ISC 2024 Bengali Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Bengali paper (code 1224-803) from the 2024 board examination set by CISCE. It carries 80 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has fifteen questions in two sections. Section A (Language, 40 marks) is compulsory: a composition of about 400 words, with topics such as overcoming fear, a visit to the moon, whether advertisements show an unreal image, and an original story; an unseen passage on Michael Madhusudan Dutt and the plays Sharmishtha and Padmavati; and ten one-mark items on spelling, word meaning and rewriting sentences. In Section B candidates answer four ten-mark questions from any three of Probondho O Godya Sonkolon, Kobita Sonkolon, the novel Koni and the play Mukut. The questions below are translated from Bengali.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Bengali

Year

2024

Paper code

1224-803

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

8

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A, Question 1

  15 marks

  Composition of about 400 words in Bengali on one of six topics, the last a choice of two original stories

• Section A, Question 2

  15 marks

  Unseen passage on Michael Madhusudan Dutt, with three 3-mark questions and six one-mark multiple-choice questions

• Section A, Question 3

  10 marks

  Ten one-mark items on spelling, word meaning, idioms and rewriting sentences

• Section B

  40 marks

  Literature: four of twelve questions (Questions 4–15), ten marks each, from any three of the four prescribed textbooks

Topics covered

• Composition and story writing in Bengali
• Unseen passage on Michael Madhusudan Dutt
• Spelling, idioms and sentence transformation
• Probondho O Godya Sonkolon
• Kobita Sonkolon
• Koni
• Mukut

Questions from this paper

1. Write about an incident after which you learned to overcome fear.
2. "Advertisements show us an unreal image." Give your opinion for or against this statement.
3. What are the names of the two farces written by Madhusudan, and at whose request did he write them?
4. "Is the examination hall then a game of cops and robbers?" Who said this, and to whom?
5. Who is Lilabati? Why does she take charge of the boat, and do you think she was right to step into the boatman's work?
6. For whose performance did Rabindranath write the play Mukut?