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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 5 marks · Reading comprehension

CBSE Class 10 English sample paper 2024-25: question 6(B)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section D, question 6(B), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q6(B) · 5 marks · Reading comprehensionCompetency-basedBholi

Read the given extracts and answer any one of the two questions given below.

And suddenly Bholi noticed that the teacher was standing by her side, smiling at her. “What’s your name, little one?” “Bh-Bho-Bho-.” She could stammer no further than that. Then she began to cry and tears flowed from her eyes in a helpless flood. She kept her head down as she sat in her corner, not daring to look up at the girls who, she knew, were still laughing at her. When the school bell rang, all the girls scurried out of the classroom, but Bholi dared not leave her corner. Her head still lowered, she kept on sobbing. “Bholi.” The teacher’s voice was so soft and soothing! In all her life she had never been called like that. It touched her heart. (Bholi)

  1. I

    What is the tone the teacher is UNLIKELY to have used in the line, ‘“What’s your name, little one?”.’

    1. (A)reassuring
    2. (B)comforting
    3. (C)settling
    4. (D)calming
    1 mark
  2. II

    How does the author's use of Bholi's perspective help build the narrative in the extract?

    2 marks
  3. III

    Fill in the blank with the correct word from the bracket. The word ‘flood’ in the line ‘...tears flowed from her eyes in a helpless flood.’ Indicates that Bholi was crying ______ (uncontrollably / unintentionally).

    1. (a)uncontrollably
    2. (b)unintentionally
    1 mark
  4. IV

    How does the teacher's comforting demeanour contrast with the behaviour of the other girls in the classroom?

    1 mark

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

Which option describes a tone the teacher would not use?

Hint 2

Ask what we learn about Bholi only because we see through her eyes.

Hint 3

Contrast the teacher's actions with what the girls do.

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) C, 'settling': the teacher's tone would be reassuring, comforting and calming, whereas 'settling' is not a tone.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) Seeing events through Bholi's eyes gives direct insight into her thoughts and feelings, so we feel her vulnerability and distress. It also shows more strongly the effect of the teacher's kindness and the girls' cruel laughter, drawing readers into her world.

    2 marks

  3. (iii) 'uncontrollably': a flood cannot be stopped.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) The teacher is kind and gentle, smiling and speaking softly, while the girls are insensitive and cruel, laughing at Bholi's stammer and distress.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) C; (ii) Bholi's perspective gives emotional insight; (iii) uncontrollably; (iv) kindness vs cruelty

Where the marks are

  • C settling (1 mark)
  • Perspective gives insight into feelings and highlights contrast (2 marks)
  • uncontrollably (1 mark)
  • Teacher kind vs girls cruel (1 mark)

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 paperSample paper 2024-25: every question, by section.

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