KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN

BANGALORE REGION
HALF YEARLY EXAM -2023-24- BLUEPRINT

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE CLASS:X MAX.MARKS:80 TIME: 3 HOURS

Section Area of Assessment Q.No. Question Type MCQ VSA SA LA Total

SECTION A Conceptual understanding, Q1 Discursive passage of 400-450 words. 04 03 03 10M

Reading decoding, analyzing, inferring,
Comprehension interpreting and vocabulary.
(20M)
SECTION B: Creative expression of an Q3
Writing Skills opinion, reasoning, justifying,
and Grammar illustrating, appropriacy of style
(20M) and tone, using
appropriate format and fluency.
Applying conventions, using
integrated structures
with accuracy and fluency
Q2 Case-based factual passage (with visual input- 04 03 03 10M
statistical data, chart etc.) of 200-250 words
12 Grammar based questions; Gap Filling/ 06 06 10M
Editing/Transformation exercises.
(10 to be attempted)
Determiners ; Tenses; Modals; Subject –
verb concord; Reported speech; Commands
and requests; Statements; Questions
Q4 Writing a Formal Letter based on a given 1x5 5M
situation, in 100-120 words. One out of two
questions is to be answered.

Q5 Writing an Analytical Paragraph i n 100-120 1X5 5M

words on a g i ven Map / Chart / Graph /
Cues. One out of two questions is to be
answered
 Recalling, reasoning, Reference to the Context
SECTION C: appreciating, applying Q6 One extract out of two from Drama / Prose. 2 2 1 5M
literary conventions illustrating Q7 One extract out of two from poetry. 2 2 1 5M
Language and justifying
through etc. Extract relevant
Literature information, identifying
(40M) the central theme and sub- Q8 Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions 4X3 12M
theme, to be answered in 40-50 words from the book
understanding the writers’ FIRST FLIGHT to assess interpretation,
message and analysis, inference and evaluation.
writing fluently.
Q9 Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions 2X3 6M
to be answered in 40-50 words each from
FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET to assess
interpretation, analysis, inference and
evaluation.
Q10 One out of two Long Answer Type Questions 1X6 6M
from FIRST FLIGHT to be answered in about
100-120 words each to assess creativity,
imagination and extrapolation beyond the text
and
across the text. This can be a passage-based
question taken from a situation/plot from the
text.
Q11 One out of two Long Answer Type Questions 1X6 6M
from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET, on
theme or plot involving interpretation,
extrapolation beyond the text and inference or
character sketch to be answered in about 100-
120 words.
TOTAL 80M