ISC 2024 Legal Studies Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Legal Studies paper (code 881) from the 2024 board examination set by CISCE. It carries 70 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has twelve compulsory questions on five printed pages. Section A is Question 1, fourteen one-mark items mixing multiple choice, an assertion–reason pair, a principle-and-facts problem and very short answers. Section B has seven four-mark questions and Section C four seven-mark questions. One question in Section B and one in Section C give an internal choice. Section C includes a short case on whether a private letter amounts to defamation. This copy has the questions only.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Legal Studies

Year

2024

Paper code

881

Maximum marks

70

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

12

Pages

5

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  14 marks

  Question 1: 14 one-mark parts, including multiple choice, assertion–reason, a principle with facts, and very short answers

• Section B

  28 marks

  Questions 2–8, four marks each; internal choice in one question

• Section C

  28 marks

  Questions 9–12, seven marks each, including a case on defamation; internal choice in one question

Topics covered

• Indian Contract Act
• Transfer of Property Act
• Torts, negligence and defamation
• Culpable homicide, murder and dowry death
• Fundamental rights, restrictions and writs
• Directive Principles of State Policy
• Arbitration, conciliation and Lok Adalat
• Lokpal and the National Human Rights Commission
• National Green Tribunal
• Free legal aid and para-legal volunteers

Questions from this paper

1. State any two duties of para-legal volunteers in helping people to access justice.
2. Distinguish between assault and battery by giving any two points.
3. When does an extortion become a robbery?
4. All murders are culpable homicides, but all culpable homicides are not murders. Explain this statement and give three exceptions to the offence of murder under Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code.
5. Give the meaning of the doctrine of lis pendens and state any two of its essentials.
6. What is meant by a void agreement? Briefly discuss the provisions of Sections 25 to 30 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.