CBSE Board Exam Paper Pattern, Class XII: 

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📘 1. How many exams / papers are there for CBSE Class 12 Maths?

For CBSE Class 12 Mathematics (standard):

✔️ You take one main board exam in the subject.
✔️ The paper is for 80 marks and is written in one sitting (offline, pen-and-paper).
✔️ Time duration is 3 hours.
✔️ There is only one paper – unlike some courses that have theory + practical; maths doesn’t have a separate practical paper.

📌 In short: You write one Class 12 Maths board paper.

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📄 2. What is the structure/pattern of this single Maths paper?

The paper has 38 questions divided into 5 sections:

• Section A — 18 MCQs

• Assertion-Reason — 2 questions

• Section B — Very short answer type questions

• Section C — Short answer type questions

• Section D — Long answer type questions

• Section E — Case-study based / source-based problems

All sections are compulsory and internal choices may be there in some questions.

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