CBSE or Central Board of Secondary Education conducts class 12 exams throughout the length and breadth of India in the month of March. In addition to compulsory English, students are also given a choice to study Functional English. Functional English is meant for the students who are studying Arts subject. CBSE also updates its syllabus every year.

Paper Pattern

The Functional English Paper is of 100 marks and is divided into 4 Sections, Section A is Reading, Section B is Comprehension, Section C is Grammar and Section D Literature. Section A consists of 20 marks, Section B consists of 25 marks, Section C consists of 20 marks and Section D consists of 25 marks. Instructions are given at the beginning of every section or questions, wherever necessary, and students are required to follow them religiously. There is a word limit for every Section or questions and students are advised not exceed those word limits because special credits would be given to those candidates whose answers are to the point and that too within the word limits.

Time Duration

The duration of the question paper is 3 hours. However, and extra 15 minutes is also given to the students to read the question paper. Students are not allowed to write anything on their answer sheet during this time interval.

Download CBSE Class 12 Functional English Papers

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