Class 10th English up board half yearly paper 2025- 26
यूपी बोर्ड अर्द्धवार्षिक परीक्षा पेपर 2025 कक्षा 10वीं अंग्रेजी
नमस्कार दोस्तों हम आपको अपनी इस पोस्ट में कक्षा 10वी अंग्रेजी यूपी बोर्ड अर्द्धवार्षिक परीक्षा पेपर 2025 का संपूर्ण हल बताने वाले हैं इसलिए आप पोस्ट को पूरा जरूर पढ़ें यदि आपको पसंद आए तो अपने दोस्तों को शेयर करें
Half Yearly Examination Paper 2025- 26
Class -10th
Subject - English
Time: 3.15 Hrs Μ.Μ. 70
Instructions:
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper is divided into two parts- Part - A, Part B.
(iii) Part-'A' consists 20 multiple choice questions carrying 1 mark each.
(iv) Read the question wise instructions and mark your answer on the given OMR sheet.
(v) Part 'B' consists of descriptive type questions.
(vi) Marks are indicated against each questions.
Part-A
(Q No. 1-3) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:
An old man wan distressed because his sons always quarrelled with one another. One day he called them to him and showed them a bundle of sticks tied together. He asked if anyone of them was strong enough to break them. First one and then another tried, but they all failed. He then untied the bundle, and told them to break each stick separately. This they did easily and all the sticks were soon broken into pieces. Thus he taught them that united they would be strong, but disunited they would always be weak.
1. An old man was distressed because:
(a) his sons quarrelled sometimes with him.
(b) his sons quarrelled with their friends.
(c) his sons always quarrelled with one another.
(d) his sons did not quarrel
2. An old man was distressed. It means he was:1
(a) happy
(b) helpful
(c) angry
(d) sad in
3. Which word in the passage is opposite of 'weak':
(a) Distressed
(b) quarrelled
(c) strong
(d) Disunited
(Q. No. 4-8) choose the correct option to answer the following:
4. The noun form of mother is:
(a) motherhood
(b) mothers
(c) motherland
(d) mother in law
5: The brothers love ––––––––
(a) themselves
(b) each other
(c) one another
(d) either
6. The Ganga is a holy river.
(a) river
(b) a
(c) holy
(d) is
7. If you work hard, you––––– pass
(a) would
(b) will
(c) could
(d) might
8. I am proud –––––– my son.
(a) to
(a) a
(b) of
(b) the
(c) an
(c)with
(d) from
(d) none of these
(Q. No. 9-10) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
My father, the most adorable father I've ever seen, didn't marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was, four. My father, emigrated to Holland in 1933.
9. When was Anne Frank born?
(a) 13th June, 1929
(b) 22nd June, 1929
(c)17th June, 1929
(d) 12th June, 1929
10. The author's father did not marry until he was:
(a) twenty five
(b) twenty-seven
(c) thirty four
(d) thirty six-
(Q. No. 11-13) Choose the correct option to answer the following questions:
11. What did Lencho think of the post office employees:
(a) unhelpful
(b) Rude
(c) Bunch of crooks
(d) froud
12. According to Mandela, what is the greatest wealth of a nation: 1
(a) Minerals
(b) Gems
(c)Diamonds
(d)People
13. The poem was about a mother duck and –––––swan:
(a) a sister
(b) a brother
(c) a father
(d) a grandmother
(Q. 14-15) Read the following extract and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow:
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
14. Who is the speaker in the above lines:
(a) a leader
(b) a teacher
(c) the poet
(d) a boy
15. What does 'fire' represent:
(a) violent desires
(b) passions
(c)Jealousy
(d)all of these
Direction (Q. No. 16-20): Choose the correct option to answer the following questions:
16. Who was Tricki:
(a) a cat
(b) a monkey
(c)a dog
(d) a rabbit
17. What did Hari Singh want from Anil:
(a) work
(b) Money
(c)Home
(d)eatables
18. Fowler was standing stiffly not far from
(a) Max
(b) Henry
(c)Ausable
(d) Balcony
19. There was a great bowl of –––– on the table:
(a) fruits
(b) flowers
(c)sweets
(d) coins
20. Where did Griffin stay at Iping:
(a) in an inn
(b) in a church
(c)In a hotel
(d) In a temple
Part - B [Reading]
21. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
Good deeds may be done by anyone in any walk of life - by the soldiers in battle field, by the woman in the home the nurse in the hospital, the boy at school or the inventor in the laboratory. Such performance is the happiness both of the doer and of those for whom it is done, The memory of a good deed inspires others to do likewise with their fellow men
a. Where does the performance of a good deed lead to?
b. What does the memory of a good deed do?
c. Find out a word in the passage which is opposite of 'sadness'
d. Find out a word in the passage which means 'something done'
Writing
22. Write a letter to the Education Minister of your state requesting him/her to improve the educational facilities for girls in your area. 4
Or Write an application to the principal requesting him to grant you full concession in school fees.
To,
The principal,
Adarsh H.S. school kanpur ( U.P.)
Subject: Regarding fee concession
Respected sir,
Most humbly I beg to state that I am a student of class 10th A of your school. My father is a lower division clerk. He is unable to pay that tuition fee of the school. I have always been a good and brilliant student. I stood first in my class last year. I have been granted full fee concession and a scholarship last year. So I request you kindly to continue my freeship and scholarship.
Thanking you. Yours obediently
XYZ
23. Write a descriptive paragraph on your role modela
(a) Who is your role model?
(b)His nature
(c) His qualities
(d) His ideal
Ans (b)His nature
My role model is a person of quiet but unshakeable strength, much like an old-growth forest. They do not demand attention with loud, dramatic gestures; instead, their influence has grown slowly and steadily over time, their roots reaching deep into the community to offer support. Like the forest, they provide shelter and wisdom to countless others, their presence a steadfast and comforting backdrop to the lives around them. When faced with storms, they do not break, but rather bend with the winds, only to rise again, their resilience and patience proving more powerful than any fleeting force.
24(a) Re write the following sentences by changing into indirect speech: 2
He said to us, "Why are you sitting idle?"
(b) Change the following into passive voice:
I am writing a letter.
(c) Punctuate the following:
ram do you like my dress said shyam Although he worked hard, he failed.
(d) Translate the following into English:
ईमानदार व्यक्ति सच्चाई का मार्ग कभी नहीं छोड़ता है। वह परिश्रमी होता है। वह दूसरे का हिस्सा नहीं लेना चाहता। वह' सादा जीवन एवं उच्च विचार' पसन्द करता है।
An honest person never abandons the path of truth. He is hardworking. He does not seek to take someone else's share. He prefers "simple living and high thinking."
Literature
5. Answer the following in above 30-40 words each:
(a) Why does Anne Frank think that paper has more patience than people?
Or
What are the main preparations of the bakers of Goa?
(b) How long was Mandela not troubled by the laws of man or God?
Or
How did the 'strange' black aeroplane saved the narrator's life?
26. Answer any one of the following in about 60 words:4
(a) Describe character of Mr. keesing in your own words.
(b) Why were the children fascinated by the baker? How did they show their eagerness to see him?
27. Write four lines of any poem prescribed in your syllabus. [ Do not copy the lines given in this question paper ]
28. Write central idea of any one of the following:3
(a) How to Tell wild animals
(b) Fog
(c) The Ball Poem Central idea
The central idea behind the poem is an awareness of the pain of loss and the courage it takes to accept it. The boy loses his favourite ball and is very upset. He can easily buy another ball but more than money or the new ball, it is the pain of losing the old one that matters the most.
29. Answer any one of the following in about 30-40 words:
(a) Write down incidences from the text that support the values we can learn from Mr. James Herriot.
(b) Who was Anil? How did he treat Hari Singh and how did it influence Hari's life?
30. Answer any one of the following in about 60 words:
(a) Why did Max scream Shrilly when he dropped to the balcony,
(b) "Horace was clever but the lady in red was cleverer." Do you agree with this statement? Justify your answer.
