Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (SSC) · English (Second Language)
Chapter: Chapter 2 — Chapter 2: An Encounter of a Special Kind (Prose)
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does the story describe? [1]
(A) An extraordinary or unusual encounter
(B) A routine daily event
(C) A historical battle
(D) A scientific experiment
2. What does this encounter lead to? [1]
(A) Significant personal insight or change
(B) No change at all
(C) Confusion only
(D) Nothing meaningful
3. How does the narrator convey the experience? [1]
(A) Through vivid description and reflection
(B) Through dry factual statements only
(C) Through silence
(D) Through avoidance of detail
4. What does the encounter challenge or expand? [1]
(A) The narrator's previous understanding
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only physical abilities
(D) Only financial situation
5. What universal truths might the story reveal? [1]
(A) Human connection and empathy
(B) Only technical facts
(C) Only historical dates
(D) Nothing universal
6. What does the narrative encourage readers to do? [1]
(A) Remain open to unexpected encounters
(B) Avoid all new experiences
(C) Ignore unusual situations
(D) Reject new perspectives
7. What can unexpected encounters offer? [1]
(A) Valuable life lessons
(B) Nothing valuable
(C) Only confusion
(D) Only danger
8. Why study this narrative? [1]
(A) To value openness and meaningful connection
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What does the story describe? [1]
(A) An extraordinary or unusual encounter
(B) A routine daily event
(C) A historical battle
(D) A scientific experiment
10. What does this encounter lead to? [1]
(A) Significant personal insight or change
(B) No change at all
(C) Confusion only
(D) Nothing meaningful
11. How does the narrator convey the experience? [1]
(A) Through vivid description and reflection
(B) Through dry factual statements only
(C) Through silence
(D) Through avoidance of detail
12. What does the encounter challenge or expand? [1]
(A) The narrator's previous understanding
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only physical abilities
(D) Only financial situation
13. What universal truths might the story reveal? [1]
(A) Human connection and empathy
(B) Only technical facts
(C) Only historical dates
(D) Nothing universal
14. What does the narrative encourage readers to do? [1]
(A) Remain open to unexpected encounters
(B) Avoid all new experiences
(C) Ignore unusual situations
(D) Reject new perspectives
15. What can unexpected encounters offer? [1]
(A) Valuable life lessons
(B) Nothing valuable
(C) Only confusion
(D) Only danger
16. Why study this narrative? [1]
(A) To value openness and meaningful connection
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests