ISC Class 12 Physical Education Previous Year Question Papers with Solutions

The 2026 row is Physical Education Paper 1 (code 875A) from the ISC 2026 main exam, taken from CISCE's official question paper archive. Its worked solution is in our 10 Years Solved PYQ set. Every other year in the table comes with a solution.

For 2027, the syllabus sets a 3-hour theory paper of 70 marks, with 30 for practical work. Recent papers add 15 minutes of reading time.

Is there an ISC Physical Education specimen paper for 2026 or 2027?

No. CISCE released specimen papers for 2026 and for 2027 in selected subjects only, and Physical Education is not on either list (checked on 3 November 2026). The latest official Physical Education specimen, with its answer key, is the one marked ISC 2025.

Use it with the 2026 board paper. Both follow the same layout, and the ISC 2027 syllabus keeps the same nine games.

ISC Class 12 Physical Education paper pattern

• Section A, 15 marks: one question with 15 one-mark parts. MCQs, an assertion-reason item, fill in the blanks and one-line definitions.
• Section B, 25 marks: five questions of 5 marks each on the theory units. Questions 3 and 6 had an internal choice in both the specimen and the 2026 paper.
• Section C, 30 marks: nine questions of 15 marks, one for each game. You answer the questions on any two games.

The nine games are Cricket, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Tennis, Swimming and Athletics.

Where the theory marks went: 2025 specimen vs 2026 paper

We tagged every question in Sections A and B (40 marks) of both papers to its syllabus unit. Marks inside an OR choice depend on the option you pick.

• Training Methods: 14 sure marks in the specimen (19 if you take the conditioning option in Question 6). In 2026 it was 9: four one-markers and a 5-mark question on a set of exercises shown in pictures.
• Competitions and Tournaments: 7 in the specimen, 5 of them for drawing a fixture of eight teams by the tabular method. In 2026 it was 8: one-markers on a fixture, byes and seeding, and a 5-mark question on tournaments with their merits and demerits.
• Health Education and Health Problems: 3 sure marks in the specimen, plus up to 10 from the options in Questions 3 and 6. In 2026 it rose to 9 sure marks, including a 5-mark case on a postural deformity, plus part of Question 3 whichever option you pick.
• Sports Injuries and First Aid: 4 in the specimen, plus part of one option in Question 3. In 2026 only 2, plus 5 if you pick the first aid in drowning option in Question 6.
• Career and Sociological Aspects: 1 mark each in the specimen. In 2026, Career had 2 one-markers plus part of Question 3, and Sociological Aspects came only as a Question 6 option.
• Skill mix, specimen only (the 2026 paper does not print skill labels): 22 of the 40 marks in Sections A and B are Recall. Application is worth 14 of the full 70 whatever games you choose: the 5-mark case in Question 4, the fixture in Question 5 and four 1-mark items in Section C.

Source: CISCE ISC Specimen Question Paper 2025 (Physical Education Paper 1), CISCE ISC 2026 Physical Education Paper 1 (875A) from the official archive, and the ISC 2027 Physical Education syllabus; Gradehunt analysis.

What to do with this: training methods and tournaments gave 21 of the 40 marks in the specimen and 17 in 2026, so revise those two units first. For each training method, know its meaning, procedure, merits and one sport it suits. Practise knock-out fixtures with byes and seeding, and league fixtures by the staircase and tabular methods. Then give Health Education real time, as its sure marks went from 3 to 9: posture, pollution, hygiene, disability and rehabilitation.

Every game question in Section C has the same shape

In the specimen, all nine game questions share one build. Part (i) is a 3-mark question and two 1-mark questions, mostly on what the referee or umpire will decide. Part (ii) is a 5-mark question with an OR choice. Part (iii) asks you to explain two terms for 5 marks. The 2026 Football and Cricket questions follow the same 3, 1, 1, 5 and 5 split.

For each of your two games, keep three lists: terms with a two-line meaning (sledging, held ball, alley, photo finish), officials' decisions for common fouls, and the duties of each official. Learn the field diagrams with measurements too: the specimen offered a discus sector option and the 2026 Cricket question a pitch diagram.

How to practise with these past papers

• Start with the 2026 paper, then 2025, 2024 and 2023, all in the table. Use 2020 and 2019 for extra questions on your two games.
• Write each paper in one sitting: 15 minutes of reading, then 3 hours of writing, answering only your two games in Section C.
• Check against the solution point by point. If a question asks for any four merits, write four clear points, not six thin ones.

Before you mark an answer as done, check for these gaps: fewer points than asked, a fixture with no byes or round numbers, a diagram with no measurements, and a term explained in one vague line.

How the 30 practical marks are split

• Teacher's continuous evaluation, 10 marks: file work on two games or activities (4), participation and performance through the year (3) and physical efficiency tests (3).
• Visiting examiner, 20 marks: physical efficiency tests (12), specialisation tests on two basic skills of your games or activities (6) and a viva on them (2).

CISCE sets no question paper for the practical. Physical efficiency tests carry 15 of the 30 marks. The six tests are a 50 m run, a standing long jump, a 1000 m run for boys or 600 m for girls, push-ups, a shuttle run and 60-second sit-ups, so train for them through the year.

ISC 2027 Physical Education exam date

As of 3 November 2026, CISCE has not published the ISC 2027 timetable, which will carry the Physical Education date.

Gradehunt's ISC Class 12 test series includes Physical Education, with chapter tests and full-syllabus mocks on the board pattern. Every answer sheet is checked step-wise by subject experts within 48 hours of upload.

For the unit-wise topic list, see our ISC Class 12 Physical Education syllabus page.