Letter Writing Questions for CBSE Class 12: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released practice questions for Class 12 English Letter Writing. Questions for Class 12 Letter to Editor and Job Application Letter have been released with the format and marking scheme for students to practise for the CBSE Board Exam 2025.
Questions on Letter to Editor and Job Application Letter are asked in the writing section of the CBSE Class 12 English question paper. Students can easily secure full marks in this question by mastering the correct format and content structure. We have provided below the CBSE Class 12 Letter Writing practice questions with format and marking scheme. Students must download all questions and solve them to ensure thorough preparation and enhance their confidence for the annual board exam.
CBSE Class 12 Letter Writing Format 2024 with Marking Scheme
Content
♦ Expresses the intent of the letter with a strong sense of purpose [0.50 marks]
♦ Matches the brief given [0.50 marks]
♦ Uses a formal tone [0.50 marks]
♦ Uses appropriate vocabulary that is relevant to the context and fulfils the word count requirement [0.50 marks]
Award the full allotted marks for each criteria that meets the stated expectations.
Award half of the allotted marks for each criteria that needs improvement.
Award 0 marks for each criteria that does not meet the stated expectations Organisation
♦ Includes all components of a formal letter (date, sender and receiver addresses, subject line, opening and closing salutations) [0.50 marks]
♦ Follows the correct format for a formal letter (date in expanded form, alignment of content, paragraph breaks) [0.50 marks]
♦ Provides a clear sense of a beginning, middle and end [0.50 marks]
♦ Presents a smooth transition of ideas [0.50 marks]
Award the full allotted marks for each criteria that meets the stated expectations.
Award half of the allotted marks for each criteria that needs improvement.
Award 0 marks for each criteria that does not meet the stated expectations.
Language Mechanics
♦ Uses correct grammar, spelling and other language mechanics
Award the full allotted marks if there are only one or two minor errors.
Award half of the allotted marks if there is one major error.
Award 0 marks if there is more than one major error.
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CBSE Class 12 Letter Writing Examples and Questions 2024-25
Q. You are Stuti/Shayan Chakraborty, residing in 76/4, Green Park, Delhi. You have been looking for a job and you recently came across the following job openings online. Write a letter to the hiring manager of the company in 120–150 words enquiring about the job role, salary, joining date, selection process along with any other relevant details.
Source (edited): 'Visit India Online'
Q. You are Heena/Hemant. You have recently graduated from college and are looking to apply for a job. In 120–150 words, write an application letter for a job of your liking, explaining your interest in the position and your experience. In your letter, mention the supporting documents you will be including with your application.
Q. As the president of the Residents' Welfare Association of your society, you have recently noticed the unrestricted presence of hawkers on the footpaths in your neighbourhood. Write a letter in 120–150 words to your local civic body to bring their attention to the issue. Provide a suggestion for regulating their presence such that their livelihoods are not hampered.
Q. You want to enrol in a course on Public Policy and Governance. The professor teaching this course wants a statement of purpose from interested candidates expressing their reason for wanting to enrol in the course. As Jasmine/Jerry, write the letter of application in 120–150 words.
Q. You are Brijesh Pal, a volunteer at a non‐profit organisation that works with private schools serving underprivileged communities. As a volunteer, you help the teachers in the classrooms to ensure that students get good education. However, you have noticed that the students in these schools have poor nutrition and often do not have the basic resources needed to study well.
Write a letter to the editor of a national daily in about 120–150 words, sharing your views about what a good education entails and what readers can do to improve the situation. Use the cues given in the following table along with your own ideas to compose this letter.
| Problem | Effects on students | Possible Solutions |
| Poor nutrition | Attention problems, fatigue, behaviour issues, sickness causing low attendance | Set up a tiffin system: each reader can send a fixed number of meals for one child |
| Lack of stationery | No continuity in learning, struggle to explain and understand concepts, dull classrooms | Set up a fund: readers can contribute money to help buy school supplies |
Q. You are Mekhala Kalita, the founder of a social enterprise in Digboi, Assam, that provides financial opportunities to workers in rural areas by helping them sell their products to mainstream markets. You started the enterprise with the mission to empower local communities while preserving the natural environment.
Write a letter to the editor of a national daily in about 120–150 words to make readers aware of your mission and urging them to go 'Vocal for Local' by buying locally‐made products. Use the cues given below along with your own ideas to compose this letter.
♦ Local communities ‐‐‐> have specific indigenous skills ‐‐‐> use the local resources sustainably ‐‐‐> create products without harming the environment
♦ The enterprise ‐‐‐> finds markets for specific products ‐‐‐> scales up using local labour ‐‐‐> creates more job opportunities
Q. You are Saurabh Sindhi, a student of Panchavati High School in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Many of your peers have been complaining about back aches and neck pains while preparing for exams. Students often spend many hours studying without any physical breaks to stretch or move, sometimes even skipping meals and not consuming an adequate amount of water. All these adversely affect physical health.
Write a letter to the editor of a national daily in about 120–150 words explaining the issue, its causes and urging students to pay attention to the problem before it becomes a medical condition. You can use the given prompt and your own ideas to add details in the letter.
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NCERT Books for Class 12 English
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