ISC 2026 Gujarati Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Gujarati paper (code 804) from the 2026 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. Section A (Language, 40 marks) has a 400-word composition, with topics such as a delivery boy's hardships, conserving nature and a day spent keeping a vow of truth, an unseen passage, and ten one-mark items on idioms, sentences, synonyms and antonyms. In Section B candidates answer four ten-mark questions from any three of the four prescribed books: Gadya Sanchay, Padhya Sanchay, the novel Aandhli Gali and the one-act plays in Chinu Modina Pratinidhi Ekankio. Questions below are translated from Gujarati.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Gujarati

Year

2026

Paper code

804

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

10

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 a choice of two moral stories

• Section A, Question 2

  15 marks

  Unseen passage with short-answer questions and one-mark multiple-choice questions

• Section A, Question 3

  10 marks

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

• 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, synonyms and antonyms
• Gadya Sanchay
• Padhya Sanchay
• Aandhli Gali
• Chinu Modina Pratinidhi Ekankio

Questions from this paper

1. Describe the different forms of nature, examine what a human being receives from each, and analyse how natural wealth should be conserved.
2. You took a vow to speak only the truth for one day. Describe your experiences during that day and the effect they had on you.
3. Explain, with illustration, the statement that a mother's love is greater than the world, with reference to the poem "Janani".
4. Which poem by Ramesh Parekh did you like? Write a critical appreciation of that poem.
5. Explain the aptness of the title "Khulla Barna" and present any one incident from the play.
6. Introduce the characters of the one-act play "Photographer" and analyse how its plot develops.