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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No. 184)
CLASS – X 2019-20
SECTION - WISE WEIGHTAGE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Note: The annual board examination will be of 80 marks, with a duration of three
hours. There will be internal assessment for 20 Marks.

SECTION A: READING: 20 Marks
This section will have two unseen passages of a total length of 700-750. The
arrangement within the reading section is as follows:
I. A factual passage of 300-350 words with eight Objective Type Question( including Multiple
Choice Questions).8 marks
II.A Discursive passages of 350-400 words with four Short Answer Type Questions to test
inference, evaluation and analysis four Objective Type Question( including Multiple Choice
Questions) to test vocabulary. 12 marks

SECTION B: WRITING AND GRAMMAR: 30 Marks
III. Formal letter complaint / inquiry / placing order / letter to editor / article in about 100-150
words. The questions will be thematically based on the prescribed books.8 marks
IV. Writing a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150-200 words. 10 marks

V Gap filling with one or two words to test Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions and Tenses.4
marks
VI Editing or omission. 4 marks
VII Sentences Reordering or Sentence Transformation in context. 4 marks

SECTION C: LITERATURE 
VIII. One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/drama for reference to context.  4 marks
IX. Five Short Answer type Questions to be answered in 30-40 words each from FIRST
FLIGHT and FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET ( three from FIRST FLIGHT and two from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET) . 2x5=10 marks
X. One out of two Long Answer type Questions from FIRST FLIGHT : 100-150 words  8 marks
XI. One out of two long answer question from the book ‘FOOTPRINTS without FEET’ :
                                                                                                              100-150 words. 8 marks

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