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ICSE 10th Literature in english Sample Paper 10
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Sample Paper 10
ICSE Class X 2023-24
Literature in English
English Paper - 2
Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. Answer to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
2. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
3. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
4. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
5. The paper has four Sections.
6. Section A is compulsory-All questions in Section A must be answered.
7. You must attempt one question from each of the Sections B, C and D and one other
question from any Section of your choice.
8. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
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 were the people doing on their rooftops in the poem The Patriot?
(a) Dancing and singing (b) Throwing stones at each other
(c) Looking at the patriot (d) Throwing stones at the patriot
(ii) Who does Lorenzo favourably compare himself to when speaking to Jessica?
(a) Portia (b) Launcelot
(c) Antonio (d) Shylock
(iii) The poem Abou Ben Adhem draws from _____.

(a) Indian folklore (b) American folklore
(c) Arabian folklore (d) French folklore
(iv) In Act III Scene I of The Merchant of Venice, what rumour do Salarino and Solanio discuss
and, then, seek to have confirmed by Shylock?
(a) Jessica running away (b) Antonio’s lost ships
(c) Bassanio’s courtship of Portia (d) Jessica stealing a ring
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(v) “None but that ugly treason of mistrust,

Which makes me fear th’ enjoying of my love.”
Who says the above words (taken from Act III Scene I) and to whom?
(a) Bassanio to Portia (b) Portia to Bassanio
(c) Gratiano to Nerissa (d) Nerissa to Gratiano
(vi) What will happen to Shylock if he takes anything more or less than exactly one pound of
flesh?
(a) The bond will be torn up and the money will be split.
(b) All of his belongings will be confiscated by the state.
(c) Antonio will be allowed to cut a pound of flesh from Shylock.
(d) Nothing
(vii) In the story The Blue Bead, why did Sibia not mention her heroic act to her mother?
(a) She feared of getting scolded from her mother.
(b) She did not think that she had done anything great.
(c) She was too excited and happy after finding the blue bead.
(d) It was usual for her to rescue people in distress.
(viii) Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order.
1. Farmer John offers to take John.
2. The villagers pity the three children-John, Kate and Maggie.
3. Mrs. Ellis takes Kate.
4. Maggie is to be send to a place for sick and diseased children/orphas.
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 2, 1, 3, 4
(c) 1, 3, 4, 2 (d) 3, 4, 2, 1
(ix) How does Antonio plan to respond to Shylock’s insistence to collect his pound of flesh?
(a) With anger and violence (b) With begging
(c) With reasoning (d) With quietness of spirit
(x) In which event were the athletes participating?
(a) Two hundred metre race (b) One kilometer race
(c) One hundred metre race (d) Five hundred metre race
(xi) Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements (1) and (2) from
My Greatest Olympic Prize.
1. Jesse Owens expected to win the gold metal in Berlin Olympics.
2. Jesse Owens set a world record in the Berlin Olympics.
(a) 1 is the cause of 2 (b) 1 is an example of 2
(c) 1 is independnet of 2 (d) 1 is a contradiction of 2
(xii) In the story All Summer in a Day, why doesn’t Margot fit in with the other children?
(a) She was thin and had a pale complexion unlike the children.
(b) She was eight years old while the other children were nine years old.
(c) She was from Earth while the other children were from Venus.
(d) Both (a) and (c)
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(xiii) In Act IV Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice, to what is Shylock referring when he calls
Portia a ‘Daniel’ ?
(a) The New Testament (b) The Old Testament
(c) A Christian Judge (d) His Lost Son
(xiv) In the poem Daffodils, ‘I gazed and gazed’ suggests _____.

(a) the poet was absent-minded
(b) the poet was all alone and idle
(c) the poet observed the flowers very carefully
(d) the poet was enchanted by the flowers
(xv) What is the caged bird in Maya Angelou’s poem symbolic of ?

1. Slaves
2. Minority groups
3. African-Americans
4. Women
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4
(xvi) In the story The Little Match Girl, why were the slippers worn by the little girl not useful
to her?
(a) They were small slippers.
(b) They had holes in them.
(c) They were very large slippers.
(d) They were broken.
Section B
(Answer one or more questions from this Section)
DRAMA
The Merchant of Venice
By William Shakespeare
QUESTION 2.
Read the following extract from Act III Scene II of the Merchant of Venice and answer the
questions that follow.
... But now I was the lord
of this fair mansion, master of my servants,
Queen o’er myself. And even now, but now, This house, these servants and this same
myself, Are yours, my lord’s : I give them with this ring, Which when you part from, lose,
or give away, Let is presage the ruin of your love,
And be my vantage to exclaim on you.

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(iii) The poem Abou Ben Adhem draws from _____.

(v) “None but that ugly treason of mistrust,

(xiv) In the poem Daffodils, ‘I gazed and gazed’ suggests _____.

(xv) What is the caged bird in Maya Angelou’s poem symbolic of ?

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