CBSE Class 12 Term 2 Exam 2021-22: Physics syllabus has five units
CBSE has announced to conduct CBSE Term 2 exams from April 26, 2022. CBSE 10th, 12th Term-2 datesheet will be released soon at cbse.nic.in.
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NEW DELHI: For the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) Class 12 Term 2 exams 2021-22, the physics syllabus will cover five units, Electromagnetic waves, Optics, Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter, Atoms and Nuclei, and Electronic Devices.
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The Class 12 CBSE Board exam 2021-22 exam and syllabus has been revised owing to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic situation. The syllabus has been divided almost equally into two sections for the two-term exams. The CBSE Term 2 examination will begin from April 26.. The CBSE Term 1 question paper was multiple-choice questions (MCQ) type, whereas the CBSE term 2 question paper will be of subjective type.
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While in the CBSE Term 1 exam, students were only given 90 minutes to finish the exam, the CBSE Term 2 exam duration will be 2 hours. The detailed list of topics of the Class 12 physics syllabus for the term 2 exams is given below:
CBSE Class 12 Term 2 Physics Syllabus: Examination, marking scheme
Unit |
Marks |
Electromagnetic Waves, Optics |
17 |
Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter, Atoms and Nuclei |
11 |
Electronic Devices |
07 |
Total |
35 |
The weightage for the CBSE Class 12 term 2 science exam will be 35 marks. Besides, a 15 marks practical examination will be conducted. The same marking scheme has been followed in the term 1 mathematics exam too. Hence, the grand total marks will be 100.
Practical examination marking scheme
Two experiments to be performed |
08 marks |
Practical record |
02 marks |
Viva on experiments, and activities |
05 marks |
Total |
15 marks |
CBSE Term 2 Physics Syllabus: Chapters
Students will have to cover as many as 6 chapters from five units in the term 2 syllabus for Class 12 exams. These are the units and chapters:
- Unit 5 - Chapter 8: Electromagnetic waves
- Unit 6 - Chapter 9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments, Chapter 10: Wave Optics
- Unit 7 - Chapter 11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
- Unit 8 - Chapter 12: Atoms, Chapter 13: Nuclei
- Unit 9 - Chapter 14: Semiconductor-Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits
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The board clarified that there will be no change in the exam pattern for the CBSE Class 10, 12 term 2 board exam and the question papers will be same as that of the CBSE sample paper.
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