ISC English Literature 2020 Question Paper with Answers
All 22 questions of the ISC English Literature 2020 Question Paper, in printed order. Open a question to read it in full and see its answer.
- Q1(a) Prospero : This blue-eyed hag was hither brought with child, And here was left by th’ sailors. Thou, my slave, As thou report’st… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q1(b) Caliban : I prithee let me bring thee where crabs grow, And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts, Show thee a jay’s nest… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q1(c) Ariel : Thy thoughts I cleave to. What’s thy pleasure? Prospero : Spirit, we must prepare to meet with Caliban. Ariel : Ay, my… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q2(a) Morell : (thoughtfully) Hm! Time for him to take another look at Candida before she grows out of his knowledge. (He resigns… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q2(b) Marchbanks : (stopping her mysteriously) Hush! I go about in search of love; and I find it in unmeasured stores in the bosoms of… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q2(c) Marchbanks : [Convulsively] Onions! Candida : Yes, onions. Not even Spanish ones: nasty little red onions. You shall help me to… 10 marks · Short answer
- Q3 Referring closely to Act IV, scene i: Describe the blessings showered by Ceres and Iris on Miranda and Ferdinand. What is the… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q4 Prospero refers to Caliban as “A devil, a born devil”. In this context, evaluate the character and role of Caliban in the play. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q5 Referring closely to Act III of the play Candida: Describe the conflict between Marchbanks and Morell regarding Candida. Describe… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q6 In the play Candida, Shaw presents Candida as an unconventional woman. Discuss. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q7 Referring closely to the events, answer the following: How is the Church established and what is the role of the white men in… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q8 How is the story about why mosquitoes buzz around people’s ears relevant to the novel? 20 marks · Long answer
- Q9 “His whole life was dominated by fear of failure and of weakness.” Do you think this is true of Okonkwo? Give your views with… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q10 Referring closely to the essay ‘My Visions of India’, answer the following: Relate the first and second vision of Dr. Kalam. What… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q11 Referring closely to the essay On being Idle, discuss how the writer treats a light subject with a serious message. 20 marks · Long answer
- Q12 In the essay On the Decay of The Art of Lying, what makes Mark Twain argue that “the Lie, as a Virtue, A Principle, is eternal”?… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q13 Referring closely to the short story B. Wordsworth: Describe the interaction between B. Wordsworth and the young narrator. What… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q14 How does Roald Dahl depict the theme of obsession in his short story, The Sound Machine? 20 marks · Long answer
- Q15 How successful was the writer in bringing out the protagonist’s innate goodness in the short story, Salvatore? 20 marks · Long answer
- Q16 Referring closely to the poem Dover Beach: Describe the moonlit scene described by the poet at the beginning of the poem. How… 20 marks · Long answer
- Q17 How is the power of the Music Makers brought out in We are the Music Makers? 20 marks · Long answer
- Q18 The poem John Brown presents two attitudes to war. Describe the two attitudes. Which one do you sympathise with? Why? 20 marks · Long answer