BSEB 12th Exam 2026: Answer Key (OUT), Objection Window, Result, Toppers' List

Bihar Board 12th Exam 2026: The Bihar Board Intermediate Annual Examination 2026 began on February 2, 2026, at a total of 1,762 examination centres across the state. The Bihar Board has released the BSEB 12th Admit Card 2026 on January 16 on its official portal. School authorities are advised to download Bihar Board Inter Admit Card 2026 by using their login credentials and distribute it among the eligible students. Aspirants must note that it is mandatory to carry the BSEB Bihar Class 12th Admit Card 2026 on the exam day, otherwise, they'll not be eligible to appear for the exam.

The Bihar Board 12th Exam 2026 concluded on February 13, 2026. Around 13.18 lakh students have registered for the Bihar Board 12th Exam 2026, and 1,762 exam centres have been allocated for the same. The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has released the detailed datesheet for the BSEB Inter exams on November 29, 2025, in online mode. Students can download their Bihar board 12th timetable from the official website of the board, seniorsecondary.biharboardonline.com, biharboardonline.com, intermediate.biharboardonline.com. In case of any issue on the exam day, the control room can be contacted. It will be active from 06:00 AM on February 2, 2026 onwards.

BSEB Inter practical exams 2026 will be conducted from January 10 to 20, 2026 at designated exam centres. The board has released the admit card for the same on December 27, 2025. The Bihar board 12th practical hall tickets 2026 will be available on the official website - intermediate.biharboardonline.com till January 9, 2026. Students are advised to collect their practical exam admit cards from their respective schools. They must ensure that their admit cards are duly signed and stamped by their school heads.

The BSEB class 12 exam is conducted annually and it is held in pen-and-paper format. The board releases the detailed exam pattern, syllabus and mock papers, subject-wise, on its official website. Students are advised to download the latest syllabus and exam pattern for comprehensive preparation of the Bihar Board Senior Secondary Exams 2026. The BSEB 12th result 2026 will be declared soon after the exams, tentatively in March 2026. Students will be able to check their board result from the official website using their roll code and roll number in the designated spaces. 

In the last academic session (2024-25), the Bihar 12th board exams were held from February 1 to 15, 2025. The BSEB inter results were announced on March 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM. The overall pass percentage was 86.50%. 

Latest Update:

• Bihar Board Intermediate Exam Time Table 2026 was released on November 29, 2026 at the official website of the board.
• BSEB Sent-up exam 2026 class 12 is being conducted from November 19 in pen-paper mode. It is mandatory for all the students to clear the sent-up examination in all subjects to appear for the Bihar board class 12 exam 2026. 
• Bihar board class 12 dummy admit card 2026 is available on the official website till November 27, 2025 for rectification of  discrepancies, if any. 
• BSEB has released the Bihar board 12th Sent-Up exam dates on its official X handle. Students passing the BSEB class 12 sent-up exams will only be eligible for the Bihar board exams 2026 class 12. The Bihar inter sent-up exams will be conducted from November 19 to 26, 2025. However, the practical exams are scheduled between November 27 to 29, 2025. 

Download BSEB 12th Sent-Up exam Datesheet

Bihar Board 2026 Class 12th Exam Updates

The Intermediate Annual Examination 2026 began on February 2, 2026, at a total of 1,762 examination centres across the state. 

• On February 2, in the first sitting (from 09:30 AM to 12:45 PM), the Biology subject examination was conducted for candidates of the Science stream, for which 4,98,475 candidates had filled the examination form. In the same first sitting, the Philosophy subject examination was conducted for 3,842 candidates.​

• Similarly, in the second sitting (from 02:00 PM to 05:15 PM), the Economics subject examination was conducted for a total of 55,964 candidates of the Arts and Commerce streams.

• On February 06, 2026, the board successfully conducted the English exam in the first shift and Hindi exam in the second shift. The English examination was carried out from 09:30 AM to 12:45 PM, for 6,43,792 students from the Science and Commerce streams. The Hindi examination commenced from 02:00 PM to 05:15 PM, for 6,45,655 students who appeared from the Arts stream and Vocational Courses.
• In the district of Patna, 42,863 students appeared from the Science and Commerce streams in the English exam, while 30,294 students of the Arts and Vocational streams appeared in the Hindi exam on February 6.
• The Intermediate Annual Examination 2026 was conducted successfully in both shifts at all examination centres across the state on February 9. In today’s first shift, the examination of the Hindi subject and in the second shift, the examinations of History, Agriculture and Elective Subject Trade Paper-1 were held.
• On February 9, in the first shift, the Hindi subject examination for 6,14,394 candidates of Science and Commerce streams was conducted from 9:30 AM to 12:45 PM. For the second shift, a total of 5,98,895 candidates had filled the examination form. 

The Bihar School Examination Board has created four model examination centres in each of the 38 districts of the state. Thus, a total of 152 model examination centres have been set up across the state, where all the examinees are girl students and all deployed invigilators, police personnel and magistrates, along with all other staff, are also women. 

Bihar Board BSEB 12th Exam 2026: Statistics

As announced by the chairman, the BSEB 12th Exam 2026 was smoothly conducted from February 2 to 13, 2026. The exam statistics for the Bihar Board Intermediate Exam 2026 can be checked in the table below.

Bihar Board Class 12th Admit Card 2026

The Bihar board has released the BSEB class 12 admit card on January 16, 2026, in online mode. Only school administrators can download and distribute hall tickets to the registered students. They are advised to go through all the details mentioned on it carefully after downloading the admit cards. Students are mandated to carry their admit cards on the day of the examination.

BSEB Bihar Board Class 12 Date Sheet 2026

The BSEB Class 12 exam 2026 datesheet was released by the examination authority online. Students can check the detailed Bihar Board 12th exam timetable 2026 from the table below:

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Bihar Board Class 12 Syllabus 2026

The Bihar board prescribes the BSEB class 12 syllabus. The syllabus is released on the official website in the PDF format. It is advised that candidates should thoroughly check the BSEB Class 12 syllabus to know which subjects each stream has. Candidates must note that the BSEB class 12 has 3 different streams including Arts, Science, and Commerce. 

Although there are usually no changes to the BSEB class 12 exam syllabus, if there are, students will be notified by the board via the official website. Further, each stream has 5 subjects which include 2 language subjects (English and Hindi)  and 3 other different subjects. Candidates can take a look at the subjects down below. 

BSEB Class 12 Arts Subjects 

• History 
• Geography 
• Political Science
• Philosophy

BSEB Class 12 Commerce Subjects 

• Business Studies  
• Economics 
• Accountancy 

BSEB Class 12 Science Subjects 

• Chemistry 
• Biology 
• Physics 

Bihar Board 12th Exam Pattern 2026

The Bihar board issued the BSEB class 12 exam pattern on its official website. Furthermore, the main goal of the BSEB class 12 exam pattern is to provide candidates with information such as the duration of the exam, whether the exam has a negative marking, the mode of examination, and other pertinent details. 

Candidates must note that the BSEB Class 12 test is divided into two sections: theory and practical. Furthermore, the passing marks for theory and practice are not the same. In addition, each stream's marking system is divided into two sections, and candidates must pass each section with the required passing marks. Also, candidates should be aware that BSEB 12th exams contain 50% MCQ questions. Those topics that include both theory and practice, on the other hand, will only have 35 MCQ in the theory test. The exam will last 3 hours and 15 minutes. 

BSEB Class 12 Exam 2026 Passing Marks

The BSEB class 12 passing marks refer to the marks that candidates need to score to qualify for the BSEB class 12 exam 2026. In addition, the BSEB class 12 exam is divided into two sections. The first is a theory exam, while the second is a practical exam. The passing scores for both tests are different. Candidates may see the passing marks for the BSEB class 12 theoretical and practical test down below.  

Bihar Board Result 2026

The Bihar Board class 12th results 2026 will be released online. Students who will appear for the board exams will be able to check and download their marksheets through the official website for inter results. To view the BSEB result 2026, students will be required to enter their roll code, roll number and security captcha code in the login window on the official website.

The BSEB 12th result 2025 was released on March 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM. The Bihar board inter results was released on the official websites, interresult2025.com and interbiharboard.com. Students need to enter their roll code, roll number and security captcha code in the login window to check the results. As per the data released, a total of 12,80,211 students appeared for the BSEB intermediate (class 12) exam 2025, of them, 11,07,330 passed. The exams were held in 1,677 exam centres across the state. The overall pass percentage was 86.50%.

BSEB Class 12 Compartment Exam 2026

BSEB also conducts the class 12th compartment exam for those students who failed any subject in the annual exam. To get the passing certificate students are required to re-appear for that particular subject. The board releases the dates for the Bihar 12th board compartment examination. For the acdemic year, 2024-25, the Bihar board 12th compartment exam applications were submitted from April 1 to 8, 2025, in online mode. The BSEB inter compartment result were out on May 31, 2025.