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

Answer the following question as briefly as possible and with close reference to the relevant text.

Referring closely to the short story, The Singing Lesson relate what Basil wrote in his letter to Miss Meadows. What do you conclude about Basil from the tone and wording of the letter?

Answer the following question as briefly as possible and with close reference to the relevant text.

Referring closely to the short story, B. Wordsworth relate two important lessons that the young narrator learnt from his friend, B. Wordsworth. How were these lessons relevant?

Answer the following question as briefly as possible and with close reference to the relevant text.

Referring closely to the poem, We are the Music Makers, refer to any two examples given by the poet which identify poets and singers as “movers and shakers.”

Answer the following question as briefly as possible and with close reference to the relevant text.

Discuss how in the poem Dover Beach the poet, Mathew Arnold, reposes faith in love as a beam of hope amidst the surrounding despair.

In the Masque in Act IV of the play The Tempest, how does Ceres know that Juno is coming?

What does Cares say to bless the young couple?

In Act V, Scene I of the play The Tempest, Alonso says, "Irreparable is the loss." What is the irreparable loss being referred to here?

What does Prospero intend to do with his book before his interaction with Alonso in Act V of the play, The Tempest?

Where did B. Wordsworth live in the short story, B. Wordsworth?

In the short story, To Build a Fire, which "wild idea" came into the Man's head when all seemed lost?

In the short story, The Story of an Hour, what according to the doctor did Mrs. Mallard die of?

In the poem, Dover Beach, where is the "eternal note of sadness" heard? 

In the poem, Birches, how are the crystal shells shed?

In the poem, We are the Music Makers, what are the 'sea-breakers'?

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In Act III, Scene II of the play The Tempest, Stephano and Trinculo are angry with Caliban as they struggle out of the filthy pool because ______.

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In Act V of the play The Tempest, Prospero greets Gonzalo first because ______.

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At the end of Act III, Scene III of the play The Tempest, Gonzalo urges the other Lords to follow the "three men of sin" because ______.

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In Act III, Scene II of the play, The Tempest, Stephano threatens to tie Trinculo to the next tree because ______.

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In the short story, The Sound Machine, Dr. Scott thought Klausner was ill when Klausner rang up the doctor because ______.

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Towards the end of the story B. Wordsworth, the poet told the boy to never visit him because ______.