RBSE Class 10 English Paper 2026 – Answer Key / Solutions

SECTION – A (READING)

1. Passage (The Summit Within)

(C) Jubilant and sad
(B) Humility
(D) A lifetime
(C) Climbing Everest
(D) The summit of the mind
(B) Experience
(C) Summit
(A) Sadness

2. Passage (Water Scarcity)

Life originated in water.
Fresh water sources: Rivers, fresh water lakes, and underground shallow aquifers.
Demands difficult to meet in: Agriculture, domestic sector, and industry.
We dump our waste in streams and rivers.
Wettest place: Cherrapunji — Problem: Serious shortage of drinking water.
Frozen water: Antarctica and Greenland (polar ice)
Shortage
Wettest

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SECTION – B (WRITING)

3. E-mail / Letter (Main Points)

To: [email protected]
Subject: Request to change section

Respectfully state that your sister is in X-B and you wish to study in the same section to share books and help each other.

4. Story Writing

Story 1 – Union is Strength
An old farmer with quarreling sons gives them a bundle of sticks. They cannot break the bundle but easily break individual sticks.
Moral: Unity is Strength.

Story 2 – Bad Company
A boy falls into bad company. Father places a rotten apple among good ones. The boy realizes bad company spoils good character.
Moral: Better alone than in bad company.

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SECTION – C (GRAMMAR)

6. Correct Forms of Verbs

runs
was playing
shall go / will go / are going
had escaped

7. Subject-Verb Agreement

are
has

8. Connectives

Mitali is not only hard-working but also intelligent.
Anil is a rich person but he is unhappy.

9. Passive Voice

The world cup was won by the Indian girls cricket team.

10. Indirect Speech

The teacher told the students that the earth moves round the sun.

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SECTION – D (TEXT BOOK)

11. Textual Passage

(Seagull)
(D) he was alone
(C) to fly
(D) Sea
(B) his wings
Two brothers and one sister.
He became afraid.

(Anne Frank)
(B) The poem
(C) Three
(A) Father swan
(C) Jokes
He added his own comments.
Allowed her to talk and stopped assigning extra homework.

12. Short Answer Questions

(Lencho) He hoped for a good rain for his corn harvest.
(Mandela) Freedom from poverty, deprivation, suffering and discrimination.
(Black Aeroplane) Flying the old Dakota into storm clouds despite low fuel.
(Goa) Nostalgic about Portuguese days and bread.

13. Long Answer (60 words)

(Coorg)
People possibly of Greek or Arabic descent. The Arab origin theory is supported by the long black coat (kuppia) resembling the Arab kuffia.

(Valli)
Bus fare 30 paise one way; trip took 45 minutes. She learned by listening to neighbors and regular passengers and asking discreet questions.

15. Poetry Extracts

(Amanda)
(B) Homework
To tidy her room and clean her shoes.
Her mother.

(Fog)
(B) Fog
Like a cat.
It comes silently.

20. Multiple Choice Questions

(D) Four
(C) Great and Mighty Think-Tank
(A) Mother
(B) Expensive books
(C) Veterinary Surgeon