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Literature: First Flight / Literature Reader PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 10: Literature: First Flight / Literature Reader (English Language and Literature) had 29 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: Short Answer Mixed, Nelson Mandela, A Tiger in the Zoo.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Answer Mixed | 10 | 10 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| A Tiger in the Zoo | 2 | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| For Anne Gregory | 2 | 2 | 2025, 2017 |
| Madam Rides the Bus | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2017 |
| Mijbil the Otter | 2 | 2 | 2020, 2019 |
| Nelson Mandela | 2 | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| The Proposal | 2 | 2 | 2018, 2016 |
| A Baker from Goa | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Letter to God | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Amanda | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Animals | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Diary of Anne Frank | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fire and Ice | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| How to Tell Wild Animals | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
How to practise Literature: First Flight / Literature Reader PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Literature: First Flight / Literature Reader 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.6 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Extract-based · Nelson Mandela: Extract questions on Mandela's pledge of emancipation for all PDF
- Q.7 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Extract-based · Fire and Ice: Extract questions on why fire and ice can both destroy the world PDF
- Q.8 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Short answer · Short Answer Mixed: Short answers on Lencho, Mijbil, Fog, Valli and The Ball Poem PDF
- Q.10 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Long answer · A Tiger in the Zoo: Compare the zoo tiger with Custard the dragon PDF
CBSE Class 102025
- Q.6 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Extract-based · A Letter to God: Extract questions on the hailstorm destroying Lencho's crop PDF
- Q.7 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Extract-based · For Anne Gregory: Extract questions on the religious man's text about God's love PDF
- Q.8 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Short answer · Short Answer Mixed: Short answers on Mandela, Dust of Snow, Tea from Assam, wild animals, Mij PDF
- Q.10 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Long answer · Amanda: Compare Amanda's and Valli's longing for freedom PDF
CBSE Class 102024
- Q.6 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Extract-based · Nelson Mandela: Extract questions on Mandela's feelings at the inauguration PDF
- Q.7 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Extract-based · A Tiger in the Zoo: Extract questions contrasting the caged tiger with its natural life PDF
- Q.8 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Short answer · Short Answer Mixed: Short answers on Dust of Snow, positivity, Custard, Anne Gregory, Buddha PDF
- Q.10 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Long answer · A Baker from Goa: Compare the narrator's childhood in Goa with Nelson Mandela's PDF
CBSE Class 102023
- Q.6 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Extract-based · Diary of Anne Frank: Extract questions on Anne's longing for one true friend PDF
- Q.7 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Extract-based · How to Tell Wild Animals: Extract questions on telling crocodiles from hyenas in the poem PDF
- Q.8 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Short answer · Short Answer Mixed: Short answers on Glimpses of India, Lencho, Coorg, Custard, Buddha PDF
- Q.10 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Long answer · Madam Rides the Bus: What Valli had to do to manage her bus ride PDF
CBSE Class 102022
- Q.6 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Short answer · Short Answer Mixed: Short answers on Buddha's sermon, Amanda, Animals, Lomov, Ebright, Coorg PDF
CBSE Class 102020
- Q.8 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Extract-based · Animals: MCQ-style extract questions on the poem Animals PDF
- Q.9 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Short answer · Short Answer Mixed: Short answers on the young seagull, the Ball Poem, Coorg, Hari Singh, Matilda PDF
- Q.10 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Long answer · Mijbil the Otter: Actions of Mij that show he is intelligent, friendly and fun-loving PDF
CBSE Class 102019
- Q.8 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Extract-based · Mijbil the Otter: Extract questions on the author's plan to get an otter in the Tigris marshes PDF
- Q.9 (English Language and Literature (2/1/1)) · Short answer · Short Answer Mixed: Short answers on Kisa Gotami, Maddie, Horace Danby, space probe crew, Valli PDF
CBSE Class 102018
- Q.8 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Extract-based · The Proposal: Extract questions on Lomov's argument about ownership of the Meadows PDF
- Q.9 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Short answer · Short Answer Mixed: Short answers on Rajvir, The Ball Poem, Horace Danby, Mme Loisel, Anil PDF
CBSE Class 102017
- Q.8 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Extract-based · For Anne Gregory: Extract questions on the poem's lines about a young man's despair PDF
- Q.9 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Short answer · Short Answer Mixed: Short answers on Goa's bakers, the poem Trees, Ebright and M. Loisel PDF
- Q.10 (English Language and Literature (2/1)) · Long answer · Madam Rides the Bus: How Valli managed to fulfil her wish of riding the bus PDF
CBSE Class 102016
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FAQ
How many Literature: First Flight / Literature Reader questions come in CBSE Class 10?
In the official papers we tagged: 4 in 2026, 4 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 4 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 3 in 2020, 2 in 2019, 2 in 2018, 3 in 2017 and 2 in 2016. That is 29 questions in all, about 27% of English Language and Literature.
Which Literature: First Flight / Literature Reader topics repeat in CBSE Class 10?
Asked in the most papers: Short Answer Mixed, Nelson Mandela, A Tiger in the Zoo. 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.