ISC 2025 Physical Education Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is ISC Class 12 Physical Education Paper 1 (Theory), code 875A, set by CISCE for the 2025 board examination. It carries 70 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has fifteen questions in three sections. Section A is one question of fifteen one-mark parts, including multiple-choice items based on pictures of a fracture and a training method, an assertion–reason item and fill-in-the-blanks. Section B has five five-mark questions, one of them a case study on planning a 13-team football tournament on a small budget. In Section C candidates answer every part of the questions on any two of nine games: football, cricket, hockey, basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton, swimming and athletics.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Physical Education

Year

2025

Paper code

875A

Maximum marks

70

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

12

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  15 marks

  Question 1 with 15 one-mark parts: multiple-choice, assertion–reason, fill in the blanks and very short answers

• Section B

  25 marks

  Questions 2–6, five marks each, including a case study; internal choice in Questions 3 and 6

• Section C

  30 marks

  Questions 7–15, one per game, 15 marks each; answer the questions on any two games

Topics covered

• Doping and anti-doping agencies
• Tournaments and fixtures
• Sports injuries, fractures and first aid
• Postural deformities
• Communicable diseases and health education
• Training methods
• Rehabilitation
• Careers in physical education
• Olympic movement and sports organisations (IOC, IOA)
• Rules and terms of games: football, cricket, hockey, basketball, volleyball
• Rules and terms of games: tennis, badminton, swimming, athletics

Questions from this paper

1. Nandita's school is organising a football tournament of 13 teams in only two days on a small budget. Which type of tournament should she organise? Draw a fixture for it, stating its formula.
2. Discuss any five causes of sports injuries.
3. What is I.O.A.? Mention any four functions of I.O.A.
4. Define health education. Explain any four of its general principles.
5. Describe any five situations when a direct free kick is awarded to a player by the referee in football.
6. Name four types of grips in badminton and discuss any two that a player can use effectively during a match.