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    for Chemistry will be of 70 marks and students will have 3 hours to
complete the paper. CBSE Board has prescribed certain guidelines according to CBSE marking
scheme. The question paper will have no overall choice. However, there will be internal choices
in the question paper. The students shall get due credit for precise answers as per CBSE Marking
Scheme. The table below gives weightage of topics in CBSE Chemistry Question paper.

CBSE Marking Scheme in Detail for Chemistry

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Solid State 4 (2)
Solutions 5 (1)
Electrochemistry 5 (2)
Chemical Kinetics 5 (3)
Surface Chemistry 4 (2)
General Principles and processes of isolation of elements 3 (1)
p-block elements 8 (4)
d& f block elements 5 (1)
Coordination Compounds 3 (2)
Haloalkanes and Haloarenes 4 (2)
Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers 4 (2)
Aldehydes,Ketones & Carboxylic acids 6 (2)
Organic Compounds containing Nitrogen 4 (2)
Biomolecules 4 (2)
Polymers 3 (1)
Chemistry in Everyday Life 3 (1)

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CBSE question paper for Chemistry shall consist of 8 very short answer questions. The very
short answer questions will carry 1 mark each. The paper will have two types of short answer
questions with 2 and 3 marks respectively. There will also be 3 long answer questions which will
require students to write answers in detail. The 5 long answer questions will carry 5 marks each.
CBSE Chemistry question paper will be of 70 marks in total. The students will be given internal
choice on any one question of 3 marks, any one question of 2 marks and all three long answer
questions. In all, there will be internal choices on five questions.