Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025 (Out): Latest Blueprint, Subject-wise Pattern

Roumik Roy

Updated on - Nov 12, 2024

The Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka, will release the Karnataka 2nd PUC exam pattern 2025 for various subjects. The subject-wise exam pattern will help the students to understand the paper pattern and the difficulty level of the paper.  

Furthermore, the Karnataka 2nd PUC exam will be conducted for 100 marks. For some papers, 80 marks will be for theory and 20 marks for internals. Students can also access and check the subject-wise blueprint of the exam on the official website. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025: Blueprint Download PDF

The board has released the updated Karnataka 2nd PUC blueprint 2025 on its official portal for the various subjects. Moreover, students can visit the official website to download the updated Karnataka blueprint. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025: Marks Distribution

Students must score at least 24 marks as passing marks in the 2nd PUC board examination. As per the recent notification, the board has considered the 20 marks as internal marks to evaluate the students.

The detailed marks distribution as per the latest 2nd PUC total marks are mentioned below. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025: Subject-Wise

The subject-wise exam pattern for the Karnataka 2nd PUC is given below for the candidate's reference. This will help the candidates to understand the exam pattern and the difficulty level of the question paper. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC 2025 Exam Pattern For Language-Based Subjects

English and Hindi are mostly taken by the students as their first and second language-based subjects. Check the exam pattern of the language-based subjects provided in the following sections. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025 for English

A total of 100 marks is set for the English exam under Karnataka 2nd PUC which is allocated into different categories such as Reading Skills (Textual & Non-textual), Grammar, and Writing Skills. The exam pattern of English is given below.

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025 for Hindi

The Hindi exam is divided into two units which include a written test and an internal assessment. The exam pattern of Hindi is illustrated below. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC 2025 Exam Pattern For Science Stream

The Karnataka 2nd PUC science stream consists of subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, etc. The exam pattern of subjects under science is given in the following sections. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025 for Physics

From the Karnataka 2nd PUC Physics blueprint, it can be seen that about 35% of the total marks are allotted to knowledge, 29% to understanding, 20% to application, and 16% to HOTS. The Physics paper will be conducted for 100 marks out of which 70 marks are for theory and 30 marks are for internal assessment. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025 for Chemistry

The Chemistry paper will be conducted in pen and paper mode for 100 marks. The Karnataka 2nd PUC exam pattern for 2025 is mentioned below for Chemistry for the student's reference. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025 for Mathematics

As per the Karnataka 2nd PUC exam pattern 2025, the Mathematics question Paper would be of 5 parts A, B, C, D, and E. All these sections are compulsory and the students should attempt questions from all parts.

• Part A: 20 compulsory questions each carrying 1 mark, 5 Fill in the blanks, and 5 Very Short Answer questions of 1 mark each.
• Part B: 6 questions to be answered out of 11 questions each carrying 2 marks
• Part C: 6 questions to be answered out of 11 questions each carrying 3 marks
• Part D: 4 questions to be answered out of 8 questions each carrying 5 marks
• Part E: 2 questions to be answered with a choice, (a) and (b) of 6 marks and 4 marks respectively.

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025 for Biology

The board has released the blueprint for Biology on its official portal. Students can refer to the image given below to get an idea of the updated exam pattern. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC 2025 Exam Pattern For Commerce Stream

The commerce stream contains subjects such as Accountancy, Business Studies, Economics, etc. Check the following sections to get details of the exam pattern for subjects under the commerce stream.

Karnataka 2nd PUC 2025 Exam Pattern For Arts Stream

History, Geography, Sociology, and Psychology are the popular subjects in the art/humanities streams of the Karnataka 2nd PUC. A detailed overview of the exam pattern for the subject under the arts stream is given in the following sections. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025 for History

A total of 9 chapters including the map work is included in the History exam. Check the exam pattern of History illustrated below. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025 for Geography

The marks allotted in the Geography exam are divided into 12 chapters. The exam pattern of Geography is given below. 

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025: Changes Introduced

The Karnataka government will update the 2nd PUC exam pattern for the academic year 2025. The exam pattern will include 20 marks for internal marks for the subjects not having the practical exams. The respective teachers must record this.

• Based on the first and second unit tests and mid-term exams, 10 points will be given for internal evaluation.
• The school authorities will review the best of two marks from these examinations, which will be averaged to 10 points. 
• The remaining marks will be based on the project and assignments. The marks distribution is given below. 
• five marks for projects and writing
• three marks for presentation 
• Two marks for viva voce.
• The 20 internal marks are applicable for subjects like Maths, business studies, economics, languages, and other core subjects. 
• In comparison, subjects like physics, chemistry, biology, electronics, computer science, home science, and others will follow the (70+30) marking scheme. 
• This marking scheme applies to the regular students appearing for the Karnataka 2nd PUC exam 2025. 
• Repeaters and those students registered as private candidates will have to answer a 100-mark question paper.

Karnataka 2nd PUC Exam Pattern 2025: Passing Marks Criteria & Grading Scheme

Candidates have to pass all the subjects to qualify. According to the updated Karnataka 2nd PUC exam pattern, the 2nd PUC total marks are based on the factors like:

• Students must obtain at least 35 marks (out of 100) to be considered "Passed" in a subject.
• There are no overall passing marks; students are only required to score the minimum marks (35) in each subject individually.

The board has also set a grading process on a scale of 1 to 10 which depends on the candidate's performance. The grading process is illustrated in the table below.