ISC 2025 Legal Studies Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Legal Studies paper (code 881) from the 2025 board examination set by CISCE. It carries 70 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has twelve compulsory questions. Section A has fourteen one-mark parts, including assertion–reason items and short fact situations. Section B has seven four-mark questions, with an internal choice in two of them, and Section C has four seven-mark questions, with an internal choice in one. Longer items include a passage on A.K. Gopalan’s detention under the Preventive Detention Act, a transfer-of-property problem, and an optional discussion of Rylands v. Fletcher and strict liability. This copy is questions only.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Legal Studies

Year

2025

Paper code

881

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: 14 one-mark parts, including multiple choice, assertion–reason and principle-and-fact items

• Section B

  28 marks

  Questions 2–8, four marks each; internal choice in two questions

• Section C

  28 marks

  Questions 9–12, seven marks each; internal choice in one question

Topics covered

• Fundamental duties
• Article 21 and preventive detention
• Rights of an arrested person
• Lokpal
• Indian Contract Act
• Torts, nuisance and strict liability
• Lok Adalat and alternate dispute resolution
• Transfer of Property Act
• Human rights
• Culpable homicide
• Cultural and educational rights

Questions from this paper

1. Many people treated Covid-19 as the work of supernatural forces and performed rituals instead of seeking its real cause. Which Fundamental Duty was not fulfilled?
2. Sheela agrees to buy a specific breed of horse from Veena, but the horse was already dead on the date of the agreement and neither of them knew. Evaluate the validity of the agreement.
3. What is a Lok Adalat? What is the significance of its award, and state any two benefits of Lok Adalat as an alternate dispute resolution system.
4. Section 25 of the Indian Contract Act says an agreement without consideration is void, subject to exceptions. Explain any four exceptions.
5. Discuss the significance of Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution of India.
6. Analyse the significance of Rylands v. Fletcher in establishing the rule of strict liability.