ICSE Class 10 Question Paper 2025 Drama

DRAMA

Maximum Marks: 100

Time allowed: Two hours

1. Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

2. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.

3. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.

4. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.

5. Attempt all questions from Section A. Answer any two questions each from Section B and
Section C.

6. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets[ ].

Instruction for the Supervising Examiner

Kindly read aloud the Instructions given above to all the candidates present in the
Examination Hall.

This paper consists of 12 printed pages.
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SECTION A (20 Marks)
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)

Question 1
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. [20]
(Do not copy the questions, write the correct answers only.)
(i) The room where actors relax, apply makeup and take press interviews is called
___________.

(a) Lobby

(b) Cyclorama

(c) Backstage

(d) Green room

(ii) It’s the periodic preparation needed before staging the play. What is it called?

(a) Auditions

(b) Reading

(c) Storytelling

(d) Rehearsal

(iii) ____________ wrote ‘A Doll’s House’ and is often referred to as the father of
modernism.

(a) Sophocles

(b) Henrik Johan Ibsen

(c) Bertolt Brecht

(d) G B Shaw

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(iv) The position between ¾ right and ¾ left is called ___________.

(a) Right profile

(b) Full front

(c) One quarter right

(d) Full back

(v) To the audience, the actor is seated at the back of the stage, on the left side.
In theatrical norms, that position is called __________.

(a) Downstage left

(b) Upstage left

(c) Upstage right

(d) Downstage right

(vi) When the audience renders an extended applause and the performers are called
back to perform an extra song or a scene, it is called __________.

(a) an encore

(b) standing ovation

(c) curtain call

(d) narration

(vii) In the play Galileo, Christopher Clavius is another famous astronomer who
agrees with Galileo’s heliocentric model.

(a) True

(b) False

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(viii) Statement I: Prof. Higgins pays Alfred Doolittle 5 pounds to let Eliza
continue her education.

Statement II: Alfred Doolittle pays Prof. Higgins 5 pounds to let his
daughter Eliza continue her education.

(a) Statements I and II are incorrect.

(b) Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct.

(c) Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.

(d) Statements I and II are correct.

(ix) When a character speaks directly to the audience, and the other actors pretend
they did not hear anything, that is called __________.

(a) a debate

(b) a soliloquy

(c) an aside

(d) a monologue

(x) __________ is usually associated with performances in Uttar Pradesh.

(a) Jatra

(b) Kathakali

(c) Yakshagana

(d) Nautanki

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(xi) King Creon amends his decree; that allows __________ to live while Antigone
is to be sealed in a tomb until death.

(a) Eurydice

(b) Haemon

(c) Ismene

(d) Tiresias

(xii) The art of devising and directing dances for Ballet or Musical Theatre is called
___________.

(a) improvisation

(b) choreography

(c) blocking

(d) composition

(xiii) Statement I: Rising action refers to a series of events that build towards the
point of greatest interest.

Statement II: The climax is the turning point of the story but does not change
the protagonist’s fate.

(a) Statements I and II are incorrect.

(b) Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.

(c) Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct.

(d) Statements I and II are correct.

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(xiv) In the play A Doll’s House, __________ is a friend of the family and is dying
of tuberculosis.

(a) Kristine Linde

(b) Krogstad

(c) Torwald Helmer

(d) Dr. Rank

(xv) GB Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic and a political activist, he wrote the
play __________.

(a) A Doll’s House

(b) Antigone

(c) Galileo

(d) Pygmalion

(xvi) The type of stage where the audience sits on both sides of the long performing
area and with the off-stage areas at either end, is called a __________ stage.

(a) Thrust

(b) Arena

(c) Traverse

(d) Black box

(xvii) A lighting designer has no control over the mood of a scene.

(a) True

(b) False

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(xviii) __________ is directly related to Composition.

(a) Costumes

(b) Make-up

(c) Dialogues

(d) Blocking

(xix) In the play ‘Pygmalion’, what is Henry Higgins a professor of?

(a) History

(b) Literature

(c) Mathematics

(d) Phonetics

(xx) The first actor in ancient Greek Theatre, according to Aristotle, was called
__________.

(a) Aeschylus

(b) Thespis

(c) Aristophanes

(d) Sophocles

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SECTION B (40 Marks)
(Answer any two questions from this Section.)

Question 2
Study the scene given below of ‘A Doll’s House’.

(i) A set designer creates the ‘World of the play’ on stage. Describe any three stage [6]
props used in the picture above.

(ii) If Nora is left profile, what is Torwald’s body position? Explain the body [6]
languages for both the characters.

(iii) What type of make-up will be used for a scene like this? Explain three other [8]
types of make-up.

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Question 3
Study the scene of ‘Antigone’ shown below and answer the following questions:

(i) Who are the two characters shown in the above image? Analyse both of them, [6]
using the 5 W’s of characterisation.

(ii) As a costume designer of the scene above, comment on the costumes of the two [6]
characters.

(iii) If the above scene is being performed on a Thrust Stage, draw a diagram, block [8]
the positions of the two characters and stage sets.
Explain the main features of a thrust stage.

Question 4

(i) Describe two types of lighting lanterns and their uses. [6]

(ii) To create a mood of fear and anxiety, what type of colours would you use? [6]
How does light influence the atmosphere of a scene?

(iii) Explain sculptural, selective and fluid lighting. [8]

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Question 5

Attempt any one of the following: [20]

(i) Siddharth, is carrying 2 buckets of water and walking back to his hut, from the
only bore-well tap that is 2 kms away from his village. A car drives past him
with a group of youngsters shouting and playing loud music. They notice
Siddharth’s buckets and stop the car, and while teasing him, spill all the water
on the ground. One of them grabs a bucket and pours the water on himself
saying it’s a hot day.

Write a 2-3 page dialogue for a Street theatre play using the scenario above, to
bring awareness to the cause. Give names to your characters, and a title.

OR

(ii) The younger sister is upset that the parents are always angry with her older
brother that he dropped out of engineering college but is now a chef in a 4-Star
Hotel. During her growing up years, when the parents were too caught up
pursuing their careers, she only had her brother to comfort her, through those
lonely years.

Describe a scene where the usual topic comes up around the dinner table where
the parents criticise the older brother and the younger sister finally stands up
against them and fights back. Write a 2-3 page dialogue bringing out the
conflict and bring your story to a conclusion. Give names to your characters
and a title and preferably end with a twist of the story.

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SECTION C (40 Marks)
(Answer any two questions from this Section.)

Question 6

(i) What is the type of staging shown in the picture above? [10]
Differentiate between the staging format shown above and a Central stage. Use
diagrams to illustrate your answer.

(ii) There are five actors portraying a ‘whodunnit’ murder mystery scene on a [10]
Proscenium Arch Stage. Each of them are suspicious of the other.
Use a diagram and block their positions using stage directions and mention
their body positions.

Question 7

(i) Differentiate between props and stage sets. [10]
Explain the functions of a Set designer.

(ii) Explain ‘Point of Power’ in relation to Sightlines. [10]
Use a diagram to draw sightlines on a Proscenium stage, using the front & back
row seats.

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Question 8

(i) There is a direct connection between stage lighting and make-up. Elaborate on [10]
the connection when using Straight make-up and Character Make-up.

(ii) Costumes are an extension of the character. Explain. [10]

Question 9

(i) A Director is the creative head while the Stage Manager is the coordinator of [8]
the production. Highlight four differences each between them.

(ii) Write short notes on any four of the following: [12]
(a) Andrea
(b) Downstage left
(c) Eurydice
(d) Acoustics
(e) Fresnel
(f) Kristine Linde

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