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English Language and Literature Set 2 · Code 184
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Central Board of Secondary Education

Practice Question Paper — not an official CBSE document

Class 10 · English Language and Literature

Subject Code 184 · Set 2 of 3

Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum marks: 80 11 questions

General instructions

  1. This practice paper follows the Class 10 English Language & Literature design: Reading 20, Grammar & Writing 20, Literature 40.
  2. Section A has two unseen passages (10 + 10). Section B has grammar (10) and writing (letter 5 + analytical paragraph 5).
  3. Section C has two extracts (5 + 5), short answers from First Flight (12) and supplementary-style practice (6), and two long answers (6 + 6).
  4. This catalog lists First Flight chapters. Footprints Without Feet should still be revised from the school book.

Practice questions aligned to NCERT topics used in CBSE classrooms. These are original exam-oriented questions for revision — not official CBSE board papers and not a guarantee of any exam question. Always match the textbook issued by your school and the latest PDFs on ncert.nic.in and cbseacademic.nic.in.

Section A — Reading Skills

Discursive and case-based passages · Q1–2 · 20 marks · 20 marks

Q.1Reading[10]
Q. Read the following discursive passage and answer the questions that follow.
Screens after sunset
A phone is a library, a bus ticket and a family album. After sunset it also becomes a bright window that keeps the brain from admitting the day is over. Sleep researchers do not argue that every teenager should throw the device into a river. They argue that the last forty minutes before bed should belong to dimmer light and slower thoughts.

Schools that run ‘phone-free first period’ experiments often notice something modest: fewer late homework excuses and slightly calmer corridors. The gain is not magic. It is the return of a little unused attention. Parents who confiscate phones as punishment usually get secrecy instead of rest. A better bargain is a shared charging shelf outside bedrooms, agreed by the family, not announced as a raid.

The board exam does not test how late you scrolled. It tests whether a tired mind can still sequence a proof or a paragraph. Sleep is not a luxury chapter. It is revision that happens with the lights off.

(A) Researchers, according to the passage, want teenagers to [1]

(B) A ‘phone-free first period’ is said to bring [1]

(C) Confiscating phones as punishment often leads to [1]

(D) The writer calls sleep [1]

(E) What family bargain does the writer prefer to a raid? [2]

(F) How is the board exam connected to sleep in the last paragraph? [2]

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A. B
B. B
C. B
D. B
E. A shared charging shelf outside bedrooms, agreed by the family.
F. The exam tests a tired or fresh mind’s ability to sequence work; sleep is treated as unseen revision.

(A) B. keep the last forty minutes before bed dimmer and slower

(B) B. fewer late-homework excuses and calmer corridors

(C) B. secrecy instead of rest

(D) B. revision that happens with the lights off

(E) A shared charging shelf outside bedrooms, agreed by the family.

(F) The exam tests a tired or fresh mind’s ability to sequence work; sleep is treated as unseen revision.

Note

Read the passage twice. Attempt the MCQs first, then the short answers in your own words.

Q.2Reading[10]
Q. Read the following case-based / factual passage and answer the questions that follow.
Case: A village solar pump
Until last summer, women in Haripur walked two kilometres to a hand-pump that often ran dry by April. A self-help group, a local electrician and the panchayat installed a solar pump on a common well. Water now fills three tanks before 10 a.m. School attendance of girls in Classes 6–10 rose from 64% to 81% in one term, because the morning water duty shortened. The panchayat charges a small monthly fee so that a technician can clean the panels.

Two families who own diesel pumps complained that common water would be wasted. The group answered by painting a simple timetable on the tank wall and by training two girls to read the water-level stick. The diesel pumps are still used for extra irrigation in peak weeks. The solar pump did not end every argument. It ended the longest walk.

(A) Girls’ attendance after the pump rose to [1]

(B) The monthly fee is meant to [1]

(C) The self-help group’s answer to the waste complaint was to [1]

(D) The last line means the pump mainly [1]

(E) Why did girls’ school attendance rise? [2]

(F) Who worked together to install the pump? [2]

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A. C
B. B
C. B
D. B
E. The morning water-collection duty became shorter, so they could reach school.
F. A self-help group, a local electrician and the panchayat.

(A) C. 81%

(B) B. pay a technician to clean the panels

(C) B. paint a timetable and train girls to read the water-level stick

(D) B. ended the longest walk for water

(E) The morning water-collection duty became shorter, so they could reach school.

(F) A self-help group, a local electrician and the panchayat.

Note

Read the passage twice. Attempt the MCQs first, then the short answers in your own words.

Section B — Grammar and Writing

Grammar 10 · Formal letter 5 · Analytical paragraph 5 · Q3–5 · 20 marks · 20 marks

Q.3Grammar[10]
Attempt all ten grammar items (1 mark each).
1. Complete: By the time we reached, the guest ________ (leave).
2. Modal: We ________ waste drinking water during the dry months.
3. Article: He is ________ honest boy in a noisy class.
4. Subject–verb: The news ________ (be) surprising.
5. Correct: “She suggested me to wait.”
6. Correct: “One of my friend live nearby.”
7. Passive: The students will plant fifty saplings.
8. Reported: The teacher said, “Do not copy from the next bench.”
9. Preposition: The train arrived ________ time.
10. Rearrange: / never / answers / guess / MCQ / blindly / .
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1. had left
2. must not / should not
3. an
4. is
5. suggested that I wait / advised me to wait
6. friend → friends; live → lives
7. Fifty saplings will be planted by the students.
8. The teacher told them not to copy from the next bench.
9. on
10. Never guess MCQ answers blindly.

Note

One-word or one-sentence answers. Do not write essays here.

Q.4Writing[5]
You are Kabir / Kavya of Class 10, Green Valley School, Jaipur. Write a letter to the Editor of a local newspaper (120–150 words) about unsafe wiring on the street that students use after extra class.
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Editor; newspaper; city; subject; two incidents or risks; two requests (repair, street light, complaint helpline); polite close.

Note

Format + content + accuracy. Keep 120–150 words.

Q.5Writing[5]
A class survey on weekend reading (150 students):
Storybooks 45 · Newspapers 30 · Phone articles 55 · None 20.
Write an analytical paragraph (100–120 words) on what the figures show and one way to grow the ‘storybooks’ group.
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Phone articles lead; storybooks are second; 20 read nothing. Suggest a classroom shelf or a 15-minute silent-reading slot. Stay with the numbers.

Note

Use the data. Do not invent extra percentages.

Section C — Literature

First Flight extracts, short and long answers · Q6–10 · 40 marks · 40 marks

Q.6Extract (prose)Glimpses of India[5]
Read the extract from First Flight and answer in 40–50 words each (5 marks).
A student is revising Glimpses of India and notes: “Mix MCQs with short answers so you remember both facts and explanations from Glimpses of India.” Using this case, answer: (i) Name the idea. (ii) State it in your own words. (iii) Give one classroom or daily-life use.
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(i) Practice.
(ii) Mix MCQs with short answers so you remember both facts and explanations from Glimpses of India.
(iii) Apply it in a school experiment, a labelled diagram, or a situation described in the NCERT chapter.

Note

Case-based items recycle a short story. Pull the fact out first, then apply it. This is original practice in CBSE case style — not a copied board paper.

Q.7Extract (poem)The Proposal[5]
Read the extract from a First Flight poem and answer (5 marks).
A student is revising The Proposal and notes: “Read the definitions, diagrams and solved examples in the NCERT textbook before practising extra questions.” Using this case, answer: (i) Name the idea. (ii) State it in your own words. (iii) Give one classroom or daily-life use.
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(i) Textbook first.
(ii) Read the definitions, diagrams and solved examples in the NCERT textbook before practising extra questions.
(iii) Apply it in a school experiment, a labelled diagram, or a situation described in the NCERT chapter.

Note

Case-based items recycle a short story. Pull the fact out first, then apply it. This is original practice in CBSE case style — not a copied board paper.

Q.8Short Answer — First Flight[12]
Answer any four of the following in 40–50 words each (4 × 3 = 12 marks).

(A) Explain Madam Rides the Bus in about three points, with one example.
(B) Explain Examples in about three points, with one example.
(C) Explain Accuracy in about three points, with one example.
(D) Explain Mijbil the Otter in about three points, with one example.
(E) Explain Two Stories about Flying in about three points, with one example.
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(A) Madam Rides the Bus is an NCERT chapter taught in CBSE Class 10 English. Example: Use a situation from the NCERT activity or a labelled diagram in this chapter.
(B) CBSE often tests a concept by asking a daily-life example from the same chapter. Example: Use a situation from the NCERT activity or a labelled diagram in this chapter.
(C) Use the terms used in the NCERT book; do not replace them with unofficial names. Example: Use a situation from the NCERT activity or a labelled diagram in this chapter.
(D) Playful behaviour. Example: Use a situation from the NCERT activity or a labelled diagram in this chapter.
(E) Two independent stories. Example: Use a situation from the NCERT activity or a labelled diagram in this chapter.

Note

Attempt any four. Stick to the word limit.

Q.9Short Answer — supplementary style[6]
Supplementary-style practice (Footprints Without Feet is not in this catalog — use First Flight remaining texts in the same 3-mark pattern). Answer any two (2 × 3 = 6).

(A) Explain Accuracy in about three points, with one example.
(B) Explain Madam Rides the Bus in about three points, with one example.
(C) Explain Theme in about three points, with one example.
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(A) Use the terms used in the NCERT book; do not replace them with unofficial names. Example: Use a situation from the NCERT activity or a labelled diagram in this chapter.
(B) Curiosity and planning. Example: Use a situation from the NCERT activity or a labelled diagram in this chapter.
(C) Theme: grief and wisdom. Example: Use a situation from the NCERT activity or a labelled diagram in this chapter.

Note

Revise Footprints from the school book as well.

Q.10Long Answer — First FlightA Letter to God[6]
Answer in 100–120 words (6 marks). Internal choice follows the board pattern.
Write a long answer on Accuracy. Include definition, explanation and one application.

OR

Write a long answer on Practice. Include definition, explanation and one application.
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Accuracy — Use the terms used in the NCERT book; do not replace them with unofficial names. Explain the idea in order (definition → working → result). End with one application from daily life or a numerical/diagram if the chapter has one.

Note

Long answers are marked for structure. Use headings or numbered steps so the examiner can see each part.

OR — marking points

Practice — Mix MCQs with short answers so you remember both facts and explanations from Mijbil the Otter. Explain the idea in order (definition → working → result). End with one application from daily life or a numerical/diagram if the chapter has one.

Q.11Long Answer — supplementary styleThe Sermon at Benares[6]
Answer in 100–120 words (6 marks).
Write a long answer on The Sermon at Benares. Include definition, explanation and one application.

OR

Write a long answer on Diagrams. Include definition, explanation and one application.
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The Sermon at Benares — Kisa Gotami and mustard seed. Explain the idea in order (definition → working → result). End with one application from daily life or a numerical/diagram if the chapter has one.

Note

Long answers are marked for structure. Use headings or numbered steps so the examiner can see each part.

OR — marking points

Diagrams — If the chapter has a diagram, practise labelling it — many school tests ask for labelled figures. Explain the idea in order (definition → working → result). End with one application from daily life or a numerical/diagram if the chapter has one.

*** End of paper ***

This practice paper follows the 2025-26 CBSE sample-paper design. Questions are original. Official papers: https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/SQP/ClassX_2025_26/EnglishL-SQP.pdf

FAQs

Is this the official CBSE paper?

No. The layout (sections, question numbers, marks and time) follows the 2025-26 sample paper. The questions are original GKSchools practice.

How is the paper scored here?

MCQ, assertion–reason and reading MCQ parts are auto-scored when you submit. Written answers are for self-check against the key.

Where is the official SQP?

Download it from CBSE Academic: https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/SQP/ClassX_2025_26/EnglishL-SQP.pdf

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