ISC 2025 Fashion Designing Improvement Examination Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Fashion Designing Paper 1 (Theory) from the 2025 Improvement Examination, code 1225-865A-IE. It carries 70 marks and lasts three hours, with an extra fifteen minutes for reading only. All twelve questions are compulsory. Section A has fourteen one-mark items, mixing very short answers, multiple choice and an assertion–reason question, including items that refer to a picture. Section B has seven four-mark questions, with an internal choice in two of them. Section C has four seven-mark questions, with an internal choice in the last, which asks for a sketch. The questions cover fibre properties, dyes, weaves, La Belle Époque and Punk fashion, and traditional costumes of Kashmir, Assam, North India and Maharashtra. This copy has the questions only.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Fashion Designing

Year

2025

Paper code

1225-865A-IE

Maximum marks

70

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

12

Pages

7

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  14 marks

  Question 1 with fourteen one-mark parts: very short answers, multiple choice and one assertion–reason item, some based on a picture

• Section B

  28 marks

  Questions 2–8, four marks each; internal choice in two questions

• Section C

  28 marks

  Questions 9–12, seven marks each; internal choice in Question 12, which asks for a sketch

Topics covered

• Cotton and fibre properties
• Blended fabrics
• Natural and synthetic dyes
• Weaves and fabric construction
• Non-woven interlinings
• Baluchari sarees
• Tie-dye
• La Belle Époque
• Hippies and Punk fashion
• Traditional costume of Kashmir
• Traditional costume of Assam
• Maharashtra saree drape

Questions from this paper

1. State any four advantages of cotton fabrics.
2. Write a short note on the costumes worn by women in Europe during La Belle Époque.
3. Compare any four advantages of natural dyes with those of synthetic dyes.
4. Ishpreet bought a popular Kashmiri costume that looked like a gown, hung below the knees and carried rich, heavy embroidery. Name the costume, two raw materials used in it, the embroidery, and the lower garment it is usually paired with.
5. What is blending in textiles? Name any three types of blended fabric and state any three advantages of blended fabrics.
6. The women of Maharashtra wear a dhoti-like saree on festive occasions and weddings. Draw the costume and describe how the saree is draped.