ISC 2026 Elective English Improvement Examination Question Paper for Class 12
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Elective English2026Download the official ISC Class 12 Elective English question paper from the 2026 Improvement Examination conducted by CISCE (paper code 850). Practise with the actual 2026 paper to revise for the ISC board examination.
Official question paper published by CISCE.
About this paper
This is the ISC Class 12 Elective English paper from the 2026 Improvement Examination, code 1226-850-I.E. It carries 80 marks and lasts three hours, with an extra fifteen minutes for reading only. There are seven questions in two sections. In Section A, candidates attempt any ten of twenty one-mark multiple-choice items and any five of ten two-mark short answers, both from any three of the five prescribed textbooks. Section B sets one twenty-mark question on each textbook; any three are attempted, and each offers a long 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-I.E.
- 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 one-mark multiple-choice items; Question 2: any five of ten two-mark short answers. Both from any three of the five textbooks.
Section B
60 marksQuestions 3–7, one on each textbook, 20 marks each; attempt any three. Each question is a long essay or two short notes of 10 marks.
Topics covered
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Hungry Tide
- A Doll's House
- Death of a Salesman
- The Thought-Fox
- Refugee Blues
- The Whitsun Weddings
- Punishment
- Church Going
- Ravens
Questions from this paper
- What does Scout and Jem's visit to Calpurnia's church reveal about Maycomb's racial divisions?
- How do Piya and Fokir communicate despite not understanding each other's language?
- How is it made clear that Nora has no romantic feelings for Dr Rank?
- Trace Nora's evolution from the doll of the house to an individual who chooses a path of liberation.
- How does Miller explore the illusion of the American Dream through the characters and dramatic technique in Death of a Salesman?
- What does Seamus Heaney mean by "stones of silence" in the poem Punishment?
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