ISC 2025 Fashion Designing Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is ISC Class 12 Fashion Designing Paper 1 (Theory), code 865A, set by CISCE for the 2025 board examination. It carries 70 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has twelve compulsory questions in three sections. Section A has fourteen one-mark items: fill-in-the-blanks, multiple-choice, an assertion–reason question and two picture-based identifications. Section B has seven four-mark short answers on yarns, fabric properties, industrial textiles, weaves and Indian costumes, and Section C has four seven-mark long answers on European fashion of the sixties and seventies, woven versus knitted fabrics, 21st-century fabric technology and a costume sketch. Internal choices are given in Questions 6, 8 and 12. This copy has the questions only.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Fashion Designing

Year

2025

Paper code

865A

Maximum marks

70

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

12

Pages

8

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  14 marks

  Question 1: 14 one-mark objective and very short answer items, including picture-based identification

• Section B

  28 marks

  Questions 2–8, short answers of four marks each; internal choice in Questions 6 and 8

• Section C

  28 marks

  Questions 9–12, long answers of seven marks each; internal choice in Question 12, which needs a sketch

Topics covered

• Yarns and yarn manufacture
• Properties and serviceability of textiles
• Industrial uses of textiles
• Weaving, knitting and non-woven fabrics
• Traditional sarees and costumes of India
• European fashion from 1914 to the 1920s
• Swinging sixties and retro fashion in Europe
• Recent developments in fabric technology

Questions from this paper

1. Define two major types of yarns and cite one suitable example of each.
2. State any four industrial uses of textiles.
3. Write a short note on the non-woven fabric in which webs are made and used as insulated interlining in winter jackets.
4. Explain any four features of the revolutionary fashions of women during the swinging sixties in Europe.
5. Provide any seven differences between woven and knitted fabrics with the help of suitable examples.
6. Discuss the recent developments and techniques used in making various types of fabrics in the 21st century.