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Read the following extract… (Class 10 English 2023, Q6A)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 2/2/1 · 5 marks · Reading comprehension

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 6(A)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 2/2/1, section C, question 6(A), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q6(A) · 5 marks · Reading comprehensionCompetency-basedThe Making of a Scientist

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: I wrote the three pages Mr. Keesing had assigned me and was satisfied. I argued that talking is a student's trait and that I would do my best to keep it under control, but that I would never be able to cure myself of the habit since my mother talked as much as I did, if not more, and that there's not much one can do about inherited traits.

  1. (i)

    Who was Mr. Keesing?

    1. (A)English teacher
    2. (B)Social Science teacher
    3. (C)Warden
    4. (D)Principal
    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    According to the extract, the incorrigible habit possessed by the speaker was: I. making noise in class II. talking too much III. procrastinating IV. coming late to class V. asking irritating questions. Select the correct option.

    1. (A)I and III
    2. (B)Only II
    3. (C)I, IV and V
    4. (D)Only III
    1 mark
  3. (iii)

    Complete the analogy by selecting the suitable word from the extract. routine : habit :: characteristic : _________

    1 mark
  4. (iv)

    Select the reason why the narrator is unable to control her trait.

    1. (A)She had deliberately practised it.
    2. (B)She wanted to be different from her brother.
    3. (C)Her teacher had encouraged her to continue as she was.
    4. (D)She had inherited it.
    1 mark
  5. (v)

    Which of the following most nearly means the opposite of the phrase 'under control'?

    1. (A)to spend less
    2. (B)unable to take on the challenge
    3. (C)find it difficult to manage
    4. (D)being very stubborn
    1 mark

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

Recall which subject Mr Keesing taught Anne in 'From the Diary of Anne Frank'.

Hint 2

For the analogy, look for a word in the extract that means 'characteristic'.

Hint 3

Anne blames her mother for her talkativeness: what does that make the habit?

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. (i) Mr Keesing was Anne's Maths teacher. 'Maths teacher' is not among the options, so none is correct, and the marking scheme awards 1 mark to every candidate who attempts this item.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) The habit she could not cure was talking too much, so the answer is (b) Only II.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) Routine is to habit as characteristic is to 'trait'. The word comes from the extract: 'talking is a student's trait'.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) She says her mother talked as much as she did, and there is not much one can do about inherited traits. So the answer is (d) She had inherited it.

    1 mark

  5. (v) The opposite of 'under control' is (c) find it difficult to manage.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) No correct option, since Mr Keesing was the Maths teacher (all attempts credited); (ii) (b) Only II; (iii) trait; (iv) (d) She had inherited it; (v) (c) find it difficult to manage

Where the marks are

  • (i) Any attempt credited, as Mr Keesing was the Maths teacher and no option fits (1 mark)
  • (ii) (b) Only II, talking too much (1 mark)
  • (iii) trait (1 mark)
  • (iv) (d) She had inherited it (1 mark)
  • (v) (c) find it difficult to manage (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Making of a Scientist, 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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