ISC Class 12 Exam 2024-25 Elective English : Most Important Questions Answers for Last-Minute Revision

ISC Class 12 exams are going on and you have very little time left for the Elective English exam. Therefore, we are providing important questions in this article. You can study these thoroughly and score good marks in your exams.

To help you make your preparation effective, we have compiled a list of important questions with detailed explanations.

These questions for ISC Class 12 Elective English exam cover various topics from the syllabus.

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ISC Class 12th Elective English Exam 2025 Most Important Questions

1. How old was Jem when he broke his arm?

(a) Nearly thirteen

(b) Nearly fourteen

(c) About nine

Answer ⇒ (a) Nearly thirteen

2. The first chapter focusses on telling stories. This primarily serves to 

(a) lengthen the novel with introductory background.

(b) tie characters to family and history.

(c) make the story appealing to a wider audience.

Answer ⇒ (b) tie characters to family and history.

3. What literary significance does Mr Radley’s sealing the knot-hole in the tree have? 

(a) It is ironical.

(b) It is descriptive.

(c) It is symbolic.

Answer ⇒ (c) It is symbolic.

4. Which one of the following lines from the novel is thematically significant?

(a) “Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.”

(b) “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”

(c) “You never really understand a person until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

Answer ⇒ (c) “You never really understand a person until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

5. According to legend, who was Bon Bibi’s father?

(a) Mahadev

(b) Ibrahim

(c) Dokkhin Rai

Answer ⇒ (b) Ibrahim

6. Read the two statements given below from the novel and choose the correct option from the ones that follow.

Statement 1: There was no bindi on her forehead and her arms were free of bangles.

Statement 2: Kanai was convinced that she was a foreigner.

(a) Statement 1 is independent of Statement 2.

(b) Statement 1 is the reason for Statement 2.

(c) Statement 1 is the result of Statement 2.

Answer ⇒ (a) Statement 1 is independent of Statement 2.

7. Why was Nirmal obsessed with Morichjhapi? 

(a) Because he was a revolutionary at heart

(b) Because Kusum lived there and he was fond of her

(c) Because he was writing a book about the place

Answer ⇒ (a) Because he was a revolutionary at heart

8. What was the fate of Lucy Hamilton? 

(a) She died in an island tidal wave.

(b) She never reached the island as her ship capsized.

(c) She spent her life on the island aiding refugees financially.

Answer ⇒ (b) She never reached the island as her ship capsized.

9. Why does Nora reveal her secret to Mrs Linde in Henrik Ibsen in A Doll’s House? 

(a) To ensure that Mrs Linde can also borrow money to support herself

(b) To show Mrs Linde can be trusted to never reveal her secret to Torvald

(c) To demonstrate her own capability of taking care of her family like a man

Answer ⇒ (c) To demonstrate her own capability of taking care of her family like a man

10. “A wife hasn't a right to save her husband's life?” How does the statement present a conflict between love and law? 

(a) Nora must borrow money through unfair means for the love of her husband which is not a sin, but the law will punish her for this offence.

(b) Nora loves Torvald but is aware that if she borrows money from the bank, she has to repay it with interest as per law.

(c) Nora wanting to save her husband is love, and the conflict is with marital law that does not permit secrecy from the husband.

Answer ⇒ (a) Nora must borrow money through unfair means for the love of her husband which is not a sin, but the law will punish her for this offence.

11. The play ends with 

(a) the door shutting.

(b) the wind whistling.

(c) Nora sobbing.

Answer ⇒ (a) the door shutting.

12. What does the Tarantella reveal? 

(a) A perfectly obedient wife in Nora

(b) A cold lack of desire in Torvald

(c) Fiery passion in Nora

Answer ⇒ (c) Fiery passion in Nora

13. Willy [after a pause]: I suddenly could not drive any more.” What does this confession establish about Willy right in the beginning of the play?

(a) Willy is getting older and his eyesight is failing.

(b) Willy is physically and mentally exhausted.

(c) Willy is dejected about shifting to Florida from New England.

Answer ⇒ (b) Willy is physically and mentally exhausted.

14. What does Linda call Happy?

(a) A philistine

(b) A real travesty

(c) A philandering bum

Answer ⇒ (c) A philandering bum

15. What is the dramatic effect of Linda’s words, “We’re free” in the Requiem?

(a) Sad irony

(b) Lamentable rhetoric

(c) Frustrating hyperbole

Answer ⇒ (a) Sad irony

16. Ben went to ________ looking for their father but ended up in ________ .

(a) Antarctica; Australia

(b) Arctic; Alaska

(c) Alaska; Africa

Answer ⇒ (c) Alaska; Africa

17. Ted Hughes’ Pike expresses the narrator’s deep-rooted feeling of

(a) discontent.

(b) melancholy.

(c) terror.

Answer ⇒ (c) terror.

18. Which of the following is NOT true of Lawrence’s Bavarian Gentians?

(a) The poem uses flowers as symbols.

(b) It was written when Lawrence was staring at an early death due to tuberculosis.

(c) A previous visit to the Etruscan tombs, Italy, had inspired Lawrence to compose the poem.

Answer ⇒ (c) A previous visit to the Etruscan tombs, Italy, had inspired Lawrence to compose the poem.

19. Edward Thomas’ As the team’s head brass talks of the impact of

(a) the First World War on rural England.

(b) the Potato Famine on Great Britain.

(c) the Plague across Europe.

Answer ⇒ (a) the First World War on rural England.

20. In The Whitsun Weddings, the poet’s train 

(a) left at three forty-five.

(b) left at one twenty.

(c) reached at one twenty.

Answer ⇒ (b) left at one twenty.

21. What lesson did Atticus want Jem to learn from Mrs Dubose?

Answer ⇒ Atticus wanted Jem to learn what true courage was by using Mrs Dubose’s attitude to pain and self-reliance.

22. Why does Kanai say that Nirmal had risen from his ashes to summon him?

Answer ⇒ Nirmal was dead. He had left behind some papers for Kanai which were lost. Now that they were found, it was like his summons for Kanai.

23. What does Nora expect Torvald to do when he learns of her crime?

Answer ⇒ Love, sacrifice of image, taking the blame

24. Identify any two symbols in the play and briefly explain one point of significance of each.

Answer ⇒ Identify any two symbols in the play and briefly explain one point of significance of each.

Seeds, stockings, flute (music), overshadowing buildings (no trees, yard), diamonds, jungle (woods burning), house and household goods (car) under mortgage

25. What did the poet learn about himself from the “friend in specs” in Wild Oats?

Answer ⇒ Selfish – withdrawn – easily bored of love

26. Write short notes on how the following characters contribute to the themes of the novel in their own way.

(a) Tom Robinson                            (b) Mayella

Answer ⇒ 

(a) Tom Robinson :– age, background, Mayella’s overtures – his courtesy, her obvious lie, his mistake in saying he felt sorry – prejudice – lies accepted out of racial bias even though he is clean and courteous and she the ‘white trash’ – decision to try and escape – justice and injustice

(b) Mayella :– Hierarchy and social status even in white society – desire to escape (geraniums) – unable to accept politeness – her word taken due to prejudice

27. Write short notes on: Nilima’s work at Lusibari

Answer ⇒

• Mashima, meaning aunt - Nirmal and Nilima reached Lusibari in 1950 and due to Nirmal’s revolutionary activities, they decide to settle in Lusibari

• Nilima spoke with local women and was appalled to learn that many became widows in their twenties and pre-emptively dressed as widows when their husbands went out to sea

• A union named “Badabon Development Trust” - social service - quite practical and did not react against the government fearing to lose its support for her trust

• Accepted Piya’s plan to develop a conservation and research plan based in Lusibari - funding for the Babadon Trust and work with the locals.

28. Write short notes on: the consequences of Torvald discovering the truth about Nora.

Answer ⇒

• Torvald’s volte-face on declarations of love – his denouncement of Nora – preoccupation with social image

• Nora’s realisation of the truth – her response to Torvald

• Nora’s decision

• Torvald’s plea

29. Write short notes on: Biff’s habit of stealing. 

Answer ⇒

• Basketball, football, lumber – cheating in exam - later pen

• Willy’s encouragement versus Linda’s disapproval – Willy as a father

• Consequence – jail – stole self out of jobs – his recriminations

30. The Stag by Ted Hughes places the stag and the spectators in a hunt that contrasts grace and cruelty. Comment.

Answer ⇒ 

• Grace of stag – movement and covering of distance – noble in its realm

• Crowds – sound, excitement, anticipation

• Imagery used – elaboration and examples

• Coming together of both – stag’s desperation – loss of grace before human cruelty – comment on wanton cruelty of the terrible planet

• Comment on use of contrast for thematic purpose