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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on February 26 conducted the English paper of Class 10. The paper was a balanced one, say experts. The difficulty level of the CBSE 2024 English Class 10 questions was easy to moderate.
The questions were based on the pattern and style of the sample paper shared by CBSE. “Certain questions in the writing section expected the learners to critically analyse the given cue/ situation and provide their interpretation,” said Richa Udani, English subject teacher at Billabong High International School, Malad (Mumbai).
Overall the paper was moderate but lengthy, Nita Colvin, TGT English, Global Indian International School, Ahmedabad said. “While the literature section was predictable and easy, the unseen passages had a few tricky questions which took a long time to solve and the grammar and creative writing sections included straightforward questions,” Colvin added.
The writing section, as per Aashita Chauhan, TGT, KIIT World School, Gurugram included familiar topics, and allowed students enough opportunity to express themselves.
“Although the literature portion seemed simple, the inferential questions required considerable thought and might be easily misinterpreted. It was rather time-consuming and safe to say that even if the literature component was rather straightforward, the students still needed to do an extensive analysis of it. There was a good mix of knowledge, quantitative, and application-based problems in the question paper,” Chauhan added.
Divyanshi Jha, Class 10 student, GIIS Ahmedabad said that the paper was balanced but lengthy. Comprehension passages had some tricky questions and was time-consuming while the grammar portion was simple and scoring.
Aditya, a student of VidyaGyan School-Bulandshahr claimed, “The paper was quite lengthy. I kept writing till the end. The RTCs of literature section was the most challenging part of the paper.”
Rupali, another student of the same school said, “The paper was lengthy and the reading section and RTCs took the most time and were challenging. The subjective part was interesting and easy. There was a lot to write.”
There were noticeable variations between the three sets, Mitu Majumdar, Educator Senior Years, Shiv Nadar School, Noida said. The analytical paragraph questions were along the lines of the CBSE sample papers and grammar questions were of easy to average level, but 3 – 4 questions confused the students. “Short answer type questions were all predicted, and not a single question was unfamiliar to the students. Long answer questions were competency-based and gave full scope for creativity and extrapolation,” she added.
