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Answer any TWO out of the… (Class 10 English 2024, Q9)

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

CBSE Class 10 English 2024: question 9

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 2/3/1, section C, question 9, for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q9 · 6 marks · Short answerBholi

Answer any TWO out of the three questions, in 40-50 words each: 2 × 3 = 6

  1. (i)

    Do you think Bholi could have confidently refused to marry Bishamber if she wasn't educated? Give reasons. (Bholi)

    3 marks
  2. (ii)

    Who was Henry? What role did he play in Ausable's plan? (The Midnight Visitor)

    3 marks
  3. (iii)

    How did Think – Tank interpret the following nursery rhyme?
    "How does your garden grow with cockle shells and silver bells?" (The Book that Saved the Earth)

    3 marks

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

Choose any two and write 40-50 words each.

Hint 2

Recall what Bholi was like before and after school.

Hint 3

Think of what Max feared when the knock came.

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) No. Education gave Bholi the confidence and strength to stand up for herself. It taught her to judge the greedy dowry demand rationally. Without it, she would have stayed timid and accepted the marriage.

    3 marks

  2. (ii) Henry was a waiter at the French hotel where Ausable had a room. He played a key part in Ausable's plan. When he knocked at the door, Max thought it was the police and panicked, which gave Ausable the upper hand.

    3 marks

  3. (iii) The Think-Tank took the rhyme as a threat. It decided that the Earthlings had advanced technology. It thought they grew rare metals and high explosives, which they could use against Mars.

    3 marks

Answer: Any two answered: (i) no, since education gave Bholi confidence; (ii) Henry was the waiter whose knock frightened Max; (iii) Think-Tank read the rhyme as evidence of advanced Earthling weapons

Where the marks are

  • (i) Education gives confidence and reasoning (2+1 marks)
  • (ii) Henry as waiter and his knock mistaken for the police (2+1 marks)
  • (iii) Rhyme misread as a threat of metals and explosives (2+1 marks)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Bholi (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Bholi, 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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