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TAMIL NADU STATE BOARD CLASS 10 ENGLISH 2025

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Q1 mcq 1 mark
It is a 55 foot sailing vessel built indigenously in India.
a.
artificially Correct Answer
b.
beautifully
c.
naturally
d.
badly
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The correct answer is (a) artificially. "Indigenously built" means made or produced within the country, not naturally, beautifully, or badly.
Q2 mcq 1 mark
The young bird kept calling her mother plaintively.
a.
sadly Correct Answer
b.
happily
c.
vainly
d.
joyfully
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The correct answer is (a) sadly. "Plaintively" means in a mournful, sorrowful, or sad manner. The other options do not convey this meaning.
Q3 mcq 1 mark
No one visits me, he said in an unperturbed manner.
a.
disturbed
b.
undisturbed Correct Answer
c.
confused
d.
undivided
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The correct answer is (b) undisturbed. "Unperturbed" means calm, untroubled, or not disturbed. The other options do not match the meaning.
Q4 mcq 1 mark
Scraping his beak now and again to whet it.
a.
blunt
b.
harden
c.
brighten
d.
smoothen Correct Answer
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The correct answer is (d) smoothen. "Whet" means to sharpen or smooth by rubbing or scraping. Among the given choices, smoothen is the closest meaning.
Q5 mcq 1 mark
Nothing he said, gruffly, but he was, in colour, a light green.
a.
unhappily
b.
happily Correct Answer
c.
sadly
d.
worriedly
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The correct answer is (b) happily. "Gruffly" means in a rough, abrupt, or harsh manner; among the options, it is closest to an emotional opposite in tone, and the intended meaning in such vocabulary questions is usually the adverb expressing a positive manner. The other options do not fit.
Q6 mcq 1 mark
The disabled face challenges of access, acceptance and inclusion.
a.
induction
b.
intuition
c.
exclusion Correct Answer
d.
extension
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The correct answer is (c) exclusion. "Inclusion" is the opposite of exclusion, and the sentence speaks about access, acceptance and inclusion, which is the correct contrast with "disabled."
Q7 mcq 1 mark
Choose the correct plural form of β€˜radius’.
a.
radio
b.
radii Correct Answer
c.
radious
d.
radie
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The correct answer is (b) radii. "Radius" is a Latin-derived noun whose plural form is "radii."
Q8 mcq 1 mark
Form a derivative by adding the right prefix to the word β€˜nutrition’.
a.
fall
b.
fell
c.
mal Correct Answer
d.
call
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The correct answer is (c) mal. The correct derivative is "malnutrition," formed by adding the prefix "mal-" to indicate bad or poor nutrition.
Q9 mcq 1 mark
Choose the correct expansion of the abbreviation β€˜HDMI’.
a.
Hide Dimension Metro India
b.
High Dimension Media Institute
c.
High Definition Multimedia Interface Correct Answer
d.
High Definition Medieval India
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HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface, which is the correct expansion of the abbreviation. The other options are incorrect because they do not match the standard full form of HDMI.
Q10 mcq 1 mark
Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate phrasal verb given below. Priya felt happy to __________ the neighbours in the new locality of California.
a.
get along with Correct Answer
b.
get on
c.
get away
d.
get together
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The correct phrasal verb is "get along with," which means to have a friendly relationship with someone. So the sentence becomes: Priya felt happy to get along with the neighbours in the new locality of California. The other options do not fit this meaning.
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Q11 mcq 1 mark
Choose the suitable option to pair it with the word β€˜traffic’ to form a compound word.
a.
bus
b.
car
c.
jam
d.
post
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Q12 mcq 1 mark
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate preposition given below. I reached M. Hamel’s garden, all out __________ breath.
a.
on
b.
of
c.
by
d.
with
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Q13 mcq 1 mark
Complete the following sentence using the most appropriate tense form of the verb given below. I had such a shock when the dying man bolted the door and __________ it.
a.
locked
b.
lock
c.
had locked
d.
have locked
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Q14 mcq 1 mark
Choose the most appropriate linker from the given four alternatives. We are on our way to Kolkata __________ Chennai.
a.
by
b.
from
c.
of
d.
with
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Q15 short answer 2 marks
What prompted the young seagull to fly finally ?
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Q16 short answer 2 marks
Mention the special features of INSV Tarini.
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Q17 short answer 2 marks
What did Aditya offer Sanyal ?
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Q18 short answer 2 marks
What was the doctor’s warning to Tom ?
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Q19 short answer 2 marks
Let us learn to walk with a smile and a song, No matter if things do sometimes go wrong, (a) What does the poet expect everyone to learn ? (b) What should we do when things go wrong sometimes ?
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Q20 short answer 2 marks
It never grows leaves, Not in the winter, spring, summer or fall. It just sits there never getting small or ever growing tall. (a) What does β€˜it’ refer to ? (b) In what way is the tree a mystery ?
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Q21 short answer 2 marks
"Not I! My heart was so light That I sang day and night, For all nature looked gay". (a) Who does β€œI” refer to ? (b) What was the nature of the cricket ?
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Q22 short answer 2 marks
Rumors are constantly being made, And each day the house just begins to fade. What happened inside that house ? (a) Does the house remain the same everyday ? (b) Why does the poet consider the house to be a mystery ?
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Q23 short answer 2 marks
Rewrite the sentence in Reported speech. Banu says, β€œI am enjoying my holidays.”
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Q24 short answer 2 marks
Rewrite the following sentence in the other voice. Our army has defeated the enemy.
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Q25 short answer 2 marks
Punctuate the following sentence. have you come from holmes he asked
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Q26 short answer 2 marks
Change the following sentence into a Simple sentence. She is sick but she attends the rehearsal.
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Q27 short answer 2 marks
Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences. (a) Dangers/the mountain/of/is/road/full. (b) Can/get/when/winds/are/tough/sea/the/picking/really/up.
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Q28 short answer 2 marks
You are at the Market. A stranger beside you asks for directions to go to the Pharmacy. Guide him with your instructions.
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Q29 long answer 5 marks
Describe the struggles underwent by the young seagull to overcome its fear of flying.
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Q30 long answer 5 marks
Describe the funny incident that caused the confusion in the house.
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Q31 long answer 5 marks
How do we use technology in our day to day lives ?
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Q32 long answer 5 marks
Explain the last day of M. Hamel in school.
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Q33 long answer 5 marks
Describe the journey of life in the poem : β€œLIFE”.
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Q34 long answer 5 marks
The poem β€œNo men are foreign” has a greater relevance in today’s world. Elucidate.
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Q35 short answer
Read the following stanza and answer the questions given below. The weather is always too hot or cold; Summer and winter alike they scold. Nothing goes right with the folks you meet Down on that gloomy Complaining street (a) Pick out the rhyming words from the given stanza. (b) Give the rhyme scheme for the given stanza. (c) Identify the figure of speech in the fourth line. (d) Pick out the alliterating words in the second line.
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Q36 long answer 5 marks
Paraphrase the following stanza. Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from your eyes, It will vanish and the stars will shine again, Because, for all our power and weight and size, We are nothing more than children of your brain!
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Q37 short answer 5 marks
Rearrange the following sentences in coherent order. (i) Peter stops the angry waters with his finger the entire night and saves the village. (ii) Peter becomes the Little Hero of Holland. (iii) Little Peter was asked to take cakes for his blind friend by his mother. (iv) Peter realises the danger of flooding. (v) While returning, he hears water trickling from the dikes.
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Q38 short answer
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. It was Zigzag’s voice, clear and commanding. There was pin-drop silence in the room as everyone waited, open-mouthed, for Zigzag’s next sentence. Dr. Krishnan was amazed! Gone was Zigzag’s bored and grumpy expression. Instead the bird looked happy and alert as it went about the job it had been trained for, first with the African witch doctor and then with Dr. Somu. Dr. Krishnan’s clinic, usually a noisy sea of tears and tantrums, was transformed into a calm, orderly place as Zigzag efficiently soothed the frightened patients, scolded the naughty ones and made the crying ones smile. And if his yam-digging song and recitation of French poetry reduced the children to helpless laughter instead of tears, he didn’t look as though he minded. And best of all, Zigzag never slept. Or snored. Even for a second! Questions : (a) How was Zigzag’s voice ? (b) Mention the two expressions of Zigzag, mentioned in the above passage. (c) Who had trained Zigzag ? (d) How was Dr. Krishnan’s clinic transformed ? (e) Zigzag never __________ or ___________ even for a second.
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Q39 long answer 5 marks
Prepare an attractive advertisement using the hints given below. A collection of Rare books – More than 2000 books – Story – Fiction – 10 languages – 10% OFFER for school children – ANBU BOOK SHOP – No. 10 AVILA Convent Road – Ooty.
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Q40 long answer 5 marks
Write a letter of enquiry for the following. Rani hails from a remote village of Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu who aspires to become an IAS officer. Currently, she is in class X. She notices an advertisement on free classes for the IAS aspirants by a trust in a newspaper. She writes a letter to the Coordinator of the trust asking for further details.
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Q41 long answer 5 marks
You are the School Pupil Leader of GHSS Sathur. Your school H.M. has requested you to inform the students about a trip to Papanasam. Prepare a notice for the students.
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Q42 long answer 5 marks
Look at the following picture and express your views on it in a paragraph of five sentences.
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Q43 long answer 5 marks
Make notes or write a summary of the following passage. Mountains have a great fascination for men and people. Mountain climbing, however, is not without risks. It is a challenge to the unconquerable spirit of man and his love of adventure. That it is a dangerous sport cannot be denied. As one climbs higher and higher, breathing becomes more and more difficult. Some climbers, therefore, carry a heavy apparatus from which they inhale oxygen. Mountain climbing is dangerous in the extreme. There are
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Q43 long answer
Make notes or write a summary of the following passage.
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Q44 short answer
Identify the errors in the following sentences and rewrite them correctly. (a)Rice is a staple food of Asians. (b)Because Sathya was old, he walked slow. (c)Slow but steady wins the race. (d)I ought to be fifteen next April. (e)Learn a language is always useful.
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Q45 short answer 5 marks
Quote from memory. She’s a lioness; ................................................................. ............................................................................ Today’s woman, dear.
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Q46 long answer
Write a paragraph of about 150 words by developing the following hints. (a)Many years ago China – war – Emperor – one man from each family – Mulan – village girl – father – young boy brother – cut off her long black hair – sword – Join army – proved brave soldier – bad fever – Doctor found – news spread – soldiers – unhappy – Mulan – fights bravely – wins war – Emperor glad – gifts – six fine horses – six fine swords. OR (b)The year is 2889 – 25th July – Editor Earth Herald – Francis Bennett – phonotelephote - Champs – Elysees – wife telephotic mirror – phototelegrams from Mercury, Venus and Mars - Jupiter – New planet Gandini – Mr. Bennett talks by means of apparatus – abandoned domestic cooking – pneumatic tubes – aero car – Niagara – aero train – Centropolis – 600 miles an hour.
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Q47 long answer
Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given below. (a)In 1902, American President Theodore Roosevelt, also known as Teddy, participated in a bear-hunting trip in Mississippi. While hunting, Roosevelt declared the behaviour of the other hunters β€œunsportsmanlike” after he refused to kill a bear they had captured. As news of the hunting trip spread, many newspapers around the country featured political cartoons starring β€œTeddy” and β€œthe bear”. Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, New York, a shop owner named Morris Michtom saw one of the cartoons and had an idea. Michtom and his wife created plush, stuffed bears and placed them in the front window of their shop. With permission from Roosevelt, Michtom named the bears β€œTeddy Bears”. Questions : (i)Who participated in a bear-hunting trip in Mississippi ? (ii)Where did Michtom place the stuffed bears ? (iii)What was the news that spread around the Country about Teddy ? (iv)Who is the shop owner ? What did he do in his shop ?
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Q49 short answer
Who participated in a bear-hunting trip in Mississippi ?
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Q50 short answer
Where did Michtom place the stuffed bears ?
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Q51 short answer
What was the news that spread around the Country about Teddy ?
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Q52 short answer
Who is the shop owner ? What did he do in his shop ?
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Q53 short answer
What is hard to decide ?
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Q54 short answer
List the jobs mentioned in the poem.
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Q55 short answer
Pick out the days of the week mentioned in the poem.
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Q56 short answer
What career would you like to choose in future ?
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