Grammar-Editing - CBSE Value Based Questions

CBSE Class 10 English
Grammar
Value Based Questions

TYPE: 9
Editing (Omissions)

In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. En sure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one has been done for you.

1. A man getting very impatient. e.g. man was getting

Again and again he would peep the a) __________

doctor’s room to see many patients b) __________

were left. After a long time his turn c) __________

came, he got up said, “Sorry doctor d) __________

I don’t have problem now. This long e) __________

wait has cured headache. I’m here only to thank you. f) __________
Ans.

peep into the
see how many
time when his
up and said
have any problem
cured my headache

2. Fresh vegetables be cooked to perfection Vegetables can be in

the microwave they retain their a) __________

full flavour, nutrients colour. Vegetables b) __________

can be cooked in casserole dishes lids c) __________

stirring once the cooking period. d) __________

Roasting boiling bags can also be used e) __________

for some vegetables with ends loosely closed allowing a bit of steam to escape. f) __________
Ans.

they can retain
nutrients and colour
dishes with lids
once during the
Roasting or boiling
with the ends

3. Now a days most the children eg. most of the

get an opportunity go on school a) __________

trips. They jumps the chance b) __________

to be away home for a c) __________

week two. Some children, specially d) __________

those leaving home for first time e) __________

very much miss parents. f) __________
Ans.

opportunity to go
jump at the
away from home
week or two
for the first
miss their parents.

4. India a land of great diversity. e.g. India is a

There is diversity only in its a) __________

geographical features also in the b) __________

race that its people belong, in c) __________

the religion that profess and d) __________

the languages that they. There e) __________

is, however, a unity in its diversity and this help to unite its people into one nation. f) __________

5. All living things to breathe e.g. things have to

to survive each species has a) __________

its peculiar way. Some b) __________

breath lungs while others c) __________

with gills or though skin. d) __________

The respiratory system man highly e) __________

developed and consists mainly the respiratory passage and the lungs. f) __________

6. Each and everyone wishes to healthy e.g. to be healthy

but very few ready to make efforts a) __________

in this direction. Most the people b) __________

give excuse that they busy and c) __________

can’t spare any minute exercise. d) __________

Others believe in eating too. They e) __________

think the they get healthy by eating all the time. f) __________

7. Now in same village there lived e.g. in the same

a wicked old man his wife, a) __________

not bit sensitive and kind, had b) __________

always kicked and scolded dogs c) __________

whenever any passed house. d) __________

Hearing their neighbour’s good luck e) __________

they coaxed the dog into their garden

and set before bits of fish hoping f) __________

he would find treasure for them.

8. The shop had certain quiet distinction eg. had a certain

There was no sign upon other than a) __________

the name Gessler Brother; and b) __________

in the window pairs of boots. c) __________

He made only what ordered, d) __________

and what made never failed to fit. e) __________

To make boots such boots he made f) __________

seemed to me mysterious and wonderful.

9. Hilary Clinton is 67th U.S. Secretary of State e.g. is the 67th

She embanked a career in law graduating from (a) __________

Yale Law School. She elected as Senator for (b) __________

New work state 2000. As Obama’s Secretary (c) __________

of state. She is the former first lady (d) __________

to serve in President’s Cabinet. As the Secretary (e) __________

of State, She is responsible carrying out the President’s foreign policies (f) __________

10. Necessity, they say, is mother of invention e.g. is the mother

And Indian doctors have quite creative when (a) __________

hamstrung by few no tools to perform specific (b) __________

Surgeries. They simply design themselves (c) __________

at one fourth price they are sold abroad. (d) __________

In fact, some their innovations are (e) __________

Priced at as much hundreds of dollars abroad (f) __________

11. A customer walked a bakery e.g. Walked into a

and complained the bread he (a) __________

had bought previous day had (b) __________

too baking powder in it. (c) __________

The man at the counter told that (d) __________

that because they only served (e) __________

those people who to rise and shine. (f) __________

12. The fact that dance an art form in a e.g. dance is an

Wellknown fact. Although dance a (a) __________

therapy is not known many. Dance therapy (b) __________

involves a synthesis of the grace and vigour Indian (c) __________

classical and folk dance movement into innovative (d) __________

and holistic therapy. It brings the inner (e) __________

feelings in the participants and can help them develop a healthy personality (f) __________

13. Avvaiyar was ninth century Tamil e.g. was a ninth

Poet greatly revered for wisdom. She (a) __________

travelled foot from place to place, spreading (b) __________

noble thoughts. One day, hungry tired with (c) __________

her travels sat under a tree to rest (d) __________

All of sudden, she heard a voice calling (e) __________

Out to her, “Patti, you want some fruits?” (f) __________

14. Meditation is a system, nor it is e.g. is not a

a part of organised religion. It (a) __________

does not even require God a reference point (b) __________

Because. the state self immersion, called Bakhadi (c) __________

by the suffis, no object to focus on. Meditaion (d) __________

is pure metaphysics. Janisaid, “Bekhadiis entoxication (e) __________

of the soul the inebriation of the soul. (f) __________

15. There are several reasons a headache. e.g. reasons for a

Physical, emotional, mental factors, anxiety (a) __________

and tension are few. Sometimes (b) __________

headache can a signal of an underlying (c) __________

disease. More medicines, yoga therapy (d) __________

eminently suits any need. Yoga a comprehensive (e) __________

mode of culturing the body the mind. (f) __________

16. The aim of Gita is no so much to teach e.g. of the Gita

a theory as to enforce the practice dharma (a) __________

Dharma is what promotes worldly prosperity spirltual (b) __________

freedom..... Kurukshetra also called tapakshetra, (c) __________

the field of penance, discipline. War is (d) __________

at punishment and cleaning mankind. God is a (e) __________

judge as well redeemer. He destroys and creates (f) __________

Grammar-Editing - CBSE Value Based Questions - type 9