ICSE 2025 English Literature Specimen Papers Class 10: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has released the 2025 specimen papers for the ICSE and ISC board examinations. The specimen papers are provided with their answers attached at the end of the document. Thus, students can solve and verify the correctness of their answers.
Here, the ICSE Class 10 English Literature model specimen paper is provided with its marking scheme for the 2025 exam. Students can download the free PDF and understand the question paper guidelines, design, and mark distribution for better preparation.
ICSE Class 10 English Literature 2025 Exam Guidelines
The basic guidelines that you will find on the first page of the question paper will include:
- Maximum Marks: 80
- Time allowed: Two hours
- Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
- You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
- The time given at the head of the paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
- The paper has four Sections.
- Section A is compulsory - All questions in Section A must be answered.
- You must attempt one question from each of the Sections B, C and D and one other question from any Section of your choice.
- The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [].
- Instruction for the Supervising Examiner: Kindly read aloud the Instructions given above to all the candidates present in the Examination Hall.
ICSE Class 10 English Literature Sample Paper 2024-25
SECTION A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)
Question 1
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. [16 Marks]
(Do not copy the question, write the correct answers only.)
(i) Where was Caesar put to death? [Recall]
(a) On a street in Rome
(b) On the battleground of Philippi
(c) At the foot of Pompey's statue
(d) In Brutus orchard
Answer: (c) At the foot of Pompey's statue
(ii) Who asks permission to speak at Caesar's funeral? [Recall]
(a) Brutus
(b) Antony
(c) Cassius
(d) Octavius
Answer: (b) Antony
(iii) "Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! [Analysis]
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy..."
These lines tell us that Antony is
(a) enraged
(b) sorrowful
(c) anxious
(d) frustrated
Answer: (a) enraged
(iv) When Antony says, 'This is a slight unmeritable man, / Meet to be sent on errands' he refers to [Recall]
(a) Lepidus
(b) Octavius
(c) Pindarus
(d) Lucilius
Answer: (a) Lepidus
(v) What strategy does Cassius suggest that the conspirators follow? [Understanding]
(a) march towards Philippi
(b) remain where they are
(c) raise an army of foot soldiers
(d) set fire to the surrounding villages
Answer: (b) remain where they are
(vi) When Cassius says, 'My life is run his compass', he means that [Understanding|
(a) it is the day on which Brutus was born
(b) his life had come full circle
(c) his life could be measured with a compass
(d) his life could be compared to a race
Answer: (b) his life had come full circle
(vii) Which of the given options contains the figure of speech that appears in the following line from Leigh Hunt's poem 'The Glove and the Lions': 'Ramped and roared the lions": [Application]
(a) 'Your eyes are like the diamond bright,'
(b) 'Suddenly the black night showed its teeth in a flash of lightning."
(c) 'Rich gifts of raiment or grain or gold?"
(d) Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun."
Answer: (c) 'Rich gifts of raiment or grain or gold?"
viii) Which of the following is NOT an effect of Bhishma Lochan Sharma's powerful singing in Sukumar Ray's poem "The Power of Music'? [Understanding]
(a) The sky weeps tears
(b) The trees shake and crash
(c) The people retire amazed
(d) The turtles whine and stare
Answer: (d) The turtles whine and stare
(ix) Which of the following words does H. W. Longfellow use to describe the movement of the phantoms in his poem, "Haunted Houses"? [Recall]
(a) slide
(b) glide
(c) noiseless
(d) invisible
Answer: (b) glide
(x) The theme of Maya Angelou's poem 'When Great Trees Fall' is [Analysis]
(a) the impact of the death of a loved one on those left behind
(b) the effect of felling trees on the environment
(c) how the death of trees affects humanity
(d) the impact of natural calamities on a forest
Answer: (a) the impact of the death of a loved one on those left behind
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