UBSE 12th Board

The Uttarakhand Board of School Education (UBSE) Examination

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The UK  Class 12th Board exams are conducted yearly in March and the Board exams are organized by the Uttarakhand Board of School Education (UBSE). The UK Board determines the texts, syllabus, and exam pattern for the UK 12th board exams. Every year, more than one lakh students sit for the UK 12th board exams.

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The UK Board Class 12th Board Exams are scheduled to be tentatively conducted from February/March 2025. Before appearing for the exams, the students must have an overview of the exam pattern and the marking scheme. The exam pattern helps the students to understand the weightage of marks of each section from a particular section and the marking scheme helps the students in understanding the distribution of marks in a subject. Depending upon the distribution of marks, the students can allocate and divide their time for better preparation. As per the UK Board 12th Exam Pattern, subjects such as Hindi, Mathematics, etc. will have an overall weightage of 100 marks as they don't have any practicals while subjects such as Biology, Physics, Chemistry, etc. that consist of practicals will have an overall weightage of 70 marks and the remaining 30 marks will be allocated for the practical section.  

UK Board Class 12 Exam Pattern 2025: Highlights

As per the new exam pattern, the class 12th Board exams will be conducted in the offline mode. The exams will have objective, very short, short and long-type questions. The highlights of the UK Board Class 12th Board exams are provided in the table below:  

Particulars

Details

Full Exam Name

Uttarakhand Board 12th Examination

Short Exam Name

UK Board 12th

Conducting Body

Uttarakhand Board of School Education

Frequency of Conduct

Once a year

Exam Level

Intermediate

Languages

English, Hindi

Mode of Application

Offline

Mode of Exam

Offline

Exam Duration

3 Hours

UK Board Class 12 Subject-Wise Exam Pattern 2025

The subject-wise exam pattern followed in the UK Board for Class 12th is mentioned in the table below: 

Subjects

Total Questions

Sections / Questions 

Marks

English

12 

Section A 

20

 

 

Section B

20

 

 

Section C

15

 

 

Section D 

45

Biology

30

Section A

8

 

 

Section B 

20

 

 

Section C 

27

 

 

Section D

15

Psychology

28

Part A 

10

 

 

Part B 

12

 

 

Part C

6

 

 

Part D 

8

 

 

Part E

6

Economics

32

Section A

60

 

 

Section B 

40

Mathematics

28

Question Number:  1-5 

1

 

 

Question Number:  6-13 

2

 

 

Question Number: 14-21

4

 

 

Question Number: 22-28 

6

Physics (Theory)

30

Question Number: 1-8 

1

 

 

Question Number: 9 - 18  

2

 

 

Question Number: 19-27 

3

 

 

Question Number: 28-30 

5

Chemistry (Theory)

30

Multiple Markeing Schemes

-

Political Science

35

Questions Number 1-10 

1

 

 

Questions Number 11 - 18 

3

 

 

Questions Number 7-15 

2

 

 

Questions Number 19-28 

4

 

 

Question Number: 29 

6

Geography

26

Questions Number 1-10 

1

 

 

Questions Number 11 - 20 

3

 

 

Questions Number 21-25 

2

 

 

Question Number: 26 

10

Sociology

25

Questions Number 1-14 

2

 

 

Questions Number 15 - 21 

4

 

 

Questions Number 22-24 

6

 

 

Question Number: 25 

6

UK Board Class 12 Exam Pattern: Marking Scheme

 The marking scheme or pattern that is followed while setting the UK Board Class 12th Board examinations is given in the table below:

Subject

Topics

Marks

Hindi

Unseen Passage

Writing

Aroh (Part 2) and Purak Pustak – Vitan (Part 2)

Seen Passage

Questions based on Literature Book

Sentence Formation & Grammar

15

20

35

10

10

10

English

Section A: Reading Skills

Section B: Advanced Writing Skills

Section C: (Textbooks)

20

35

45

History

Section A: Archaeology & Ancient India

Section B: Medieval India

Section C: Modern India

Unit 16: Map Work

25

30

35

10

Economics

Part A: Introductory Microeconomics

Part B: Introductory Macroeconomics

50

50

Geography

A. Fundamentals of Human Geography

B. India: People and Economy

C. Practical Work

35

35

30

Mathematics

Relations and Functions

Algebra

Calculus

Vector and Three-Dimensional Geometry

Linear Programming

Probability

8

10

35

14

5

8

Physics

Electrostatics, Current Electricity

Magnetic effect of current and magnetism, Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating current

Electromagnetic Waves, Optics

Dual Nature of Matter, Atoms and Nuclei

Electronic Devices

16

17

18

12

7

UK Board Class 12 Exam Pattern 2025: Grading System

The grading system that is followed while setting the UK Board Class 12th Board examinations is given in the table below:

Grade

Grade Points

Marks 

A1

10

91-100

A2

9

81-90

B1

8

71-80

B2

7

61-70

C1

6

51-60

C2

5

41-50

D

4

0-40