ICSE 10th Literature in english Sample Paper 7

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Sample Paper 7
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.
Chose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the questions, write the correct answers only.) [16]

(i) In the short story The Little Match Girl, why did the young girl sell matches?
(a) To save up money to buy new slippers.
(b) To earn money to help support her poor family.
(c) To earn enough money to buy a Christmas tree.
(d) To buy a roast goose.

(ii) In the short story My Greatest Olympic Prize Jesse Qwens set a new record of _____ in
Berlin Olympics.
(a) 26 feet 5-5/16 inches (b) 5 feet 6-7/14 inches
(c) 32 feet 4-4/14 inches (d) 25 feet 4-4/15 inches

(iii) What final surprise does Portia have for Shylock?

(a) That Jessica has married Lorenzo.
(b) That Antonio’s ships have all come in.
(c) That Balthazar is Portia in disguise.
(d) That Skylock is under arrest for the attempted murder of a Christian.
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(iv) Antonio : I once did lend my body for his wealth which but for him that had your husbands
ring. Had quite miscarried. I dare be bound again.
What does Antonio offer as a bond against any future infidelity by Gratiano or Bassanio?
(a) His soul (b) His estate
(c) His flesh (d) A chest of gold

(v) What does Antonio say to Bassanio as Shylock stays adamant on receiving a ‘pound of
flesh?’
(a) To give Shylock the money after he is gone
(b) To give him a Christian burial
(c) To take over his merchant fleet
(d) To not grieve for him

(vi) In the poem, The Patriot, what were the people doing on their rooftops?
(a) Dancing and singing (b) Throwing stones at each other
(c) Gathered to see the patriot (d) Throwing stones at the patriot

(vii) Select the option that shows the correct relationship statements (1) and (2) from An Angel
in Disguise ?
1. Kate was between ten and eleven years in age.
2. Kate taken by the Mrs. Ellis.
(a) 1 is the cause for 2 (b) 1 and 2 are false
(c) 1 is independent of 2 (d) 1 is a contradiction of 2

(viii) What does Portia believe makes the music she and Nerissa hear more beautiful?
(a) The lonely setting (b) Her victories
(c) Her-intellect (d) The night

(ix) In the short story, All Summer in a Day, how old was Margot when she came to Venus from
Earth?
(a) 4 years old (b) 5 years old
(c) 6 years old (d) 2 years old

(x) Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order.
1. Sibia finding a blue bead in the river.
2. The Gujjar woman came to fill water in her two gurrahs.
3. Sibia stabbed the crocodile with her hayfork.
4. The crocodile leapt on the unsuspecting woman.
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 1, 3, 2, 4
(c) 2, 4, 3, 1 (d) 3, 1, 4, 2

(xi) In William Wordsworth’s poem Daffodils, where are the daffodils situated?
(a) Behind the forest
(b) Beneath the trees in an orchard
(c) By the side of a lake
(d) Beside the river
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(xii) In the poem Abou Ben Adhem which poetic device is used in this line:- ‘Making it rich and
like a lily in bloom,’ ?
(a) Simile (b) Metaphor
(c) Personification (d) No poetic device is used in this line

(xiii) In the poem Nine Gold Medals, what was the unexpected thing that happened?
(a) The shortest athlete among them stumbled, staggered, and fell to his knees on the
ground.
(b) The youngest athlete among them stumbled, staggered and fell to his knees on the
ground.
(c) The eldest among them stopped to help the youngest runner.
(d) When the youngest among them fell, everyone else continued their race.

(xiv) What fortuitous thing happens for Antonio at the end of the play?
(a) Shylock dies (b) He marries Portia
(c) His ships come in (d) He becomes a duke

(xv) In the poem, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the caged bird is fearful because
(a) it doesn’t think its dreams would be fulfilled
(b) no one would think about it
(c) it would never be able to be bold
(d) it cannot fly in the sky

(xvi) “Let me choose, For as I am, I live upon the rack.” Who says these words and to whom?
(a) Gratiano to Nerissa (b) Bassanio to Portia
(c) Prince of Morocco to Portia (d) Prince of Arragon to Nerissa

Section B
(Answer one or more questions from this Section)

DRAMA
The Merchant of Venice
By William Shakespeare

QUESTION 2.
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.
Bassanio : There’s more depends on this than on the value. The dearest ring in Venice will
I give you, And find it. our by proclamation. Only for this, I pray you, pardon
me.
Portia I see, sir you are liberal in offers:
You taught me first to beg and now me thinks You teach me how a beggar
should be answer’d