Is english checking in boards lenient? 10th

My brother who had his boards two years ago,go above 95 in english and sst, rest were below 90. These days I'm watching videos of peoples result, where they score really low in other subjects manage to get above 85 in english. It's a general observation that people score more in english than other subjects. It could be that now more people are becoming fluent in english with improved writing skills, but at the end of the day, literature, stories, the overally content remains the same so you will have to study that now matter what. So does this mean checking in english is easier? Is my observation correct or am I yapping?