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Punjab Board Passing Marks 2025 – Subject Wise Marks & Grading System

Punjab Board Passing Marks 2025 – Subject Wise Marks & Grading System

Edited By Mangane Priyanka | Updated on Mar 17, 2025 04:31 PM IST | #PSEB 10th
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The Punjab School Education Board has prescribed the PSEB Board passing marks 2025 for students appearing for Classes 10 and 12. Candidates need to achieve the minimum marks to pass the Punjab board examination. The PSEB 10th Class will have 80 marks for the theory and 20 marks for the internal assessment, where students must score at least 33% of marks. The marks distribution for the PSEB 12th remains the same except for some subjects like biology, chemistry, and physics, where the marks distribution is 70 for theory and 30 for internals.

Students are advised to prepare well for the Punjab board exam and obtain overall marks by focusing on the preparation, assignments, projects, and periodic tests from time to time. The PSEB 10th exams are being held from March 10 to April 4, 2025, while the PSEB 12th are being held from February 19 to April 4, 2025. Read the article to learn more about the Punjab Board passing marks 2025.

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Punjab Board Passing Marks 2025

Students can check out their Punjab Board passing marks criteria 2025 to obtain the best scores in the PSEB 10th result and PSEB 12th result. They need to score at least 33% of their marks to pass the Punjab board examinations. However, they can try to score well and excel in the examination to get the best PSEB results. Check out the tables below to find out the PSEB marks distribution and passing criteria for all subjects in the PSEB 10th & 12th board exams.

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PSEB 10th Class Passing Marks Distribution 2025

Subject

Theory

Internal Assessment

Total

Max Marks

Pass Marks

Max Marks

Pass Marks

English

80

26

20

7

100

Mathematics

80

26

20

7

100

Science

80

26

20

7

100

Social Science

80

26

20

7

100

Hindi

80

26

20

7

100

Punjabi

80

26

20

7

100

Punjab Board Class 12 Passing Marks Criteria 2025

Subject

Theory

Internal Assessment

Total

Max Marks

Pass Marks

Max Marks

Pass Marks

General English

80

26

20

7

100

Mathematics

80

26

20

7

100

Biology

70

23

30

10

100

Chemistry

70

23

30

10

100

Physics

70

23

30

10

100

Accountancy

80

26

20

7

100

Business Studies

80

26

20

7

100

Economics

80

26

20

7

100

Punjabi

80

26

20

7

100

Political Science

80

26

20

7

100

Computer Science

80

26

20

7

100

Psychology

80

26

20

7

100

History

80

26

20

7

100

Important Note:

Students are advised to go through the PSEB 10th exam pattern and PSEB 12th exam pattern to understand the syllabus, marks distribution, and passing percentage.

What Happens If I Fail to Achieve the Minimum Punjab Board Passing Marks?

Students who fail to achieve the minimum passing marks in the Punjab Board 2025 need to appear for the compartment exams. They will be able to save their academic year with the help of compartmental exams. Students can apply for the PSEB board compartment exams through their respective schools. The exams will be conducted in June or July, followed by the PSEB 10th compartment result and PSEB 12th compartment result.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What are the passing mark criteria for the Punjab Board Theory Examination 2025?

Students must score at least 33% marks to pass the PSEB 10th and 12th theory examinations.

2. What is the official website of the Punjab board?

Candidates can visit the official Punjab board website at pseb.ac.in. 

3. What are the main subjects for students in the Punjab Board matric examination 2025?

Students must pass in subjects like Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Hindi, Punjabi, and English. 

4. What is the minimum passing mark for the PSEB 12th exam out of 80 marks for the theory paper?

Students must score at least 26 marks out of 80 to pass the PSEB 12th Class examination. 

5. What are the main subjects included in the PSEB 12th examination?

Students must pass subjects like general English, mathematics, economics, psychology, chemistry, biology, physics, political science, history, computer science, accountancy, business studies, etc. 

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Questions related to PSEB 10th

Have a question related to PSEB 10th ?

Hey,

The pdf files of PSEB model test paper 10th class for all the subjects has been made available at the official website pseb.ac.in (http://pseb.ac,in) .

Please visit https://school.careers360.com/download/sample-papers/pseb-class-10-science-model-paper-2024 to download your science 10th class model test paper. You should practice these to make sure you cover ypur weak topics.

Hope this helps you.

All the best!

Hello Student,  If

You fail in the language of Punjabi in Punjab secondary Education Board class 10 examination then you will be declared as compartmental candidate in which you have to appear for the language of Punjabi in the next year 10 class examination of Punjab secondary Education Board. You Have to appear for one subject compartmental or supplementary examination in the next year examination of class 10 of PSEB.

Hope this helps.

Hello,

Punjab Board has declared the online PSEB Class 10 result 2021 on May 17, 2021. The results will available in the official website pseb.ac.in soon. Keep an eye on the official website as the results will be available soon. Candidates need to need to enter their roll number to view the Punjab School Education Board 10th result 2021.  Punjab Board releases the PSEB 10th Class result 2021 online and via SMS so that students can access the result conveniently. For SMS Type an SMS in the format: PB10 <Roll No> and send to 5676750. Once the results link will be activated in the official website you can access your results through SMS also.

The passing marks vary depending on the board in which you are taking the exam. For instance, if you are appearing for the CBSE board exams, the passing percentage is 33%. Therefore, to pass, you would need to score at least 26 out of 80 marks or 23 out of 70 marks.

Check the CBSE passing criteria for 10th, 12th class here https://school.careers360.com/boards/cbse/cbse-passing-marks-for-class-10-and-12

Hello Aspirant,

You can have many websites in which model papers are available. Or there might be some books outside with lots of previous year papers. I'm giving you the official link visit it and see the model papers and practice them .You will surely get good marks.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.pseb.ac.in/10th-class-model-test-paper&ved=2ahUKEwjf-bXMtdHnAhWVzjgGHQVYB0EQFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw3DwivzJ5pv44vU-Ay6bax-

Hope this is useful.

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