CBSE Class 12 Economics Exam Pattern

1. Weightage by type of questions

Type	No of Q'ns	Marks	Total	Estimated time a candidate is expected to take to answer
Long answer questions	6	6	36	60 minutes
Short answer questions I	6	4	24	36 minutes
Short answer questions II	10	3	30	36 minutes
Very short answer questions	10	1	10	15 minutes

2. Weightage by content

Unit No.	Unit Title	Marks
1	Introduction	4
2	Consumer Equilibrium and Demand	18
3	Producer Behaviour and Supply	18
4	Forms of Market and Price Determination	10
5	National Income and Related Aggregates	15
6	Money and Banking	8
7	Determination of Income and Employment	12
8	Government Budget and the Economy	8
9	Balance of Payments	7
	Total	100

3. Difficulty level of the question paper

Level	Marks	%age of the total marks
A. Easy :(Can be attempted satisfactorily by students who have gone through the study material)	30	30
B. Average :(Can be attempted by students who have regularly studied the study material but may not have given sufficient time to writing.)	50	50
C. Difficult :(Can be attempted by top students)	20	20

4. Scheme of Options : There is no overall choice. However, there is an internal choice in one question of 6 marks, one question of 4 marks and one question of 3 marks in each section. Thus there will be internal choice to 6 questions.

5.Values based questions :The question paper will contain values based question/questions to the extent of 5 marks.