The Central Board of Secondary Education successfully conducted the CBSE Class 12 Political Science paper today, December 17, 2021. According to reports, more than 7 lakh students appeared for the CBSE class 12 Political Science exam today. Students reported to their respective examination center, 30 minutes before the commencement of the exam. The exam commenced at 11.30 am for an hour and a half at various affiliated schools across the country. Questions based on assertion and reasoning, visual reasoning, and theory paragraphs were asked in the exam.
Paper was conducted for 90 minutes and students had to submit their OMR sheets sharp at 1 pm. As per the reports, the question papers were distributed at 11.10 am sharp. Soon after reading all the instructions carefully, OMR sheets were distributed at 11.30 am. Students were allowed to read the question paper for 20 minutes before the commencement of the exam, however, they were not allowed to mark anything on their OMR sheets. CBSE term 1 Political Science exam commenced at 11.30 am and concluded at 1 pm.
Due to the objective nature of the exam, students expect the answer keys immediately after the exam gets over. Hence several educational websites post the analysis and unofficial answer keys for different subjects online. These answer keys are not official and are not verified by the CBSE either. Hence, there are chances that the score calculated using the unofficial answer key may differ from the actual one. However, the difference will not be much. Check out the answer key table mentioned below for class 12 term 1 Political science exam:
| Q | A | Q | A |
| 1 | c | 31 | c |
| 2 | a | 32 | b |
| 3 | c | 33 | d |
| 4 | d | 34 | a |
| 5 | a | 35 | a |
| 6 | d | 36 | c |
| 7 | b | 37 | b |
| 8 | d | 38 | c |
| 9 | c | 39 | c |
| 10 | a | 40 | a |
| 11 | b | 41 | a |
| 12 | d | 42 | c |
| 13 | c | 43 | b |
| 14 | c | 44 | b |
| 15 | d | 45 | a |
| 16 | c | 46 | b |
| 17 | a | 47 | a |
| 18 | a | 48 | d |
| 19 | d | 49 | a |
| 20 | b | 50 | c |
| 21 | c | 51 | d |
| 22 | a | 52 | d |
| 23 | b | 53 | d |
| 24 | d | 54 | c |
| 25 | a | 55 | c |
| 26 | a | 56 | b |
| 27 | b | 57 | b |
| 28 | b | 58 | c |
| 29 | d | 59 | c |
| 30 | d | 60 | c |
Questions asked in today’s examination were framed from the following syllabus: Contemporary World Politics and Politics in India since Independence. A total of 60 questions were asked in the exam for a total of 40 marks. 60 questions were divided into 3 sections where the first two sections consisted of 24 questions each whereas the last section consisted of only 12 questions. There is only one correct option for every question. Marks will not be awarded for marking more than one option.
As per the SQP, students were asked to attempt any 20 out of 24 questions asked in sections A and B. Whereas only 10 questions were to be attempted in Section C. There is no provision of negative marking in the CBSE term 1 exam. Students were asked to darken the circles having the correct option in the OMR sheets using black or blue ballpoint pen only. The use of pencil was strictly prohibited and was considered an unfair means. According to CBSE: All questions carry equal marks. 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.
