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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) offers a wide range of subjects for students entering Class 11. Students can choose from three main streams - Science, Commerce, and Arts (Humanities), based on their interests and future career goals. Each student must select a minimum of five subjects, which generally include four compulsory subjects and one optional subject, though they can opt for more if desired.
In the Science stream, students typically study Physics and Chemistry, along with either Mathematics or Biology (or both), and may also choose additional subjects such as Computer Science, Physical Education, or Psychology. The Commerce stream usually includes Accountancy, Business Studies, and Economics, with options like Mathematics, Informatics Practices, or Entrepreneurship. The Arts (Humanities) stream offers subjects such as History, Political Science, Geography, Sociology, and Psychology, among others.
CBSE publishes the detailed curriculum and subject combinations for Class 11 every academic year on its official website: cbseacademic.nic.in. This ensures students and parents can make informed choices based on updated guidelines.
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The Central Board of Secondary Education offers three main streams to students who apply for the CBSE Class 11 course.
Science stream (with Biology or Mathematics)
Commerce stream
Humanities (Arts) stream
Subjects | Name of Subjects |
Language 1 | Hindi Elective or Hindi Core or English Elective or English Core |
Language 2/ Subject 2 | Any one language subject or any one academic elective subject |
Subject 3 | Any three compulsory electives from Academic and Skill subjects |
Subject 4 | |
Subject 5 | |
Language 3/Subject 6 | Any optional elective from Language, Academic and Skill subjects |
Health and Physical Education Work Experience General Studies | Compulsory subjects with internal assessments |
Students must choose at least five subjects, including one language subject.
They can choose an additional sixth subject from Language, Academic and Skill subjects.
Different CBSE-affiliated schools will offer a different combination of subjects based on availability.
Mathematics is usually compulsory for students who want to take Physics and Economics.
After the CBSE Class 10 result declaration, students can choose any course after Class 10. They must opt for the subjects in class 11 that they want to continue in CBSE class 12 and further. Below is the list of CBSE class 11 subjects the board offers.
Below, we have provided a list of Class 11 Science stream subjects that are offered by the CBSE board, along with their codes.
S. No. | Subject | Code |
1 | Mathematics | 041 |
2 | Applied Mathematics | 214 |
3 | Physics | 042 |
4 | Chemistry | 043 |
5 | Biology | 044 |
6 | Biotechnology | 045 |
7 | Computer Science | 083 |
S. No. | Subject | Code |
1 | Economics | 030 |
2 | Business Studies | 054 |
3 | Accountancy | 055 |
4 | Informatics Practices | 065 |
5 | Entrepreneurship | 066 |
S. No. | Subject | Code |
1 | History | 027 |
2 | Political Science | 028 |
3 | Geography | 029 |
4 | Psychology | 037 |
5 | Sociology | 039 |
6 | Home Science | 064 |
7 | Physical Education | 048 |
8 | Painting | 049 |
9 | Graphics | 050 |
10 | Sculpture | 051 |
11 | Applied / Commercial Art | 052 |
12 | Economics | 030 |
13 | Mathematics | 041 |
Subject Name | Subject Codes |
English Elective | 001 |
English Core | 301 |
Hindi Elective | 002 |
Hindi Core | 302 |
Urdu Elective | 003 |
Urdu Core | 303 |
Sanskrit Elective | 022 |
Sanskrit Core | 322 |
Punjabi Elective | 104 |
Bengali | 105 |
Tamil | 106 |
Telugu | 107 |
Telugu Telangana | 189 |
Sindhi | 108 |
Marathi | 109 |
Gujarati | 110 |
Manipuri | 111 |
Malayalam | 112 |
Odia | 113 |
Assamese | 114 |
Kannada | 115 |
Arabic | 116 |
Tibetian | 117 |
French | 118 |
German | 120 |
Russian | 121 |
Persian | 123 |
Nepali | 124 |
Limboo | 125 |
Lepcha | 126 |
Bodo | 192 |
Tangkhul | 193 |
Japanese | 194 |
Bhutia | 195 |
Spanish | 196 |
Kashmiri | 197 |
Mizo | 198 |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Students can visit the official website, cbseacademic.nic.in, to check out the list of subjects offered by the CBSE.
Students can choose a minimum of 5 subjects including one language subject in CBSE class 11.
On Question asked by student community
Hello Gilla
You can download the question paper from the link given below:
https://school.careers360.com/boards/cbse/cbse-previous-year-question-papers-class-10-maths
Hope it helps.
Hello Student,
Check the article given below to access and download the CBSE question paper for classes 10 and 12.
Link:
https://school.careers360.com/boards/cbse/cbse-previous-year-question-papers
Dear Student,
You can appear for improvement exams in other passed subjects after clearning compartment exams. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts the CBSE Class 12 improvement exams for students who are not satisfied with their scores in the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations.
You can
Hi Madhuri,
For CBSE Class 12 Maths preparation, especially if your basics are weak, please refer to the link given below:
https://school.careers360.com/boards/cbse/cbse-class-12-maths-preparation-tips
Hi Jatin!
Given below is the link to access CBSE Class 12 English Previous Year Questions:
https://school.careers360.com/download/ebooks/cbse-class-12-english-previous-year-question-papers
For subjectwise previous year question papers, you might find this link useful:
https://school.careers360.com/boards/cbse/cbse-previous-year-question-papers-class-12
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