ICSE and ISC 2026 Specimen Papers Released on cisce.org

CISCE released the specimen question papers for the 2026 exam cycle in August 2025 (the papers were published on 18 August 2025).

The specimen papers include: - Subject-wise papers for ICSE Class 10 and ISC Class 12 - Answer keys for select subjects - Approximately 40% competency-based questions, aligned with NEP 2020

Specimen papers are the primary official preparation resource since CISCE does not maintain a public previous-year paper archive. They show exactly how the current syllabus is examined and how marks are allocated.

Download them from cisce.org under the Specimen Question Papers section. For the 2027 exam, specimen papers will typically be released in August 2026.