Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal
Higher Secondary Examination Session 2026-27
Marking Scheme (अंक योजना)
Class: 12th
Subject: History (इतिहास)
Maximum Marks: 80
Time: 3:00 Hours
| S.No. | Unit | Chapters & Themes | Allocated Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unit-1 | Bricks, Beads and Bones The Harappan Civilisation | 8 |
| 2 | Unit-2 | Kings, Farmers and Towns Early States and Economies (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE) | 7 |
| 3 | Unit-3 | Kinship, Caste and Class Early Societies (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE) | 5 |
| 4 | Unit-4 | Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE) | 7 |
| 5 | Unit-5 | Through the Eyes of Travellers Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth century) | 5 |
| 6 | Unit-6 | Bhakti-Sufi Traditions Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth century) | 7 |
| 7 | Unit-7 | An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara (c. fourteenth to sixteenth century) | 7 |
| 8 | Unit-8 | Peasants, Zamindars and the State Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. sixteenth and seventeenth century) | 4 |
| 9 | Unit-9 | Colonialism and the Countryside Exploring Official Archives | 5 |
| 10 | Unit-10 | Rebels and the Raj The Revolt of 1857 and its Representations | 6 |
| 11 | Unit-11 | Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement Civil Disobedience and Beyond | 8 |
| 12 | Unit-12 | Framing the Constitution The Beginning of a New Era | 6 |
| 13 | – | Map Work Based on the entire prescribed syllabus | 5 |
| Total Marks: | 80 | ||
Examination Guidelines & Instructions:
- Questions 1 to 5 will comprise 32 Objective Type Questions. Each question carries 01 Mark.
- Question No. 1 – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs): 06 Marks
- Question No. 2 – Fill in the Blanks: 06 Marks
Question No. 3 – True / False Statements: 06 Marks
Question No. 4 – Match the Following Pairs: 07 Marks
Question No. 5 – Single-word / One-sentence Answers: 07 MarksQuestions 6 to 15: Total 10 short-form description questions. Each question carries 02 Marks.
Questions 16 to 19: Total 04 standard answer evaluation questions. Each question carries 03 Marks.
Questions 20 to 22: Total 03 complex analytical / long-form questions. Each question carries 04 Marks.
Question 23: Comprises 01 question based on mapping out locations on the Map of India, carrying 05 Marks.