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Motivation plays an… (Class 10 English 2023, Q10a)

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

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 10(a)

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

Q10(a) · 6 marks · Long answerTwo Stories about Flying

Motivation plays an important role in taking risks in life and in succeeding. Do you agree? Discuss with reference to the pilot of the old Dakota and the young seagull. (Answer in 100-120 words)

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 2/6/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Ask what each one wanted most at that moment.

Hint 2

Link the wish to the risk each took.

Hint 3

Stay within 100-120 words and finish with a conclusion.

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. Opening: I agree that motivation drives people to take risks and succeed. Both the pilot of the old Dakota and the young seagull show this.

    1 mark

  2. Pilot: He longed to spend time with his family and have an English breakfast with them. This desire made him risk flying into a storm and bring the aircraft safely home.

    1½ marks

  3. Seagull: Hunger and the wish for food made the young seagull dive at the fish. In doing so he made his first flight, which his mother's urging could not achieve.

    1½ marks

  4. Conclusion: Strong motivation overcomes fear and brings success. Accurate grammar and a clear beginning, middle and end earn the expression and accuracy marks.

    2 marks

Answer: Agree: the pilot's wish to be with his family and the seagull's hunger motivated each to take a risk and succeed.

Where the marks are

  • Agrees with the statement (1 mark)
  • Pilot's motivation: family, breakfast, flew into the storm (1.5 marks)
  • Seagull's motivation: hunger, first flight (1.5 marks)
  • Expression and accuracy (2 marks)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Two Stories about Flying, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2023 board paper, set 2/6/1: every question, by section.

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