ICSE Class 10 English Literature Specimen Paper 2024

ICSE Class 10 English Literature Specimen Paper 2023

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) released the ICSE Class 10 English Literature Specimen Paper 2024 (Paper 2). This ICSE Specimen Paper 2024 for English Literature offers practice questions from the latest English Literature syllabus 2024.

ICSE students should be aware that there are two part to the English exam in Class 10 – English Language / Paper 1 and English Literature / Paper 2. Candidates can download the English Specimen Paper 2024 ICSE PDF from the direct link given in this article.

English Specimen Paper 2024 ICSE – Highlights

The English Specimen Paper 2024 ICSE for English Litarature is an important study tool that assists students in understanding the real ICSE 10th English question paper 2024. Below is a quick description of the ICSE English Literature Specimen Paper 2024.

Download ICSE English Literature Specimen Paper 2024 PDF (Paper 2)

You can improve your board exam preparation by practicing ICSE English Literature Specimen Paper 2024. Students can aim for almost full marks in the class 10 ICSE exam by completing the English Literature Specimen question paper and consistent revision of concepts. 

Here we have given the direct link to download ICSE English Literature Specimen Paper 2024. Click on the below link and download your specimen paper.

How to Download ICSE English Class 10 Specimen Paper 2024?

Students may explore the CISCE website – cisce.org to download the ISCE English Class 10 Specimen Paper 2024 for free. To download the English literature part of the ICSE Specimen Paper 2024, follow the instructions provided below.

Step 1: Visit the official website of ICSE @cisce.org.

Step 2: Select ‘Examination’ from the upper bar. After selecting Examination, three options will show up.

Step 3: Select “ICSE examination” and then scroll down to see the section labeled “Important Downloads”.

Step 4: Select “Specimen Question Paper” to begin the ICSE exam.

Step 5: A list of many sample papers of different years’ are displayed on a new page that opens on the screen.

Step 6: Select the Specimen Paper 2024.

Step 7: Then you can see a page titled “Specimen Question Papers ICSE Class X – 2024”.

Step 8: Click on the subject name (English Literature – Paper 2)and download the English literature specimen paper 2024.

ICSE Specimen Paper 2024 Class 10 – Instruction

• The total mark for ICSE class 10 English literature is 80.
• The time limit is two hours.
• During the first 15 minutes, you will not be permitted to write. This time should be used to read the question paper.
• The answers to this paper must be written on the separate paper provided.
• The paper is divided into four sections.
• Section A is required – All of the questions in Section A must be answered.
• You must answer one question from each of Sections B, C, and D, as well as one question from any other Section of your choice.

CISCE Specimen Paper 2024 of English Literature Paper 2

Here we have posted some questions from CISCE Specimen Paper 2024 of English Literature Paper 2. Read them below.

SECTION A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.) 

Question 1

Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the question, write the correct answers only.) [16]
(i) What does Shylock demand from Antonio?
(a) A pound of flesh
(b) Six thousand ducats
(c) An apology
(d) compassion
(ii) What does Portia ask for when Bassanio steps up to take the casket test?
(a) A banquet
(b) Music to be played
(c) A garland
(d) Applause

(iii) What does Portia mean when she tells Bassanio, ‘… I am lock’d in one of them:’?
(a) That she was locked in a cell and unable to escape.
(b) That she was a prisoner in her father’s house.
(c) That her portrait lay hidden in one of the caskets.
(d) That she was bound firmly by her promise to her father.
(iv) Portia: There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper…
What does the ‘paper’ in this extract refer to?
(a) Portia’s letter to Bellario
(b) Bellario’s letter to the Duke
(c) Bassanio’s letter to Antonio
(d) Antonio’s letter to Bassanio
(v) Why does a quarrel break out between Nerissa and Gratiano in the final Act of ‘The Merchant of Venice’?
(a) Gratiano admits that he had given away the ring which Nerissa had given to him.
(b) Nerissa admits that she had accompanied Portia to Venice disguised as a lawyer’s clerk.
(c) Gratiano is annoyed with Nerissa for giving away his ring to a stranger in Venice.
(d) Nerissa is angry with Gratiano for leaving for Venice on the very day they were married.
(vi) How does Lorenzo recognize Portia even before he sees her when the two young women return from Venice?
(a) by the clothes she wears
(b) by the sound of her voice
(c) by the perfume she wears
(d) by her touch
(vii) Which of the following statements is NOT true of Sibia?
(a) She had long golden hair
(b) She had to work hard from her early years
(c) She was twelve years old
(d) She had no money to buy glass beads at the bazaar

(viii) What had the little match girl’s grandmother told her about falling stars?
(a) When a star falls, a soul goes up to God.
(b) If she made a wish when she saw a star fall, her wish would come true.
(c) A falling star meant that it would be a cold winter.
(d) When a star falls, an angel dies.
(ix) Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order.
1. Joe sighed in relief – he realized that this meant his wife no longer resented Maggie’s presence.
2. After supper, Joe went to the bedroom where Maggie lay waiting.
3. Joe looked in through the window and saw Maggie in conversation with his wife Jane.
4. He entered the house noisily and Jane hurried into the kitchen to make him his supper.
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 2, 4, 1, 3
(c) 1, 3, 2, 4
(d) 3, 1, 4, 2
(x) Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements (1) and (2) from All Summer in a Day.
1. One day, while in the school shower room, Margot had clutched her hands to her ears and covered her head, screaming and refusing to let the water touch her.
2. Margot realised that she was different from the others and that the children knew this difference and stayed away.
(a) 1 is the cause for 2
(b) 1 is an example of 2
(c) 1 is independent of 2
(d) 1 is a contradiction of 2
(xi) At the running broad jump trials Jesse Owens exclaims, “Did I come 3000 miles for this?” Which of the following words best describes Jesse’s mood?
(a) envious
(b) frustrated
(c) confused
(d) thwarted

(xii) The fickle-mindedness of his followers made the central character in Browning’s poem The Patriot feel _________ .
1. ambitious
2. disillusioned
3. bitter
4. optimistic
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 1
(xiii) What is the caged bird in Maya Angelou’s poem, ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ blinded by?
(a) Her narrow cage
(b) Her rage
(c) The sun’s orange rays
(d) Her fears of the unknown
(xiv) What was Abou Ben Adhem doing when the angel appeared in his room one night?
(a) writing in a book of gold
(b) sleeping soundly
(c) walking in the moonlight
(d) asking questions
(xv) What special human quality does the poem ‘Nine Gold Medals’ celebrate?
(a) rivalry
(b) jealousy
(c) empathy
(d) selfishness
(xvi) Which of the following lines contains the same literary device as the one in Wordsworth, “Ten thousand saw I at a glance,”
(a) A hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
(b) A fair breeze blow, the white foam flew The furrow followed free,
(c) Frail as a dragon-fly’s wing
(d) Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me —

SECTION B
(Answer one or more questions from this Section.)
DRAMA
(The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare)

Question 2

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Bassanio: A gentle scroll. —– Fair lady, by your leave; [Kissing her]
I come by note, to give and to receive.
Like one of two contending for a prize,
That thinks he has done well in people’s eyes
Hearing applause and a universal shout
Giddy in spirit, still gazing in a doubt
Whether those peals of praise be his or no;
(i) Where did Bassanio find the ‘gentle scroll’?
What ‘prize’ had Bassanio just won? [3]
(ii) Explain why Bassanio said he felt ‘Giddy in spirit, still gazing in a doubt’. [3]
(iii) Soon thereafter, Portia gives Bassanio a ring as a token of her love. What does this gift symbolize? [3]
(iv) What assurance does Bassanio give her while accepting this gift? [3]
(v) What does Portia urge Bassanio to do when she learns that his friend Antonio is in trouble? What aspect of her character do her words reveal? [4]

The rest of the questions will be updated soon.

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