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III. Writing Skills 10 Marks
4. Writing a Descriptive Paragraph (word limit 100–120 words), describing a person / event
/ situation, based on visual or verbal cue/s. One out of two questions to be answered.
5 Marks
5. Writing a Story (on a given cue/title)/Diary Entry, in 100–120 words. One out of two
questions is to be answered. 5 marks
Section C: Language through Literature
IV. Reference to the Context (5+5 = 10 Marks)
6. One extract out of two, from Drama / Prose.
7. One extract out of two, from poetry
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked to assess interpretation,
analysis, inference, evaluation, appreciation and vocabulary.
V. Short & Long Answer Questions
8. Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the
book BEEHIVE to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. 4x3=12 Marks
9. Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the
book MOMENTS to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.3x2=6 Marks
10. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in about
100-120 words to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and
across the text. This can also be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot
from the text. 6 Marks
11. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from MOMENTS, on theme or plot involving
interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be
answered in about 100-120 words. 6 Marks
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