Chemistry 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 its syllabus is extremely vast.
To score maximum marks in the UP Board Class 12th Chemistry Board Exam, students must know about the blueprint, paper pattern and other essential information related to the board exam paper.
For the convenience of the students, some very important links are given at the end of the articles.
Basic Marking Structure of UP Board Class 12th Chemistry Exam:
Weightage of Various Chapters according to the Previous Year Question Paper 2015 and Latest UP Board Chemistry Blue Print is shown below:
Paper-1[General & Inorganic Chemistry]:
| Topic No. | Topics | Marks |
| 1. | रसायन विज्ञान की मूल अवधारणाएं (Basic Concepts of Chemistry ) | 2 |
| 2. | परमाणु की संरचना (Structure of Atom) | 3 |
| 3. | तत्वों का वर्गीकरण एवं गुणधर्मों में आवर्तिता (Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties) | 2 |
| 4. | रासायनिक आबंधन तथा आण्विक संरचना (Chemical Bonding and Molecular structure) | 3 |
| 5. | द्रव्य की अवस्थाएं (States of Matter) | 2 |
| 6. | ऑक्सीकरण और अपचयन या अपचयोपचय अभिक्रियाओं (Oxidation-Reduction or Redox Reactions) | 1 |
| 7. | विद्युत्-रसायन Electrochemistry | 2 |
| 8. | तत्वों के निष्कर्षण के सिद्धांत एवं प्रक्रम (Principles and Process of Extraction of Elements) | 2 |
| 9. | हाइड्रोजन (Hydrogen) | 2 |
| 10. | s-ब्लॉक के तत्व (Elements of s-block) | 3 |
| 11. | p-ब्लॉक के तत्व (Elements of p-block) | 6 |
| 12. | d- और f-ब्लॉक के तत्व (d- and f-block Elements) | 3 |
| 13. | उपसहसंयोजक यौगिक (Coordination compounds) | 2 |
| 14. | पर्यावरणीय रसायन (Environmental Chemistry) | 2 |
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| Total | 35 |
Paper-2[Physical & Organic Chemistry]:
| Topic No. | Topics | Marks |
| 1. | विलयन | 5 |
| 2. | ऊष्मागतिकी (Thermodynamics) | 3 |
| 3. | हैलोएल्केन और हैलोएरीन (Heloelken and Haloarin) | 4 |
| 4. | ऐल्कोहाल, फिनॉल और ईथऱ (Alcohol, phenol and ether) | 5 |
| 5. | ऐलीफैटिक ऐल्डिहाइड, किटोन कार्बोक्जिलिक अम्ल एवं ऐरोमेटिक एल्डिहाइड (Aldehyde aliphatic, aromatic kitons and carboxylic acid aldehyde) | 5 |
| 6. | नाइट्रोजन युक्त कार्बनिक यौगिक (Nitrogen-containing organic compound) | 4 |
| 7. | जैव अणु (Organic Molecules) | 6 |
| 8. | बहुलक (Polymer) | 3 |
|
| Total | 35 |
Marks Distribution of the Previous Year Question Paper 2015 is as follows:
| Serial No. | Types of Questions | Number of Questions | Marks of Each Question | Total Marks |
| 1. | MCQs | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 2. | Very Short Answer Type I Questions | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| 3. | Short Answer Type I Questions | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4. | Short Answer Type II Questions | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5. | Long Answer Type Questions | 2 | 3 | 6 |
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| Total = 23 |
| Total = 35 |
* Marks Distribution for both papers is same.
Choices in the question paper:
Previous year question paper and the paper issued by UP Board shows that there will be no overall choices in the coming board exam of UP Board class 12th Chemistry.
List of some previous year Question Papers for Class 12th Chemistry:
Chemistry 2015 Papers:
Chemistry 2014 Papers:
Chemistry 2013 Papers:
Chemistry 2012 Papers:
Chemistry 2011 Papers: