ISC 2026 Punjabi Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Punjabi paper set by CISCE for the 2026 board examination. It carries 80 marks, runs for three hours plus fifteen minutes of reading time, and has 15 questions in two sections. Section A (Language, 40 marks) has a 400-word composition with essay topics such as social media and the commercialisation of education plus two story prompts, a comprehension passage on seeing virtues rather than faults in others, and a grammar and idioms question. In Section B (Literature, 40 marks) students answer four ten-mark questions from any three of the four prescribed books: the novel Marhi Da Diva, the play Kal Ajj Te Bhalak, the story collection Katha Sangam and the poetry collection Kav Keyari. Sample questions below are translated from Punjabi.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Punjabi

Year

2026

Paper code

813

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

12

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A (Language)

  40 marks

  Question 1: composition of about 400 words on one of six topics (15); Question 2: comprehension passage with short answers and multiple-choice parts (15); Question 3: sentence correction, fill-in-the-blank, word meaning and idioms (10)

• Section B (Literature)

  40 marks

  Any four of Questions 4–15, ten marks each, from any three of the four prescribed books; each book has one extract-based question and two long answers

Topics covered

• Essay and story writing
• Reading comprehension
• Sentence correction and word usage
• Idioms (muhavare)
• Marhi Da Diva (novel)
• Kal Ajj Te Bhalak (play)
• Katha Sangam (short stories)
• Kav Keyari (poetry)

Questions from this paper

1. 'Social media has broken geographical boundaries and brought people closer at a global level.' Write an essay discussing this statement.
2. Why did Jagsir build a marhi in the house, and what effect did it have on the people of the neighbourhood?
3. In the play Kal Ajj Te Bhalak, both educated and uneducated women fall victim to exploitation by a fraudulent sadhu. In your opinion, what is the reason for this?
4. Which problems of farmers are described in the story 'Moh-Mitti', and how, in your view, can they be overcome?
5. Write in your own words the summary of the poem 'Radha Sandesh' by Dhani Ram Chatrik.