The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released Sample Question Papers (SQPs) and Marking Schemes (MS) officially for the year 2025-26 for Class 10 and Class 12. They’ve also made subject-wise downloadable PDFs available on the official CBSE website. Thus, parents, teachers, and students can easily access them.
CBSE sample paper Class 10 and CBSE sample paper Class 12 are question papers that adhere to the pattern of the real board exam question types (MCQs, short‑ and long‑answer, case‑based, competency‑based, etc.), weightage, and marking scheme. Sample papers include what students need to know for the board exams. They are functional tools required to practice for the exams. They also teach how students can enhance time management, adjust answer format, and distribute marks between sections.
All About CBSE Class 10 Sample Papers
CBSE Class 10 Sample Papers include all major subjects, such as Science, Mathematics (Basic Standard), English Language and Literature, English Communicative, Hindi A & B, Social Science, Computer Applications, Artificial Intelligence, and others.
Let’s take a look at the subject‑wise analysis:
Science: This includes subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, and Biology with MCQs, short answers, and long answers.
Mathematics: It’s divided into Basic and Standard, according to the new single‑exam pattern in place of term‑wise papers.
English Language & Literature: Here, the focus is on comprehension, writing, and grammar.
Hindi A and B: It includes questions from Grammar, reading, and writing.
Social Science: Subjects like History, Geography, Political Science, and Economics are interlinked in this paper.
Computer Applications & AI: This is a skill-oriented subject that has employability and discipline-specific unit portions.
Subjects included in the CBSE Class 12 SQPs
CBSE Class 12 Sample Papers include questions from all streams (Science, Commerce, and Humanities). Let's analyse the types of questions included in the SQPs of different subjects in Class 12:
English Core includes comprehension, creative writing, and literature with MCQs, short and long answers.
Mathematics covers concept-based questions from chapters like Calculus, Vectors, Probability, etc.
Physics asks questions based on numericals, derivations, etc.
Chemistry has a mix of application-based and numerical questions from organic, inorganic and Physical sections.
Biology comprises diagram and application-based questions from key units, such as Genetics and Ecology.
Accountancy focuses on topics like partnerships, companies, and analysis with case-based and application-based questions.
Business Studies gives importance to analytical and value-based questions from Management, Finance & Marketing.
Economics includes Conceptual and data-based questions from the Macro and Indian Economy sections.
History covers questions based on sources and maps to test interpretation skills.
Political Science covers case-based and data-driven questions on global politics, Indian democracy, etc.
Geography has theoretical as well as map-based questions
Psychology includes case studies and application-based questions on behaviour and cognition.
Sociology has interpretation-based questions on the Indian society and its changing nature.
Computer Science / IP asks questions from Coding, DBMS, cyber safety, and output-based questions.
Physical Education covers MCQs and real-world sports-based theory questions.
The CBSE sample papers for classes 10 and 12 give a golden opportunity to prepare for your board exams. When you practice from these subject-wise papers, you can significantly enhance your preparation and increase your confidence. Now that the official SQPs have been released, it is time to download, practice, and score. Good luck for your boards!
