ISC 2024 Psychology Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Psychology paper (code 855), set by CISCE for the 2024 board examination. It carries 70 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has 12 compulsory questions in three sections. Section A is one question of short objective items, including fill in the blanks, an assertion–reason item, true or false and multiple-choice scenarios. Section B has seven four-mark short answers and Section C four seven-mark long answers, with internal choices in Questions 2, 6 and 10. Many questions are built on short case vignettes, therapist–client dialogues and a counselling cartoon, and the paper ends with a psychiatrist's conversation with a patient's wife. This copy has the questions only, without answers.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Psychology

Year

2024

Paper code

855

Maximum marks

70

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

12

Pages

6

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  14 marks

  Question 1 with objective and very short answer items, including assertion–reason, true or false and multiple-choice scenarios

• Section B

  28 marks

  Questions 2–8, four marks each; internal choice in Questions 2 and 6

• Section C

  28 marks

  Questions 9–12, seven marks each; internal choice in Question 10

Topics covered

• Theories of intelligence
• Creativity and intelligence
• Maslow's theory of personality
• Kohlberg's theory of moral development
• Piaget's stages of cognitive development
• Stress and its causes
• Psychological disorders
• Attitudes and beliefs
• Counselling
• Juvenile delinquency
• Environment and crowding
• Cognitive behavioural therapy

Questions from this paper

1. Which psychologist proposed the Theory of Multiple Intelligence? Discuss any three types of multiple intelligence.
2. Humanistic psychologists like Maslow consider personality as a continuing process of personal growth and realisation. Explain this statement by giving any four stages of Maslow's theory of personality.
3. With the help of suitable examples, discuss the components of attitude.
4. Discuss Guilford's Structure of Intellect Model.
5. Discuss any five effects of crowding in an urban setting.
6. Briefly explain how a psychiatrist can use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the treatment of a patient.