CBSE Class 10 English Board Exam 2024 Post Paper Analysis- 26th February

CBSE Class 10 English Board Exam 2024 Post Paper Analysis - 26th February

The CBSE 10 English paper stands between moderate to easy difficulty. Read a detailed review to find out details.

By Topperlearning Expert 26th Feb, 2024 | 05:30 pm

English stands among the five major compulsory subjects in CBSE class 10 and is considered the first language. As per the timetable released by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the CBSE class 10th English board exam was scheduled for February 26, 2024. Students who appeared for this exam prepared well via question papers, revised the key concepts, and stood confident with all doubts clarified.

The CBSE class 10 English board exam 2024 for English Communicative and English Language and Literature papers was conducted today from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Here’s a detailed question paper analysis based on students’ and experts’ feedback.

Question Paper Structure

As per the Central Board of Secondary Education, the CBSE class 10 English Board Exam 2024 had the English syllabus for the academic year 2023–2024 decreased by around 30%. Furthermore, in regard to NCF 2024 and NEP 2020 changes, the board exam of CBSE class 10th 2024 was conducted on the basis of the revised syllabus for English communicative and language and literature. The structure of the CBSE class 10 English board exam question paper was as follows:

CBSE Class 10 English Board Exam 2024

The CBSE class 10 English Board paper was divided into 3 major sections: Sections A, B & C.

Section A of the CBSE English board exam was crafted to assess the reading skills of the students and consisted of 2 questions covering a total of 20 marks.
Section B of the English paper analysed the students' writing skills with grammar, holding a total of 20 marks.
Lastly, the English Literature part was covered in section C for around 40 marks, including questions from textbooks. Hence, the overall paper included 11 questions for a total of 80 marks, and the time duration provided was 3 hours.

Refer to the table below to get a quick summary of the CBSE class 10 English Board Exam 2024 paper structure:

Sections	Topics	Questions	Scores
Section A	Reading Skills	Unseen Passages/Reading Comprehension	20
Section B	Writing Skills with Grammar	Objective Questions, Letter and Paragraph Writing	20
Section C	English Literature	Extract Based Questions and Descriptive Questions	40
		Total	80 marks

Attending all the questions was compulsory for the students; however, they were provided with internal choices.

Question Paper Analysis

Based on the reviews obtained from the students and the subject experts, a detailed analysis of the CBSE class 10 English Board Exam 2024 has been tabulated below:

Parameter	Analysis
Overall, Paper Analysis
Overall difficulty level of English Paper	Moderate to Easy
Was the paper lengthy	Yes
Overall expected good score	62+
Analysis of Section A
Difficulty level of Section A	Moderate
Expected good score in Section A	14+
*Analysis of Section B*
Difficulty level of Section B	Easy
Expected good score in Section B	15+
*Analysis of Section C*
Difficulty level of Section C	Easy to Moderate
Expected good score in Section C	33+

The English class 10th CBSE board exam assesses the grammar knowledge of the students and their fluency in reading, writing, and understanding of English. Hence, students were required to study each story and chapter in their syllabus carefully. Section A of the English paper was entirely focused on analysing the reading skills of the students, while section B focuses on their grammar and writing skills. As Section A and Section B cover the reading, writing, and grammar skills of the student, section C was crafted to test their English literature knowledge as per their syllabus.

Student Feedback

According to the students who appeared for the CBSE class 10th English board exam 2024:

The paper was well-structured and balanced.
All the questions asked in the exam were from the prescribed syllabus and the format was aligned with the latest CBSE English sample paper.
The unseen passage questions asked in the paper were tricky.
Some of the questions were repeated from the previous year's paper.
The paper was lengthy but manageable.
The difficulty of the paper lies between moderate to easy.

Expert Feedback

According to the experts:

The CBSE class 10th English paper was well-balanced with direct questions.
The language section was lengthy, but the students were able to complete the paper on time.
The unseen passages asked in section A were easy to understand.
The literature section included straightforward questions.

Conclusion

The CBSE class 10 English board paper lands between moderate to easy difficulty range as per the students and the experts. Some questions were lengthy, while the others were easy-to-understand and repeated from previous years' papers. Even though it was challenging for the students to complete the paper within the provided deadline, they managed to complete it. To get the latest updates about the CBSE board exams, stay connected with TopperLearning.