questions in the writing and literature section were simple and based on the cbse syllabus with grammar that corresponded to what was taught in class because they had ample practice with sample papers all the students were able to complete the paper on time and attempt all the questions with ease and accuracy the students had prepared well through rigorous practice and revision allowing them to approach the questions with confidence the paper was well received by all students with all the students stating that it was simple overall the students were wellprepared and confident in their ability to complete the exam writes sunita virmani tgt english global indian international school giis noidathe paper was easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level the majority of students found section a to be timeconsuming in the literature section questions were straightforward but required a thorough study of the chapters analysis deductive reasoning and critical thinking were the foundations of the questions most students should have been able to attempt the longanswer questions the writing section included familiar topics and allowed students enough opportunity to express themselves analyzes dr neelima kamrah principal kiit world school gurugramanalysis by roma suri head of the department english and muneeza abbas pgt english shiv nadar school noidathe grade 10 english language literature board paper commenced with a rather familiar passage of mankinds fascination with gold the passage had been read by a lot of students hence there was a great deal of morale boosting at the outset of the paper however the inferential questions in the first passage itself were rather confusing and more than one answered appeared to be the right option question 3 9in the second passage on mars again had a typo in question no 5 moreover question no 10 was taken from the first passage and not the second one the grammar section and the writing skills were fairly easy and understood and attempted by most of the students the literature section appeared very simple but the inferential questions needed thought and understanding and could easily be misunderstood set 2 had a typo in question no8 part d where oxen meadows were typed in as green meadows in set 3 question no8 part d is grammatically incorrect and does not make sense it can be safely concluded that though the literature section was fairly simple it required in depth study by the studentsdetailed analysisthe central board of secondary education cbse class 10 english language literature paper on monday february 27 was simple and wellbalanced as per students the level of difficulty was moderate the question paper was a balanced mix of knowledge analysis and applicationbased questions most of the students were able to complete the paper well in time and also could save some time for revision english language literature exam was for 80 marks to be attempted within 3 hours the paper was divided into section a section b and section csection a reading