Free practice papers available online, CBSE warns against fake news of paid sample papers

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had initiated Competency Focused Education and Assessment in its affiliated schools and has recently released practice papers in all major subjects of Classes 10 and 12.

As per the official release by the Board, these practice papers have been developed to facilitate the students



in solving more application based questions of higher order thinking skills and enhance conceptual understanding of topics.

However, the Board has also warned students and schools that these sample papers should be accessed from the official website — cbseacademic.nic.in — and need not be purchased from any private publisher.