ICSE Class 10 Question Paper 2026 Tangkhul

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Tangkhul
Question Paper 2026

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TĀNGKHUL

(Second Language)

Maximum Marks: 80

Time allowed: Three hours

1. Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

2. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.

3. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.

4. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.

5. This paper comprises two Sections: Section A and Section B.

6. Attempt all the questions from Section A.

7. Attempt four questions from Section B, answering at least one question each from the two
books you have studied and any two other questions from the same books that you have
compulsorily chosen.

8. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

Instruction for the Supervising Examiner

Kindly read aloud the Instructions given above to all the candidates present in the
Examination Hall.

This paper consists of 11 printed pages and 1 blank page.
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SECTION A (40 Marks)

(Attempt all questions from this section.)

Question 1
Write a short composition in Tāngkhul of approximately 250 words on any one of [15]
the following topics:
Āzingli mihaida khalei tuipong hieina ākha kapangkhuida tuipā 250 wui ālungli
Tāngkhul tui eina shameikha composition ākha kapilu:

(i) Phasā hi lanna

(ii) Tara hi sināna

(iii) Wortam hina reisang khavai mirinwui sho (key) na.

(iv) Shirui Lily Festival khamayonwui kaphā kala kashi.

(v) Āma hi yanglaga meikhailu.

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Question 2
Write a letter in Tāngkhul of approximately 150 words on any one of the topics given [7]
below:
Āzingwui tuipongbing hiwui eina ākha kapangkhuida tuipā 150 wui ālungli
Tāngkhul Tui eina chithi kapilu. (Chithi kakapili zangkhangayi ārāh saikora peida
zangngasaklu):
(i) Nagato/nazarvali chithi kapilu, school headmaster wuieina āwui maramli
makachā pao samkaphang.

(ii) Nawui khamashitta ngasotnao ākhali nashi class study tour khavaāwui
ringkaphā ringkashi maramli chithi ākha kapilu.

Question 3
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow in Tāngkhul:
Āzingwui tuikhum hi ningsanglāk eina pālaga ngahānda khalei bing chi ngahānkālu:

1980s zingkum Ramchoram kachi khali wortam luiramli mik kharak
ngachānlāk kahai Qr. Sothem kharar-naosan zaikora chihān khavai āwui
kathem āwor. Āwui shim kayāng pheinaisang khavai malei ngachon khavai
kapo. Makathei malei maholāka ping-pangda leilakha sāmingaireoreo
mathāthup sāmiser ngachāng kachat malei. Mareolāk kahai kala shangahān
theithangmeilāk kahai Kashimvana horngasak thangthang Qr. Sothemwui
wuklung ning mikumo ākhawui leikashi tongchaoda chithei āsak āvāt eina.
Mirin ātam chishon machi ngatak ngatai. Thangthang kānthuimamānda Qr.
Sothem āsārlam shim kayāng kāngkuirem āmāng okthui sifarim eina.
Māwon sāthuihao ātam rāuda ngahorsi shimkayāng. Leikashi ringkaphā
ningkashi phongkashok shokārwui recordli shimluikat khuikhavai

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Kashimvawui āmingeina register sāmihai sai khaksui mashimānrang lakha.
Mikumowui mirinli kashivām malei leishi ngarokhaikha.

(i) Qr. Sothem hi kachi kathā mi khala? [2]

(ii) Kashimvana Qr. Sothemli khi chitheito? [2]

(iii) Thangthang kānthuimamānda Qr. Sothem mirin kathāhao? [3]

(iv) Qr. Sothemna kathāda Kashimvali leiman runkhala? [3]

Question 4
Answer the following questions in Tāngkhul according to the instructions given: [8]
Āzingwui tuikhurbing hi chizada khalei athishurda ngahānkālu:

(i) Nounwui kasāsā, khavāvā kachivawui kasā khavā kachithei tui chili
___________ hoi.

(a) Adverb

(b) Verb

(c) Pronoun

(d) Adjective

(ii) Kahāngli Conjunction chipemsanglu.
Ā lairik themma ___________ ngachāng makāmana.

(a) Kha

(b) Thārān

(c) Eina

(d) Akha

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(iii) Masaida khalei chili Interjection chipemsanglu.

__________, iwui leikashiya ngasotnao thihaira.

(a) Aih

(b) Iyāvo

(c) Kaja

(d) Āli

(iv) Mayekkachit (spelling) ngarai kachā kha kakhalat khangatei kala ākhon
khangatei tuipā khanini/kathumthum sāda shokkapai chili __________ hoi.

(a) Photograph

(b) Homograph

(c) Demograph

(d) Hemograph

(v) Kahāngli Ideophone chipemsanglu.

Sampheirokna __________ da khonga.

(a) Phei-pheirok

(b) Meo-meo

(c) Seo-seo

(d) Chut-chut

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(vi) Khi Adjective khala hānglu.

Ārā kha chili school ākha lei.

(a) Adjective of Number

(b) Adjective of Quantity

(c) Demonstrative Adjective

(d) Adjective of Quality

(vii) Khi Verb khala hānglu.
Āngāngnao chi chapta lei.

(a) Intransitive

(b) Transitive

(c) Reflexive

(d) Passive

(viii) Tuipeng hi khi Speech khala?
Āna hāngda harvā ngamada leiji.

(a) Indirect Speech

(b) Direct Speech

(c) Adverb of Reason

(d) Adverb of Time

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SECTION B (40 Marks)
Questions from only two of the following textbooks are to be answered.
Attempt four questions from this section.
You must answer at least one question from each of the two books you have studied and any
two other questions from the same books that you have chosen.

TUITAM KATHARĀ (CLASS - X)

Question 5
Read the extract given below and answer in Tāngkhul, the questions that follow:
Āzingli mihaida khalei tuikhurbing chi pākhuida khangahānbing Tāngkhul tui eina
ngahānkālu:

Alfred Nobel hi mi mahakmana, mik mangaorao haiya kala āpān mashoknā
mana.Mili khararchān kasā themlāka, lāsem ningchānglāka kha āmāng
kapam sāngaimeiya. Āna dynamite ena bomb semshoka.

Alfred Nobel (Nobel Prize Rungkhame) By: Lungrei Zimik

(i) Alfred Nobel khi kum pharā? Alfred Nobel hi khiwui vāng [2]
mingkhamayāng?

(ii) Nobel Peace Prize hi khiwui āpongbingli mikhala? [2]

(iii) 1854 wui Crimean Rai (war)li Immanuelna kathāda pheisā tarākha [3]
samphang khala?

(iv) Khiwui vāng eina Nobelna āvali mirin peida leishiching khala? [3]

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Question 6
Read the extract given below and answer in Tāngkhul, the questions that follow:
Āzingli mihaida khalei tuikhurbing chi pākhuida khangahānbing chi Tāngkhul tui
eina ngahānkālu:

Thang zimikha Dr. Khathing eina naongarā shuti ātamli ngasopamlaga
khararchān sānganaoda leilakha, ānao mayara Songarorwui ngasotnao
kaikha yaothuirārāsai.

Āruihon Thotwui Unshimui HIV/Aids By: Mark Chiphang

(i) “Chaoli konggui khangaror” kachi chāncham tui hiwui kakhalat khi? [2]

(ii) AIDS kazāt hi rimeithuida kachili khipāwui eina theireikap khala? [2]

(iii) Mikumowui phasāli HIV hina kathāda zangayai khala? [3]

(iv) HIV mankhangarokwui khamataiya āpong kathum chi khimamei khala? [3]

Question 7
Read the extract given below and answer in Tāngkhul the questions that follow:
Āzingli mihaida khalei tuikhurbing chi pākhuida khangahān bing chi Tāngkhul tui
eina ngahānkālu:

Matakkhak zingtunwui kahor phungrai,
Āwo Pettigrew maphaningsā,
I Hao Tāngkhulli mik rakranuda,
Worrom rāpheisang,teokha leishiyei.
Mānglārin kadhar rāyaosangmihai.
William Pettigrew By: Pr Yangkahao

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(i) I Hao Tāngkhul mibingna khili khorumsāmamei khala? [2]

(ii) Tāngkhul yarkhokkabing rida kathāda okthuisā khala? [2]

(iii) Khiwuivāng Āwo Pettigrewna zingtunwui kahor phungrāmi khala? [3]

(iv) Kapemena theingasak khangai lāsem hiwui khamataiya tuira (central idea) [3]
kapilu.

KATHĀKA TĀNGKHUL TUITAM (IX & X)

Question 8
Read the extract given below and answer in Tāngkhul the questions that follow:
Āzingli mihaida khalei tuikhurbing chi pākhuida khangahān bing chi Tāngkhul tui
eina ngahānkālu:

Thotrinchān ramli Yangyir kachāng zingyet mathālāk kahai thang
ngathorkha marānao chinaoni meiphungli zātham hangda leilakha āramwui
kharanao ākhana rāhānga “Naniwui lui chi wunhaida situina tākphinser
haira”.

Marānao Eina Rameinaowui Mirin Shongzā By: M. Ninghor

(i) Leikashina khi farormishap khala? Varena kachi kathā mili mataida [2]
lumashan khala?

(ii) Mirinli thang kachida sā phalungki kaji chi khi kala masā akha kathā hao? [2]

(iii) Okathuili sakmeikap kachi mayorzā kapai chi khi? [3]

(iv) Kasāra china mirin wuivāng Ningmungli khi ning khami mi khala? [3]

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Question 9
Read the extract given below and answer in Tāngkhul the questions that follow:
Āzingli mihaida khalei tuikhurbing chi pākhuida khangahān bing chi Tāngkhul tui
eina ngahānkālu:

India shorkārna Member of Parliament election kakhaneya ātamli R. Suisā,
Manipur Outer Constituency wui eina Congress party candidate ākha sāda
nganinga. Āli kaphungnao bingna katom mida kapangkā haowa. Āna MP
zingkum phangā 1957 – 1961 eina tangda sai.
R. Suisā, Mp – Ns. Seth Stone

(i) Rs. Suisā Indian Parliamentwui MP ākha khangasā thārān MP-wui [2]
tuingashit kathāda khuikhala?

(ii) Rs. Suisā li Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru na khi tui hāng kala āna [2]
kathāda ngahānkā?

(iii) Rs. Suisā li Cenrtena khi otpam wuivāng Committee Member kapangsang [3]
khala?

(iv) Khiwuivāng MP-bing Pandit GB Pant wui maramli lāsem kakapi ngahan [3]
ngarok khala? Khangahan chili khipāna yuihao?

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Question 10
Read the extract given below and answer in Tāngkhul the questions that follow:
Āzingli mihaida khalei tuikhurbing chi pākhuida khangahān bing chi Tāngkhul tui
eina ngahānkālu:

Mikumo ākha sāda, nganui-nganāklakha okathuili mashun wuivāng
mingmayānglāk kahai Mahatma Gandhila khali kasawui ot ākha sākahai lei.
Kha, hikathā ot hi kasha kaphā matheithangmeirang kachi ātamli kasāna.
Gandhijina Khali Kala Ningkhangatei By M.C. Arāng

(i) Gandhina āwui sāyon kahai āvāvali kathāda hāngphat? [2]

(ii) Gandhiwui chithi kapā tharān āvāvana khisā? [2]

(iii) Gandhina ngathumda chirup kashei chi, chirrup lokhavai pheisā kachiwui [3]
eina phākhui?

(iv) Gandhi ngakhākthi khavai kathāda sāmamei khala kala kathāda [3]
mangakhākthirarthu?

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