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English · 2025 · 3 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q9
Why does Mme Loisel hastily depart from the ball when her husband places a modest wrap on her shoulders ? (The Necklace)
Official answer
From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
swift departure highlights her hypocrisy/ pretentiousness/ ostentatiousness
didn’t want people to know about her poverty
beauty of the dress clashes with her modest wrap
reveals her underlying dissatisfaction/ anger/ frustration with her situation
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CBSE Class 10 English past-paper question from the 2025board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.