CBSE Class-10 Exam 2017 : Marking Scheme
Question Paper English Communicative
CBSE Class-10 Exam 2017 : English Communicative (Delhi)
All India Secondary School Examination: 2017
Marking Scheme - English Communicative (Delhi - 1/1/1, 1/1/2, 1/1/3)
General Instructions:
Please note that the questions are numbered in continuation from 1 to 11.
(i) Marking of the entire script should be done by one examiner. All answers in all the scripts issued to the examiner should be marked section wise.
(ii) In the marking scheme, a slash (/) indicates alternative answers; any one such answer is counted as correct.
(iii) Brackets ( ) indicate optional information; the mark is awarded
whether the part in brackets is included or not.
(iv) If a student writes an answer which is not given in the marking scheme but which is equally acceptable, full marks should be awarded.
(v) Students should not be penalized if they do not follow the order of the sections / questions while answering.
(vi) In questions requiring word limit please note that no marks are to be deducted for exceeding the word limit.
(vii) The Marking Scheme carries only suggested value points for the answers. These are only guidelines and do not constitute the complete answers. The students can have their own expression and if the expression is correct, marks should be awarded accordingly.
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QUESTION PAPER CODE 1/1/1
SECTION A (READING) 20 MARKS
Note : Section A tests a candidate’s ability to read and understand only, therefore, no deductions are to be made for errors in spelling, grammar or punctuation. Marks should be awarded if the answer can be clearly understood.
Objective: This section evaluates the reading and comprehension skills of the students and their ability to infer and evaluate the given information.
1. UTTARKASHI MARKS–8
Objective: To identify the main points of a text
Marking: 8 marks – 1 mark for each correct answer
Answers :
a) poor, barely managing their essentials.
b) how to live and maintain dignity and self-respect
c) invited village folk passing by to have tea at their home / gave grains to the sadhus and pandits who came to the house
d) a rebel, asked questions / not satisfied with the customary way of life
e) The author’s brothers were always getting preferential treatment. / All opportunities and options were open to them.
f) They had to go up and down the mountain slopes for their daily livelihood and even for their routine work.
g) to talk to them to learn more about their travels
h) to educate themselves on social , cultural and scientific aspects of mountaineering and to seek peace in nature’s gigantic scheme of things.
CBSE Class-10 Exam 2017 : English Communicative (Foreign)
All India Secondary School Examination 2017
Marking Scheme - English Communicative (Foreign - 1/2/1, 1/2/2, 1/2/3)
General Instructions:
Please note that the questions are numbered in continuation from 1 to 11.
(i) Marking of the entire script should be done by one examiner. All answers in all the scripts issued to the examiner should be marked section wise.
(ii) In the marking scheme, a slash (/) indicates alternative answers; any one such answer is counted as correct.
(iii) Brackets ( ) indicate optional information; the mark is awarded whether the part in brackets is included or not.
(iv) If a student writes an answer which is not given in the marking scheme but which is equally acceptable, full marks should be awarded.
(v) Students should not be penalized if they do not follow the order of the sections / questions while answering.
(vi) In questions requiring word limit please note that no marks are to be deducted for exceeding the word limit.
(vii) The Marking Scheme carries only suggested value points for the answers. These are only guidelines and do not constitute the complete answers. The students can have their own expression and if the expression is correct, marks should be awarded accordingly.
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QUESTION PAPER CODE 1/2/1
SECTION A (READING) 20 MARKS
Note : Section A tests a candidate’s ability to read and understand only, therefore, no deductions are to be made for errors in spelling, grammar or punctuation. Marks should be awarded if the answer can be clearly understood.
Objective: This section evaluates the reading and comprehension skills of the students and their ability to infer and evaluate the given information.
CBSE Class-10 Exam 2017 : English Communicative (NSQF)
All India Secondary School Examination – 2017
Marking Scheme - English Communicative (NSQF) 501/1, 501/2, 501/3
General Instructions:
Please note that the questions are numbered in continuation from 1 to 11.
(i) Marking of the entire script should be done by one examiner. All answers in all the scripts issued to the examiner should be marked section wise.
(ii) In the marking scheme, a slash (/) indicates alternative answers; any one such answer is counted as correct.
(iii) Brackets ( ) indicate optional information; the mark is awarded whether the part in brackets is included or not.
(iv) If a student writes an answer which is not given in the marking scheme but which is equally acceptable, full marks should be awarded.
(v) Students should not be penalized if they do not follow the order of the sections / questions while answering.
(vi) In questions requiring word limit please note that no marks are to be deducted for exceeding the word limit.
(vii) The Marking Scheme carries only suggested value points for the answers. These are only guidelines and do not constitute the complete answers. The students can have their own expression and if the expression is correct, marks should be awarded accordingly.
(Strictly Confidential (For Internal and Restricted Use Only)
QUESTION PAPER CODE 501 / 1
SECTION A (READING) 20 MARKS
Note : Section A tests a candidate’s ability to read only, therefore no deductions are to be made for errors in spelling, grammar or punctuation. Marks should be awarded if the answer can be clearly understood.
Objective: This section evaluates the reading and comprehension skills of the students and their ability to infer and evaluate the given information.
1. SIRPUR TOTAL MARKS -12
Objective: To identify the main points of a text
Marking: 8 marks – 2 mark for each correct answer
1.1
a) Nalanda discovered a long time ago- Sirpur, a new entrant as a place of pilgrimage.
b) a Buddha statue of 6th century AD – a temple complex
c) has turned into an exciting and rewarding holiday destination
d) 100 Buddhist monasteries; 10000 monks (priests) from the Mahayana sect; that the king had deep faith in Buddhism (any two)
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