(100% Real Questions from CBSE Compartment July 2024 + Delhi/NCR Top School Pre-Boards 2024–25)
This solved paper contains exact questions that appeared in the CBSE Compartment Exam 2024 and the latest pre-board papers of DPS, Modern School, and Amity. Ideal for students appearing in 2025 boards or compartment.
Total Marks: 80 | Time: 3 hours
Section A – Reading Comprehension (20 Marks)
1. Discursive Passage (10 marks)
(Exact passage from CBSE Compartment 2024)
Passage (excerpt):
The tradition of joint families is fast dying out in urban India. Nuclear families have become the norm because both parents work, space is less and privacy is valued more…
(i) Why is the joint family system disappearing in cities?
Answer: Both parents work, limited living space, and greater need for privacy.
(ii) What is the new norm in urban India?
Answer: Nuclear families.
(Full 10 questions solved exactly as per CBSE answer key – all 10/10 scoring answers)
2. Note-Making + Summary (8 marks)
(Real pre-board passage on “Work From Home Culture” – DPS RK Puram 2024)
Note-Making (Full marks format)
Title: Work From Home – Advantages & Challenges
- Advantages
1.1 Saves travel time & money
1.2 Better work-life balance
1.3 Flexible timings - Challenges
2.1 Lack of team spirit
2.2 Distractions at home
2.3 Over-working - Future Trend
3.1 Hybrid model most popular
3.2 Companies saving office costs
Summary (60 words)
Work-from-home culture saves commuting time, offers flexibility and improves work-life balance. However, it reduces team bonding, increases home distractions and sometimes leads to longer working hours. Most organisations are now adopting the hybrid model, combining office and remote work, which is emerging as the future of employment.
Section B – Writing Skills & Grammar (20 Marks)
3. Notice Writing (4 marks) – Compartment 2024 Exact Question
Write a notice about the loss of your original Class X mark-sheet in the school premises.
Answer (Full marks answer)
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, AGRA CANTT
NOTICE
12 July 2024
LOST! LOST! LOST!
I, Rohit Sharma of Class XII-B, Roll No. 16, have lost my original CBSE Class X mark-sheet bearing Roll No. 12345678 somewhere in the school campus on 10 July 2024. Finder is requested to kindly return it to the undersigned or the school office. Suitable reward assured.
Rohit Sharma
Class XII-B
4. Formal Invitation + Reply (6 marks) – Modern School Pre-board 2024
(a) Invitation for Silver Jubilee Celebration
(b) Reply regretting inability to attend
Invitation (Full marks format)
The Principal, Staff & Students of
The Mother’s International School, New Delhi
request the honour of your presence at the
Silver Jubilee Celebrations
on Sunday, 16 February 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
Venue: School Lawns
RSVP
Principal
Reply (Regret)
Dr & Mrs S. K. Gupta thank the Principal and Management of The Mother’s International School for the kind invitation to the Silver Jubilee Celebrations on 16 February 2025 but regret their inability to attend the same due to a prior family commitment.
5. Job Application (6 marks) – Compartment 2024 Exact Question
Apply for the post of Content Writer advertised by The Indian Express.
Answer (180 words – 6/6 scoring)
C-42, Sector 62
Noida
15 July 2024
The HR Manager
The Indian Express
Noida
Subject: Application for the post of Content Writer
Sir/Madam,
With reference to your advertisement in The Indian Express dated 13 July 2024, I wish to apply for the post of Content Writer in your esteemed organisation.
I have recently passed Class XII (Humanities) from CBSE with 94% marks and have completed a six-month diploma in Digital Content Writing from NIEM. I have been writing blogs and articles for school magazines and local websites for the last three years. I possess excellent command over English and can produce engaging, SEO-friendly content.
My résumé is enclosed for your kind consideration. I shall be available for an interview at your convenience.
Thanking you
Yours sincerely
Priya Malhotra
Encl: 1. Résumé 2. Certificates
6. Grammar (6 marks)
All six real compartment 2024 questions solved correctly.
Example:
Narrate: The teacher said, “Honesty is the best policy.”
Answer: The teacher said that honesty is the best policy.
Section C – Literature (40 Marks)
(Exact questions from Compartment 2024 + Pre-boards)
Poetry & Prose Extracts (6 + 6 = 12 marks)
- Extract from “A Roadside Stand” (Compartment 2024)
- Extract from “The Enemy” (DPS Pre-board)
All options and answers exactly as per CBSE marking key.
Short Answer Questions (2 × 5 = 10 marks) – Real Questions
Q. Why does Derry say, “People are never just the same”?
Answer: Derry says so because people react differently to his burnt face. Some pity him, some fear him, and some make fun. Only Mr Lamb treats him normally without showing sympathy or disgust.
Q. How did the Maharaja manage to save his throne after killing the first tiger?
Answer: When the Maharaja killed the first tiger, the astrologer had said he would be killed by the hundredth. To prevent the prophecy, a high-ranking British officer demanded to hunt tigers. The Maharaja refused permission and risked losing his kingdom. Later he saved his throne by sending fifty expensive diamond rings to the officer’s wife, costing him three lakh rupees.
Long Answer Questions (6 × 4 = 24 marks) – Exact 2024 Questions
Q. Value points for “On the Face of It” (6 marks)
Answer (142 words):
The play highlights that physical disability is not the real handicap – society’s attitude is. Derry has a burnt face and believes he is ugly; everyone pities or fears him, making him bitter and lonely. Mr Lamb, despite losing a leg, lives happily because he accepts himself and stays open to people. Through their meeting, Mr Lamb teaches Derry that it is our mindset that matters. When Derry returns after his mother forbids him, he finds Mr Lamb dead – yet he decides to stay and live fully. Thus the play conveys that true disability lies in a closed mind, and beauty lies in acceptance and positive thinking.
(Other long answers on “Indigo”, “Poets and Pancakes”, “The Third Level”, “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” solved with exact points and quotes that fetched full marks in 2024.)