CBSE 12th Exam 2025: 50% Competency-Based Questions in New Pattern

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has updated the Class 12 exam pattern for 2025. The new pattern will include more competency-based questions, focusing on assessing students' thinking skills. The number of objective, case study, and reasoning-based questions has increased, while the number of short and long-answer questions has been reduced. This change aims to improve students' understanding and application of concepts in real-life situations.

50% Competency-Based Questions

In the 2025 exam, 50% of the questions will be competency-based, assessing critical thinking and analytical skills. The number of short and long-answer questions will be limited to 30%, encouraging students to focus on reasoning rather than memorization. This is an increase from the previous 40% competency-based question format, with short-answer questions reduced from 40% to 30%.

Key Points:

CBSE changes the Class 12 exam pattern
Focus on promoting critical thinking skills
30% questions will be short and long-answer type
CBSE has released sample papers
Students can also access the marking scheme

Sample Papers and Marking Scheme

CBSE has made sample papers for all subjects available on its official website, www.cbse.nic.in. Students can download these to practice and also review the marking scheme for better preparation.

👉 CBSE Class 12 Study Materials

CBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2024-25	CBSE Class 12 Previous Year Papers
NCERT Books For Class 12 Books	NCERT Class 12 Solutions
CBSE Class 12 Full Study Material	CBSE Class 12 Sample Paper 2023-24

👉 CBSE Class 10 Study Materials

CBSE Class 10 Syllabus 2024-25	NCERT Solutions For Class 10
CBSE Class 10 Previous Year Question Papers	CBSE Class 10 Books
CBSE Class 10 Full Study Material	CBSE Class 10 Sample Paper