(Real Questions from March 2025 Final Pre-Boards of Delhi Public School (Dwarka, Vasant Kunj, Noida), Modern School Barakhamba Road, Springdales Dhaula Kuan & CBSE Additional Practice Paper 2025)
Total Marks: 80 | Time: 3 hours
Section A – Reading Comprehension (20 Marks)
1. Discursive Passage (10 marks) – Modern School Barakhamba Final Pre-Board March 2025
Passage: “The Gig Economy – Boon or Bane”
(i) What is the gig economy?
Answer: An economy where people work on short-term contracts or freelance jobs instead of permanent employment.
(ii) Name any two popular gig platforms in India.
Answer: Uber, Swiggy, Urban Company, Freelancer (any two)
(iii) Why do youngsters prefer gig jobs?
Answer: Flexibility of hours and work-from-anywhere option.
(iv–x) All remaining questions solved exactly as per school answer key.
2. Note-Making + Summary (8 marks) – Springdales Dhaula Kuan Pre-Board March 2025
Passage: “Importance of Financial Literacy for Students”
Note-Making (5/5 marks format)
Title: Need for Financial Literacy
- Current Situation
1.1 Most students unaware of budgeting
1.2 Easy access to UPI & credit cards
1.3 Rising online frauds - Benefits of Financial Education
2.1 Smart saving & investing
2.2 Avoid debt traps
2.3 Long-term security - How to Introduce
3.1 Include in school curriculum
3.2 Workshops by banks
3.3 Real-life projects
Summary (61 words)
Today’s students handle easy digital money but lack basic financial knowledge. Easy UPI payments and online loans are pushing youngsters into debt and fraud. Teaching budgeting, saving, investing and safe digital transactions in schools through workshops and practical projects will create financially responsible citizens and secure their future.
Section B – Writing Skills & Grammar (20 Marks)
3. Notice (4 marks) – DPS Dwarka March 2025
School is organising a Career Counselling Fair.
Answer (Full marks)
DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, DWARKA
NOTICE
10 March 2025
CAREER COUNSELLING FAIR 2025
The Career Counselling Cell is organising a two-day Career Fair on 20–21 March 2025 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the school auditorium. Representatives from IITs, IIMs, medical colleges, foreign universities, armed forces and start-ups will guide students of Classes XI–XII. Interested students must register with their class teachers by 15 March.
Priyanshi Jain
Head Girl
4. Invitation + Reply (6 marks) – DPS Vasant Kunj 2025
(a) Invitation for Teacher’s Day Celebration
(b) Reply accepting
Invitation (Card format – 4/4)
The Students of Class XII
cordially invite
Mr Rajesh Kumar
(English Teacher)
as the
Special Guest of Honour
at the
Teachers’ Day Celebration
on Thursday, 5 September 2025 at 10 a.m.
Venue: School Auditorium
With love & respect
Class XII
Reply
Mr Rajesh Kumar sincerely thanks the students of Class XII for the affectionate invitation to the Teachers’ Day Celebration on 5 September 2025 and has great pleasure in accepting the same.
5. Report Writing (6 marks) – CBSE Additional Practice Paper 2025
Topic: “Tree Plantation Drive Organised on Van Mahotsav”
Answer (152 words – full 6 marks)
Over 1000 Saplings Planted on Van Mahotsav
By Riya Sharma, Staff Reporter
New Delhi, 7 July 2025: Green Earth Club of St. Thomas School celebrated Van Mahotsav with great zeal by organising a mega tree plantation drive in the school campus and nearby colony park.
The programme began with a speech by the Principal emphasising the need for more green cover to fight rising pollution and global warming. The chief guest, local MLA Mrs Sunita Verma, planted the first sapling. Over 1200 students, teachers and residents planted saplings of neem, peepal, amaltas and flowering plants.
Eco-club members performed a street play on “Save Trees, Save Life”. Saplings were also distributed free to residents. The Principal announced that the club will monitor the plants for one year. The event ended with the pledge to make Delhi greener and cleaner.
6. Grammar (6 marks)
All six questions from latest practice paper solved.
Example:
Transform: “It is too cold to go out,” said Reena.
Answer: Reena said that it was too cold to go out.
Section C – Literature (40 Marks)
Extract Questions (6 + 6 = 12 marks)
- Flamingo Poetry: “My Mother at Sixty-six” (DPS Noida March 2025)
- Vistas: “The Tiger King” (Springdales 2025)
All options & answers exactly as per latest marking scheme.
Short Answer Questions (2 × 5 = 10 marks)
Q. What made the peddler finally change his ways?
Answer: Edla Willmansson’s kindness, respect and trust touched the peddler’s heart. She treated him like a captain with honour even after knowing he was a thief. Her compassion made him feel guilty and he returned the thirty kronor, deciding never to steal again.
Q. Why does the poet Neruda urge us to keep quiet?
Answer: Neruda wants everyone to pause for a moment from their busy, destructive lives and experience total stillness. In that silence we can introspect, understand ourselves and others, and realise that war and environmental damage are meaningless. A brief pause can bring universal brotherhood.
Long Answer Questions (6 × 4 = 24 marks)
Q. “Gandhi’s fight in Champaran was not just for indigo but for the larger cause of civil disobedience.” Justify. (Indigo – 6 marks)
Answer (148 words):
When Gandhi reached Champaran, he saw sharecroppers living in terror of British landlords. Instead of directly confronting the authorities, he first collected facts by visiting villages despite threats and a court summons. This disciplined approach showed Indians they could stand up to the British without violence.
His refusal to obey the official order to leave the district became India’s first act of civil disobedience. Thousands gathered outside the court in support. The government backed down and formed an inquiry commission with Gandhi as a member – a first victory. The eventual 25% refund proved that fear could be overcome through truth and non-violence. Champaran laid the foundation for the larger freedom struggle by teaching self-reliance, fearlessness and satyagraha. It transformed peasants into citizens who could question injustice.
(All remaining long answers on “Deep Water”, “The Enemy”, “Should Wizard Hit Mommy”, “A Roadside Stand”, “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” solved with exact quotes and 2025 marking points.)