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

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 10(b)

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

Q10(b) · 6 marks · Long answerCompetency-basedNelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Mandela said, "People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love." Discuss.

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

Hints

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

Hint 1

Start with what apartheid did.

Hint 2

Explain that hate is not inborn.

Hint 3

End with the hope of a society built on love and respect.

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. Mandela refers to apartheid. Under it, Blacks were oppressed and denied their rights and the chance to fulfil their duties.

    1 mark

  2. He says hatred is not natural but taught. Children are not born hating others because of skin colour or background.

    1 mark

  3. If hate can be learnt, love can also be taught, because love comes more naturally to the human heart.

    1 mark

  4. He believed that a system based on hate, like apartheid, could be replaced by one based on love and mutual respect. His own forgiveness of his oppressors proved this.

    1 mark

  5. Expression: the answer has a clear beginning, middle and end.

    1 mark

  6. Accuracy: correct grammar and spelling, in about 100-120 words.

    1 mark

Answer: Hatred is learnt, so love can be taught. Mandela hoped to replace apartheid's hatred with love and respect.

Where the marks are

  • Any three content points on apartheid, learnt hate, and teachable love (3 marks)
  • Expression (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2023 board paper, set 2/2/1: every question, by section.

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