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CLASS 10 ENGLISH A LETTER TO GOD TEST 1 40 MARKS

CLASS 10 ENGLISH 

TEST 1

40 MARKS


1. unseen passage

Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (8 marks)

Philosophy of Education

Philosophy of Education is a label applied to the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education. It can be considered a branch of both philosophy and education. Education can be defined as the teaching and learning of specific skills and the imparting of knowledge, judgement and wisdom and is something broader than the societal institution of education we often speak of.

Many educationalists consider it as a weak and woolly field, too far removed from the practical applications of the real world to be useful. But philosophers dating back to Plato and the Ancient Greeks have given the area much thought and emphasis, and there is a little doubt that their work has helped shape the practice of education over the millennia.

Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in The Republic. In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic including facts, skills, physical discipline, music and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are not distributed genetically and thus is found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.

Aristotle considered human nature, habit and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits. He emphasised the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.

 

Questions

1. The study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education is called …………..

(a) philosophy of knowledge

(b) philosophy of education

(c) philosophy

(d) child education

 

2. Education can be defined as ……………………

(a) something for removed from reality

(b) imparting of knowledge and judgement

(c) a weak and woolly field

(d) talent

 

3. Who believes that education should be holistic?

(a) Plato

(b) Aristotle

(c) Ancient Greeks

(d) Socrates

 

4. Where is intelligence found as per Plato?

(a) Selective public

(b) Children of all classes

(c) Virtuous citizens

(d) teachers

 

5. According to Aristotle, which forces are equally important in the field of education?

(a) Talents and intelligence

(b) Nature, habit and reason

(c) Good habits and discipline

(d) Theory and practice

 

6. Which of the following are essential elements of education?

(i) Reading

(ii) Literature

(iii) Physical education

(iv) Dance

 

Codes

(a) i and ii

(b) ii and iii

(c) i, ii and iii

(d) all of these

 

7. Plato proposed a system of ………………….. for a minority educated population.

 

8. Aristotle advocated some extreme methods to educate children. (True/False)

 

2. grammar

(i) Communication (a)................. become very effective (b)............ instant due to smart phones. People are able (c) ........... convey their messages all around the globe to (d) .................. loved ones without spending hefty sums of money.

(a) (i) is (ii) has (iii) have (iv) had

(b) (i) but (ii) as (iii) or (iv) and

(c) (i) for (ii) in (iii) to (iv) of

(d) (i) his  (ii) her (iii) their (iv) your

 

(ii) During (a)____ hottest part of the year, many of our city streets seem to be on fire (b)____ masses of Gulmohar flowers. This (c)_____ one of the most beautiful trees to view (d) _________ summer.

 

Options:

(a) 1) a 2) the 3) an 4) some

(b) 1) from 2) by 3) with 4) over

(c) 1) is 2) was 3) are 4) be

(d) (1) of (2) at (3) on (4) during

 

(iii) He screamed so loudly that the pigeons pecking (a) ______ the scattered grains in (b) ______ courtyard (c) ________ off in a flurry and (d) _________ nor return till morning.

(a) (i) on (ii) at (iii) over (iv) in

(b) (i) the (ii) a (iii) an (iv) some

(c) (i) take (ii) takes (iii) took (iv) taking

(d) (i) can (ii) should (iii) will (d) did

 

3. LITERATURE

a. Answer the following questions. (2*5)
i. Where was Lencho's house situated ? Why did he sit seeing the sky ?
ii. Describe the destruction caused by the hailstones in Lencho's fields.
iii. All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope.' What was it? How did he think of it?
iv. How did Lencho react when he counted the money ? What did he do thereafter ?
v. What did Lencho write in his second letter to God ?

b. answer the following questions. (5*2)
i. Lencho addresses the post office employees as a "bunch of crooks", why ? Give reasons in support of your answer. (CBSE 2012)
ii. How do you think the postmaster felt when he received Lencho's second letter ? What do you think he did ?



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