CBSE Class 12 Physics Board Examination Pattern: 2016

Jagran Josh

Jan 21, 2016 17:00 IST

Physics is the most important subject of Class 12th as well as from the competitive exams perspective. It is the common subject for both engineering and medical entrance examinations and also considered as one of the toughest subject.
To score maximum marks in the Class 12th Physics Board Exam, students must know about the blueprint, paper pattern and other essential information related to the board exam paper.

Weightage of Various Chapters according to the Latest CBSE Blue Print is shown below:

Unit-I	Electrostatics	8 Marks
	Chapter-1: Electric Charges and Fields
	Chapter-2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Unit-II	Current Electricity	7 Marks
	Chapter-3: Current Electricity
Unit-III	Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism	8 Marks
	Chapter-4: Moving Charges and Magnetism
	Chapter-5: Magnetism and Matter
Unit-IV	Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current	8 Marks
	Chapter-6: Electromagnetic Induction
	Chapter-7: Alternating Current
Unit-V	Electromagnetic Waves	3 Marks
	Chapter-8: Electromagnetic Waves
Unit-VI	Optics	14 Marks
	Chapter-9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruction
	Chapter-10: Wave Optics
Unit-VII	Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter	4 Marks
	Chapter-11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
Unit-VIII	Atoms and Nuclei	6 Marks
	Chapter 12: Atoms
	Chapter-13: Nuclei
Unit-IX	Electronic Devices	7 Marks
	Chapter- 14: Semiconductor Electronics
Unit-X	Communications Systems	5 Marks
	Chapter-15: Communication Systems
	Total Marks	70

Marks Distribution of the Previous Year Question Paper 2015 and the Sample Paper issued by CBSE for the year 2015-16 is as follow:

Section	Types of Questions	Number of Questions	Marks of Each Question	Total Marks
Sec A	Very Short Answer Type Questions	5	1	5
Sec B	Short Answer Type I Question	5	2	10
Sec C	Short Answer Type II Question	12	3	36
Sec D	Value Based Question	1	4	4
Sec E	Long Answer Type Questions	3	5	15
		Total = 26		Total = 70

Choices in the question paper:

Previous year question paper and the paper issued by CBSE shows that there will be no overall choices in the coming board exam.

However, an internal choice may be present for one question of 2 marks, one question of 3 marks and all the three questions of 5 marks.

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	Types of Questions	Number of Questions	Marks of Each Question	Total Marks
Sec A	Very Short Answer Type Questions	5	1	5
Sec B	Short Answer Type I Question	5	2	10
Sec C	Short Answer Type II Question	12	3	36
Sec D	Value Based Question	1	4	4
Sec E	Long Answer Type Questions	3	5	15
		Total = 26		Total = 70

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