CBSE class 10 English Answer Keys 2025 Code 2/3/1
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We hope that you have done very well in your CBSE English Exam. Now, here on cbsestudent.com, we bring to you CBSE class 10 English Answer Keys 2025 Code 2/3/1. These answer keys have been prepared by experts of the subject who have years of experience in teaching English. Though, these are unofficial key, hopefully, these will help you estimate your marks in English paper. These answer keys focus on MCQs which appeared in the paper.
Section-A Reading Skills
Q.1 (i) What does the writer’s use of phrases like ‘in the urban regions kitchen gardens have garnered great acknowledgement’ suggest about kitchen gardening today?
Answer: Option (C) – It provides nutritious food.
Q.1 (ii) Complete the following with a suitable explanation.
Growing a kitchen garden is cost effective because______________.
Answer: Empty tins, old utensils and clay flower pots can be used in a kitchen garden.
Q.1(iii) Identify two differences between the methods adopted in the traditional farming and kitchen gardens.
Answer: Tradition farming depends on – 1. Synthetic fertilizers & pesticides and 2. Intensive irrigation.
Kitchen Garden depends on – 1. Organic fertilizers and pesticides and 2. Less water use.
Q.1 (iv) Substitute the underlined word with the correct word from Paragraph (4)
The local residents’ nurturing of their surrounding flora and fauna helps to create awareness about civic responsibilities.
Answer: Fostering.
Q.1 (v) Tending to a kitchen garden has many health benefits. Explain in about 40 words.
Answer: The availability of fresh and organic produce ensures higher intake of essential nutrients, vitamins and mineral, promoting better health and well-being. It also provides an aesthetic and therapeutic exercise which helps in relieving stress. It also reduces obesity.
Q.1 (vi) Select the option that best reflects the concept that kitchen gardening is an effective educational tool for children.
Answer: Option (B) – It helps develop sensitivity and appreciation for nature.
Q.1 (vii) What hurdles do kitchen gardeners face? Mention any two.
Answer: 1. Limited space 2. Lack of Sunlight.
Q.1 (viii) State whether the following statement is True or False
Kitchen gardening should be practiced by everyone living in the cities.
Answer: True.
Q.2 (i) Silk is a popular fabric in India.
Support the above statement in 40 words with evidence from the text.
Answer: Silk is very popular fabric and known by many names like Resham and Pattu in different parts of India. It is produced in large quantities in many states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Assam. Moreover, India the second largest silk producing country in the world after China.
Q.2 (ii) Selection the option that is true for the assertion and reason given below.
Assertion: Silk feels comfortable to the skin.
Reason: It is made of natural protein fibre.
Answer: Option (B) – Both the assertion and the reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
Q.2 (iii) Justify the following statement:
Though one of the strongest natural fibers, silk remains stretched.
Answer: Elasticity of silk is moderate to poor. So, if it is elongated even a small amount, it remains stretched.
Q.2 (iv) According to the passage, in what way is sunlight harmful to the silk?
Answer: Too much sunlight can weaken the silk.
Q.2 (v) “To produce 1kg of silk, 104kg of mulberry leaves must be eaten by 3000 silkworms.”
State any inference that can be drawn from the above statement.
Answer: Making silk is costly and complex process.
Q.2 (vi) Complete the following with one suitable reason from the text.
Silk production can be carried out by the skilled artisans because__________.
Answer: Silk making requires specialized knowledge and expertise.
Q.2 (vii) Based on the given text, which state was the smallest producer of silk.
Answer: Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Q.2 (viii) Complete the sentence suitably.
To carry out silk production requires careful selection because__________.
Answer: Superior quality silk fabrics are made from the long and uniform silk fibers for a smooth and lustrous appearance.
Q.2 (ix) Give one reason to support why production of silk is limited.
Answer: Lack of availability of quality mulberry leaves.
Section B (Grammar)
Q.3(i) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the brackets, for the given portion of a letter.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if there are any further questions or if I can be of________(assist) in any way.
Answer: Assistance. (be of is generally followed by a noun, so assistance is most appropriate answer)
Q.3 (ii) Read the given sentence from a travel blog. Identify the error and supply the correction in the sentence.
Spend a night under the stars in a traditional camp, where you can experience the warmth of our hospitable and savour the delicious local cuisine
Answer: Error – Hospitable
Correction – Hospitality
Why – Our is a possessive pronoun. In the above sentence, a noun is more appropriate form of word than an adjective. So, Hospitality which is a noun is appropriate answer.
Q.3 (iii) Kriva and Manish had a conversation about the engagement of Kriva’s brother. Report Manish’s Question.
How far is the engagement venue from your house?
Answer: Manish asked Kriva how far the engagement venue was from her house.
Why – Here Manish asked a question to Kriva about engagement venue. Manish asked Kriva in Indirect Speech is appropriate. Accordingly, tense of direct speech is also changed in Indirect speech. Since the question started with how far, with how being Wh-family word, it will come as it is in indirect speech. The word is will become was and will be placed after ‘the engagement venue’ as per Indirect Speech rule.
Q.3 (iv) Read the dialogue between Ankita and her mother, Sharwari, about the cultural exchange programme.
Ankita: Are we going to get some time off for sightseeing.
Sharwari: Oh yes! All students will get two days for sightseeing.
Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the above dialogue.
Ankita asked Sharwati if they were going to get some time off for sightseeing, to which Sharwari replied in the affirmative _____________two days for sightseeing.
Answer: Option (B) – that all the students would get.
Why – Indirect Speech has been expressed in past tense. So, in Sharwari’s reply will becomes would in indirect speech.
Q.3 (v) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete a description of Notice Writing.
A notice is a type of social__________________ (conversation/conveyance/communication) used to notify or present information to a specific set of people.
Answer: Communication
Q.3 (vi) Identify the error and supply correction for the given sentence from an advertisement.
The board invite online applications from eligible candidates for the post of a senior English Teacher.
Answer: Error – invite
Correction – invites
Why – The board is a singular subject the sentence is written in present indefinite tense. As per rule of present indefinite tense, after singular subject, an s or es is added in first the first form of verb. So, invite becomes invites here for singular subject, the board.
Q.3 (vii) Identify and correct the error in the given line taken from a user manual of an ironing board.
Place the garment on the ironing board, smoothening out as many wrinkle as possible.
Answer: Option (C) – wrinkle – wrinkles.
Why – After the word ‘many’ plural form of wrinkle will come which is wrinkles.
Q.3 (viii) Complete the given sentence by filling in the blank with the correct option.
After she_________her homework, Anaisha finally relaxed and watched a movie with her friends.
Answer: Option (B) – had finished.
Why – In such sentences, the word ‘after’ indicates completion of task by the subject. If the connected second sentence is in simple past, then the third form of verb after ‘had’ will come in the sentence having ‘after’ word. Hence, appropriate answer will be ‘had finished’.
Q.3 (ix) Report the dialogue between two friends by completing the sentence.
Ankita: Will you help me plan my itinerary?
Tanu: Yes, indeed? Where are you going?
Ankita asked Tanu if _______________. Tanu enthusiastically replied in the affirmative and asked where she was going.
Answer: she would help her plan her itinerary.
Why – Here in Indirect speech, the word ‘you’ becomes ‘she’ used for Tanu. The word ‘will’ becomes ‘would’ that comes after the subject (she). The word ‘me’ becomes ‘her’ used for Ankita and ‘my’ becomes ‘her’ used for Ankita.
Q.3 (x) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the pop-up message appearing on a website.
Welcome to our website! You_______________enjoy 10 percent off on your first purchase with code WELCOME. Click here to start shopping!
Answer: will
Why – the word ‘will’ shows surety of the offer and leaves no case for ambiguity in the mind of readers. Other options like may, might or should do not indicate such surety of the offer as the word ‘will’ indicates.
Q.3 (xi) Complete the given sentence about the reaction of some students, by selecting the correct option.
Since morning the group of students______________excited about the forthcoming cultural fest.
Answer: Option (C) – has been.
Why – the phrase ‘since morning’ is indicating start of an action in the past which is still continuing. The sentence follows rules of Present Perfect continuous tense. Group of students is here singular subject, hence, ‘has been’ come after the subject.
Q.3(xii) Identify the error and supply the correction for the following note on a food packet.
This product is manufacturing for infants and contains no additives.
Answer: Error – manufacturing
Correction – manufactured
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