ISC 2024 Tamil Question Paper for Class 12
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Tamil2024Download the official ISC Class 12 Tamil question paper from the 2024 board examination conducted by CISCE (paper code 814). Practise with the actual 2024 paper to revise for the final ISC examination.
Official question paper published by CISCE.
About this paper
This is the ISC Class 12 Tamil paper set by CISCE for the 2024 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 topics such as digital books and Chandrayaan-3 plus two story prompts, a comprehension passage on the Sangam poet Kaniyan Pungundranar and his verse 'Yadhum oore yavarum kelir', and questions on sentence correction and idioms. In Section B (Literature, 40 marks) students answer four ten-mark questions from any three of the four prescribed books: Podhu Tamil, Kadhai Kovai, Akilan's novel Sinekithi and Mu. Va.'s Yaan Kanda Ilangai. Sample questions below are translated from Tamil.
- Exam
- ISC Class 12
- Subject
- Tamil
- Year
- 2024
- Paper code
- 814
- Maximum marks
- 80
- Time allowed
- 3 hours + 15 min reading
- Questions
- 15
- Pages
- 10
- Answers included
- No, questions only
Paper pattern
Section A (Language)
40 marksQuestion 1: composition of about 400 words on one of six topics (15); Question 2: comprehension passage with short answers and multiple-choice parts; Question 3: sentence correction and use of idioms
Section B (Literature)
40 marksAny 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
- Idioms
- Podhu Tamil: Silappathikaram and Thirukkural
- Kadhai Kovai (short stories)
- Sinekithi (Akilan)
- Yaan Kanda Ilangai (Mu. Va.)
Questions from this paper
- 'Digital books are better than paper books today.' Write an essay for or against this view.
- Collect and write what Valluvar says in the chapter 'Poraiyudaimai' (forbearance).
- Write what the poet Suratha says under the title 'Sikkanam' (thrift).
- Establish the statement: 'The novel Sinekithi is Akilan's artistic service.'
- Describe the Kanniya hot springs in detail.
- Collect and write what Mu. Va. says about paddy cultivation on the hill slopes of Sri Lanka.
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