ISC 2025 Malayalam Question Paper for Class 12
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Malayalam2025Download the official ISC Class 12 Malayalam question paper from the 2025 board examination conducted by CISCE (paper code 809). Practise with the actual 2025 paper to revise for the final ISC examination.
Official question paper published by CISCE.
About this paper
This is the ISC Class 12 Malayalam paper, code 809, set by CISCE for the 2025 board examination. It carries 80 marks and runs for three hours, with fifteen minutes of reading time. There are fifteen questions; the paper has eleven printed pages and one blank page. Section A is three compulsory language questions, including multiple-choice items for which only one option is written: a composition of about 400 words, an unseen passage to be answered in Malayalam, and grammar with idioms and proverbs. Section B has twelve literature questions. Candidates answer any four, from any three of the four prescribed books Gadyakairali, Kavyanjali, Asuravith and Manushyan Nee Thanne. The questions below are translated from Malayalam.
- Exam
- ISC Class 12
- Subject
- Malayalam
- Year
- 2025
- Paper code
- 809
- Maximum marks
- 80
- Time allowed
- 3 hours + 15 min reading
- Questions
- 15
- Pages
- 11
- Answers included
- No, questions only
Paper pattern
Section A
40 marksLanguage, 40 marks: Questions 1–3, all compulsory — a 400-word composition, an unseen passage with multiple-choice items, and grammar, idioms and proverbs
Section B
40 marksLiterature, 40 marks: any four of Questions 4–15, 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
- As the science-class secretary, describe a science exhibition you organised for the middle-school children, how keenly they took part, and what you experienced.
- Growing waste is the greatest challenge facing modern society. Describe the kinds of waste, their causes and the ways of dealing with them.
- Write an original short story in Malayalam on 'Memories' or 'An idea'.
- Analyse the layers of meaning in the story 'Hero'.
- Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow, using your own words in Malayalam.
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