CBSE 2025 English Communicative Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 English (Communicative) board paper from 2025, Q.P. code 1 (Series HF1EG, 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 passage on unity in diversity in India, then a passage on why people travel. Writing is 22 marks and begins with a 50-word email asking for an interactive board. 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

2025

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 India’s unity in diversity, then a passage on reasons people travel

• Section B — Writing Skills

  22 marks

  A 50-word email, a 100-word factual description, a 120-word letter and a 150-word article

• Section C — Grammar

  10 marks

  Gap filling about Prerna and Sushil, and a paragraph on minerals with omitted words

• Section D — Literature Textbook

  26 marks

  Questions from the English Communicative literature textbook

Topics covered

• Unseen passage: unity in diversity
• Unseen passage: why people travel
• Email and factual description
• Letter to the editor and magazine article
• Gap filling and omissions

Questions from this paper

1. The reading passage says the Constitution of India recognises 22 official languages. Which option best describes what the celebration of festivals in India demonstrates?
2. A second passage says leisure tourism makes up 42% of travel and business tourism 35%. Health tourism is said to be making India a popular destination.
3. As Rishabh or Rishita, Class Prefect of Class IX A, write a 50-word email to the Principal asking for an interactive board in the classroom.
4. Write a factual description, in not more than 100 words, of a working model called Save Your Earth prepared for the school’s Earth Day exhibition.
5. Fill the blanks: Prerna and Sushil (has/have/had) spent years together. On growing up they (had got/have got/got) separated.