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Read the following passage… (English 2024 2/5/1 Q2)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2024, set 2/5/1 · 10 marks · Reading comprehension

CBSE Class 10 English 2024: question 2

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 2/5/1, section A, question 2, for 10 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q2 · 10 marks · Reading comprehensionCompetency-basedReading (unseen passages)

Read the following passage carefully:

(1) After more than two years of halted travel, India's tourism and hospitality industry is now cautiously hopeful. Tourism constituted almost 3% of India's GDP and generated around 100 million jobs in 2019. But the sector was severely hit in India — like in other countries — in the past two years.

(2) Indians are now travelling with a vengeance — 'revenge travel', as the phenomenon is called. And many, experts say, now prefer to travel within the country instead of flying to more expensive destinations abroad. The industry is also benefitting from new trends borne of the pandemic such as micro-holidays and workcations.

(3) According to a survey, 51 percent of Indian travellers believed that international travel remained an important means of expanding their horizons and connecting with other cultures. Over two years, the survey said, Indian travellers are now dreaming about their next international trip and more than 70 percent of Indians are excited about being able to travel internationally.

(4) There has also been an increase in the number of students going abroad to study. The increasing desire to study overseas is credited to the pent-up demand from the pandemic's two-year duration. This has got further pronounced because of growing aspirations and affordability among the middle-class students from Tier II and Tier III cities.

The table below shows foreign travel by Indians for different purposes from 2019 to 2022.

Purpose2019202020212022
Business14·7 L2·6 L1·2 L4·6 L
Job25·2 L7·1 L8·3 L21·4 L
Residency89·5 L28·9 L34·6 L72·5 L
Education5·8 L2·6 L4·4 L6·5 L
Tourists63·8 L13·1 L12·8 L30·8 L
Visit42·1 L10·1 L15·1 L40·9 L
Medical1,4483905451,253
Pilgrimage8·8 L1·1 L4,1394·6 L
Others2·6 L54,77558,7671·6 L
Total2·5 Crore66·2 L77·2 L1·8 Crore

Answer the following questions, based on the above passage:

  1. (i)

    Complete the following analogy appropriately, based on your understanding of paragraphs 1 and 2.
    We can say that the situation when people were travelling with a vengeance is comparable to people going out to dine in hordes, because __________________.

    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    Fill in the blanks with the appropriate option from those given in brackets, based on your understanding of paragraph 1.
    The statement that, 'Tourism constituted almost 3% of India's GDP and generated around 100 million jobs in 2019', is a/an ____________ (fact/opinion) because it is a/an ____________ (subjective judgement/objective detail).

    1 mark
  3. (iii)

    Justify the following in about 40 words.
    After being cooped up inside their houses for more than two years, Indians are now excited about being able to travel internationally.

    2 marks
  4. (iv)

    Based on the given table, for which 'purpose' did Indian foreign travel increase in 2022 as compared to 2019?

    1 mark
  5. (v)

    'The industry is also benefitting from new trends borne of the pandemic such as micro-holidays and workcations.' Which 'industry' is being talked about here?

    1 mark
  6. (vi)

    As per the given table, for which purpose did maximum number of Indians undertake foreign travel in 2019 and in 2022?
    State any one inference that can be drawn from this.

    1 mark
  7. (vii)

    Why are students today choosing to go abroad to study? (Answer in about 40 words.)

    2 marks
  8. (viii)

    Which of the following is the main takeaway from the study mentioned in the passage?

    1. (A)International travel remains an important means of expanding the horizons and connecting with other cultures.
    2. (B)Though travel, both domestic and international, has picked up, it has yet to reach its previous levels.
    3. (C)Indians are excited about being able to travel internationally.
    4. (D)The study needs to include experts from Tourism Department to offer any recommendations for further research.
    1 mark

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 2/5/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Compare 2019 with 2022 in each table row.

Hint 2

Paragraph 3 holds the survey figures.

Hint 3

The main takeaway is that travel has recovered but not fully.

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) people were tired of being cooped up and, after long restriction, started travelling with a vengeance. In the same way, people tired of eating at home are now eating out with a vengeance.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) a fact; an objective detail.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) A survey found that 51 percent of Indian travellers think international travel broadens their horizons and connects them with other cultures. More than 70 percent of Indians are excited about travelling abroad.

    2 marks

  4. (iv) Education (5.8 L in 2019 to 6.5 L in 2022).

    1 mark

  5. (v) The travel and tourism (hospitality) industry.

    1 mark

  6. (vi) Residency. Inference: people go abroad for better opportunities, a better standard of living or to join family.

    1 mark

  7. (vii) Students from middle-class families in Tier-II and Tier-III cities have growing aspirations and growing affordability. They go abroad for better job opportunities, better skills from top universities, and exposure to other cultures.

    2 marks

  8. (viii) Option (B).

    1 mark

Answer: (i) tired of being cooped up, both started going out with a vengeance; (ii) fact, objective detail; (iii) survey: 51% and 70%; (iv) Education; (v) travel and tourism industry; (vi) Residency, with an inference; (vii) rising aspirations and affordability, better opportunities; (viii) B

Where the marks are

  • (i) Pent-up demand after being confined (1 mark)
  • (ii) Fact and objective detail (1 mark)
  • (iii) 51% and 70% survey points (2 marks)
  • (iv) Education (1 mark)
  • (v) Travel and tourism industry (1 mark)
  • (vi) Residency and a valid inference (1 mark)
  • (vii) Any two reasons (2 marks)
  • (viii) Option B (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 2/5/1: every question, by section.

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