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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 2/4/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2025: question 11(I)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 2/4/1, section C, question 11(I), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q11(I) · 6 marks · Long answerFootprints without Feet

Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 100-120 words:

Evaluate Griffin's character as a brilliant scientist and a lawless person. (Footprints without Feet)

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 2/4/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Write one paragraph on his talent and one on his crimes.

Hint 2

Give incidents such as the arson and the theft.

Hint 3

End by judging his overall character.

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. Griffin is a brilliant scientist who discovers a formula for invisibility. His passion and commitment to research are shown by his long, dedicated work and by his testing of the potion on himself.

    1 mark

  2. He is also lawless. He abuses his invention, burns down his landlord's house, steals from shops and from a clergyman, attacks Mr and Mrs Hall, and assaults the policeman. This shows reckless, selfish and violent behaviour.

    2 marks

  3. Expression: the answer is coherent and concludes that his genius is wasted through misuse, in 100-120 words.

    2 marks

  4. Accuracy: correct spelling, punctuation and grammar.

    1 mark

Answer: Griffin is a gifted, passionate scientist whose invention is misused by his reckless and criminal conduct.

Where the marks are

  • Three content points covering both aspects (3 marks)
  • Expression (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Footprints without Feet, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2025 board paper, set 2/4/1: every question, by section.

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