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In the story, 'A Triumph of… (Class 10 English 2025, Q11b)

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

CBSE Class 10 English 2025: question 11(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 2/5/1, section C, question 11(b), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q11(b) · 6 marks · Long answerA Triumph of Surgery

In the story, 'A Triumph of Surgery', a wealthy woman's nonsensical behaviour, is depicted. Do you think such individuals are merely displaying foolishness or could their actions potentially, inflict harm upon others ? Support your answer from the text.

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

Decide your stand first: harmless or harmful.

Hint 2

Recall Tricki's condition when he came to Skeldale House.

Hint 3

Link her overfeeding and no exercise to the harm caused.

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. Stance: Such individuals' foolishness can seriously harm others. Mrs Pumphrey's over-pampering made Tricki ill.

    1 mark

  2. She ignored the doctor's advice and overfed him. Tricki became fat like a bloated sausage, with bloodshot, rheumy eyes and a lolling tongue, and he could not walk properly. He vomited and lay on the rug. He might have died had Dr Herriot not taken him away.

    2 marks

  3. Conclusion and expression: her love was blind, and thoughtless behaviour harms those depending on us; well organised in about 100-120 words.

    2 marks

  4. Accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar.

    1 mark

Answer: Such foolishness can be harmful, as Mrs Pumphrey's over-pampering nearly killed Tricki.

Where the marks are

  • Any three value points from the text (3 marks)
  • Expression (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from A Triumph of Surgery, 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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