Elective English Specimen Paper 2024-2025 ISC (Commerce) Class 12 Question Paper Solution

How old was Jem when he broke his arm?

Nearly thirteen

Nearly fourteen

About nine

The first chapter focusses on telling stories. This primarily serves to ______.

lengthen the novel with introductory background.

tie characters to family and history.

make the story appealing to a wider audience.

What literary significance does Mr Radley’s sealing the knot-hole in the tree have?

It is ironical.

It is descriptive.

It is symbolic.

Which one of the following lines from the novel is thematically significant?

“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.”

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”

“You never really understand a person until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

According to legend, who was Bon Bibi’s father?

Mahadev

Ibrahim

Dokkhin Rai

Statement 1: There was no bindi on her forehead and her arms were free of bangles.

Statement 2: Kanai was convinced that she was a foreigner.

Statement 1 is independent of Statement 2.

Statement 1 is the reason for Statement 2.

Statement 1 is the result of Statement 2.

Why was Nirmal obsessed with Morichjhapi?

Because he was a revolutionary at heart.

Because Kusum lived there and he was fond of her.

Because he was writing a book about the place.

What was the fate of Lucy Hamilton?

She died in an island tidal wave.

She never reached the island as her ship capsized.

She spent her life on the island aiding refugees financially.

Why does Nora reveal her secret to Mrs Linde in Henrik Ibsen in A Doll’s House?

To ensure that Mrs Linde can also borrow money to support herself.

To show Mrs Linde can be trusted to never reveal her secret to Torvald.

To demonstrate her own capability of taking care of her family like a man.

“A wife hasn't a right to save her husband's life?” How does the statement present a conflict between love and law?

Nora must borrow money through unfair means for the love of her husband which is not a sin, but the law will punish her for this offence.

Nora loves Torvald but is aware that if she borrows money from the bank, she has to repay it with interest as per law.

Nora wanting to save her husband is love, and the conflict is with marital law that does not permit secrecy from the husband.

The play ends with ______.

the door shutting.

the wind whistling.

Nora sobbing.

What does the Tarantella reveal?

A perfectly obedient wife in Nora.

A cold lack of desire in Torvald.

Fiery passion in Nora.

Willy [after a pause]: I suddenly could not drive any more.” What does this confession establish about Willy right in the beginning of the play?

Willy is getting older and his eyesight is failing.

Willy is physically and mentally exhausted.

Willy is dejected about shifting to Florida from New England.

What does Linda call Happy?

A philistine.

A real travesty.

A philandering bum.

What is the dramatic effect of Linda’s words, “We’re free” in the Requiem?

Sad irony.

Lamentable rhetoric.

Frustrating hyperbole.

Ben went to ______ looking for their father but ended up in ______.

Antarctica; Australia

Arctic; Alaska

Alaska; Africa

Ted Hughes’ Pike expresses the narrator’s deep-rooted feeling of ______.

discontent.

melancholy.

terror.

Which of the following is not true of Lawrence’s Bavarian Gentians?

The poem uses flowers as symbols.

It was written when Lawrence was staring at an early death due to tuberculosis.

A previous visit to the Etruscan tombs, Italy, had inspired Lawrence to compose the poem.

Edward Thomas’ As the team’s head brass talks of the impact of ______.

the First World War on rural England.

the Potato Famine on Great Britain.

the Plague across Europe.

In The Whitsun Weddings, the poet’s train ______.

left at three forty-five.

left at one twenty.

reached at one twenty.

According to Miss Stephanie, what happened when Boo was pasting items in his scrapbook?

What lesson did Atticus want Jem to learn from Mrs Dubose?

Explain any one reason that, in your opinion, makes the Sunderbans symbolic of human life.

Why does Kanai say that Nirmal had risen from his ashes to summon him?

What does Nora expect Torvald to do when he learns of her crime?

Mention any two terms of endearment Torvald uses to address Nora. Why are these terms thematically significant?

With the help of two distinct examples from the text, appraise Charley as a friend.

Identify any two symbols in the play and briefly explain one point of significance of each.

What did the poet learn about himself from the “friend in specs” in Wild Oats?

In The Shield of Achilles, what was Thetis’ reaction to “what the god had wrought”? Why did she feel this way?

Imagine yourself in Scout’s place, wearing a ham costume and walking back with Jem after the Halloween pageant. Based on what Harper Lee writes about that evening, what would you see, hear and feel? Would the experience leave a lasting impact on you? Briefly explain why or why not.

Write a short note on how the following character contribute to the themes of the novel in their own way.

Tom Robinson

Write a short note on how the following character contribute to the themes of the novel in their own way.

Mayella

Narrate in detail how Kanai gets to know about the legend of Bon Bibi. What does he learn? Why do the people of the tide country revere Bon Bibi?

Write a short note on Nilima’s work at Lusibari.

Write a short note on the character and role of Moyna.

Comment on the relationship between Mrs Linde and Nils Krogstad, and the decisions made by them.

Write a short note on why the Nora-Torvald relationship is an unbalanced one, with control in the hands of Torvald.

Write a short note on the consequences of Torvald discovering the truth about Nora.

Happy Loman, although overshadowed by his elder brother, plays a significant role in the play. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Support your opinion with judiciously selected evidence from the play.

Write a short note on Biff’s habit of stealing.

Write a short note on Dave Singleman as a role model for a misguided follower.

The Stag by Ted Hughes places the stag and the spectators in a hunt that contrasts grace and cruelty. Comment.

Write a short note on why the thrushes are an essential part of March by Edward Thomas.

Write a short note on how W. H. Auden’s Musee des Beaux Arts portrays human suffering.