ISC 2026 Elective English Question Paper for Class 12
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Elective English2026Download the official ISC Class 12 Elective English question paper from the 2026 board examination conducted by CISCE (paper code 850). Practise with the actual 2026 paper to revise for the final ISC examination.
Official question paper published by CISCE.
About this paper
This is the ISC Class 12 Elective English paper from the 2026 board examination, code 1226-850. It carries 80 marks and runs for three hours, with fifteen minutes extra for reading only. There are seven questions in two sections. Section A, worth 20 marks, asks for any ten of twenty multiple-choice items and any five of ten short answers, from any three of the five prescribed texts. Section B, worth 60 marks, has five questions of 20 marks each; any three are to be answered, on three different texts, each offering an essay or two short notes. The texts are To Kill a Mockingbird, The Hungry Tide, A Doll’s House, Death of a Salesman, and Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Verse edited by Chris Woodhead. This copy has the questions only.
- Exam
- ISC Class 12
- Subject
- Elective English
- Year
- 2026
- Paper code
- 1226-850
- Maximum marks
- 80
- Time allowed
- 3 hours + 15 min reading
- Questions
- 7
- Pages
- 8
- Answers included
- No, questions only
Paper pattern
Section A
20 marksQuestion 1: any ten of twenty multiple-choice items, one mark each, from any three texts. Question 2: any five short answers, two marks each, from any three texts
Section B
60 marksAny three of Questions 3–7, one on each of three texts, 20 marks each, with a choice between an essay and two short notes
Topics covered
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Hungry Tide
- A Doll's House
- Death of a Salesman
- Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Verse
- The Whitsun Weddings
- Church Going
- Pike
Questions from this paper
- “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here.” Who says this in To Kill a Mockingbird, and why is that attitude significant?
- What was the pact between Dokkhin Rai and Dhona in the legend told in The Hungry Tide?
- In what way is the letter box a powerful symbol in A Doll’s House?
- How does Bernard’s life contrast with Biff’s in Death of a Salesman?
- Give a detailed account of the Requiem in Death of a Salesman, bringing out the irony of the ending.
- What view of marriage does Philip Larkin present in The Whitsun Weddings, and do you agree?
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