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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(II)

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

Q11(II) · 6 marks · Long answerThe Book that Saved the Earth

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

Half-baked knowledge is always dangerous. Rushing to conclusions without going deep into the details of things always leads to uninvited chaos and disasters. Explain the above mentioned statements in the light of Think-Tank's interpretation of the rhymes in the book 'Mother Goose'. (The Book that saved the Earth)

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

Hints

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Hint 1

Begin with what Think-Tank misunderstood.

Hint 2

Show how the misreading led to his order to evacuate.

Hint 3

End by stating the lesson about hasty conclusions.

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. Think-Tank, the Martian computer, misread the Earth books after seeing them only briefly. He took Mother Goose rhymes literally and jumped to conclusions, treating books as sandwiches.

    1 mark

  2. He read 'Old Mother Hubbard' and 'Hey Diddle Diddle' and other rhymes literally, as signs of an attack. He decided that Earth was about to invade Mars and ordered everyone to evacuate Mars at once, a hundred million miles away.

    2 marks

  3. Half-baked knowledge led to needless panic and chaos. The story warns that sweeping conclusions without understanding the details cause disaster. Expression: the answer is coherent, in 100-120 words.

    2 marks

  4. Accuracy: correct spelling, punctuation and grammar.

    1 mark

Answer: Think-Tank's misinterpretation of Mother Goose led to panic and evacuation, showing that half-baked knowledge and hasty conclusions cause chaos.

Where the marks are

  • Any three content points (3 marks)
  • Expression (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Book that Saved the Earth, 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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