ISC 2025 Bengali Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Bengali paper (code 1225-803) from the 2025 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 of 40 marks each. Section A (Language) is compulsory: a composition of about 400 words, with topics such as returning to Earth by time travel, universal health care, destroying forests in the name of development, and an original story; an unseen passage on Rabindranath Tagore's ideas of education; and ten one-mark items on spelling, vocabulary and sentence transformation. In Section B candidates answer four of twelve 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

2025

Paper code

1225-803

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

11

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 Rabindranath Tagore's ideas of education, with three 3-mark questions and six one-mark multiple-choice questions

• Section A, Question 3

  10 marks

  Ten one-mark items on spelling, vocabulary, 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 Rabindranath's ideas of education
• Spelling, vocabulary and sentence transformation
• Probondho O Godya Sonkolon
• Kobita Sonkolon
• Koni
• Mukut

Questions from this paper

1. Imagine you have just returned to Earth by time travel. Discuss whether you can still fit in, what new changes you see, and whether the earlier time was better.
2. "Universal health care should be regarded as a basic human right." Give your opinion.
3. "In the name of development it is necessary to clear the forests and destroy them." Give your views for or against this statement.
4. Which childhood readings left a deep influence on Rabindranath's mind?
5. "I have no craving for food. I am dieting." Who says this in Koni, and to whom?
6. "Beggar! Who will accept this insult of a garland from your hand?" Who says this in Mukut, and to whom?