RBSE Class 10 English Question Paper 2026: Download Question Papers with Answer Key

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Details

Board Name

Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan (RBSE)

Exam Name

RBSE Class 10 English Board Exam 2026

Exam Date

12 February 2026

Exam Timing

8:30 AM to 11:45 AM

Mode of Exam

Offline (Pen-and-Paper Mode)

Question Paper Availability

Question Paper PDF

Answer Key Status

To Be Released Soon

Official Website

rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in 

Question Numbers

Question

Section A (Reading)

1

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow : [8×1=8]

Of all the emotions which surged through me as I stood on the summit of Everest, looking over miles of panorama below us, the dominant one I think was humility. The physical in me seemed to say, “Thank God, it’s all over!” However instead of being jubilant, there was a tinge of sadness. Was it because I had already done the ‘ultimate’ in climbing and there would be nothing higher to climb and all roads hereafter would lead down ?

By climbing the summit of Everest you are overwhelmed by a deep sense of joy and thankfulness. It is a joy which lasts a lifetime. The experience changes you completely. The man who has been to the mountains is never the same again. As I look back at life after climbing Everest I cannot help remarking about the other summit – the summit of the mind – no less formidable and no easier to climb.

i) Standing on Everest, the writer was [1]

A) Overjoyed
B) Very sad
C) Jubilant and sad
D) None of these

ii) The emotion that gripped him was [1]

A) Victory over hurdles
B) Humility
C) Greatness and self importance
D) None of the above

iii) The joy that the writer feels by climbing the summit of Everest lasts [1]

A) a day
B) a month
C) a year
D) a lifetime

iv) According to the Writer, what is ‘ultimate’ in climbing ? [1]

A) climbing hills
B) climbing high summits
C) climbing everest
D) none of the above

v) Which other summit is no less formidable and no easier to climb ? [1]

A) The summit of aravali
B) The summit of physical fitness
C) The summit of thought and imagination
D) The summit of the mind

vi) What changes you completely ? [1]

A) Joy
B) Experience
C) Sorrow
D) Thankfulness

vii) Find a word from the passage that means. [1]

“The highest point of a mountain.”

A) Roads
B) Hills
C) Summit
D) Humility

viii) Find the word from the passage that means the opposite of ‘Jubilant’. [1]

A) Sadness
B) Joy
C) Dominant
D) Thankfulness

2

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below : [8×1=8]

The earth without water is difficult to imagine. It is believed that the life on earth began in water. Water covers nearly 70% of the globe, but most of it is salt water, that fills the ocean. In quantity, less than 3% of all the water on earth is fresh water, most of which lies frozen in Antarctica and Greenland in polar ice and unavailable to humanity. Less than 1% of all the water on earth is found in the form of rivers, fresh water lakes and in underground shallow aquifers. Water gives life to thirsty cities and dried crops and is used in industries but the amount of fresh water available on earth today is not more than what was available 2000 years ago. At that time the population was less than 3% of its current size. Water shortage is a routine feature today. Rising demands for water in agriculture, domestic sector and industry are difficult to meet. Polluted water not only harms humans but also birds, fish and all other forms of life that need it for survival. For centuries, streams and rivers have been a place to dump wastes. Deforestation has ruined land and changed climates; causing less rain in some areas. In others, rain water runs so fast that little can be collected for use.

i) Where did life originate ?

ii) Name some sources from where we get fresh water.

iii) What are the areas where the rising demands for water are difficult to be met ?

Section B (Writing)

3

Imagine that you are a student of Class X-A and your sister is studying in X-B. Write an e-mail to the Principal of your school at principalgsssabcd@gmail.com requesting him/her to change your section from X-A to X-B. [4]

OR

Suppose you are Kunal/Kamala studying in Udaipur. Your sister studying in Jaipur hasn’t scored good marks in 2nd semester and is feeling a little depressed. Write a letter encouraging her to do better in the next semester.

4

Write a story with the help of the given outline in about 100 words. Also mention the title and the moral of the story. [4]

Once upon ....... a farmer ....... four sons ....... always quarrelsome ....... on his deathbed ....... calls his sons ....... gives each a bundle of sticks ....... all fail to break ....... untied the bundle ....... single stick ....... breaks easily ....... value of unity.

OR

A good boy ....... falls into bad company ....... disobeys his parents ....... father gives some good apples ....... after few days ....... no change ....... father gives one rotten apple ....... place with good apples ....... all good apples rotten ....... learns a lesson

RBSE Class 10 English Question Paper 2026 PDF

Q. No.

Correct Answer

i)

C) Jubilant and sad

ii)

B) Humility

iii)

D) a lifetime

iv)

D) none of the above

v)

D) The summit of the mind

vi)

B) Experience

vii)

C) Summit

viii)

A) Sadness

RBSE Class 10 English Answer Key 2026 PDF (Updated Soon)