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High School Examination 2026 – English
Total Printed Pages : 8
Maximum Marks : 80
Time : 3 Hours
हाई स्कूल परीक्षा / High School Examination 2026
(मुख्य / Main) वर्ष – Year – 2026
ENGLISH
Instructions –
All questions are compulsory.
Marks are indicated against each question.
Section-A (Reading)
Q.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below : (1×5=5)
Gandhiji travelled a lot. He always travelled third class in trains. He did so because all poor people, in India, travelled third. In those days were three classes in trains. Once, Gandhiji got off at Bombay (Mumbai) from a third class railway compartment. Lots of people had come to meet him. Among them were some American men and women. They went into Gandhiji’s compartment. They saw that it was very small. “I don’t know. Let’s go and ask him,” replied one of the gentlemen. “Mr. Gandhi, we’ve come to ask you question.” The gentleman said to Gandhiji, “you’re the leader of the Indian people, but you travel third. Please tell us why you travel third?” Gandhiji laughed and said, “The answer is very simple. I travel third because there is no fourth.” He laughed again and the American ladies and gentlemen laughed with him.
(i) In which class did Gandhiji travel in?
(a) First class
(b) Third class
(c) Secend class
(d) All of these (a, b, c)
(ii) Who came to meet Gandhiji at Mumbai Railway Station?
(a) One person
(b) Few people
(c) Some people
(d) Lots of people
(iii) Which country’s men and women went into Gandhiji’s compartment?
(a) Australia
(b) India
(c) England
(d) America
(iv) Give the opposite of poor.
(a) honest
(b) rich
(c) poor
(d) holy
(v) Give the synonym of word ‘simple’ –
(a) small
(b) smart
(c) easy
(d) difficult
Q.2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: (1×5=5)
An old shepherd was playing on a flute on the marshlands outside Rome. He played so sweetly that a lovely fairy came and listened to him. “Will you marry me, and play to me in my cas-tle?” she said. “Yes, yes, lovely lady!” said the shepherd. The fairy put a ring on his finger. At once he became a handsome young man dressed in princely robes. “But I must first go to Rome and bid farewell to my friends”, he said. The fairy gave him a golden coach with twelve white horses. As he rode in State to Rome, he met the young Queen of Italy, who invited him to her palace. The shep-herd saw that he had won the Queen’s heart. He resolved to marry her and become the King of Italy and let the fairy go. So, when he and the Queen were alone together, he knelt down and took her hand, saying: “Marry me, dearest and I will help you to govern Italy.” But as soon as he spoke, he turned into an old and rugged shepherd. “What is this horrible beggar doing here?” cried the Queen. “Whip him out of the palace.”
(i) The fairy wanted to marry the shepherd because
(a) he had saved her life.
(b) he could play sweetly on his flute.
(c) he was very handsome.
(d) the shepherd loved her.
(ii) When the fairy put a ring on his finger, the shepherd ______.
(a) married her
(b) disappeared
(c) turned into a statue
(d) changed into a handsome youth
(iii) The shepherd went to Rome in a ______.
(a) boat
(b) cart
(c) palanquin
(d) coach
(iv) When the shepherd reached Rome, he ______.
(a) met his friends there.
(b) sought his parents’ permission to marry the fairy.
(c) planned to marry the Queen of Italy.
(d) met the King of Italy.
(v) The Queen ordered the shepherd to be whipped out of the palace because he
(a) turned old and ugly.
(b) tried to steal her jewels.
(c) refused to marry her.
(d) revealed his plan to marry the fairy.
Q.3 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: (4)
Students who are very fond of reading books are often labelled by their companions as bookworms. Their criticism generally comes from students who consider themselves better in sports. Students who shine in athletics or in games consider that it is better to spend time and energy in a sports arena than in a classroom or at the reading desk. All the same they do envy their fellows who shine academically. Academic honour has a glamour which is unique. It is not to be denied that playing games is useful activity, because it creates team spirit and also makes the sportsmen healthy and vigorous. That is why games and sports are given so much importance in the curriculum of schools and colleges. But studies should not be neglected and should be given due importance along with other activities connected with education. Let each type of activity have its own place in our daily routine. Then only will we have students both academically sound and physically fit. We want our educational system to generate this synergy among our youth.
Questions :-
(i) Read the passage carefully and make notes.
(ii) Give a suitable title.
Section-C (Grammar)
Q.7 Fill in the blanks : (Any five) (1×5=5)
He is ……………………… European. (a/an/the)
I have been studying ……………………… morning. (since/for)
She ……………………… her work. (do/does/did)
……………………… I come in, sir? (May/Can/Should)
There is not ……………………… milk in the pot. (much/many)
You ……………………… follow the traffic rules. (must/should)
Q.8 Do as directed : (Any five) (1×5=5)
He is too weak to walk. (Rewrite using ‘so…that’)
She sings a song. (Change into Passive Voice)
If you don’t work hard, you will fail. (Rewrite using ‘Unless’)
He play cricket. (Correct the sentence)
They are flying kites. (Change into Negative)
Section-D (Textbooks)
Q.9 Answer the following questions: (1×4=4)
(i) Who was Lencho?
(a) Postmaster
(b) Postman
(c) Peasant
(d) Dactor
(ii) How much money did Lencho want?
(a) 100 pesos
(b) 50 pesos
(c) 10 pesos
(d) 70 peso
(iii) Who has written the poem “Fire and Ice”?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) John Keats
(c) W. B. Yeats
(d) S. T. Coleridge
(iv) Where was Lencho’s house situated?
(a) in a city
(b) in the forest
(c) bottom of the hill
(d) top of a hill
Q.10 (A) Read the following extract from the prose and answer the questions given below : (1×3=3)
The house — the only one in the entire valley sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a good harvest. The only thing that the earth needed was a downpour or at least a shower. Through-out the morning Lencho Who knew his fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the north- east.
Questions:-
(i) From which lesson has this text been taken?
(a) A Letter to God
(b) His First Flight
(c) Black Aeroplane
(ii) Where was Lencho’s house situated?
(a) At the foot of a hill
(b) In the village
(c) on the crest of a low hill
(iii) Find out the word, from the above passage, which is similar to the word ‘closely’
(a) promised
(b) dotted
(c) intimately
(B) Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions given below : (1×3=3)
The fog comes
On little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Questions:-
(i) Who is the poet of the poem “Fog”?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) William Wordsworth
(c) Carl Sandburg
(d) …
(ii) What does the poet compare the fog with?
(a) A dog
(b) A cat
(c) A bird
(d) A cloud
(iii) How does the fog come, according to the poem?
(a) quickly and noisily
(b) slow and silently
(c) with thunder and rain
(d) like a strong wind
Q.11 Answer the following questions (30 words): (Any six) (2×6=12)
What did Lencho hope for?
What does courage mean to Mandela?
What name did Anne give to her diary?
Why did the conductor call Valli as “madam”?
What did Chubukov at first suspect that Lomov had come for?
What does a ‘jackfruit like appearance’ mean?
Why was the young seagull afraid to fly?
Q.12 Answer the following questions (30 words): (Any two) (2×2=4)
What happened to the house when the trees move out of it in the poem ‘The Trees’?
Why does Amanda want to be an orphan?
What does ‘ice’ stand for in the poem? (Fire and Ice)
Q.13 Answer the following questions (30 words): (Any two) (2×2=4)
Why was Dr. Harriot worried about Tricky?
What was Anil doing when the thief approached him?
What story did the lady tell Horace Danby to get the jewels?
Q.14 Answer the following questions in about 75 words. (3)
Baking was considered an important and a profitable profession in a traditional Goan village. Explain.
or
How did Mandela’s hunger for freedom change his life?
Q.15 Answer the following questions in about 75 words. (3)
What is theme of the poem ‘Dust of Snow’
or
Write the central idea of the poem ‘Amanda’.
Q.16 Answer the following questions in about 75 words. (3)
How did Richard Ebright’s mother help him?
or
How did the invisible man first become visible?
Answer Key / उत्तर माला
Q.1 (Gandhi ji): (i) b, (ii) d, (iii) d, (iv) b, (v) c
Q.2 (Shepherd): (i) b, (ii) d, (iii) d, (iv) c, (v) a
Q.7 (Grammar): (i) a, (ii) since, (iii) does, (iv) May, (v) much, (vi) must
Q.8 (Do as directed):
(i) He is so weak that he cannot walk.
(ii) A song is sung by her.
(iii) Unless you work hard, you will fail.
Q.9 (MCQs): (i) c, (ii) a, (iii) a, (iv) d (top of a hill / crest)
Q.10 A: (i) a, (ii) c, (iii) c
Q.10 B: (i) Carl Sandburg, (ii) b, (iii) b
(Subjective Answers for Q11-Q16 are not included in this quick view.)
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