ISC 2025 Physical Education Improvement Examination Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Physical Education Paper 1 (Theory) set by CISCE for the 2025 Improvement Examination, code 875A (marked 1225-875A-IE). It carries 70 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and follows the same three-section, fifteen-question layout as the main board paper. Section A has fifteen one-mark parts, including picture-based multiple-choice items on a fixture method and a sports career, and an assertion–reason item on flexibility training. Section B has five five-mark questions, among them a case study on giving first aid to a man who collapses with chest pain on a train. In Section C candidates answer the questions on any two of nine games, from football and cricket to 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

11

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

• Intramural and extramural competitions
• Tournaments and fixtures (knock-out, staircase, cyclic)
• Warming up and limbering down
• Training methods and types of exercise
• Pollution and its effects
• First aid and sports injuries
• Doping and NADA
• Sports organisations (IOA, NSNIS, LNIPE)
• 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. Rajat's father, who has a history of heart ailment, feels severe pain on the left side of his chest during a train journey and collapses. Suggest the first aid Rajat should give immediately and explain its procedure.
2. Explain any five ways in which physical education develops an individual's personality.
3. State the formula for the number of matches in a tournament of ten teams, and draw a fixture for these teams using the staircase method.
4. Write the full form of NADA and mention any four of its roles in prohibiting the consumption of drugs among athletes in India.
5. Describe any five situations when a ball is considered dead in cricket.
6. State any five safety requirements that the organisers must ensure for a swimming competition.