ISC 2025 Gujarati Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Gujarati paper (code 804) 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 a school trip, India in 2040, fast food and an original short story; an unseen passage; and short items on idioms and vocabulary. In Section B (Literature) candidates answer four of twelve questions, from any three of the four prescribed books: Gadya Sanchay, 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

2025

Paper code

804

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 Gujarati on one of six topics, the last being an original short story

• Section A, Question 2

  15 marks

  Unseen passage, answered in the candidate's own words in Gujarati

• Section A, Question 3

  10 marks

  Ten one-mark items on idioms, sentence completion, synonyms and related vocabulary

• 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)
• Umashankar Joshi
• Aandhli Gali (novel)
• Chinu Modi na Pratinidhi Ekankio (one-act plays)

Questions from this paper

1. You went on an educational trip with your school. What did you learn, and how did the cultural heritage of that place become special for you? Write a composition.
2. Write a description of your imagination of a progressive India in 2040.
3. Write an original short story on one of these topics: benevolence, or 'Change is the law of the world'.
4. Give the title and subtitle of the story 'Jashani', and write a paragraph on its main character based on an incident in the story.
5. Introduce the heroine of the story 'Chhakali'. Explain the reason for her progress and what the outcome was.
6. Write a character sketch of M. Parekh in Aandhli Gali, and describe his first meeting with his home and with Kundan.