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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 2/5/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2025: question 10(b)

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

Q10(b) · 6 marks · Long answerA Tiger in the Zoo

What distinguishes the portrayal of the tiger in the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo' from the depiction of the tiger in the poem 'How to tell Wild Animals' ?

Answer in about 100-120 words.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 2/5/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Set the two settings side by side: cage and jungle.

Hint 2

Think of how the tiger moves and hunts in each.

Hint 3

Use contrast words like 'whereas'.

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. In 'A Tiger in the Zoo', the tiger is caged and has only a few steps to pace. His strength is behind the bars, he is an object of gaze, and he cannot roam or hunt. He is indifferent to visitors and longs for freedom.

    2 marks

  2. In 'How to Tell Wild Animals', the tiger is free in the jungle. He hunts freely and terrorises villagers, and he is seen as a large tawny beast.

    1 mark

  3. Expression: a clear contrast between captivity and freedom, with linking words, in about 100-120 words.

    2 marks

  4. Accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar.

    1 mark

Answer: The zoo tiger is a caged, frustrated, powerless creature; the tiger in the jungle is free, fierce and feared.

Where the marks are

  • Any three value points covering both poems (3 marks)
  • Expression (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (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 paper2025 board paper, set 2/5/1: every question, by section.

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