Class 10 English Unseen Passage Practice 2024 | Passage Solving Tricks Class 10. Reading Comprehension Class 10 English. 8 Most Important Unseen Passages Class 10 will help you to score 20 marks in Question No. 1 and Question No.2. Best tips and tricks to solve reading comprehension of unseen passages will enhance your comprehending skills.
10 Best tips and tricks to solve reading
comprehension Questions of unseen passages
- Read the passage carefully, at least twice, to understand its main idea.
- Pay attention to keywords and phrases that indicate the passage’s theme.
- Break down complex sentences into simpler parts to grasp their meaning.
- Use context clues to infer the meanings of unfamiliar words.
- Summarize each paragraph in your own words to ensure comprehension.
- Predict possible answers to questions before looking at the options.
- Eliminate obviously wrong answer choices to narrow down your options.
- Look for evidence in the passage to support your chosen answer.
- Be mindful of the question type (fact-based, inference, vocabulary) to approach it correctly.
- Practice regularly with passages of varying lengths and topics to improve your skills over time.
SECTION – A 20Marks
(READING SKILL)
8 Most Important Class 10 English Unseen Passage Practice 2024
Q 1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that
follow: (10) HBSE
(i) Eiha Dixit is an eight-year-old girl from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. She was born
on September 29, 2012 to Kuldeep and Anjali.The young environmentalist
planted a record 1,008 saplings on her fifth birthday. By the age of 6, she had
already planted 2500 saplings and earned a place in the Asia Book of
Record. Eiha was also awarded the “Bal Shakti Puraskar 2019” by the
President of India for excellence in the field of social service.
(ii) Eiha’s father says that she had the courage to do something different from the
very beginning. One day, Eiha was watching a cartoon on television that
discussed the importance of plants and how they help the environment. Ever
since the thought that plants help save the environment and combat pollution
has remained in the little girl’s mind. Then, when she saw the Prime Minister
discuss plants on television, she insisted on planting a sapling. The family
planted a lemon plant in their garden.
(iii) Soon, Eiha began insisting on planting saplings regularly and her family
obliged. Every Sunday, the family would plant saplings in the vicinity of their
house. Her father would share it on social media, and slowly people started
taking note of Eiha’s work.
(iv) Initially, people would notice and appreciate Eiha’s efforts, but once the family
started the “Green Eiha Smile Club” in 2018, children started joining Eiha in
her endeavour. Today, Elha and her club continue to plant saplings and
encourage others to do so on occasions such as birthdays and weddings.
“This is our last chance to save human civilization. Planting trees is the only
way to do it, the more the better,” says Eiha, who aims to become an IPS
officer, and wishes to plant trees all her life.
Questions :
Q1. To which state does Eiha belong?
A. M. P.
B. U. P.
C. Haryana
D. Rajasthan
Q2. When was Eiha born?
A. September 28, 2012
B. September 13, 2012
C. September 12, 2012
D. September 29, 2012
Q3. How many saplings had Eiha planted by the age of six?
A. 1500
B. 2500
C. 3000
D. 4000
Q4. What was the name of the club started by the family of Eiha?
A. Green Eiha Fairy Club
B. Green Eiha Smile Club
C. Green Eiha Smart Club
D. Green Eiha Sensitive Club
Q5. Eiha aims to become an ________ .
A. IAS
B. IPS
C. doctor
D. teacher
Q6. With which Puraskar was Eiha awarded in 2019?
Q7. Which Idea remained in the mind of Eiha after watching a cartoon on television?
Q8. What would the family do every Sunday?
Q9. What does Eiha and her club encourage others to do on birthdays and weddings?
Q10. According to Eiha, how can human civilization be saved?
Answers:
Q1. To which state does Eiha belong?
B. U. P. (Uttar Pradesh)
Q2. When was Eiha born?
D. September 29, 2012
Q3. How many saplings had Eiha planted by the age of six?
B. 2500
Q4. What was the name of the club started by the family of Eiha?
B. Green Eiha Smile Club
Q5. Eiha aims to become an ________ .
B. IPS
Q6. With which Puraskar was Eiha awarded in 2019?
Bal Shakti Puraskar 2019
Q7. Which idea remained in the mind of Eiha after watching a cartoon on television?
The importance of plants in saving the environment and combating pollution.
Q8. What would the family do every Sunday?
Plant saplings in the vicinity of their house.
Q9. What does Eiha and her club encourage others to do on birthdays and weddings?
Plant saplings.
Q10. According to Eiha, how can human civilization be saved?
By planting trees, as it is the only way to do so, and the more trees, the better.
Q2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. (10)
(i) The proverb conveys to us that no man is free from mistakes or faults. None
is infallible in this world. Before criticising others, we should first look into
ourselves. To err is human. If we do not make mistakes, we shall rise to the
level of godliness or divinity. At the same time, if we go on making mistakes
only, we shall come down to the level of devilry. Both the possibilities are
remote. A rational inference is that man is not totally free from mistakemaking tendency. After all, he is human being but those who forgive men for
their mistakes, are superhuman.
(ii) It is a princely quality to forgive others. We must have a humanised and kind
attitude towards others. We must rather think that we also may make
mistakes. We ourselves are not divine or godly.
(iii) Apart from it, man has always learnt through mistakes. If a man makes
mistakes knowingly or deliberately, he is unforgivable. He rather deserves to
be punished for the mistakes he has been committing deliberately and
repeatedly. But if mistakes are made unknowingly or innocently, they should
be forgiven and forgotten. It can be done only by a superman with divine
virtues. Mercy is a godly quality and those who are merciful, are humanistic
and altruistic.
(iv) In the light of these arguments, one may ardently advocate for the proverb
“To err is human, to forgive superhuman.” When Christ was being crucified,
he prayed to God. “Forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.”
QUESTIONS:
1. What should we do before criticizing others?
2. What will happen if we do not make mistakes?
3. What kind of attitude should we have towards others?
4. What should be done to a man who makes mistakes knowingly?
5. What did Christ pray to God when he was being crucified?
6. From which things, no man is free?
A. mistakes
B. faults
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
7. Through which thing man has always learnt something?
A. mistakes
B. money
C. health
D. All of these
8. What kind of people are those who are merciful ?
A. humanistic
B. altruistic
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
9. Which word in the passage means the same as ‘support’?
A. infallible
B. advocate
C. humanised
D. forgive
10. When does a man become unforgivable?
A. When he makes mistakes deliberately.
B. When he makes mistakes innocently.
C. When he makes mistakes unknowingly
D. When he helps somebody with money.
Answers:
- What should we do before criticizing others?
- Before criticizing others, we should first look into ourselves.
- What will happen if we do not make mistakes?
- If we do not make mistakes, we shall rise to the level of godliness or divinity.
- What kind of attitude should we have towards others?
- We should have a humanized and kind attitude towards others, realizing that we ourselves may make mistakes.
- What should be done to a man who makes mistakes knowingly?
- A man who makes mistakes knowingly or deliberately deserves to be punished for his actions.
- What did Christ pray to God when he was being crucified?
- When Christ was being crucified, he prayed to God, “Forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.”
- From which things, no man is free? C. Both A and B (Mistakes and faults)
- Through which thing man has always learnt something? A. mistakes
- What kind of people are those who are merciful? C. Both A and B (humanistic and altruistic)
- Which word in the passage means the same as ‘support’? B. advocate
- When does a man become unforgivable? A. When he makes mistakes deliberately.
Q 1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that
follow: (10)
i. The newspapers have taken the place of the Gita, the Bible and the Quran with
the people. For them, the printed sheet is gospel truth. The fact throws a great
responsibility on the editors and newswriters.
ii. Newspapers are a powerful influence. It is the duty of the editors to see that no
false report or report likely to excite the public is published in their newspapers.
The editors and their assistants have to be extra careful about the news they give
and the manner in which they dress it. In a state of independence, it is practically
impossible for Governments to control the Press. It is the duty of the public to keep
a strict watch on the newspapers and keep them on the right path. An enlightened
public would refuse to patronize inflammatory or indecent newspapers.
iii. Newspapers which indulge in untruth or exaggeration harm the cause they profess
to espouse. I admit that there is enough untruth in enough newspapers to warrant
action. But my experience is that no amount of public criticism will affect the policy
of newspapers which make their livelihood by such policy. But I write this in no way
to condone untruths in newspapers. I am quite clear that if newspapers weighed
every word that is printed therein, we should have a speedier removal of abuses
whether in the states or elsewhere.
QUESTIONS
1. The newspapers have taken the place of _________ .
A. the Gita
B. the Bible
C. the Quran
D. All of these
2. Who need to be extra careful about the news they give?
A. the editors
B. their assistants
C. the public
D. Both A and B
3. What is practically impossible for governments to control ?
A. the leaders
B. the public
C. the press
D. All of these
4. Who must keep a strict watch on the newspapers to keep them on the right path?
A. the public
B. news writers
C. leaders
D. doctors
5. Which word in paragraph two means the same as ‘filthy or improper’?
A. influence
B. assistant
C. patronise
D. indecent
6. Why is the newspaper a powerful experience for the people?
7. What is the duty of the editors?
8. How would an enlightened public react to indecent newspapers?
9. What is the writer’s opinion about the effect of public criticism on the wrong policy of
newspapers?
10. What does the word ‘condone’ mean in paragraph 3 ?
Answers:
- The newspapers have taken the place of _________ . D. All of these (the Gita, the Bible, the Quran)
- Who need to be extra careful about the news they give? D. Both A and B (the editors, their assistants)
- What is practically impossible for governments to control? C. the press
- Who must keep a strict watch on the newspapers to keep them on the right path? A. the public
- Which word in paragraph two means the same as ‘filthy or improper’? D. indecent
- Why is the newspaper a powerful experience for the people?
- Newspapers are a powerful influence because people consider the printed sheet as gospel truth.
- What is the duty of the editors?
- The duty of the editors is to ensure that no false report or report likely to excite the public is published, and to be extra careful about the news they provide and how they present it.
- How would an enlightened public react to indecent newspapers?
- An enlightened public would refuse to patronize inflammatory or indecent newspapers.
- What is the writer’s opinion about the effect of public criticism on the wrong policy of newspapers?
- The writer believes that no amount of public criticism will affect the policy of newspapers that make their livelihood by publishing untruths or exaggerations.
- What does the word ‘condone’ mean in paragraph 3?
- ‘Condone’ means to overlook or disregard something wrong or objectionable.
Q2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. (10)
i. It is physically impossible for a well-educated intellectual or brave man to make
money the chief object of his thoughts: just as it is for him to make his dinner the
principal object of his life. So all healthy-minded people like making money, ought
to like it. And enjoy the sensation of winning it; but the main object of their life is
not money; it is something better than money.
ii. A good soldier, for instance mainly wishes to do his fighting well. He is glad of his
pay-very properly so, and justly grumbles when you keep him ten years without it-
-still his main notion of life is to win battles, not to be paid for winning them.
iii. So of the doctors. They like fees no doubt, ought to like them, yet if they are brave
and well-educated, the entire object of their lives is not the fees. They, on the
whole, desire to cure the sick, and if they are good doctors, and the choice were
fairly put to them, they would rather cure their patient, and lose the fee than kill him
and get it. And so with all other brave and rightly trained men: their work is first,
their fee second — very important no doubt but still second.
iv. But in every nation, as I said, there are vast numbers of people who are illeducated, cowardly and more or less stupid And with these people just as certainly
the fee is first and the work second.
QUESTIONS:
1. Who finds it difficult to make money the chief object of his thoughts?
2. What is the main notion of the life of a good soldier?
3. What happens when a soldier is kept ten years without his salary?
4. What is the objective of a good doctor?
5. For what kind of people the fee is first and the work second?
6. __________ is not the principal object of the life of all healthy people.
A. Dinner
B. Noble thoughts
C. Good Action
D. None of these
7. What does a good soldier wish to do?
A. to earn a lot of money
B. to do his fighting well
C. to win battles
D. Both B and C
8. What is not the entire object of the lives of good doctors?
A. fees
B. patient’s recovery
C. patient’s health
D. All of these
9. In paragraph number one, _____ means the same as ‘goal’?
A. sensation
B. object
C. principal
D. impossible
10. In paragraph number 3, the antonym of healthy is __________.
A. sick
B. sound
C. doctors
D. patient
Answers:
- Who finds it difficult to make money the chief object of his thoughts?
- A well-educated intellectual or brave man.
- What is the main notion of the life of a good soldier?
- The main notion of the life of a good soldier is to win battles.
- What happens when a soldier is kept ten years without his salary?
- He justly grumbles (complains).
- What is the objective of a good doctor?
- The objective of a good doctor is to cure the sick.
- For what kind of people the fee is first and the work second?
- For uneducated, cowardly, and more or less stupid people.
- __________ is not the principal object of the life of all healthy people. D. None of these (Noble thoughts)
- What does a good soldier wish to do? D. Both B and C (to do his fighting well, to win battles)
- What is not the entire object of the lives of good doctors? A. fees
- In paragraph number one, _____ means the same as ‘goal’? B. object
- In paragraph number 3, the antonym of healthy is __________. A. sick
Q 1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that
follow: (10)
1. India has launched an ambitious project, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, to provide primary
education to all children. One of the major aims of the government has been to reduce
the large number of drop-outs from the schools because it affects the economic
development.
2. Various studies by different economists have shown that investment in education
promotes economic growth. In any field, illiterate workers are unskilled and untrained;
their general health is very poor. Literacy as well as education can create more
productive labour force having enhanced knowledge and skills which ultimately tend
to boost productivity both quantitatively and qualitatively.
3. Literacy in common people is also necessary for political stability in any country.
Literacy increases the thinking power and understanding of the good or bad. When the
people are literate, they can easily see through the cunningness of corrupt political
leaders, thereby lessening the possibility of their being shortchanged by the latter.
4. Furthermore, educated folk tend to show a greater tendency towards fruitfully
associating themselves with the establishment. With the increased participation rate of
both men and women in local self-governance institutions, people can avail the
opportunity to improve their local economic factors such as roads, electricity, etc.
QUESTIONS
1. What does the project ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ aim to provide ?
A. high education to all
B. primary education to all
C. mid-day meal to students
D. books to students
2. What has been one of the major aims of the government?
A. spread education among the underprivileged
B. increase the number of drop-outs from the school
C. reduce the number of drop-outs from the school
D. achieve hundred per cent literacy in the country
3. What does the Investment in education promote?
(a) physical growth
(b) economic growth
(c) general health
(d) timely growth
4. What does literacy increase?
A. thinking power
B. understanding of good or bad
C. rising prices
D. Both A and B
5. Which word in paragraph number 3 means the opposite of ‘illiterate’?
A. necessary
B. stability
C. understanding
D. literate
Q6. Which project has been launched by India to provide primary education to all
children?
Q7. How can more productive labour force be created?
Q8. What is necessary for political stability in any country?
Q9. How is the general health of the unskilled and untrained workers?
Q10. Which word in paragraph number one means the same as ‘decrease’?
Answers:
- Which project has been launched by India to provide primary education to all children?
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
- How can more productive labour force be created?
- By investing in education, which enhances knowledge and skills, thus boosting productivity both quantitatively and qualitatively.
- What is necessary for political stability in any country?
- Literacy among common people.
- How is the general health of the unskilled and untrained workers?
- Very poor.
- Which word in paragraph number one means the same as ‘decrease’?
- Reduce
2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below : 10 Marks
1. Since he was a boy, Naveen Gulia had dreamed of joining the Paramilitary forces.
So, after school he enrolled in the National Defence Academy and was accepted into
the Indian Military Academy (IMA).
2. In 1995, Gulia fell while participating in infantry obstacle training at the IMA, crushing
his spine and leaving him paralysed from the shoulders down. So severe were his
injuries that he spent two years in hospital, finally returning home in 1997, in a
wheelchair.
3. Determined to use his mind if he could not use his body, Gulia completed a Masters
in computer management and began teaching in a school. Gradually, he also rekindled
his old passion for adventure sports. He started with just driving. Then he joined a flying
club.
4. In 2004, Gulia made it to the Limca Book of Records as the only person to drive nonstop from Delhi to Marsimik La in Leh (Jammu & Kashmir), the highest motorable pass
in the world. It took him 55 hours. Gulia also flies microlite aircraft, and paragliders. “The
truth is, you become successful because of your difficulties, not despite them,” he says.
QUESTIONS:
1. Whose life story has been depicted in the passage?
2. Where did Naveen Gulia get enrolled himself after school?
3. What does ‘IMA’ stand for?
4. In which year Naveen Gulia got paralyzed from the shoulders down?
5. In which subject did Gulia complete his master degree?
6. Since his boyhood, Gulia had dreamed of joining ________.
A. Air Force
B. Navy
C. Paramilitary Forces
D. All of these
7. How many years did Gulia spend in hospital after the accident?
A. 2 years
B. 3 years
C. 4 years
D. 5 years
8. When did Gulia make a record for the Limca Book?
A. 2005
B. 2004
C. 2003
D. 2001
9. How much time did Gulia take to drive non stop from Delhi to Leh?
A. 60 hours
B. 50 hours
C. 70 hours
D. 55 hours
10. According to Gulia, which thing makes a person successful?
A. health
B. money
C. difficulties
D. luck
Answers:
- The life story depicted in the passage is that of Naveen Gulia.
- After school, Naveen Gulia enrolled himself in the National Defence Academy.
- ‘IMA’ stands for the Indian Military Academy.
- Naveen Gulia got paralyzed from the shoulders down in 1995.
- Gulia completed his master’s degree in computer management.
- Since his boyhood, Gulia had dreamed of joining Paramilitary Forces.
- Gulia spent 2 years in the hospital after the accident.
- Gulia made a record for the Limca Book in the year 2004.
- Gulia took 55 hours to drive nonstop from Delhi to Leh.
- According to Gulia, difficulties make a person successful.
Q1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
(i) Today we know about each and everything about the world. There is no
land or sea that is not known to us. Man has explored every corner of the
world, and he knows all the ways and routes from anywhere to everywhere
in the world. He can reach from one place to the other as safely, easily and
quickly as he likes. He has maps to guide him and fastest means of
transport to carry him.
(ii) But for ages, most of the world was unknown to man. To begin with, he
lived in caves. Then he came out of caves and started making homes in
little corners of forests or behind the hills. He was afraid of wild animals
and also of the clouds and the winds He offered prayers and sacrifices to
gods who, he thought, controlled the clouds and the winds. But slowly.
through long centuries, men began to explore what lay beyond their caves,
hills and forests where they had homes. They went in their boats, first on
the rivers and then across the seas. At first they remained close to the
shore, and each new voyager went a little further than the previous one.
(iii) To those early travellers, the earth seemed to be a vast, flat world. They
feared what would happen if they reached the edge. They believed that if
they sailed southward, the sea would become so hot and boiling that life
would be impossible. Toward the north, they thought, it must be too cold
for anything to live. Till only five hundred years ago, nearly all men
believed this. When some Portuguese explorers began to sail southward,
their seamen revolted and refused to go further. They believed that the
steaming waters of the southern seas would boil them like potatoes.
(iv) When some clever men of those days said that the earth was not flat but a
ball or sphere, people would laugh at them. ‘How could there be people or
trees on the other side of the world? They would say “Would men walk and
trees grow upside down? And how could they stay on the other side?
Surely they would fall off.’
Questions :
1. We can travel as we like _____.
(a) safely
(b) easily
(e) quickly
(d) all the above
2. The modern man can reach anywhere he likes with the help of ______ .
(a) maps to guide him
(b) fastest means of transport
(c) both (a) and (b) above
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
3. After leaving the caves, man started making little homes _______ .
(a) in corners of forests
(b) behind the hills
(c) either (a) or (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
4. Why would people not believe that the earth was not flat but round?
(a) They said that if the earth were round, it would roll away like a ball.
(b) They said that if the earth were round, people and trees on the other side would
fall off.
(c) They said that if the earth were round, water would not stay at one place.
(d) They said that if the earth were round, it would look like the sun and the moon.
5. What is meant by the word ‘voyager’?
(a) A person who makes sacrifices in order to please gods.
(b) A person who goes about begging from place to place.
(c) A person who wants to explore new lands.
(d) A person making a long journey
6. Where did men in ancient times build their homes and why?
7. Why were sacrifices offered to gods?
8. What did the early explorers think about the earth?
9. What did the early sailors think about
the northern and southern ‘ends’ of the world?
10. Why did the seamen of Portuguese explorers revolt?
Answers:
- d) all the above
- (c) both (a) and (b) above
- (c) either (a) or (b)
- (b) They said that if the earth were round, people and trees on the other side would fall off.
- (d) A person making a long journey
- Men in ancient times built their homes in little corners of forests or behind the hills because they were afraid of wild animals and the elements such as clouds and winds.
- Sacrifices were offered to gods because people believed that gods controlled the clouds and the winds, and by offering sacrifices, they hoped to appease them and ensure favorable weather conditions.
- The early explorers thought that the earth was a vast, flat world, and they feared what would happen if they reached the edge.
- The early sailors thought that if they sailed southward, the sea would become so hot and boiling that life would be impossible, and toward the north, it must be too cold for anything to live.
- The seamen of Portuguese explorers revolted because they believed that the steaming waters of the southern seas would boil them like potatoes.
Q2. Read the Passages given below and answer the questions that follow: (10)
(i) Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar was an Indian mathematician. He was born on 22
December, 1887 in Erode, in present-day Tamil Nadu. His father, Kuppuswamy
Srinivasa Iyengar, originally from Thanjavur district, worked as a clerk in a sari shop.
His mother, Komalatammal, was a housewife and sang at a local temple.
(ii) Just before turning 10, in November, 1897, he entered Town Higher Secondary
School, where he encountered formal mathematics for the first time. Since paper
was expensive, Ramanujan often used to derive his results on a ‘slate’. Ramanujan
was shown how to solve cubic equations in 1902.
(iii) When he graduated from Town Higher Secondary School in 1904, Ramanujan
was awarded the K. Ranganatha Rao prize for mathematics by the school’s
headmaster, Krishnaswami Iyer. Ramanujan failed his Fellow of Arts exam in
December, 1906. On 14 July, 1909 Ramanujan married Janaki, a girl his mother had
selected for him. On 6 December, 1917, Ramanujan was elected to the London
Mathematical Society. On 2 May, 1918, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal
Society, the second Indian admitted, after Ardaseer Cursetjee in 1841. At age 31,
Ramanujan was one of the youngest Fellows in the Royal Society’s history. He was
elected “for his investigation in elliptic functions and the theory of Numbers.”
(iv) On 13 October, 1918, he was the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity
College, Cambridge. During his short life, Ramanujan independently compiled nearly
3900 results. commemorated as the National Mathematics Day in India, because it is
Ramanujan’s birth anniversary.
Questions:
1. Who was Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar?
2. What was the name of his father ?
3. With which prize was Ramanujan awarded for mathematics by the school’s
headmaster ?
4. On which date was Ramanujan elected to the London Mathematical Society ?
5. When do we commemorate as the National Mathematics Day in India?
6. In which city was Ramanujan born?
A. Haryana
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Tamilnadu
D. Rajasthan
7. His mother was a ______.
A. doctor
B. teacher
C. housewife
D. nurse
8. On 14th July 1909, he married a girl named ________.
A. Sita
B. Janaki
C. Jannat
D. Jamuna
9. How many results did he compile independently during his short life?
A. nearly 4000
B. nearly 3800
C. nearly 3700
D. nearly 3900
10. Which word in paragraph 4 means the same as ‘celebrated’?
A. elected
B. commemorated
C. compiled
D. anniversary
Answers:
- Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar was an Indian mathematician.
- His father’s name was Kuppuswamy Srinivasa Iyengar.
- Ramanujan was awarded the K. Ranganatha Rao prize for mathematics by the school’s headmaster.
- Ramanujan was elected to the London Mathematical Society on 6 December, 1917.
- National Mathematics Day in India is commemorated on Ramanujan’s birth anniversary.
- Ramanujan was born in Tamil Nadu.
- His mother was a housewife.
- On 14th July 1909, he married a girl named Janaki.
- He compiled nearly 3900 results independently during his short life.
- The word in paragraph 4 that means the same as ‘celebrated’ is “commemorated”.
