ICSE Specimen Paper Class 12 Semester 2 – Elective English 2022
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – Harper Lee
(i) Where do Scout, Jem and Dill watch the trial from?
(a) The front row, behind their father
(b) From the courtyard of the court
(c) The balcony, with Reverend Sykes
(iii) What will Tom’s sentence be if he loses his appeal?
(a) Life in prison without parole
(b) Seven years of hard labour
(c) Death
(iv) Underwood’s editorial likens Tom’s death to
(a) cancelling “advertising and subscriptions”.
(b) the “miscarriages of justice” for children.
(c) the “senseless slaughter of songbirds”.
THE HUNGRY TIDE: Amitav Ghosh
(v) Nirmal imagines teaching what myth and geology have in common in terms of
(a) goddesses, titanic elements, and scale of time.
(b) Bon Bibi, the “bagh”, and “Kaliyuga”.
(c) Vishnu, dwarfish elements, the Matla.
(vi) What did Fokir give Tutul “as though it were a victor’s spoils”?
(a) The tooth of a tiger
(b) The tail of a sting-ray
(c) The root of a mangrove
(vii) According to Nilima, home is where she can brew a pot of tea.
(a) The underlined portion is correct and needs no change.
(b) The underlined portion is incorrect and should read as the Orcaella are.
(c) The underlined portion is incorrect and should read as the Badabon Trust is.
(viii) “It took her a while to grow used to the feel of them but … the pace quickened.” What is “them” and how did the pace quicken ?
(a) “Them” is Piya’s GPS tools that helped locate Orcaella pods faster.
(b) “Them” is crude oars and progress was quicker with two people rowing.
(c) “Them” is crabs in the net and the pace quickened once Fokir got his catch
of the day.