CBSE 2024 English (Language and Literature) Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 English (Language and Literature) board paper from 2024, Q.P. code 2/4/1 (Series DDCC4/4, Set 1). It carries 80 marks over three hours, plus 15 minutes to read, and has 11 compulsory questions on 19 printed pages. Section A is reading for 20 marks: a passage on plastic pollution and a passage on crop rotation. Section B is grammar and creative writing for 20 marks. Section C is literature for 40 marks and opens with an extract from Mijbil the Otter. This copy has questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

English Language and Literature

Year

2024

Paper code

2/4/1

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

11

Pages

19

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A — Reading Skills

  20 marks

  Two unseen passages, 10 marks each: plastic pollution, then crop rotation

• Section B — Grammar and Creative Writing

  20 marks

  Grammar tasks and creative writing

• Section C — Literature

  40 marks

  Extracts and questions from the textbook. One extract is from Mijbil the Otter

Topics covered

• Unseen passage: plastic pollution
• Unseen passage: crop rotation
• Grammar and creative writing
• Mijbil the Otter

Questions from this paper

1. The plastic-pollution passage says single-use plastics account for 40 percent of the plastic produced every year. State one reason the problem is most visible in developing Asian and African nations.
2. A second passage says crop rotation aims at higher returns and at keeping the soil fertile, and describes rice followed by wheat in Punjab and Haryana.
3. From Mijbil the Otter: for the first twenty-four hours Mijbil was neither hostile nor friendly. Which of the given reasons is not why he later came onto Maxwell’s bed?