CBSE/BSEB Class 10 English Important Long & Short Answer Questions for Exam 2023 BIHAR BOARD

following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Kovalam is Questions

1. one of the most beautiful beaches in Kerala. This beach attracts tourists from all over India and abroad. On the shore there are tall green coconut trees. On the west we can see the vast Arabian sea. During the months of December and January, there is a great rush of the tourists. The sea-shore is clean and tidy. The sunset is a beautiful scene from the shore. According to the tourists, the beach is a coastal paradise of Kerala.

(i) Where is Kovalam beach?

(ii) Which sea is there on the west of Kovalam beach ?

(iii) Which trees are there on the shore ? 

(iv) Why is the Kovalam beach called the coastal paradise of Kerala ?

Answer:

(i) The Kovalam beach in Kerala.

(ii) On the west of the Kovalam beach is the vast Arabian Sea.

(iii) On the store there are tall green coconut trees. 

(iv) The Kovalam beach called the coastal paradise of Kerala because the sea-shore is clean and tidy. The sunset is a beautiful scene from the shore.

OR

There are many temples and water bodies inside the Chittorgarh fort. We visited the Meera Bai Mandir, the Kalika Mata Mandir and Tulja Bhawani Mandir. We saw the Gaumukh and some other ponds. Chittorgarh fort is the symbol of bravery and patriotism of the people of Mewar. They fought against the foreign invaders to save our motherland. We are proud of Chittorgarh and the brave warriors of Mewar.

Questions

(i) What was inside the Chittorgarh fort?

(ii) What did the people see there?

(iii) What is Chittorgarh fort the symbol of ?

(iv) Why did the people of Mewar fight against the foreign invaders? (2)

Answer:

(i) There are many temples and water bodies inside the Chittorgarh fort.

(ii) The people see there Meera Bai Mandir, the Kalika Mata Mandir, Tulja Bhawani Mandir, the Gomukh and other ponds.

(iii) Chittorgarh fort is the symbol of bravery and patriotism of the people of Mewar.

(iv) People of Mewar fought against the foreign invaders to save our motherland.

2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :

We know that success tastes sweet. It may be achieved by even ordinary people by hard work, perseverance and steady application. Success is like a seed that needs a balanced proportion of all the elements of life. No one can achieve success in a day. They have to go through and face different conditions in life for being successful. Above all, success is the feeling of fulfilment that one feels when one achieve his or her goal. 

Questions

(i) How does success taste ?

(ii) How can success be achieved ? 

(iii) What does success need?

(iv) What is the feeling after one gets success in life ? 

Answer: 

(i) Success test is sweet. 

(ii) Success can be achieved by hard work. 

(iii) Success needs a balanced proportion of all the elements of life.

(iv) success is the feeling of fulfilment that one feels when one achieve his or her goal.

OR

Every point of time or phase of life has its own importance and we need to recognize that. Time is important because it helps us learn from our mistakes. Committing mistake is an unavoidable part of our life. But what is more important is that we keep patience, have faith in time and realize our shortcomings. This makes us self-reliant and successful. 

Questions:

(i) What should we recognize ?

(ii) Why is time important ?

(iii) What is an unavoidable part of our life?

(iv) Make sentences with: Success; Patience.

Answer:

(i) We need recognize every point of time or phase of life has its own importance.

(ii) Time is important because it helps us learn from our mistakes

(iii) Committing mistake is an unavoidable part of our life.

(iv) Success Success test is always sweet.

3. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:

How do you like to go up in a swing?

Up in the air so blue ?

Oh, I do think it is the pleasantest thing

Ever a child can do!

Up in the air and over the wall, Till I can see so wide,

Rivers and trees and cattle and all

Over the country side.

Questions

(i) What is the pleasantest thing a child can do ? 

(ii) What does the child see over the wall? 

(iii) What more can the child see in the country side ? 

Answers:

(i) Swing up in the air is pleasant that a child can do.

(ii) The child see rivers, trees, cattles over the country side over the wall.

(iii) The child can see wide country side.

OR

There's dirt on my shirt

And leaves in my hair

There's mud on my boots But I don't really care

Playing outside is so much fun

To breathe the clean air

 And feel the warm sun 

To stomp in a puddle 

Or climb a big tree

 Makes me quite happy

Just look and you'll see.

Questions

(i) What does the child not really care about ? 

(ii) What is so much fun ? 

(iii) What makes the child really happy?

Answer:

(i) The child does not care dirt on his shirt, leaves in hair and mud on boots.

(ii) Playing outside is so much fun. 

(iii) To breathe is clear air, to feel warm in the sun, to tomb in a puddle and to climb a big tree makes the child really