The Central Board of Secondary Education successfully conducted the CBSE Class 12 term 1 Chemistry exam today, December 14, 2021. The exam was conducted for a total of 90 minutes from 11.30 am to 1.00 pm at various affiliated schools across the country. More than 9 lakh CBSE science aspirants appeared for the examination, held today. Based on the reforms introduced by CBSE, only MCQ-based questions were asked in the CBSE Term 1 Chemistry exam. A total of 45 out of 55 questions were to be answered carrying equal marks in an hour and a half.
CBSE Class 12 Chemistry Answer Key
Due to the objective nature of the paper, students expect the CBSE 2021-22 Term 1 exam answer keys soon after the examination gets over. Hence, several educators post the answer key for every examination online. These answer keys are not released by CBSE officially and are known to be unofficial indeed. Although the answer keys posted so far predict 95% chances of the answers to be correct.
According to the students’ review, the examination was comparatively easier than expected. Questions were fairly simple apart from the reaction-based questions that were asked from Organic Chemistry. The numerical-based questions asked from Physical Chemistry were slightly tricky to handle. Check out the CBSE class 12 Chemistry answer key in the table mentioned below:
| Q | A | Q | A |
| 1 | c | 23 | d |
| 2 | d | 24 | b |
| 3 | c | 25 | c |
| 4 | b | 26 | a |
| 5 | a | 27 | d |
| 6 | c | 28 | c |
| 7 | a | 29 | b |
| 8 | d | 30 | c |
| 9 | c | 31 | a |
| 10 | a | 32 | a |
| 11 | c | 33 | c |
| 12 | b | 34 | a |
| 13 | b | 35 | c |
| 14 | b | 36 | c |
| 15 | d | 37 | b |
| 16 | a | 38 | d |
| 17 | c | 39 | a |
| 18 | d | 40 | c |
| 19 | b | 41 | c |
| 20 | a | 42 | b |
| 21 | c | 43 | d |
| 22 | b | 44 | c |
| 45 | c | ||
| 46 | a | ||
| 47 | b | ||
| 48 | d | ||
| 49 | b | ||
| 50 | b | ||
| 51 | b | ||
| 52 | d | ||
| 53 | a | ||
| 54 | c | ||
| 55 | d |
As per the revised 2021-22 bifurcated syllabus, today’s Chemistry paper covered the following chapters as a part of the 50% syllabus scheduled for the Term 1 exam: Solid State, Solutions, p-block elements, Haloalkenes and Haloarenes, Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers, and lastly, Biomolecules.
The unofficial answer keys are not verified by the CBSE hence, students are advised to refer to multiple answer keys simultaneously. This will help them conclude a rough score that may or may not differ from the actual score. Calculation of scores can be done with the help of the CBSE marking scheme. According to CBSE: all questions carry equal marks and there is no negative marking.
Disclaimer: The answers are unofficial, and not published by the exam conducting body. They have been compiled by teachers, educators, and individuals with the aim of helping students. Aglasem takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the responses. They have been provided only for reference purposes.
