CBSE 12th sample paper

We suggest that you solve and practice as many CBSE Class 12 sample papers as possible. These will make you familiar with the exam pattern, the marking scheme, the kind of questions asked in the exam, their difficulty level and more. CBSE 12th sample papers are freely available for download on the official website cbse.nic.in.

Students should start solving question papers for Class 12 board exams about 2-3 months before the exams. If your exams are in February or March, you should start practicing with question papers in December or January.

Students can solve the sample papers given below. These will help them to know the repeated questions, mark division etc.

• NCERT Sample Papers.
• CBSE Official Sample Paper.
• Reference Books.
• Online Resources.
• Coaching Institute Materials.

Sample papers are the question papers released by the Board at the beginning of the academic session. It shares the questions in a pattern similar to what you should expect in the main exam. They are provided to you to download and practice for better preparation.  However, the CBSE 12th question paper 2026 is the question paper you receive on the day of the exam. You need to go through the questions and answer them in the answer sheet provided by the board. You cannot know or practice the questions on the CBSE Class 12 question paper before the exam.

If you need any idea about the type of questions that can come in the exam, you must go through the CBSE 12th sample papers and CBSE Class 12 previous year question papers. In addition, you can also understand the most important questions and those that get repeated. Hence, students are advised to practice the previous years' CBSE 12th question papers and sample papers for better preparation. 

Once you finish learning with the CBSE 12th syllabus, you can start solving the CBSE Class 12 sample papers and previous year question papers. You can solve the question papers and understand your weaknesses. Thus you can concentrate more on the topics on which you are weak.

CBSE released the CBSE 12th sample papers 2026 on the official website- cbseacademic.nic.in. You can download CBSE Class 12 sample question papers 2026 from the official website or from this page too. Students must solve and practice the CBSE 12th question papers of previous years' to know the marking scheme, the types of questions asked in the exam, gauge the difficulty level and more. 

It is advised that students solve and practice the CBSE sample papers to ace the board examinations.