BSEB 12th Arts Exam Pattern 2025: Know Marking Scheme & Exam Duration
Bihar School Examination Board 12th 2025 ( BSEB 12th )
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The Bihar Board will be conducting the examinations in February 2023. The BSEB marking scheme for Class 12 was revised last year. According to the marking scheme released, in case a candidate fails in a compulsory subject BSEB Class 12 board exams, the marks obtained in the additional subject will be considered instead. The newly introduced change will enable students to appear for the exams to obtain an aggregate pass mark.
As per the revised BSEB 12th Exam Pattern, the BSEB 12th exams will have 50% multiple-choice questions, carrying 1 mark each. Subjects having both theory and practicals will only have 35 MCQ in the theory paper. The total exam duration is 3 hours and 15 minutes. Students must be familiar with the BSEB Class 12 Syllabus before preparing for the examinations. They can also check the BSEB Class 12 Preparation to know the tips and tricks for better preparation of the BSEB Class 12 exams.
- Bihar Board 12th Exam Pattern Arts Stream
- BSEB 12th Exam Pattern Subject-wise
- How to download BSEB 12th Pattern?
Bihar Board 12th Exam Pattern Arts Stream
| Subjects |
Full Marks |
Theory |
Pass Marks |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theory |
Practical |
Total |
|||
| RB -Non-Hindi |
50 |
50 |
15 |
||
| Alternative English |
50 |
50 |
15 |
||
| English/Hindi |
100 |
100 |
30 |
||
| History |
100 |
100 |
30 |
||
| Political Science |
100 |
100 |
30 |
||
| Psychology |
100 |
70 |
21 |
12 |
33 |
| Geography |
100 |
70 |
21 |
12 |
33 |
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BSEB 12th Exam Pattern Subject-wise
Given below is the exam pattern of the BSEB 12th examinations:
| Subjects |
Theory paper |
|---|---|
| Multimedia & Web Technology, Psychology, Geography, Home Science, Agriculture, Physical Education and yoga | 70 marks |
| English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Urdu and other languages |
100 marks |
| History, Sociology, Political science, Philosophy |
100 marks |
Number of MCQs in the exam as per the BSEB 12th exam pattern is mentioned below:
| Subjects | Number of MCQs |
|---|---|
| English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Urdu and other languages | 50 |
| Entrepreneurship, Computer science, Multimedia & Web Technology, Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Home Science, Agriculture, Physical Education and Yoga | 35 |
| Accountancy, Business Studies, Economics, Mathematics, History, Sociology, Political science, Philosophy | 50 |
How to download BSEB 12th Pattern?
Students can visit the official BSEB website to download the Bihar Board Class 12 exam pattern. Students must be thorough with the Bihar Board Class 12 syllabus as well as the exam pattern to prepare well for the Class 12 examinations. They must start preparing as early as possible to avoid any last-minute hassle.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
The exam routine for the Bihar board 12th class generally gets released in December, just before the exams occur in February.
Their Schedule comprises subjects for both Science, Arts, and Commerce streams, together with both theory and practical examinations.
Most of the exams begin in morning or afte
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