ISC 2025 Political Science Improvement Examination Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Political Science paper (code 852) from CISCE's 2025 Improvement Examination. It carries 80 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has 13 compulsory questions in three sections. Section A has sixteen one-mark subparts: multiple choice, assertion–reason, analogy, fill in the blanks, true or false and one-word answers. Section B has eight four-mark short answers, including a picture-based question on protection against arbitrary arrest and one on the Fundamental Duties added by the 42nd Amendment. Section C has four eight-mark long answers: an image-based question on a form of state, and a closing case study on migrant construction workers denied their rights. Internal choices are given in Questions 5, 7 and 11. This copy has the questions only.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Political Science

Year

2025

Paper code

852

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

13

Pages

7

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  16 marks

  Question 1 with sixteen one-mark very short answer subparts, including multiple choice and assertion–reason items

• Section B

  32 marks

  Questions 2–9, four marks each, including a picture-based question; internal choice in Questions 5 and 7

• Section C

  32 marks

  Questions 10–13, eight marks each, including an image-based question and a closing case study; internal choice in Question 11

Topics covered

• Authoritarian, unitary and federal states
• Caste in electoral politics
• Written and unwritten constitutions
• Fundamental Rights and their exceptions
• Ministerial responsibility
• Presidential form of government
• Municipal Corporations
• Legislative powers of the President of India
• Judicial review in India and the USA
• Fundamental Duties
• Political parties and party systems
• Prime Minister of India

Questions from this paper

1. All unwritten constitutions are flexible. Justify the statement.
2. Ministerial responsibility is the backbone of a parliamentary form of government. In the light of this statement, discuss any two dimensions of ministerial responsibility.
3. Enumerate any four functions of the Municipal Corporation.
4. Compare the process of judicial review in India and the U.S.A. on any two bases.
5. The American President and the Indian President can be impeached by their respective legislatures. Differentiate between the impeachment proceedings of India and the US.
6. Discuss the role of the Prime Minister in the Indian parliamentary system.