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PUNJAB BOARD CLASS 10
ENGLISH GUESS PAPER 2025
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 80
(i) All questions are compulsory.
Section - A
(Reading Skills) - 10 Marks
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
There are wild dogs and pet dogs. Pet dogs are helpers and friends to people. There were no pet dogs 15,000 years ago. Men and women learned how to work with dogs. Dogs helped humans travel from Asia to North America 10,000 years ago by pulling sleds in the snow. People say dogs are "man’s best friend." They help with farming. They help with hunting. They help with fishing. They can pull things for people. They can help find things. There are many colours of dogs. There are white dogs, grey dogs, black dogs, and brown dogs. There are very small dogs. They are only 6-8 inches tall. There are very big dogs. They are about 3 feet tall. All can hear well. They can hear sounds that people cannot hear. They can hear high sound and low sounds. They can hear sound very far away. All dogs can smell very well. They can smell 40 times better than humans! Dogs live 5 to 13 years, but some dogs live much longer. One dog lived to be 24 years old!
Answer the following questions:
- How did dogs help people go to America?
- a) By pulling sleds in the snow.
- b) By helping with farming.
- c) By helping them to find things.
- d) None of the above
- How tall are the smallest dogs?
- a) 3 inches
- b) 5 inches
- c) 6 inches
- d) 13 inches
- How tall are the biggest dogs?
- a) 1 foot
- b) 4 feet
- c) 3 feet
- d) 5 feet
- What can all dogs do well?
- a) See
- b) Hear
- c) Smell
- d) Both (b) and (c)
- How old was the oldest dog?
- a) 5 years old
- b) 10 years old
- c) 13 years old
- d) 24 years old
Look at the poster carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Answer the following questions:
- The poster is regarding:
- a) Tips for a successful job interview
- b) Good social and public behaviour
- c) Spending free time with friends
- d) All of the above
- Phrase ‘read up on’ stands for:
- a) Reading slowly
- b) Reading loudly
- c) Reading about something to get more information
- d) Classroom reading
- How can a person be successful in his interview?
- a) With proper information and preparation for the post
- b) With punctuality and courtesy
- c) By highlighting his strong points
- d) All of the above
- Fill the suitable verb in the given blank:
- a) Go
- b) Gone
- c) Going
- d) Will go
- Antonym of ‘previous’ is:
- a) Following
- b) Old
- c) Above
- d) Preceding
Where are you ___________?
Punjab Board Class 10 English Question Paper Unofficial Answer Key 2025
Section - B
(Objective Type Questions) - 8 Marks
8×1=8
2. Answer the following questions:
- What was Watson by profession?
- (The Dying Detective)
- What was the author reading during the journey?
- (The Rule of Road)
- Phatik’s uncle lived in ______.
- (a) Mumbai
- (b) Dehradun
- (c) Calcutta
- (d) Chandigarh
- Subbiah had ______ children.
- (Half a Rupee Worth)
- The instructor threw a tin in the pond. (True/False)
- (Return to Air)
- What lives after death?
- (Death the Leveller)
- ______ values are needed in the world today.
- (Secret of Happiness)
- Razia was not afraid of poachers. (True/False)
- (Razia, The Tigress)
Section - C
(English Textbooks) - 27 Marks
3. (a) Answer any three of the following questions:
- How was the statue decorated?
- (The Happy Prince)
- Why do stars twinkle?
- (The Making of the Earth)
- How did Della manage to buy the gift?
- (A Gift for Christmas)
- What were Phatik’s last words?
- (The Home-Coming)
- What caused desperation to the god?
- (Some Glimpses of Ancient India Thought and Practice)
Section - B
(b) Answer any one of the following questions: (1×4=4)
- Write a small paragraph on ‘The Proper Use of Human Energy’.
- (Secret of Happiness)
- What is the theme of the essay ‘The Rule of the Road’?
- (The Rule of the Road)
English Main Course Book : Poetry
4. (a) Answer any two questions after reading the following stanza: (2×2=4)
Beneath the morning stars they rode,
Beneath the evening sun,
And their blood sang to them as they rode,
That all good wars are one.
- Who were the riders?
- How did they feel about wars?
- Name the poem and the poet.
(b) Answer any one of the following questions: (1×4=4)
- What is the meaning of the line ‘Where knowledge is free’?
- (Where the Mind is Without Fear)
- Write the central idea of the poem ‘Razia, the Tigress’.
English Supplementary Reader
5. Answer any three of the following questions: (3×3=9)
- What did Sausage do with the tin-box?
- (Return to Air)
- Why could Naeem not get his treatment done?
- (Bed Number-29)
- What did Holmes ask Watson to tell Mr. Smith?
- (The Dying Detective)
- What did Gillian write in his note?
- (One Thousand Dollars)
- How did Subbiah die?
- (Half a Rupee Worth)
Section - D
(Vocabulary) (4 Marks)
6. Do as directed: (4×1=4)
- Correct the following sentence:
Mother gave me many advices. - Use the following idiom in a sentence:
At par - Give one word for the following:
A list of names of books - Choose the correct word from the bracket to fill in the blank:
The _______ of our school is a gentle person. (Principle, Principal)
Section - E
(Grammar, Translation and Composition) (31 Marks)
7. (a) Translate any three sentences from English to Punjabi/Hindi: (3×1=3)
- Will you buy my hair?
- The entire universe is one family.
- You have liberty to laugh at me.
- Our earth belongs to the family of the sun.
- I wish I had another hundred years.
(b) Translate any three sentences from Punjabi to English: (3×1=3)
- ਕੀ ਕਰਕਸ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਖੁਸ਼ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਸੀ?
- ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਨਾਸ਼ਤਾ ਤਿਆਰ ਕਰੋ।
- ਪਾਣੀ ਬਹੁਤ ਗਰਮ ਸੀ, ਉਹ ਇੰਦਰ ਨੂੰ ਦਵੇਂਗੇ।
- ਵਹ ਗੀਤ ਗਾ ਰਹੀ ਸੀ।
- ਰੋਹਿਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਪੜ੍ਹਾਈ ਚ ਬਹੁਤ ਰੁਚੀ ਹੈ?
8. Do as directed: (10×1=10)
- Fill in the blanks with a suitable modals:
Mohan ______ still by lying in bed. (will/must) - Fill in the blanks with a suitable prepositions:
Cricket is a game known ______ its wonderful glories. - Fill in the blanks with a suitable determiners:
My grandmother was ______ old lady. ______ parents left me with her. - Fill in the blanks with a suitable non-finite:
You are requested ______ me. (help) - Fill in the blanks with a suitable conjunction:
______ I was young, I used to travel a lot. - Change into narration:
I said to him, “Will you return tomorrow?” - Change into Present Continuous Tense:
We play cricket. - Pick out the subordinate clause from the given sentence and name it:
What cannot be cured must be endured. - Punctuate the following sentence:
harpreet is a student of khalsa college amritsar - Change into voice:
I love my parents.
Section - F
9. (a) Write a paragraph on any one topic using the following hints: (1×4=4)
- Pollution: Living in polluted world………air, water, food etc……everything polluted………scientists listed the dangers of environmental pollution………all governments worried………man himself responsible………use of fertilizers……… nuclear testing………contaminating water………several deadly diseases…………an immediate control must.
- Discipline: Discipline is backbone of character………comes from the word 'disciple'………plays important role in family………in school………in playground………in office…………soldiers follow whatever is commanded…………even objects of nature follow discipline.
(b) Attempt any one of the following: (1×4=4)
- Read the telephonic conversation given below:
Ramesh: Hello Riya, where is Mama?
Riya: She has gone to the kitty party.
Ramesh: Please tell her that I will bring two of my friends for dinner tonight.
Riya: Fine, is there anything else she should know?
Ramesh: Yes, tell her to prepare fish curry.
Riya: Is that all?
Ramesh: Yes, Buy.
Riya has to go to her friend's house. So she writes the message for the mother. - ADVERTISE: ‘Futura coconut hair oil’.
(c) Write the letter any one of the following: (1×7=7)
- You are Jatinder Singh living at Modal Town, Nakodar. Write a letter to a book-seller complaining against the wrong supply of books.
- You are Bhushan Singh living at 37, Civil Lines, Ludhiana. Write a letter to your uncle, thanking him for the birthday gift he sent.
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