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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 11(I)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section D, question 11(I), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q11(I) · 6 marks · Long answerThe Making of a Scientist

Answer any one of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words. Evaluate how Griffin's character is shaped by a combination of personal ambition, the unintended consequences of his scientific pursuits, and the reactions of the society he faces.

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

Hints

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Hint 1

Use the three given factors as your three paragraph points.

Hint 2

Support each with an event from the story.

Hint 3

End by joining the three to explain what he becomes.

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. Personal ambition: Griffin is driven by a strong desire for scientific breakthroughs. He isolates himself to work on his experiments and puts his goals above social and ethical considerations.

    2 marks

  2. Unintended consequences: Invisibility makes him physically vulnerable, so he must steal and deceive to get warmth, clothes and food. It also brings paranoia and cuts him off from human relationships.

    2 marks

  3. Society's reaction: People first react with curiosity and fear, which turns to hostility as his actions grow desperate and harmful. A cycle of aggression and retaliation develops, and their lack of understanding deepens his resentment and estrangement. Together these shape him into an isolated, violent figure.

    2 marks

Answer: Griffin's ambition, the burdens of invisibility and society's hostility together turn him from a scientist into an alienated, aggressive man.

Where the marks are

  • Personal ambition explained (content)
  • Unintended consequences explained (content)
  • Society's reactions and the cycle of hostility (content)
  • Expression and organisation (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Making of a Scientist, 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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