Kerala 12th Exam Pattern 2025: Total Marks, Marking Scheme & Exam Duration

Kerala Board of Higher Secondary Education 12th 2025 ( Kerala 12th )

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Updated on Jun 17, 2024 10:36 IST

Kerala DHSE +2 Exam Pattern 2025: Kerala Board of Public Examinations (KBPE) will release the Kerala Plus Two Exam Pattern 2025 on its official website. Students can check the Kerala DHSE +2 Exam Pattern 2025 to know about the marking scheme, duration of exam, weightage to topics and more.

The Kerala 12th time table 2025 will be released on official website. The Kerala 12th exams 2025 will be held in March 2025. It is very important that students should understand the Kerala 12th syllabus and pattern and start preparing for the board exam accordingly. Students can also go through the Kerala Plus two sample papers to get an idea of the Kerala 12th board exam 2025.

Students can build a strategy using the exam pattern to answer questions in Kerala Plus Two Exams 2025 and score well. 

    • Each exam of Kerala DHSE 2025 will be conducted for a duration of 2 to 2.5 hours in offline mode. 
    • Broadly, the examination of every subject has three components, i.e. terminal examination (TE), continuous examination (CE) and practical examination (PE). 
    • A candidate will be required to secure a grade of D+ or above, with a minimum of 30% aggregate score in CE, PE, and TE, when taken together, and at least 30% in TE separately, to pass any subject. 
    • Aspirants of Kerala DHSE class 12 examination can find the overview of Kerala DHSE exam pattern 2024 and subject-wise exam pattern below.

Click Here to download Kerala Plus Two Marking Scheme.

Q:   Where can I find the Kerala Plus Two exam pattern 2025?

A:

Kerala Board of Public Examinations (KBPE) released the Kerala Plus Two Exam Pattern 2025 online on its official website. Students can check the Kerala DHSE +2 Exam Pattern on the official website. This helps students to know about the marking scheme, duration of exam. It also helps them to know the weightage to topics and more. Students are advised to download the Kerala Plus Two Exam Pattern 2025.

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Q:   What are the different streams offered by Kerala DHSE?

A:
There are four streams of subjects that are offered by the Kerala DHSE Board. They are Science, Commerce, Humanities and Technical. The subjects in Kerala Plus Two Science stream include Physics Maths Chemistry Biology Computer Science, Home Science, Electronics, Statistics and Psychology. The Kerala Plus Two Commerce subjects include Business Studies, Accountancy, Economics, Maths Statistics Politics, and Computer Application. The Kerala Plus Two Humanities subjects in Kerala include Economics, Politics, History, Geography, Sociology, Geology, etc.
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Q:   When will be DHSE Kerala plus two exam 2025 held?

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The DHSE Kerala plus two exam 2025 will be held from March 3 to 26, 2025. The Kerala Board of Public Examinations (KBPE) released the Plus two exam 2025 dates on November 1, 2024. Last year, board released the DHSE Kerala 12th time table 2024 on the official website in September 18, 2023. We have uploaded the DHSE Kerala 12th time table 2025 PDF on our page. 

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Kerala DHSE +2 Exam Pattern 2025

Particulars

Details

Mode of examination

Pen and paper format

Duration of exam

2 to 2.5 hours

Plus Two Total marks

100

Examination components

Terminal examination
Continuous examination
Practical examination

Qualifying criteria (plus two grading system in Kerala)

D+ or above (30% aggregate); and a minimum of 30% in TE separately

Check the distribution of scores below.

Kerala plus two pattern 2024

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Subject-wise Kerala DHSE Exam Pattern 2025

Students can check plus two total marks for each subject along with the duration of the exam, qualifying score in the table below:

Subject

Duration (in hrs)

Kerala plus two total marks

Qualifying score for TE

Overall qualifying score

English

2.5

100

24

30

Physics

2

100

18

30

Chemistry

2

100

18

30

Biology
 (Botany and Zoology)

2.5

100

18

30

Computer science

2

100

18

30

Economics

2.5

100

24

30

Mathematics

2.5

100

24

30

History

2.5

100

24

30

Political science

2.5

100

24

30

Psychology

2

100

18

30

Geography

2

100

18

30

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Q:   What is the Kerala 12th exam pattern?

A:

Each exam of Kerala DHSE will be conducted for a duration of 2 to 2.5 hours in offline mode. The examination of every subject has three components, i.e. terminal examination (TE), continuous examination (CE) and practical examination (PE). A candidate will be required to secure a grade of D+ or above, with a minimum of 30% aggregate score in CE, PE, and TE, when taken together, and at least 30% in TE separately, to pass any subject. It is very important that students should understand the Kerala 12th syllabus and pattern and start preparing for the board exam accordingly. 

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Kerala Plus Two exam Pattern 2025: Download PDF

Once released, we will upload the Kerala plus two exam pattern 2025 here. Students can download the Kerala 12th exam pattern 2023-24 here. 

FAQs on Kerala Plus Two Exam Pattern 2025

Check FAQs on Kerala 12th exam pattern.

Q:   What is the grading scheme of the Kerala Plus two exam?

A:

To get A+ in the DHSE Kerala plus two exam, students should secure an aggregate percentage between 90 and 100. The grade position for those students is Outstanding. Percentage between 80-89 is considered as A grade. B+ grade is awarded to those scoring between 70-79 percentage. 60-69 percentage is considered as B grade. 50-59 percentage is considered as C+ grade. 40-49 percentage is considered as C grade. 30-39 percentage is considered as D+ grade. 20-29 percentage is considered as D grade. Less than 20 percent is given E grade.

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Q:   What is the duration of the Kerala 12th exam?

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The duration of each paper of the Kerala 12th exam is 2.5 hours. The timing of the exam is given in the Kerala Plus two time table. Timing of the subjects without practical will be from 9.30 AM to 12.15 PM including cool off time of 15 minutes. Subjects with practical except Biology and Music will be held from 9.30 AM to 11.45 AM including cool off time of 15 minutes. Biology will be held from 9.30 A. M to 11.55 A. M including cool off time (25 minutes I. e. , 15 minutes for Botany & Zoology and 10 minutes preparatory time for Zoology). The timing of Music will be 9.30 AM to 11.15 AM including cool off time (15 minutes).

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