CBSE 2025 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 2025, Q.P. code 2/2/3 (Series 2FEHG, Set 3). 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 cinnamon and a passage on Indian domestic and outbound tourism. Section B is grammar and creative writing for 20 marks, including ten of twelve grammar tasks and a paragraph on social media. Section C is literature for 40 marks and opens with an extract from His First Flight. This copy has questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

English Language and Literature

Year

2025

Paper code

2/2/3

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: cinnamon, then Indian tourism

• Section B — Grammar and Creative Writing

  20 marks

  Ten of twelve one-mark grammar tasks, then creative writing, including a paragraph on social media

• Section C — Literature

  40 marks

  Extracts and questions from the textbook. One extract is from His First Flight

Topics covered

• Unseen passage: cinnamon
• Unseen passage: domestic and outbound tourism
• Grammar and reported speech
• Creative writing on social media
• His First Flight

Questions from this paper

1. The cinnamon passage asks which statement best matches the writer’s view of cinnamon’s properties, including its health benefits.
2. A second passage uses Ministry of Tourism figures: 1.7 billion domestic tourist visits in India in 2022, against 21 million international departures.
3. Fill the blank in a letter: “with your support and ________ (cooperate), we can find a mutually agreeable solution.”
4. Find the error in “For avoid damaging the appliance, do not immerse the electric cooker in water or any other liquid.”
5. Report Amit’s question to Pallavi: “Did you manage to get any sponsors for the inauguration event scheduled for the next month?”
6. From His First Flight, where did the little seagull sleep at night, and which word can replace “muster up” in “muster up courage”?