Karnataka 2nd PUC Passing Marks: How many marks required to pass Class 12?

Karnataka 2nd PUC Passing Marks: The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) has released Karnataka 2nd PUC 2023 result  on April 21, 2023. In order to be declared as ‘Passed’ in the exam, the student must score a minimum of 35% marks. The threshold of these minimum marks must be met separately for each subject, its theory paper as well as the practical examination. Students failing to secure at least 35% in any of the three categories will not be considered to have qualified the exam. However, as per the grace marks policy, the board will award 5% additional marks to the students in any two subjects if they so get the minimum passing marks.

Considering the marks distribution for theory and practical papers, the subjects are divided into 70-30 marks, 80-20 marks, and 100-0 marks with the higher weightage belonging to the theory paper. The passing marks for each of these papers differ, the details of which are provided below.

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Karnataka 2nd PUC Passing Marks 2023 for 70 marks theory papers

The passing marks for the subjects whose theory paper was of 70 marks are as follows:

Parameter	Passing Marks
Overall marks	100
Theory marks	70
Practical marks	30
Passing percentage	35%
Passing marks for theory	24
Passing marks for practical	11
Overall passing marks	35
Major subjects	Physics, Chemistry, and Biology

Karnataka 2nd PUC Passing Marks 2023 for 80 marks theory paper

The passing marks for the subjects whose theory paper was of 80 marks are as follows:

Parameter	Passing Marks
Overall marks	100
Theory marks	80
Practical marks	20
Passing percentage	35%
Passing marks for theory	28
Passing marks for practical	7
Overall passing marks	35
Major subjects	Accounts, Economics, Business Studies, Sociology, Geography, History and Political Science

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Karnataka 2nd PUC Passing Marks 2023 for 100 marks theory paper

The passing marks for the subjects for which there was no practical examination are as follows:

Parameter	Passing Marks
Overall marks	100
Theory marks	100
Practical marks	Not applicable
Passing percentage	35%
Passing marks for theory	35
Passing marks for practical	Not applicable
Overall passing marks	35
Major subjects	Languages and Mathematics

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