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Answer any one of the following… (English 2023 2/5/1 Q11a)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 2/5/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 11(a)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 2/5/1, 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 answerBholi

Answer any one of the following questions in about 100 – 120 words each:

(a) 'Education is considered the most important tool for empowering women in society. It plays an important role in social and cultural development.' Prove the above statements in the light of the story 'Bholi'.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 2/5/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Compare Bholi before and after school.

Hint 2

Think about what she did at the wedding.

Hint 3

What did she promise her parents?

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. Education empowers women by giving them the ability to make genuine choices and speak for themselves.

    1 mark

  2. Before schooling, Bholi, timid and unlettered, agreed to marry an old man to protect her father's honour, putting her family's interest above her own.

    1 mark

  3. After education she grew confident and could judge how greedy and mean the groom was, so she refused him at the wedding.

    1 mark

  4. She declared she would teach in the school and support her parents, proving education brings social and personal development. (Expression 2 marks and accuracy 1 mark.)

    3 marks

Answer: Bholi's change from a timid girl who accepted marriage to a confident woman who refused it and supports her family proves it.

Where the marks are

  • Education gives power to choose (1 mark)
  • Bholi's earlier acceptance of marriage (1 mark)
  • Her refusal and decision to support parents (1 mark)
  • Expression (2 marks) and accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Bholi (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Bholi, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2023 board paper, set 2/5/1: every question, by section.

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