The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be conducting Class 12 Political Science exam today from 11:30 am to 1 pm. Students appearing for the examination must carry their admit card to the exam hall. As per the new guidelines released by the CBSE, students will have to get inside the exam hall by 10:45 am and late students will be frisked properly. Students will get 20 minutes of reading time and paper will be conducted on the OMR sheet.
As per the CBSE official political science sample paper 2021, the paper will have three sections A, B, and C. Section A and B will have 24 questions each in which 20 questions will be mandatory to attempt. Section C will have 12 questions in which 10 questions will be compulsory to attempt.
Students will not be awarded any marks for the extra questions and paper will be of total 50 marks, one mark for each question will be attempted. There is no provision of negative marking.
CBSE term 1 exam will include 50 per cent of the rationalised syllabus. As per the syllabus released by the CBSE, Class 12 Political Science paper will include topics on Contemporary World Politics like the Cold War Era and Non–aligned Movement, The End of Bipolarity, New Centers of Power among other topics.
CBSE Class 12 Political Science Exam Guidelines
As per the CBSE's COVID-19 guidelines, students will be required to follow social distancing, wear mask, use sanitiser among other guidelines as mentioned on the CBSE admit card.
Students will be provided with an OMR sheet to fill in the responses. Darken the circles as mentioned on the OMR sheet.
CBSE OMR sheet has space for 60 questions and students will have to fill the answers in correct serial only.
Students will be required to carry a black or blue ballpoint pen to darken the circles. CBSE has prohibited the use of pencil to darken the circle and the board will take action against any student found using pencil under ‘unfair means.'
Students will also be required to write a self-declaration in the provided space on the OMR sheet stating "I confirm that all particulars given above are correct" and sign in the running hand.
