CBSE Class 10 English Question Paper 2023 - Solved Download PDF

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This is the CBSE Class 10 English (Language and Literature) board paper from 2023, Q.P. code 2/4/3 (Series WYXZ1/4, Set 3). It carries 80 marks over three hours, with 15 minutes of reading time, and has 11 questions in three sections: Reading Skills (20 marks), Grammar and Creative Writing Skills (20 marks) and Literature (40 marks). The reading passages are on hiking and on Ladakh's artificial glaciers, the second with a chart of water deficit and surplus months. Writing asks for a letter on colony parking or a TV complaint, and a paragraph analysing either threatened species in India or a pie chart on how students travel to school. Literature covers First Flight and Footprints without Feet. This copy has a candidate's handwritten ticks on some answers but no solutions.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

English

Year

2023

Paper code

2/4/3

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

11

Pages

15

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A (Reading Skills)

  20 marks

  Questions 1–2: a passage on hiking and a passage on artificial glaciers in Ladakh, ten one-mark items each

• Section B (Grammar and Creative Writing Skills)

  20 marks

  Question 3: any ten of twelve one-mark grammar items (10); Question 4: letter to the editor or letter of complaint (5); Question 5: analytical paragraph on given data (5)

• Section C (Literature)

  40 marks

  Questions 6–7: two extract-based questions with choice (5 each); Question 8: four of five short answers, 3 marks each (12); Question 9: two of three short answers from Footprints without Feet, 3 marks each (6); Questions 10–11: one long answer each, 6 marks

Topics covered

• Reading comprehension
• Tenses, modals and reported speech
• Error correction
• Letter to the editor
• Analytical paragraph writing
• Two Stories about Flying
• The Proposal
• Amanda!
• A Tiger in the Zoo
• The Sermon at Benares
• Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• The Necklace

Questions from this paper

1. Give one reason why it is a pleasure to hike in the mountains rather than in the plains.
2. Write a letter to the editor of 'Times of India' in about 100–120 words, drawing attention to parking problems in colonies and the measures that can be taken to resolve them.
3. Why did the night turn sorrowful for Lencho after the rains?
4. How did Ausable get rid of Max without using a weapon?
5. 'No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background or his religion.' Do you agree? Elaborate on the basis of 'Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'.
6. Trust and compassion can reform a person. Justify this statement in the light of 'The Thief's Story'.