ISC 2025 Nepali Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Nepali paper (code 811) from the 2025 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 40-mark sections. Section A (Language) has a 400-word composition with an original-story option, a passage from Pushkar Shamsher's story 'Paribanda' with short-answer and multiple-choice questions, and ten one-mark grammar and vocabulary items. In Section B (Literature) candidates answer four of twelve questions from three of the four prescribed books: Gadya Kunj, Kavita Kunj, the novel Juneli Rekha and the play Ani Deorali Runcha. Questions below are translated from Nepali.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Nepali

Year

2025

Paper code

811

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

12

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A, Question 1

  15 marks

  Composition of about 400 words in Nepali on one of six topics, the last being an original story

• Section A, Question 2

  15 marks

  Unseen passage with three 3-mark questions and six one-mark multiple-choice questions

• Section A, Question 3

  10 marks

  Ten one-mark multiple-choice items on spelling, idioms, gender, tense and vocabulary

• 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 and story writing in Nepali
• Unseen passage comprehension
• Spelling and idioms
• Gender and tense
• Gadya Kunj (prose)
• Kavita Kunj (poetry)
• Juneli Rekha (novel)
• Ani Deorali Runcha (play)

Questions from this paper

1. Give your opinion for or against the topic 'The need for and importance of the mother tongue in education'.
2. What kind of story is 'Biha'? Bring out the psychology in the story and explain its central idea.
3. Discuss the message given to us by the poem 'Shahidharuko Samjhanama' (In Memory of the Martyrs).
4. What kind of people's lives and circumstances does the novel 'Juneli Rekha' describe, and how did the system there affect the lives of the workers?
5. Give a realistic account of how, in the play 'Ani Deorali Runcha', the poor are forced into exile because of the scheming and exploitation of the rich.