Central Board of Secondary Education
Shiksha Kendra, 2 Community Center, Preet Vihar
ACAD/EO (COM)/2007/ 08-08-2007
Circular No.39/07
The Heads
of all CBSE affiliated institutions
SUBJECT: Revised Design of the Question Paper in Economics, Political Science and History (Class XII) for Board Examination, 2008
Dear Principal,
Your kind attention is drawn to Circular No.33 dated 24-07-2007 wherein revised designs of question papers in Social Science(Class X) and Business Studies, Accountancy, Geography and Psychology (Class XII) for Board Examination, 2008 were outlined. In Circular no.37/07 dated 01-08-2007, you were apprised of changes made in the Political Science syllabus of Class XII and distribution of marks over its different units. In continuation of these circulars, the changes effected in the designs of question papers in Economics, Political Science and History (Class XII) are given below:
ECONOMICS, Class XII
Time : 3 hours Max. Marks : 100
I Weightage of marks to Forms of Questions
| S.NO. | Forms of Questions | Marks for each question | No. of questions | Total Marks |
| 1. | Very short answer type | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 2. | Short answer type I | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 3. | Short answer type II | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 4. | Long answer type I | 6 | 6 | 36 |
| 5. | Total | | 32 | 100 |
II. The question paper will have two sections A and B with equal number of questions i.e. 16 each.
III. Scheme of Options: There will be no overall choice. However, there is an internal choice in one question of 6 marks, one question of 4 marks and one question of 3 marks from each of the sections. Thus there will be internal choice to six questions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE, Class XII
Time : 3 hours Max. Marks : 100
I Weightage of marks to Forms of Questions
| S.NO. | Forms of Questions | Marks for each question | No. of questions | Total Marks |
| 1. | Very short answer type I | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 2. | Very short answer type II | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 3. | Short answer type I | 4 | 10 | 40 |
| 4. | Long answer type | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 5. | Total | | 35 | 100 |
II. Scheme of Options: There will be no overall choice. However, there is an internal choice in every question of 6 marks.
HISTORY, Class XII
Time : 3 hours Max. Marks : 100
I The question paper will be divided into Parts A, B, C, D, and E. The description and division of marks over each part will be as under:
| Parts | Forms of Questions | Marks for each question | No. of questions | Total Marks |
| A | Very short answer type | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| B | Short answer type | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| C | Long answer type | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| D | Passage based questions | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| E | Skill (Map Work) | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| | Total | | 20 | 100 |
II. The 3 passage based questions will be distributed among the three parts of the History textbooks, one each. In each of these questions, there will be 4 questions with marks ranging from 1-4
III Scheme of Options : There will be no choice in part A. Part B will be divided into 3 sections ( books). Section 1 will have 4 questions out of which the student will attempt any 3. Section 2 will have 3 questions out of which the student will attempt any 2. Section 3 will have 4 questions out of which the student will attempt any 3 questions. Part C & D will carry internal choice. In part E internal choice will be provided in one of the two map questions.
The detailed question paper design, sample question papers and marking schemes will be shortly put up in the CBSE’s website www.cbse.nic.in. The above mentioned changes may kindly be brought to the notice of all concerned.
Regards,
Yours faithfully,
(C. GURUMURTHY)
DIRECTOR (ACAD.)
