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English Core · 2024 · 5 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q12
After reading 'Aunt Jennifer's Tiger' and 'Going Places', you realise that Aunt Jennifer and Sophie's mother have been subdued by their respective…
After reading 'Aunt Jennifer's Tiger' and 'Going Places', you realise that Aunt Jennifer and Sophie's mother have been subdued by their respective husbands.
As a social activist you have to write an article to a newspaper on the need to empower women.
You may begin like this.
Empowerment of women is a very essential social reform. It needs to be accelerated for any nation to progress ........
Board’s value points
What CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper expects an answer to cover.
Need:
women comprise $\displaystyle 50$% population (approx.)
an empowered woman leads to social, economic, educational progress
Ways:
gender equality
more representation in government
increased opportunities for education and employment
Textual reference :
Aunt Jennifer's suppression leaves her shattered / restricts her from taking her potential to peak
Sophie's mother being meek is only a mute spectator
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CBSE Class 12 English Core past-paper question from the 2024board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.