ISC 2024 Gujarati Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Gujarati paper (code 804) 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 of 40 marks each. Section A (Language) is compulsory: a composition of about 400 words, with topics such as a memorable journey, life without a mobile phone and an original short story; an unseen passage; and a ten-mark question on idioms and vocabulary. In Section B (Literature) candidates answer four of twelve questions, from any three of the four prescribed books: the prose collection Gadya Sanchay, the poetry collection Padhya Sanchay, the novel Aandhli Gali and Chinu Modi's representative one-act plays. The questions below are translated from Gujarati.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Gujarati

Year

2024

Paper code

804

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

9

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A, Question 1

  15 marks

  Composition of about 400 words in Gujarati on one of six topics, the last being an original short story

• Section A, Question 2

  15 marks

  Unseen passage with three 3-mark questions and six one-mark multiple-choice questions

• Section A, Question 3

  10 marks

  Ten one-mark items: meanings of idioms, completing idioms in sentences, synonyms and one-word answers

• 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 Gujarati
• Unseen passage comprehension
• Idioms and vocabulary
• Gadya Sanchay (prose)
• Padhya Sanchay (poetry)
• Aandhli Gali (novel)
• Chinu Modi na Pratinidhi Ekankio (one-act plays)

Questions from this paper

1. Write a composition of about 400 words in Gujarati on 'My memorable journey'.
2. 'It is difficult to live even for a moment without a mobile phone.' Discuss the merits and limitations of this view.
3. Write an original short story on one of these topics: jealousy, or 'Laughter is a powerful weapon'.
4. Why did the doctors lift the ban on Nikita's dancing?
5. Discuss, with reference to the lesson, the statement that Bhavan Bhagat means a man of God.
6. What is the theme of the one-act play 'Matsya Vedh'? Describe how the second character behaves with the five Pandavas.