CBSE Class 12 Exam Pattern 2025: Check Subject Wise Pattern, Marking Scheme, Best Books

Academic Level

12th/Senior Secondary

Year

2024-25

Passing Marks

33%

Maximum Marks

100

Paper Medium

Offline

Level of Examination

National Level

Class 12 Language Subjects

English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, etc.

Class 12 Academic Subjects

Mathematics Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Studies, Social Studies, Economics, Accountancy, Political Science, etc.

Exam Frequency

Once in a year

Official Website

cbse.gov.in

Reading Skills

22

Creative Writing Skills

18

Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text

40

TOTAL

80

Internal Assessment

20

GRAND TOTAL

100

Part A: Accounting for Partnership Firms and Companies

-

Unit 1. Accounting for Partnership Firms

36

Unit 2. Accounting for Companies

24

Subtotal

60

Part B: Financial Statement Analysis

-

Unit 3. Analysis of Financial Statements

12

Unit 4. Cash Flow Statement

8

Subtotal

20

Part C: Project Work

20

Project work will include:

-

- Project File

12

- Viva Voce

8

Or

-

Part B: Computerized Accounting

-

Unit 4. Computerized Accounting

20

Part C: Practical Work

20

Practical work will include:

-

- Practical File

12

- Viva Voce

8

GRAND TOTAL

100

Part A: Principles and Functions of Management

-

-

1. Nature and Significance of Management

12

16

2. Principles of Management

14

3. Business Environment

12

4. Planning

14

14

5. Organising

15

6. Staffing

16

20

7. Directing

15

8. Controlling

12

Total

110

50

Part B: Business Finance and Marketing

-

-

9. Financial Management

20

15

10. Financial Markets

18

11. Marketing Management

30

15

12. Consumer Protection

12

Total

80

30

Part C: Project Work (One)

30

20

GRAND TOTAL

220

100

Part A: Introductory Macroeconomics

National Income and Related Aggregates

10

30

Money and Banking

06

15

Determination of Income and Employment

12

30

Government Budget and the Economy

06

17

Balance of Payments

06

18

Total

40

110

Part B: Indian Economic Development

Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991

12

28

Current Challenges Facing Indian Economy

20

50

Development Experience of India – A Comparison with Neighbours

08

12

Total

40

90

Theory Paper (40+40 = 80 Marks)

80

200

Part C: Project Work

20

20

GRAND TOTAL

100

220

1

Computational Thinking and Programming – 2

40

70

50

2

Computer Networks

10

15

…

3

Database Management

20

25

20

Total

70

110

70

VI

Reproduction

16

VII

Genetics and Evolution

20

VIII

Biology and Human Welfare

12

IX

Biotechnology and its Applications

12

X

Ecology and Environment

10

Total

-

70

1

Solutions

10

7

2

Electrochemistry

12

9

3

Chemical Kinetics

10

7

4

d- and f-Block Elements

12

7

5

Coordination Compounds

12

7

6

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

10

6

7

Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

10

6

8

Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

10

8

9

Amines

10

6

10

Biomolecules

12

7

Total

-

108

70

Unit–I Electrostatics

16

- Chapter 1: Electric Charges and Fields

- Chapter 2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Unit-II Current Electricity

- Chapter 3: Current Electricity

Unit-III Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

17

- Chapter 4: Moving Charges and Magnetism

- Chapter 5: Magnetism and Matter

Unit-IV Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

- Chapter 6: Electromagnetic Induction

- Chapter 7: Alternating Current

Unit–V Electromagnetic Waves

18

- Chapter 8: Electromagnetic Waves

Unit–VI Optics

- Chapter 9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

- Chapter 10: Wave Optics

Unit–VII Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

12

- Chapter 11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

Unit–VIII Atoms and Nuclei

- Chapter 12: Atoms

- Chapter 13: Nuclei

Unit–IX Electronic Devices

7

- Chapter 14: Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

Total

70

I.

Relations and Functions

30

08

II.

Algebra

50

10

III.

Calculus

80

35

IV.

Vectors and Three-Dimensional Geometry

30

14

V.

Linear Programming

20

05

VI.

Probability

30

08

1

Work, Livelihood, and Career

05

10

2

Nutrition, Food Science and Technology

23

33

3

Human Development and Family Studies

10

24

4

Fabric and Apparel

17

28

5

Resource Management

10

24

6

Communication and Extension

05

07

THEORY

-

70

126

PRACTICAL

-

30

28

GRAND TOTAL

-

100

154

Unit I

1

Human Geography

7

3

Unit II

2

The World Population Density Distribution and Growth

9

8

3

Human Development

7

Unit III

4

Primary Activities

12

19

5

Secondary Activities

10

6

Tertiary and Quaternary Activities

10

7

Transport, Communication and Trade

15

8

International Trade

10

Map Work

(Based on identification of features on World Political Map)

10

5

Total

90

35

Unit I

1

Population Distribution Density Growth and Composition

10

5

Unit II

2

Human Settlements

8

3

Unit III

3

Land Resources and Agriculture

9

10

4

Water Resources

9

5

Mineral And Energy Resources

9

6

Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context

7

Unit IV

7

Transport and Communication

11

7

8

International Trade

9

Unit V

9

Geographical Perspective on selected issues and problems

8

5

Map Work

(Based on Marking and labeling on a political Map of India)

10

5

Total

90

35

1

Themes in Indian History Part-I

60

25

2

Themes in Indian History Part-II

60

25

3

Themes in Indian History Part-III

60

25

4

Map

15

5

Total

195

80

PART A - CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS

1

The End of Bipolarity

15

6

2

Contemporary Centres of Power

18

6

3

Contemporary South Asia

18

6

4

International Organizations

10

6

5

Security in the Contemporary World

10

6

6

Environment and Natural Resources

12

6

7

Globalisation

12

4

Total

95

40

PART B - POLITICS IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE

1

Challenges of Nation-Building

16

6

2

Era of One-Party Dominance

8

4

3

Politics of Planned Development

12

2

4

India’s External Relations

20

6

5

Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System

12

4

6

The Crisis of Democratic Order

15

4

7

Regional Aspirations

15

6

8

Recent Developments in Indian Politics

20

8

Total

-

118

40

GRAND TOTAL

-

213

80

A-1

10

Top 1/8th

A-2

9

Next 1/8th

B-1

8

Next 1/8th

B-2

7

Next 1/8th

C-1

6

Next 1/8th

C-2

5

Next 1/8th

D-1

4

Next 1/8th

D-2

C

Next 1/8th

E

C

Failed Candidates