English Syllabus Class 12 CBSE and the Full Class 12 Syllabus

How the class 12 syllabus is structured

CBSE publishes the senior secondary curriculum subject by subject every session through its academic portal. For most subjects it gives the units, marks per unit, the question paper design and the internal or practical component.

• Language subjects such as English and Hindi: 80 marks theory, 20 marks internal.
• Science subjects with practicals such as physics and chemistry: 70 marks theory, 30 marks practical.
• Commerce and humanities subjects: usually 80 theory and 20 project or internal, with some exceptions such as geography and computer science that carry practicals.

You take one theory board exam per subject at the end of the year, and a supplementary exam is available if you need it. Check the scheme of each subject in the latest curriculum, as weightages can shift between sessions.

English syllabus class 12 CBSE: section-wise marks

Flamingo and Vistas chapters

Flamingo: prose

• The Last Lesson
• Lost Spring
• Deep Water
• The Rattrap
• Indigo
• Poets and Pancakes
• The Interview
• Going Places

Flamingo: poetry

• My Mother at Sixty-six
• Keeping Quiet
• A Thing of Beauty
• A Roadside Stand
• Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

Vistas: supplementary reader

• The Third Level
• The Tiger King
• Journey to the End of the Earth
• The Enemy
• On the Face of It
• Memories of Childhood

A few chapters that older guides still list were dropped when NCERT rationalised its books, so match your list to the current curriculum before you study an extra lesson.

Writing tasks in the class 12th English syllabus

• Notice: a short formal notice for a school or society, inside a box, with date, heading and issuing authority.
• Formal invitation and reply: third-person invitations and their acceptance or refusal.
• Letter: job application with a short resume, or a letter to the editor on a public issue.
• Article or report: a structured piece of about 120 to 150 words with title and byline.

Each task has a format mark, so practise the layout until it is automatic. Many students lose two or three marks only on format. For grammar points that appear inside these tasks and the reading section, see the class 12 grammar syllabus.

Class 12 Hindi syllabus (Hindi Core and Hindi Elective)

When people search for the class 12th Hindi syllabus, they usually mean Hindi Core (code 302), which most students take. Its theory paper of 80 marks has three broad parts: unseen reading, creative and functional writing, and questions on the textbooks. The books are:

• आरोह भाग 2 (Aroh Part 2): prose and poetry
• वितान भाग 2 (Vitan Part 2): supplementary reader
• अभिव्यक्ति और माध्यम (Abhivyakti aur Madhyam): media and creative writing, including feature, report and article writing

Hindi Elective (code 002) is chosen by fewer students and uses अंतरा भाग 2 and अंतराल भाग 2 along with the same writing book. Both follow NCERT, so the class 12 Hindi syllabus NCERT prints and the CBSE list cover the same texts; the CBSE document tells you which chapters are in scope and how marks are split.

Other class 12 subjects at a glance

Each subject page lists units and marks for its theory paper and the practical or project work.

A term plan for English and Hindi

1. April to July: finish half of Flamingo prose and Aroh, and write one notice and one letter each week.
2. August to October: complete Vistas and Vitan, then the remaining poems. Start the English project and listening and speaking practice early, since recent curricula give 10 marks each to listening and speaking and to the project.
3. November to December: pre-board revision, two reading passages a day, timed.
4. January to February: full papers from the official sample papers and past board papers collected through our class 12 previous year question paper guide.

Books and official material

• NCERT Flamingo and Vistas for English Core, Aroh, Vitan and the writing book for Hindi Core.
• The CBSE curriculum document for each subject for the current session.
• CBSE sample question papers with marking schemes, published each year on the academic website.

For other boards see the school boards hub; the previous class is covered on the CBSE class 11 syllabus page.