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English Core · 2023 · 5 marks
CBSE 2023 · Region 2 · Set 3 · Q5
The newspapers today have full page advertisements promoting luxury items. With increase in consumerism, people find it difficult to resist and soon…
The newspapers today have full page advertisements promoting luxury items. With increase in consumerism, people find it difficult to resist and soon find themselves trapped in a world of social oneupmanship. Write a letter to the editor expressing your views on the consequences of this consumerism giving suggestions on how to control this habit. You are Renu/Rajan. Use the given cues along with your own ideas to compose this letter.
Consequences
trapped in a competitive world
social acceptability
living beyond budgets
mental trauma
Solutions
responsible role of media
make informal decisions
Board’s value points
What CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper expects an answer to cover.
increase in consumerism
trapped in world of social one-upmanship
consequences
solutions
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CBSE Class 12 English Core past-paper question from the 2023board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.