ISC 2026 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 2026 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 on careers, training and a fixture diagram, an assertion–reason item on knock-knee, and fill-in-the-blanks. Section B has five five-mark questions, one of them a case study on a student whose study posture may lead to a postural deformity. 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

2026

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

• Careers in physical education
• Training methods and types of exercise
• Tournaments, fixtures, byes and seeding
• Pollution and communicable diseases
• Postural deformities and corrective measures
• Sports injuries and first aid
• Sports organisations (IOA, SAI, YMCA)
• Physical education and personality development
• Rules and terms of games: football, cricket, hockey, basketball, volleyball
• Rules and terms of games: tennis, badminton, swimming, athletics

Questions from this paper

1. Swati often complains of lower back pain and neck ache after long hours of study; her shoulders look depressed, her neck curves downward and her lumbar region is slightly arched. Name and explain the postural deformity this might lead to, and suggest any three corrective measures.
2. What is a tournament? Write any two merits and demerits of a tournament.
3. Explain the procedure of administering first aid to a victim of drowning.
4. Discuss the role of physical education in developing an individual's personality.
5. Enlist any five offences committed by a football player for which a red card is given by the referee.
6. Who is a libero? Write any three restrictions that a player must follow as a libero in volleyball.