Bihar Board Class 10 · English · Matric exam 2027
Bihar Board Class 10 English Question Paper 2022
The board’s 2022 question paper — all 111 questions as printed; 92 objective answers from the board’s own key; full model answers for 3 written questions, how the answer begins for 5 more. Each question names its chapter, where that chapter’s most-asked questions are.
Full marks 100 · Time 3 h 15 min
Section A · Objective questions (100)
'Greed is endless, but life is not'- is from
- (A) The Empty Heart ✓
- (B) Koel
- (C) Thinner than a Crescent
- (D) God made the Country
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
The children were transported to............ on hearing Martha's stories.
- (A) forest
- (B) sky
- (C) cloud
- (D) dreamland ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Munni and Halku wanted to pay the landlord after the .........season.
- (A) monsoon
- (B) harvesting ✓
- (C) summer
- (D) winter
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
The poor ............... informed the banker about the lawyer's 'disappearance'.
- (A) watchman ✓
- (B) servant
- (C) doctor
- (D) maid
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
The daughter performed her duties without a word of
- (A) anger
- (B) frustration
- (C) depression
- (D) protest ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Who wrote the stories like "The Garden Party' and 'The Fly"?
- (A) Jane Austen
- (B) Virginia Woolf
- (C) Katherine Mansfield ✓
- (D) George Eliot
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
The author wanted a pair of ............. leather boots.
- (A) Iranian
- (B) Russian ✓
- (C) Japanese
- (D) Indian
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Who was 'a perfect little ton of bricks"?
- (A) Moon
- (B) Cook
- (C) Sun ✓
- (D) Nurse
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
The daughter in Two Horizons' tried to
- (A) buy jewellery
- (B) study
- (C) stitch clothes
- (D) build new dreams ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
The narrator in 'Love Defiled' became
- (A) an IAS officer
- (B) an IPS officer
- (C) an IES officer
- (D) a journalist ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Indian cinema, according to Satyajit Ray, does not need more
- (A) music
- (B) gloss ✓
- (C) action
- (D) story
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than
- (A) copper
- (B) wealth
- (C) diamonds ✓
- (D) platinum
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
.............is, in one sense, the common characteristic of all culture.
- (A) Readjustment
- (B) Unity ✓
- (C) Civilization
- (D) Toleration
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Akoulya's............... tried to stop the fight among the adults.
- (A) father
- (B) mother
- (C) uncle
- (D) grandmother ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
The people now think faster than people did
- (A) 150 years from now
- (B) 500 years from today
- (C) 200 years from today
- (D) 30 years ago ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Ms. Greene goes away on
- (A) Thursdays and Fridays
- (B) Wednesdays and Thursdays
- (C) Saturdays and Sundays ✓
- (D) Mondays and Tuesdays
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
The ..........was considered an easy prey by the crows.
- (A) flowers
- (B) mud
- (C) pots
- (D) squirrel ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
The..........of cinema is life itself.
- (A) raw material ✓
- (B) music
- (C) dialogue
- (D) production
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Who is challenging the mountain?
- (A) The poet
- (B) The porter ✓
- (C) The climbers
- (D) The policemen
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
What is suggested to avoid allergy?
- (A) Wearing pollen masks ✓
- (B) Eating vitamins
- (C) Driving around
- (D) Sleeping well
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
The author admired Mr. Gessler
- (A) as a pointer
- (B) as a cook
- (C) as an artist ✓
- (D) as a shoe-trader
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
"The..........Desire now made him mad."
- (A) godly
- (B) bad
- (C) giant
- (D) demon ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Who wrote the poem 'God Made the Country'?
- (A) William Cowper ✓
- (B) William Wordsworth
- (C) Alexander Pope
- (D) John Keats
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
What disability did the woman have in 'Once Upon a Time'?
- (A) Obesity
- (B) Paralysis
- (C) Blindness ✓
- (D) Deafness.
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
In 1948, Laxmi Prasad Devkota presided over the first............. festival of Nepal.
- (A) National literary
- (B) National prose
- (C) National drama
- (D) National poetry ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
The stories told by Martha seemed
- (A) tranquil ✓
- (B) revealing
- (C) pessimistic
- (D) uninteresting
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Halku warmed himself by burning some
- (A) wood
- (B) paper
- (C) leaves ✓
- (D) grass
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Immunoglobin E was discovered by scientists in
- (A) Harvard
- (B) Yale
- (C) Oxford
- (D) Uppsala and Baltimore ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
To stop rumours, the banker locked the lawyer's.............. in his safe.
- (A) note ✓
- (B) books
- (C) clothes
- (D) piano
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
The author wrote a............. and posted it to Mr. Gessler.
- (A) note
- (B) story
- (C) cheque ✓
- (D) poem
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
.................... causes pain.
- (A) Heart
- (B) Hurt ✓
- (C) Clothes
- (D) Medicines
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Radha's friend is .................... about her.
- (A) happy
- (B) concerned ✓
- (C) angry
- (D) satisfied
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
The rich man wrecked his
- (A) car
- (B) house
- (C) health ✓
- (D) tractor
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
The notes of the .................... are high-pitched.
- (A) koel ✓
- (B) man
- (C) crow
- (D) poet
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
The porter's body is very
- (A) fat
- (B) thin ✓
- (C) sick
- (D) weak
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Martha would tell her .................... in the hazel glen.
- (A) poems
- (B) plight
- (C) stories ✓
- (D) pain
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Life is bitter because it is full of
- (A) troubles ✓
- (B) uncertainties
- (C) happiness
- (D) jealousies
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
The happy man gets .................... from his cattle.
- (A) vegetables
- (B) fruits
- (C) milk ✓
- (D) shade
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
'Sawarani' and 'Rays' have been written by
- (A) Puran Singh
- (B) Durga Prasad Panda ✓
- (C) Mahadevi Verma
- (D) Vidyapati
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Radha's friend says that Radha has .................... weight.
- (A) gained
- (B) added
- (C) put
- (D) lost ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Halku wanted to save himself and his pet dog Jabra from the biting
- (A) cold ✓
- (B) fire
- (C) hunger
- (D) fog
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
The flaming soul looks for his
- (A) beloved ✓
- (B) parents
- (C) siblings
- (D) children
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
........movement gives you a superficial sense of drama.
- (A) Rapid ✓
- (B) Recurring
- (C) Slow
- (D) Intermittent
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Mr. William was burning
- (A) plastic
- (B) paper
- (C) leaves ✓
- (D) clothes
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Gillu's eyes were
- (A) blue ✓
- (B) green
- (C) black
- (D) brown
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
In India, the first..............was produced in 1907.
- (A) short film ✓
- (B) feature film
- (C) documentary film
- (D) art film
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
Many senior leaders have been.............. in Burma.
- (A) incarcerated ✓
- (B) killed
- (C) beaten
- (D) honoured
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
The house of the old woman is situated outside of the
- (A) hamlet
- (B) village
- (C) town ✓
- (D) city
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Sun and Moon saw the ice-pudding in the
- (A) box
- (B) refrigerator ✓
- (C) oven
- (D) kitchen
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
The mother was........... to read the letter from her daughter.
- (A) happy ✓
- (B) jealous
- (C) tired
- (D) disturbed
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
In 'Love Defiled' for the first time in his life, the narrator realised that he was............ from within.
- (A) beautiful
- (B) ugly ✓
- (C) good
- (D) happy
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Halku wanted Jabra to lie in the
- (A) bed
- (B) kitchen
- (C) paddy straw ✓
- (D) bathroom
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Eczema may evolve into
- (A) asthma ✓
- (B) inflammation
- (C) itching
- (D) fever
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
According to the lawyer, it is better to..........somehow than not to live at all.
- (A) die
- (B) kill
- (C) live ✓
- (D) poison
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Aung San Suu Kyi was jailed in
- (A) Bangkok
- (B) Rangoon ✓
- (C) Singapore
- (D) Malaysia
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
56. The old woman is considered to be a
- (A) sage
- (B) priest
- (C) witch
- (D) rural prophet ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
57. ......... must belong to any culture that is true and vital.
- (A) Competition
- (B) Jealousy and hatred
- (C) Unity and universality ✓
- (D) Ignorance and superstition
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
58. Malasha was ......... when she saw Akoulya's frock and face splashed with mud.
- (A) overjoyed
- (B) frightened
- (C) sad
- (D) angry ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
59. In the town, the nightingale is
- (A) sad
- (B) scared
- (C) happy
- (D) mute ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
60. A......... man is very contented with the few acres of paternal land.
- (A) sad
- (B) greedy
- (C) happy ✓
- (D) wise
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
61. Synonym of 'Coax' is
- (A) Pacify
- (B) Punish
- (C) Persuade
- (D) Please
62. Synonym of "Fruitless' is
- (A) Successful
- (B) Barren
- (C) Useless
- (D) Insufficient
63. Antonym of 'Hazy' is
- (A) Plain
- (B) Clear ✓
- (C) Dull
- (D) Light
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
64. Antonym of 'Harmony' is
- (A) Melody
- (B) Confusion
- (C) Disagreement ✓
- (D) Hopeful
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
65. तुम स्कूल कब जाते हो?
- (A) When you go to school?
- (B) When do you going to school?
- (C) When do you go school?
- (D) When do you go to school? ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
66. वह दो दिन से बीमार है।
- (A) He has sick for two days
- (B) He has been sick for two days ✓
- (C) He sick for two days
- (D) He is sick for two days
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
67. क्या आप मुझसे नाराज है?
- (A) Are you angry with me? ✓
- (B) Are you angry to me?
- (C) Are you angry from me?
- (D) You are angry from me?
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
68. Direct speech of: "Bill said that he was there to help us all." is
- (A) Bill said, "I am here to help you all." ✓
- (B) Bill says, "I will be here to help you all."
- (C) Bill will assure, "I am here to help all."
- (D) Bill asked, "I can be here to help you all."
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
69. Direct speech of: "He said that his parents were arriving the next day." is
- (A) He says, "My parents will arrive tomorrow."
- (B) He will say, "My parents will come tomorrow."
- (C) He said, "My parents are arriving tomorrow." ✓
- (D) He can say, "My parents may come tomorrow."
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
70. Direct speech of: "He asked me if I knew English." is
- (A) He says to me, "Did you know English?"
- (B) He said to me, "Do you know English?" ✓
- (C) He asks to me, "Do I know English?"
- (D) He said, "Will you know English?"
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
71. Indirect speed of: He says, "I am going to the market now." Is
- (A) He says that he is going to the market now. ✓
- (B) He said that he was going to the market then.
- (C) He says that he was going to the market then.
- (D) He said that he was going to the market now.
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
72. Indirect speed of: He said, "Alas! I am undone." is
- (A) He said that he was his undoing.
- (B) He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone. ✓
- (C) He stated that he was undone.
- (D) He cried that he was being undone.
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
73. Indirect speed of: He said to the girl, "Did you do this?" is
- (A) He asked the girl that she did that.
- (B) He asked the girl if she did that.
- (C) He asked the girl if she had done that. ✓
- (D) He told the girl that she had done that.
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
74. Active voice of "His loan has been paid off by his friend." is
- (A) My friend paid off his loan
- (B) His friend has paid off his loan ✓
- (C) They have paid his loan
- (D) He paid off his loan
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
75. Active voice of "Can the parcel be sent by us tomorrow?" is
- (A) Can be the parcel sent by us tomorrow?
Active voice of "Good news is expected by us." is
- (A) Let good news be expected.
- (B) Expecting good news from them.
- (C) Let us expect good news.
- (D) We expect good news. ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Passive voice of "Are they not cheating us?" is
- (A) Are not we being cheated?
- (B) Are we not being cheated by them?
- (C) Are we being not cheated by them.
- (D) Are we being cheated?
Passive voice of "Shut the door." is
- (A) Let the door must be shut.
- (B) You are asked to shut the door.
- (C) Let the door be shut. ✓
- (D) Shut the door, please.
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Passive voice of "The thief broke the lock." is
- (A) The lock has been broken by the thief.
- (B) The lock was broken by someone.
- (C) The lock was broken by the thief. ✓
- (D) The lock cannot be broken.
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
Direction (80-86): Choose the correctly spelt word:
- (A) Comander
- (B) Commandor
- (C) Comandar
- (D) Commander
Choose the correctly spelt word :
- (A) Referigerator
- (B) Refridgerator
- (C) Refrigerator ✓
- (D) Refriderator
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
82. (A) Arangement
- (A) Arangement
- (B) Arrangment
- (C) Arangment
- (D) Arrangement ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
83. (A) Fulfill
- (A) Fulfill
- (B) Fullfill
- (C) Fullfil
- (D) Fulfil
84. (A) Ommission
- (A) Ommission
- (B) Ommision
- (C) Omission ✓
- (D) Omision
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
85. (A) Career
- (A) Career ✓
- (B) Carreer
- (C) Caireer
- (D) Careir
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
86.
- (A) Jewelery
- (B) Jwellry ✓
- (C) Jewellry
- (D) Jewellery
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
Direction (87-93): Choose the correct form of verb. 87. I…………studyng English.
- (A) did
- (B) was
- (C) have
- (D) had
88. He..........me not to go out today.
- (A) advise
- (B) advising
- (C) advised ✓
- (D) have advised
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
89. You are..........very fast.
- (A) drive
- (B) driven
- (C) driving ✓
- (D) will drive
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
90. He said that he..........football.
- (A) playing
- (B) am playing
- (C) played ✓
- (D) will played
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
91. He..........Ratna.
- (A) scold
- (B) scolded
- (C) scolding
- (D) have scolded
92. I was dancing when she
- (A) arrives
- (B) will arrive
- (C) arrived ✓
- (D) had arrived
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
93. They..........out an hour ago.
- (A) go
- (B) goes
- (C) gone
- (D) went ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
94. He drove from Patna.......Delhi without stopping to rest.
- (A) over
- (B) for
- (C) into
- (D) to ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
95. We can make no progress if we continue working..............these conditions.
- (A) into
- (B) with
- (C) under ✓
- (D) for
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
96. The firm has been dealing..............luxury goods.
- (A) in ✓
- (B) at
- (C) out
- (D) on
Answer (the board’s key): (A)
97. The strike has been called
- (A) of
- (B) off ✓
- (C) at
- (D) by
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
98. Stay..............your limit.
- (A) into
- (B) in
- (C) within ✓
- (D) on
Answer (the board’s key): (C)
99. Language alone protects us from the scariness of things..............no names.
- (A) by
- (B) with ✓
- (C) for
- (D) on
Answer (the board’s key): (B)
100. Natasha ought to apologise..............her behaviour.
- (A) with
- (B) off
- (C) up
- (D) for ✓
Answer (the board’s key): (D)
Section B · Written questions (11)
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: There are, it must be admitted, some matters in regard to which the memory works with less than its usual perfection. It is only a very methodical man, I imagine who can always remember to take the medicine his doctor has prescribed for him. This is more surprising because medicine should be one of the easiest things to remember. Certain psychologists tell us that we forget things because we wish to forget them. Questions: (i) What is the writer's hobby? (ii) How does he collect the stamps? (iii) How does he arrange the stamps? (iv) What is 'philately'? OR Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: [passage] Questions: (i) Where does memory work less? (ii) Who always remembers to take medicines regularly? (iii) What should be the easiest thing to remember? (iv) What is the psychologist's opinion?
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Model answer
- 1.(A) The writer's hobby is collecting stamps of various countries. OR (B) Memory works less in some matters, for example in remembering to take the medicine the doctor has prescribed.1 mark
- 2.(A) His friends send him stamps, and he takes some out from the envelopes he receives from them. When new stamps are released, he buys them from the General Post Office. OR (B) Only a very methodical man can always remember to take the medicine his doctor has prescribed.2 marks
- 3.(A) He arranges the stamps in three books according to the country and the denominations. OR (B) Medicine, that is, taking the medicine the doctor has prescribed, should be one of the easiest things to remember.2 marks
- 4.(A) 'Philately' is the term for stamp collection. OR (B) Certain psychologists tell us that we forget things because we wish to forget them.2 marks
Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: modern society, girls are brought up to believe that the main responsibility of women is housework and bringing up children. This is reflected in the gender division of labour in most families. Women do all the work inside the home such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes, looking after children etc. And men do all the work outside the home. It is the mindset that men are not going to do the household work. The result of this is that although women constitute roughly half of the population, their role in public life is minimal in most societies. Questions: (i) What could be found in every household earlier? (ii) What is the new generation addicted to? (iii) What will happen if gadgets are used for a long time? (iv) What will be the impact of this addiction? OR Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: [passage] Questions: (i) What are girls brought up to believe? (ii) What kind of work does a woman do? (iii) What is the mindset of the general public? (iv) What is minimal in most societies?
Medha Ma’am
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Model answer
- 1.(A) Earlier, lamps, lights and candles could be found in every household. OR (B) Girls are brought up to believe that the main responsibility of women is housework and bringing up children.1 mark
- 2.(A) The new generation is addicted to laptops, mobiles and many other modern gadgets; children even click photos while prayers are going on. OR (B) A woman does all the work inside the home, such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes and looking after children.2 marks
- 3.(A) If gadgets are used most of the time, they can have worse effects on our health. OR (B) The mindset of the general public is that men are not going to do the household work; women work inside the home and men outside.2 marks
- 4.(A) Addiction to gadgets can make a person physically handicapped and mentally absent-minded. OR (B) The role of women in public life is minimal in most societies, although women are roughly half of the population.2 marks
Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme
Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow: I wander'd lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Questions: (i) What was the poet doing? (ii) What did the poet see? (iii) Where were the daffodils and what were they doing ? OR Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow: [passage] Questions: (i) Who is the speaker and where has he stopped? (ii) Where does the owner of the woods live? (iii) What does the horse think?
Answer any five of the following questions: (a) What happened to the ancient civilization? (b) Why was Akoulya's mother angry? (c) Why does Jim ask Ms. Greene to save paper and aluminium cans? (d) Why are Indian films not shown abroad? (e) Why does the poet believe that man made the town? (f) How did the rich man wreck his health? (g) Who is the proud conqueror of nature? (h) What does the poet say about the lamps in a town? (i) Why could Halku not sleep in the field at night? (j) What were the two special qualities of Mr. Gessler's shoes?
Write a paragraph on any one of the following in about 60-70 words: (i) My favourite game (ii) My garden (iii) Winter vacation (iv) A stitch in time saves nine (v) Health is wealth.
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Model answer · paragraph, health is wealth
Health is Wealth Health is wealth, truer words were never said. A healthy person is richer than one who has money but is always sick. Good health helps us study, work and enjoy life happily. We must take a balanced diet, do regular exercise and keep clean. We should sleep well and avoid bad habits like smoking. When I exercise daily and eat fresh food, I feel active all day. Thus, we must care for our health, for without health, wealth gives no happiness.
- Keep the paragraph to 60-70 words; do not add extra detail sentences.
- Start with a clear one-line statement introducing the topic.
- End with a short concluding sentence that sums up the idea.
Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme
You are Mahesh, the Secretary of the Drama Society of your school. Draft a notice in about 60-70 words about a drama competition with all the necessary details.
How the model answer begins
1. The piece begins with 'XYZ SCHOOL' as the school name followed by 'NOTICE' clearly written at the top.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Write a report on your visit to Rajgir, a tourist place in Bihar.
How the model answer begins
1. The title 'A Visit to Rajgir' and the date line at the start earn this point.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Write an application to the Headmistress of your school asking her for leave to attend to your ailing grandfather.
How the model answer begins
1. The piece opens with 'To, The Headmistress' followed by the school name and place, forming the formal address.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →Write a letter to your cousin to visit your village after the Board Examinations.
How the model answer begins
1. The piece opens with the address (Village, P.O., District) and 'Date: ............' at the top.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →You are Vishal. Write a speech in about 60-70 words on 'Stay Safe, Stay Healthy during Covid Times'.
How the model answer begins
1. The speech opens with 'Respected Principal, teachers and dear friends, good morning.' and introduces the speaker Vishal and the topic.
The full answer from Medha Ma’am →You are Dharamvir. Write a message in about 30-40 words to your mother about you are going to your friend's house in order to complete your project work.
The same preparation, with Medha Ma’am — on your phone
Every question of every chapter with its model answer, practice questions in the board’s own shapes, 60 minutes of class a day, written answers marked, a test every Sunday and a WhatsApp report to parents.
Medha Ma’am is an AI teacher, not a live tutor. Every answer is checked twice; a person takes responsibility.