Class 12 boards guidance: how the paper is cracked, from your own numbers
Senior School Certificate Examination (Class XII). Conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education. Anjali knows this paper from the site's own pattern pages — and reads your scores, your mocks and what you haven't touched before saying a word.
How each Class 12 paper is built
33 compulsory questions in Physics: Section A 16 one-mark MCQs and assertion–reason items; Section B 5 questions of 2 marks; Section C 7 questions of 3 marks; Section D 2 case-based questions of 4 marks; Section E 3 long-answer questions of 5 marks. Written practice uses the 2, 3, 4 and 5-mark types; derivations, numericals and labelled diagrams are marked step by step against the value points.
33 compulsory questions in Chemistry: Section A 16 one-mark MCQs and assertion–reason items; Section B 5 questions of 2 marks; Section C 7 questions of 3 marks; Section D 2 case-based questions of 4 marks; Section E 3 long-answer questions of 5 marks. Written practice uses the 2, 3, 4 and 5-mark types; derivations, numericals and labelled diagrams are marked step by step against the value points.
33 compulsory questions in Biology: Section A 16 one-mark MCQs and assertion–reason items; Section B 5 questions of 2 marks; Section C 7 questions of 3 marks; Section D 2 case-based questions of 4 marks; Section E 3 long-answer questions of 5 marks. Written practice uses the 2, 3, 4 and 5-mark types; derivations, numericals and labelled diagrams are marked step by step against the value points.
38 compulsory questions: Section A 18 MCQs and 2 assertion–reason items of 1 mark; Section B 5 very-short-answer questions of 2 marks; Section C 6 short-answer questions of 3 marks; Section D 4 long-answer questions of 5 marks; Section E 3 case-study questions of 4 marks. Calculators are not allowed; working is marked step by step.
Structure from CBSE's 2025-26 sample question papers, which state that the 2024-25 assessment scheme continues; unit marks from the CBSE curriculum. Internal choices exist in some questions but there is no overall choice.
Where a plan for Class 12 boards usually starts
Each unit with the marks it carries in the paper, linked to its chapter. Your guide weighs these against your own scores.
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Every fact on this page comes from Structure from CBSE's 2025-26 sample question papers, which state that the 2024-25 assessment scheme continues; unit marks from the CBSE curriculum. Internal choices exist in some questions but there is no overall choice.. How the guide uses it: how Guidance works.
Your Class 12 boards plan, from your own numbers.
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