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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 2/2/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2024: question 10(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 2/2/1, section C, question 10(b), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q10(b) · 6 marks · Long answerThe Ball Poem

You have been chosen to address the student gathering from the nearby schools, to speak on "How to Deal with Loss - Personal or Material". Prepare the speech draft in not more than 120 words, with reference to the commonality of themes in John Benyman's 'The Ball Poem' and 'A Sermon at Benaras'.

You may begin this way.
Good Morning everyone. Today, I'd like to discuss two pieces of literature that offer a powerful insight into how we can learn to deal with loss.

You may end in this way -
To conclude, I'd like to say that -
Thank you.

1 x 6 = 6

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

Hints

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

Hint 1

Briefly summarise each work in a line or two.

Hint 2

Find what both say about loss and how to deal with it.

Hint 3

Keep the speech under 120 words.

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: use the given line to begin: Good Morning everyone. Today, I'd like to discuss two pieces of literature that offer a powerful insight into how we can learn to deal with loss.

    1 mark

  2. In 'The Ball Poem', a boy loses his ball and is lost in sorrow. The poet says he must feel the grief, because money cannot replace it. In this way he grows up and learns responsibility.

    1 mark

  3. In 'A Sermon at Benaras', Kisa Gotami loses her son and begs the Buddha for medicine. He asks for a mustard seed from a house where no one has died.

    1 mark

  4. Common theme: loss is a natural part of life, and death is inevitable. Both teach acceptance, not denial.

    1 mark

  5. Message: grief must be faced, we should grow through it and move on, and we should consider the suffering of others.

    1 mark

  6. End with: To conclude, I'd like to say that loss makes us stronger and wiser. Thank you.

    1 mark

Answer: A speech of up to 120 words with the given opening and closing, linking the ball poem and the Buddha's sermon on accepting loss.

Where the marks are

  • Opening as given (1 mark)
  • The boy's loss and growth in The Ball Poem (1 mark)
  • Kisa Gotami and the Buddha's lesson (1 mark)
  • Common theme of acceptance of loss and death (1 mark)
  • Message on coping, with expression (1 mark)
  • Closing as given and accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: The Ball Poem (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Ball Poem, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 2/2/1: every question, by section.

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