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Grammar PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 10: Grammar (English Language and Literature) had 21 questions across the 40 official CBSE Class 10 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 10 of them. Asked in 10 of 10 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Editing and Omission, Sentence Reordering, Mixed Grammar.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 10 of 10 years.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Editing and Omission | 6 | 6 | 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Sentence Reordering | 5 | 5 | 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Mixed Grammar | 4 | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 |
| Gap Filling | 3 | 3 | 2020, 2019, 2018 |
| Determiners and Verbs | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Reported Speech | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tenses and Verb Forms | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
How to practise Grammar PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Grammar questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.
CBSE Class 102026
- Q.3 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Grammar · Mixed Grammar: Ten tasks on tenses, modals, reported speech, tags and error correction PDF
CBSE Class 102025
- Q.3 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Grammar · Mixed Grammar: Ten grammar tasks on verb forms, reported speech and error correction PDF
CBSE Class 102024
- Q.3 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Grammar · Mixed Grammar: Ten tasks on verb forms, reported speech, determiners and error correction PDF
CBSE Class 102023
- Q.3 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Grammar · Mixed Grammar: Ten items on tenses, subject-verb agreement, reported speech and errors PDF
CBSE Class 102022
- Q.4 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Editing · Editing and Omission: Find and correct one error per line in a paragraph on COVID-19 vigilance PDF
- Q.5 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Reported speech · Reported Speech: Complete a reported-speech passage from a dialogue on peer pressure PDF
CBSE Class 102020
- Q.5 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Gap filling · Gap Filling: Choose correct words to fill blanks in a paragraph on smartphones PDF
- Q.6 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Editing · Editing and Omission: Find and correct errors in a paragraph describing Tallam PDF
- Q.7 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Sentence reordering · Sentence Reordering: Rearrange jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences PDF
CBSE Class 102019
- Q.5 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Gap filling · Gap Filling: Choose correct words to fill blanks in a paragraph about Delhi PDF
- Q.6 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Editing · Editing and Omission: Find and correct errors in a paragraph about Sachin Tendulkar PDF
- Q.7 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Sentence reordering · Sentence Reordering: Rearrange jumbled phrases into sentences about evolution and habitat PDF
CBSE Class 102018
- Q.5 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Gap filling · Gap Filling: Choose correct words to fill blanks in a paragraph on physical exercise PDF
- Q.6 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Editing · Editing and Omission: Find and correct one error per line in a paragraph about a prisoner PDF
- Q.7 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Sentence reordering · Sentence Reordering: Rearrange jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences PDF
CBSE Class 102017
- Q.5 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Gap filling · Tenses and Verb Forms: Choose correct verb forms to fill blanks in a paragraph on loneliness PDF
- Q.6 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Editing · Editing and Omission: Find and correct one error per line in a paragraph about meeting Mother PDF
- Q.7 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Sentence reordering · Sentence Reordering: Rearrange jumbled words into sentences about Sethu and Swami PDF
CBSE Class 102016
- Q.5 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Gap filling · Determiners and Verbs: Choose correct words to fill blanks in a paragraph on the kingfisher PDF
- Q.6 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Omission · Editing and Omission: Find the omitted word in each line of a paragraph on illiteracy PDF
- Q.7 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Sentence reordering · Sentence Reordering: Rearrange jumbled words into sentences about illiteracy PDF
Other English Language and Literature chapters
- Reading Comprehension PYQs
- Writing Skills PYQs
- Literature: First Flight / Literature Reader PYQs
- Supplementary Reader and Novel PYQs
FAQ
How many Grammar questions come in CBSE Class 10?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2026, 1 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 3 in 2020, 3 in 2019, 3 in 2018, 3 in 2017 and 3 in 2016. That is 21 questions in all, about 20% of English Language and Literature.
Which Grammar topics repeat in CBSE Class 10?
Asked in the most papers: Editing and Omission, Sentence Reordering, Mixed Grammar. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official CBSE Class 10 questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official CBSE Class 10 paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.