Maharashtra HSC Exam Pattern 2025-26: Maharashtra 12th Subject-Wise Marking Scheme

English

1

3 hours

80

20

100

Modern Indian Language/Modern Foreign Language/Classical Language

1

3 hours

80

20

100

Environment Education

-

-

-

50

50

Health and Physical Education

1

1.5 hours

25

25

50

English

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Geology

History

Geography

Political Science

Sociology

Psychology

Economics

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

1

Prose

34

34

2

Poetry

14

14

3

Writing Skills

16

48

4

Novel

16

16

-

Total

80

112

1

Population: Part - 1

12

17

2

Population: Part - 2

8

11

3

Human Settlements and Land Use

8

11

4

Primary Economic Activities

12

17

5

Secondary Economic Activities

12

17

6

Tertiary Economic Activities

10

14

7

Region and Regional Development

10

14

8

Geography: Nature and Scope

8

11

Total

80

112

1

The Dynamic Earth

7%

5

7

2

Petrology

18%

12

17

3

Palaeontology and Stratigraphy

16%

12

16

4

Structural Geology

16%

11

16

5

Economic Minerals and Rocks

18%

12

17

6

Hydrogeology

11%

8

11

7

Geohazards

7%

5

7

8

Remote Sensing and GIS

7%

5

7

Total

100%

70

98

1

Impact of European Events on India

10

2

Process of Colonization

10

3

Colonization of India

9

4

Opposition to European Colonialism in Maharashtra

10

5

India's Struggle against Colonialism

11

6

Decolonization and Unification

8

7

World Wars and India

10

8

Decolonization in Asia and Africa

8

9

Cold War

10

10

Changing India

20

1. Reproduction

1

Reproduction in Lower and Higher Plants

6

8

-

2

Reproduction in Lower and Higher Animals

6

8

2. Genetics and Evolution

3

Inheritance and Variation

4

6

-

4

Molecular Basis of Inheritance

4

6

-

5

Origin and Evolution of Life

4

6

3. Physiology

6

Plant Water Relations

5

7

-

7

Plant Growth and Mineral Nutrition

5

7

-

8

Respiration and Circulation

7

10

-

9

Control and Co-ordination

8

11

4. Applied Biology

10

Human Health and Diseases

3

4

-

11

Enhancement of Food Production

4

6

-

12

Biotechnology

5

7

5. Ecology and Environment

13

Organisms and Populations

3

4

-

14

Ecosystems and Energy Flow

3

4

-

15

Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues

3

4

Total

-

-

70

98

1

Solid State

3

5

2

Solutions

4

6

3

Ionic Equilibria

4

6

4

Chemical Thermodynamics

6

8

5

Electrochemistry

5

7

6

Chemical Kinetics

4

6

Total (Physical Chemistry)

26

38

7

Elements of Group 16, 17 & 18

6

8

8

Transition & Inner Transition Elements

6

8

9

Coordination Compounds

5

7

Total (Inorganic Chemistry)

17

23

10

Halogen Derivatives

5

7

11

Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

4

6

12

Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic acids

6

8

13

Amines

3

4

Total (Organic Chemistry)

18

25

14

Biomolecules

3

4

15

Introduction to Polymer Chemistry

3

4

16

Green Chemistry and Nano Chemistry

3

4

-

Total (Applied Chemistry)

9

12

-

Total

70

98

1

Rotational Dynamics

7

5

2

Mechanical Properties of Fluids

7

5

3

Kinetic Theory of Gases and Radiation

7

5

4

Thermodynamics

7

5

5

Oscillations

5

4

6

Superposition of Waves

6

4

7

Wave Optics

7

5

8

Electrostatics

6

4

9

Current Electricity

6

4

10

Magnetic Fields due to Electric Current

6

4

11

Magnetic Materials

5

4

12

Electromagnetic Induction

7

5

13

AC Circuits

6

4

14

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

5

4

15

Structure of Atoms and Nuclei

6

4

16

Semiconductor Devices

5

4

Total

98

70

1

Introduction to Micro and Macro Economics

7

10

2

Utility Analysis

7

10

3.A

Demand Analysis

8

12

3.B

Elasticity of Demand

8

12

4

Supply Analysis

7

10

5

Forms of Market

7

10

6

Index Numbers

8

11

7

National Income

8

12

8

Public Finance in India

8

12

9

Money Market and Capital Market

8

11

10

Foreign Trade in India

4

6

Total

80

116