CBSE Class 10 English Language & Literature Question Paper 2025-26 Answer Key (Solution)

Class 10 English Board Exam 2025-26: Question Paper with Full Answer Key ( Comprehension Passage 1)

(i) Forests, because they help regulate temperatures and keep the air clean.

(ii) (a) balancing climate change and creating livelihoods for people.

(iii) Forests provide water conservation, soil fertility, and carbon sequestration.

(iv) (C) Forest cover is rapidly declining.

(v) (a) Rapid urbanization has led to widespread deforestation depriving flora and fauna of its habitat.

(vi) True.

(vii) Monoculture plantations that disrupt natural biodiversity.

(viii) They empower local communities and improve the health of forest ecosystems.

Solved CBSE Class 10 English Question Paper 2025-26 Answer Key

Explanations to the Comprehension passage 1 questions: 

(i) In paragraph 1, what does the phrase ‘Lungs of the Earth’ refer to?

Answer: It refers to forests because they regulate temperatures and help keep the air clean.

(ii) Forests play a significant role in sustaining biodiversity by ______.

Correct option (from Para 1):

Answer: (a) balancing climate change and creating livelihoods for people.

(iii) Support the writer’s idea that forests provide critical ecosystem services with textual evidence. (Para 2)

Answer: The passage states that forests help in “water conservation, soil fertility, and carbon sequestration,” which are essential ecosystem services.

(iv) What do the recent statistics on deforestation reveal about the state of India’s forests? (Para 4)

Correct option:

Answer: (C) Forest cover is rapidly declining.

(v) Select the concept that best reflects the complex relationship between human development and preservation. (Para 3)

Answer: (a) Rapid urbanization has led to widespread deforestation depriving flora and fauna of its natural habitat.

(vi) State whether the following statement is true or false:

Deforestation is one of the reasons for erratic rainfall. (Para 4)

Answer: True.

(vii) List one challenge that critics see in compensatory afforestation measures. (Para 5)

Answer: Afforestation projects often involve planting monoculture species, which disrupt ecosystems instead of restoring natural biodiversity.

(viii) How do community-based conservation models benefit both forests and local communities? (Para 6)

Answer: They empower local communities to act as custodians, ensuring their livelihoods while also improving the health of forest ecosystems.