Bihar Board Class 10 · English
English: which chapter carries how many marks
How many marks and questions each chapter carried a year in Bihar Board (BSEB)’s 20 real papers of 2021–2026 — counted, not guessed. Start where the marks are.
| # | Chapter | Marks/yr | Qs/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Unseen passage | 17.9 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 3. Essay, paragraph, report, speech, notice | 13.3 | 4.3 |
| 3 | 2. Letter and application | 6.8 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 5. Vocabulary: synonyms, antonyms, spelling, one word | 5.4 | 10.8 |
| 5 | 4. Prepositions, articles and agreement | 4.3 | 8.6 |
| 6 | 1. Tenses and verb forms | 4.2 | 8.4 |
| 7 | 1. The Pace for Living | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 8 | 2. Voice: active and passive | 3.1 | 6.3 |
| 9 | 4. Thinner Than a Crescent | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 10 | 3. Narration: direct and indirect speech | 2.9 | 5.9 |
| 11 | 8. Little Girls Wiser Than Men | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 12 | 6. Koel | 2.4 | 4.2 |
| 13 | 4. What Is Wrong with Indian Films | 2.2 | 4.0 |
| 14 | 2. Me and the Ecology Bit | 2.1 | 3.9 |
| 15 | 7. The Unity of Indian Culture | 2.1 | 3.5 |
| 16 | 5. Acceptance Speech | 1.9 | 3.5 |
| 17 | 8. Martha | 1.9 | 3.3 |
| 18 | 5. The Empty Heart | 1.9 | 3.2 |
| 19 | 2. Ode on Solitude | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| 20 | 3. The Bet | 1.8 | 3.3 |
| 21 | 3. Gillu | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| 22 | 3. Polythene Bag | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 23 | 1. January Night | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| 24 | 4. Quality | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 25 | 7. The Sleeping Porter | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| 26 | 7. Love Defiled | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| 27 | 6. Once Upon a Time | 1.3 | 2.4 |
| 28 | 2. Allergy | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 29 | 5. Sun and Moon | 1.2 | 2.3 |
| 30 | 1. God Made the Country | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| 31 | 6. Two Horizons | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 32 | 4. Translation into English | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Average = total marks of the chapter’s questions over those years ÷ the years (one of a choice counted).
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