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Mme Loisel's disposition… (Class 10 English 2023, Q11a)

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

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 11(a)

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

Q11(a) · 6 marks · Long answerThe Necklace

Mme Loisel's disposition invites her doom. Elucidate with reference to the text.

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

Hints

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Hint 1

Begin with her discontent and dreams of luxury.

Hint 2

Trace the chain: borrowing, losing, replacing, repaying.

Hint 3

Conclude that her own nature caused her downfall.

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. Mme Loisel is discontented and longs for luxury and wealth. She thinks she was born for fine things and is unhappy with her modest life.

    1 mark

  2. Her vanity makes her borrow a diamond necklace from Mme Forestier for the ministry party. She then loses it.

    1 mark

  3. Too proud to confess, she replaces it with an expensive necklace bought on heavy debt.

    1 mark

  4. For ten years she and her husband work day and night in poverty to repay the loan.

    1 mark

  5. She loses her beauty and charm and looks old and worn, while the original necklace was only paste. Her own pride and vanity thus caused her ruin.

    1 mark

  6. Accuracy: about 100-120 words in correct English.

    1 mark

Answer: Mme Loisel's vanity, discontent and pride led her to borrow and lose the necklace and then suffer ten years of poverty.

Where the marks are

  • Any three content points on her disposition and its consequences (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 2/2/1: every question, by section.

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