) 1

• Then came the Spring. There was little blossoms and little birds everywhere. Only
in the garden of the Selfish Giant, it was still Winter. As there were no children,
the birds did not like to sing and the trees did not blossom.
11) How was the atmosphere in the Giant's garden ? 1
12) The birds did not like ....... and the trees did not like ......... 1

• Once a beautiful flower peeped out from the grass. But it read the notice on the
gate; it felt so sorry for the children that it slipped back into the ground again. It
decided not to grow.
13) What did a beautiful flower do ? 1
14) What did the beautiful flower do after reading the notice ? 1

• But only the Snow and the Cold wind were happy. "Spring seems to have forgotten
this garden. We will be able to stay here all the year round". The snow covered
up the grass with her great white coat, and painted all the trees silver. Cold wind
roared all day round. "This is a nice place", he said.
15) What did the Snow do in the garden ? 1
16) ......... roared all day round. 1

• "Why is the Spring so late ?" exclaimed the Giant. He waited for days together. But
the Spring did not come, nor the Summer. The Autumn gave golden fruits to every
garden, but to the Giant's garden she gave none". “He is so selfish", she said. So
it was always winter there in the Giant's garden. The cold wind and the Snow danced
about in his garden.
17) Why was the Giant surprised ? 1
18) What did the Autumn do ? 1

• One morning when the Giant was lying on the bed he heard some lovely music. It
was very sweet. He thought it must be King's musicians. But it was only a little bird
singing outside his window.
19) The Giant heard some music when he ............. (complete it) 1
20) The Giant thought that it must be ...........

The solution for the English paper for the Gujarat State Board class 10th Exam is not available as on 1st September 2017.