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Answer any one of the following… (English 2025 2/3/1 Q10a)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 2/3/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2025: question 10(a)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 2/3/1, section C, question 10(a), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q10(a) · 6 marks · Long answerA Letter to God

Answer any one of the following two questions in 100 – 120 words:

(a) Comment on the reactions and feelings of Lencho and Nelson Mandela when they faced challenges in their lives. (A Letter to God and Nelson Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom)

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 2/3/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Think about where each man finds his strength: outside or inside?

Hint 2

Recall what Lencho did after the hailstorm and what Mandela says about freedom.

Hint 3

Use a linking phrase, such as 'in contrast', to compare their reactions.

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. Lencho, a poor farmer, is deeply grieved when hail destroys his crop. He is direct and honest in his emotions and has complete faith in God. He acts on it by writing a letter to God asking for a hundred pesos, believing that God will help. His strength comes from outside, from divine hope.

    3 marks

  2. Mandela's feelings are more complex and shaped by his personal experience of apartheid. He takes responsibility, works through hardships and feels empathy for the oppressed and oppressors alike. He calls for reconciliation, freedom and justice, and his strength comes from within, with hope for the future.

    2 marks

  3. Expression and accuracy: coherent, correct language within 100-120 words.

    1 mark

Answer: Lencho shows faith and expects help from God; Mandela shows inner strength, responsibility and hope for reconciliation.

Where the marks are

  • Any three points with at least one from each text (3 marks)
  • Expression: coherence, cohesion, style (2 marks)
  • Accuracy of spelling, punctuation, grammar (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: A Letter to God (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from A Letter to God, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2025 board paper, set 2/3/1: every question, by section.

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