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English Core · 2025 · 5 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 5 · Set 1 · Q5
Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper expressing your concerns about the increasing "Pollution levels in your city". You are an…
Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper expressing your concerns about the increasing "Pollution levels in your city". You are an environmentalist, Radha/Rakesh, $\displaystyle 46$, Peak Colony, Haranagar. You may use the following cues along with your own ideas :
Current pollution levels - reasons
Impact on health and environment
Urgent need for action
Suggestions for reducing pollution
Request for raising public awareness
Board’s value points
What CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper expects an answer to cover.
statement of the problem/concern
current pollution levels - reasons, such as vehicular emissions, crop burning, etc.
impact - such as respiratory diseases, biodiversity loss, etc.
urgent need for action - due to environmental degradation, etc.
suggestions for reducing pollution - such as adoption of cleaner technology, etc.
raising public awareness - such as through campaigns, tree plantation drives, etc.
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