ISC 2019 English Literature Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 English Paper 2 (Literature in English) from the 2019 board examination, code 1219-801B. It carries 100 marks and lasts three hours, with an extra fifteen minutes for reading only. The paper has 18 questions. Candidates answer one from Section A and four from Section B, on at least three textbooks, and on only one play: Shakespeare's The Tempest or Bernard Shaw's Candida. Section A is a reference-to-context question in which two of three passages are chosen. Section B sets twenty-mark essays, some of them in parts, on those plays and on Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the essay collection Contemplations, the short-story collection Echoes and the poetry collection Reverie. This copy has the questions only.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

English Literature

Year

2019

Paper code

1219-801B

Maximum marks

100

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

18

Pages

7

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  20 marks

  One context question on either The Tempest or Candida: two passages chosen from three, with short questions on each

• Section B

  80 marks

  Four essays of 20 marks each, on at least three textbooks, which may include only one of the two plays

Topics covered

• The Tempest
• Candida
• Things Fall Apart
• Voice of Humanity
• On Going Out for a Walk
• On the Choice of a Profession
• To Build a Fire
• The Singing Lesson
• The Story of an Hour
• The Darkling Thrush
• The Spider and the Fly
• Crossing the Bar

Questions from this paper

1. Narrate what Prospero tells Miranda about his past and the circumstances that brought him to the island, and say what you conclude about him from that conversation.
2. Miranda is a blend of innocence and determination. Discuss her role in The Tempest with close reference to the text.
3. Miss Proserpine is a true representative of the middle class who inspires both pity and admiration. Give your views with reference to Candida.
4. Comment on the role of Nwoye and the manner in which he finds relief from his father's tyranny in Things Fall Apart.
5. With close reference to The Singing Lesson, describe how the lesson becomes an echo of Miss Meadows' feelings.
6. The poem Crossing the Bar is a poem of affirmation and faith. Give your views.