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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 2/3/1 · 10 marks · Case-based

CBSE Class 10 English 2024: question 2

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 2/3/1, section A, question 2, for 10 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q2 · 10 marks · Case-basedCompetency-basedReading (unseen passages)

Read the following text, an excerpt from a case study titled "Scouts and Guides Around the World."

(1) Many young people aged between 6 and 25 belong to the Scout movement. It is a worldwide organization, which was set up to help young people achieve their full potential as they grow up.

(2) The organization was established in 1907 by a British general called Robert Baden-Powell. While in the army, he wrote a publication about scouting (which means searching and keeping watch) and how to survive in the wild, called 'Aids to Scouting'. He realized how popular this was, and the result was another book, 'Scouting for Boys', which had less emphasis on the military. To test his ideas, he held a week-long camp for 21 boys from various schools in London, Poole and Bournemouth. This took place in August 1907, on Brownsea Island, in Southern England. These boys had the chance to enjoy outdoors, which became another of the movement's objectives.

(3) The Scout Movement quickly got established in Europe. It then spread throughout the world, starting in Chile in 1909. To begin with, the focus was on boys aged 11 to 18. However, as the movement grew, it was clear that younger boys, older boys and girls all wanted to be involved. Baden-Powell's sister set up the Girl Guides in 1910, and in 1914 she started Rosebuds, later renamed Brownies, for younger girls. The movement's intention to help young people play useful roles in society applies equally to girls and boys. By 2010, there were 32 million scouts, and by 2006, there were 10 million guides around the world, from a total of 216 different countries.

(4) 2007 marked 100 years of the Scout Movement, and events took place around the world to celebrate this centenary. To mark the occasion, a colourful badge was produced for scouts to sew onto their uniforms or bags. The design included the official scout emblem, as well as the phrase, 'one world one promise', and images of doves and the globe.

(5) 2007 was also the 150th anniversary of Baden-Powell's birth. To honour both occasions, a flame was lit at Baden-Powell's grave in Nyeri. This is the place in Kenya where he spent the last few years of his life. The flame was then carried through several countries until it reached the UK.

CountryMembershipPopulation participationScouting introducedGuiding introduced
India415000000.3%19091911
Indonesia171000007.2%19121912
Philippines215000002.2%19101918
Thailand13000001.9%19111957
United States75000002.4%19101912

Answer the following questions based on your reading of the above passage:

  1. (i)

    Infer one reason for the following, based on the information given in paragraph 4:
    'Colourful badge was sewn on to the uniform and bags of the Scouts'.

    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    From paragraph 1, we can infer that Scout Movement was set up ______.

    1 mark
  3. (iii)

    Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from paragraph 4.

    10 years : decade : : 100 years : ______

    1 mark
  4. (iv)

    After reading the passage, bring a contrast between the books 'Aids to Scouting' and 'Scouting for Boys'.

    2 marks
  5. (v)

    What does the writer mean by the following phrase?
    'One world one promise.'

    1 mark
  6. (vi)

    According to the chart, which country took maximum time to introduce 'Guiding' after 'Scouting'? Choose your answer from the options given below:

    1. (A)India
    2. (B)Indonesia
    3. (C)Thailand
    4. (D)Philippines
    1 mark
  7. (vii)

    List two reasons why a flame was lit at Baden-Powell's grave in 2007.
    (a) ______
    (b) ______

    2 marks
  8. (viii)

    Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option:
    The establishment of Scout movement from 1907 to 2006 showed ______ results.

    1. (A)uniform
    2. (B)encouraging
    3. (C)inconsistent
    4. (D)disappointing
    1 mark

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

For (iii), a decade is 10 years; find the word for 100 years in para 4.

Hint 2

For (vi), subtract the scouting year from the guiding year for each country.

Hint 3

For (vii), para 5 starts with the two events being honoured.

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) The badge was made to celebrate the centenary, the 100 years of the Scout Movement.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) ...to help young people achieve their full potential as they grow up.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) centenary

    1 mark

  4. (iv) 'Aids to Scouting' was a military-based book on scouting and surviving in the wild. 'Scouting for Boys' came later and laid less emphasis on the military.

    2 marks

  5. (v) It conveys universal brotherhood and world peace: scouts across the world are united by a single promise.

    1 mark

  6. (vi) Option C, Thailand: scouting came in 1911 and guiding in 1957, a gap of 46 years, the longest in the chart.

    1 mark

  7. (vii) (a) 2007 marked 100 years of the Scout Movement. (b) It was also the 150th anniversary of Baden-Powell's birth.

    2 marks

  8. (viii) Option B, encouraging: membership grew to millions across 216 countries.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) to celebrate the centenary; (ii) to help young people achieve their full potential; (iii) centenary; (iv) military focus versus less military emphasis; (v) universal brotherhood/world peace; (vi) C; (vii) centenary and 150th birth anniversary; (viii) B

Where the marks are

  • Gives the reason: celebrating the centenary (1 mark)
  • Completes (ii) correctly (1 mark)
  • Writes centenary (1 mark)
  • Contrasts the two books (1+1 marks)
  • Explains the phrase (1 mark)
  • Chooses Thailand (1 mark)
  • Gives both reasons (1+1 marks)
  • Chooses encouraging (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Reading (unseen passages)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Reading (unseen passages), 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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