HBSE Class 10 English Sample Paper 2024: The Haryana Board of School Education, HBSE recently released the sample papers and practice papers for Class 10 students preparing for the HBSE Class 10 Board Exam 2024. While the sample papers help students understand the the layout, question types, and marking scheme of the actual exam, the practice papers available on the HBSE official website, feature a range of challenging and diverse questions designed according to the actual exam pattern. Therefore, students must thoroughly solve the sample paper and practice papers to test their knowledge and improve their problem-solving abilities.
In this article, we have provided the HBSE Class 10 English Sample Paper along with the practice papers released for the upcoming board exam. Students can download the sample paper and practice papers in PDF and utilise them to enhance their preparation to secure maximum marks in their HBSE Class 10 Board Exam 2024. Solutions to each sample paper/model paper are also provided for the convenience of students.
Pattern of HBSE Class 10 English Paper 2024
The sample paper consists of 12 questions for a total of 80 marks.
Students will be allowed to write the exam in 3 hours.
The sample paper consists of three sections as follows:
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- Sections A: Reading Skills (20 Marks)
- Section B: Grammar (10 Marks)
- Section C: Writing Skills (10 Marks)
- Section D: Literature (40 Marks)
All questions are compulsory however internal choices are provided in some questions.
HBSE Class 10 English Sample Paper 2024
Check the Haryana Board (HBSE) Class 10 English core sample paper 2024 below. This will assist students in developing an understanding related to the question paper format, marking scheme, evaluation scheme, and such related details.
SECTION - A
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : (10)
(i) The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest. It covers an area of nearly 2.8 million square miles, which is nearly the size of the continent of Australia. The Amazon rainforest gets its life from the majestic Amazon river, the world's second largest river, which runs directly through the heart of the region. The rainforest itself is simply the drainage basin for the river and its many tributaries. The vast forest itself consists of four layers, each featuring its own ecosystems and specially adapted plants and animals.
(ii) The forest floor is the lowest region. Since only two per cent of the sunlight filters through the top layers to the understorey, very few plants grow here. The forest floor, however, is rich with rotting vegetation and the bodies of dead organisms which are quickly broken down into nutrients and decomposers such as millipedes and earthworms use these nutrients for food.
(iii) The understorey is the layer above the forest floor. Much like the forest floor, only about 2-5 per cent of the sunlight reaches this shadowy realm. Many of the plants in the understorey have large, broad leaves to collect as much sunlight as possible. The understorey is so thick that there is very little air movement. As a result, plants rely on insects and animals to pollinate their flowers.
(iv) The layer above the understorey is the canopy. This is where much of the action in the rainforest occur. Many canopy leaves have specially adapted leaves which form “drip tips". Drip tips allow water to flow off the leaves. The canopy leaves are very dense and filter about 80 per cent of the sunlight. The canopy is where the wealth of the rainforest's fruits and flowers grow. Bromeliads, cuplike plants, provide drinking pools for animals and breeding locations for tree frogs.
Questions :
(i) How much area is covered by the Amazon rainforest?
(a) About 3.8 million square miles
(b) About 2.8 million square miles
(c) About 4.8 square miles
(d) About 1.8 million square miles
(ii) ……………………..is the world's second largest river.
(a) The Thames
(b) The Nile
(c) The Amazon
(d) The Brahmaputra
(iii) The Amazon rainforest is simply the…………… for the river.
(a) Drainage basin
(b) Catchment area
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b).
(iv) How much sunlight is received by the understorey of the rainforest?
(a) About 3-5 per cent
(b) About 2 per cent.
(c) About 2-5 per cent
(d) About 2-4 per cent.
(v) Bromeliads which are ................ provide drinking pools for animals and
breeding locations for tree frogs.
(a) Cup-shaped pits
(b) Open spaces
(c) Water points
(d) Cuplike plants.
(vi) How many layers does the vast forest consist of?
(vii) Why is there very little air movement in the understorey?
(viii) What is a canopy?
(ix) What is the food for millipedes and earth worms?
(x) What will be the suitable title for this passage?
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HBSE Class 10 English Practice Papers 2023-24
Check below the links to download the HBSE Class 10 English practice papers released by the board to help students with important questions for the upcoming board exam. Solution and marking scheme for each paper is provided at the end of the paper itself.