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ICSE Class 10 English Literature Question Paper 2024: Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), the parent board council of ICSE and ISC boards is conducting the board examinations 2024. Today, on February 23, the ICSE Class 10 English Literature Examination 2024 is being conducted. All the aspirants who had appeared for the exam might be curious to get answers to all the questions and verify if they have correctly answered all the questions or not. To calm you all down, we have brought to you the ICSE Class 10 English Literature Question paper 2024 with the answer key.
The ICSE Class 10 English Literature Question Paper 2024 PDF has been provided in this article with the answer key of the questions. Also, check the ICSE Class 10 English Paper 2 exam analysis from the link below.
ICSE Class 10 English Literature Paper Pattern 2024
The paper pattern that was used in today’s ICSE 10th English Paper 2 question paper 2024 has been provided below. The exact same question paper format was followed in the ICSE Class 10 English Literature board paper 2024.
- The question paper is of 80 marks
- There are four sections in the paper, namely, Sections A, B, C, and D
- All the questions from Section A have to be answered by students
- Any one question from Sections B, C, and D has to be answered by students
- The paper will start at 11:00 AM and end at 1:00 PM, spanning two hours
- Students will get 15 minutes to read the question paper and devise a strategy for the exam
- Section B consists of questions from Drama
- Section C consists of questions from Short Stories
- Section D consists of questions from Poetry
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ICSE Class 10 English Literature Question Paper 2024
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ICSE Class 10 English Literature Paper Answer Key 2024
SECTION A
1. Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(i) Where does Portia say that she and Nerissa will stay until their husbands' return?
(a) In Venice
(b) At Belmont
(c) At Padua
(d) In a monastery
Answer. (d) In a monastery
(ii) What aspect of Shylock's nature is revealed in his words, "To bait fish withal:
if it will feed nothing else, it will feed any revenge."?
(a) Pride
(b) Envy
(c) Vengefulness
(d) Greed
Answer. (c) Vengefulness
(iii) Gratiano exclaims, "We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece." In this context, the word 'fleece' refers to
(a) Portia and Nerissa
(b) Wool of the golden ram
(c) A warm, woollen blanket
(d) Bassanio and Gratiano
Answer. (a) Portia and Nerissa
(iv) "The quality of mercy is not strained." Who says this to whom?
(a) Duke to Shylock
(b) Gratiano to Shylock
(c) Portia to Shylock
(d) Bassanio to Shylock
Answer. (c) Portia to Shylock
(v) What does Portia ask of Antonio as a remembrance before she leaves the courtroom?
(a) his ring
(b) the knife
(c) the scroll
(d) his gloves
Answer. (d) his gloves
(vi) When Lorenzo says, 'Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way / Of starved people.' he means that Portia and Nerissa have
(a) prepared a banquet for their husbands.
(b) brought good news for Lorenzo and Antonio
(c) brought divine food from the monastery
(d) returned the rings to Bassanio and Gratiano
Answer. (b) brought good news for Lorenzo and Antonio
(vii) Which of the following statements is NOT true of Maggie?
(a) She was sent to the poorhouse
(b) She was bedridden
(c) She had an injured spine
(d) She had suffered a fall
Answer. (a) She was sent to the poorhouse
(viii) The short story 'The Little Match Girl' can be called a fairy tale because
(a) it is set in fairy land
(b) it has elements of magic and fantasy
(c) the little girl meets her fairy godmother
(d) the little girl marries a prince
Answer. (b) it has elements of magic and fantasy
(ix) Why did the Gujar woman strike the big brass gurrahs with a stick?
(a) to produce a musical effect
(b) to quieten the buffaloes
(c) to see which ones were empty
(d) to frighten the crocodiles
Answer: (c) to see which ones were empty
(x) Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order.
1. When the rain stopped, they rushed outdoors, forgetting all about Margot in their eagerness to experience the warmth of the sun.
2. The children carried the pleading and protesting Margot to the closet and locked her in.
3. It was then that they realised with shame that Margot was still locked in the closet; they had deprived her of what she longed for the most-the sun
4. All too soon, the brief summer ended, and the children hurried indoors to escape the heavy rains.
(a) 4, 3, 2, 1
(b) 3,1,2,4
(c) 1,3,4,2
(d) 2,1,4,3
Answer. (d) 2,1,4,3
(xi) In My Greatest Olympic Prize, 'Der Fuhrer' refers to
(a) Hitler
(b) A Negro
(c) Nazi youth
(d) A sophomore
Answer: (a) Hitler
(xii) Which of the following lines contains the same literary device as the one in
'I wandered lonely as a cloud,' from Wordsworth's poem, 'Daffodils"?
(a) And miles to go before I sleep / And miles to go before I sleep'
(b) 'Fresh as a rose in June'
(c) 'Thus Nature spoke - The work was done'
(d) 'You're one month on in the middle of May"
Answer. (b) 'Fresh as a rose in June'
(xiii) Which of the following statements is used by Angelou to describe the caged bird?
(a) He opens his throat to sing
(b) He dares to claim the sky
(c) He leaps on the back of the wind
(d) He thinks of another breeze
Answer. (a) He opens his throat to sing
(xiv) When did the angel appear to Abou Ben Adhem?
(a) On a moonless night
(b) Three nights in a row
(c) Two nights in succession
(d) Twice the same night
Answer. (c) Two nights in succession
(xv) Select the option that shows the correct relationship between Statements (1) and (2) from Browning's poem, "The Patriot'.
Statement 1. The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries.
Statement 2. There's nobody on the house-tops now.
(a) (1) means the same as (2)
(b) (1) is a contrast of (2)
(c) (1) is true and (2) is false
(d) (1) is false and (2) is true
Answer. (b) (1) is a contrast of (2)
(xvi) 'The eight other athletes stopped in their tracks' means that they
(a) stood poised to run
(b) turned slowly around
(c) slowed down gradually
(d) halted quite suddenly
Answer. (d) halted quite suddenly
The answers provided here are tentative. This is the unofficial answer key and hence students should not completely rely on it. We would advise you to get your answers checked by your teachers.
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