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Read the following extract… (Class 10 English 2023, Q7a)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 2/6/1 · 5 marks · Reading comprehension

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 7(a)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 2/6/1, section C, question 7(a), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q7(a) · 5 marks · Reading comprehensionCompetency-basedHow to Tell Wild Animals

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option: If strolling forth, a beast you view, Whose hide with spots is peppered, As soon as he has leapt on you, You'll know it's the leopard. 'Twill do no good to roar with pain, He'll only lep and lep again.

  1. (i)

    One can find out that it is a leopard by the way it _____.

    1. (a)leaps
    2. (b)eats
    3. (c)looks
    4. (d)roars
    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    State whether the following statement is true or false: When an animal repeatedly leaps at a person, it is a leopard.

    1 mark
  3. (iii)

    Complete the sentence appropriately: It is clear that repetition is a poetic device used for 'lep and lep again' because _______. (Clue: explain how repetition is applied here.)

    1 mark
  4. (iv)

    The Royal Bengal Tiger has black stripes on yellow skin whereas a leopard has _______.

    1 mark
  5. (v)

    Complete the analogy with a word from the extract: claws : nails :: ? : skin

    1 mark

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

Look for how the poet says you will recognise the beast.

Hint 2

For the analogy, find the word in the extract that means skin.

Hint 3

For (iii), ask what the repeated words 'lep and lep' make you picture.

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) (a) leaps. The poem says you will know it is a leopard once it has leapt on you.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) True. The poet says the animal will 'lep and lep again', so repeated leaping marks it as a leopard.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) ...because it shows the repeated action of leaping, and the repetition of the words imitates the leopard's constant, unstoppable jumping.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) ...dark spots (black spots) on its skin. The poem says its hide is 'peppered' with spots.

    1 mark

  5. (v) hide. Claws and nails are synonyms, and so are skin and hide.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) leaps; (ii) True; (iii) it shows the repeated action of leaping; (iv) dark/black spots; (v) hide

Where the marks are

  • (i) Option (a) leaps (1 mark)
  • (ii) True (1 mark)
  • (iii) Repetition shows repeated leaping (1 mark)
  • (iv) Dark or black spots (1 mark)
  • (v) hide (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from How to Tell Wild Animals, 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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