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Read the following extract… (Class 10 English 2024, Q6B)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 2/1/1 · 5 marks · Case-based

CBSE Class 10 English 2024: question 6(B)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 2/1/1, 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 · Case-basedCompetency-basedFrom the Diary of Anne Frank

Read the following extract and answer the questions:

I started right away at the Montessori Nursery School. I stayed there until I was six, at which time I started in the first form. In the sixth form, my teacher was Mrs. Kuperus, the headmistress. At the end of the year we were both in tears as we said a heartbreaking farewell. In the summer of 1941, Grandma fell ill and had to have an operation, so my birthday passed with little celebration.

  1. (i)

    "In the summer of 1941, Grandma fell ill and had to have an operation, so my birthday passed with little celebration."

    State any one inference about Anne from the above context.

    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    The first education of Anne started at ______.

    1. (A)some Kindergarten School
    2. (B)a Nursery School
    3. (C)Montessori Nursery School
    4. (D)Elementary School
    1 mark
  3. (iii)

    Who was Mrs. Kuperus? What kind of relationship did Anne share with her?

    2 marks
  4. (iv)

    Substitute the word 'heartbreaking' with a word similar in meaning in the following sentence:

    "At the end of the year we were both in tears as we said a heartbreaking farewell."

    1 mark

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 2/1/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

What does Anne's response to Grandma's illness show about her?

Hint 2

The first school named in the passage is the answer to (ii).

Hint 3

Think about why both were in tears.

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) Anne was a sensitive girl who was emotionally attached to her grandmother and cared more about her illness than her own birthday.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) Option C: Montessori Nursery School.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) Mrs. Kuperus was Anne's teacher in the sixth form and also the headmistress. They shared a bond of love and respect, so both cried at their farewell.

    2 marks

  4. (iv) 'Heartbreaking' can be replaced by 'painful' or 'emotional'.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) sensitive and attached to her grandmother; (ii) C; (iii) teacher and headmistress, with a relationship of love and respect; (iv) painful

Where the marks are

  • A valid inference about Anne (1 mark)
  • Option C (1 mark)
  • Who Mrs. Kuperus was and the relationship (2 marks)
  • A suitable synonym (1 mark)

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Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from From the Diary of Anne Frank, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 2/1/1: every question, by section.

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