CBSE 2024 English Communicative Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 English (Communicative) board paper from 2024, Q.P. code 1 (Series #CDBA, Set 4). It carries 80 marks over three hours, plus 15 minutes to read, and has 10 compulsory questions on 11 printed pages. Reading is 22 marks and opens with a drive up a foggy mountain to a slope of daffodils. Writing is 22 marks and begins with a 50-word email asking for a section change. Grammar is 10 marks and literature is 26 marks. Answers are meant to be brief. This copy has questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

English Communicative

Year

2024

Paper code

1

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

10

Pages

11

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A — Reading Skills

  22 marks

  A passage on a mountain of daffodils seen through fog, for 12 marks, then a second passage

• Section B — Writing Skills

  22 marks

  A 50-word email, a 100-word description, a 120-word letter and an article

• Section C — Grammar

  10 marks

  Grammar tasks for 10 marks

• Section D — Literature Textbook

  26 marks

  Questions from the English Communicative literature textbook

Topics covered

• Unseen passage: daffodils on a mountain
• Email writing
• Factual description
• Vocational education and ecotourism
• Article on diversity in India

Questions from this paper

1. The reading passage describes a reluctant drive through fog that ends at rivers of daffodils, from the palest ivory to the deepest lemon, with a waterfall of purple hyacinths.
2. As Aarushi of Class IX, write a 50-word email to the Principal asking to move from section IX-A to IX-B, and give a reason.
3. Write a factual description, in not more than 100 words, of an English notebook you have to submit to your teacher.
4. Write a letter of about 120 words to the editor on the growing need for vocational education, or a letter to the Ministry of Tourism on how to spread ecotourism.
5. Using the given cues, write an article on the importance of diversity in India: many cultures, seasonal festivals, and national festivals.