List of top English Questions asked in Maharashtra Class X Board

Complete the word chain of nouns:
Podium, m .........., .........., .........., ..........

As of 2009, there are 890 World Heritage Sites that are located in 148 countries (map). 689 of these sites are cultural and include places like the Sydney Opera House in Australia and the Historic Center of Vienna in Austria. 176 are natural and feature such locations as the U.S.’s Yellowstone and Grand Canyon National Parks. 25 of the World Heritage Sites are considered mixed i.e. natural and cultural Peru’s Machu Picchu is one of these. Italy has the highest number of World Heritage Sites with 44. India has 36 (28 cultural, 7 natural and 1 mixed) World Heritage Sites. The World Heritage Committee has divided the world’s countries into five geographic zones which include (1) Africa, (2) Arab States, (3) Asia Pacific (including Australia and Oceania), (4) Europe and North America and (5) Latin America and the Caribbean.
WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN DANGER
Like many natural, historic and cultural sites around the world, many World Heritage Sites are in danger of being destroyed or lost due to war, poaching, natural disasters like earthquakes, uncontrolled urbanization, heavy tourist traffic and environmental factors like air pollution and acid rain.

I give the biggest credit of this honour to my movement’s Kaalu Kumar, Dhoom Das and Adarsh Kishore from India and Iqbal Masih from Pakistan who made the supreme sacrifice for protect ing the freedom and dignity of children. I humbly accept this award on behalf of all such martyrs, my fellow activists across the world and my countrymen. My journey from the great land of Lord Buddha, Guru Nanak and Mahatma Gandhi; India to Norway is a connect between the two centres of global peace and brotherhood, ancient and modern. Friends, the Nobel Committee has generously invited me to present a “lecture.” Respectfully, I am unable to do that. Because, I am representing here — the sound of silence. The cry of innocence. And, the face of invisibility. I represent millions of those children who are left behind and that’s why I have kept an empty chair here as a reminder. I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children– because they are all our children– (gesture to everyone in the audience). I have looked into their frightened and exhausted eyes. I have held their injured bodies and felt their broken spirits.

Read the following extract and do the given activities :

Read the following passage and do the given activities :

News Report :
Prepare a news report based on the headline: ‘Dengue fever claims 10 lives in Dhule’.

Develop a story (given ending):
.....l they learnt a lesson to live with the thought “Be Punctual”.

Narrate an experience of given beginning.
It was raining heavily and I was going to .....l

Verbal to Non-Verbal : Read the following information and complete the tree diagram.
Soil erosion, a major environmental hazard today is caused by both natural and man-made factors. Soil erosion is caused by unobstructed over flow and the flow of running water which carry away the topmost layer of the soil. Forest fires which destroy the roots of the plants which bind the soil together and lead to erosion.
The effects of soil erosion are flood, drought etc. As the vital nutrients of soil get wasted away, the soil turns barren. Soil erosion can be prevented by construction of dams, bunds etc. Afforestation helps to prevent soil erosion as tree holds the soil together with their roots. Improved method of agriculture such as contour ploughing also help checking soil erosion.

Verbal to Non-Verbal : Observe the web-chart and transfer the information into two paragraphs. Suggest a suitable title.

Prepare a speech to be delivered on ‘World Energy Day’ on the topic ‘Go Solar’.
Use points: No energy crisis; Economical; Saves on electricity bills; Celebrated on 22nd October; Conserves natural resources.

Write your counterviews on ‘Benefits of a joint family’.

Expand the theme/idea :
‘Nothing will work unless you do’.

Letter writing:
Imagine that you are Pawan/Pooja Aurade, residing at 102, Prestige Chambers, Shivpuri
Road, Solapur–420003.
Attempt any one letter based on the given situation.

Appreciation of the poem :
Read the poem and write an appreciation (Title, Poet, Rhyme scheme, Figures of speech, Central Idea/Theme).

Make two sentences by using the given word as a noun and as a verb without changing its form:
“approach”

A diamond is one of the most precious stones.
(Complete the following sentences with the help of the above sentence) (i) Very few stones ...............................................................
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Punctuate the following sentence:
can you cook

Arrange the following words in alphabetical order:
inventions, inequality, indisputable, interactions

Make a word register of four words related to :
“Bank”

Pick out the infinitive from the following sentence :
He was asking to go for the concert.

Identify the type of the sentence:
Get out and wait in the yard.

Rewrite the following sentence in Past Perfect Continuous Tense :
I am doing my bit.

Transform the sentence into passive voice:
The king executed the bearded man’s brother