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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 7(A)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section D, question 7(A), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q7(A) · 5 marks · Reading comprehensionCompetency-basedA Tiger in the Zoo

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

He stalks in his vivid stripes / The few steps of his cage, / On pads of velvet quiet, / In his quiet rage. (Tiger in the Zoo)

  1. I

    What is the most likely reason the poet chooses to say ‘vivid’ stripes instead of just stating the colours of the stripes?

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  2. II

    Fill the blank with ONE word. The tiger's stalking suggests a movement that is ______ within the confines of its cage.

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  3. III

    How does the poet reinforce the contrast between the tiger's confined environment and its internal emotions?

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  4. IV

    Select the option that applies the same rhyme scheme as the lines of the given extract.

    1. (A)This bird so small and sweet, / Sings aloud in the morn, / Perched on a branch green, / Chirp, chirp, tweet, tweet.
    2. (B)Perched on a branch green, / This bird so sweet and lean, / Sings aloud in a voice sweet, / Chirp, chirp, tweet, tweet.
    3. (C)This bird sings without a care, / sweet Perched on a branch green, / A song with the world to share, / With its feelings so keen.
    4. (D)This bird so small and sweet / Sings aloud in the morn / Perched on a green branch / Singing its own melody
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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

Think about what 'vivid' adds beyond just naming a colour.

Hint 2

What kind of movement shows the tiger cannot settle in a cage?

Hint 3

Look at which word repeats in the extract, and at which lines rhyme.

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) 'Vivid' suggests that the stripes are not only distinct in colour but vibrant and full of life, making the tiger's markings strikingly attention-grabbing and showing the animal's magnificence.

    2 marks

  2. (ii) 'restless'.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) The poet repeats the word 'quiet' ('pads of velvet quiet', 'quiet rage'), contrasting the soft outward movement with the seething inner anger.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) A (ABCB): lines 2 and 4 rhyme ('morn' / 'tweet'... as in the scheme's key).

    1 mark

Answer: (i) vividness shows the tiger's vibrant magnificence; (ii) restless; (iii) repetition of 'quiet'; (iv) A

Where the marks are

  • 'Vivid' suggests vibrant, lively, striking stripes (2 marks)
  • restless (1 mark)
  • Repetition of 'quiet' (1 mark)
  • A, ABCB (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: A Tiger in the Zoo (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from A Tiger in the Zoo, 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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