Organisation : Council For The Indian School Certificate Examinations
Class : Class XII
Document Type : Specimen Question Paper
Subject : Elective English
Semester : 1 And 2
Year : 2022
Website : https://cisce.org/publications.aspx
ICSE Class XII Elective English Question Paper
Council For The Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE) Class XII Elective English Specimen Question Papers Semester 1 and 2 for the year 2022.
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Class XII Elective English Questions
Question 1
Choose the most appropriate option from among those given for each question or statement.
1. When Miss Maudie’s house catches fire,
(a) Mr Avery cannot use the stairs, which are on fire, so he tries to slither up a pillar but falls in the shrubbery. Nevertheless, he manages to clamber up, swing his legs over the railings of the window, and save a mattress and furniture, which he throws out of the window.
(b) Mr Avery first throws the mattress and the furniture out of the window, tries to climb out of the window but gets wedged, wriggles, slides down a pillar, and then slips and falls into the shrubbery.
(c) Mr Avery throws the mattress and the furniture out of the window, coughs in the smoke, wriggles out of the window and tries to jump the last few feet only to slip and fall into the shrubbery.
2. Miss Caroline Fisher,
(a) twenty-one years old, was the youngest daughter of the Fisher family in Maycomb and looked like a peppermint drop.
(b) twenty-one years old, looked and smelled like a peppermint drop, and thought Scout was a promising child.
(c) with her bright auburn hair, pink cheeks and crimson nail polish, was twenty-one years old and looked and smelled like a peppermint drop.
3. Eula May was
(a) Dr Reynold’s assistant
(b) Maycomb’s telephone operator
(c) Scout’s teacher
4. Atticus saved Miss Maudie’s rocking chair from the fire because
(a) it was heavy and nobody else could carry it.
(b) it was what she valued most.
(c) it belonged to her father.
5. Which aspect of Miss Maudie’s character is evident from the fire incident?
(a) She is kind and has a sense of humour.
(b) She is courageous and optimistic.
(c) She is generous and charitable.
6. The name of Uncle Jack’s cat was
(a) Rose Alymer
(b) Rose Amyler
(c) Rose Aylmer
7. Why did Scout and Jem have mixed feelings about Christmas?
(a) They enjoyed Uncle Jack’s visit but hated visiting Aunt Alexandra.
(b) They liked receiving presents but did not know whether they would like them.
(c) Calpurnia would be gone for a holiday and they would miss her.
8. What did Jem and Scout get to know about Atticus from Miss Maudie?
(a) He was nicknamed One Shot Finch.
(b) He was the deadest shot in Maycomb County.
(c) Both a. and b.
9. The main reason Atticus gave for his decision to defend Tom Robinson was
(a) there was no one else to defend Tom Robinson.
(b) Judge Taylor had asked him to defend Tom Robinson.
(c) he would not be able to hold his head up in town if he did not.
10. It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird
(a) because Atticus had said so.
(b) because it does not cause any harm.
(c) because it is a creature of nature.
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