ISC 2024 Dzongkha Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Dzongkha paper from the 2024 board examination, code 1224-819. It carries 80 marks and lasts three hours, with an extra fifteen minutes for reading only. Section A, Language, is worth 40 marks and must be answered in full: a composition of about 400 words, a comprehension passage to be answered in one’s own words in Dzongkha, and grammar on similar words, sentences, blanks and grammatical phrases. Section B, Prescribed Textbooks, is worth 40 marks. Candidates answer any four questions, 10 marks each, on at least three prescribed books. Those questions are extracts, explanations to be written in Dzongkha, and short sets of questions. The question matter is printed in Dzongkha. This copy has the questions only.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Dzongkha

Year

2024

Paper code

1224-819

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

7

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  40 marks

  Language, all compulsory. Question 1: a composition of about 400 words (15 marks). Question 2: a comprehension passage (15 marks). Question 3: grammar (10 marks)

• Section B

  40 marks

  Prescribed textbooks. Any four of Questions 4–15, 10 marks each, on at least three books: extracts, explanations in Dzongkha and short questions

Topics covered

• Composition
• Unseen passage
• Vocabulary in context
• Sentence writing
• Grammar
• Prescribed-text extracts
• Explanation in Dzongkha

Questions from this paper

1. Write a composition in about 400 words on one of the topics given.
2. Read the passage carefully and answer, in your own words in Dzongkha, the questions that follow.
3. Find words from the passage that have similar meanings to the words given.
4. Make sentences of your own using the words given.
5. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate grammatical item given in brackets.
6. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.