ISC 2025 Art Paper 4 Improvement Examination Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is ISC Class 12 Art Paper 4, Original Imaginative Composition in Colour, from the 2025 Improvement Examination. The first page is coded 1225-871D-IE. It carries 100 marks, allows three hours, and is given to candidates one week in advance. One of five topics is chosen for an original composition. The subjects are a nighttime garden party with lights, shadows and trays of food, a shop window of a favourite item seen from outside, the prompt 'lost', a wind-swept day, and pets with a pile of clothes. The picture must not be copied from any picture already seen, and it should fill the sheet. Only the question number, UID and Index Number may be written on the front.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Art

Year

2025

Paper code

1225-871D-IE

Maximum marks

100

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

5

Pages

2

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Topics 1–5

  100 marks

  Original imaginative composition in colour; select any one topic and state its number

Topics covered

• A nighttime garden party
• A shop window seen from outside
• The prompt 'lost'
• A wind-swept day
• Pets and a pile of clothes

Questions from this paper

1. A nighttime garden party is in full swing. Party lights are casting interesting shadows everywhere. Guests and bearers with trays of food are mixing around. Build a suitable composition around the event.
2. Imagine and make a shop window of a store selling your favourite item. The view should depict you looking at the window from outside.
3. Using 'lost' as a prompt, build a suitable imaginative composition.
4. What would you be doing on a wind-swept day?
5. Using the theme of pets and a pile of clothes, imagine a scene integrating the two.