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Answer any one of the… (Class 10 English SQP 2026-27, Q10B)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2026-27 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English sample paper 2026-27: question 10(B)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2026-27, 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 answerThe Ball Poem

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

The poems, ‘The Ball Poem’ and ‘Dust of Snow’ capture brief moments that teach lasting lessons. How do these poems propose that momentary events generate a lasting impact?

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2026-27.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Ask how long each event lasts and how long its effect lasts.

Hint 2

Use one image from each poem: the ball in the water, the snow from the hemlock tree.

Hint 3

Link them: a small moment, a big inner change.

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. Both poems show that deep learning can come in an instant. The ball falling into the water teaches the boy the permanence of loss at once. Snow falling on the speaker changes their mood immediately.

    2 marks

  2. The impact lasts. Berryman suggests the boy will carry the lesson of loss and responsibility through life. In Frost, the snow's dust redeems the day and changes how the speaker sees it.

    2 marks

  3. The learning is felt, not reasoned. The boy feels loss deeply, and the speaker experiences nature's beauty directly. Expression and accuracy.

    2 marks

Answer: Each poem shows a single brief event that teaches instantly and leaves a lasting change.

Where the marks are

  • Instant learning in both poems (1 mark)
  • Examples: the ball and the snow (1 mark)
  • Lasting impact in each (1 mark)
  • Feeling versus reasoning, and a conclusion (1 mark)
  • Expression (2 marks)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: The Ball Poem (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Ball Poem, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2026-27: every question, by section.

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