ICSE Class 10 Haunted Houses — H.W. Longfellow — Mock Test (2027)
Free online mock test for Haunted Houses — H.W. Longfellow (ICSE Class 10 English Literature) — 20 competency-based questions based on the latest CISCE 2027 syllabus, with instant marking. Try the samples below, then take the full test free.
What to expect: This mock test covers key concepts from the Haunted Houses — H.W. Longfellow chapter — including application-based and competency-focused questions aligned with how ICSE actually sets the paper.
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Sample questions
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1.Decide which description fits these statements: Statement (1): Our lives find balance between pleasures and aspirations. Statement (2): No tensions exist; life is wholly carefree.
- A.(1) is true and (2) is false
- B.(2) is true and (1) is false
- C.(1) is the cause for (2)
- D.(1) and (2) have no direct link
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2.The line "We have no title-deeds to house or lands" suggests that _______.
- A.modern owners always lose legal papers
- B.ancestral spirits still claim a hold on these estates
- C.real estate is worthless in this village
- D.no one can ever inhabit these haunted dwellings
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3.In the illuminated hall, how does Longfellow describe these "quiet, inoffensive ghosts"?
- A.They're as silent as pictures
- B.They cause a disturbance
- C.They vanish when lights turn on
- D.They talk loudly among themselves
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4.Which option best exhibits the figure of speech hinted at by the phrase: “Owners and occupants of earlier dates... hold in mortmain still their old estates”?
- A.“They come and go with no footprints behind.”
- B.“Time, the great devourer, spares no living soul.”
- C.“Forgotten graves stretch dusty hands to claim their land.”
- D.“Melancholy hearts yearn for a lost dawn.”
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5.Statement (1): A stranger by the fireside perceives only the present reality. Statement (2): The poet sees both present and past events clearly.
- A.(1) and (2) have no link
- B.(1) is the cause for (2)
- C.(2) is the cause for (1)
- D.(1) and (2) contrast each other
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