CBSE Board Exam 2025 Live: Class 12 mathematics paper 'moderate but lengthy'; memory-based questions

CBSE Class 12 mathematics exam was held from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. Updates on admit card, paper patterns, exam guidelines, marking scheme, passing marks, difficulty level, exam analysis and more.

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Vikas Kumar Pandit | March 8, 2025 | 09:47 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 board exams 2025 for mathematics subjects was held today, March 8. The CBSE Class 12 mathematics exam was conducted in a single shift from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. The CBSE Class 12 maths exam analysis 2025 will be available soon, providing insights into the difficulty level, question trends, and student reactions.

CBSE 2025 Class 12th QP with Solutions: Maths | Chemistry | GeographyPhysics

Sample Papers 2025: Physics | Chemistry | Biology | Maths | Computer Science | Economics

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Students are required to carry their CBSE admit card 2025 along with their school ID to appear for the CBSE Class 12 board exam 2025. The CBSE Class 12 mathematics theory exam is being conducted for a total of 80 marks, while the remaining 20 marks will be evaluated based on internal assessment. The CBSE Class 12 board exam 2025 is scheduled to be held from February 15 to April 4.

Coaching institutes will also release the unofficial CBSE Class 12 maths answer key 2025 after the exam. Students can use the CBSE Class 12 maths paper answer key to calculate their probable score.

CBSE Class 12 Board Exam: Mathematics marking scheme

The mathematics marking scheme for CBSE Class 12 board exam 2025 is given in the table below.

Sections

Type of questions

Number of questions

Marks

Total marks

A

Question number 1 to 18 are MCQs and Question number 19 and 20 are Assertion-Reason Based Questions

20

1 Mark Each

20

B

Very Short Answer Type Questions

5

2 Marks Each

10

C

Short Answer Type Questions

6

3 Marks Each

18

D

Long Answer Type Questions

4

5 Marks Each

20

E

Source-Based/ Case-Based/ Passage-Based/ Integrated Units of Assessment

3

4 Marks Each

12

Total Marks




80

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Flamingo: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi

(Prose)

  • The Last Lesson Lost Spring Deep Water
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  • Indigo
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  • We Too are Human Beings

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CBSE board exam date 2025

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Business administration

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April 3

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April 4

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Book name

Chapters

Flamingo

The Last Lesson, Lost Spring, Deep Water, The Rattrap, Indigo, Poets and Pancakes, The Interview, Going Places

My Mother at Sixty-Six, Keeping Quiet, A Thing of Beauty, A Roadside Stand, Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

Vistas 

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CBSE Class 12 maths exam 2025 today

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