ISC (Science) ISC Class 12 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

When do you have flashes of sympathy and admiration for Lady Macbeth in the course of the play? Explain by citing examples from the Acts studied. Write your answer in about 200-250 words.

The Medicine Bag traces the narrator’s attitude to his Sioux Grandfather, from mild embarrassment to appreciation. Summarise the reasons for this embarrassment and the change. Write your answer in 100-150 words incorporating the following details.

1. Reasons for embarrassment
2. Specific reasons for the change in attitude

Referring closely to the short story, The Cookie Lady, explore Mrs. Drew’s fascination with Bubber. Answer in 100-150 words incorporating the following details.

1. Mrs. Drew’s repeated interactions with Bubber
2. Role of the cookies in the short story

Tarapada, the central character in the short story, Atithi, is a free soul who cannot be restrained by the bonds of society. Examine this statement in 200-250 words.

Discuss the absence of human characters in the story, There Will Come Soft Rains. How does this absence contribute to the overall tone and message of the narrative? Answer in 200-250 words.

In what ways does the speaker’s cultural background clash with the landlady’s expectations in the poem Telephone Conversation? Write your answer in 100-150 words incorporating the following details.

1. The speaker’s conversation with the landlady
2. The undertones of racial and colour bias in the conversation

Referring to the poem Tithonus, show how his immortality becomes a curse. Answer in 100-150 words incorporating the following details.

1. Circumstances leading to Tithonus receiving a boon
2. Reasons for the boon becoming a curse

Analyse the comparison between death and sleep in the poem, Death Be Not Proud. How does this metaphor contribute to the overall message of the sonnet? Write your answer in about 200-250 words.

The poem Beethoven explores the role of pain and suffering in the process of artistic creativity and excellence. Justify this statement in 200-250 words.

Potential resources are those resources that already exist in nature but are not used for the benefits of human beings.

Which one of the following represents Potential Resources?

Assertion: Malthus held that human population would have to resort to subsistence living.

Reason: He believed that the population grew arithmetically and resources grew geometrically.

Which one of the following is correct?

Eris are popular rainwater harvesting systems of Tamil Nadu in India. Which one of the following categories do these systems fall under?

High volume sampler is a manual technique for collecting samples of particulate matter (PM). Ananya used this technique to measure the PM level at four different locations.

Which one of the following areas is likely to record the maximum level of particulate matter?

Name the radical environmental advocacy group founded by Dave Foreman, Mike Rosella and Howie Wolke.

The practice of exporting hazardous wastes from developed countries to developing countries amounts to environmental injustice.

Name the International Treaty formulated to curb this practice.

Write the expanded form of the following.

HYV

Write the expanded form of the following.

TRIPS

Write a term for the description given below.

A factual data of deaths in a population during a specific period.

Write a term for the description given below.

The permit that allows the holder to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide.

Write a term for the description given below.

The maximum number of individuals that can be supported by an ecosystem without causing any damage to the environment.