ISC 2024 Malayalam Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Malayalam paper, code 809, set by CISCE for the 2024 board examination. It carries 80 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has fifteen questions on ten pages. Section A (Language, 40 marks) is compulsory: a composition of about 400 words in Malayalam, one choice being an original short story, an unseen passage to be answered in the candidate's own words, and items on grammar, idioms and proverbs. Section B (Literature, 40 marks) asks for any four questions from any three of the four prescribed books: the prose collection Gadyakairali, the poetry collection Kavyanjali, Asuravith and Manushyan Nee Thanne. The questions below are translated from Malayalam.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Malayalam

Year

2024

Paper code

809

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

10

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  40 marks

  Language: Questions 1–3, all compulsory — a 400-word composition (15 marks), an unseen passage, and grammar, idioms and proverbs

• Section B

  40 marks

  Literature: any four of Questions 4–15, ten marks each, from any three of the four prescribed textbooks

Topics covered

• Composition and story writing in Malayalam
• Unseen passage comprehension
• Grammar, idioms and proverbs
• Gadyakairali (prose)
• Kavyanjali (poetry)
• Asuravith
• Manushyan Nee Thanne

Questions from this paper

1. Write an original short story in Malayalam on one of these topics: 'A mother's mind', or 'A journey'.
2. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow, using your own words in Malayalam.
3. Why did the daughter ask, 'So mother has only been poor, and told lies?'
4. Use the idioms in the sentence as per the instructions given.
5. Use the proverbs in the sentences as per the instructions given.