'Fair Balance Of Direct, Indirect Questions': CBSE Psychology Exam 2025 Experts Analysis
CBSE 12 Psychology Exam: The national level secondary education and examination conducting body CBSE held the Class 12 Psychology Exam 2025 paper in India and abroad today. Students from across the country appeared for today’s paper in their respective exam centers. As per the preliminary feedback, students and subject experts found the paper a “fair balance of direct questions and indirect questions”.
Experts have opined that there was a fair balance of direct and indirect directions, though the higher-order thinking questions slightly dominated the question paper.
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Speaking to Timeline, Dr. Neetu Kapoor, Principal of Army Public School and Psychology Post Graduate Teacher from Resham Kohli Taneja shared their observations on regarding the paper. The teaching staff analysed that the paper was mostly conceptual and application-based, requiring students to understand, interpret, and apply psychological concepts rather than just memorising definitions.
A total of 60% question were application and case based while 30% were on conceptual understanding and 10% direct theoretical questions, the expert noted.
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Resham Kohli has made a detailed section-wise analysis on the question paper. Speaking about the section 1 very short answer type question, the expert said the part was easy to moderate, adding that it was mostly “recall-based” such as definitions, examples and basic facts. However, some question, according to Resham Kohli, “tested understanding” including psychological attributes. “Questions like “What is positive transference?” and “What is existential anxiety?” required familiarity with terminology, which could be tricky if students skipped those parts,” she pointed out.
On section B short answer type 1 question, the subject expert ruled it was moderate, testing basic comprehension and conceptual clarity. “Questions asked for specific differences or reasons, such as between prejudice and discrimination or the role of attitude in altruism. • Students needed to be precise and to the point,” Resham Kohli said.
Section C short type 2 questions were however slightly challenging, though they were moderate for some. “These required brief explanations with examples. A few questions (like the one about stress and health, or techniques of behavior therapy) needed knowledge integration across chapters,” the expert noted, adding that understanding the question properly was crucial such as distinguishing between types of social influence or personality disorders.
According to Resham Kohli, Section D long answer type questions were “moderate to high” She said the questions involved application, evaluation, and sometimes synthesis of ideas. “Questions like describing the steps in the interview method or projective techniques asked for process-based knowledge,” the expert highlighted. The expert also noted that some questions were case-based or required connecting concepts with real-life contexts.
Section E – the case based quotations – were “moderate to high.” “These were higher-order thinking questions. • Students had to analyze, interpret, and apply multiple psychological concepts to a given scenario. Success in these questions depended on reading comprehension and ability to map theory to the practical example,” the expert added.
