ISC 2016 English Literature Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 English Paper II from the 2016 board examination. The time allowed is three hours, with an extra fifteen minutes for reading only. Candidates answer one question from Section A and four from Section B, choosing questions on at least three textbooks and on only one of the two plays, Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing or Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man. In Section A they choose two of three passages and answer short questions on each. This copy prints a written answer under the questions it includes. The scan covers the Much Ado about Nothing and Arms and the Man context questions and stops during the answers on Arms and the Man, so the Section B essays are not in these pages.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

English Literature

Year

2016

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Pages

6

Answers included

Yes

Paper pattern

• Section A

  Answer one question, on either Much Ado about Nothing or Arms and the Man. Choose two of three passages and answer the short questions that follow.

• Section B

  Four questions on at least three textbooks, which may include only one of the two plays. Those questions are not in this copy.

Topics covered

• Much Ado About Nothing
• Claudio and Hero
• Benedick and Beatrice
• Don Pedro's matchmaking
• The slander of Hero
• Arms and the Man
• Bluntschli and Raina
• Major Petkoff's coat

Questions from this paper

1. What plan does Don Pedro hit upon to help Claudio win Hero?
2. What is Benedick's opinion of Hero?
3. On what errand does Benedick send the boy, and why is he amazed at Claudio's behaviour?
4. What has the Man said that has startled Raina, and what does he go on to say about young and old soldiers?
5. Who is Captain Bluntschli, and why has he come to Catherine's house?
6. Where had Major Petkoff found his coat, and who had been wearing it?