No specific book is being recommended for background reading.
Paper 2. Prescribed Texts (For Classes XI & XII)
Candidates will be required to answer five questions as follows:
One textual question (compulsory) on Macbeth or on Pygmalion, together with four
other questions on at least three texts, which may include Macbeth or Pygmalion.
I. Macbeth: Shakespeare OR Pygmalion: Bernard Shaw
II. The Mayor of Casterbridge: Thomas Hardy
III. Footprints (A Collection of Essays): Edited by Stephen
DaCosta
1. On Saying “Please”: A. G. Gardiner
2. A Bachelor’s Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People: Charles Lamb
3. Of Studies: Francis Bacon
4. Principles of Good Writing: L. A. Hill
5. Albert Einstein at School: Patrick Pringle
6. The Future is Now: A Zest for Living: Walter F. Stromer
7. What India can teach Us: F. Max Muller
8. Environmental Crisis: Edward O. Wilson
9. Ideas that have helped Mankind: Bertrand Russell
10. Prayer – The Essence of Religion: M. K. Gandhi
