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CBSE 10th English Question Paper 2020

TOI-Online | Feb 26, 2020, 02.34 PM IST

CBSE 10th English Question Paper 2020CBSE 10th English Question Paper 2020

CBSE Class 10 English (Language and Literature - Subject Code 184) Examination 2019-20 was conducted on February 26, 2020. The annual board examination question paper of Class 10 English subject was of 80 marks, with a duration of three hours. There was an internal assessment for 20 Marks. The main exam question paper of 10th English subject was divided into three sections - Reading, Writing with Grammar, and Literature.

Section-wise Weightage

Section A - Reading Skills - 20 marks

Section B - Writing Skills with Grammar - 30 marks

Section C - Literature Textbook and Supplementary Reading Text - 30 marks

Section A - Reading Skills

The section A had two reading passages

1) A Factual passage 300-350 words with eight Objective Type Questions - 8 marks

2) A Discursive passages of 350-400 words with four Short Answer Type Questions to test inference, evaluation and analysis four Objective Type Questions (including Multiple Choice Questions) to test vocabulary - 12 marks

Section B - Writing and Grammar

This section had internal choice for every question and the type of questions asked included

1) Writing an Article/Descriptive Paragraph (person/place/event/diary entry) in about 100-150 words based on visual or verbal cue/s. The questions were thematically based on the prescribed books - 8 marks

2) Writing a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150-200 words - 10 marks

3) Questions from Grammar syllabus

Gap filling with one or two words to test Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions and Tenses - 4 marks

Editing or omission - 4 marks

Sentences reordering or sentence transformation in context - 4 marks

Section C - Literature Textbooks

This section had internal choice for every question and the type of questions asked included

1) One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/play for reference to the context. Four Objective Type Questions: two questions of one mark each on global comprehension and two questions of one mark each on interpretation - (1x4=4 marks)

2) Five Short Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE AND MOMENTS (3 questions out of four from BEEHIVE and 2 questions out of three from MOMENTS) to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas (to be answered in 30-40 words each) - (2x5=10 marks)

3) One out two long answer type questions from the book BEEHIVE to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts. (to be answered in 100-150 words each) - 8 marks

4) One out of two Long Answer Questions from the book MOMENTS on theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch in about (100-150 words) - 8 marks

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