The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 Mathematics exam is scheduled for March 9, 2026 . Students have limited time for final preparation. Understanding high-weightage topics can help improve scores. The exam contributes 80 marks to the final theory paper, with internal assessments accounting for the remaining 20 marks.
High-Weightage Topics Identified
Specific chapters and their sub-topics have been identified as carrying significant weight in the exam. Focus on these areas during revision for better performance.
| Chapter | Key Topics |
|---|---|
| Relations and Functions | Types of Relations; Types of Functions |
| Inverse Trigonometric Functions | Domain; Range; Principal value |
| Matrices | Operations on matrices; Area of triangle; Symmetric/Skew symmetric Matrices |
| Determinants | Minors; Cofactors; Solution of System of Equations; Inverse of Matrix |
| Continuity & Differentiability | Continuity at a point; Derivatives of implicit functions; Derivatives of exponential and logarithmic; Second order derivatives |
| Application of Derivatives | Maxima & Minima; Increasing & Decreasing functions |
| Integrals | Questions on methods of integration; Properties of Definite integral; Questions with modulus function in definite integral |
| Application of Integrals | Area of simple curves |
| Differential Equations | Order & Degree; Linear differential equations |
| Vector Algebra | Dot & Cross product |
| 3-D Geometry | Direction ratios & cosines; Shortest distance between lines; Angle between two lines |
| Linear Programming Problems | Plot the inequality; Feasible and Infeasible Region; Unbounded/Bounded Regions |
| Probability | Bayes’ theorem; Probability distribution |