Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 10 English Syllabus; Download PDF Here

Paper

Time

Marks

Sessional Marks

Total Marks

One

3.15 Hrs

80

20

100

Areas of Learning

Marks

Reading

16

Writing

12

Grammar

10

Text Book: First Flight

30

Supp. Book: Footprints without Feet

12

1. Reading

Two unseen passages of total 400 words with a variety of questions including 4 marks for vocabulary. Only prose passages will be used. One will be factual and the other will be discursive. 

(i) Passage 1—150 words (8 Marks), Eight Multiple Choice Questions including 2 questions on vocabulary—one testing the knowledge of similar word and the other testing the knowledge of opposite word.  

(ii) Passage 2—250 words (8 Marks), Eight Very Short Answer Type Questions including 2 questions on vocabulary—one testing the knowledge of similar word and the other of opposite word.

2. Writing

(i) Letter Writing — One out of two 

(a) Personal — To friends, relatives and members of family. 

(b) E-mail — To family, friends, relatives, Govt. officials, the editors of newspapers or magazines, teachers, Principal and so on. 

(ii) A short story on a given outline in about 100 words.

(iii) A short writing task based on a verbal or a visual stimulus with internal choice in about 100 words. 

3. Grammar

Fill in the blanks type questions and 4 very short answer type questions involving the use of particular structures within a context. The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas for teaching— 

1. Tenses 

2. Subject-Verb Concord 

3. Clauses (Complex Sentences) 

4. Active and Passive Voice 

5. Reported Speech

4. Textbooks :

(i) First Flight—Prose 18 

(a) One out of two extracts from different prose lessons included in the textbook. Approximately 150 words each with the following type of questions— Six questions in each passage : 

4 Multiple Choice Questions and 2 Very Short Answer Type Questions testing comprehensive ability.

(b) Three Short Answer Type Questions (out of four, around 20-30 words each) excluding Drama Text.

(c) One out of two Long Answer Type Questions extrapolative in nature based on any one of the prose lessons excluding Drama Text from the textbook to be answered in about 60 words. (d) One out of two Long Answer Type Questions on Drama Text (local and global comprehension question) in about 60 words. 

(ii) First Flight—Poetry 

 (a) One out of two extracts from the poems prescribed to test comprehension and appreciation with 1 Multiple Choice Question and 2 Short Answer Type Questions. 

(b) Two out of three Short Answer Type Questions on interpretations of themes and ideas contained in the poems to be answered in about 20–30 words each. 

(c) One out of two Long Answer Type Questions on interpretations of themes and ideas contained in the poems to be answered in about 60 words.

(iii) Footprints without Feet—Supplementary Reader 

(a) One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from Supplementary Reader to interpret, evaluate and analyse characters, plot or situations occurring in the lessons to be answered in about 60 words.  

(b) Two out of three Short Answer Type Questions on interpretating and evaluating nature based on lessons to be answered in 20–30 words each. 

(c) Five multiple-choice questions testing factual aspects of the lessons.