ISC 2026 Home Science Improvement Examination Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is ISC Class 12 Home Science Paper 1 (Theory), code 864A, from the 2026 Improvement Examination set by CISCE. It carries 70 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has 12 compulsory questions in three sections. Section A is fourteen one-mark items on roux, consumer rights, adolescence, an eating disorder and water purification. Section B has seven four-mark questions, with an internal choice in two, on savings, meal planning, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, online banking, and late adulthood or anger management. Section C has four seven-mark questions, with an internal choice in one, on puberty, a weight-reduction menu, the pressure cooker, and Chikankari or Kanjeevaram silk. This copy has the questions only.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Home Science

Year

2026

Paper code

864A

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 with 14 one-mark parts, mixing multiple-choice items, two assertion–reason items and very short answers

• Section B

  28 marks

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

• Section C

  28 marks

  Questions 9–12, seven marks each, split into shorter parts; internal choice in Question 12

Topics covered

• Preliminary cooking methods
• Consumer rights and deceptive sales
• Adolescence and peer pressure
• Eating disorders
• Savings and online banking
• Meal planning
• Water purification
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• Integrated Child Development Services
• Late adulthood
• Pressure cooking
• Chikankari and Kanjeevaram textiles

Questions from this paper

1. What is the cooked mixture of equal quantities of butter and flour, used as the base of a cheese sauce, called?
2. Name the eating disorder in which a seventeen-year-old eats a large quantity of food and then eliminates it by self-induced vomiting or laxatives.
3. Why is boiling not a popular method of purifying water for household use?
4. Suggest any two methods of water purification that a village can adopt to reduce water-borne disease, and state any two objectives of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
5. State any three advantages of a pressure cooker for someone who must leave early for work, and list any four foods that cook well in it.
6. Discuss any three features that are unique to Kanjeevaram silk sarees.