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DISTRICT COMMON EXAMINATION BOARD
PRE-FINAL EXAMINATIONS – FEBRUARY – 2026
Third Language – ENGLISH
PART – B
Class : X (Marks : 20) Time : 30 Min.
Instructions:
Q.No. (17 – 21) Read the following passage.
Think of the human body as a fantastic machine that can do many things. To keep this machine running, we need fuel and that fuel is food. Plants are amazing because they can make their own food using sunlight. But animals can’t do that. Some animals eat plants, while others eat other animals as their food. And then there are animals, like humans, who eat both plants and animals.
Now, the sun is the source of energy for all of us. It’s super powerful, but by the time its energy gets into a plant, it’s not as strong. So, when we eat plants, we get more of the sun’s energy compared to when we eat animals. That’s why it’s a good idea to eat fruits and vegetables.
When an animal eats a plant, it gets even less of the sun’s energy because some of it is used to find and eat the plant. And if another animal eats that first animal, it gets even less energy. That’s because it spent a lot of energy chasing its prey; kind of like how a car needs gasoline to run.
So, all living things need to eat over and over to keep their bodies going. Instead of gasoline, we use food as our fuel.
Now, answer the questions.
17. The source of energy for all living things mentioned in the passage is ______.
A) The sun
B) petrol
C) natural gas
D) firewood
18. According to the passage, plants are amazing because ______.
A) They make sunlight
B) They eat other plants
C) They make their own food
D) They grow very fast
19. What do living things use as fuel instead of gasoline?
A) Sunlight
B) Water
C) Food
D) Air
20. According to the passage, an animal that eats another animal gets less energy because ______.
A) Because they have more efficient digestive systems
B) Because they are larger in size
C) Because they use a lot of energy to chase their prey
D) Because they have a preference for meat
21. Which of the following is not a synonym of fantastic?
A) remarkable
B) great
C) outstanding
D) ordinary
Q.No. (22-26) In the following passage, five sentences are numbered and each of them has an error. Correct them and re-write them.
“One morning, about halfway between my front gate and the tram track, I noticed two little boys playing in the garden of the more modest cottages.
(22) They were both very little boy, one was four years old perhaps, the other five.
(23) The big of the two was a sturdy youngster, very dark, with a mat of coarse hair on his head and coal – black eyes.
(24) He was definite a little Jamaican — a strong little Jamaican.
The other little fellow was smaller, but also sturdy — he was white, with hazel eyes and light-brown hair.
(25) Both were dressed on blue shirts and khaki pants.
(26) They were no shoes and their feet were muddy.
22. __________
23. __________
24. __________
25. __________
26. __________
Q. (27 – 31) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below. Each blank is numbered and each has four choices (A), (B), (C), (D). Choose the correct answer and write A, B, C, D in the brackets given.
Once upon a time, a farmer _____ (27) a goose that laid a golden egg every day.
The farmer used to sell that egg _____ (28) earn enough money to meet his family’s day-to-day needs.
One day, the farmer thought that if he could get more such golden eggs, he could make _____ (29) lot of money and become a wealthy person.
The farmer decided to cut the goose and remove all the golden eggs _____ (30) its stomach.
As soon as he killed the bird and opened the goose’s stomach, he found no eggs.
The _____ (31) farmer realized he had destroyed his last resource out of greed.
27. A) has
B) had
C) have
D) having
28. A) and
B) but
C) so
D) nor
29. A) an
B) a
C) the
D) no article
30. A) for
B) on
C) from
D) under
31. A) fool
B) fooling
C) foolish
D) foolishly
Q. (32 – 36) Read the following passage with focus on the underlined parts. Answer them as directed in the space given.
Out of fear Bayaji had to (32) abandon plans for the storeyed house.
The (33) convention three – portioned house was taken up.
Work resumed and the walls rose (34) rapidly.
The middle portion was a little elevated and a small first storey fixed up there with a (35) wood flooring.
This part could be reached by (36) stares rising from the kitchen.
32. Write a synonym of the underlined word.
33. Replace the underlined word with its correct form.
34. Write the word which is opposite in meaning of the underlined word.
35. Replace the underlined word with its correct form.
36. Replace the underlined word with the correct one, which is pronounced similarly.