Students will appear for the Class 12 Biology paper in the first term of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams tomorrow, December 18. As a first, CBSE is holding the exams in two terms -- Term 1 and Term 2, this year and the term 1 CBSE board exams are being held for the 50 per cent of the rationalised syllabus. As per the CBSE Biology sample paper pattern, the exams in term 1 will be held for 90 minutes.
Question papers in the term 1 exams, will have multiple-choice questions (MCQ) including case-based MCQs and MCQs on the assertion-reasoning type. CBSE Class 12 Biology sample papers and marking scheme are available at cbseacademic.nic.in. The term 1 CBSE exams for Class 12 has started on December 1 and will continue till December 22.
CBSE Term 1 Class 12 Biology Exam Pattern, Marking Scheme
The Class 12 Biology question paper will contain three sections. All the sections will be compulsory. While Section A and Section B will contain 24 questions each, Section C will only have 12 questions.
As per the CBSE sample paper Class 12 Biology 2021 with solution, only 20 questions each will have to be answered from Sections A, B and from Section C, only 10.
All questions will carry equal marks in the CBSE Class 12 Biology paper and no marks will be cut for wrong answers marked.