CBSE Class 10 Sample Paper for 2023 Boards - English

[Reading] Question 1 (i)

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Question 1 (iii)

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Question 1 (v)

Question 1 (vi)

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Question 1 (viii)

Question 1 (ix)

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[Reading] Question 2 (i)

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Question 2 (iv)

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Question 2 (vii)

Question 2 (viii)

Question 2 (ix)

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[Grammar] Question 3 (i)

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Question 3 (iii)

[Grammar - Error and Correction] Question 3 (iv) Important

Question 3 (v)

Question 3 (vi)

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[Grammar - Error and Correction] Question 3 (viii)

Question 3 (ix) Important

Question 3 (x)

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[Grammar - Error and Correction] Question 3 (xii)

[Letter Writing] Question 4 Part 1 (A) Important

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[Paragraph Writing] Question 4 Part 2 (A) Important

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[Literature - Extract Type Question] Question 5 Part 1 (A) - i Important

Question 5 Part 1 (A) - ii

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[Literature - Extract Type Question] Question 5 Part 1 (B) - i Important

Question 5 Part 1 (B) - ii Important

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Question 5 Part 1 (B) - v Important

[Literature - Extract Type Question] Question 5 Part 2 (A) - i Important

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[Literature - Extract Type Question] Question 5 Part 2 (B) - i You are here

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Question 5 Part 2 (B) - iii

Question 5 Part 2 (B) - iv Important

Question 5 Part 2 (B) - v

[Literature] Question 6 - (i) Important

Question 6 - (ii)

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[Literature] Question 7 - (i)

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[Literature] Question 8 - (i) Important

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Question 6 - (v)

But I can get a hair-dye

And set such colour there,

Brown, or black, or carrot,

That young men in despair

May love me for myself alone

And not my yellow hair.”

(For Anne Gregory)

 

What is the poet’s tone in the extract?

  1. thoughtful
  2. authoritative
  3. agitated
  4. insulting
  5. argumentative

Select the appropriate option.

  1. 1, 4
  2. 3, 5
  3. 2, 4
  4. 1, 5

 

Answer:

Agitated means worried or excited.

Argumentative means presenting opposite opinions against a topic.

Checking the options:

  • A. 1, 4 
  • B. 3, 5 - Agitated and Argumentative - This is correct.
  • C. 2, 4 
  • D. 1, 5

So, the correct answer is option B.

 

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