English Language 2023 Specimen Paper Question-4 Solution for ICSE Class-10

English Language 2023 Specimen Paper Question-4 Solution for ICSE Class-10.  Question-4 ( Passage) solutions as council prescribe guideline of model sample question paper of ICSE 2023 Examination. Student can achieve their goal in next upcoming exam of council. Visit official website CISCE for detail information about ICSE Board Class-10

Solution of ICSE Class-10 English Language 2023 Specimen Paper Question-4

Board	ICSE
Class	10th (x)
Subject	English Language
Topic	Specimen Paper Solved
Syllabus	Revised Syllabus
Session	2022-23
Question Number	4 (Passage)
Max mark	20

Solution of Question-4 Passage

( ICSE English Language Specimen Paper 2023 )

Question 4: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

He would have gone on worrying and worrying in this way if an unexpected distraction had not arrived in the form of a heavily loaded car bumping over the grassy bank, dodging between the coconut trees and raising a cloud of dust in the narrow path before it came to a standstill in front of Mon Repos, the white bungalow that stood empty most of the year.

It was the de Silvas, the family that came from Bombay to spend an occasional holiday in it and bring it suddenly to life for a few days. They had bought Mon Repos a year ago from the Vakils who had been one of the first Bombay families to build holiday cottages on the Thul beach. But they had grown too old and frail to come often and, after the house has stood empty for several years, sold it to the de Silvas who were young and energetic and seemed heartily to enjoy life on the beach.

Whenever they came, life changed for the family and the little hut, too. Immediately there was a hubbub, all kinds of excitement and expectations, and of course work to be done, employment to be had and wages.

Hari, Bela and Kamal stood by their door under the frangipani tree, tense with excitement watching and holding Pinto back as he barked at the unfamiliar sight of a car and stranger till his voice was quite hoarse. There was a commotion in the marshy creek that separated the hut from the house, too — herons, egrets, kingfishers and moorhens all flapping into the dense greenery of the pandanus, the casuarina and the bhindi trees for shelter.

‘Do you think they have come here for good?’ Bela whispered.

Hunh — who would live here if he had a house in Bombay?’ Hari scoffed.

“But look how much luggage they’ ve brought — it can’t be just for a few days,” Bela said, and it was true that an unbelievable number of boxes and bags and baskets were being taken out of the car, out of the boot and off the luggage carrier so that anyone would have thought they had come to stay forever.

Village by the Sea

Anita Desai

(i) For each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage) from the options provided:

1. distraction {line 2}

(a) something that stops you from thinking about something else
(b) something that helps you to think about something else
(c) something that you use for weight-training

(d) something that helps you to not be distracted

Answer : (b) something that helps you to think about something else

2. frail (line 9)

(a) strong
(b) funny
(c) fast
(d) weak

Answer : (d) weak

3. dense (line 19)

(a) stupid
(b) very thick
(c) a kind of tree

(d) sparse

Answer : very thick

(ii) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.

(a) Who were the Vakils?

(b) Why was the house more suited to the De Silvas?

(c) Who was Pinto?

(d) What effect did the noise have on the natural surroundings?

(e) From Hari’s answer to Bela’s question what opinion does Hari have of Bombay?

Answer :

(a) Vakils were the first Bombay families who build holiday cottages on the Thul Beach.

(b) The house was more suited to De Silvas beacuse they were young and energetic and seemed heartily to enjoy the life on beach.

(c) There were three children having a dog whose name was Pinto.

(d) Due to barking of Pinto and the noise tlof the car, the herons, egrets, kingfishers and moorhens all were flapping into the dense greenery of the pandamus.

(e) Hari’s opinion was that they haven’t came gere for good as a person having a house in Bombay will not like to like there.

(iii) In not more than 50 words describe how the arrival of the De Silvas changed life for the family in the little hut.

Answer : De Silva’s came from Bombay to spend an occasional holiday in the white bungalow, they bought from the Vakils. Whenever they came the life for the family in the hut changed. There was a busy, noisy situation and all kinds of excitement and expectations. There was hustle bustle all around.

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