CBSE Class 10 English Exam Analysis: Paper rated easy but lengthy with direct questions

“Students who had paid heed to the guidelines and directives provided by the CBSE should not have faced any difficulties, except that it was a bit lengthy. It was a well designed and balanced paper. As per the students, it was comprehensive but bit lengthy,” said Geeta Khokaran, PGT English at VidyaGYan.

Gurpreet Kaur, TGT English at Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Lucknow said that the reading comprehension section was easy to moderate. “The case-based factual passage could be slightly tricky for the students to comprehend because of the data presented to them and the vocabulary of the passage. The students took the maximum time to attempt this section as the passages were quite detailed in nature,” she added.

This time, the question paper was subjective and candidates had to write answers of each question. As per students, questions were direct, rather than being based on extrapolatory perspective.

Additionally, the Literature section is said to have tested the in-depth knowledge of lessons. “The Literature section focused on in depth reading of the chapters and basic comprehension of the plot and theme,” Amandeep Kaur, English Teacher of Pacific World School said.

Similar to the literature part of the question paper, the reading passages in the writing section of the exam also had pretty direct questions this year. As per the experts, the language of the reading passages was not complicated and the questions asked were quite direct.

As for the grammar section, this year it was designed to simply test the basic grammatical knowledge of students in a simplified manner and experts rated it as a fairly easy section.