NIOS Class 10th English April 2025 Question Paper Solution - PART A

NIOS Question Paper 

SECTION – C

“GRAMMER”

Q7. Fill in the blanks to complete the note:

In his last Voyage, Cook ___(i)___ to travel north along the west coast of America __(ii)__ if a passage from the pacific to the atlantic, to the north of the America continent __(iii)__.

(i) (A) was asking

     (B) was asked

     (C) were asked

     (D) is asked

Answer - (B) was asked

(ii) (A) to seeing

      (B) to see

      (C) was seeing

      (D) was see

Answer - (B) to see

(iii) (A) were possible

       (B) would possible

       (C) was possible

       (D) must possible

Answer - (C) was possible

Q8. Fill in the blanks to complete the note :

We __(i)__ (sit/sat) there for half an hour, describing to each other our maladies. I  __(ii)__ (explained/explain) to Rita and Sita how I__(iii)__(feel/felt).

Answer -

(i) Sat

(ii) Explained

(iii) Felt

Q9. Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks to complete the passage:

Electric appliances __(i)__(is used/ are used) for many tasks in the home. Some of them contain electric motors __(ii)__ (that will used/that use) the magnetic effect of a current to produce motion. In a refrigerator an electric motor __(iii)__ (is used/ were used) to pump a liquid, called a refrigerant, through pipes.

Answer -

(i) are used

Reason: "Electric appliances" is plural, so we need a plural verb.

(ii) that use

Reason: "Will used" (which is grammatically incorrect anyway). So "that use" is correct. The sentence is in the present tense, so future tense doesn’t fit.

(iii) is used

Reason: The subject is "an electric motor," which is singular. Therefore, it takes the singular verb "is used".

Q10. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions:

(i) Let's walk _________ the beach.

(ii) We need to push the car _________ the garage.

(iii) The mole made a hole _________ the garden.

(iv) There is a tea-stall _________ the beach.

Answer - (i) along

Reason:  The preposition "along" is used to indicate movement or position in a line, often following the length of something, or to indicate being beside something.

(ii) into

Reason: We use "into" to show movement from outside to inside a place. Here, the car is being moved into the garage, meaning from outside to inside.

(iii) in

Reason: In is used to show that something is inside an area or space, here the hole is inside the garden.

 (iv) on

Reason: "On" shows something is on the surface of something.

Q11. Fill in the blanks with the correct conjunction.

(i) I would like to go to the concert __________ I have to finish my homework.

(ii) Would you like to go to the beach _________ rest at home?

Answer - (i) but

Reason: We use the conjunction "but" to show contrast between two ideas.

(i) or

Reason: The conjunction "or" is used to show a choice between two options.

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