MBOSE Class 12 Question Paper 2026 for Education

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MBOSE Class 12 2026
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MBOSE Class 12 2026 Question Paper Education

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( FOR CANDIDATES WITH INTERNAL ASSESSMENT—NEW COURSE )

Full Marks : 80

( FOR CANDIDATES WITHOUT INTERNAL ASSESSMENT—OLD COURSE )

Full Marks : 100

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General Instructions :
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Please read the instructions carefully. The Question Paper
is divided into five Sections. Section—F is for candidates
without Internal Assessment only.

Section—A : 1×30=30
• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) of 30 questions, 1 mark
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• Choices are given.
• Answer should not exceed 30 words each.

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Section—C : 5×4=20
• Short Answer-type Questions, 4 questions carrying 5 marks
each.
• Answer should not exceed 60 words each.
• Choices are given.

Section—D : 8×2=16
• Long Answer-type/Descriptive-type Questions, 2 questions
carrying 8 marks each.
• Answer should not exceed 200 words each.
• Choices are given.

Section—E : 2×2=4
• Case-based Study Questions, 2 marks each.
• Answer should not exceed 20 words each.
• Choices are given.

Only for Candidates without Internal Assessment :

Section—F : 2×10=20
• Short Answer-type Questions, 10 questions carrying
2 marks each.
• Choices are not given.
• Answer should not exceed 30 words each.

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(c) parents, designed
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(b) John Dewey
(c) King and Brownell
(d) Amartya Sen
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4. What term is preferred instead of ‘disability’ ?

(a) Incapable

(b) Handicapped

(c) Disabled

(d) Challenged

5. What was the disability that Albert Einstein, the famous
scientist, suffered from?

(a) Multiple disability

(b) Dyslexia

(c) Dyscalculia

(d) Dysgraphia

6. Which National Policy on Education recommended
integrating children with special needs in the general
education system?

(a) The National Policy on Education, 1968

(b) The National Policy on Education, 1986

(c) The National Policy on Education, 1992

(d) The National Policy on Education, 2005

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7. “It is through art and through art only, that we can realize
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(b) Tagore

(c) Charles Fowler

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(b) performing arts

(c) plastic arts

(d) fine arts

9. Who defined educational technology as an application of
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10. The Open University of the United Kingdom (UKOU) was
established in
(a) 1949
(b) 1967
(c) 1969
(d) 1979

11. Which of the following is the correct acronym of SDAIE?
(a) Specially Developed Academic Inclusion in English
(b) Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
(c) Standard Designed Academic Introduction in English
(d) Specially Designed Academic Interpretation in
English

12. One’s ability to do certain types of work is
(a) attitude
(b) achievement
(c) skill
(d) aptitude

13. Which of the following is the incorrect statement from
the options given below?
(a) Dance promotes personal and social well-being.
(b) Dance cuts across the culture worldwide.
(c) Dance leads to aesthetic development.
(d) Dance is the least difficult to implement.

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16. The first test to measure intelligence was constructed by

(a) Spearman

(b) Gardner

(c) Alfred Binet

(d) Wechsler

17. Which of the following statements is correct from among
the given options?

(a) Differences in intelligence are due to inferior in genes.

(b) Females tend to score higher than males in verbal
abilities.

(c) Males tend to do poorly in visual-spatial tasks.

(d) Research proves that differences in intelligence exist
due to race.

18. The word ‘personality’ is derived from the _____ word.

(a) English

(b) Greek

(c) Latin

(d) French

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(c) Sigmund Freud

(d) Allport

20. “A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks
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(c) freedom from distractibility

(d) freedom from fatigue

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22. It is the concentration of mental efforts on the events or
things.

(a) Thinking

(b) Reasoning

(c) Memory

(d) Attention

23. The term ‘interest’ is used to indicate a permanent _____
disposition.

(a) physical

(b) mental

(c) emotional

(d) social

24. How long does the sensation from the environment
remain in sensory memory?

(a) For a few minutes

(b) For a few years

(c) For a fraction of a second

(d) Indefinitely

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(d) Karl Dallenbach

26. The human brain is a knot of

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(a) Images mean mental ideas of the world.

(b) Images mean mental processes of the world.

(c) Images mean mental pictures of the world.

(d) Images mean mental activities of the world.
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(d) Critical thinking

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29. Who rightly said, “Life is the art of drawing sufficient
conclusions from insufficient premises”?
(a) Samuel Butler
(b) Walter Lippmann
(c) Doddington
(d) Edward de Bono

30. Match the terms given in Column–A correctly with their
options given in Column–B and choose the appropriate
code as the correct answer :

Column–A Column–B
A. Flynn effect 1. Techniques of memorization
B. Freudian slip 2. Attending to some cues
C. Cocktail party effect 3. Slip of tongue phenomenon
D. Mnemonics 4. Reaching valid conclusions
E. Syllogism 5. 3 IQ points per decade

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(c) A B C D E
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(d) A B C D E
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2. What is an inclusive classroom?

3. Mention the curriculum for drama at different stages of
school education, as prescribed by the NCERT.

4. State the four characteristics of educational technology.

5. What is cognitive style?
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5. Elaborate on the steps used in reasoning.

6. Discuss the different causes of forgetting.

7. Explain the fundamental characteristics of personality.

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SECTION—D
Answer any two of the following questions in not more than
200 words each : 8×2=16

1. What are the different principles that serve as guidelines
for curriculum framers and in evaluating the appropriate-
ness of the curriculum?

2. Clearly explain the meaning of specific learning disability
(SLD) and elaborate the different types of SLD.

3. Describe briefly on the structure of personality according
to Sigmund Freud.

4. What are the conditions that stimulate thinking?

5. Explain briefly on the strategies used by teachers for
seeking students’ attention in the classroom.

SECTION—E

Case I :
Read the following passage carefully and answer the
question given below :
Sagar, a student of Class 2, has average intelligence but
is not able to perform well in studies. As his mother
tongue and the medium of teaching in school were
different, he faced difficulty in reading, and was also not
able to interact with his peers. On finding that he had
a problem with reading, his teacher labelled him as
dyslexic and referred him to the school counsellor.
What do you think about his teacher’s decision? Give
reason for your answer. 2

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A merchant, who owes money to a moneylender, agrees to
settle the debt based upon the choice of two stones (one
black and one white) from a moneybag. If the merchant’s
daughter chooses the white stone, the debt is cancelled;
if she picks the black stone, the moneylender gets her.
However, the moneylender ‘fixes’ the outcome by putting
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accused of being dishonest, the moneylender agrees and
cancels the debt.
How does lateral thinking help the merchant’s daughter
solve the problem? 2

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SECTION—F
[ For the Candidates without Internal Assessment only ]
( Marks : 20 )

Answer the following questions in not more than 30 words
each : 2×10=20

1. What do you mean by the word ‘syllabus’?

2. Mention the framework for developing projects.

3. What is attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

4. Differentiate between visual arts and performing arts.

5. What is inquiry-based learning?

6. Name four areas of individual differences.

7. Give one definition of personality.

8. What are the keywords for seeking attention?

9. Mention the stages of memory.

10. Mention four different ways for developing thinking and
reasoning abilities.

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