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Answer any two out of the… (Class 10 English 2025, Q9)

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

CBSE Class 10 English 2025: question 9

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 2/6/1, section C, question 9, for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q9 · 6 marks · Short answerThe Midnight Visitor

Answer any two out of the three questions, in about 40-50 words:

  1. (i)

    Examine the witty strategy used by Ausable in emerging as a super spy. (The Midnight Visitor)

    3 marks
  2. (ii)

    'The Necklace' is a lesson in discontentment and unreasonable materialism. In light of the preceding statement, discuss Matilda's greatest failing. (The Necklace)

    3 marks
  3. (iii)

    Think-tank excelled in misinterpreting and mispresenting things. Do you agree? Justify giving appropriate reasons. (The Book that Saved the Earth)

    3 marks

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

Recall the key incident of each story.

Hint 2

Give two points from the text for each answer.

Hint 3

Write in 40-50 words with connected sentences.

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) Ausable stayed calm while held at gunpoint and used great presence of mind. He flattered Max with a made-up story of a balcony escape route and lied about the waiter. This let him outwit the rival spy Max and emerge as a super spy.

    3 marks

  2. (ii) Matilda's greatest failing is that she cannot appreciate what she has. She is discontented with her house, her husband and her life, and craves luxury. Her vanity makes her borrow a costly necklace to impress others at a party, which leads to her ruin.

    3 marks

Answer: Any two sub-parts answered; (i) and (ii) are shown above.

Where the marks are

  • Each sub-part: two value points (2 marks) and expression (1 mark), 3 marks each for any two

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Midnight Visitor, 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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