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

CBSE Class 10 English 2024: question 6(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 2/2/1, 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-basedThe Thief's Story

Read the given extract and answer the questions :

I went back to the bazaar and sat down in the shelter of the clock tower. The clock showed midnight. I felt for the notes. They were damp from the rain.

Anil's Money. In the morning he would probably have given me two or three rupees to go to the cinema, but now I had it all.

I couldn't cook his meals, run to the bazaar, or learn to write whole sentences any more.

I had forgotten about them in the excitement of the theft. Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal - and sometimes just as simple to be caught.

(The Thief's Story)

  1. (i)

    Which of the following is NOT a reason why Hari Singh thinks he would not be able to write whole sentences ?

    1. (A)Anil would not be there to teach him.
    2. (B)He had robbed Anil and left.
    3. (C)He would not go back to Anil to learn.
    4. (D)He had no money to take admission in school.
    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    Why is it fair to say that Hari Singh's tone, when he says "I couldn't cook his meals, run to the bazaar or learn to write whole sentences any more," is filled with remorse and regret ? Answer in about 40 words.

    2 marks
  3. (iii)

    What do you infer about Hari Singh from this statement ?
    "Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees."

    1 mark
  4. (iv)

    State True or False with reference to the given extract.
    The reason Hari Singh was filled with a feeling of guilt was because Anil trusted him.

    1 mark

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

Check which option is not a reason given in the extract.

Hint 2

Look at the list of things Hari can no longer do.

Hint 3

Think about why he says whole sentences are worth more than rupees.

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) Option (D), because the extract gives no reason about admission money.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) Hari lists everything he will lose: cooking Anil's meals, running errands and learning to write. He feels lonely and sad about betraying Anil, showing remorse and regret.

    2 marks

  3. (iii) Hari Singh understands the value of education and believes that being able to write could help him earn a good living.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) True.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) D; (ii) he regrets losing Anil's company and the chance to learn, and feels guilt; (iii) he values education; (iv) True

Where the marks are

  • (i) D (1 mark)
  • (ii) Tone justified with reference to the text (2 marks)
  • (iii) Inference on education (1 mark)
  • (iv) True (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: The Thief's Story (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Thief's Story, 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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