CBSE Class 12 English Previous Year Question Papers
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CBSE Class 12 English previous year papers, 2026 to 2026
The real question papers from the CBSE Class 12 English board exams of 2026 to 2026 (2 papers, two sets a year, from different regions, each with a published marking scheme), and the 3 official sample papers for 2023-24, 2024-25, 2026-27. Every question is shown as printed, section by section, with its OR choices.
Our step-by-step solutions for English are not published yet: we show a solution only after an independent re-solve agrees with it. The 110 questions (counting each OR alternative) are all here to practise now.
English: papers by year
For the 2027 board exam
2026 board exam
For the 2025 board exam
For the 2024 board exam
English: how often each chapter was asked
Counted from the 2 board papers above (2026 to 2026). A chapter counts as asked in a paper when at least one question, or one of its OR alternatives, is on it. Average marks are over all 2 papers, with an OR pair counted once. Chapter tags are ours.
| Chapter | Asked in | Average marks per paper | Questions | Sample papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Lesson | 1 of 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 of 3 |
| Lost Spring | 0 of 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 of 3 |
| Deep Water | 1 of 2 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 of 3 |
| The Rattrap | 1 of 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 of 3 |
| Indigo | 0 of 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 of 3 |
| Poets and Pancakes | 1 of 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 of 3 |
| The Interview | 1 of 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 of 3 |
| Going Places | 2 of 2 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 of 3 |
| My Mother at Sixty-six | 2 of 2 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 of 3 |
| Keeping Quiet | 1 of 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 of 3 |
| A Thing of Beauty | 1 of 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 of 3 |
| A Roadside Stand | 1 of 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 of 3 |
| Aunt Jennifer's Tigers | 1 of 2 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 of 3 |
| The Third Level | 1 of 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 of 3 |
| The Tiger King | 1 of 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 of 3 |
| Journey to the End of the Earth | 2 of 2 | 4.5 | 2 | 2 of 3 |
| The Enemy | 1 of 2 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 of 3 |
| On the Face of It | 2 of 2 | 4.5 | 2 | 1 of 3 |
| Memories of Childhood | 2 of 2 | 4.5 | 2 | 3 of 3 |
| Notice Writing | 2 of 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 of 3 |
| Invitation and Reply | 2 of 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 of 3 |
| Letter to the Editor | 2 of 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 of 3 |
| Job Application with Bio-data | 2 of 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 of 3 |
| Article Writing | 2 of 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 of 3 |
| Report Writing | 2 of 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 of 3 |
| Reading (unseen passages) | 2 of 2 | 29 | 6 | 3 of 3 |
"Questions" counts each OR alternative in the board papers. Linked chapters list their questions by year on the chapter page.