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Read the extract given below… (Class 10 English 2023, Q6B)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 2/4/1 · 5 marks · Reading comprehension

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 6(B)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 2/4/1, section C, question 6(B), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q6(B) · 5 marks · Reading comprehensionCompetency-basedThe Proposal

Read the extract given below and attempt the questions that follow:

Lomov: But you can see from the documents, honoured Natalya Stepanovna. Oxen Meadows, its true were once the subject of dispute, but now everybody knows they are mine. There's nothing to argue about. You see my aunt's grandmother gave the free use of these Meadows in perpetuity to the peasants of your father's grandfather, in return for which they were to make bricks for her. The peasants belonging to your father's grandfather had the free use of Meadows for forty years, and had got into the habit of regarding them as their own, when it happened that…………….

Natalya: No, it isn't at all like that! Both grandfather and great grandfather reckoned that their land extended to Burnt Marsh - which means Oxen Meadows were ours. I don't see what there is to argue about, its simply silly.

  1. (i)

    The subject of dispute was regarding

    1. (A)free use of Meadows.
    2. (B)making of bricks.
    3. (C)peasants using Meadows.
    4. (D)ownership of Meadows.
    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    Find the word from the extract which means 'continuance':

    1. (A)dispute
    2. (B)perpetuity
    3. (C)belonging
    4. (D)reckoned
    1 mark
  3. (iii)

    Lomov's aunt's grandmother gave Oxen Meadows to Natalya's father's grandfather in lieu of ……….

    1 mark
  4. (iv)

    According to Natalya why did Oxen Meadows belong to them?

    1 mark
  5. (v)

    Fill in the blank with ONE WORD only: The peasants had free use of Meadows for ………….. years.

    1 mark

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 2/4/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Read what Lomov and Natalya each claim.

Hint 2

The word meaning 'continuance' is a legal term.

Hint 3

The numbers and reasons are stated in the extract.

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) The dispute was about ownership of the Meadows: (D).

    1 mark

  2. (ii) Perpetuity: (B).

    1 mark

  3. (iii) making bricks for Lomov's aunt's grandmother.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) Her grandfather and great-grandfather believed their land extended to Burnt Marsh, which includes Oxen Meadows.

    1 mark

  5. (v) forty.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) D; (ii) B; (iii) making bricks for Lomov's aunt's grandmother; (iv) their land extended to Burnt Marsh; (v) forty

Where the marks are

  • Each sub-part is worth 1 mark (5 marks)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: The Proposal (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Proposal, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2023 board paper, set 2/4/1: every question, by section.

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