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The fog comes on little cat… (Class 10 English 2026, Q7b)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2026, set 2/3/1 · 5 marks · Reading comprehension

CBSE Class 10 English 2026: question 7(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, paper 2/3/1, section C, question 7(b), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q7(b) · 5 marks · Reading comprehensionCompetency-basedFog

The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
(Fog)

  1. (i)

    Examine the strategic use of imagery in the above lines.

    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    How does the poet portray the relationship between nature and the urban environment?

    2 marks
  3. (iii)

    On the basis of the extract, select the correct option. The image of a cat moving "on little cat feet" evokes:

    1. (A)softness
    2. (B)roughness
    3. (C)wilderness
    4. (D)hardness
    1 mark
  4. (iv)

    Fill in the blank with the appropriate option from the brackets: In the given extract, the tone of the poet is __________ (playful and mysterious/cold and rough/pessimistic and aggressive).

    1 mark

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 2/3/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

What animal is the fog compared to, and how does it move?

Hint 2

Think about what the fog does to the city: covers it, watches, leaves.

Hint 3

Cat feet are quiet and gentle, which suggests one quality.

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 fog is compared to a cat, a metaphor that creates the image of a cat moving silently, then sitting on its haunches looking over the city and harbour.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) The fog covers the city and harbour, yet it is shown only quietly watching the busy human world.

    1 mark

  3. It is soft, silent and harmless, a natural force that exists alongside the urban world and then moves on.

    1 mark

  4. (iii) (A) softness.

    1 mark

  5. (iv) playful and mysterious.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) cat metaphor creates a vivid image; (ii) fog quietly watches and covers the city, a gentle part of nature; (iii) A; (iv) playful and mysterious

Where the marks are

  • Identifies the cat imagery (1 mark)
  • Two points on nature and city relationship (2 marks)
  • Option A (1 mark)
  • 'playful and mysterious' (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Fog (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Fog, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2026 board paper, set 2/3/1: every question, by section.

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