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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 2/4/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2024: question 10(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 2/4/1, 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-basedMadam Rides the Bus

You have been chosen to address the school assembly on the occasion of Women's Day. You choose to speak on the resilience and indomitable spirit of the young girls: Anne Frank and Valli. Prepare the speech draft, with reference to the commonality and contrast in the situations and circumstances of both the girls.

(Madam Rides the Bus and From the Diary of Anne Frank)

You may begin like this: Good morning everyone. Today, I'd like to express my insights on the resilience of two young girls ................. .

You may end this way: To conclude I'd like to say that .................. .

Thank you.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 2/4/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Use the given opening and closing lines.

Hint 2

Note what is alike: age, spirit, hope.

Hint 3

Contrast their situations: hiding in the Annexe versus a free bus ride.

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. Today, I'd like to express my insights on the resilience of two young girls, Anne Frank and Valli, who met difficult circumstances with courage.

    1 mark

  2. Commonality: Both are young, sensitive girls with a strong spirit. Anne, thirteen, was forced into hiding with her family and lived in fear and isolation, yet stayed hopeful. Valli, only eight years old, was clever and practical beyond her age. Both held on to their dreams.

    2 marks

  3. Contrast: Anne was confined, with no friends, so she made her diary her friend and kept her faith in people's goodness. Valli was free to act, planned her bus journey carefully and fearlessly, and achieved her wish of riding the bus. Anne's resilience was inner strength, Valli's was bold action.

    2 marks

  4. To conclude I'd like to say that courage has no age, and young girls can show strength in any situation. Thank you.

    1 mark

Answer: Speech draft on Anne Frank and Valli with similarities and differences.

Where the marks are

  • Speech opening and closing as given (1 mark)
  • Commonality between the girls (2 marks)
  • Contrast in circumstances and response (2 marks)
  • Expression and accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Madam Rides the Bus, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2024 board paper, set 2/4/1: every question, by section.

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