Scheme of Assessment for Class X
Theory Paper – 80 Marks
Internal Assessment – 20 Marks
Tulip Series Book X, A Textbook of English for Class X
Section A – Reading Comprehension (15 Marks)
1: One seen stanza from the poems to be attempted followed by MCQs based on comprehension, literary devices, inference, etc. from the prescribed text.
1 × 5 = 5 Marks
2: One unseen passage of about 400 to 500 words to be attempted followed by MCQs, comprehension questions (SA or VSA), providing suitable title to the passage, one-word substitution, vocabulary, inference, analysis, etc.
1 × 5 = 5 Marks
3: One question based on pictures/statistical data/bar graphs/pie charts/histograms to be attempted followed by MCQs and SA/VSA questions based on inference, analysis, evaluation, etc.
1 × 5 = 5 Marks
Section B – Grammar (10 Marks)
Modals, Articles, Relative Clauses, Tenses, Narration, Punctuation
1: One passage with blanks to be filled by using appropriate articles, modals, relative pronouns, etc.
3 Marks
2: One passage given in direct/indirect speech to be converted inversely.
3 Marks
3: One contextualized passage/story/paragraph to be edited testing the use of tenses, punctuation, articles, pronouns, spellings, etc.
4 Marks
Section C – Writing Skills (25 Marks)
1: Create/Write dialogues on given situation with the help of hints.
4 Marks
2: One question to be attempted on notice writing with the help of hints (50 words).
3 Marks
3: One question to be attempted on message writing with the help of hints (50 words).
2 Marks
4: One letter to be attempted out of the given two (formal/informal).
5 Marks
5: One speech/article/paragraph to be attempted on a given topic out of two.
The hint word will be given (80–100 words).
5 Marks
6: A creative story to be developed out of the given hints and also to suggest a suitable title.
6 Marks
Section D – Literature (30 Marks)
1: Three out of five short competency-based questions to be attempted from the prose lessons of the prescribed textbook.
3 × 3 = 9 Marks
2: Three out of five short competency-based questions based on theme, central idea, literary devices to be attempted from the poems (excluding the one given in Reading Comprehension).
3 × 3 = 9 Marks
3: One out of two long answer competency-based questions to be attempted based on character/scene/theme/plot/situation/event/irony, etc. from the short stories.
1 × 6 = 6 Marks
4: One out of two long answer competency-based questions to be attempted based on character/scene/theme/plot/situation/event/irony, etc. from the play.
1 × 6 = 6 Marks
