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

CBSE Class 10 English 2025: question 10(a)

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

Q10(a) · 6 marks · Long answerDust of Snow

Answer any one of the following questions, in 100-120 words.

Examine the role of Nature in the poems 'The Dust of Snow' and 'Fog'.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 2/6/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

What does the falling snow do to the speaker's mood?

Hint 2

How is the fog compared to a cat?

Hint 3

Close by linking both poems to nature's effect on humans.

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 'Dust of Snow', nature acts as a transforming force. A crow shakes dust of snow from a hemlock tree onto the speaker. This small, unplanned act changes his mood from regret and gloom to cheer, and saves part of a day he had rued.

    3 marks

  2. In 'Fog', nature appears mysterious and playful. The fog arrives silently, like a cat on little feet. It overshadows the city and affects human emotions, suggesting change and renewal.

    2 marks

  3. Both poems show nature's power to affect human feeling. The language is clear and the sentences are well connected, with correct spelling and grammar.

    1 mark

Answer: In both poems nature influences human mood: the crow's snow lifts the speaker's gloom, and the fog arrives like a silent cat, affecting the city.

Where the marks are

  • At least one value point from each poem (3 marks)
  • Expression, style and coherence (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Dust of Snow (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Dust of Snow, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2025 board paper, set 2/6/1: every question, by section.

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