The Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) has revised the English (Core) question paper pattern for the upcoming Class 12 board examinations. The change has been introduced based on feedback received from the various stakeholders and subsequent deliberation in the meetings of Committee of Courses of the Board and subject experts.
The new paper will have only two passages in Section A (Reading), instead of three passages earlier. The typology of questions have also been changed, the students have to attend 5 MCQs, 9 very short answer type questions, and 3 short answer type questions from passage one and 2 long answer type questions from passage two.
In Section A, total number of questions have been reduced from 24 to 19, and in total, it was reduced from 40 to 35. The board has also made available the revised marking scheme, and sample question paper.
CBSE has also made the revised marking scheme and corresponding sample paper available for English (core) on the official website cbse(.)nic(.)in.
