Latest CBSE Syllabus for Class 10 of English Language and Literature 2017-18
Here, latest syllabus of CBSE Syllabus for Class 10 English Language and Literature for the session 2017-18. The new session has started and board updated the new syllabus. From this year. students will have the 80-20 (board-internal) marks pattern. Three periodic tests will be also taken by the schoolsIn Board examination, the entire syllabus will come. The Board examination will be of 80 marks, with a duration of three hours.
The Question paper contains three sections:
Section | Total Weightage 80 | |
A | Reading Skills | 20 |
B | Writing Skills with Grammar | 30 |
C | Literature Textbook and Extended Reading Text | 30 |
TOTAL | 80 |
Section A Reading: 20 Marks
• Question 1: A Factual passage (Eight VSAQs) : 8 Marks
• Question 2: A Discursive passage (Four SAQs and Four VSAQs) : 12 Marks
Section B Writing and Grammar: 30 Marks
• Question 3: Formal letter complaint/Inquiry/placing order/Letter to the editor/article: 8 Marks• Question 4: Short story based on clues: 12 Marks
• Question 5: Gap filling with one or two words: 4 Marks
• Question 6: Editing or Omission: 4 Marks
• Question 7: Sentences Reordering or Sentence Transformation: 4 Marks
Section C Literature Textbook and Extended Reading Text: 30 Marks
• Question 8: One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/play (Four VSAQs): 4 Marks
• Question 9: Four SAQs from First Flight and Footprints without Feet: 2 ✖ 4 = 8 Marks
• Question 10: One out of two long answer type questions from First Flight and Footprints without Feet: 8 Marks
• Question 11: One out of two Very Long Answer Question on prescribed novel: 10 Marks
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• Question 1: A Factual passage (Eight VSAQs) : 8 Marks
• Question 2: A Discursive passage (Four SAQs and Four VSAQs) : 12 Marks
Section B Writing and Grammar: 30 Marks
• Question 3: Formal letter complaint/Inquiry/placing order/Letter to the editor/article: 8 Marks• Question 4: Short story based on clues: 12 Marks
• Question 5: Gap filling with one or two words: 4 Marks
• Question 6: Editing or Omission: 4 Marks
• Question 7: Sentences Reordering or Sentence Transformation: 4 Marks
Section C Literature Textbook and Extended Reading Text: 30 Marks
• Question 8: One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/play (Four VSAQs): 4 Marks
• Question 9: Four SAQs from First Flight and Footprints without Feet: 2 ✖ 4 = 8 Marks
• Question 10: One out of two long answer type questions from First Flight and Footprints without Feet: 8 Marks
• Question 11: One out of two Very Long Answer Question on prescribed novel: 10 Marks
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Prescribed Books:
• First Flight
• Footprints without Feet
Novel (Long Reading Text)
• The Diary of a Young Girl (unabridged) by Anne Frank
• The Story of my Life (unabridged) by Helen Keller
• First Flight
• Footprints without Feet
Novel (Long Reading Text)
• The Diary of a Young Girl (unabridged) by Anne Frank
• The Story of my Life (unabridged) by Helen Keller
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