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Answer any one of… (Class 10 English SQP 2024-25, Q10II)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English sample paper 2024-25: question 10(II)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section D, question 10(II), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q10(II) · 6 marks · Long answerFor Anne Gregory

Answer any one of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words. Both the texts, ‘For Anne Gregory' and ‘The Sermon at Benares,’ grapple with the idea that external attributes are fleeting and subject to decay. Examine the similarities.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2024-25.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Name the common idea first.

Hint 2

Take one point from each text: Anne's hair, Kisa Gotami's search.

Hint 3

Close with what both texts ask us to value instead.

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. Introduction: Both 'For Anne Gregory' and 'The Sermon at Benares' show that external attributes are short-lived and decay with time.

    1 mark

  2. Poem: The speaker's view of Anne moves from admiring her hair and face to valuing inner qualities, which shows that physical appearance is transient. The poem says she should be loved for herself and not for her beauty.

    2 marks

  3. Sermon: The Buddha teaches that death is inevitable and life is impermanent. This is shown through Kisa Gotami's search for a mustard seed from a house where no one has died. Listeners are urged to see how fleeting existence is.

    2 marks

  4. Conclusion: Both texts suggest that beauty or life itself is fleeting and prompt us to seek deeper truths beyond the surface. The answer is a cohesive paragraph with correct language.

    1 mark

Answer: Both texts present beauty and life as transient and point to deeper truths beyond external attributes.

Where the marks are

  • Shared idea of impermanence stated (content)
  • 'For Anne Gregory' point developed
  • 'The Sermon at Benares' point developed
  • Expression and organisation (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: For Anne Gregory (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from For Anne Gregory, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2024-25: every question, by section.

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