CBSE Releases Class 12 Artificial Intelligence Exam Sample Paper

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the Sample Question Paper – 1 for Artificial Intelligence to empower students navigating the rapidly evolving field of AI. The AI exam is scheduled for March 24 during the 2025-26 session. It aims to familiarise students with the exam format, helping them score the 50 marks, a two-hour test.

The paper is divided into two parts. Part A on Employability Skills comprises 10 marks, and Part B on Subject Skills comprises 40 marks.

Part A covers essential soft skills like communication, self-management, ICT, entrepreneurship, and green skills, with 6 objective-type questions (answer any 4) and 5 short-answer questions (answer any 3).

Part B dives deep into AI core concepts, featuring 24 objective questions (answer 20), 6 short-answer questions (answer any 4), and 5 descriptive questions (answer any 3). Key units include Capstone Project (16 questions), Model Life Cycle (10 questions), and Story Telling through Data (8 questions).

Scoping, design, deployment, loss functions – RMSE, MSE, and data storytelling techniques test the knowledge on AI phases. In these, students are asked to compute RMSE through some given data or to describe the advantages of cross-validation over train-test splits.

The sample paper is oriented to practical skills, with scenarios such as predicting house prices using regression or stating AI tools like DataRobot and Scikit Learn. The inclusion of visual elements-icons depicting processes related to data and diagrams illustrating the effects of data storytelling-adds an interactive layer.

Students can download the official Pdf from the CBSE website – cbseacademic.nic.in and practice it throughly before the deadline, as it reflects the exact blueprint and difficulty level expected in the March 2026 board exam.