NBSE HSSLC Exam Pattern 2026: Nagaland Board 12th Exam Structure & Marking Scheme

Name of the chapter

Total questions

Tota​l marks

A Piece of Bread

1

5

Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds

1

1

A Voice For Freedom

2

3

Prayer Before Birth

1

4

Sunshine Susan

2

3

Spring and Fall

2

4

The Ransom Of Red Chief

2

3

Self Measure In The Making Of Brilliant Leaders

1

1

The Charge Of The Light Brigade

1

1

Mark Antony’s Speech

1

5

The Canterville Ghost

2

10

Reading Comprehension

7

8

Note Making

1

7

Message, Advertisement, Expressing Opinions, Filling Forms

1

4

Article Writing, Newspaper Report, Speech Writing

1

5

Business Letter/Job Application

1

6

Tense

1

3

Idioms and Phrases

1

3

Modal Auxiliaries

1

4

Total

30

80

Name of the chapter

Total questions

Total marks

Reading

2

10

Writing

Essay/Dialogue

1

6

Copy-editing/Invitation

1

4

Grammar

6

12

Translation

1

3

Prose

Poosh Ki Raat

2

6

Trishanku

2

5

Bazar Darshan

1

2

Sopfunuo

2

4

Kale Megha Pani De

1

1

Bahut Bara Sawal

1

2

Poetry

Dohawalee Avam Vinay Patrika

2

5

Ghar Kee Yad

2

7

Saharsh Sweekara Hai

1

1

Patang

1

2

Fiction

Nirmala - Premchand

3

10

Total

24

80

Name of the chapter​

Total ​questions

Total marks

The Story of the First City: Harappan Archaeology

1

6

Political and Economic History

4

6

Social History

2

5

A History of Buddhism

1

8

Agrarian Relations

2

5

New Architecture

2

5

Religious Histories

4

6

Medieval Society

1

8

Colonialism and Rural Society

3

7

Representations of 1857

1

6

Mahatma Gandhi Through Contemporary Eye

3

6

The Making of the Constitution

3

5

Map Work

1

6

Total

28

80

Name of the chapter

Total questions

Total marks

Challenges of Nation Building

2

6

Party System

2

Era of One Party Dominance

1

9

Politics of Planned Development

2

Crisis of Constitutional Order

2

9

Interest and Pressure Groups

2

Recent Developments in Indian Politics

3

10

India's External Relation

2

6

Name of the chapter

Total questions

Total marks

End of Bi-polarity

3

7

Alternative Centre of Economic and Political Power

3

13

South Asian in the Post Cold War Era

2

International Organization in a Unipolar World

3

13

Security in Contemporary World

3

Globalisation

3

7

Total

33

80

Name of th​e chapter

To​tal questions

Total ​marks

Challenges of Unity in Diversity

2

8

Structure of Society

4

8

Institutional Structure

1

8

Social Inequality

4

8

Society in Nagaland

2

8

Processes of Social Change in India

2

10

State, Economic Development and Social Change

5

10

Education, Media & Social Change

4

8

Social Movement

1

4

Indian Sociologist

3

8

Total

28

80

Name of the chapter​

Total que​stions

Total ​marks

Variations in Psychological Attributes

4

12

Self and Personality

5

14

Meeting Life Challenges

3

12

Psychological Disorders

4

12

Therapeutic Approaches

5

10

Attitude and Social cognition

2

10

Social Influence and Group Processes

5

10

Total

28

80

Name of the chapter​

Total que​stions

Total​ marks

SECTION – A

Human Geography: Nature and scope

2

3

The people

2

5

Human activities

5

12

Transport, communication and trade

5

13

Map work (World)

1

2

SECTION – B

The people

2

5

Human settlements

3

4

Resources and development

5

12

Transport, communication and international trade

2

7

Geographical perspective on selected issues and problems

2

4

Map work (India)

1

3

Total

30

70

Name of the chapter​

Total questions

Total ​marks

Python Basics I: Fundamentals, Conditional Statements and Looping

2

3

Basics of Python II: Lists, Tuple, Dictionary and Strings

1

1

Functions

3

7

Recursion

2

3

Python Packages

2

4

File Handling

2

3

Algorithmic Efficiency

1

3

Data Visualisation

3

9

Data Structures

1

1

Stacks and Queues

3

9

Introduction to Computer Networks

3

10

Introduction to Database Management System and MySQL

2

3

Pre-Defined Functions and Data Description Language

1

2

Structured Query Language: Revision

1

5

Interfacing Python

3

7

Total

30

70

Name of the chapter​

Total ques​tions

Total marks

Relations and functions

2

5

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

2

3

Matrices

2

6

Determinants

2

6

Continuity & Differentiability

3

7

Application of Derivatives

3

8

Integrals

4

8

Application of the Integrals

1

5

Differential Equations

3

7

Vectors

3

7

Three Dimensional Geometry

2

7

Linear programming

1

4

Probability

3

7

Total

31

80

Name of the chapter

Total ​questions

Total​ marks

Electrostatics

4

10

Current Electricity

3

5

Magnetic Effect of Current and Magnetism

4

8

Electromagnetic Induction & Alternating Current

4

10

Electromagnetic Waves

2

3

Optics

4

12

Dual Nature of Matter

2

4

Atoms & Nuclei

4

7

Electronic Devices

4

7

Communication System

3

4

Total

34

70

Name of the chapter​

Total questions

Total marks

Solutions

4

7

Electrochemistry

3

9

Chemical Kinetics

3

6

d and f–block elements

4

9

Coordination Compounds

3

5

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

3

6

Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

4

7

Aldehyde, Ketones and Carboxylic Acid

3

9

Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

4

6

Biomolecules

3

6

Total

34

70

Name of the chapter

Total questions​​

Total marks

Sexual reproduction in flowering plants

4

8

Molecular basis of inheritance

3

10

Biotechnology: Principles and processes

4

7

Ecosystem

2

4

Biodiversity and its conservation

2

6

Total

15

35

Name of the chapter​

Total q​uestions

Total ma​rks

Human reproduction

2

8

Reproductive health

—

—

Principles of inheritance and variation

3

11

Evolution

1

—

Human health and diseases

2

8

Microbes in human welfare

2

—

Biotechnology and its applications

3

5

Organisms and populations

2

3

Total

15

35

Name of the unit​

Total questi​ons

Total mar​ks

Accounting for Partnership Firm

9

24

Accounting for Companies

9

24

Analysis of Financial Statement

4

12

Cash Flow Statement

3

10

Total

25

70

Name of the u​nit

Total ques​tions

Total ​marks

Nature and Significance of Management

4

8

Principles of Management

4

8

Business Environment

2

5

Planning

4

8

Organising

1

8

Staffing

2

8

Directing

1

8

Controlling

3

5

Financial Management

2

8

Marketing Management

2

8

Consumer Protection

3

6

Total

28

80