Karnataka 2nd PUC Chemistry Syllabus 2026-27: Chapters List and Blueprint Marks

The Karnataka 2nd PUC Chemistry syllabus for 2026-27 has 10 chapters: Solutions, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, the d- and f-Block Elements, Coordination Compounds, Haloalkanes and Haloarenes, Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers, Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids, Amines, and Biomolecules. That is the list in KSEAB's official 2026-27 blueprint for subject 34, Chemistry. The theory paper is 70 marks and the practical exam is 30, and the theory paper is on Monday 8 March 2027 in KSEAB's tentative timetable.

Every 5-mark question in the blueprint comes from the five organic chapters, and every 3-mark question from the five physical and inorganic chapters. Plan your revision around that split.

TL;DR

• 10 chapters for 2026-27. Solid State, Surface Chemistry, Isolation of Elements, p-Block Elements, Polymers and Chemistry in Everyday Life are not in the blueprint.
• Theory: 70 marks, 3 hours, 46 questions in five parts. Practical: 30 marks.
• The blueprint sets 105 marks of questions, and you answer questions worth 70.
• Organic chemistry carries the most: 47 of the 105 marks.
• Exam-1 date: Monday 8 March 2027, 10 am to 1 pm (tentative timetable dated 8 October 2026).

Which chapters are in the 2nd PUC Chemistry syllabus for 2026-27?

KSEAB's blueprint lists these ten units, in this order, with the teaching hours it assigns to each:

1. Solutions (14 hours)
2. Electrochemistry (14 hours)
3. Chemical Kinetics (14 hours)
4. The d- and f-Block Elements (12 hours)
5. Coordination Compounds (12 hours)
6. Haloalkanes and Haloarenes (10 hours)
7. Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers (12 hours)
8. Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids (14 hours)
9. Amines (8 hours)
10. Biomolecules (10 hours)

That is 120 teaching hours in all. Units 1 to 3 are physical chemistry, units 4 and 5 inorganic, and units 6 to 10 organic. The order matches the current NCERT Class 12 Chemistry textbook, so the chapter numbers in your book should be the same.

The 2026-27 2nd PUC Chemistry syllabus is these ten chapters and nothing else.

Which chapters are no longer in 2nd PUC Chemistry?

Older guides, including an earlier version of this page, still list 16 units. Six of them are not in the 2026-27 blueprint:

• The Solid State
• Surface Chemistry
• General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements
• The p-Block Elements
• Polymers
• Chemistry in Everyday Life

If you are using an old guide or a senior's notes, cross these chapters off. Questions from them do not appear in the blueprint or in KSEAB's 2026-27 model question papers.

Drop these six units; the blueprint gives them no marks.

How many marks does each 2nd PUC Chemistry chapter carry?

The tables further down this page give the marks for every chapter, copied from the blueprint. Two things to know before you read them.

First, the marks add up to 105, not 70. The paper offers choice, so the blueprint counts every question set, and you answer questions worth 70. Second, the split by question type is uneven, and this is the useful part:

• All six 5-mark questions (Part D) come from the organic chapters: one each from Haloalkanes, Alcohols, Amines and Biomolecules, and two from Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids.
• All fifteen 3-mark questions (Parts C and E) come from the physical and inorganic chapters. Electrochemistry alone has four of them.
• The 1-mark and 2-mark questions are spread across all ten chapters.

Organic chapters carry 47 of the 105 marks, physical 37 and inorganic 21. The heaviest single chapter is Electrochemistry with 13 marks.

What is the 2nd PUC Chemistry paper pattern?

KSEAB's model question paper 1 for 2026-27 has 46 questions in five parts, for 70 marks in 3 hours:

• Part A: 15 multiple-choice questions and 5 fill-in-the-blanks, 1 mark each, all compulsory (20 marks).
• Part B: answer 3 of 5 questions, 2 marks each (6 marks).
• Part C: answer 3 of 5 and then 2 of 4 questions, 3 marks each (15 marks).
• Part D: answer 4 of 6 questions, 5 marks each (20 marks).
• Part E: numerical problems, answer 3 of 6, 3 marks each (9 marks).

Part E is where physical chemistry pays. The problems are calculations from the physical chapters; model paper 1, for example, opens Part E with a cell reaction to work on. Write the formula, substitute the values with units, and give the answer with its unit, because each step carries marks.

The paper is 20 compulsory 1-mark questions, then choice in Parts B to E, with 9 marks of numericals at the end.

How is the 30-mark Chemistry practical exam marked?

The practical exam is 2 hours. KSEAB's scheme of evaluation splits the 30 marks like this:

• Salt analysis, 10 marks: preliminary tests, then the acid radical and basic radical, each with group, radical and confirmatory test.
• Titration, 10 marks: molarity of KMnO4 using a standard 0.1 M FAS (Mohr's salt) solution, with the procedure written out.
• Attendance of 75% or more in theory and practical classes, 5 marks.
• A completed and certified practical record, 5 marks.

The scheme posted on KSEAB's 2026-27 page is labelled 2025-26, so check with your college if anything changes for 2027. Ten of the 30 marks depend only on attendance and your record, so do not lose them.

Practicals: 20 marks for salt analysis and titration, 10 for attendance and the record.

How should you plan 2nd PUC Chemistry revision?

My suggestion, based on the blueprint:

1. Finish the five organic chapters first. They decide all of Part D, and they also have 1-mark and 2-mark questions in Parts A and B.
2. Practise numericals from Solutions, Electrochemistry and Chemical Kinetics every week for Part E.
3. Learn Coordination Compounds and d- and f-Block Elements for the 3-mark theory questions in Part C: VBT, isomerism, and the trends in transition elements.
4. Write at least two of KSEAB's 2026-27 model papers in 3 hours, and get them checked.

You can download the model papers, the blueprint and the question bank from KSEAB's II PUC Student Corner. For dates of all subjects, see our Karnataka board exam dates post, and our Karnataka 2nd PUC Physics syllabus post covers the paper you write on 4 March 2027.

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