Class 10 English: News Headlines

Question 1.
Read the newspaper headlines given below. Complete the sentences that follow: (3 marks) 
(a) 70% INFANT DEATHS IN-FIRST 29 DAYS
Nearly 70% of infant deaths in the country in the year 2010…………………..during the first 29 days of the infant’s life.
(b) PARKING ROW: MAN BATTERED TO DEATH
A 45-year-old autorickshaw driver…………………..to death over a parking issue in Geeta Colony on Sunday.
(c) MINOR POLIO VICTIM HURT IN HOSPITAL
17-year-old polio afflicted girl …………………..inside a government hospital.
Answer:
(a) took place
(b) was beaten
(c) was hurt

Question 2.
Read the news items given below. Use the information in the headlines to complete the sentences that follow: (3 marks) 
(a) Govt, raises DA; announcement made
The government…………………..for its employees with effect from 1st July 2012
(b) Kalka Shatabdi cancelled due to heavy rains
The heavy rains caused flooding of the railway tracks because of which Kalka Shatabdi
(c) Petrol, diesel prices likely to be raised
The government…………………..the prices of petrol and diesel to ensure that the public sector oil companies do not face losses
Answer:
(a) has announced a raise in DA
(b) has been cancelled
(c) is considering raising

Question 3.
Read the newspaper headlines given below and complete the news items: (3 marks) 
(a) NEGLECT CAUSED MALL TRAGEDY, SAYS PROBE
The tragedy at The Great Adventure Mall…………………..due to neglect on the part of authorities.
(b) FOUR HURT AS CYLINDER BLAST TRIGGERS COLLAPSE
Four members of a family including two children…………………..when portions of their first-floor house collapsed following a gas cylinder explosion in Delhi’s Nand Nagri on Sunday morning.
(c) TWO AUTO – LIFTERS NABBED, POLICE CRACK 30 CASES
The South District Police claims to have …………………..the arrest of two persons on Sunday.
Answer:
(a) was caused
(b) were injured
(c) cracked 30 cases of auto-lifting with

Question 4.
Read the given headlines and complete the reports that follow: (3 marks) 
(a) CHIEF SEEKS MORE TIME FROM CBI
NEW DELHI: Army chief General VK Singh…………………..the CBI for more time to provide details on his allegation that he was offered ?Rs.14 crore bribe.
(b) Rs.1 CR TO THE WIFE OF ACCIDENT VICTIM
The Delhi High Court…………………..a compensation of ? 1 crore to the widow of a businessman who died in a road accident five years ago.
(c) DEATH PENALTY TO THREE FOR KILLING GIRL OVER PROPERTY
NEW DELHI: A man, along with his daughter and son…………………..death penalty by a Delhi court for burning alive his daughter-in-law to comer her property.
Answer:
(a) has asked
(b) has awarded
(c) have been given

Question 5.
Read the heading given below and complete the news stories : (3 marks)
(a) Pawar, Daughter Deny Involvement In IPL
Sharad Pawar and his daughter Supriya Sule on Friday………..cricket team.
(b) IM Declared Terror Outfit
The Indian Mujahideen (IM), suspected to be a shadow outfit of the banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India………………a terror outfit.
(c) 5 Passengers Killed as Train Rams into Mini-Bus
…………at an unmanned level crossing on Friday when a train rammed into a mini-bus.
Answer:
(a) denied having any involvement in any Indian Premier League
(b) has been declared
(c) Five persons were killed

Question 6.
Read the news items given below. Use the information in the headlines to complete the sentences. Write the answer in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole sentences: (3 marks) 
(a) Stone chamber of 3rd-century tomb unveiled
A third-century stone chamber…………………by Japanese archaeologists today. It was excavated from an ancient tomb in Nara.
(b) Abducted Bengal cop released by Maoists.
Two days after being taken hostage, police officer A. Dutt…………………unharmed by the Maoists in Lalgarh.
(c) Singaporean trade team to visit India.
According to the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, a high-level trade team…………….. India soon to finalize the setting up of the trade development council in New Delhi.
Answer:
(a) has been unveiled
(b) has been released
(c) will be visiting/is going to visit