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Rajasthan (RBSE) Class 10 English

Chapter-wise notes, previous year papers, sample papers and Q&A for Rajasthan (RBSE) Class 10 english — free, syllabus-aligned, exam-ready.

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28 chapters — sequenced for revision and exam prep.

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A Letter to God

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight) Chapter 1 — G.L. Fuentes's story of Lencho, a poor farmer whose hailstorm-ruined crop drives him to write a letter to God for money. A study in unshakeable faith, irony and a surprising view of human nature, with summary, themes, character notes and RBSE board-pattern questions with model answers.

RBSE⏱ 22 minRead chapter

Nelson Mandela — Long Walk to Freedom

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight) Chapter 2 — an extract from Nelson Mandela's autobiography describing his 1994 inauguration as South Africa's first Black President, the end of apartheid, his tribute to the heroes of the freedom struggle, and his reflection that no one is born hating and that the oppressor too needs liberating — with summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 24 minRead chapter

Two Stories about Flying

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight) Chapter 3 — two short stories on the theme of flying. 'His First Flight' (Liam O'Flaherty), about a young seagull who overcomes fear to fly, and 'The Black Aeroplane' (Frederick Forsyth), a mysterious tale of a pilot guided through a storm. Summaries, themes, characters and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 24 minRead chapter

From the Diary of Anne Frank

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight) Chapter 4 — an extract from the world-famous diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl in hiding during WWII. She turns her diary into a friend named 'Kitty', reflects on why she writes, and recounts her witty classroom battle with her maths teacher Mr Keesing over her talkativeness. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 22 minRead chapter

Glimpses of India

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight) — three short travel pieces offering glimpses of India. 'A Baker from Goa' (Lucio Rodrigues) recalls the Goan baker and Portuguese-influenced bread culture; 'Coorg' (Lokesh Abrol) paints the coffee-and-rainforest land of brave Kodavus; 'Tea from Assam' (Arup Kumar Datta) tells the story and legends of tea. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 22 minRead chapter

Mijbil the Otter

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight) — Gavin Maxwell's warm account of Mijbil, the otter he kept as a pet. How he got the otter in Iraq, its playful and mischievous nature, the clever trick of transporting it by air to England, and the deep bond between a human and a wild animal. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 20 minRead chapter

Madam Rides the Bus

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight) — Vallikkannan's story of Valli, a curious eight-year-old girl who dreams of riding the town bus. How she saves money, secretly makes the journey alone, delights in the sights, and confronts the reality of death on the way back — a tender tale of childhood curiosity, independence and growing up. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 20 minRead chapter

The Sermon at Benares

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight) — the life of Gautama Buddha and his first sermon at Benares. The story of Kisa Gotami, whose grief at her son's death leads the Buddha to teach that death is common to all, and that wisdom and peace come from accepting the inevitable rather than resisting it. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 20 minRead chapter

The Proposal

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight) — Anton Chekhov's one-act comic play. Lomov comes to propose marriage to Natalya, but the two (and her father) fall into absurd quarrels over a piece of land and over whose dog is better — turning a proposal into a farce. A satire on the quarrelsome, materialistic marriages of the landed gentry. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 22 minRead chapter

A Triumph of Surgery

RBSE Class 10 English (Footprints without Feet) Chapter 1 — James Herriot's humorous story of Tricki, a hugely overfed and pampered little dog, and the vet who 'cures' him not with surgery but with plain food and exercise. A gentle satire on over-indulgence, with summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 20 minRead chapter

The Thief's Story

RBSE Class 10 English (Footprints without Feet) Chapter 2 — Ruskin Bond's story of Hari Singh, a young thief who robs the kind, easy-going Anil, then has a change of heart at the railway platform. A warm tale about trust, the transforming power of kindness and education, with summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 20 minRead chapter

The Midnight Visitor

RBSE Class 10 English (Footprints without Feet) Chapter 3 — Robert Arthur's witty spy story about Ausable, an unglamorous secret agent who outwits an armed rival, Max, not with action but with a clever lie about a non-existent balcony. A tale of presence of mind over melodrama, with summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 20 minRead chapter

A Question of Trust

RBSE Class 10 English (Footprints without Feet) — Victor Canning's clever crime story. Horace Danby, a respectable-seeming but habitual burglar, is outwitted by a charming young woman who pretends to be the lady of the house and tricks him into opening the safe for her. A tale of irony, deception and misplaced trust. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 18 minRead chapter

Footprints without Feet

RBSE Class 10 English (Footprints without Feet) — H.G. Wells's science-fiction story of Griffin, a brilliant but lawless scientist who discovers how to become invisible. His misuse of that power — theft, mischief and violence — and his eventual exposure at Iping, warns how science without conscience turns dangerous. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 18 minRead chapter

The Making of a Scientist

RBSE Class 10 English (Footprints without Feet) — Robert W. Peterson's account of Richard Ebright, who rose from a boy collecting butterflies to a brilliant scientist. How curiosity, his mother's encouragement, science fairs, and a first-rate mind combined to make a scientist — including his research on the monarch butterfly and cell life. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 18 minRead chapter

The Necklace

RBSE Class 10 English (Footprints without Feet) — Guy de Maupassant's famous story of Matilda Loisel, a discontented woman who borrows a diamond necklace for a party, loses it, and spends ten years of hardship repaying the debt — only to learn a shattering truth. A powerful tale of vanity, discontent, honesty and the irony of fate. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 20 minRead chapter

Bholi

RBSE Class 10 English (Footprints without Feet) — K.A. Abbas's moving story of Bholi, a neglected, stammering village girl thought to be 'backward', who is transformed by education and the kindness of a teacher. At her own wedding she finds the courage to reject a greedy, dowry-demanding groom — a powerful tale of girl-child education, self-respect and the evil of dowry. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 20 minRead chapter

The Book That Saved the Earth

RBSE Class 10 English (Footprints without Feet) — Claire Boiko's comic science-fiction play. In the 25th century, a Historian looks back at how, in 2040, a Martian invasion of Earth was foiled — not by weapons, but by a book of nursery rhymes that the Martians hilariously misread as a deadly threat. A funny tribute to the power of books. Summary, themes and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 18 minRead chapter

Dust of Snow

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight — Poem) — Robert Frost's short lyric 'Dust of Snow'. A crow shaking snow from a hemlock tree onto the poet changes his gloomy mood and saves part of a day he had regretted — a gem about how the smallest gifts of nature can lift the human heart. Summary, central idea, poetic devices and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 12 minRead chapter

Fire and Ice

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight — Poem) — Robert Frost's brief, powerful poem 'Fire and Ice'. Debating whether the world will end in fire or ice, Frost turns the question into a warning about two destructive human emotions — desire (fire) and hatred (ice). Summary, central idea, poetic devices and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 12 minRead chapter

A Tiger in the Zoo

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight — Poem) — Leslie Norris's 'A Tiger in the Zoo' contrasts a majestic tiger caged in a concrete cell with the same animal free and powerful in the wild, protesting the cruelty of confining wild creatures. Summary, central idea, poetic devices and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 12 minRead chapter

How to Tell Wild Animals

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight — Poem) — Carolyn Wells's humorous nonsense poem 'How to Tell Wild Animals', which gives comically dangerous 'ways' to identify wild beasts like the Asian Lion, Bengal Tiger, leopard, bear, hyena, crocodile and chameleon. Summary, humour, poetic devices and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 12 minRead chapter

The Ball Poem

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight — Poem) — John Berryman's 'The Ball Poem' watches a boy lose his ball in the water and, through it, explores a child's first real experience of loss — learning that things will be lost in life, and that one must accept grief and stand up again. Summary, central idea, poetic devices and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 12 minRead chapter

Amanda!

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight — Poem) — Robin Klein's 'Amanda!' contrasts a parent's constant nagging with a child's dreams of freedom (as a mermaid, an orphan, Rapunzel), gently criticising over-control and the loss of childhood joy. Summary, central idea, poetic devices and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 12 minRead chapter

The Trees

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight — Poem) — Adrienne Rich's 'The Trees' imagines trees moving out of a house into the empty forest, a striking image of nature reclaiming its rightful place — and, symbolically, of the urge for freedom and liberation. Summary, symbolism, poetic devices and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 12 minRead chapter

Fog

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight — Poem) — Carl Sandburg's tiny masterpiece 'Fog' compares the fog to a cat that comes silently 'on little cat feet', sits looking over the harbour and city, and then moves on. A perfect example of the extended metaphor in just six lines. Summary, the cat metaphor, poetic devices and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 10 minRead chapter

The Tale of Custard the Dragon

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight — Poem) — Ogden Nash's comic ballad about Belinda and her pets, including a dragon named Custard who is mocked as a coward — until a pirate attacks and the 'cowardly' dragon proves the bravest of all. A funny poem about how appearances deceive. Summary, central idea, poetic devices and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 14 minRead chapter

For Anne Gregory

RBSE Class 10 English (First Flight — Poem) — W.B. Yeats's dialogue poem 'For Anne Gregory' explores whether anyone can love a person for their true, inner self rather than their outward beauty (a young woman's 'yellow hair'), concluding that only God can love us for ourselves alone. Summary, central idea, poetic devices and RBSE board-pattern questions with answers.

RBSE⏱ 12 minRead chapter