ISC 2026 Khasi Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Khasi paper (code 807) 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 of 40 marks each. Section A (Language) is compulsory: a composition of about 400 words, with topics such as social media, the environment and respect for time; an unseen passage on traditional Khasi crafts and monoliths (mawbynna); and ten one-mark items on vocabulary and idioms. In Section B (Literature) candidates answer four of twelve questions from any three of Ki Poetry Khasi, Na Mihngi Sepngi, the novel U Donputit and the drama U Tiew Larun. The questions below are translated from Khasi.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Khasi

Year

2026

Paper code

807

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

8

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A, Question 1

  15 marks

  Composition of about 400 words in Khasi on one of six topics

• Section A, Question 2

  15 marks

  Unseen passage on traditional crafts and monoliths, with three 3-mark answers and six 1-mark items

• Section A, Question 3

  10 marks

  Ten one-mark items: five on vocabulary and sentences, and five on idioms

• 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 in Khasi
• Unseen passage comprehension
• Traditional Khasi crafts and monoliths
• Vocabulary and idioms
• Ki Poetry Khasi
• V.G. Bareh
• Na Mihngi Sepngi
• Mawkhar and Shillong
• U Donputit
• U Tiew Larun

Questions from this paper

1. Write a composition of about 400 words in Khasi on the use of social media.
2. Write a composition on young people as the future of the country and the nation.
3. What does the word “matti” mean, and how many kinds of mawbynna are there?
4. According to the poem Ka Pyrem by V.G. Bareh, how does the poet feel the beauty of the season?
5. Describe the condition of Mawkhar before and after the seat of administration was established in Shillong.
6. Who is Het? Describe his character briefly.