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EnglishCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2023-24 · 10 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 12 English sample paper 2023-24: question 10

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2023-24, section C, question 10, for 10 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q10 · 10 marks · Short answerIndigo

Answer ANY FIVE of the following six questions, in about 40-50 words.

  1. i

    What can be inferred from Rajendra Prasad's recorded upshot of the lawyer consultations, at Motihari ?
    [Reference - The senior lawyer replied, they had come to advise and help him; if he went to jail there would be nobody to advise and they would go home. What about the injustice to the sharecroppers, Gandhi demanded.]
    (Indigo)

    2 marks
  2. ii

    Douglas uses sensory details to create a vivid image of the unfortunate experience in the pool. What might be the impact on the reader if the narration were more informative than sensory?
    (Deep Water)

    2 marks
  3. iii

    How does the setting of the remote forest location in 'The Rattrap' contribute to the overall tone and mood of the story?

    2 marks
  4. iv

    How might the message of the poem, 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers' be different, if the following last four lines were omitted?
    When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
    Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
    The tigers in the panel that she made
    Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.

    2 marks
  5. v

    Umberto Eco, with reference to "The Name of the Rose" says, "I think if I had written The Name of the Rose ten years earlier or ten years later, it wouldn't have been the same." What could he have meant?
    (The Interview)

    2 marks
  6. vi

    What does the story of Subbu's success in the film industry reveal about the importance of loyalty, creativity, and versatility in this field?
    (Poets and Pancakes)

    2 marks

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2023-24.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Plan each answer in 40-50 words with two or three points from the text.

Hint 2

Name the story's specific detail, not general statements.

Hint 3

Finish with a sentence linking your points to the question.

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.

Verified: two independent solves agree and the official marking scheme matchesChecked 2026-11-01

  1. (i) Gandhi's commitment to the peasants, though a stranger to the region, was exemplary. The lawyers realised they would be ashamed to desert the sharecroppers and were inspired by his moral courage to stay and support him.

    2 marks

  2. (ii) A merely informative account would feel detached and impersonal. Readers could not visualise the scene or feel Douglas's fear, so the emotional impact and engagement would be much weaker.

    2 marks

  3. (iii) The remote, snowy forest creates a mood of isolation, desolation and hopelessness for the peddler. It also symbolises the wilderness of life where people are trapped by temptation, so it sets the melancholy tone.

    2 marks

  4. (iv) Without the last four lines the poem would end on despair, with Aunt Jennifer's hands still burdened by ordeals. It would only show women's oppression, without the hope that art lets the tigers live on proud and unafraid.

    2 marks

  5. (v) Eco meant that the success of the book depended on timing. Its themes suited the cultural, social and historical climate of its moment; earlier or later it might not have resonated or drawn the same attention.

    2 marks

  6. (vi) Subbu's success shows that loyalty (he identified fully with his principal), creativity (he produced many ideas for any problem) and versatility (he worked well with everyone) were essential to the film industry and made him invaluable to Gemini Studios.

    2 marks

Answer: Any five of (i)-(vi) answered as above, 2 marks each

Where the marks are

  • Each answered sub-part: relevant content (1 mark)
  • Each answered sub-part: clear expression and accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Indigo (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)

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