JAC 12th Board Exam 2025 - Exam Date, Syllabus, Questions Papers, Result

English (Core): Unit 01

English (Core): Unit 02

• Short compositon-notice
• Letter writing-letter to editor
• Report writing
• Article writing

English (Core): Unit 03

• Prose: (i)The last lesson, (ii) Lost spring, (iii) Deep water, (iv) Indigo, (v) Going places
• Poetry: (i) My mother at sixty six, (ii) An elementary school classroom in a slum, (iii) Keeping quiet, (iv) A thing of beauty

English (Core): Unit 04

• Content: (i) The tiger king, (ii) Journey to the end of the earth, (iii) The enemy, (iv) On the face of it, (v) Memories of childhood: Long hair, we too are human beings

English (elective): Unit 01

• Unseen passage

English (elective): Unit 02

• An essay on argumentative/ discursive topic
• Composition: Article, report, speech

English (elective): Unit 03

• Editing, narration

English (elective): Unit 04

• Short stories: (i) I sell my dreams, (ii) Eveline, (iii) A wedding in Brownsville
• Poetry: (i) A lecture upon the shadow, (ii) Poems by Milton, (iii) Kubla khan, (iv) The wild swans of coole, (v) Time and time again, (vi) Blood
• Non fiction: (i) Freedom, (ii) Film-making, (iii) Why the novel matters
• Fiction: (i) Drama: Chandalika, (ii) Novel: (a) The financial expert or (b) A Tiger Malgudi

Bengali (elective): Unit 01

Bengali (elective): Unit 02

Bengali (elective): Unit 03

Bengali (elective): Unit 04

Bengali (elective): Unit 05

Bengali (elective): Unit 06

Persian: Unit 01

• Unseen passage

Persian: Unit 02

• Letter writing/ essay writing

Persian: Unit 03

• Definition of the following with examples: Nouns, pronouns, prepositions, verb
• Infinitives imperatives

Persian: Unit 04

• Prose
• Poetry

Physics: Unit 01

• Electric charges and their properties
• Coulomb’s law-force between two point charges, continuous charge distribution
• Electric field, electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines, electric dipole, electric dipole moment electric field due to a dipole (on axial and equatorial lines only), torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field
• Electric flux, statement of Gauss’s theorem statement, proof and its applications to find field due to infinitely long straight wire and uniformly charged thin spherical shell (field inside and outside)

Physics: Unit 02

• Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, capacitors and capacitance, energy stored in a capacitor

Physics: Unit 03

• Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity and mobility, and relation between drift velocity and electric current; Ohm’s law, series and parallel combinations of resistors; internal resistance of a cell
• Potential difference and EMF of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel
• Kirchhoff ’s laws and simple applications
• Wheatstone bridge, meter bridge

Physics: Unit 04

• Biot-Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop
• Ampere’s law its proof and applications to infinitely long straight wire, straight and toroidal solenoids
• Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields
• Cyclotron
• Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field
• Torque experienced by a current loop in a magnetic field; moving coil galvanometer; earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements

Physics: Unit 05

• Electromagnetic induction(definition); Faraday’s law, induced EMF and current; Lenz’s law, self and mutual inductance
• AC generator and transformer

Physics: Unit 06

• Electromagnetic induction(definition); Faraday’s law, induced EMF and current; Lenz’s law, self and mutual inductance

Physics: Unit 07

• AC generator and transformer

Physics: Unit 08

• Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only)
• Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses

Physics: Unit 09

• Refraction of light, refraction at spherical surface (µ2/v)-(µ1/u)=(µ2-µ1)/R lens maker's formula 1/f=(µ-1) (1/R₁ - 1/R₂)
• Combination of thin lenses in contact
• Refraction of light through a prism
• Derive prism formula µ=sin(ᴬ+ᵒᵐ/2 / sin(ᴬ/₂)
• Microscopes and their magnifying powers

Physics: Unit 10

• Wavefront and Huygens’ principle proof of laws of refraction using Huygens’ principle
• Interference, Young’s double slit experiment and expression for fringe width, polarization, plane polarized light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarized light and polaroids

Physics: Unit 11

• Photoelectric effect, Einstein’s photoelectric equation matter waves-wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation

Physics: Unit 12

• Radioactivity-radioactive decay law N= Nₒₑ⁻λᵼ mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon

Physics: Unit 13

• Semiconductors; semiconductor diode-I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier; logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND, and NOR)

Physics: Unit 14

• Elements of a communication system (block diagram only)

Chemistry: Unit 01

• Classification of solids based on different binding forces: Molecular, ionic, covalent and metallic solids, amorphous and crystalline solids, crystal lattice and unit cell: Primitive, bcc, fcc, end centred cubic, Bravais lattices
• Crystal lattice and unit cell: Calculation of number of atoms per unit cell, radius and density, coordination number, point defects-Frenkel and Schottky only, magnetic properties: Paramagnetism, diamagnetism, and ferromagnetism

Chemistry: Unit 02

• Types of solutions, expression of concentration of solutions of solids in liquids, vapour pressure of liquid solutions (Raoult's law), ideal and non ideal solutions
• Colligative properties and determination of molecular mass using colligative properties (relative lowering of vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point)

Chemistry: Unit 03

• Redox reactions, conductance in electrolytic solutions, molar conductivity, Kohlrausch's law, electrolysis and Faraday's laws of electrolysis, electrochemical cell, differece between galvanic and electrolytic cell
• Measurement of electrode potential and EMF of the cell

Chemistry: Unit 04

• Rate of reaction: Average and instantaneous rate, factors affecting rate of reaction (concentration only), rate law rate expression and rate constant, order and molecularity, integrated rate equations and half life period (zero and first order only)
• Adsorption, distinguish between adsorption and absorption, types of adsorption: Physisorption and chemisorption, distinguish between true solution, colloids and suspension
• Classification of colloids based on physical state and nature of interaction between dispersed phase and dispersion medium, properties of colloid: Tyndall effect, Brownian movement, electrophoresis, emulsions (oil in water and water in oil)

Chemistry: Unit 05

• Occurrence of metals, concentration of ores: Hydraulic washing, magnetic separation, froth flotation method, leaching, metallurgy of aluminium and copper, refining: Liquation, electrolysis, zone refining
• Refining: Vapour phase refining (Mond's process and Van Arkel method)

Chemistry: Unit 06

• Group 15 elements: Electronic configuration, occurrence, trends in physical and chemical properties, preparation properties and uses of ammonia, oxides of nitrogen (structure only), oxoacids of phosphorous (structure only)
• Group 16 elements: Occurrence, electronic configuration, trends in physical and chemical properties, preparation (by contact process) properties and uses of sulphuric acid, oxoacids of sulphur (structure only)
• Group 17 elements: Occurrence, electronic configuration, trends in physical and chemical properties, structure of oxoacids of halogens and interhalogen compounds
• Group 18 elements: Occurrence, electronic configuration, trends in physical and chemical properties, structure of xef2, xef4,xef6, xeo3, and xeof4

Chemistry: Unit 07

• Introduction, electronic configuration, general trends in properties of 1st row of transition elements: Metallic character, oxidation state colour, catalytic properties, magnetic properties intertial compounds, alloy formation
• General trends in properties of 1st row of transition elements: Preparation and properties of KmnO4

Chemistry: Unit 08

• Introduction, ligands, coordination number, oxidation state, IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, isomerism (structural only)

Chemistry: Unit 09

• Haloalkanes: Nomenclature, nature of C-X bond, method of preparation: From alkanes by free radical halogenation, from alkenes and halogen exchange (Finkelstein and Swarts reaction), physical properties, chemical properties, SN1 and SN2 reactions
• Haloalkanes: Method of preparation-Wurtz reaction
• Haloarenes: Nature of C-X bond, method of preparation-from amine by Sandmeyer reaction only, physical properties, electrophilic substitution reaction (directive influence of halogens)

Chemistry: Unit 10

• Alcohols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation from alkene (acid catalysed hydration), by the reduction of carbonyl compounds, from grignard reagent, physical properties, chemical properties: Esterification
• Alcohols: Reaction with HX (distinguish between three classes of alcohols by Lucas reagent), dehydration of alcohols excluding mechanism, oxidation of alcohols
• Phenols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation-from haloarenes, from diazonium salts, physical properties, chemical properties: Electrophilic substitution reaction, Reimer Tiemann reaction, reaction with Zn dust ethers: Nomenclature
• Phenols: Methods of preparation-from Williamson synthesis only, physical properties, chemical properties: Cleavage of C-O bond (reaction with HX), electrophilic substitution reaction (Friedel Crafts alkylation and acylation)

Chemistry: Unit 11

• Aldehydes and ketones: Nomenclature, nature of carbonyl group, methods of preparation from oxidation of alcohols, ozonolysis of alkenes, Rosenmund reduction, Stephen's reduction, from acyl chloride
• Aldehydes and ketones: From benzene and substituted benzene (Freidel Crafts acylation), physical properties, chemical properties: Mechanism of nucleophilic addition reaction, reactivity, reduction to alcohols. Reduction to hydrocarbons (clemmensen only)
• Aldehydes and ketones: Oxidation reaction (reaction with Tollen's reagent and Fehling's solution), aldol condensation, Cannizzaro's reaction, electrophilic substitution reaction uses
• Carboxylic acids: Nomenclature, methods of preparation-by oxidation of primary alcohols and aldehydes, from alkyl benzenes, from nitriles and amides and by hydrolysis of esters, physical properties, chemical properties: Esterification
• Carboxylic acids: Chemical properties-reaction with PCL3, PCL5, SOCL2, reduction, halogenation (HVZ reaction), electrophilic substitution reaction

Chemistry: Unit 12

• Nomenclature, classification, methods of preparation: By reduction of nitro compounds, reduction of nitriles, Hoffman bromamide degradation reaction, physical properties, chemical properties: Carbylamine reaction, reaction with nitrous acid
• Chemical properties: Reaction with Hinsberg reagent (arylsulphonyl chloride) diazonium salts: Nomenclature, methods of preparation: By diazotisation reaction only, physical properties, chemical properties: Sandmeyer's reaction, replacement by H
• Chemical properties: Replacement by hydroxyl group

Chemistry: Unit 13

• Carbohydrates: Classification (aldoses and ketoses), monosaccharides (glucose and fructose), disaccharides (sucrose, maltose, lactose) proteins: Elementary idea of α-amino acids, peptide bond, polypeptides, denaturation of proteins
• Nucleic acids: DNA and RNA, vitamins: Classification and functions

Chemistry: Unit 14

• Classification: Natural and synthetic, mode of polymerisation: Addition and condensation, homo and copolymers, monomers of some important polymers: Polythene, PVC, natural rubber, teflon, Buna-n, Buna-s, nylon-6, nylon-6, 6, terylene, bakelite

Chemistry: Unit 15

• Chemicals in medicine: Antacids, antihistamines, analgesics, antibiotics, antiseptics, disinfectents, tranquilizers, antifertility drugs

Biology: Unit 01

Biology: Unit 02

Biology: Unit 03

Biology: Unit 04

Biology: Unit 05

Biology: Unit 06

Biology: Unit 07

• Principles and processes

Biology: Unit 08

Biology: Unit 09

Biology: Unit 10

Mathematics: Unit 01

• Introduction, types of relation, types of function, composition of function and invertible function, binary operation

Mathematics: Unit 02

• Introduction, basic concept, properties of inverse trigonometric function

Mathematics: Unit 03

• Introduction, matrix, types of matrices, operations on matrices, transpose of a matrix, symmetric and skew symmetric matrices, elementary operation (transformation) of a matrix, invertible matrices

Mathematics: Unit 04

• Introduction, determinant, properties of determinant, area of a triangle, minors and cofactors, adjoin and inverse of a matrix, application of determinants and matrices

Mathematics: Unit 05

• Introduction, continuity, differentiability, exponential and logarithmic function, logarithmic differentiation, derivative of function in parametric forms, second order derivative, mean value theorem

Mathematics: Unit 06

• Introduction, rate of change of quantities, increasing and decreasing functions, tangents and normals, approximations, maxima and minima

Mathematics: Unit 07

• Introduction, integration as an inverse process of differentiation, methods of integration integration of some particular function, integration by partial fractions, integration by parts, definite integral, fundamental theorem of calculus
• Evaluation of definite integral by substitution, some properties of definite integrals

Mathematics: Unit 08

• Introduction, area under simple curves, area between two curves

Mathematics: Unit 09

• Introduction, basic concept, general and particular solution of a differential equation, formation of differential equation whose general solution is given

Mathematics: Unit 10

• Methods of solving first order
• First degree differential equations

Mathematics: Unit 11

• Introduction, some basic concept, types of vectors, addition of vectors, multiplication of vector by a scalar, product of two vectors

Mathematics: Unit 12

• Introduction, direction cosines and direction ratios of a line, equation of a line in space, angle between two lines, shortest distance between two lines, plane, coplanarity of two lines, angle between two planes, distance of a point from a plane
• Angle between a line and a plane

Mathematics: Unit 13

• Introduction, linear programming problem and its mathematical formulation

Mathematics: Unit 14

• Introduction, conditional probability, multiplication theorem on probability, independent events, Bayes theorem, Random variables and its probability distributions, Bernoulli trials and binomial distribution

Business studies-part-A (principles and functions of management): Unit 01

• Management-concept, objectives, and importance
• Management as science, art, and profession
• Levels of Management
• Management functions-planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
• Coordination-concept and importance

Business studies-part-A (principles and functions of management): Unit 02

• Principles of management-concept and significance
• Fayol’s principles of management
• Taylor’s scientific management-principles and techniques

Business studies-part-A (principles and functions of management): Unit 03

• Business environment-concept and importance
• Dimensions of business environment-economic, social, technological, political, and legal

Business studies-part-A (principles and functions of management): Unit 04

• Planning: Concept, importance, and limitation
• Planning process

Business studies-part-A (principles and functions of management): Unit 05

• Organising: Concept and importance
• Organising Process
• Structure of organisation-functional and divisional concept
• Delegation: Concept, elements, and importance
• Decentralization: Concept and importance

Business studies-part-A (principles and functions of management): Unit 06

• Staffing: Concept and importance
• Staffing process
• Recruitment process
• Selection-process
• Training and development-concept and importance, methods of training, on the job and off the job-vestibule training, apprenticeship training, and internship training

Business studies-part-A (principles and functions of management): Unit 07

• Directing: Concept and importance
• Elements of Directing
• Motivation-concept, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, financial and non-financial incentives
• Leadership-concept, styles-authoritative, democratic and laissez faire
• Communication-concept, formal and informal communication

Business studies-part-A (principles and functions of management): Unit 08

• Controlling-concept and importance
• Steps in process of control

Business studies-part-B (business finance and marketing): Unit 01

• Financial management: Concept, role, and objectives
• Financial decisions: Investment, financing, and dividend-meaning and factors affecting
• Financial planning-concept and importance
• Capital structure-concept and factors affecting capital structure
• Fixed and working capital-concept and factors affecting their requirements

Business studies-part-B (business finance and marketing): Unit 02

• Financial markets: Concept, functions, and types
• Money market and its instruments
• Capital market: Concept, types (primary and secondary), methods of floatation in the primary market
• Stock exchange-meaning, functions, and trading procedure
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)-objectives and functions

Business studies-part-B (business finance and marketing): Unit 03

• Marketing-concept, functions and philosophies-product, prize, and standard
• Marketing mix-concept and elements
• Product-branding, labelling, and packaging-concept
• Price-concept, factors determining price
• Physical distribution-concept
• Promotion-concept and elements; advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, and public relations

Business studies-part-B (business finance and marketing): Unit 04

• Consumer protection: Concept
• Consumer protection act 1986: Meaning of consumer rights and responsibilities of consumers who can file a complaint? redressal machinery remedies available

Accountancy: Unit 01

• Non-profit organization: Meaning and examples
• Receipt and payment account-meaning, features
• Concept of fund based accounting, calculation of amount of subscription
• Preparation of income and expenditure account from receipt and payment account without additional information and balance sheet

Accountancy: Unit 02

• Partnership-meaning and features, partnership deed
• Provision in the absence of partnership deed
• Preparation of profit and loss appropriate account, division of profit among partners
• Fixed vs. fluctuating capital accounts method

Accountancy: Unit 03

• Definition features, need, factors affecting the value of goodwill, types of goodwill
• Method of valuation of goodwill: (a) Simple average profit method, (b) super profit method

Accountancy: Unit 04

• Sacrificing ratio and gaining ratio

Accountancy: Unit 05

• Meaning, right of a new partner
• Calculation of sacrificing and new profit sharing ratio
• Accounting treatment of goodwill (AS-10)
• Revaluation of assets and liabilities
• Treatment of accumulated/ undistributed profit and accumulated loss
• Preparation of revaluation account, partners capital and balance sheet without adjustment of capital

Accountancy: Unit 06

• Calculation of gaining and new profit sharing ratio
• Accounting treatment of goodwill
• Revaluation of assets and liabilities, partners capital account and balance sheet without adjustment of capital and retiring partners loan account

Accountancy: Unit 07

• Meaning, nature/ characteristics of company
• Types of company, shares, share capital
• Issue and allotment of shares over subscription and under subscription
• Issue of shares at par and premium
• Calls in arrears and calls in advances
• Issue of shares for consideration other than cash

Accountancy: Unit 08

• Meaning and journal entries of forfeiture and reissue without pro-rate allotment

Accountancy: Unit 09

• Meaning of debentures, types, differences between shares and debentures
• Issue of debentures at par, premium and discount

Accountancy: Unit 10

• Meaning and sources of redemption

Accountancy: Unit 11

• Meaning of financial statement
• Preparation of balance sheet of a company in the prescribed form only with major headings
• Meaning, limitation, and methods of analysis of financial statement
• Tools for financial statement analysis-comparative statements

Accountancy: Unit 12

• Meaning and types of ratios
• Liquidity ratio-current ratio, liquid ratio
• Solvency ratios: Debt to equity, total assets to debt
• Activity ratio: Inventory turnover ratio, working capital turnover ratio
• Profitability ratio: Gross profit ratio, net profit ratio, operating ratio

Accountancy: Unit 13

• Meaning and simple problem of cash flow from operating activities only by indirect method

Business mathematics: Unit 01

Business mathematics: Unit 02

Business mathematics: Unit 03

Business mathematics: Unit 04

Business mathematics: Unit 05

Business mathematics: Unit 06

Business mathematics: Unit 07

Entrepreneurship: Unit 01

• Sensing and identification of entrepreneurial opportunities
• Market assessment
• Identification of entrepreneurial opportunities
• Selection of an enterprises
• Steps in setting up of an enterprise

Entrepreneurship: Unit 02

• Business planning
• Preparation of project report
• Resource assessment
• Fixed and working capital requirement
• Breakeven analysis

Entrepreneurship: Unit 03

• Basic management function
• Marketing Management
• Financial management
• Determination Of cost

Statistics: Unit 01

• Measures of central tendery-arithmetic mean

Statistics: Unit 02

• Median

Statistics: Unit 03

• Mode

Statistics: Unit 04

• Geometric mean-meaning
• Simple geometric mean without using log table

Statistics: Unit 05

• Meaning of time series
• Importance and types of time series
• Measurement of trend on secular trend
• Method of average: (a) Semi average method, (b) moving average method

Statistics: Unit 06

• Interpolation and extrapolation
• Meaning, importance
• Method of interpolation
• Algebraic methods
• Binomial expansion method

Agriculture: Unit 01

• Introduction: (a) Target and achievement in food grain production in India since independence. (b) Classification of field crop based on their utility, cereal, pulse, oilseed. Soil, soil fettling, fertilizers, and manures
• Introduction: (c) soil, soil ptl, soil texture, soil structure soil organisms, (d) essential plant nutrients, their functions and deficiency symptoms
• Irrigation and drainage: (a) Source of irrigation (rain, canal, tank, river, wells, tube wells), (b) method of irrigation and drainage
• Weed control: Principle of weed control, method of weed control (cultural, mechanized biological, and integrated weed management)
• Crops: Seed bed preparation, seed treatment time and method of sowing/ planting, seed rate, dose, method and time of fertilizer application, irrigation and weed control, common pest and disease of major field crop-rice, maize mustard, gram

Agriculture: Unit 02

• Importance of fruits and vegetables in human diet and processing industry
• Orchard location and layout, ornamental gardening and kitchen garden, cultivation practices processing and marketing of: (i) Fruits-mango, papaya, ber, jack-fruit, (ii) vegetables-radish, potato, onion, bainjal, tomato, caulifiower, cabbage
• Principles and methods of fruits and vegetables preservation
• Preparation of jelly, Jams, chips, ketchup, and their packing

Agriculture (floriculturist-open cultivation): Unit 01

Agriculture (floriculturist-open cultivation): Unit 02

Agriculture (floriculturist-open cultivation): Unit 03

Apparel, made-ups, and home furnishing (self employed tailor): Unit 01

Apparel, made-ups, and home furnishing (self employed tailor): Unit 02

Apparel, made-ups, and home furnishing (self employed tailor): Unit 03

Apparel, made-ups, and home furnishing (self employed tailor): Unit 04

Automotive (auto service technician L4): Unit 01

Automotive (auto service technician L4): Unit 02

Automotive (auto service technician L4): Unit 03

Beauty and wellness (beauty therapist): Unit 01

Beauty and wellness (beauty therapist): Unit 02

Beauty and wellness (beauty therapist): Unit 03

Electronics and hardware (field technician-computing and peripherals): Unit 01

Electronics and hardware (field technician-computing and peripherals): Unit 02

Electronics and hardware (field technician-computing and peripherals): Unit 03

Electronics and hardware (field technician-computing and peripherals): Unit 04

Healthcare (general duty assistant): Unit 01

Healthcare (general duty assistant): Unit 02

Healthcare (general duty assistant): Unit 03

Healthcare (general duty assistant): Unit 04

Healthcare (general duty assistant): Unit 05

IT-IteS (junior software developer): Unit 01

IT-IteS (junior software developer): Unit 02

IT-IteS (junior software developer): Unit 03

Media and entertainment (texturing artist): Unit 01

Media and entertainment (texturing artist): Unit 02

Retail (sales associate): Unit 01

Retail (sales associate): Unit 02

Retail (sales associate): Unit 03

Tourism and hospitality (customer service executive-meet and greet): Unit 01

Tourism and hospitality (customer service executive-meet and greet): Unit 02

Tourism and hospitality (customer service executive-meet and greet): Unit 03

Tourism and hospitality (customer service executive-meet and greet): Unit 04