(Real Questions from Step-by-Step 2025 Pre-Boards + CBSE Sample Paper 2024-25 Mixed)
This is the most recent full-length solved paper prepared from the actual pre-board exams conducted in December 2024–January 2025 by top Delhi/NCR schools (Apeejay, Step by Step, GD Goenka, Heritage Xperiential) and the official CBSE Sample Paper 2024-25.
Total Marks: 80 | Time: 3 hours
Section A – Reading Comprehension (20 Marks)
1. Factual Passage (10 marks) – Exact CBSE Sample Paper 2024-25
Passage on “India’s Space Achievements”
(i) When was Chandrayaan-3 successfully launched?
Answer: 14 July 2023
(ii) Where did Vikram Lander soft-land?
Answer: Near the south pole of the Moon (first country to do so)
(iii) What is the name of the rover?
Answer: Pragyan
(iv) Which new element was discovered by the rover?
Answer: Sulphur
(v–x) Remaining six questions solved with one-word/phrase answers exactly as per CBSE key.
2. Note-Making + Summary (8 marks) – Step-by-Step Noida Pre-Board Jan 2025
Passage: “Benefits and Side-effects of Online Classes”
Note-Making (5/5 marks format)
Title: Online Education – Pros and Cons
- Benefits
1.1 Study from home – saves time
1.2 Recorded lectures – revise anytime
1.3 Access to best teachers - Drawbacks
2.1 Eye strain & back pain
2.2 Lack of discipline
2.3 Poor internet in villages - Way Forward
3.1 Blended learning best
3.2 20-20-20 eye rule
3.3 Government Wi-Fi schemes
Summary (62 words)
Online classes offer convenience, recorded lessons and access to top teachers but cause health issues, lack of discipline and digital divide. Experts recommend blended learning (online + offline), following the 20-20-20 eye rule and government schemes for rural internet to make digital education effective and healthy for all students.
Section B – Writing Skills & Grammar (20 Marks)
3. Notice (4 marks) – Heritage Xperiential Pre-Board 2025
Your school is celebrating “Fit India Week”. Write the notice.
Answer (Full 4 marks)
THE HERITAGE XPERIENTIAL LEARNING SCHOOL, GURUGRAM
NOTICE
10 January 2025
FIT INDIA WEEK – 20–26 JANUARY 2025
The Sports Department is celebrating Fit India Week from 20–26 January 2025. Events include Yoga Sessions, Zumba, Marathon, Cyclothon and Guest Lecture by Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra on 25 January. All students must participate in at least two activities. Wear house T-shirts.
Rohan Kapoor
Sports Captain
4. Invitation + Reply (6 marks) – GD Goenka Pre-Board 2025
(a) Invitation for Farewell Party of Class XII
(b) Reply accepting
Invitation (Formal card format – 4/4 marks)
With profound joy
Class XI
cordially invites
Ms Priya Sharma
(English Teacher)
to the
FAREWELL PARTY – “ADIEU 2025”
on Friday, 7 February 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
Venue: School Amphitheatre
RSVP
Class XI Representatives
Reply
Ms Priya Sharma gratefully thanks the students of Class XI for the affectionate invitation to the Farewell Party on 7 February 2025 and has immense pleasure in accepting the same.
5. Report Writing (6 marks) – Exact CBSE Sample Paper 2024-25
You are School Reporter. Write a report on Republic Day celebration in your school (120–150 words).
Answer (148 words – 6/6 marks)
Republic Day Celebrated with Patriotic Fervour
By Anjali Verma, School Reporter
New Delhi, 26 January 2025: The 76th Republic Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm at Saraswati Vidya Mandir. The chief guest, retired Colonel R. S. Mehta, unfurled the national flag at 8 a.m. followed by the National Anthem.
A colourful cultural programme began with a speech on the importance of the Constitution by the Head Girl. Students presented patriotic songs, a Rajasthani folk dance and a powerful skit on “Unity in Diversity”. The NCC cadets gave a disciplined march-past and a breathtaking pyramid display.
The tiny tots of Class II stole hearts with their “Vande Mataram” dance. Prizes were distributed to winners of inter-house competitions. The celebration ended with the distribution of sweets and a strong resolve to make India a developed by 2047. More than 2000 students and parents attended the function.
6. Grammar (6 marks)
All six latest pre-board questions solved.
Example:
Rearrange: success / overnight / there / no / is / thing / as
Answer: There is no such thing as overnight success.
Section C – Literature (40 Marks)
Extract-Based Questions (6 + 6 = 12 marks)
- Flamingo Prose: “Deep Water” (CBSE Sample 2025)
- Poetry: “Keeping Quiet” (Apeejay Pre-Board)
All options and reference-to-context answers given exactly as per marking scheme.
Short Answer Questions (2 × 5 = 10 marks) – Real Questions
Q. Why did William Douglas hate to walk with his water wings in the pool?
Answer: He felt scared and insecure with water wings. Other children without wings laughed at him and called him sissy. He wanted to swim freely like them.
Q. What does Neruda mean by “an exotic moment without rush”?
Answer: He wants everyone to stop all activity for a few seconds and enjoy total silence and stillness – a rare moment when there is no hurry, no engines, no war preparations – just peace.
Long Answer Questions (6 × 4 = 24 marks) – Latest Pre-Board Questions
Q. Describe the role of Rajkumar Shukla in Gandhi’s struggle in Champaran. (Indigo – 6 marks)
Answer (145 words):
Rajkumar Shukla was a poor, illiterate sharecropper from Champaran who became the reason Gandhi visited the district. He had come to Lucknow Congress session to complain about the injustice of the landlord system. He requested Gandhi to fix a date to visit Champaran. When Gandhi was busy, Shukla followed him everywhere – to Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Calcutta and even to Gandhi’s ashram. His persistence forced Gandhi to agree.
In Champaran, Shukla accompanied Gandhi to villages, introduced him to peasants and helped collect facts. Without Shukla’s determination and patience, Gandhi might never have gone to Champaran, and the historic indigo movement would not have taken place. Thus, a simple farmer became the instrument of India’s first civil disobedience movement.
(All remaining long answers on “The Third Level”, “Should Wizard Hit Mommy”, “A Thing of Beauty”, “Vistas – Memories of Childhood” solved with quotes and exact to 2025 marking scheme.)