ICSE and ISC Specimen Paper for 2025

The percentage of analytical questions increased to 25. Chapter-wise PDFs are available for download

<red> May 16th, 2024 <red>

CISCE 2025: Specimen Papers for Increase of Percentage to 25 for Analytical Questions Released 

On May 15th, 2024, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) released a notification about the percentage boost for analytical questions from 15% to 25% for ICSE Class 10 and ISC Class 12. 

In alignment with NEP (National Education Policy), CISCE has released the Specimen Papers for the 2025 session. Bloom's taxonomy levels (Interpretation, Application, Evaluate, and Evaluate) have been applied in all the subjects except for English Language Paper 1.

ISC and ICSE Class 10 Specimen Papers for 2025 may be uploaded for the following subjects. We have updated the ones already live on the website.

ICSE Class 10

ISC Class 12

What You Will Find in These ISC Specimen Papers 2025?

CISCE recently released specimen papers that adhere to NEP 2020 guidelines and evaluate core competencies. This paper includes application-based questions and aims to improve high-order thinking skills. The percentage of analytical and critical thinking questions will increase steadily every year. 

This time, the board also has added the answer keys along with the ISC Specimen Papers 2025. The answer key along with how to approach questions pointers will be added in the footnotes. It aims to promote real-life applications and eliminate rote learning. The percentage of analytical questions raised to 25% and will keep increasing every year. 

Note: Please note that the pattern of the Question Papers in the remaining subjects shall remain the same as that of the Year 2024 for both ICSE and ISC Examinations. 

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