MBOSE Class 10 Question Paper 2026 for Additional English

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MBOSE Class 10 2026
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MBOSE Class 10 2026 Question Paper Additional English

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Pass Marks : 24

Time : 3 hours

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(vi) Section—B contains Short Answer-type Questions.
Answer according to the questions asked.
(vii) Section—C contains Long Answer-type Questions.
Answer according to the questions asked.
(viii) Section—D contains Composition. Answer the
questions according to the format as well.

SECTION—A

Multiple Choice Questions (Attempt all questions) : 1×30=30

1. What did the manager’s wife do when the stranger
appeared?

(A) She welcomed him

(B) She introduced him

(C) She sized him up

(D) She sent him away

2. In the story, The Postmaster, the tendency of human
nature is

(A) to always have high hopes

(B) to cling to false hopes

(C) to use logic and reason whenever there is a problem

(D) to cling to wealth

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(D) on the spot

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(D) the glances between the king and the youth

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6. The phrase ‘build castles in the air’ means

(A) to have unrealistic or impractical dreams

(B) to build castles in the sky

(C) to build a wall around the castle

(D) to build a high wall around a fort

7. How much money did Rama Rao ask from his wife for
sending four entries of the puzzle?

(A) Six rupees

(B) Four rupees

(C) Eight rupees

(D) Five rupees

8. When the bulky woman heard everyone joining in
congratulating that brave father

(A) she was angry

(B) she was pleased

(C) she felt jealous

(D) she growled like a wild animal

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(D) they want to make their parents proud

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(D) The union of Lucy with nature

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12. When we face loss and defeat, Kipling advises us to

(A) take a break from what we are doing

(B) start again from the beginning

(C) find out the person responsible for our loss

(D) give up and never try again

13. Straw and women’s hair clog the

(A) watergates

(B) cobbled steps

(C) bathing places

(D) wet stones

14. _____ is angry with the old and new poets because they
write only about the river when it floods.

(A) R. L. Stevenson

(B) R. K. Narayan

(C) A. K. Ramanujan

(D) Ruskin Bond

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15. The swimmer has just finished a game of
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(D) volleyball

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18. The purpose of the magical flower is to

(A) make people fall asleep

(B) make people forget their past

(C) make people fall in love

(D) grant people eternal life

19. What makes Oberon empathise with Helena?

(A) Her kind-hearted nature

(B) He is impressed by her beauty

(C) He is impressed by her speech

(D) His own marital woes

20. “Only she is the object and the pleasure of my eye.” Who
is ‘she’ referred to?

(A) Hermia

(B) Helena

(C) Titania

(D) Hippolyta

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21. Hermia says, ‘‘_____ did seem a paradise to me.’’
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(D) Venice

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24. Diana’s herb is

(A) an antidote

(B) an antibiotic

(C) a stimulant

(D) a depressant

25. “I can girdle round the earth in only forty minutes.”
Who is the speaker of the given line?

(A) Oberon

(B) Puck

(C) Titania

(D) Peaseblossom

26. What does Bottom decide to do in order to convey to his
companions that he is not scared?

(A) To stay where he is and sing a song

(B) To leave the place and never come back

(C) To stay where he is and to dance merrily

(D) To quarrel with his companions

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(D) one thousand years

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(D) epitaph

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30. Claustrophobia is a fear of

(A) open or crowded places

(B) closed and dark spaces

(C) spiders

(D) heights

SECTION—B

Short Answer-type Questions (Answer any five) : 2×5=10

31. Why did the semi-barbaric king build the arena?

32. Why did the manager call the stranger a ‘crack-brained
fellow’?

33. What would make the half-dead, well-bred young
postmaster come alive again?

34. “That’s why as you see, I do not even wear mourning.”
Explain.

35. What did Oberon plan to do on the night of Duke
Theseus’ wedding?

36. What did Bottom tell the craftsmen not to eat and why?

37. Why does Egeus drag his daughter to Duke Theseus?

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41. (a) Discuss the swimmer’s experience with the ‘cat-like
sea’ and explain how he displays true courage and
heroism in his struggle with it.

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(b) Would you follow the advice given in the poem, If ?
Discuss the importance of Kipling’s advice in this
present day and age.

42. (a) What advice does the Duke give Hermia with regards
to obeying her father?

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(b) Give a character sketch of Helena.

SECTION—D
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43. (a) You want a Manager for your newly opened Resort.
Draft an advertisement furnishing all necessary
details to be published in a local daily. 4

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(b) Read the following passage and answer the
questions that follow :
Dark clouds gathered over the village, and soon the
lights went out. Aarav sighed. “Grandpa, how will I
study?” His grandfather smiled calmly. “Come with
me.” He opened an old cupboard and brought out a
rusty lantern. Aarav frowned. “Why keep that old
thing? We have flashlights!”

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within. When life gets dark and difficult, you must
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(a) Failures are the pillars of success
(b) Procrastination is the thief of time
(c) Too many cooks spoil the broth
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As children we need our parents to be our
comforters and to take care of us. We cannot live a
day without our peers. We need teachers to educate,
books and masters to teach us trades. And when we
have learned it and settled ourselves in life, we need
laws made by other men who died hundreds of years
before we were born, to secure for us, our rights and
property, to secure our comfort in our station, and
we need friends to comfort us in our sorrows.

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(b) Your school organized a ‘Sports Day’ filled with
various competitions. Write a diary entry describing
the event, expressing your excitement and
memorable moments. 5

46. Write an essay on any one of the following topics : 8

(a) A world without electricity

(b) A mistake I made and what it taught me

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