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Answer any one of the… (Class 10 English 2023, Q11b)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 2/1/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 11(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 2/1/1, section C, question 11(b), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q11(b) · 6 marks · Long answerThe Necklace

Answer any one of the following questions in 100-120 words : Those who are satisfied with what they have are happy in life. Those who aspire more than what they can afford ruin their life. Matilda was one such person. If she were content with her life she would have led a happy life. Elaborate on the basis of the chapter ‘The Necklace.’

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 2/1/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Start with the idea that contentment brings happiness.

Hint 2

Recall why Matilda borrowed the necklace and what happened next.

Hint 3

Mention the cost she paid and the irony that the necklace was fake.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Money can bring misery as well as happiness. Greed and overambition can ruin lives. Contentment is the key to happiness.

    1 mark

  2. Mathilde Loisel was dissatisfied with her modest life and craved luxury. She borrowed a diamond necklace from Madame Forestier to attend a ball and lose herself in luxury.

    1 mark

  3. She lost the necklace. The Loisels borrowed heavily to replace it and spent ten years in hardship repaying the debt, losing their savings and her beauty.

    1 mark

  4. The necklace was only paste and worth little. Had she been content, or honest with her friend, she would have been spared this suffering.

    1 mark

  5. The answer is well structured and cohesive.

    1 mark

  6. The spelling and grammar are accurate.

    1 mark

Answer: Mathilde's discontent and overambition led to ten years of ruin; contentment would have kept her happy.

Where the marks are

  • Content: greed ruins, borrowed necklace, loss, ten years of repaying, contentment (3 marks)
  • Expression (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: The Necklace (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Necklace, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2023 board paper, set 2/1/1: every question, by section.

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