The 2025 O/L Sinhala Paper I we have has 33 questions across 25 topics. Proverbs (ප්‍රස්තාව පිරුළු) and word meanings (වචනාර්ථ) had the most, 3 questions each. All 8 topics asked in every sitting since 2012 came back in 2025. Verbs (ක්‍රියා පද), asked in 12 of the 14 sittings, did not appear.
Topics on the 2025 paper
The table is sorted by how many questions that topic has on the 2025 paper. Sittings is how many of the 14 papers from 2012 to 2025 asked it. There are 25 topics.
| Topic | 2025 questions | Sittings |
|---|---|---|
| ප්‍රස්තාව පිරුළු | 3 | 14 of 14 |
| වචනාර්ථ | 3 | 14 of 14 |
| අලංකාර | 2 | 13 of 14 |
| පද භාවිතය | 2 | 13 of 14 |
| පර්යාය පද | 2 | 13 of 14 |
| සාහිත්‍ය ඉතිහාසය | 2 | 12 of 14 |
| අකාරාදි පිළිවෙළ | 1 | 14 of 14 |
| අක්ෂර වින්‍යාසය | 1 | 6 of 14 |
| අක්ෂර හා පද වර්ග | 1 | 6 of 14 |
| උක්ත අනුක්ත නාම පද | 1 | 12 of 14 |
| ඕෂ්ඨජ ව්‍යඤ්ජන | 1 | 1 of 14 |
| ඡේද අවබෝධය | 1 | 14 of 14 |
| නාම ආඛ්‍යාත ගැළපීම | 1 | 14 of 14 |
| නිපාත පද | 1 | 11 of 14 |
| පද ගැළපීම | 1 | 7 of 14 |
| ප්‍රත්‍යය | 1 | 8 of 14 |
| රූඪි ව්‍යවහාර | 1 | 14 of 14 |
| වචන ගොනු | 1 | 7 of 14 |
| විභක්ති | 1 | 10 of 14 |
| විරුද්ධ පද | 1 | 14 of 14 |
| ව්‍යාකරණ ප්‍රවර්ග | 1 | 12 of 14 |
| සන්ධි | 1 | 12 of 14 |
| සමාස | 1 | 14 of 14 |
| සාමාන්‍ය දැනුම | 1 | 3 of 14 |
| ස්වර පිලි | 1 | 8 of 14 |
5 questions from this sitting, with the correct answer and the reason, are on the 2025 O/L Sinhala paper page.
The regulars that came back
All 8 topics asked in every sitting are on the 2025 paper.
- වචනාර්ථ (14 of 14. 3 questions in 2025.)
- රූඪි ව්‍යවහාර (14 of 14. 1 question in 2025.)
- ප්‍රස්තාව පිරුළු (14 of 14. 3 questions in 2025.)
- නාම ආඛ්‍යාත ගැළපීම (14 of 14. 1 question in 2025.)
- ඡේද අවබෝධය (14 of 14. 1 question in 2025.)
- සමාස (14 of 14. 1 question in 2025.)
- අකාරාදි පිළිවෙළ (14 of 14. 1 question in 2025.)
- විරුද්ධ පද (14 of 14. 1 question in 2025.)
These topics were asked in 13 of the 14 sittings, and they are on the 2025 paper too. Each has 2 questions on it.
- අලංකාර (13 of 14. 2 questions in 2025.)
- පද භාවිතය (13 of 14. 2 questions in 2025.)
- පර්යාය පද (13 of 14. 2 questions in 2025.)
Regulars the 2025 paper skipped
The topics below are not on the 2025 paper. There is no guarantee they will be asked in 2026. Leaving them unpractised is a risk.
- Verbs (ක්‍රියා පද, 12 of 14 sittings, last asked in 2024, and also absent in 2022).
- Writing rules (ලේඛන රීති, 11 of 14 sittings, last asked in 2024).
- Poetry appreciation (පද්‍ය රසවින්දනය, 8 of 14 sittings, last asked in 2021).
New on the 2025 paper
ඕෂ්ඨජ ව්‍යඤ්ජන is a topic label that appears only on the 2025 paper, out of the sittings we hold. It is a new topic label, not a new kind of question. The related label උච්චාරණ ස්ථාන appears in 2018, 2019 and 2022.
සාමාන්‍ය දැනුම is rare. It was asked in 3 sittings only: 2021, 2023 and 2025.
Where the 2025 paper was hard
Of the 33 questions, we rated 4 easy, 21 medium and 8 hard. These are our ratings, not the Department of Examinations'. The 8 questions we rated hard sit on 8 different topics. No topic has two. Where the hard questions sit across every paper we hold is in the hardest O/L Sinhala MCQ topics.
One worked question from the 2025 O/L Sinhala paper
The question below is on ස්වර පිලි. It is already public on the 2025 O/L Sinhala paper page, which shows 5 questions from that sitting with the correct option and the reason. This is one of that sample.
එක් එක් වචනයේ පළමු අකුරෙහි දීර්ඝ පාපිල්ල, කොම්බුව හා දීර්ඝත්ව ලක්ෂණය, දීර්ඝ ඇදය සහ කෙටි ඉස්පිල්ල අනුපිළිවෙළින් යෙදී ඇති වරණය තෝරන්න.
- Aසූරයා, කේතලය, නෑකම, විපත
- Bනෑකම, කේතලය, සූරයා, විපත
- Cසූරයා, විපත, නෑකම, කේතලය
- Dනෑකම, විපත, කේතලය, සූරයා
How to use this before the 2026 paper
Revise the regulars this paper skipped first. Then revise the topics that appear in every sitting, by question type. That order is in the question types that appear every year.
The 2026 Sinhala paper is on Wednesday, 9 December 2026. Papers I and II are held at the time in this line of the time table: Papers I and II together, 08:30 – 11:40. Paper III is on the same table: Paper III, 13:00 – 15:00. That date and those times are the Department of Examinations time table, issued on 6 October 2026. The official copy is on doenets.lk. The day is written up in the paper-day guide, and the weeks up to it are in the 8-week plan.
What this page is not
This page is not a prediction of the 2026 paper. It is not the full 2025 paper. There is no PDF. Single-year practice is not possible. The journey starts at the beginning. It covers all 14 papers from 2012 to 2025. This page is about the Paper I multiple-choice questions only. English medium is not here. Wizder is not affiliated with the Department of Examinations.
The 2025 O/L Sinhala paper page shows 5 questions from that sitting. Every sitting is on the O/L Sinhala past papers page. Practise the questions in the Sinhala journey.
One more, to try yourself
“සේවකයෝ රාජකාරි නිමා කර කාර්යාලයෙන් පිටත් වූහ.” යන වාක්‍යයෙහි ‘කාර්යාලයෙන්’ යන්නෙහි විභක්තිය කුමක් ද?
- Aඅවධි
- Bආධාර
- Cසම්ප්‍රදාන
- Dකර්ම
Common questions
What did the 2025 O/L Sinhala paper test?
The 2025 Paper I we have has 33 questions across 25 topics. Proverbs and word meanings had the most (3 each), and all 8 every-sitting types came back.
Which regular topics were not on the 2025 paper?
Verbs (12 of 14 sittings), writing rules (11 of 14) and poetry appreciation (8 of 14). Practise them before 2026 too.
Where are the 2025 O/L Sinhala paper answers?
The 2025 year page has 5 questions with the correct answer and the reason. The rest are in the Wizder app's Sinhala journey, free.
Can I download the 2025 paper as a PDF or practise only that year?
No. There are no PDFs. The app starts the Sinhala journey from the beginning and covers every paper from 2012 to 2025, so single-year practice isn't possible.
Does this cover Paper II?
No. This page is about the Paper I multiple-choice questions only.