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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 2/4/1 · 5 marks · Reading comprehension

CBSE Class 10 English 2025: question 6(A)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 2/4/1, section C, question 6(A), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q6(A) · 5 marks · Reading comprehensionCompetency-basedFrom the Diary of Anne Frank

Read the given extracts and answer the questions for ANY ONE of the two given.

(A) "Paper has more patience than people. I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff backed notebook grandly referred to as a 'diary', unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference."

(From the Diary of Anne Frank)

  1. I

    In light of the excerpt, what can we infer about the speaker's emotional state?

    1 mark
  2. II

    The narrator enhances the narrative technique of the extract by using:

    1. (A)descriptive language
    2. (B)literary allusions
    3. (C)humour
    4. (D)reflective
    2 marks
  3. III

    Fill in the blank with the correct word from the bracket:

    The narrator doesn't plan to let anyone read her diary as she doesn't have any real ________. (friend / incidents)

    1 mark
  4. IV

    Why does the narrator say that 'paper has more patience than people'?

    1 mark

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

Look at words such as 'depressed', 'bored' and 'listless'.

Hint 2

The narrator is thinking over her feelings rather than joking.

Hint 3

She says she will show it to no one unless she finds a real ___.

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) The speaker is lonely, bored and low in spirits (depressed).

    1 mark

  2. (II) Option (D) reflective: she thinks over a saying and her own feelings.

    2 marks

  3. (III) friend.

    1 mark

  4. (IV) Paper listens without judging or interrupting, and she has no one she can confide in, so paper seems more patient than people.

    1 mark

Answer: (I) depressed/lonely/bored; (II) D; (III) friend; (IV) paper is patient and non-judgmental

Where the marks are

  • (I) Emotional state (1 mark)
  • (II) Option D (2 marks)
  • (III) friend (1 mark)
  • (IV) Reason (1 mark)

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Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from From the Diary of Anne Frank, 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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