ISC 2025 Tamil Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Tamil paper set by CISCE for the 2025 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 global warming, technology in education and the role of students in Indian democracy plus two story prompts, a comprehension passage on the education and progress of women, and questions on usage 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

2025

Paper code

814

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; Question 3: do-as-directed usage questions and use of idioms

• 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
• Grammar and usage
• Idioms
• Podhu Tamil: Thirukkural and modern poetry
• Kadhai Kovai (short stories)
• Sinekithi (Akilan)
• Yaan Kanda Ilangai (Mu. Va.)

Questions from this paper

1. Write an essay on global warming, explaining its causes, its effects and the ways to protect the earth.
2. Write any five ideas that Valluvar gives about 'Arivudaimai' (the possession of knowledge).
3. Collect and write the plight of child labourers as described by the poet Abdul Rahman.
4. Summarise the short story 'Or Ullasa Payanam' without losing its theme and flavour.
5. Has Akilan succeeded in his aim of introducing a new kind of marriage in his novel? Examine.
6. Compare the waterfalls of Sri Lanka with Niagara Falls as Mu. Va. describes them.