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English Language & Literature
Class 10th
1. (i) Good personal hygiene supports physical health by preventing skin infections, dental cavities and other health
issues.
(ii) (a) lifelong habits that contribute to their well-being
(iii) Personal hygiene prevents illness by reducing the transmission of pathogens through practices like
handwashing. Educational programmes and community initiatives promote hygiene awareness and instill
lifelong healthy habits, contributing to the overall well-being of individuals and communities.
(iv) (a) I, III and IV
(v) True
(vi) (c) By enhancing appearance and self-esteem
(vii) Personal hygiene impacts mental well-being by fostering self-care, promoting a positive mood and reducing
stress related to appearance. Culturally, it honours traditions and religious beliefs maintaining not just physical
cleanliness but also spiritual and ritualistic significance.
(viii) (b) Reducing the transmission of bacteria and viruses
2. (i) (d) 55-60%
(ii) (b) Both the Assertion and Reason are true, but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(iii) Proteins are essential for teenagers undergoing growth spurts because they support muscle growth, repair and
immune function.
(iv) Regional dietary variability ensures access to diverse macronutrient sources to meet dietary requirements
effectively.
(v) Avocados
(vi) Balancing macronutrients ensures optimal nutrition and overall health.
(vii) 15-20%
(viii) carbohydrates, proteins and fats
(ix) Fats are crucial for hormone production, vitamin absorption and long-term energy storage. It’s essential to
emphasise the consumption of unsaturated fats while limiting saturated and trans fats to promote heart health.
Two sources of healthy fats are nuts and vegetable oils like olive oil.
3. (i) (b) can be developed, has been supported
(ii)
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(iii) I asked my friend if he could pick me up after work.
(iv) (d) asked her to turn around.
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(ix) that she had decided to try something different with her hair
(x) (b) has taken (xi) (a) once
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4. A. 7/9, Kunj Apartments
Shimla
10th December, 20XX
The Chairman
CBSE, Preet Vihar
New Delhi
Subject Procedure to get Duplicate Certificates
Sir/Ma’am
This is to inform you that I, Tarun Gupta, passed Class X (Roll no. 90XXXXX) in the year 20XX and Class XII
(Roll no. 105XXXX) in the year 20XX from the CBSE Board.
Unfortunately, I have lost my original certificates of Class X and Class XII as the bag containing those
certificates has been stolen. I urgently need the duplicates of the certificates.
Therefore, please let me know the following details :
l Procedure to get the duplicate certificates
l The amount of fee to be deposited
l Mode of payment
l Time taken by the board to issue the certificates
Also, if there is any other formality to be completed, please do let me know. I would be much obliged.
Thanking you
Yours sincerely
Tarun Gupta
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B. Goodway Public School
Aurobindo Road
Indore
5th March, 20XX
Sunrise Stationery Mart
12, Mall Road
Indore
Subject Placing an Order for Stationery
Sir/Ma’am
This is to inform you that I, Vaibhavi Sinha, am the examination incharge of Goodway Public School. We would
like to place a bulk order of stationery items for the academic session 2022-23. The particulars of the products
and the quantities to be supplied are given below.
S. No Product Quantity
1. White paper 04 reams
2. Carbon paper 02 packets
3. Registers 01 dozen
4. Blue ballpoint pens 50 units
5. Red ballpoint pens 50 units
Please send us fresh supplies by 4th July. Any delivery after that would be returned. Also, please send the bill at
the time of delivery. As always, we will first check the supplies and then transfer the payment digitally.
We hope that we will get additional discount given that we are your regular customers.
Thanking you
Yours sincerely
Vaibhavi Sinha
(Examination Incharge)
5. A. In this age of digital revolution, children have access to every bit of information they need easily by just one
click on the internet. While this has made research an easy act by making information readily available, it has
been seen to have negatively affected the brain capacity of young people. Children these days do not have to
memorise anything which affects their brain’s ability to process and retain information. This problem, however,
can be easily solved with several activities that boost brain power. Activities like writing, playing jigsaw
puzzles, solving crosswords or Sudoku are the most effective of these methods. While children are encouraged
to spend 20% of their free time on writing, they should give 20% of their free time to brain games including
jigsaw puzzles, crosswords, Sudoku, etc. Reading the newspaper and discussing current affairs with friends or
family are activities that are nearly as effective as social interactions and play a crucial role in stimulating brain
power. Regular exercise also helps because it increases the blood flow and thus energises the brain. Though not
as effective as other methods, listening to music may also boost brain power.
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B. It is believed that a healthy body harbours a healthy mind. Sports had been accepted a long time ago as
something essential for the proper growth and development of our body especially children. Gone are the days
when the age old myth that academic excellence is the only foundation for a successful career was widely
accepted and practised. The myth has been replaced for the better and school authorities as well as parents
have realised the benefits of encouraging their children to play and participate in Sports. Such a change has
been a result of the various studies that indicated the innumerable benefits that sports have on children. The
studies found that while it is majorly responsible for ensuring physical fitness, it has many social and mental
benefits. Sports boost discipline, reduce stress and improve social skills. Further, in the present world, Sports
offers many new career opportunities. Hence, Sports are an important part of holistic schooling.
6. A. (i) (d) ownership of the Meadow
(ii) According to Natalya, Oxen Meadows belonged to them because both her grandfather and great
grandfather reckoned that their land extended to Burnt Marsh - which meant that the Oxen Meadows were
theirs. She took this ancestral ‘knowledge’ as a clear proof that Oxen Meadows had always been their
property.
(iii) their peasants making bricks for her
(iv) The word ‘perpetuity’ from the passage means continuance.
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B. (i) (a) A narrative describing the field and the protagonists emotions about the damage his field have suffered.
(ii) Lencho was feeling gloomy and hopeless as his fields were destroyed by the storm.
(iii) destruction
(iv) The storm was a hailstorm which had completely destroyed Lencho’s fields.
7. A. (i) Through this extract, the poet wants to convey that sometimes certain moments or actions which are simple
have larger significance. They can change the mood or life of a person. The poet got inspired and gives off
his depressive thoughts after a dust of snow falls on him.
(ii) rued
(iii) Through the poem ‘Dust of Snow’, Robert Frost is trying to shatter the superstitious and orthodox beliefs
held by humans about things that they consider negative.
(iv) (b) ABAC
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B. (i) Some of the activities of the tiger who is behind the bars of its cage include stalking along the length of the
cage, ignoring visitors, hearing patrolling cars and staring at the brilliant stars shining in the sky.
(ii) he knows that none would help him out of captivity.
(iii) The poet wants to say that the tiger is ignoring visitors because it is locked in a concrete cell. As he is
helpless, he can do nothing to the visitors now.
(iv) (b) Only 2, For the entertainment of humans.
8. (i) No, the poet does not seem to have an in-depth knowledge of the animals of the wild. This is so because her
descriptions are very common place. People are aware of the general features that the poet describes in the poem.
The descriptions provided by her are not useful in surviving the wild forests and they serve a comedic purpose.
(ii) The advice given by elders is crucial to young lives holds true for the poem ‘For Anne Gregory’. Anne had
decided to change her hair colour so that somebody would love her for herself alone. However, the speaker
informs her of an elder’s advice that only God will love her for herself. This advice of an elder is crucial for the
younger generation as it makes them understand life. In this case, they understand to withstand the
temptations of physical beauty.
(iii) Coorg receives heavy rainfall during the monsoon which we can say extends from April and ends in August.
The weather of Coorg is pleasant for the tourists during the months from September to March. At this time, the
smell of coffee is spread all around.
(iv) If I were the family member of the young seagull, I would have also decided not to go near him. Sometimes
parents and elders have to take strict decision to make their children able to face the hardships of life. Like in
this case, the continuous scolding and leaving the young seagull alone and hungry on the ledge made him
overcome his fear of flying and he could take a plunge.
(v) Anne justified her being a chatterbox in her essay by explaining that talking was a student’s trait and that she
would try to cure it. But, being talkative was incurable as she had inherited this trait from her mother and no
one could cure an inherited trait.
9. (i) In the case of Ausable, attack is the secret of his defense. He decided to use his brain and attack his opposition
Max instead of defending himself. He does not take out his gun or attempt to fight Max. He uses his mind and
creates a story that will ultimately lead to Max’s death. His story of the balcony is an intellectual attack that he
makes on Max.
(ii) Horace Danby was a good and respectable man. He was a 50-year-old unmarried man who lived with a
caretaker. He was a successful locksmith with two helpers. He was a healthy man who sometimes suffered from
attacks of hay fever. Horace Danby, however, was also a thief who robbed to satisfy his love of collecting rare
and expensive books.
(iii) The visible man became invisible because of his quick temper. He got furious at the constant questioning of
Mrs Hall. Consequently, he took off all the things he was wearing on his forehead to become a man without a
head. Soon, constable Jaffers came to arrest him. So, he took off all the clothes he was wearing to become
completely invisible. He knocked Mr Jaffers unconscious and escaped.
10. A. Good morning, everyone!
Today, I would like to speak on the principle of ‘Forgive and Forget’ and how it helps in maintaining cordial
relations with neighbours. I read a play titled ‘The Proposal’ recently which highlighted this principle.
Initially, the neighbours in the play-Lomov, Natalya and Chubukov were fighting over petty issues.
By doing this, they were putting important issues behind them and were wasting their time by arguing over
petty issues. These arguments slowly developed into fights and as a result they damaged their relationships
with each other. It was only when Natalya came to know that Lomov had come to her house to propose her that
she left the topic of argument (Oxen Meadows) behind. Eventually, she asked for forgiveness from Lomov and
requested him to come to the point.
From this play, I learned that it is mandatory to adopt the principle of ‘Forgive and Forget’ to maintain cordial
relationship with our friends and neighbours. I hope what I said made sense with you.
Thank you
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B. It is true that bravery and courage are situational and spontaneous. This fact has been aptly conveyed in the
poem ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’ wherein the dragon was considered a coward. He was laughed at for
crying for a nice safe cage. He never boasted of his bravery and courage like Belinda and her other pets.
Everyone else, including Belinda, Ink, Blink and Mustard claimed to be brave. They even made fun of Custard’s
cowardice. However, when the time to show their courage came, none of them could face the danger.
They hid themselves in some corner of the house. It was only Custard who dared to face the frightening pirate.
He not only fought the pirate but also ate him up. It was a dangerous situation to which Custard responded
spontaneously. His courage and bravery came out in a threatening situation. Hence, it is true that qualities like
courage and bravery are situational and spontaneous.
11. A. Thursday, 22nd May, 20XX 9:30 pm
Dear Diary
It’s been tough the past few years, for my wife, Matilda and me. As I reflect on our experience, I can’t help but
think about the broader societal issues that have contributed to our predicament.
It’s clear to me now that our society is structured in a way that makes upward mobility difficult, if not
impossible. The rich get richer, while the rest of us struggle to make ends meet. We live in a world where social
status is determined by the amount of wealth one possesses rather than by one’s character or virtues. This
narrow view of success has led many people, including Matilda, to pursue material possessions at the expense
of their own happiness.
The loss of the borrowed necklace was a painful lesson for both of us. It reminded us that the pursuit of social
status and upward mobility can be a trap, leading people to sacrifice their happiness and well-being in the
pursuit of an unattainable dream.
M. Loisel
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B. The thief ’s character arc in the story shows a transformation from an experienced criminal to a person who
learns to trust and work hard for a living. At the beginning of the story, the thief is portrayed as an experienced
criminal who is focused on staying ahead of the law. He is initially attracted to Anil because he believes he can
exploit the young man’s trusting nature. As the story progresses, the thief begins to develop a friendship with
Anil who teaches him how to cook, write and read. This transformation of the thief ’s character reaches a climax
when he is presented with an opportunity to steal money from Anil but instead chooses to resist the temptation
and considers the consequences of his actions. This is a significant change from the beginning of the story when
the thief was only interested in self-gain. Although the thief has not completely abandoned his criminal ways,
the fact that he hesitated to jump on the train to escape with the stolen money shows that he has developed a
moral conscience.
