CBSE Class 12 Marking Scheme 2023-2024

Exam Conducting Authority

Central Board of Secondary Education

Category

CBSE Class 12th exam pattern 2023-24

Question Paper Pattern

• 20% MCQs

• 30% Competency-based questions in the form of multiple-choice questions, case-based questions, source-based integrated questions or any other types.

• 50% Short answer/long answer questions

Total Duration

3 hours

Maximum Marks

100 (Theory + Practical)

• 80 marks theory + 20 marks project works for commerce subject (Accountancy, Busine Studies, and Economics)

• 80 marks theory + 30 marks practicals for Physics, Chemistry, and Biology

• 80 marks Maths written exam + 20 marks internal assessment

Units

Period

Marks

Part A: Accounting for Partnership Firms and Companies

Unit-1: Accounting for Partnership Firms

105

36

Unit-2:  Accounting for Companies

45

24

150

60

Part B: Financial Statement Analysis

Unit-3: Analysis of Financial Statements 

30

12

Unit 4: Cash Flow Statement

20

8

50

20

• Part C: Project Work

• will include:

• Project File: 4 marks

• Written Test: 12 marks (1 hour)

• Viva Voce: 4 marks

20

20

Or

Part B: Computerized Accounting

Unit 4. Computerised Accounting

50

20

• Part C: Practical Work

• Practical work will include:

• Practical File: 4 Marks

• Practical Examination: 12 Marks (One Hour)

• Viva Voice: 4 marks

20

20

Units

Period

Marks

Part A: Principles and Functions of Management

1

Nature and Significance of Management

12

16

2

Principles of Management 

12

3

Business Environment 

12

4

Planning 

14

14

5

Organizing 

15

6

Staffing  

16

20

7

Directing

15

8

Controlling

12

Total

110

50

Part B: Business Finance and Marketing

7

Financial Management  

20

15

8

Financial Markets 

18

9

Marketing Management 

30

15

10

Consumer Protection

12

                          Total

80

30

Project Work (One)

30

20

Units

Title

Period

Marks

Part A:  Introductory Macroeconomics

National Income and Related Aggregates 

30

10

Money and Banking

15

6

Determination of Income and Employment 

30

12

Government Budget and the Economy 

17

6

Balance of Payments

18

6

                                          Total

40

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

Theory Paper (40+40 = 80 Marks)

40

200

Project Work

20

20

S.No

Title

Periods

Marks

1

Solutions

15

7

2

Electrochemistry

18

9

3

Chemical Kinetics

15

7

4

d -and f -Block Elements

18

7

5

Coordination Compounds

18

7

6

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

15

6

7

Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

14

6

8

Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

15

8

9

Amines

14

6

10

Biomolecules

18

7

Total

160

70

Chemistry Weightage Class 12 Practicals

Topics

Volumetric Analysis

08 marks

Salt Analysis 

08 marks

Content Based Experiment 

06 marks

Project Work 

04 marks

Class record and viva

04 marks

Practical Total Marks

30 marks

Total Marks  (Theory + Practicals)

100 marks

Units

Periods

Marks

Unit 1

Electrostatics

26

16

Chapter–1: Electric Charges and Fields

Chapter–2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance 

Unit 2

Current Electricity

18

Chapter–3: Current Electricity 

Unit 3

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

25

17

Chapter 4: Moving Charges and Magnetism

Chapter 5: Magnetism and Matter

Unit 4

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents 

24

Chapter 6: Electromagnetic Induction

Chapter 7: Alternating Current 

Unit 5

Electromagnetic Waves 

04

18

Chapter 8: Electromagnetic Waves

Unit 6

Optics

30

Chapter 9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

Chapter 10: Wave Optics

Unit 7

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

08

12

Chapter 11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

Unit 8

Atoms and Nuclei

15

Chapter 12: Atoms

Chapter 13: Nuclei

Unit 9

Electronic Devices

10

07

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

             Total

160

70

Physics Weightage Class 12 Practicals 

Topics

Two experiments one from each section

7 + 7 marks

Practical record (experiments and activities)

5 marks

One activity from any section

3 marks

Investigatory Project

3 marks

Viva on experiments, activities, and project

5 marks

Practical Total Marks

30 marks

Total Marks (Theory + Practicals)

100 marks

Units

Title

Marks

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

Practicals

Evaluation Scheme

One Major Experiment 5

5 marks

One Minor Experiment 2 & 3

4 marks

Slide Preparation 1& 4

5 marks

Spotting 

7 marks

Practical Record + Viva Voce

4 marks

Project Record + Viva Voce 

5 marks

Practical Total Marks

30 marks

Total Marks (Theory + Practicals)

100

S.No.

Title

Periods

Marks

Relations and Functions

30

8

Algebra

50

10

Calculus

80

35

Vectors and Three-Dimensional Geometry 

30

14

Linear Programming

20

05

6

Probability

30

08

Total

240

80

Internal Assessment

20

Total Marks

100

Subject

Competencies

Marks

Reading Skills

• Conceptual understanding, 

• Decoding

• Analyzing 

• Inferring

• Interpreting

• Appreciating

• Literary, 

• Conventions and vocabulary, 

• Summarizing 

• Using appropriate format

20

Creative Writing Sills

• Conceptual Understanding

• Application of Rules

• Analysi

• Reasoning,

• Appropriacy of style and tones, 

• Using appropriate format and fluency.

• Inference, analysis, 

• Evaluation  And Creativity. 

20

Literature Textbooks and Supplementary Reading Texts 

• Recalling

• Reasoning

• Critical thinking

• Appreciating literary convention

• Inference

• Analysis

• Creativity with fluency.

40

Total

80

• Assessment of Listening And Speaking Skills

10

Internal Assessment:

• Listening 

• Speaking

• Project Work

5

5

10

Total Marks

100