JKBOSE 10th Class English Reading Unseen Comprehension

Note: Questions in all passages have been changed according to the New Pattern of Testing.

India is in the grip of many problems. Rising prices is one of them. The prices of essential commodities are touching sky. The common man’s sufferings have multiplied. Both the common man and the Government are on the crossroads. Rise in prices must be checked. Hoarding is the chief cause of rise in prices.

1. (a) problems (b) Price rise

2. The main cause of price rise is hoarding.

3. on the crossroads

4. (a) False (b) True

5. The Problem of Rising Prices.

Environment means all the natural surroundings such as, the earth’s atmosphere, pure air and drinkable water. It also includes wildlife, wild places or space for the human beings. Life exists on this planet. It is our duty to see that nothing destroys the growth. But man has done a lot for its progress. He has achieved a lot in the field of science and technology. New research in the field of agriculture, progress in industrialisation, advancement in machines and exploration of space has altogether changed the life of a modern man and a modern woman. But all this has damaged the healthy environment around us.

1. (a) destroys (b) surroundings

2. New research in the field of agriculture, progress in industrialisation, advancement of machines and exploration of space has altogether changed the life of a modern maqn.

3. (a) False (b) True

4. research;

5. Maintain Environment Alongwith Advancement.

An ideal citizen is the pride of a nation. He knows his rights and duties. He is free, frank and fearless. He has a sound mind in the sound body. He helps all in all matters. He is always after knowledge. He loves all religions and does not care for his self. He is hard-working and honest and helps the needy people.

1. (a) ideal citizen, pride (b) rights, duties

2. An idial citizen is frank, fearless, honest and hardworking.

3. (a) True (b) False

4. imperfect / incorrect

5. An Ideal Citizen.

We can live without food for a number of days. But we can’t do without water for a day even. Water is the basis of all life. But unfortunately, we are wasting and polluting this source of life. With the increase of population, the consumption of water is increasing but besides consuming, we are also wasting water. We have disturbed the water cycle. We have cut down our forests. Water keeps evaporating into the air, but we have no trees to bring it back as rain. That is why the water level is sinking year after year. We must conserve every drop of water and should not use it for wasteful purposes.

1. (a) source (b) rain

2. Water is the basis of all life.

3. (a) False (b) False

4. conserve

5. Conservation of Water is the Need of the Hour.

Pleasures of reading are many and they are not at all expensive. It does not cost much to have them. If time hangs heavy on our hands, we may pick up a book of short stories. We shall find that we are lost in the story and we do not know how time is passing. Reading often helps in removing our gloom and collecting cheerfulness. The companionship of books is sincere and faithful. To cut ourselves off from strain and stress for a short time, we may read some romantic novels which take us to some fairyland. Reading stimulates our brain and widens our outlook.

1. (a) brain (b) our gloom

2. Books are our sincere and faithful companions.

3. (a) True (b) False

4. hangs heavy on our hands

5. Books the Tonic of Our Brain.

Papaya is the healthiest fruit with a list of properties that is long and exhaustive. Belonging to the family of caricaceae fruit, it is commonly known as Papaw in Australia and Mamao in Brazil. It first originated in Southern Mexico and neighbouring central America, but is now available in every tropical and subtropical country. Papaya favours digestion as well as cures skin irritation and sunburns. The most important virtue of Papaya is the protein-digesting enzyme in the milky juice. Papain in raw papaya makes up for the deficiency of gastric juice and fights excess of unhealthy mucus in the stomach, dyspepsia and intestinal irritation. The ripe fruit, if eaten regularly, corrects habitual constipation, bleeding piles and chronic diarrohea.

1. (a) Papaw and Mamao (b) Southern Mexico and neighbouring central America

2. The most important virtue of papaya is that it is the protein-digesting enzyme in the milky juice

3. (a) True (b) False

4. habitual

5. Papaya – a Blessing for Digestive System.

Friendship is one of the most cherished relationships on the earth. Poets and priests have alike sung praises of it. It gives to life not only charm, but also meaning. Friendship is a matter of mutual love, respect and reliability. Love alone can breed love. In fact, a true friend is one who stands by us through thick and thin. He knows our strength as well as our weakness, our positive points as well as negative ones. He is fearless in telling us our faults and bad qualities. He is undemanding, uncomplaining and ever helping. One is very fortunate if one gets true friends in life.

1.(a) friendship (b) faults and bad qualities

2. It is one of the most cherished relationship where feelings of love, respect and reliability exist.

3. (a) True (b) True

4. through thick and thin

5. Friends – a Charm of Life.

Shaikh Noor-ud-Din Wali (R.A.) set an example of simplicity, truthfulness and devoted service of people by his saintly life. As a missionary, he taught us that a true saint is not one who escapes from practical life, but one who does the duties of life with honesty and humility. In one of his verses, he tells us that the chosen servants of God are those who worship him sincerely and fulfil their duties in life regularly. He attracted disciples everywhere. All of them were noble souls and lived lives of piety.

1. (a) his saintly life (b) who does the duties of life with honesty and humility

2. The people who worship God sincerely and fulfil their duties in life regularly are the chosen servants of God.

3. (a) True (b) False

4. Godliness

5. Shaikh Noorud-Din Wali.

Education and youth are closely interlocked like fragrance and flower. Education is primarily meant for youth, since youth is the spring time of life when an individual has to blossom in terms of knowledge, wisdom and character. A person devoid of education is no better than an animal. In the present democratic set up of our country, it is as much the duty of youth as it is their right to receive proper education which will equip them for a good life and enlightened citizenship. It is a pity, however, that the purpose and philosophy of education are not properly understood. Education does not mean bookish knowledge, but all round development.

(a) fragrance and flower

(b) True

(c) bloom

(d) Youth is the spring time of life.

(e) Education For Enlightenment.

The Soyabean comes from a leafy plant that can grow in many parts of the world. The US produces three-fourths of the world’s crop. It is a power-house bean. Oil from the bean is used in cooking and salad oils, the bean itself can be used like a vegetable.

Soyabean foods taste good and are healthful. They have twice the protein, red meat and milk have. Milk and meat are costly these days. So families can use soyabean to have a healthy and cheaper diet.

(a) Soyabean

(b) cheap

(c) Oil from the beans is used in cooking and salad oils.

(d) True

(e) Soyabean, A Healthy and Cheap Diet.

By his saintly life, he set an example of simplicity, truthfulness and devoted service of people. As a missionary, he taught us that a true saint is not one who escapes from life but one who does the duties of life with honesty and humility. In one of his verses, he tells us that the chosen servants of God are those who worship Him sincerely and fulfil their duties in life regularly. Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali attracted disciples from everywhere. All of them were noble souls and lived lives of piety and service of their fellow beings.

(a) saintly

(b) duties

(c) chosen

(d) piety and service of their fellow beings

(e) souls.

Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick, was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking. I argued that talking is student’s trait and that I would do my best to keep it under control, but that I would never be able to cure myself of the habit since my mother talked as much as I did if not more, and that there is not much you can do about inherited traits.

1. (a) leave big spaces between the words

    (b) convincing arguments

2. Because it is an inherited trait and one cannot do much about it.

3. (a) False (b) True

4. trait

5.The Trick of Convincing !

“I took the nest in the house and I started feeding them grasshoppers. All day long, my brother and me combed the fields for grasshoppers. Every fifteen minutes those birds wanted grasshoppers.” He wiped his moustache. “Then one of the birds wouldn’t open its eyes and it stopped begging for food and that afternoon it died.” “What about others?” “Well, one of them died too. I came in one morning and the nest was crawling with mites, and the birds, both of them looked sick. I burned the nest and set the birds in a berry box, but one of them just got weaker and weaker and died. The last one lived to be set free, but I tell you one thing never threw a rock again.”

1. (a) grasshoppers (b) it was crawling with mites

2. Only one bird survived

3. (a) True (b) True

4. creeping

5. The Survival.

It was good that I lost my sight, because having no memories of seeing, there was nothing to look back to, nothing to miss. I went blind in November, 1937. At that time, we were living in Gujarat. After my sickness we moved to Lahore, a few miles away, but the procession of relatives who came to sympathise made my father ask for another transfer, this time to Karnal, where we had neither friends nor relatives. There we got a cottage on a canal bank built in very peaceful and quiet Surroundings.

1. (a) having no memories of seeing, there was nothing to look back to, nothing to miss (b) sympathise

2. Because he wanted to avoid friends or relatives who came to sympathise.

3. (a) False (b) False.

4. memories.

5. Isolation.

Reading is a source of great pleasure. There is nothing like passing time in the company of great books. Books are the lighthouses which show us our way in life. Books are carriers of knowledge. It is because of books that knowledge spreads from one place to the other. And that is how civilization moves forward. In order to get maximum pleasure as well as benefits out of reading, we should judiciously choose the reading material. The pleasures of reading are far more lasting and far sweeter than other pleasures of life.

1. (a) the company of great books (b) the lighthouses

2. Knowledge can be carried forward by books.

3. (a) True (b) True.

4. civilization.

5. The Pleasures of Reading.

“India is a land of pilgrimages. These holy places, whether in the hills or in the plains, are generally situated on river banks. It is not only religious people who visit these places but also travellers from all over India and even abroad. Wherever two or more rivers meet, pilgrims come to bathe and worship because that place is supposed to be holy. Mani Mahesh is situated beside the beautiful lake of the same name. To reach it, pilgrims travel along the river Ravi. Just beyond are the beautiful Kulu and Kangra valleys, known for their delicious fruits and works of art.”

1. (a) river banks (b) religious

2. Mani Mahesh is a holy place and it is also the name of the lake near the holy place.

3. (a) True (e) False.

4. Pilgrim.

5. India, the Land of Holy Places.

Nearly three thousand years ago, there lived in Greece a most beautiful princess named Helen. All the chiefs in Greece sought her in marriage, for no one had ever seen such a beautiful girl. Her father sent out messengers to invite all Greek chieftains to come to his town. He wanted that Helen herself might choose her own husband from amongst them. On the appointed day many princes came from far and near. They wore brightly-coloured robes. Some rode on war horses and others drove in chariots. Then Helen was led in by her father. He asked the gathered princes to respect Helen’s choice without any quarrel. Then Helen went up to Menelaus, the king of Sparta, and took his hand. Their marriage was celebrated with great splendour.

1. (a) no one had ever seen (b) from far and near

2. Because he wanted that Helen herself might choose her own husband from amongst them.

3. (a) True (b) True

4. magnificence

5. Helen’s Marriage.

One afternoon, the writer Suketu Mehta, who also lives in Brooklyn, joined us for lunch. Together we hatched a plan for an adda by definition, a gathering that has no agenda, other than conviviality. Shahid was enthusiastic and we began to meet regularly. From time to time other writers would join us. On one occasion a crew arrived with a television camera. Shahid was not in the least bit put out : “I’m so shameless; I just love the camera.”

1. (a) joined the writer Amitav Ghosh and Shahid for lunch. (b) the conviviality the friends would have together.

2. An adda is a gathering place of friends.

3. (a) False (b) False

4. conviviality

5. Adda, a Paradise for Friends.

The spring season is liked by one and all. It is welcomed by the young and the old. It does not have the heart of summer nor does it have the biting cold of winColo ter, It is a season of hope and cheer. There is freshness all around. Nature puts a 607 2009 new life into plants and flowers. It looks very colourful. Birds sing merrily in the trees. The air is full of fragrance. One wonders at the workmanship of God, who created this beautiful and lovely season. Shelly said. “If winter comes, can spring be far behind.” The earth looks beautiful like a young bride.

(a) the young and the old

(b) False

(c) cheerful

(d) spring, summer, winter, autumn

(e) Spring Season.

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