WBCHSE Exam Pattern 2025: Marking Scheme and Exam Duration
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WBCHSE Exam Pattern 2025: Marking Scheme and Exam Duration

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education

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The WBCHSE Board declared the West Bengal HS routine 2025 on 1st March 2025. The WBCHSE Exam 2025 is to be conducted between 3rd March 2025 - 18th March 2025 in offline mode. 

WBCHSE declared the West Bengal 12th Result 2024 on 8th May 2024 at 1:00 PM on its official website.

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WBCHSE 2025 Exam Pattern

The WBCHSE Exam Pattern 2025 is out on the official website. The WB HS 2025 Exam Pattern includes the duration, marking scheme, question types, and other details. Students are advised to download the exam pattern for WBCHSE 2025 Exam and make a study routine and prepare accordingly as it will help in scoring highly. The WBCHSE 2024 exams will be conducted from 16th February to 29th February, 2025. The exam timings are 9:45am to 1:00pm.

Having a look and understanding the entire WB HS exam pattern 2025 before beginning with the preparation is vital. Along with the exam pattern students also must download the WB HS 12th syllabus and base their exam preparation routine on it.

WBCHSE 2025 Exam Pattern: Discontinued Subjects

The WBCHSE Board has also discontinued a few subjects because of the low registration rate for these subjects. The list of discontinued subjects is mentioned in the table below:

WBCHSE 2025: Discontinued Subjects
PunjabiFrenchGujarati

On the other hand the WBCHSE Board has also introduced some new vocational subjects for West Bengal HS Syllabus 2025. The list of newly introduced subjects is mentioned in the table below:

WBCHSE 2025: Newly Introduced Subjects
Banking Financial Services and InsuranceFood Processing Cyber Security and Science of Well-BeingTelecomApplied Artificial Intelligence

The WBCHSE Board has also changed the names and codes for certain subjects for the WBCHSE 2025 Exam. The below table mentions these subjects:

Old Subject NameNew Subject NameOld Subject CodeNew Subject Code
Home Management and Family ResourceHuman Development and Resource ManagementHMFRHDRM
AgronomyAgricultureAGNMAGRI
Health and Physical EducationHealth and Physical EducationPHEDHPED

The marking schemes of few subjects has been revised by the WBCHSE Board. The revised marking scheme for the respective subjects is mentioned below:

SubjectsRevised Marking Scheme
Health and Physical Education

Theory - 70 marks (earlier it was 40 marks)

Practical - 30 marks

Music and Visual Arts

Theory - 50 marks

Practical - 50 marks

West Bengal HS 2025 Detailed Exam Pattern

The West Bengal HS Exam Pattern is not fixed and is revised every year. The exam pattern includes MCQs, very short-answer questions, short-answer questions, and descriptive type questions. The question paper is divided into different sections and each of these sections carries different weightage. The details regarding WBCHSE Exam Pattern 2025 are mentioned in the table below:

SubjectsTheory MarksProject/Practical MarksTotal
Arabic, Bengali (A and B), Hindi (A and B), English (A and B), Alternative English, Nepali (A and B), Odia, Persian, Sanskrit, Santhali, Accountancy, Business Studies, Economics, Mathematics, Agronomy, Anthropology, Commercial Law and Preliminaries of Auditing, Costing and Taxation, Education, Environment Studies, History, Journalism and Mass Communication, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology8020 (Project)100
Biological Science, Chemistry, Physics, Modern Computer Application, Computer Science, Statistics, Psychology, Geography, Nutrition7030 (Practical)100
Urdu100-100
Music, Visual Art50 50 (Practical)100
Health and Physical Education7030 (Practical)100

WB HS Exam Pattern 2025: Qualifying Marks

The qualifying marks for WBCHSE Exam 2025 are as follows:

  • They need to score at least 30% marks overall for qualifying the exam.
  • They need to score a minimum of 30 out of 100 marks in every subject to qualify with a passing score

WB HS Exam Pattern 2025: Grading System

Marks RangeGradeRemarks
80-100A+Excellent
60-79AVery Good
45-59BGood
30-44CSatisfactory
Below 30DDisqualified
Q. What is the passing marks for WB HS exam 2025?
Ans. The passing marks for WB HS exam 2025 is 30% marks overall.