Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released complete information regarding CBSE Board Class 10 Passing Marks Criteria 2025 on its official portal. All the class 10 students who have appeared in the CBSE board exam and want to know what is the minimum percentage of marks they need to pass this board exam, all these details will be available to all the students in this blog post. Therefore, all the class 10th students should read this blog post completely so that you can get complete information about CBSE Board Class 10 Passing Marks Criteria 2025.
According to the official date sheet of the CBSE Board, we know that the CBSE Class 10th Board Exam is starting on 15 February 2025 and will end on 18 March 2025.
Students who are going to appear in the CBSE Board Exam 2025 now want to know how much percentage of marks they will get in this board exam to pass it, this has been explained in detail in this blog post, which all you students can see that how many marks you have to get to pass the board exam.
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CBSE Board Class 10 Passing Marks Criteria 2025 Highlights
CBSE Class 10th students who have appeared in the board exams will have to score 33% marks in theory papers, 33% marks in practical papers and 33% marks overall in each subject to be considered as passed in the board exam.
CBSE Passing Marks Criteria 2025
To know in detail about the process of passing marks on theory paper and practical paper, you can see the information given below so that you will not have any confusion about how many marks you have to get in the practical exam and how many marks you have to get in theory exam, you will get all this information below.
CBSE Board Class 10 Passing Marks Criteria 2025 for Theory Exam
All class 10th students should know about the passing criteria 2025 marks given below which is mentioned about the theory paper. We will know about both theory papers and practical papers one by one but the table given below tells about the passing marks criteria of theory papers which all you students can see.
| Subjects | Maximum Marks | Passing Marks |
| Mathematics | 80 | 27 |
| Science | 80 | 27 |
| Social Science | 80 | 27 |
| English | 80 | 27 |
| Hindi | 80 | 27 |
| Computer Application | 80 | 27 |
| Other Subject | 80 | 27 |
CBSE Board Class 10 Passing Marks Criteria 2025 for Practical Exam
Now we will know about the passing marks criteria of the practical exam of CBSE class 10th students. The details about how many marks a student has to score in a practical exam i.e. internal assessment to be considered as passed are given in the table below subject-wise which can be seen by all class 10 students.
| Subjects | Maximum Marks for Internal Assessment/Practical Exams | Passing Marks for Internal Assessment/Practical Exams |
| Mathematics | 20 | 6 |
| Science | 20 | 6 |
| Social Science | 20 | 6 |
| English | 20 | 6 |
| Hindi | 20 | 6 |
| Computer Application | 70 | 23 |
| Other Subject | 20 | 6 |
CBSE Board Class 10 Passing Marks Criteria 2025 (Theory + Practical)
The overall passing marks criteria for CBSE Class 10 Board Exams are given in the table below. You have to appear for an exam of 100 marks and the detailed information about how many marks you need to score to be considered as passed in the board exam is given in the table below which all students can see.
| Subjects | Maximum Marks | Passing Marks |
| Mathematics | 100 | 33 |
| Science | 100 | 33 |
| Social Science | 100 | 33 |
| English | 100 | 33 |
| Hindi | 100 | 33 |
| Computer Application | 100 | 33 |
| Other Subject | 100 | 33 |
We hope that all the Class 10th students who have read this blog post completely will have complete information about CBSE Board Class 10 Passing Marks Criteria 2025. Apart from this, if you want to know the answer to any other question, then you can write your question in the comment box below.
FAQs
1. What are the passing marks for CBSE 10th Board 2025?
The passing marks for the CBSE Class 10 Board Exam 2025 is 33% in each subject. Students will be considered to have passed the board exam only if they score 33% marks separately in theory and practical papers.
2. Is it necessary to pass in both theory and practical?
In the case of subjects having practical work, the students of class 10 have to secure 33% marks in theory paper and 33% marks in practical exam separately, in addition to 33% marks in aggregate to qualify in that subject.
3. Will there be CBSE board exams in 2025 for class 10?
The Exam Conducting Board will conduct the board examination 2025 for class 10 students between February 15 and March 18, 2025 in pen and paper format.
4. What is the pass mark out of 100?
All the class 10th students who want to pass the board exams must get at least 33 marks out of 100 to be considered as passed.
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