Maharashtra SSC English Question Paper with Answer Key 2026: PDF Download, Exam Analysis

Change into indirect speech: Robert: Where is she now?

Robert asked where she was then.

Change the voice (Begin with 'A wrestling...'): Anil was watching a wrestling match.

A wrestling match was being watched by Anil.

Complete the table: Very few animals in the world are as huge as an elephant

(a) Comparitive degree: An elephant is bigger than most other animals in the world.

(b) Superlative: An elephant is one of the biggest animals in the world.

Fill in the blank with the proper form of the verb as per the subject: The hermit ................. to the king.

spoke (or speaks / was speaking)

Find out the word from the passage which have the following meanings:

(i) horrible - terrible
(ii) dialogue - conversation
(iii) big - large
(iv) unhappy - miserable

Frame a 'Wh' question to get the underlined part as an answer: Our country is well known for its bio-diversity.

What is our country well known for?

Identify the modal auxiliary and state its functions: One could eat a little more

Could - Ability

Identify the subordinate clause: There are some animals that have clearly become extinct.

that have clearly become extinct

Identify the type of the sentence: How frightened their eyes look !

Exclamatory sentence

Make two sentences of your own to show the difference of homograph 'Mark' (Use it as a verb and as a noun).

Verb: Please mark the correct answers on your paper.
Noun: He received a high mark on his final exam.

Match the words in Column 'A' with their meanings in Column 'B':

Grimly (c)
Armour (d)
Blockhead (b)
Assuming (a)

Pick out the infinitive from the given sentence: Every child is free to grow.

to grow

Pick out the words from the passage to make antonyms:

(i) balance × imbalance
(ii) non-existence × existence
(iii) common × uncommon
(iv) last × first

Rearrange the letters to make a meaningful word: abogll

global

Rewrite as an Affirmative sentence: I shall not want many soldiers.

I shall want few soldiers.

Rewrite sentence in future perfect tense: I shall be telling you three stories.

I shall/will have told you three stories.

Rewrite the sentence using "No sooner ... than": As soon as the concert came to an end, the audience gave the artists a standing ovation.

No sooner did the concert come to an end than the audience gave the artists a standing ovation.

Who said to whom.

(i) Who - Writer , Whom - Lady
(ii) Who - Lady , Whom - Writer

Write two compound words of your own.

Moonlight, Notebook (or Sunflower, Raincoat)

Distinction

To successful candidates who obtain not less than 75% marks in the aggregate, calculated based on the six compulsory subjects offered for the examination.

Grade I

Those who obtain not less than 60% of marks in the aggregate calculated based on the six compulsory subjects offered for the exam.

Grade II

Marks not less than 45% but less than 60%

Grade Pass

To all other successful candidates.

First Language

2

Second Language

2

Third Language

2

Social Science

2

Science

3

Mathematics

3

Mathematics and Science combined

6

Two subjects opted by deaf and dumb students (in place of languages)

2 in each subject