ISC 2024 Odia Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Odia paper (code 812) from the 2024 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 topics such as Chandrayaan-3 and the Green Revolution or an original short story, a passage on Vinoba Bhave and the Bhoodan movement, and a question on sentence correction and idioms. In Section B (Literature) candidates answer four of twelve questions from three of the four prescribed books: the poetry collection Pallishree, the story collection Galpa Baridhi, the biographies in Dig Darsak and the novel Chha Mana Atha Guntha. Questions below are translated from Odia.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Odia

Year

2024

Paper code

812

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

9

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A, Question 1

  15 marks

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

  Five one-mark sentence-correction items and five one-mark items on idioms

• 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 Odia
• Unseen passage comprehension
• Sentence correction
• Odia idioms
• Pallishree (poetry)
• Galpa Baridhi (short stories)
• Dig Darsak (biographies)
• Chha Mana Atha Guntha (novel)

Questions from this paper

1. 'Chandrayaan-3 is a blessing of science for us.' Write a composition on this topic.
2. Why did Saint Vinoba burn his certificates?
3. Write the central idea of the poem 'Gramasabha'.
4. Describe how Michelangelo spent his childhood.
5. What was the secret behind Sanandan's change of name to 'Padmapada'?
6. Describe the reasons for the decline of the Baghasingh family.