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(b) Based on your… (Class 10 English 2024, Q10b)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 2/3/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2024: question 10(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 2/3/1, 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 answerCompetency-basedThe Proposal

(b) Based on your understanding of the Play, 'The Proposal', what do you think of relationships?

Prepare a speech draft on relationships based on Natalya's and Anne Frank's characters.

You may begin this way.

Good morning everyone.

Relationships are the bond between two people based on mutual likes, understanding, need or love. I'd like to discuss relationships as portrayed in the two texts ……

You may end this way

To conclude, I'd like to say that …….

Thank you,

(Reference : The Proposal & from the Diary of Anne Frank)

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 2/3/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Use the given opening and ending.

Hint 2

Contrast how Natalya and Anne deal with people.

Hint 3

Give one idea about relationships with oneself and one about relationships with others.

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. Good morning everyone. Relationships are the bond between two people based on likes, understanding, need or love. I'd like to discuss them as portrayed in The Proposal and the Diary of Anne Frank.

    1 mark

  2. Natalya and Lomov show how relationships with others suffer when ego rules. Natalya's poor relationship with herself, her pride, leads to petty quarrels over land and dogs.

    2 marks

  3. Anne Frank shows a healthy relationship with herself. She loves her father, grandmother, sister and headmistress, and makes her diary a friend, 'Kitty', to confide in.

    2 marks

  4. To conclude, I'd like to say that good relationships with others begin with a healthy relationship with oneself. Thank you.

    1 mark

Answer: A speech stating that healthy relationships with others begin with a healthy relationship with oneself, using Natalya's quarrelsome ego and Anne Frank's loving, self-aware nature as examples.

Where the marks are

  • Opening and introduction (1 mark)
  • Natalya's example (2 marks)
  • Anne Frank's example (2 marks)
  • Conclusion with a clear message (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: The Proposal (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Proposal, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 2/3/1: every question, by section.

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