- By Anshika Verma
- Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:14 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
CBSE Board Exams 2026: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to conduct the board examination 2026 for English subject on March 12, 2026 in pen and paper format. The CBSE has officially released the board exam timetable for the academic session 2026 for both classes 10 and 12 on their official website. Students can now not only view the HSC and SSC exam dates from the website.
The English Core paper for class 12 consists of 100 marks, out of which 80 marks are for the theory examination and 20 marks are for the practical examination or internal assessment. Students, teachers and parents can easily download the syllabus PDF by visiting the Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE’s official website.
CBSE Class 12 English Exam 2025-26: Check Section-Wise Weightage
SECTIONS | DETAILS | WEIGHTAGE |
Reading Comprehension | Conceptual understanding, decoding, analysing, interpreting information in simpler format. | 22 |
Writing Skills and Grammar | Creative expression of an opinion, reasoning, illustrating, proper style and tone, appropriate format and fluency. | 18 |
Language through Literature | Recalling, reasoning, applying literary conventions, illustrating and justifying. Extract relevant information and relevant fluency in details | 40 |
Total Marks |
| 80 |
CBSE Class 12 English Paper 2026: Section A
S.No | Details | Total Marks |
1. | Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage | |
2. | One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation and inference. Vocabulary and inference of meaning will also be assessed. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary. | 12 Marks |
3. | One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc. | 10 Marks |
Total Marks | 22 Marks |
CBSE Class 12 English Paper 2026: Section B
II. Creative Writing Skills: This section carries Short and Long writing tasks. | 18 Marks |
Notice up to 50 words. | (4 Marks: Format :1 /Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar : 1 ) |
Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply up to 50 words. | (4 Marks: Format : 1 /Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1 ) |
Letters based on verbal/visual input, to be answered in approximately 120-150 words. Letter types include application for a job with bio data. | (5 Marks: Format : 1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1 ) |
Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on verbal inputs. | (5 Marks: Format : 1 /Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1 ) |
CBSE Class 12 English Paper 2026: Section C
III Literature, Reference to the Context | 40 Marks |
Poetry extract from the book Flamingo | (6x1=6 Marks) |
Prose extract from the book Vistas. | (4x1=4 Marks) |
Prose extract from the book Flamingo. | (6x1=6Marks) |
Short answer type question, (from Prose and Poetry from the book Flamingo). | (5x2=10 Marks) |
Short answer type question, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40- 50 words | (2x2=4 Marks) |
Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry (Flamingo). | (1x5=5 Marks) |
Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Vistas. | (1x5=5 Marks) |
